$10,000 for speeding

She ignored the camera tickets, and ended up in jail for speeding:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119287

The Phoenix locals appear to have little sympathy, judging by the comments.

Urban Gardening

This should keep the deer away:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/25/urban-garden-below-s.html

Grabbing space in Tokyo:

http://www.kirainet.com/english/making-good-use-of-a-little-corner/

Bill Gates frustrated by bad Microsoft software

This is a great rant from BillG in 2003 -- using Windows XP and trying to download MovieMaker:

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp

Affordable Homes Abroad

This didn't quite persuade me to move to Colombia or Mexico, but check it out:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2007/gb20071011_887899.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

"Other spots that made the international most-affordable list included cities in Egypt, Bahrain, Poland, Malta, China, and Colombia."

They're comparing prices on 4br, 2200 sq ft homes.

Tricks & Technology

Some tricks:

Girls spins on escalator (don't try this, people lose fingers or their scalp doing this)

Parent of the year (Feed those varmints)

Fastest swimsuit in the world (What next, a robot suit?)

Read novels at work

This is so well done, you have to check it out:

http://readatwork.com/

Excellent job at formatting the stories into powerpoint format... LOL!