Skateboarding paradise
The Ramp House was designed to be a skatable living space, awesome.
On drinking
Letters from Beckett
Letters from Beckett. Records of interpersonal communication will likely get lost in the swell of the digital world, it’s a shame.
The terrorist threat
You’re more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist.
Crayola colours
The science of visual art
From Mirror Neurons to the Mona Lisa, notes from a symposium on visual art and the brain, exploring the neurobiological aspects of how we perceive and understand visual art. Slides and audio are available, but they’re half-hidden underneath each speaker’s photo.
Everything Picasso
The Online Picasso Project catalogues all of the artist’s work, as well as biographical notes, commentaries and references.
University on the tubes
Academic Earth provides a one-stop shop for lecture videos from America’s top universities. Combined with a pile of free textbooks, it’s never been easier to become a reclusive academic.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are trailer. I’m definitely looking forward to this one.