The Daily Dozen

1. Eyeglasses with fluid-filled sac for world's poor are instantly adjustable.
   
2. If textbooks in the form of comic books are useful, what does that say about how textbooks could/should be written?
3. How to travel the world. A website with the nuts and bolts.
   
4. E--Book readers gaining in popularity.
   
5. Does the financial crisis discredit libertariansim? David Bernstein, Eric Posner, and Ilya Somin share their thoughts.
   
6. Santa must be real -- he's on Google Earth!
7. Economics learns a thing or two from evolutionary biology?
8. The Year in Computing: Computer interfaces, wireless devices, memory, and microprocessors were all hot topics in 2008.
9. 15 skilled and sublime nature photographers.
   
10. Ali seems to like his new Mac.
11. The Economics of Warfare: Why do soldiers fight?
12. Saying good-bye to VHS.