I've decided to put together a top 45 list out of some of the albums I've listened to in the past year. This isn't a list of top albums that came out in 2011, it's a list of my personal favorites that I first heard in 2011. I was able to get in one album on most nights in the spring but slacked quite a bit in the fall. If you like any one band on here I encourage you to check out the others.
Bonus drinking game: take a drink every time Stereolab is mentioned.
http://web.me.com/brkirch/brkirchs_Software/Mac_OS_X_Software.html For whatever dumb reason Apple switched to base 10 units in MacOS X 10.6. This program sets it back.
http://m24digital.com/en/2011/08/26/unusual-boy-dies-after-masturbating-42-times/ What an excellent picture for this article.
http://transitmaps.tumblr.com/ Real and fake public transportation maps from all around the world.
http://www.ediblegeography.com/spaces-of-banana-control/ I'll bet you had no idea you could use ripening bananas to heat your house.
http://atlasobscura.com Atlas Obscura keeps an online reference of interesting tourist attractions.
This recipe was taken from the Everyday Dutch Oven blog. As things neared towards Thanksgiving he started putting up seasonal recipes and descriptions of his (elaborate) Thanksgiving Dutch Oven setups. I saw this recipe earlier in the month and tossed it into my file because of the cranberry. Also, right before Thanksgiving I went to the local Tractor Supply Store for their Black Friday deals. They had a regular height 12 incher for $15 (marked down from $20).
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877 This article goes over the last minutes of flight of Air France 447.
http://www.fanmakers.com/text.aspx?id=21 The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers has prepared a list of history's most famous fan makers.