I love this guy, and you should too.

Not only does Anthony Weiner have the best name of any politician that I can remember and a sense of humor about it to boot, he is one of the few in Washington that can genuinely be trusted to have our best interest at heart. I, for one, love seeing him lose his cool...

A must for all nerds.

Technology + Entertainment + Design = TED. They call it the conference of ideas and this is the one that got me hooked...

Books for free. Really. The Concord Free Press.

Why? Their ethos: "We publish great books and give them away. All we ask is that you make a voluntary donation to a charity or someone in need. Tell us about it. Then pass your book along so others can give. It’s a new kind of publishing, one based purely on generosity, and it’s changing the way people think about books".

I like.

Google Alarm alerts you to data mining.

This may be more than you want to know about how many websites are gathering data about you, but it's good for a reality check.

Google Alarm Demonstration from Marketplace on Vimeo.

3rd party anonymous/confidential STD notification with humor.

And it's not just for the gays!

Air guitar anyone?

Gay people can be ok parents too. Duh.

Now that there's a credible study showing that the gays can parent just as well as straight folks, I wonder what the next argument will be to keep gay adoption illegal in Florida, Mississippi, and Utah?

National Geographic photo essay shows spilled oil under UV light.

WikiLeaks is the tipping point for journalism in the internet age.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Green roofs are a win-win.

Meat free Monday!

You don't have to be a strict vegetarian to help the planet and your health.

How do glowsticks work?

Healthier = smarter. How diseases, especially during childhood, can affect intelligence.

Remember this guy? Former Real World cast member runs for Congress.

Bathroom parity; politics and products.

Props for the Economist for their reference to making trans people's lives easier through unisex bathrooms.

And why didn't I think of this?!

A breakthrough in HIV prevention: microbicide gel shows promise, empowers women.

Fake controversy: Fox News again twists edited footage to fit their agenda.

First it was the fake pimp "infiltrating" ACORN to expose corruption, and now it's Shirley Sherrod and the NAACP. An apology just doesn't get to the point.

Toyota-Tesla venture will produce electric RAV4's.

If you've ever seen the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?, you might be feeling a sense of deja vu at this announcement. Let's hope for the best!

The "professor of dirt".

Trippy medical animation.

hybrid 2010 reel from hybrid medical animation on Vimeo.

See more at the Hybrid Medical Animation website.

Comics with problems.

From finding Jesus (no, really! check out the tab on the left side of this site) to being gay in the military - comics to guide your moral compass.

Big gay rainbow charts

Walgreens and medicinal alcohol.

Until I watched Daniel Okrent on The Daily Show, I had no idea that alcohol was once prescribed much in the same was as medicinal marijuana is today. Walgreens has Prohibition to thank for its success.

San Francisco in J-E-L-L-O.

Ever heard of "haul" videos on YouTube? So messed up.

Joey Baron. Best. Drummer. Ever.

10 tips for becoming a happier parent.

Amen! I'm not a parent and I could still use some of this advice.

My first skate video.

Must have reggae remixes!

'Nuff said.

Little ripper Alize Montes.

My life, full circle. Skateistan mentioned on Rachel Maddow.

Recently played.

Ten year old little ripper Gracie Bails.

Spain's got it in the bag!

Octopus, or Oracle? You decide. I'm putting my money on Espana.

The lesson of the Three Little Pigs isn’t to avoid straw. It’s that you don’t let a pig build your house.

Sometimes low tech can be highly awesome. Buildings made of straw.

Car designers combine structural form with electrical function using car building materials as batteries.

Canine enthusiasm to the Nth!

There is energy all around us, ready to be reused!

This is such sick technology but it makes me wonder - if all that energy is just out there floating around... what might it be doing to us?

On the verge of Minority Report law enforcement?

If there are genes that can predispose humans to be murderous, will we see a future where we're tested for it and treated as criminals before we even do anything wrong? Just as the iPhone was nearly unimaginable 20 years ago, I think the next surprise will be what we do with greater knowledge of our genetic makeup - for better and for worse.