Here’s the good stuff:

• Ten Things Your Restaurant Will Not Tell You is the title of this must-read article.
• Do you like chess? Then you’ll love this comic.
• When Wikipedia rules the world, stuff like this might happen…
• Here’s a list of the world’s most corrupt countries, as classified by Transparency International.
• Meth is making inroads among the yuppies, not just the white trash. After you read this article, I hope you’ll be as disgusted as I am with the whole mess.
• Here’s how to get a pre-sliced banana, without peeling it.
• Dan Heller wrote a darn good article about photo keywording and photo searches.
• Boris Yeltsin, now called the father of Russian democracy, has died.
• Want to start your own podcast? Host it yourself with Loudblog, the easy-to-use podcasting platform. (I use it and recommend it for the ComeAcross podcast, which is currently in hiatus.)
• A macaw has managed to teach a boy with severe learning disabilities how to talk. Wonderful stuff!
• I like this simple but great tutorial from Rick Sammon on basic photographic techniques. Check out Part 1 as well.
• This obelisk patio furniture is great. It comes apart into chairs and a table, then stacks back up into an attractive column.