Microfinance – Investing for Social Impact – Google Video – very cool talks on a different kind of investing
Prayer blessing enemies by a Serbian Orthodox bishop – among others, “Whenever I have wanted to lead people, they have shoved me into the background.”
Cognitive Daily: Artists look different – “Trained artists learn to…draw the world as it really appears. Even world-famous artists such as Leonardo da Vinci have had to resort to tricks such as looking at their subject through a divided pane of glass in order to render proportions accurately. As you can see from the two…more
Storage inside a bike seat – A-ha! On the very slick Trek Lime
Google signs software deals in two African nations – I’m proud of my company today; developing Africa’s economy through technology is one of the greatest things we can do. It’s just a start, but a good direction…
Banana + pear + apple + [funny-looking exterior](http://flickr.com/photos/eraine/90825112/) = [my new favorite fruit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherimoya)!
Wow, a Choose Your Own Adventure DVD – though I wonder how you simulate holding your fingers in place–you know, in case you make a mistake and have to go back…
Microsoft Inductive User Interface Guidelines – aka “task-based” interfaces…some good tips to help design them, including four main ones: “Focus each screen on a single task; State the task; Make the screen’s contents suit the task; Offer links to secondary tasks.”
Ben Stein on money today – fantastic rant on the bankrupting of society to pay for the excess of the rich.
Yeeaahh! Home – nicely-gridded Yahoo home page redesign