Grab bag of links
Apr. 21st, 2010 08:55 am1. Global Rich List -- Enter your income and it'll tell you where you sit compared to the rest of the world. I was extraordinarily surprised that my entry-level income put me in the top 6% of the world's richest. Where do you fall?
2. How to build a pencil crossbow (pictures) -- I can just see the havoc this one's gonna cause. I wonder how many people are gonna bring pencil crossbows to Crown Tournament?
3. The history of the English language -- Very funny, but maybe only for language and history geeks.
4. Old picture generator -- Want your pictures to look like they were taken a hundred years ago? This is your resource! (Click on the "English" button in the top-right corner.)
5. What if Starbucks marketed like a church? (5-minute video) -- Exactly what the title says. Very clever.
6. If children's drawings were real (pictures) -- Artists take kids' drawings and sketches and draw them realistically. Very cool stuff.
7. John Cleese vs. Extremism (2-minute video) -- John Cleese explains the benefits of extremism, in his typically wonderful style.
2. How to build a pencil crossbow (pictures) -- I can just see the havoc this one's gonna cause. I wonder how many people are gonna bring pencil crossbows to Crown Tournament?
3. The history of the English language -- Very funny, but maybe only for language and history geeks.
4. Old picture generator -- Want your pictures to look like they were taken a hundred years ago? This is your resource! (Click on the "English" button in the top-right corner.)
5. What if Starbucks marketed like a church? (5-minute video) -- Exactly what the title says. Very clever.
6. If children's drawings were real (pictures) -- Artists take kids' drawings and sketches and draw them realistically. Very cool stuff.
7. John Cleese vs. Extremism (2-minute video) -- John Cleese explains the benefits of extremism, in his typically wonderful style.