Spice War
It’s been years since I played chess, and I’ve always preferred the traditional Staunton chess pieces (shown below) as I found the often fanciful collecter sets to be a distraction. This set, from the Oregon Culinary Institute, may just have changed my mind. Thanks to GeekDaddy at Wired for blogging about it.
Spyker D12 update
Autocar reports that Spyker’s Peking-to-Paris luxury SUV is back on track after first appearing at the Geneva Motor Show four years ago.
CEO Victor Muller said that development would now be accelerated due to due to the facilities, parts and technology it has at its disposal following the Saab deal with GM.
At an expected price over a quarter of a million dollars, it’s more than a bit out of my league, but it sure would help with the Owen Sound Winter Blues!
Celebrate Pi Day
March 14th (3/14) is Pi Day, and Neatorama are marking the occasion by offering a Mmm … Pi t-shirt for the princely sum of $9.95. You, too, can look like a nerd … oops, mathematician.