Most frequently linked from the NYT, Common Dreams also has this article about librarians ensuring that they don’t have any information they don’t need. I also enjoy the “Fair Use” notice at the bottom of the page.

Kawaii! It’s Astro-Boy’s birthday, and many small cute people are dressing up!

An interesting article Craig points out there, though when they said “nearly all the mainland churches in America oppose this war,” perhaps they mean mainline. Unless the Puerto Ricans have something else to add…

Even worse than simply an idiot puppet, W may believe he is a man on a mission from his god.

Have yourself a virtual shopping spree in any Washington State Liquor Store.

Headline from the Eastside Journal in 1941, “Agent Explains Care of Chickens After Blackout.”

Microscopic daggers on fabric can kill microbes! You’ll notice that it only works with natural fibers, this may influence uniform fashions.

Premise: you’re interested in Bollywood films on DVD, but you don’t know where to start.

Solution: a list of Indian films from your local library on DVD, ranked in order of the length of the waiting list, since presumably this is a rough indicator of popularity.

All titles are on DVD, and (probably) from 2002

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas 143

Mujhse dosti karoge! 116

Kabhi khushi kabhie gham– 110

Ek chhotisi love story 107

Raaz 85

Badhaai ho Badhaai 80

Bas itna sa khwaab hai 76

Company 70

Pyaar ishq aur mohabbat 67

Kasoor 65

Om jai jagadish 56

Jodi no. 1 43

Jis Desh mein Ganga Reehta hai 30

Abhay 23

An excellent example of a visual display of information that is immediately clear is again provided by The Economist. Just think how much less obvious this information would be as a list of percentages.

Yes, this is exactly my kind of thing: Snackspot.