etch-a-sketch madness

Wow. This guy is really good. Blog here, monolith from 2001 here.

interesting way of looking at gas prices

From an article talking about $4/gallon gas coming to the U.S.:

In 1980, the average American had to work 105 minutes to buy enough gas to drive the average car 100 miles, David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's, said in a study last year. By 2006, the average American needed to work only 52 minutes, thanks in part to better fuel efficiency but mostly due to higher wages.

Comparing minutes worked to miles driven is interesting. I do itch to see the numbers that make up the conclusion in the last sentence, though.