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According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
Bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
(added to in August 2004)
The Bookcrossing site registers users from all around the world and puts forth the word to encourage people to share their books. [...]

On your next trip to Hamburg, in the north of Germany, don’t miss the world’s largest model railway. This miniature city boasts a number of computers and people working in the background to keep it running. It’s built using three floors of an old warehouse. Great for kids and adults alike.
Miniature Wonderland.

Check out the guys at ecofont. They’ve created a green (as in ecologically correct, not color) font, especially cool if you need to print large type and want to save on (unfairly expensive) ink.
tags technorati : ecofont

Found this fantastic tip in the latest issue of Wired magazine.
If you’d like to enable half star ratings on your iTunes songs, just do the following if you have a Mac:
With iTunes closed, open Terminal (in the utilities folder). Type: defaults write com.apple.iTunes allow-half-stars-bool TRUE. Press Return. Close Terminal.
and this, if you have a [...]

This one hails from my home town (megalopolis), São Paulo. There is a new service, Gelada Express (ice cold express) that offers to bring you ice cold beverages to your home. No more running to the store to find (only warm) beer and having to throw it in the freezer (and waiting), before that [...]