http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOwMW6agpTI#t=6m50s A lecture on reverse engineering Stuxnet, a very sophisticated virus. This video is very entertaining and informative.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/cheney-waits-until-last-minute-again-to-buy-sept-1,2521/ "Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Gifts"

http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html This is a 6502 CPU simulated at the transistor level in your browser!

http://tartley.com/?p=1267 Git is simple!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art_scaling_algorithms Multiple algorithms are available to upsample pixel art (frequently found in old video games). Wikipedia's article compares several algorithms and shows some impressive results. This paper was also recently released and also gives excellent results. The supplementary material link lets you visually compare different algorithms.

http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-15-down-ls-rabbit-hole.html Tracing the steps needed to run ls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L4M8m4d0 A parody of Bad Romance by the graduate student staff of a research lab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1MyVZEKbew Pia Fraus - Moon Like A Pearl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony The Line-crossing ceremony is an ancient naval tradition.

http://www.infrastructurist.com/ Infrastructurist is an excellent blog covering news stories about America's transportation systems.