http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6667949/pappy-van-winkle A short story on Pappy Van Winkle, a rare bourbon. Bonus Bourbon recipe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_stick Wikipedia on the history of tally sticks throughout the ages and how they were used.

http://fuckyouziggy.blogspot.com/ No love for Ziggy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0RZbrzOBxg A video of one of the explosions done to mine out the future Second Avenue Subway in NYC.

http://buttersafe.com/2011/09/08/disaster/ Disaster.

http://jstn.cc/post/8692501831 A guide to configuring your hardware serial terminal with MacOS X's gettys.

https://github.com/facebook/fbconsole Post to Facebook from the command line!

http://mjg59.livejournal.com/136274.html A rant on the desire to create "lightweight" open source software replacements. I'm linking this in particular because "To a first approximation, when someone says "Lightweight" what they mean is 'I don't understand the problems that the alternative solves'." is an excellent quote and summary of the issue.

http://biscuitfox.smackjeeves.com/ Biscuit Fox is a new webcomic about the life of an immigrant NFL player.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr?start=10 Reviews and analysis of all the Power Rangers TV show seasons.