Sunday smörgåsbord

Google maintains a file of all of the logos they have used during the past ten years.

Bedbugs have become distressingly topical.  The Ark in Space has a gallery of photos of the critters, and also of what their presence looks like on a mattress.

If you're not squeamish, the New England Journal of Medicine has a report of ocular loiasis, with a link to a video of the parasite wriggling in the conjunctiva.

A post at The Consumerist ponders a request for pre-tipping at a coffee house.  Should one be expected to tip before receiving the service?

Physics Buzz explains how to create you own fire tornado.

Scientists needed to poison brown tree snakes in Guam, so they laced dead mice with acetominophen, and then parachuted them into the treetops.

At Slate's Moneyblog, an explanation of how millionaires and billionaires can incorporate or create partnerships to reap the tax advantages that are offered to small businesses.

Enceladus is a small moon circling Saturn.  It has jets of water vapor shooting into space, suggesting the presence of liquid water beneath several miles of ice on the surface.  It may be the most likely place in our solar system to find extraterrestrial life.

A discussion thread at Reddit explains the science and practical aspects of peroxide as a tooth whitener.

Some authorities are starting to crack down on texting - by lifeguards at public beaches.  Deaths have occurred because the lifeguards were not watching the bathers.

Here's a complete list of the movies in the Criterion Collection.  Many of the ones I have viewed have come with excellent optional overdubs of commentary by film critics or directors of the films; I'm not sure if that's true of the entire collection.

The Washington Post explains short sales of houses, in which a borrower sells a home for less than what is owed on the mortgage.  Being "underwater" is of course common nowadays; the new thing is being allowed to sell under those circumstances.

The annual IgNobel Prize winners have been announced by the staff at the Annals of Improbable Research.

The Economist explains why the burgeoning development of India will change the world. "Optimists predict that it will be the next China, only friendlier and more democratic."  Impressive graphs at the link, and a well-reasoned discussion.  I should make this a regular blog post.

The Norton Project is a video about two young men who secretely steal and then totally restore their father's vintage motorcycle.  The style of the video reminds me of This American Life.

Image credit: painting by Dutch master Lucas van Valkenborch, from the Silesian Museum in Opava.