FLYP’s latest picks.
PIXELS WORTH 1,000 WORDS
An ingenious Flash site from the BBC helps users cut their carbon footprints one lifestyle at a time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom/flash.shtml
NOTHING FLASH-Y ABOUT IT
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s aggregator, Arts & Letters Daily, is the best of its kind—a garden of delights.
http://www.aldaily.com/
SOCIALLY REDEEMING BUG PORN
Isabella Rosselini’s Green Porno series: see her as a sexy spider and other insects. (Don’t miss the worm.)
http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/
A MASTER AT REST
Must read: Ian McEwan’s Valentine’s Day eulogy for John Updike, from the online magazine The Australian.
WHY WE’RE IN THIS MESS
TED Talker Barry Schwartz explains the psychic failure behind the meltdown—and the only way out of it.
MICROWAVE TV
Oh the joy of exploding stuff—crayons, tomatoes, gummy worms, deodorant, ketchup packets. Dorm life at its best!
http://www.greensock.com/portfolio/MicroManiac/index.html
ALL THE TICKING TIME BOMBS
Clocks for all occasions—births, deaths, abortions, cars built, carbon emitted, shopping days until Christmas…
http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks3.htm