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6/13/11 Gil's LotD: Nature
http://fopnews.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/shape-shifters-debris-basins-and-the-san-gabriels/ Pictures of the debris basins around Los Angeles which protect the city from landslides.
6/8/11 Gil's LotD: Crocheting math
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/crocheting.php An interview with two professors who crocheted hyperbolic shapes to demonstrate their properties.
5/22/11 Gil's LotD: Subway maps
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/12/915879/new-york-subway-map-wars-continued An article about a panel discussion over New York City's subway maps.
5/17/11 Gil's LotD: Give Me Something To Read
http://givemesomethingtoread.com/ A blog full of lengthy, often interesting articles. I've been following it for the past year or so and it's given me a few future LotDs.
3/21/11 Gil's LotD: The Gervais Principle
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ A look at the different types of characters in The Office and how they work together.
3/9/11 Gil's LotD crap: The Rape Tunnel
http://www.artlurker.com/2009/09/the-rape-tunnel-by-sheila-zareno/ The Rape Tunnel art project.
3/7/11 Gil's LotD: Internet latency
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=408327833919 Facebook on measuring Internet latency around the world.
2/21/11 Gil's LotD: An Infrastructure Pilgrimage
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/03/07/an-infrastructure-pilgrimage/ The story of a trip to the world's largest rail yard in North Platte, Nebraska.
2/16/11 Gil's LotD!
http://live.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-ken-jennings.html?hpid=talkbox1 Ken Jennings on Watson, IBM's Jeopardy playing computer.