I return to New York tonight… in the meantime, here are four links I picked up on this week. Enjoy.

• The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
  Oh, who needs grammar and punctuation? Here’s a gallery devoted to the “best” “misuses” of quotation marks, including “explanations” of why they are “wrong.”
• Canon PowerShot TX1 reviewed
  Earlier this year, Canon released a new “hybrid” digital camera/video camera that offers HDTV movie capture (720p) as well as a 7.1 megapixel capture quality. It looks to be a fairly good compromise for someone who wants to shoot good quality video and also good photos. The drawback: A 4GB fast SD card can only store ~13 minutes of HD video.
• Flash-based image galleries
  A selection of free Flash-based image galleries that won’t require a lot of intensive work in ActionScript. Phew!
• Design in action: Turning shipping containers into housing
  Because most ports have a glut of empty shipping containers from China that are too expensive to ship back empty, some enterprising groups are turning these empty containers into housing. I understand that they can be tricky to insulate and wire, but some of the solutions featured here are quite elegant.