Author: jedcssn768

Hat tip to Marginal Revolution, the world’s most beautiful libraries can be found here.

My favourite photos are below:

I can’t remember where I found this video first, but I really got a kick out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/v/omhB15G2dY4

Via Freakonomics, the best Aptonyms:

Limberhand the Masturbator

Eikenberry the Funeral Director

Justin Case the Insurance Guy

Chip Silvertooth the Dentist

Nice…

I’ve read and watched two fantastic commencement speeches.

One is the Steve Jobs commencement speech, given at Stanford University in 2005. You can find the text of the speech on the Stanford website. I’ve attached the YouTube video below here:

https://www.youtube.com/v/D1R-jKKp3NA

Second is a speech that Conan O’Brien gave at a New York City high school in 2006. It’s not as inspirational, but it’s still got a great message for high schoolers. The weblink below has both a (quite poor) video and a transcript of the speech.

Conan O’Brien gives the commencement address to the Stuyvesant High School Class of 2006.

Great stuff!