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1. The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don't Let Other People Tag You

2. A time lapse video of the Earth from space. Very cool.

3. You're A Grown Man - a blog in a similar vein to The Art of Manliness. I especially like "You’re a Grown Man, quit screwing around on your phone."

Use the Rubik’s Cube rule. What’s the Rubik’s Cube rule, you ask? Here we go: If it would be appropriate for you to pull out a Rubik’s Cube and start playing with it, it would be acceptable for you to screw around with the apps, games, texting, and other trappings of your ComputerPhone 5000. Having stated that rule, is it appropriate to hop on and launch penguins during a staff meeting? Think about it…picture it…everybody is watching you play with a Rubik’s Cube, how odd!…ok, no, it’s not appropriate to launch penguins during the staff meeting. Let’s try another one: You’re standing in front of me and you get a Push notification that your 5th grade friend just “liked” your link about the newest Lego Starwars Game. Should you check it? Huh, let’s visualize the moment… “Hey, why in the hell are you playing Rubik’s Cube while I’m talking to you!” So no, it’s not okay.

4. Through a friend, I've discovered something I'm calling "notebook culture." It's an interesting push to go back to a more simple way of organizing your life. I'm actually giving it a try ... so here are a few related links:

The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook - The Art of Manliness details all the ways different jobs benefit from a notebook.

How to Make a Moleskine PDA - If you've never heard of it, read "Moleskine" as "fancy notebook that can be replaced by a cheaper one."

Introducing the Hipster PDA - Basically it is a stack of note cards. With a clip. That's it.

PigPogPDA - A system of organizing said notebook.

5. Six words even educated people misuse. A few of these are pretty precise.

6. Ray Bradbury at 90 - A great piece on a great writer.

7. Speaks for itself.

8. And I don't even know about this.