Literally, a web log– tracking the overuse of the word “literally.” My favorite pet peeve. Literally gets thrown around literally way too much. Ok, Mark Twain, we get it, you’re not exaggerating.

Related to an earlier post: Saul Bass-style Tron posters. I like the Master Control Program one, very tiki.

Someone built an actual Turing Machine using a dry erase marker and 1000′ of film. Very cool. A Turing Machine is a theoretical device proposed by Alan Turing in 1936. Theoretically, with an infinite amount of memory (in this case the 1000′ of film), a Turing Machine could compute anything that is computable.

This is pretty cool. The Tron title sequence done in a 60s Saul Bass style. Love that music.

The Cabestan Nostromo is an insane watch inspired by the ship of the same name from Alien. It uses several drums on the face to display hours, minutes and seconds, and costs $141,000. It\’d be so cool if a little alien popped out on the hour like a cuckoo clock.

Now here\’s a good idea: street maps that are made to be crumpled up and stuffed in a pocket. The maps are printed on waterproof tyvek. Hopefully the wrinkles don\’t get in the way of legibility.

As part of a promotional campaign Ikea is decorating several Paris subway stations with lamps, sofas and wallpaper. It\’s like having a train running through your living room! I wonder how long till that stuff gets stolen though.

The gold medal Olympics hockey game was watched by an estimated 80% of all Canadians, and according to this water usage chart for Edmonton, they all went to the bathroom at the same time. Amazing, synchronized pissing and shitting. I would\’ve thought the sewage system would explode.

Slate has a good series of articles about the use of signs and maps in everyday life. Some highlights are the confusing signs in New York\’s Penn Station, and maps for London\’s chaotic streets.

LucasArts just announced Monkey Island 2 Special Edition. Similar to last year\’s Monkey Island Special Edition, LeChuck\’s revenge has new hand drawn artwork, re-mastered music and voice over. You can also swap between the original and special editions on the fly. I think part 2 was my favorite one of the series. It\’ll be on PC, Xbox, Playstation, and iPhone/iPod Touch this summer. Looks like they fixed Guybrush\’s weird hair too, that was bugging me.