Extreme Organizing

Robert Krulwich has a post about a Swiss artist who is more anal than anyone in the history of fussiness.

Cool blog with clever images

I just saw a blog with some clever images.

Although the "guide to how far to stay away from a car in case it's a giant bomb" is more grim. Kind of reminiscent of the 1980 Portland nuclear fallout plan.

Regretsy

I've been "enjoying" Regretsy for a while now, although some of the disasters on Etsy are horrifying.

But I think the wreath of clown heads is my "favorite".

Patchwork sewing machine

Most of the stuff on There I Fixed It is hilariously badly built.

But the barette sewing machine patch I saw today impresses me.

A wedding story

You think you know how this marriage story goes. After years of marriage, man comes to woman and says he's leaving, doesn't love her anymore, never did.

But what happens next is amazing and surprising.

ZIP Decode

This is pretty cool. A webpage that lets you see the physical regions of each zip code. Interesting patterns you can play with.

Work policies

I just found out that my employer forbids me to link to their website from my personal website. Huh. Fascinating.

Palin baby name generator

This is pretty funny.

You can find out what your Sarah Palin name is. Or would have been, if she were your mom.

Internet Fad Timeline

This is cool.

It's a timeline of Internet Memes. It seems pretty darn complete.

Boys and Subways

This blog post is just charming. A New Yorker's young boys are obsessed with the subway system. To a slightly disturbing, but essentially adorable extent.

Drop of Gold

I just read a great children's book called Drop of Gold.

It's a story about how birds got so diverse, and so beautiful. It's a book that I think all the bird lovers in my family would really enjoy.

Presidential Birthplaces

I just learned that Lincoln was born in Kentucky.

And while birthplace is an accident, it's interesting that Ohio has the second most presidents with 7, following only Virginia with 8.

Grover Cleveland was from New Jersey. Did not know that.

Precious Moments Crucifixion

It took me too long to find this picture. It's of a cartoon crucifixion, of the cutest dead Jesus ever.

This some lady Believes

Last night on All Things Considered, a woman talked about what qualities she hopes her newborn child will have in life. She nails it.

I don't know if I have much to add, except I think she names the 3 best qualities to make a good person. It's a beautiful, positive list of things. Caring, honesty, and being able to laugh at yourself. I hope I live up to my potential in these.

Violence attacks video games

After years of violence being blamed on video games, the internet was shut down by violence, surely putting a stop to some online gaming.

Ironic, given how rarely computers actually lead to violence, that real violence should stop pretend violence.

Cartoon Censorship

I read an interesting article today on censorship in cartoons.

For me, the most shocking examples are the "curse" words of "heck", "darn" and "furnace".

Baby Name Voyager

This is awesome. It's a website that lets you look at US Census data on first names since 1880. Behold Jennifer, Denzel, Marilyn and Adolf. See Jacob supplant Michael as #1 for boys. Behold the mystery of girls named John.

So awesome. What's your favorite graph?

Lego Alien

Behold a pretty awesome lego construction. Well, gruesome lego replica of the alien from Alien.

Trash Art

This is pretty cool. An artist makes sillhouettes out of piles of trash. Out of total rubbish comes stylized, sculpted gentle shapes. Creation out of chaos. And some pretty cool juxtapositions.

Mochi keyboard

A keyboard was in an office that was set on fire.

Now it looks like candy. And aliens. And frogs.