1: Thank Goodness! by Daniel Dennett (Article)Written by professor of philosophy at Tufts university, and prominent atheist Dan Dennett, about being grateful for human kindness.
2: s_11 by Benjamin Sichert (Video)
I love HDR photography. I love DSLR video. I love decaying industrial complexes, and I love slow footage on a slide. This video provides it all.
3: Note to media: We are all brands now, so get used to it. by Mathew Ingram. (Article)
Ingram talks about how social media like twitter, facebook and google+ is forcing individual writers to proliferate themselves and become brands. This trend is reinforced by googles new feature that brings writers up in the search results when the article is presented.
4: xkcd: Connoisseur by Randall Munroe (comic strip)
Honestly, most of the xkcd comic strips are wonderful. Some are about computer science, some about life, some about philosophy and some about mathermatcs - but all are wonderfully nerdy!
5: darkcopy.com by DarkCopy (online writing program)
This is an online text editor along the same lines as WriteRoom. It will serve you well for your simple writing needs, but since this is an online program I miss features to easily save your file in the cloud. One of the most beautuful things about this, is that you can fill your screen with it, so that it looks like your writing on a computer from the last century.
6: Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone by Brian Stelter (Article)
This is an observation that...well.. other more techy media have covered a long time ago. But you know... The New York times does lend some credibility, and if they have picked up on it, then it's probably come a long way.
7: Strandbeests by Theo Jansen (TED video)
The Strandbeests are machines that the kinetic sculpurer Theo Jansen sets loose on beaches. He also talks in a fancy way about cultural items ability to spread due to their compatibility with our mind, whatever that means.
8: Fingerprintsweb by Per Stornes (Free awesome online music)
This is the web page Per Stornes has dedicated to his music. He is a former active member of the Harstad blues environment, but now only makes music in between family life and sociology lectures. He is also and active "kaffesosiolog".
9: Home Chalkboard use, and library by Shelterness (design blog)
I actually like interior decorating, and two ideas I've had a for a long time is covering a wall with a chalkboard, and one wall with a bookshelf. These are just fanciful ideas, and I don't know if I can ever do it. (justifying buying that many books will be hard), but I love to see how people have done this in their homes.
10: Why seeing (The Unexpected) is often not believing by Alix Spiegel (article)
This is a wonderful story about a real life situation spurred on researchers to do experiments that mimic reality - and which ultimately will help many people from not being convicted. Unfortunately it was too late for the victim in the court system, but the story is engaging.
