Rooming house Jul 24, 2009
There's a new building being built in Seattle that will serve as a "rooming house," offering single-person dwellings about the size of a parking space for about $500 per month. 
The rooms are small -- about the size of a parking space -- but the project's developers say they fit the budget and lifestyle of young adults who might be working as baristas or $12-an-hour clerks in big-box stores.
It's pretty much like a college dorm, except that the rooms will have private bathrooms and the residents will have jobs.  All utilities and broadband internet are included in the price, which makes it perfect for the un-wealthy young adults it's geared towards.  I personally think it's genius and, if I worked in the city and wasn't already married and didn't already live in a normal-sized house, wouldn't mind using it as a cheap place to crash while living close to a job. 

(via Obscure Store) #lifestyle
Amazon software error Jul 24, 2009
This is a funny little error from Amazon's Super Hits page: 
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The backend software that displays the artists' names must've seen a comma and figured it was stored as Last Name, First Name, so it computed
Blood, Sweat & Tears → Sweat & Tears Blood
Earth, Wind & Fire → Wind & Fire Earth
This is why computers will never run the world:  They're only as smart as we tell them to be, and we're fairly dumb. #technology