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The behavioral economics of Apple's pricing →

This is one of the most clear applications of the decoy effect, and it happened completely under my nose.

Decoys explain why Apple often sells each gadget in a pricing series, such as the new iPod Touch’s $229, $299, and $399 price points for different storage capacities. You may gladly spend $229 to get a hot media player, thinking it’s a deal compared with the highest-priced version and not blink that you could instead buy an iPhone 4 at the lower price of $199 with more features.

Looking at Harry Kao’s awesome Commute Map, I never realized how much of an outlier I was.

To make yourself feel better, check out Los Angeles and New Jersey, where almost everyone spends some time on the way to work.

If San Francisco Crime were Elevation

Not surprisingly, these appear to be the inverse of the actual elevation (views = $$ = !bums)

San Francisco Banksys Banksy turning one into a tribute to Frank Chu

Chair made from planks of Coney Island as the city prepares to pave over this historic monument. Want.

gordon_brown by lola dupré. All of lola’s work is made with scissors and paper.

Another spotting on his movie tour: Banksy in San Francisco

Know which things should be organic, and which ones are safe in commercial form: Vegetable Cheat Sheet. See also Seafood Watch Pocket Guides.

“Reopening of the South Fork Bridge after flood in Nov. 1940. 1941” (Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo)

PAINTED FAVELA’S: awesome what a little fresh paint can do to a place.