Can anyone living in the city verify that the New Yorkers really are this bad at parking? Or were the car park attendants just majorly wasted when they marked out the spaces?

I found this example of automobile wizardry while exploring the Empire State on Google Earth, which I’ve referred to many times before on this here part of the Interweb.

I also stumbled upon the Japanese way of bridge building, which to them means turning a small, usually ugly, construction into something surprisingly beautiful. Here’s how to really do roads properly:

Yes, that little park seems to be built into the bridge, with the road travelling underneath. If only everyone was as creative with such small spaces.

Initial Dawn have a list of tweaks and tips for Google Talk, including a lot of stuff I hadn’t read anywhere else.

The secrets include how to edit the system tray menu to include extra commands, tweak registry settings and change text size.

Google Talk Secrets! (via Oishii)