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.
Most 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.
I’ve come to really appreciate this short, to the point recap of what’s been important over the week. Very BBC, very good.
I’m usually not a big fan of life lessons published anywhere, but these are actually quite good.
So, apparently, discussing these 36 questions makes two people fall in love. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
I’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?
Inspiration for your next travels: the NYT’s annual wanderlust listicle.
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.
A beautifully illustrated cheat sheet for 78 cocktails.
A nice little tool: Enter an band’s name and play their least popular songs.
Cold, 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).