I'm always amazed...

...at how much cheaper it is to buy food in Paris than it is in San Francisco. These groceries cost €27, and it includes a week's supply of coffee, 8 containers of yogurt, a package of smoked ham, veggies and tomatoes for a salad, several rolls of toilet paper, some Dijon mustard, some breakfast grains, a container of "gourmet" olives, milk, mineral water, and a bar of dark chocolate. This would probably cost $40-$45 in the USA, and might not be as good.

Look how great the Muni service was back then!

This video was allegedly filmed a week or so before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The filmmakers mounted a camera on a San Francisco streetcar and went all the way down Market Street to the Ferry Building. Aside from the obviously amazing things in this footage, I was also struck by how frequently the streetcars ran. They're almost bumper to bumper! Anyone who's ever stood i the wind on Market Street waiting for the F car knows that things have changed a lot since then....

And this is just the data they're tracking. . .

Saw this time lapse video of the spread of rising unemployment in the USA. I'm not sure that shopping is going to turn this thing around.

"Safety is an optical illusion"

Nie Znikaj (don't disappear), a music video from Bajzel

Bajzel - Nie Znikaj from MUZEUM on Vimeo.

one from the failblog

watch closely...

Médicins sans Frontières - Haitian earthquake

Many organizations are coming forward with requests to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake. This is my preferred charity...please donate if you can.

still happily entering twenty ten

I felt like posting a wonderfully kitschy music video. This is from Stereo Total.... enjoy.