2010-04-21

2010-04-21 08:55 am

Grab bag of links

1. 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.