Excellent.

xkcd - Map of online communities

The body traveled back and forth between Tegal and Jakarta before a janitor told the family he had been unable to clean one lavatory because the door was locked, the report said.

Clerks, anyone?

Dead man travels unnoticed on train - Yahoo! News

• Jones admits misrepresenting academic degrees when applying to MIT in 1979
• Jones did not receive degrees at three schools as claimed, MIT found
• Jones is a recipient of MIT's highest award for administrators

MIT dean resigns in lying scandal - CNN.com

David Savageau, who has been compiling the "Places Rated Almanac" since 1981, said he was hoping that this year's edition would have a surprise No. 1 that might create the kind of buzz the 1985 rankings did.

"I was kind of shocked," Mr. Savageau said last night as he unveiled the new rankings. "I thought that Pittsburgh would always be up there, but I was looking for a newcomer. And it just didn't happen."

Mr. Savageau is marketing this year's publication as the 25th anniversary edition. Over the years, there have been several publishers, including Rand-McNally in 1985, when Pittsburgh finished first.

"The country was aghast. Including some people in Pittsburgh," Mr. Savageau said. "Thank God we had Rand-McNally behind us or people wouldn't have taken it seriously. That story went on for years."

For an "average" expectation of livable, I can not disagree that Pittsburgh is up there. The top 10 are an interesting mix; other than Rochester and Madison, and probably DC, I have considered living in all of them. And Rochester isn't bad.

What is curious is that each has a significant ultimate community...

Pittsburgh rated 'most livable' once again

The Morningstar Market BarometerSM provides an at-a-glance perspective of the U.S. equity market, allowing instant analysis of performance trends. This analysis helps identify investment opportunities and explain the long-term benefits of diversification.

Really good information design.

Morningstar Market Barameter Five-Year Recap 2002-2006

When the February issue of Wired Magazine debuted with a new logo, we explained inside the magazine that it “obeys the Law of Optical Volumes.” We were being coy –many readers went scurrying to Wikipedia and Google to investigate this curious law, only to find … nothing.

The Underwire - Wired News

Question of the day: How come you get over 160,000 hits when you search Google for "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"?

F-Secure : News from the Lab

Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea and colitis have emerged as major complications associated with use of systemic antimicrobials. In this study, the medical records for 18 subjects who received donor stool by nasogastric tube for recurrent C. difficile infection during a 9-year period at a single institution were retrospectively reviewed. During the period between the initial diagnosis of C. difficile colitis and the stool treatments, the 18 subjects received a total of 64 courses of antimicrobials (range, 2–7 courses; median, 3 courses). During the 90 days after receipt of treatment with stool, 2 patients died of unrelated illnesses. One of the 16 survivors experienced a single recurrence of C. difficile colitis during 90-day follow-up. No adverse effects associated with stool treatment were observed. Patients with recurrent C. difficile colitis may benefit from the introduction of stool from healthy donors via a nasogastric tube.

Aas et al., Recurrent C. difficile Colitis

Paul Bates sent a Christmas card to his friend in this envelope with no street name, no town, and no postcode, and the thing still arrived. He forgot all his friend's mailing info so he drew the above picture on the front of the envelope and a put a dot writing "somewhere here." The card arrived nine days later, because apparently the postal service has amazing super powers.

Geekologie - Mail with drawing instead of address arrives at destination

Paraphrasing from NPR this morning on the circling of Daimler Chrysler (NYSE: DCX) by private equity vultures:

Daimler Chrysler is reported to be exploring selling its Chrysler division. According to our sources, private qquity firm Cerberus has made several awfuls…offers for the unit.

The core competency of Cerberus is presenting firms with “awfuls”.

Long or Short Capital » An Awful Freudian Slip on Cerberus - Paying Dividends Since Q1'06