http://sumo.sourceforge.net/ SUMO simulates traffic patterns over large road networks. It has a GUI and can pull in maps from OpenStreetMap.

http://labs.dinahmoe.com/plink/# Musically collaborate with strangers online. Unfortunately its popularity has gone down a bit so there aren't as many people playing online anymore. It's quite a bit of fun with 5+ people.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2418 The free market can't handle every situation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland#The_Eastland_Disaster Sometimes you can have too many lifeboats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_Arrangement The Double Irish Arrangement is a way for companies to avoid U.S. income tax on foreign income.

http://www.looksgood.de/log/2011/10/mapmap-vauxhall-mashup-mental-maps-and-openstreetmap/ This software allows users to draw a mental map of an area and squish the real map to their drawing. There's no demo available but there is code on GitHub.

http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/harold-camping-2011-10/ How did Harold Camping handle the day after the end of the world?

http://eatthattoast.com/2011/10/revelation/ The end.

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201111/movie-set-that-ate-itself-dau-ilya-khrzhanovsky?printable=true&currentPage=all An investigation into a very strange movie set. I thought it was fiction but it's real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U A neat little animation for a reading of the poem Storm by Tim Minchin.