December 2003

Interesting statistics on pizza purchases and tips.

Google news map

Virtual property rights in the online gaming world.

print.google.com. Lets you search for books. It looks like a blank page, but there’s a lot behind it. via New Scientist

Saddam captured. He looks pretty cool, unshaven.

Good discussion on inflation. Talks about how currency used to be a way of exchanging stuff, a way of storing value and a measure of wealth. Today, it’s just a way of exchanging stuff. It’s value keeps changing (inflation or deflation), so it’s not much good for the last two.

Google doesn’t think it’s the top [search engine](http://www.google.com/search?q=search engine) any more. via Anders Jacobsen

Chess Set designed by Karim Rashid, next to the piece I photographed a couple of months ago. They’re identical. via Markose