Barry Forbes caught a great moment.

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The Trolls Among Us This piece is a must read for anyone who deals with online communities, comments, or online interaction in any form. Wow, a new life form devoid of moral and ethical moorings. Scary. [via Derek Powazek]

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Washington, Connecticut. A half mile stretch of the Shepaug River in Steep Rock Preserve is choked off with ice. Up and downstream of this ice dam the river is running but somehow this spot is a bottleneck where all the icebergs are getting caught up. Every once in a while the entire thing groans and [...]

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Another great TED talk: David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think. The multi-sensor feedback possibilities for kids with language issues is incredible.

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This is from the TED lecture series. He’s brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

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Daniel Lyons (fake Steve Jobs) for Newsweek: Time to Hang Up the Pajamas I keep this blog going because I enjoy sharing. If anyone clicks on an ad or buys something through my B&H affiliate banner great. If not, life goes on. If you blog for money, you’re in trouble from the start. It’s just [...]

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Not Everyone Is Cheering as Wi-Fi Takes to the Air Being cut off from work is no reason to keep internet access off planes. And, it’s pretty easy for flight attendants to make a rule: no sound through computer speakers on planes, headphones or mute. And, if a flight attendant catches a passenger looking at [...]

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Best of the Westminster Kennel Club Show I think this set says as much about dog owners as it does about the variety of breeds of dog (which also says a lot about dog owners). To put the right spin on it, Best in Show (the movie). [via Digg]

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Randy Nelson doing a lecture at an art school on what collaboration means at Pixar. This is a wonderful lecture, he’s an excellent speaker and it’s packed with great stuff, here are a few of my notes. The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. The proof of a portfolio vs. the [...]

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Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures This is a great site. If you lose your camera, look here and you may find the pictures on it and the person who found it. If you find a camera email four images from it to this site and they’ll post them so the owner can find it. [via [...]

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John Siracusa on reading in the digital age This is a fantastic article because it covers the entire history of e-books, both as content and as devices. Very well thought out and written. [via Daring Fireball]

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Ricky Jay is without a doubt, the greatest close up magician around and this is a scene from a David Mamet produced Broadway show he did a while back: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants. His speciality is cards…

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Matt Lee’s Indian Matchboxes This is a spectacular collection, amazing graphic design on those boxes, beautifully presented. It takes some time to load but it sure is worth it. This is another push to actually photograph my collection which isn’t this good but it’s interesting as well. I love this stuff. [via Coudal Partners Blended [...]

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Lenticular Clouds Above Washington That large mountain looks like Mt. Rainier. [via Digg]

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Photograph a cop in the UK and you may go to jail The new set of rules, under section 76 of the 2008 Act and section 58A of the 2000 Act, will target anyone who ‘elicits or attempts to elicit information about (members of armed forces) … which is of a kind likely to be [...]

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Merlin’s First Desktop Tour from Merlin Mann on Vimeo. Good stuff. All the various apps look great. I wish Apple would work some of Pathfinder into The Finder. [via Boing Boing]

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Alexander Heilner’s Aerial Landscapes. Check out his other sets: Landscapes by Day, Landscapes by night, Microbes, and more. Excellent photographic work. [via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]

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