6 Billion Others
6billionothers.org
Yann Arthus-Bertrand (spitting image of Bill Murray in The Life Aquatic) is not a man for small ideas. After circumnavigating the globe taking aerial pictures for Earth From Above, his next ambitious project was to create a time capsule of the world today by interviewing people in every corner of the planet. Started in 2003, the results so far are put together on this slick site. Testimonials picks out snippets from the 6,000 video interviews with incredible people and incredibly normal people, all answering a similar set of questions about their lives and dreams. Dig deeper and you'll find full-length films and road diaries of the team's travels.
A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
atributetojonimitchell.com
According to Bjork, we are "living in a rock white male world" where Bob Dylan is hailed as a saint while artists like Joni Mitchell are ignored. This site and a forthcoming tribute album go some way to redressing the balance. Here you can listen to cover versions by the likes of Annie Lennox, Elvis Costello and James Taylor and compare them to the originals (Prince replicates Mitchell's high pitch on disturbingly trouser-pinching A Case Of You) or read some nice essays by Sufjan Stevens and Bjork on what Joni means to them and the challenges of recording her work.
Blog Roll Lists
Pop Culture Madness
A ludicrous amount of song charts.
King of Lists
Tips, life lessons and 52 proven stress reducers.
Sense List senselist.com
Famous winds, actors who are introverts and all manner of random trivia
43 Things 43things.com
Enter your 43 goals, read other people's. Must eat more pie.
McSweeney's
Numbers from Fight Club! The Musical and other fictional treats.
Grocery List
The strange mysteries of discarded shopping lists.
To-Do List
Real-life handwritten to-do lists from self-motivation and honeymoon ideas, to what we're eating this week.
What we learned on the web this week
We want some Joy Division trainers
Why Tony Soprano is only the 10th greatest fat man on American TV
In the 101 move variant of Rock Paper Scissors, Tank squashes Duck. Duck disgusts Vampire
What happened when De Niro met De Niro
The strangest hotels in the world
Herrings are the kinkiest fish
Which films include the most uses of the F word
The difference between men and women
If you drop food on a dirty floor, it's safe to eat - if you're quick!
Look out Google. K-Fed has his own search engine
