Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I've got to do pretty much non-stop work until this year-end update (not that it's outrageous or anything, but I'm already behind), so let me mention some other people's ideas. First, let me point out wlfdrgn's IAM scholarship project (fully independent) — you may also remember Darrin as the primary author and organizer of the BME megasurvey so he's got my vote of confidence on this project. I'm mentioning it here now because there's a bit less than a week left before he finalizes the rules and requirements so if you're interested click the button and check out the forum.

Other than that I'm going to go through my bookmarks and recommend a few blogs. People ask me regularly how I stay in touch with a diverse range of subjects. I read a lot of news, but these sites help me stay focussed:

• treehugger – “the future is green. find it here.”
  This is a really hip, design-oriented site on renewable technology, ecotravel and general “green lifestyle” (with a strong emphasis on urban living)… Great blog for wanna-be eco-hippies living in NYC (and I say that in the most endearing of ways). If you like the vibe of this site but prefer travel-oriented stuff, check out Gadling, and if you're more interested in the design side of things, check out MetaEfficient.
• Green Trust – “sustainability and renewable energy”
  I just started reading this blog. It's not updated as regularly as I'd like, but it's got a good content encyclopedia and I like their spin on life a little more than the treehugger site. I'll mention sustainablog as well which has tons more links.
• LukeFord.com, HardcoreGossip
  There are a ton of adult industry blogs, but these are the two that I read regularly. I like Fleshbot as well but that's a very different sort of adult blog.

I also read Defense Tech, Gizmodo, MeFi, and other blogs, but I'm going to mention a few more of my bookmarks as well that are not blogs (and then I can delete them from that long drop-down Favorites menu — some of these are just articles I bookmarked thinking I should write about them).

• Now laziness is a protected disability?
• AeroGrow – Cool tech for clean window sill gardening.
• Ilse Koch Nazi trial – It has some pictures of tattooed human skin from concentration camps that I wanted to use as reference for an encyclopedia entry.
• The R.I.O.T. wheel – A very cool, very insane vehicle currently going for the single wheel land speed record (they need sponsors; want to help fund a crazy engineer?).
• Universal Hovercraft – One day I'm going to build one for Nefarious and I to play with.

Anyway, hope that cures at least ten minutes of boredom, although of all the sins in life, boredom is the least excusable. The world is an exciting place!