More cyclists means fewer accidents

"The trend is clear, with areas popular for cyclists tending to be safer on average, with the differences sometimes significant. Top of the list is traditionally bike-friendly York, where around one in eight commuters cycle to work and 0.1% are badly hurt in accidents each year. Not far down the road, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, a district centred around Halifax, is at the other end of the scale. Here, fewer than 1 in 120 commuters use bikes, and those that do face a danger level 15 times higher than in York."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/07/cycling-safety-york-calderdale

Carland - A century of American Motoring

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/009/trans009ondriving.html

50 Cars = 1 Bus

"Every day thousands of cars are driven to and from Swedish airports. Every car holds only 1,2 persons on average which is to be compared with the Airport Coach that takes over 50. Needless to say, this makes no sense whatsoever from an environmental standpoint. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5o6oFQwLKA


http://gizmodo.com/5235722/50-cars-assemble-1-bus

The Lolinator

Add a laughter track to your video clips

http://www.monkeon.co.uk/lolinator/

Twitterfeed

Feed your blog to twitter


http://twitterfeed.com/

Twitter for ministry and church

"Tim O’Reilly recently posted a great entry titled “Why I Love Twitter” which expounds graciously upon the service as a whole and it’s “coolness” as a means for “ambient intimacy”.
I’d highly recommend reading it since it can provide some good food for thought as well as a powerful justification for why your ministry or organization should try jumping in."


http://churchcrunch.com/2008/12/01/twitter-for-ministry-and-church-a-business-perspective/

My Bike Lane - Cardiff

Bike Lane Violations in Cardiff

http://cardiff.mybikelane.com/

Piano Choir

"It's never been done before - Dave Gorman and Stewart Lee marvel at the idea that comes from a piano, a choir and some twinkly lights. Is it genius, or just a shot in the dark? "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtKekvpp0dI

See also: http://www.dananddan.com/?p=33

Workplace web bludging 'good for productivity'

"Melbourne University's Dr Brent Coker says workers who surf the internet for leisure, known as 'Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing' (WILB), are more productive than those who don't.

A study of 300 employees found 70 per cent of people who used the internet at work engaged in WILB.

"People who do surf the internet for fun at work - within a reasonable limit of less than 20 per cent of their total time in the office - are more productive by about nine per cent than those who don't," said Dr Coker, from the university's Department of Management and Marketing."

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/workplace-web-bludging-good-for-productivity-20090402-9ktm.html

Lovely Charts

"With Lovely Charts' extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes or arrows, and you won't have to worry about what symbol to use."

http://lovelycharts.com/

BackupURL

"BackupURL allows you to create a copy of any website that you can share and view any time knowing it will last forever."

http://backupurl.com/

E.g. http://backupurl.com/hh7myh

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