"…a working list of all known plant species. Version 1 aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts)."

yeah, you want to read Chairman Bruce's thoughtful analysis. NB that his text is mirrored in the comments (the link seems to be overwhelmed)

(just another thing to try)

(doesn't get a lot better than this, presentation-wise)

(a nice catalog of temptations)

what a wonderful trove, and approximation to a 2001 Zeitgeist …just scroll down through the subjects and marvel at how it all began, and see http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/10k-redux.html for context

(a good launch point)

Argonauts of the Corpus

a tragedy, of the first water

(I really don't care about Fxxxx at all, but this sketch of global interconnectivity is really striking)

gaaaaak. It's really an interesting exercise to look at an area you know well and see where the foreclosures cluster, and then start wondering why…

(the last sentence makes the whole [painful, I do hope not prescient] thing worthwhile)

both college classmates, though I knew neither of them back in the day –a lovely memoir

via WFMU's Beware of the Blog, and a real revelation and inspiration

Zittrain, Lessig, others –about an hour, and really worth listening to

via Make: ALL the Episodes of ALL the Series, and arguably ALL you need for an Education. Well, perhaps that's an exaggeration, but these are surely a good start, and perhaps reason enough for Apple TV…

links to several thoughtful summaries