So, the iPhone is coming out on June 29th. Tempting as it is in terms of new-toy fun, I can’t think of any compelling reasons to actually own one at this point.

Link: Sign at Nagoya Castle

Because you are dangerous…

Link: Teddy Blanks: Small Potatoes

From Design Observer… Teddy Blanks complains about a bag of potato chips. It’s weirdly funny. Go read it.

Link: Boys with Longer Ring Fingers are Better at Math

Somehow, this seems a tad specious. But then again, my ring fingers are longer…

Link: Going, Going, Gone

“In Toronto’s Globe and Mail, a William Gibson elegy (probably to vanish behind the paywall), lamenting cities’ crushing their history and our memories without even noticing.”

Link: Verschärfte Vernehmung

“Enhanced Interrogation"… “Dick Cheney arguing that the Geneva Convention and the U.S. Constitution are tools for terrorists. Has the American right wing completely lost its mind?”

Tim Bray’s got it about right in this one.

Link: TiVo prepping a “mass appeal” HD DVR priced below Series 3

TiVo has clearly seen the light after years of pushing rather high-end, high-priced HD DVRs out its doors. The company disclosed in its Q1 earnings call that a reduced-cost version of the TiVo Series 3 is on the way, and not a moment too soon.

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Link: Google “gears” up for offline web apps with new API, offline Reader

Google has released a new set of programming interfaces called Google Gears that allow web developers to create applications that continue to work while offline, as well as a sample app that upgrades Google Reader.

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Link: Jesse Nivens: In Search of Stock(y) Photography

You know, just in case we didn’t already know that Americans were a bit out of touch with reality, here is further proof in the form of stock photo catalogs…