Weekly Filet #191: Favourite Songs. And more.
1. 78songs – discover new music.
I've asked some music-loving friends of mine to compile their 78 favourite songs. «78songs» is a little website I built to present these playlists, ready for you to play and enjoy. We're starting with twelve playlists, but there will be more. Maybe yours, too?
2. The World Is Not Falling Apart (Slate)
«Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.»
3. Gotham 7.5K (Storehouse)
In case you needed visual proof that this city never sleeps, there you go. Breathtaking out-of-helicopter images of New York City.
4. 52 Places to Go in 2015 (The New York Times)
Inspiration for your next travels: the NYT's annual wanderlust listicle.
5. The Secret History Of Thoughts (Invisibilia / NPR)
Do not listen right before going to bed. The story of a man, who – out of nothing – developed the urge to stab his wife and got cured by holding a knife to his therapist's throat. And the story of a man who has been trapped in his own body for years, fully conscious without anyone knowing he was still here.
Recommended by Erik Martin: TV News Archive (Archive.org)
Internet Archive's amazing new searchable database of almost all US news shows since 2009. It's an impressive archive and the search, editing and sharing tools work great once you understand what you're looking at. They have a great daily trending section as well, but the most fun is that you can now find quotes of politicians contradicting themselves in record time. (we need this for Europe, too)
January guest curator: Erik Martin is the former General Manager of reddit. He recently launched Assholes On Demand, a pro bono service that helps senior citizens and other underserved communities sort out customer service problems with big companies.