I was surprised to discovery that the cult of Nancy Drew lives on with the creation of this 2003 calendar. The calendar got me thinking about who created the cover illustrations so I started digging around some and found that Nancy has been translated imported into various cultures: the Japanese Nancy is an anime illustration; in Estonia Nancy looks like a supermodel; the German Nancy has red hair. (more)

Looking for a book on blogging? Well, you're in luck; Big Red Marker went out and picked up 3 books on blogging and we're going to review them just for you.

We Blog: Publishing Online With Weblogs
by Paul Bausch (co-creator of Blogger), Matt Haughey (creator of MetaFilter) and Meg Hourihan (co-founder of Pyra Labs)
[John Wiley & Sons 2002]
Although We Blog explains in great detail how to get started with Blogger, introduces a few of the other blogging tools and gives a brief history of blogging, it was for the most part very general and totally uninteresting. The only thing to capture my attention was the explanation of blog technology in chapter six. (more)

Meet the Scream Machine, the "re-engineered successor to the classic Big Wheel," made by Razor USA. The son of Big Wheel features an all-steel frame, chromed plating, hubcaps, rubber front tire, as well as hand and foot brakes. All for a paltry $99 US.

The only remaining question is, "When does the adult size model hit the market?"