Getting down in the gritty details of some of the novel issues brought up by new media.  Your grandparents can’t give you any advice on this stuff, these problems have only been around for a couple of years!

Links mentioned:

• Yo yo check out Patrick Reynolds’s star turn as the freakin Mandroid in 1986’s classic, The Eliminators.

• What those profile pics might mean.

Gwen is such a terrible cook that Patrick won’t even let her step foot in his kitchen. We try to get to the bottom of this phenomenon and question what makes a person believe they are inherently good or bad at anything.

Links mentioned:

• Rick Astley Rick Rolls the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.

• Julia Child on David Letterman from way back.  This is actually really really funny.

• Gwen Bell on the Happiness Project.

• The Happiness Project’s Post, 5 tips for kicking a bad habit.  And the little quiz on Are you a moderator or an abstainer?

• Oprah on her yo-yo-ing weight.

• A cool little site where you can explore how math underlies our perception of beauty.

•  Think you can’t cook?  Start with the easiest recipe in the world, the basic Stir Fry!

Are all these sites and lists about making your life simpler actually making anyone’s lives simpler?

Links mentioned:

• How your digestive system works.  This will take some time to read.

• The episode of South Park which destroys Family Guy

• Dave Bruno’s 100 Things Challenge

• 365 days of the same dress

• Merlin Mann brings the smackdown on the uselessness of productivity tips.

• The photography project Material World, that puts all of a family’s possessions outside their house. (Thanks to Jedi Jawa for remembering the source here)

(Music from Rob Macleod)

Living abroad can do strange things to a person, here’s what to look out for and how it applies even to people who never leave their hometown.  And some wicked travel/expat hacks.

Links mentioned:

• Learn Japanese on your DS!  (Note that this will not actually help you speak Japanese.  But it’ll make you feel better about yourself)

• Stuff White People Life : Travel

Books mentioned:

• Learning to Bow.  Not recommended!

Commercial flight has only been around for 80 years, and we’re still figuring out how to handle life thousands of feet off the ground.  Some stories and tips from the friendly skies.