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Grab bag of links
Apr. 13th, 2009 08:53 am1. Uncle Jay explains the news: March 16, 2009 (3-minute video) -- "Uncle Jay" actually does one of these videos every week, and I love them. Part kid's program, part really smart satire of the financial media. You can see all the backdated videos on Uncle Jay's website.
2. How to write complaint messages that will get the results you want -- a nice compare-and-contrast between two types of complaint letters and why each works (or doesn't). It's a little-known fact that my mom is actually a master of the complaint letter and has been getting mega-results for years.
3. The best time to buy everything -- an interesting (and sometimes counterintuitive) list about when is the best time to buy a whole variety of things. Kind of nifty and useful for reference.
4. Extreme sheep LED art (3-minute video) -- this made the rounds a while ago, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth three minutes of your time. In a sort of "I can't believe they'd do that" sort of way. Trust me.
5. Walk this way: making the right choices to reduce your water footprint (picture) -- a very cool chart showing visibly some possible choices made in an everyday life and how that impacts our water use, both directly and indirectly. Nice and concrete for us more visual thinkers.
6. Nine tactics for making healthy, incredibly simple, and cheap meals for you and your family -- not so much recipes as a more general philosophy of how to think about meal planning.
7. Did you know? (5-minute video) -- thought-provoking video about certain facts of our world. A bit disconnected, but it lets the viewer draw their own conclusions. Worth a look, I think.
BONUS PASSOVER #8: 20 things to do with matzah (2-minute video) -- a cute music video about what to do with leftover matzah. Because we know we can't eat it all!
2. How to write complaint messages that will get the results you want -- a nice compare-and-contrast between two types of complaint letters and why each works (or doesn't). It's a little-known fact that my mom is actually a master of the complaint letter and has been getting mega-results for years.
3. The best time to buy everything -- an interesting (and sometimes counterintuitive) list about when is the best time to buy a whole variety of things. Kind of nifty and useful for reference.
4. Extreme sheep LED art (3-minute video) -- this made the rounds a while ago, but if you haven't seen it, it's worth three minutes of your time. In a sort of "I can't believe they'd do that" sort of way. Trust me.
5. Walk this way: making the right choices to reduce your water footprint (picture) -- a very cool chart showing visibly some possible choices made in an everyday life and how that impacts our water use, both directly and indirectly. Nice and concrete for us more visual thinkers.
6. Nine tactics for making healthy, incredibly simple, and cheap meals for you and your family -- not so much recipes as a more general philosophy of how to think about meal planning.
7. Did you know? (5-minute video) -- thought-provoking video about certain facts of our world. A bit disconnected, but it lets the viewer draw their own conclusions. Worth a look, I think.
BONUS PASSOVER #8: 20 things to do with matzah (2-minute video) -- a cute music video about what to do with leftover matzah. Because we know we can't eat it all!
