Is A bigger than B?
Zan ArmstrongMost maps make Greenland appear huge. It isn’t. This is a great tool to compare actual sizes of countries, continents or oceans. Expect to be surprised.
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The World This Week
BBCI’ve come to really appreciate this short, to the point recap of what’s been important over the week. Very BBC, very good.
The days are long but the decades are short
Sam AltmanI’m usually not a big fan of life lessons published anywhere, but these are actually quite good.
The 36 Questions That Lead to Love
So, apparently, discussing these 36 questions makes two people fall in love. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
Published in Weekly Filet #192
In collection: Best of 2015
78songs – discover new music
78songsI’ve asked some music-loving friends of mine to compile their 78 favourite songs. 78songs.com is a little website I built to present these playlists, ready for you to play and enjoy. We’re starting with twelve playlists, but there will be more. Maybe yours, too?
52 Places to Go in 2015
The New York TimesInspiration for your next travels: the NYT’s annual wanderlust listicle.
TV News Archive
Archive.orgGuest curated by Erik Martin
Internet Archive’s amazing new searchable database of almost all US news shows since 2009. It’s an impressive archive and the search, editing and sharing tools work great once you understand what you’re looking at. They have a great daily trending section as well, but the most fun is that you can now find quotes of politicians contradicting themselves in record time.
Published in Weekly Filet #191
In collection: Guest Butchers FTW
78 drinks every bar person & party monster should know
Information Is BeautifulA beautifully illustrated cheat sheet for 78 cocktails.
The Long Tail
Alexandre PassantA nice little tool: Enter an band’s name and play their least popular songs.
12 podcasts that will tell you a fantastic story
MashableCold, dark winter days ahead, this list will give you some excellent ways to pass the time (if you’ve followed my recommendation some weeks back and are already addicted to Serial, you can skip to #2 right away).