Do ‘Most Tourists Take Pictures from the Same Spot’? If Corinne Vionnet selects the photos…

Yet another “in the style of the iconic Tube map”: River Maps

Heartbreaking photos from the second Christchurch earthquake—all the more scary knowing we were there

More photos on the Big Picture: Christchurch earthquake

To read later: From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp (via NY Times)

Oh dear: British tourists feared dead as Vietnam tour boat sinks (we’ll be on a boat in Ha Long Bay Feb 27-Mar 1)

I’m curious about this: NoteSlate

A sweet lovenote to the French Language: Live The Language – Paris

Check out Terrie’s great bald eagle shot

Extreme sitting? Check out Hockern (crazy new “sport” in Germany)

Funny: Pyramids, Plates, and Pagodas: Dietary Guidelines From Around the World

Incredible videos from Flughafen at Miniatur Wunderland in Germany

Ouch: Breaking the Web with hash-bangs and Tim Bray chimes in: Hash Blecch

Dreamhost+Matt Mullenweg: Look who stopped by… (my blog continues to be in good, albeit quirky, company)

It’s got linguistics, poetry, and Neal Stephenson! Trochee Fixation

Nice video: An Accelerated Cockpit View of a Beautiful Twilight Landing at LAX

Congrats to my sister Katie for completing her first half marathon—in under 3 hours!