1) hovding

This is an “invisible” bike helmet developed by two Swedish Industrial Designers, Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin.

2) Changing the Ratio: Why Should You Care? - Rachel Sklar

Notable soundbite:

Sklar warned against “pattern recognition,” which she described as a “preconceived idea of what a boss, an entrepreneur, an anchor or a president look like.” This can be a good thing, she noted, as it allows a person to “see areas in which positive things emerge,” but if a person’s preexisting notion is the only standard with which to view the world, that person is “shutting off opportunities for innovation across a multitude of other sectors.”

3) Snow Crash

Snow Crash is Neal Stephenson’s third novel and is a story interweaving history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy. I’m totally enthralled by the two awesome protagonists Hiro Protagonist and Y.T.

4) Bluegrass Playlist on Spotify

Bluegrass (new and old) is just in my blood, guys. I can’t shake it, I don’t want to.

5) Making (and eating) this pecan pie

You may not have my secret recipe!

6) GoldieBlox, the Engineering toy for Girls

I backed GoldieBlox on KickStarter and I’m very impressed with Debbie Sterling.