- 12/31/11 - On Math - What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics? (www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-have-an-understanding-of-very-advanced-mathematics)
- 12/30/11 - History of the world in 100 seconds - According to Wikipedia. (vimeo.com/19088241)
- 12/29/11 - Rock and Roll Tedium - Did you meet a pop star once? Is it a dull story? Stand up straight and tell the rest of the class. (rockandrolltedium.tumblr.com)
- 12/28/11 - last tweet - Of the notable people who passed this year, many were active on Twitter. Here is a sample of their (unwitting) final messages. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/25/magazine/last-tweets.html)
- 12/27/11 - Philosophy is the Kevin Bacon of Wikipedia - Add one or more comma-separated Wikipedia article titles and watch as the visualization plots a course to the entry for "Philosophy" by clicking the first link in each article. (xefer.com/wikipedia)
- 12/26/11 - Doctor Who Timeline - A complete timeline of Doctor Who from 1963 to present, including episodes, seasons, companions, villains, and more. (www.cabletv.com/doctor-who-timeline)
- 12/25/11 - Book Dedications - The Secret History of Second Hand Books Compiled. (bookdedications.wordpress.com)
- 12/24/11 - The Story of the Modern Desk Lamp - In four parts. (www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/the_story_of_the_modern_desk_lamp_part_1_its_invention_was_based_on_british_car_suspensions_21387.asp)
- 12/23/11 - The Lives They Loved - The New York Times invited readers to contribute a photograph of someone close to them who died this year. Here are some that illustrate a story from their lives. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/20/magazine/lives-they-lived-reader-submissions.html)
- 12/22/11 - Viral 2011 - The Best Viral Videos Of 2011: A Retrospective (videogum.com/435741/the-best-viral-videos-of-2011-a-retrospective/webjunk)
- 12/21/11 - flowing data - Explores how designers, statisticians, and computer scientists are using data to understand ourselves better - mainly through data visualization. (flowingdata.com)
- 12/20/11 - 2011 in Lego - The year's news in Lego pictures. (www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2011/dec/13/2011-lego-year-news-pictures)
- 12/19/11 - Chocolate Dice - How to make your own Dungeons & Dragons chocolate dice mold. (offbeatbride.com/2011/11/dungeons-and-dragons-chocolate-dice-mold)
- 12/18/11 - The Big Questions - Psychology Today takes a look at the big questions. (www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201112/the-big-question-why-are-we-here)
- 12/17/11 - Predicting the Future of Computing - An interactive computing timeline. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/06/science/20111206-technology-timeline.html)
- 12/16/11 - the old robots - A website dedicated to the first wave of robotics. (theoldrobots.com)
- 12/15/11 - All Together Now - Every Beatles tune, played together, sequenced in order of lengths, with the longest starting first and all 226 tunes ending together. (soundcloud.com/ramjac/beatlescompletebkwds)
- 12/14/11 - Best memes of 2011 - The best memes of 2011 from KnowYourMeme.com. (knowyourmeme.com/blog/meme-review/best-memes-of-2011)
- 12/13/11 - Python Facts - Tips and tricks for the Python programming language. (facts.learnpython.org)
- 12/12/11 - PIxar Shorts - How a Pixar short film gets made. (www.slashfilm.com/qa-pixar-short-film)
- 12/11/11 - Victoria Hugos - The Hugo Awards are given to the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. Unfortunately, they've only been awarded since 1953. That's where this column comes in — Jess Nevins will be awarding honorary Hugo Awards to the best novels of the Victorian era... and beyond. (io9.com/Victorian-hugos)
- 12/10/11 - Press Play - Original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and more. (blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay)
- 12/09/11 - VASSAL - A game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. (www.vassalengine.org)
- 12/08/11 - Toronto in Photos - The history of Toronto in photos from blogTO. (www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/the_history_of_toronto_in_photos)
- 12/07/11 - The History of English - How English went from an obscure Germanic dialect to a global language. (thehistoryofenglish.com)
- 12/06/11 - Famous Musicians Who Died Too Young - Musicians which are worldwide known and died at young age (before 54 years old). (www.last.fm/user/thomas10/journal/2010/10/09/3yw5k0_famous_musicians_who_died_too_young_(dead_before_their_time))
- 12/05/11 - I am Your Body - Your body organs talk to you and explain their function in simple easy to understand detail. Based on the world famous articles by Dr. J.D. Ratcliff "I Am Joe's Body" (www.ue.net/body-eng)
- 12/04/11 - photos of the year - Reuters best photos of the year 2011. (blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2011/11/21/best-photos-of-the-year-2011)
- 12/03/11 - Ugly Renaissance Babies - The kids aren't alright. (uglyrenaissancebabies.tumblr.com)
- 12/02/11 - all safety cards - Collection of aircraft safety cards. (allsafetycards.com)
- 12/01/11 - girl walk // all day - A feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City to the music of Girl Talk. (girlwalkallday.com)
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