As you can see, while you had approximately a 1-in-29 chance of hitting a whale nine days ago, you only had a 1-in-2000 chance yesterday. And this is with Twitter handling significantly more traffic and updates.

— EV (Twitter)

A scene from the Comptech Icebox install. Read more here.

CP ‘08 [via]

The MPG Illusion

“Test your ability to choose the most fuel-efficient combination of cars.”

The interior is worse. While the button-laced steering wheel is slicker than the hair on the sorority girls that will be driving it, the center console is an ergonomic disaster zone.

— Justin Berkowitz (The Truth About Cars)

The Front Page of 294 US Newspapers

“The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.”

While returning to the port in Cozymel, Mexico, I snapped this photo of a Mexican Domino’s delivery bike. Something tells me you’ll have longer than 30 minutes to wait.

I captured this image while on the island of Grand Cayman. This fisherman was using nothing more than a line and his bare hands.

A day of sitting in the hot sun.

Hyperlocal: Used to refer to news on the community-level with highlights from events usually overlooked by mainstream media.

The presses have been hot as of late, churning out info on hyperlocal sites. Most notably, coverage surrounding Rob Curley’s latest flop, LoudounExtra.com (LE); a venture launched from the Washington Post (WP).

The Wall Street Journal may have covered the Loudoun story, but rest assured there are plenty of local media interests across the country running with similar coverage.

Take for instance Katie Granju’s piece about a Knoxville case study for hyperlocal coverage. Granju claims that Randy Neal’s KnoxViews.com sets the standard for community-driven fodder.

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