I Met the Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year old boy named Jerry Levitan arranged an interview with his hero John Lennon. As an adult he took the audio tape of the interview and produced an animation to go along with it.

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Dual-Flush Retrofit Kit Review

My friend JP has a review of a conversion kit to turn a regular old Thomas Crapper into a euro-style water-saving dual-flush toilet. I really find this sort of stuff fascinating.

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The Miles Per Gallon Illusion

Here’s an interesting “illusion” (really a false assumption), where improving the efficiency of inefficient cars a small amount can be more beneficial that improving already-efficient cars a lot.

You have the choice of replacing one of these two cars, which each drive 10,000 miles per year:

• Replace the 34 MPG car with a 50 MPG car — a 16 MPG improvement
• Replace the 18 MPG car with a 28 MPG car — a 10 MPG improvement

Which car replacement would save you the most gas?

Shockingly, it pays to replace the relatively gas-thirsty 18 MPG car, even though the improvement is much lower.

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