What follows is a ‘best of the blog’ collection - think of them as featured activities.

(presented in reverse chronological order)

• frank gerhy on charlie rose

• how to unclog a toilet and othe repairs

• phillip seymour hoffman is taken on by psychology today

• learn basic stats: standard deviation

• help your heart

• get involved in microlending

• bill clinton on the sax

• how long should that be in the fridge?

• tom waits in stop smiling magazine

• top ten victories for women in 2006

• notable people who have experienced homelessness

• a look at kazakhstan

• may the best word win

• in the end, fidel wins

• time to make the donuts

• all 499 sayings of confucius

• people shape the hyundai santa fe

• mazda’s suitcase car

• how to make hamburger, hamburger

• time lapse video of picasso painting

• how stone lithography works

• understanding laundry symbols

• chef and restaurant database

• i’m from barcelona - we’re from barcelona

• jammin’ on the one

• top 10 unreported stories of 2006

• skywalkers parade in miami

• will ferrell: what his peers are saying

• george orwell’s real name

• do you know from feist?

• photo essay on russia’s space junk yard in kazakhstan

• salvador dali on film

• elvis costello is going to ‘diss you

• see a robot fall on its face

• james yang’s illustrations

• super mario the play!

• want a better looking myspace page?

• meet seu jorge

• literature and weather warnings

• supply problems in the wind power sector

• heirloom tomato

• iran’s control over its press grows

• just some penguins (video)

• the rules of the playground

• freecycle.org

• shipbreaking in pictures

• confused or scared?it’s bono on japanese TV

• abstract art as a search for meaning and culture

• the secret of Stradivarius violins

• deleted scenes from borat

• the consumer boom in venezuela

• bad air for the beijing games?

• malmo’s turning torso

• nuclear by canada

• how the rich countries can best help the poor

• comic look hotel room

• esquire interviewed osama bin laden

• read some john hodgman

• how to buy a suit

• the trouble that was on the set of three kings

• karim rashid’s latest design on the market - KONE

• how to fold a t-shirt

• tag your it!

• ok go rocked TO

• meet ray lamontagne

• pet penguin, i want one!!!

• lincoln continental jumps the st. lawrence?