Some really mind-blowing macro photography.

From magid:
An interesting read: on being fat, and being oneself.

Found a new and different, and surprisingly addictive web game, called Filler. If you need a way to waste a little -- or a lot -- of time, check it out.

I know people are often confused by what I can and can't do on shabbos, and what constitutes "work". I was amused to see the The Straight Dope has just posted an interesting and very readable column on the topic.  (My personal observance does not always follow the Orthodox customs, so please don't tell me "Hey, you're not allowed to do that!" if you see me doing something covered there...)

I've been using a cool new Firefox add-on, and I thought some of you might appreciate it as well. It's called LiveJournal Addons. It monitors your friends page and message center, notifies you of upcoming birthdays, and does a bunch more things that I haven't figured out yet. Mostly I like it because it can puts an icon at the bottom of my window when there's a new post on my flist, and I can mouse over it to see a list of posters and subject lines.

Insanely gorgeous photos of smoke. Colors are photoshopped in afterwards, but the smoke itself is real.