Escape Tools – a gallery of tools and weapons made in prison. There\’s some really clever stuff here, like the freaking shotgun made from bedposts and powered by AA batteries. Imagine what those guys could make if they were free!
[ From Boing Boing Gadgets ]

Oobject compares Shanghai and Beijing architecture. I can\’t decide which one I like better, probably Beijing cause those buildings look more innovative.

EveryBlock Chicago has a map and list of all the shooting locations of The Dark Knight in Chicago. Chicagoist has pictures of a couple of the places too. I was actually in Chicago 2 weeks ago on vacation, it was a lot of fun. I saw a couple of those places without knowing it. Had dinner at that Twin Anchors restaurant too, awesome ribs.

The Watchmen trailer is available online. Looks like it\’s faithful to the comic.

The New York Times has a good article about the architecture of all the new buildings going up at an incredible pace in Beijing. I visited there 5 years ago and there were construction cranes and huge skyscrapers going up all over. I bet I wouldn\’t even recognize anymore.

Awesome popsicle moulds of Lego minifigures. Now I can finally finish my Lego reenactment of the Wicked Witch\’s death scene from Wizard of Oz.