January 18th, 2008

The Macbook Air compared with four other slim laptops. Never spend two grand on a three-pound toy without comparison shopping!
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Joe Manning is on a quest to find out what happened to the children in Lewis Hine's child labor photographs of the early 20th century, and is posting their stories as he finds them.
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Ants build giant climate-controlled underground labyrinths, and scientists find a way to see what it looks like. It's quite a sight!
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20 Qualities for a Successful Life. There's a bit of overlap among these, but they are all things we seek in ourselves and in others.
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Learn how to travel the world and find free accomodations from a "professional hobo." Here are eight websites to get you started.
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How the web began. The short version of the first chapter of internet history.
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Pens and Needles: History's Strangest (and most useful?!) Tattoos. There are plenty of strange reasons besides drunken whims for getting a tattoo.