A visualization of all nouns in the English language arranged by semantic meaning.(via MetaFilter)
There are a few similar services out there but JustHearIt is one of the best I've seen for being able to instantly stream pretty much any song you type into it. (I'm picking fairly mainstream stuff for the most part so YMMV.)
Fimoculous has been around for a few years, each year collecting more and more “Best of” year-end lists in a number of categories. The book section is the obvious one of interest but there are many others that will allow you to browse away the hours of your Christmas holidays.(via MetaFilter)
Click anywhere on this piece of art then see where everyone else who's ever visited the site has clicked. (I clicked just to the upper left of the middle woman's eyes for the record.)
It's probably not a surprise to anyone who has read this blog for any length of time that I'm an atheist. But I have recently come across a couple items that take people to task for their Christmas extravagances from a religious perspective which I thought were worth sharing.The idea for a One Hundred Dollar Holiday […]
I was massively addicted to Tetris when it came out (still have the box and 3 1/2″ floppy I originally bought it on too!) so the game “99 Bricks” caught my attention. “99” Bricks is sort of like a “reverse Tetris” except instead of trying to make the blocks that fall into full lines which […]
I found the Secret Santa site, Elfster, via MetaFilter and thought I'd give it a shot on this blog. Odds are, if you're reading this blog, you're a book lover who has a living space full of books you'll likely never get around to reading or will never read again. So here's what I'm proposing: […]
A FIMS alumni provides an intriguing glimpse into North Korea's national library. (via one of the FIMS-related groups on Facebook)
Today's link is a fun variation on the idea of an online painting program. (And speaking of painting a picture, how about a map from two short years ago showing how Barack Obama stacked up in a hypothetical race against John McCain.)
Try to guess a random book's Amazon star rating just by looking at its cover. (via MetaFilter)
