Weekly Filet #185: Bigger Than Huge. And something special.
1. From 1,000,000 to Graham’s Number (Wait But Why)
Pause to think for a moment: What's the biggest number you can imagine? Ok, now you're ready for this. I know «this will blow your mind» is rather overused these days, but dive into this tornado of numbers and once you're through, drop me an email if you feel your mind hasn't been blown properly.
2. Photo gallery of Ferguson demonstrators in NYC (Boing Boing)
People all across the US have taken to the streets this week to protest against the appalling decision not to bring to court the policeman who had shot and killed a young black man in Ferguson, Missouri. A powerful image series from NYC.
3. Strangers at Sea (The New York Times)
Ryan and Pepe have never sailed together before. Now they try to win a race from New York to Barcelona. Times Documentaries takes you aboard.
4. 12 podcasts that will tell you a fantastic story (Mashable)
Cold, dark winter days ahead, this list will give you some excellent ways to pass the time (if you've followed my recommendation some weeks back and are already addicted to Serial, you can skip to #2 right away).
5. Which country does the most good for the world? (TED)
An interesting talk and an even more interesting ranking to explore afterwards: Which country does the most good for the world?
Gifts for all!
Ok, let's try something. Can we collaborate to create a list of great gift ideas? One you can use for christmas shopping or just to give yourself a treat. Very simple procedure: Each of us contributes one gift idea (which can be anything, really) and the week after next, I'll send out the entire list.
Gifts for some
I've got five invites for a new platform called This., where every user can share exactly one link per day. I've only just started using it myself, but I think it's an interesting concept. Reply to this email if you want one of the invites – first come, first served.