Interesting insight from Simon Willison on the Guardian crowd-sourcing projects. Lessons learned in getting effective results.

Micrographia and others online.

Mario crossed with Tetris. Clever idea.

Printable batteries.

I had no idea JSON had a schema; JSONSchema. Used by Orderly for JSON. Not sure we needed a JSON schema language though…

Change blindness, living life on automatic.

Some interesting information on mehanden fish, a source of Omega-3 but responsible for so much more.

Leaving your health decisions to Hollywood celebrities is a seriously bad idea folks. Especially as we may lose “herd immunity – the ability of a society to collectively resist a disease. (You typically need something like 85 percent of a population immunized to keep the nastiest communicable diseases from circulating.)”

You may misplace your bottle opener but you never misplace your dog. So combine the two with the Bark4Beer collar. Merry Christmas.

The internet’s worst customer information data leak. Change all your information folks.