Having spent some of my formative years in Germany, I grew up with Playmobil toys. I especially remember the road signs that came with one set where it had international symbols. I had to laugh when I saw the following picture.
(Courtesy of Boing^2) Going through airport security will never be the same for me now. Unfortunately,

Just finished this sailing book. It was about the first “Golden Globe” round the world race. This took place in 1968 when no one had yet circumnavigated the globe without stopping. If you like long distance sailing you’ll enjoy this.

The best part to me was the entrant who could have won, but decided to keep sailing.

I still can’t figure out what internal compass or drive allows or compels people to take on these tremendous risks for almost no real payoff. I would love to do some deep ocean sailing, but in the end have no desire to put myself in the kind of risky situations these brave single handed sailors do.

I wonder if there are any adventure tours that do a sailing trip across Cape Horn?

Just when I have finally bought a new bike a better model comes along!

It turns out square wheels on a bicycle would be effiecient for some roads. (via slashdot.org) another link.

It was a glorious spring weekend. While it was cool in the fifties, it was bright, sunny, and there are no bugs out. The family went out bike riding twice, and even had a quick and chilly picnic.

At Rice Creek Park we even saw a Bald Eagle fly past our heads about 25 feet off the ground. I couldn’t have been more surprised to have seen this a short bike ride from my house.

Shoelace tying web site … I am so glad the web exists. This link courtesy of the Scout Report.

I just finished this book. It was a really interesting read about this famous equation, but also about the history of the people who were involved in the physics reasearch that went into formulating this prior to it’s inception and the folks responsible for utilizing (or almost unitilizing it) in atomic weapons and atomic energy research. I especially enjoyed the commando raids on the German heavy water plant. Lots of great tidbits in here, although there were a few moments when the gossipy parts of the book overwhelmed the science. Good read.