Grab bag of links
Jan. 14th, 2009 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassMy goodness, it's been a while! I've actually had the links ready for over a week, but haven't gotten the chance to post. So here's a super-duper grab bag post to get myself caught up!
1. How to feel like The Incredible Hulk in 2009 (17-minute video) -- a video of Tim Ferriss talking at the Entertainment Gathering, talking about how he manages to learn things very quickly by questioning "obvious" guidelines. Typical Ferriss. (@ The Four-Hour Work Week)
2. 33 inspirational YouTube videos conveying genuine life lessons (videos) -- pretty much exactly what it sounds like. I was surprised how many of these I hadn't seen before, and how many I had.
3. 44 ways to make your 2009 awesome -- a long list of potential goals you can have for the new year, if you don't have one already. Some are kind of nifty. (@ Master Your Card)
4. 11 ways to expand your mind and recover from brain rot -- again, a list of stuff you can do when "brain rot" sets in. A lot of overlap with the previous list. (@ Zen Habits)
5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams / Wonderwall remix (4.5-minute video) -- I heard this playing in a mall a while ago and absolutely had to find it online. Very nice remix.
6. A mother's gifts -- a little parable that teaches some steps for living in hard times. (@ The Simple Dollar)
7. How to cut out home heating oil, Japanese style -- an interesting take on how the Japanese live during the winter. Hint: they don't heat their whole homes. (@ No Impact Man)
8. Antikythera machine (3-minute video) -- a reproduction of an ancient Greek computer! How cool! (@ The Long Now)
9. Livescribe -- I really wish this had existed back when I was a student. It's a pen / audio recorder that synchs into your computer, so that you can play the audio from when you wrote something. Very cool concept.
10. "Star Wars" a cappella tribute to John Williams (4-minute video, hat tip to Ernst) -- four-part harmony about Star Wars, using soundtrack songs from other John Williams movies. Also very cool.
11. Africa in perspective (picture) -- how big is Africa? Really big!
12. I'm an idiot (xkcd comic) -- man, have I been here before. Well, not quite.
1. How to feel like The Incredible Hulk in 2009 (17-minute video) -- a video of Tim Ferriss talking at the Entertainment Gathering, talking about how he manages to learn things very quickly by questioning "obvious" guidelines. Typical Ferriss. (@ The Four-Hour Work Week)
2. 33 inspirational YouTube videos conveying genuine life lessons (videos) -- pretty much exactly what it sounds like. I was surprised how many of these I hadn't seen before, and how many I had.
3. 44 ways to make your 2009 awesome -- a long list of potential goals you can have for the new year, if you don't have one already. Some are kind of nifty. (@ Master Your Card)
4. 11 ways to expand your mind and recover from brain rot -- again, a list of stuff you can do when "brain rot" sets in. A lot of overlap with the previous list. (@ Zen Habits)
5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams / Wonderwall remix (4.5-minute video) -- I heard this playing in a mall a while ago and absolutely had to find it online. Very nice remix.
6. A mother's gifts -- a little parable that teaches some steps for living in hard times. (@ The Simple Dollar)
7. How to cut out home heating oil, Japanese style -- an interesting take on how the Japanese live during the winter. Hint: they don't heat their whole homes. (@ No Impact Man)
8. Antikythera machine (3-minute video) -- a reproduction of an ancient Greek computer! How cool! (@ The Long Now)
9. Livescribe -- I really wish this had existed back when I was a student. It's a pen / audio recorder that synchs into your computer, so that you can play the audio from when you wrote something. Very cool concept.
10. "Star Wars" a cappella tribute to John Williams (4-minute video, hat tip to Ernst) -- four-part harmony about Star Wars, using soundtrack songs from other John Williams movies. Also very cool.
11. Africa in perspective (picture) -- how big is Africa? Really big!
12. I'm an idiot (xkcd comic) -- man, have I been here before. Well, not quite.
