The Big Juicy Twitter Guide

For those of you wondering what IS the point of Twitter and other such tools, check out The Big Juicy Twitter Guide by Caroline Middlebrook

A big blue tower in Manhattan

Here's a shot of architect Bernard Tschumi’s Blue residential tower located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For more on it, including interior shots, see Blue Skies over at the always striking Yanko Design

Get very close to DaVinci's The Last Supper

Over at this site is a amazing tool to allow you to get a very close view of this famous masterpiece. See Haltadefinizione - The Last Supper in detail

David Byrne featured on Yahoo Picks

Yahoo's been doing a good job featuring trends and people. The latest is a feature on one of my favourite artists. As they say over at their profile, A Few Questions for David Byrne - Yahoo! Picks Profiles

His site, DavidByrne.com, is chock full of goodies, including CD tracks, performances, a faithfully updated journal, and his own Internet radio station, on which he features a monthly selection of his latest musical passions. He and fellow musician Brian Eno have also made a couple of tracks available online for re-editing, mixing, and sampling from their seminal "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" LP.

Give both Byrne and Yahoo a read. Better yet, go remix "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"! :)

CNN enters Second Life

CNN tries to explain why:

So, what exactly is news in a virtual world? CNN has opened an I-Report hub in the virtual world of Second Life. CNN aims to find out by opening an I-Report hub in Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world created entirely by its residents.

Not sure who the dude with the shades is....looks a bit young to be Wolf Blitzer. :) For more, see:

CNN enters the virtual world of Second Life - CNN.com

Street Art and "300"

rebel:art is a German blog with a wide range of art displayed, including Street Art. I liked this one....another great spoof of "300".

The World's Biggest Blue Screen of Death in Downtown Toronto!

As someone from Toronto, I guess I can take perverse pride in having the Worlds Biggest BSOD!

I guess this could almost be considered hip. (Credit to gadgettastic.com)

Want to get the mathematicians you know for a gift?

Try this! From ontoinfo ...the Triple Nine Clock

Everybody has a secret...

From xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

The problem with Symbols, or Guy Fawkes and V is for Vendetta

Jacob T. Levy has an excellent posting on the problem with symbols, namely Guy Fawkes. What Guy Fawkes represents in England is (was?) pretty clear. In North America, or at least the U.S., not so much.

Serious Hallowe'en pumpkins!

Kevin Kelly has a link to some serious pumpkin carving. (This is only one of many!)

See: KK