Miroslav Tichy took this:

with this:

Yes, I was fascinated, too, especially these days, where digital cameras are everywhere. Go to Jason Kottke’s post to get the details.

Which nations are the most corrupt? Most generous? Healthiest? If you want to know any of these things, you want to head over to NationMaster.com. There is so much information there, including this result, Probability of not reaching 40 (most recent) by country, which starkly highlights the North-South divide of the world.

I was somewhat surprised to see that in many categories, Canada ranks high but not in the top, including health. But see for yourself.

if you use the site Mr. Picassohead! It’s easy: anyone who can drag ‘n’ drop can make Picasso-like portraits. Here’s mine!

You won’t be able to produce “Guernica” with it, but you can have some fun.

There are so many good architecture and design blogs I have stumbled upon, it is difficult to know which one to follow. (And it also makes me wonder why I would subscribe to magazines covering the same topics.)

One I recently liked is CubeMe. It had alot of good posts, including one of this incredible museum planned for Qatar.

For more on the Museum of Modern Arab Art and other interesting design/architecture, see CubeMe.

The nytimes.com has an article on what I consider a precious addition to any city: the streetcar. While subways and buses can move masses of people, streetcars add a quality to the urban landscape that the others cannot (save London’s doubledecker buses). I believe that any city that can get streetcars should get them. And unlike other modes of transportation, age adds to their appeal (as I can attest to, having travelled on some old streetcars in places like San Francisco).

See the slideshow here, Desirable Streetcars.

There’s also an article.