The New York Times has a neat tool about classes – not the ones with teachers and students, but the ones with dollar signs and prestige. (via JD at Get Rich Slowly)

I just received a free copy of The Myths of Innovation from Scott Berkun, who was kind enough to offer me one since I reviewed his other book. Ever since I watched the video (High Bandwidth version or Low bandwidth version) about the book I’ve been looking forward to reading it. I’ll post a review […]

Here’s the Spanish Castle Illusion. Look at the black dot for a few seconds, then mouse over the image. Until you move your eyes, it’s in color. Too bad there wasn’t something like this for black and white TV.

I realize that videos of the Star Wars kid got old real fast, but this one was especially well done. I love the reactions of Luke and Obi Wan. It’s as if they’re really watching the kid do his thing. And the music is great.

WordPress 2.2 (codenamed Getz) is out, promising snappier performance. I just upgraded, and I must admit, it was a snap.

Strongest Dad in the World [From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly] Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on […]

Wellington Gray used the data from this BMI chart categorized by country from Wikipedia to provide a startling illustration of America’s obesity epidemic.

If you’ve ever read Black Like Me, you know the experience a man went through by changing his skin color to experience life as a black person. Norah Vincent chose to do something similar – she became a man for 18 months. The ordeal eventually led her to check into a hospital with severe depression. […]

The day before yesterday I solved the Rubik’s cube for the first time. I know, I missed the craze by a few decades, but I’m sure there are others who never took the time to work out the solution and I wanted to share my take on it. First off, the terminology can take a […]

I’ve listened to this Silly Song With Larry several times and I can’t seem to get it out of my head. It sounds familiar but I haven’t figured out if there’s an original. There may not be an original, but so far I’ve found that it shares some similarities with Last Kiss, originally written by […]