Kevin Kelly’s final statements about what the web will be in 5000 more days: “There is only One machine. The web is its OS.” Sounds really similar to the Islamic Shahada…coincidence? I also like his earlier quote, that “We have to get better at believing the impossible.”

Free University in Internet – despite his grammar woes, this guy has uploaded and organized hundreds of videos on Google to create his own online “university”. Awesome.

Halloween contact lenses – way too tempting…

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand; And a Heaven in a Wild Flower; Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand; And Eternity in an hour.” – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Always push the bees the way they want to go – Gerald Cooper. As Russell says, about the best advice you’ll hear anywhere.

The U.S. Debt Clock has run out of digits. Ouch.

“Imagine, as a thought experiment, that everyone on the planet had the same share of the world’s resources. It turns out your share is about six acres (2.5 hectares) of dry land. Now imagine if that were your whole world. How would you treat it?” – My little world (and yours, too), an interesting thought experiment that shows how radically we need to change our lifestyles in the developed world.

WorldChanging: Thriving on Earth ForeverAn interesting quote in the comments: “If plastics will be here for 50,000 years, how are we going to learn to live with 50,000 years of bad design decisions?” I think the assumption is that we won’t have to–that we’ll be extinct by then. But what if we aren’t? What if we survive?

Nashville pumps dry after panic about rumor of no gas – a self-fulfilling prophecy…these videos of the situation are like a glimpse into the future…

The Temples of Damanhur are an amazing set of underground buildings carved over 30 years, in secret, beneath an utterly unremarkable Italian country home. Wow.