Funny Deeply weird escalator/elevator safety video starring rapping Ronald McDonald ripoff cat David Pescovitz
Evacuations A fire at World Trade Center in Hong Kong traps hundreds of people on roof, 1200 people evacuated Carla Sinclair
futility closet In 1932, two German airmen became stranded in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia Futility Closet
#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner
timemachine This Day in Blogging History: Scenes from an LA mall; Kunstler's "World Made By Hand"; Tubemap with "walklines" Cory Doctorow