I've only linked to the Boston Globe's The Big Picture once before, when they had amazing pictures of Jupiter. Kottke talks about this feature a lot, and for good reason: the pictures in these sets, without exception, are gorgeous and stirring, And as I'm a huge lover of good photography, I should probably link to this more often.

The set that finally gets a second link is The Next President of the United States, on the eve of his inauguration. These are great photos and exciting times.

This is a very cute, very fun, and very addicting game about launching a hedgehog into outer space. Kottke managed four days, but my best is nine.

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Mike Sacks takes pictures of his TV. I thought this was something that might get pretty old pretty quickly, but there are some good ones (Cheryl Tyler, Head of Hooters Girl Casting). I mostly like how it points out all of the garbage they put on TV that passes for news (Joe Winiecki - Forced to change shirt).

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Here's a fun little game that has you naming as many elements of the periodic table as you can in 15 minutes. An even better game, in my opinion, involved US presidents.
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Jason Kottke has some interesting links to the New York Times and NPR on cooking with food from 99 cent stores -- including a cookbook!

To bypass the NYT registration, you may wish to use a service like BugMeNot.