For five decades, Amar Bose has puzzled over why potholes seem harder to conquer than Mount Everest.

A fascinating paper from David Blackburn, a Harvard PhD student, on the economics of P2P file-sharing concludes that it does indeed depress music sales overall. But the effect is not felt evenly.

Chris Anderson:
On the occasion of today’s gruesome statistics on the continuing fall of newspapers, here’s an updated look at mainstream entertainment and media in decline:

Today NTT DoCoMo announced a new model cellphone made especially for elementary school kids.

The IntelliMat is a wireless computer embedded in a very thin mat made of a lightweight thermoplastic alloy with four LCD screens, creating a 30-inch diagonal display with full multi-media capability. Great photo.

The Pong Clock from Buro Vormkrijgers plays games of Pong that last for exactly one minute each, with alternating sides winning. Complete with photos and video.