I hit the 15th and Denver QuikTrip for a late night snack. The new store is open. It’s huge and unbelievably nice. I was in awe, and so were the other customers at the time. I took a couple of photos.

They have a selection of about 8 or so iced teas and multiple choices for lemonades:

I believe they had to invent a dozen new Freezoni flavors for the frozen drink area:

The iced tea center is straight ahead in this view, the frozen drink theme park is to the left; beer is all the way back and to the right, the checkout counter is to the left (you can see the back of the line), and to the right is — I kid you not — the soft serve and coffee shop. You make your selection on a touchscreen kiosk. I don’t know if it’s open 24 hours, but it was definitely staffed at 12:30 AM tonight.

A view from the other side of the store. You can sorta make out the gigantic flat screens that are inset to the wall around the coffee shop counter for some reason.

This place is seriously epic.

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/103216/the-cheapest-days-to-buy-certain-items – The cheapest days of the week to buy particular items. Books, clothes, and airplane tickets are my favorites.

http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/24/come-saturday-morning-bike-commuting-for-newbies/ – Bike commuting for newbies. In spite of some interestingly wrong predictions about gas prices at the beginning, it’s full of good information.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amit-agarwal/3196386402/sizes/l/ – Chart types for different tasks. A great way to pick the most appropriate type of chart for showing the right kind of data.

http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/06-24-2008/Ten-Cool-and-Free-Magic-Bar-Tricks-23 – Ten bar tricks. It’s maaagic!

Now a pair of nerdy ones:

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/About/The_Courses/cs301/math-for-the-layman/ – Math for the layman. Written by the eminent Kenneth Iverson of IBM and APL fame, this is a ground-up course in theoretical mathematics from the basics of numbers to differential and integral calculus.

http://www.linuxalt.com/ – The Linux Alternative Project. This site basically provides a table where one looks up a piece of Windows software whose functionality one wants to replace in a GNU/Linux environment.