I don't know how I missed this unbelievable post on various forms of tree-houses from the Web Urbanist. Superb! tjc

Philadelphia developers Walnut Street Capital received some help last week when City Councilman Darrell Clarke introduced legislation for zoning changes at the 18th and Arch streets in downtown Philadelphia. As we brought to you back in April, the firm's proposal is to build the American Commerce Center, the soon-to-be tallest skyscraper in America. While the building looks magnificent, there is one major flaw in their proposal. Both the Chicago Spire and the Freedom Tower in New York City, are already under construction, and will be taller. jmj

Keeping on the same topic, architect David Fisher held a press conference late last week to announce the construction of the Dynamic Tower in Dubai, the world's first moving building, an 80-story tower with revolving floors, giving it a shifting shape. jmj

Google's spell checker doesn't actually know how to spell. Petabytes are the key, parts of large datasets. Science without Theory, or Correlative Analytics, (whatever you call it) the Google Way of Science just plain works. tjc

It's now possible to sift through your embryos and lower your future child's cancer chances. glc

By screening out embryos carrying the gene, called BRCA-1, the couple, from London, will eliminate the hereditary disease from their lineage.

The meme shirt, that is the internet meme shirt. And it's annotated. tjc

A great little site that chronicles people's attempts at passive aggressive behavior. (thx dan) glc

The federal government owns a whopping 30% of the land in the United States. Mostly in the West. glc

The wisdom of crowds... in our heads. tjc

Still dreaming about the Obama/Clinton dream ticket? Keep dreaming. jmj