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After taking a stab at designing the ‘ultimate’ home, Scott Adams (of the Dilbert fame) takes on the challenge of an ultimate city plan. I hope someone has told him that it has been tried before only to fail miserably.

For those not living in the shadow of the Empire State Building and wondering what color is it displaying today, this site may be useful to satisfy that curious cat in you.

…is in Algarrobo. Where’s that? In Chile. In the San Alfonso del Mar Resort. That thing is nearly a kilometer long and holds 66 million gallons of water [via Neatorama]. Of course, Dubai is pissed that it doesn’t have something as large and is rumored to be promptly building something just as large. Yeah, we know Dubai is in the desert but if you haven’t heard they already have an indoor ski slope so what’s so great about a large body of unfrozen water?

“There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?” – Dick Cavett.

…the top of the list of leaning buildings. A German church steeple that leans at a 5.19 degree angle as opposed to Pisa’s 3.97 degrees now sits atop the list of leaning buildings.