Harry R. Schwartz

A cornucopia of interesting things.

Sewing Machines

Sewing Machine
I never knew how sewing machines work! Now I do! Internet magic!

Thanks, swissmiss!

The Nobel Prize in Gambling

Here are the latest betting odds for the Nobel Prize in Literature. There’s also one for the Economics prize.

The Best Staircase

The Best Staircase

My future home is going to include this staircase.

Productivity

Ultimate Productivity Blog

Lately I’ve been hooked on self-improvement blogs like Lifehacker and Zen Habits; they’re good, but nothing can compare with the Ultimate Productivity Blog.

The Wrath of the Killdozer

You should read The Wrath of the Killdozer because it’s an accurate title for a true story.

Turkish Star Wars


This is a 1982 Turkish bootleg remake of Star Wars. I’m at a loss for words.

The Evil Bit

Anyone who’s done anything with networking within the last five years has probably read this “protocol,” but just in case you haven’t, here’s RFC 3514: The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header. Note the publication date.

Teagami

Tea Origami

A Russian designer came up with this lovely-but-sadly-nonexistent product. If it was real I would buy it so hard.

Nerd Love

CSS to my HTML

Adorable.

Memes & Temes

Everybody loves TED talks, right? Here’s Susan Blackmore talking about genes, memes, temes, and the end of the world: