This video is an oldie but a goodie: the STOP sign as a product of committee design process.

More great design horror stories are available in bite-sized posts on this website.

Forgive the Mayan calendar pun and enjoy this run-down of the theory that, according to the Mayan calendar, the world is going to end on December 21, 2012. The graphic was created by David McCandless, and it’s quite fun for you infographic/doomsday/Timewave Zero/anthropology junkies. Also makes me wonder what kind of calendars the Mayans would have left if they’d had access to Photoshop.

Fun and educational interactive graphic from the University of Utah  that gives you an idea of just how small some of the smallest things on Earth actually are. I was surprised by how tiny the cold virus is – how can something so small ruin my entire week?