Proust's Madeleine

Looking for the recipe? Slate attempts to break it down.

Penguin remixed

Penguin's sponsoring a competition for people to remix bits of their audio books. You can listen in here.

110 reasons to eat more chinese food

You can't win if you don't play!

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

The schedule for this summer has been announced.

Timeline

A new way to watch time go by.

The history of sampling

A neat little java app covering the above.

Frusion Breakfast Brawl

Get ready to experience the most amazing breakfast-related boxing game mankind has every seen! Ready? FIGHT!

Throw paper

Sophia pointed me to this game, which I've found oddly addictive. I think it's the sound effects. My high score so far is just 12.

50 Pounds Assorted Hand Tools and Hardware - NTS

Have you ever had your nail clippers confiscated at the gate before boarding an airplane? Now you can bid on them on ebay.

World Press Photos at UN

Yesteerday, the World Press Photo Awards exhibition opened at the UN. You can read the press release here.

Graphical representation of Google News

A cool new way to scan the headlines. Or, in the words of the about section: "Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator."

Post Secret

I can't believe I haven't linked to this yet. Share your secrets on postcards.

What is a craving?

A craving is a consuming desire; a yearning, an urgent need . . .

Lunch at noon

There once was a time when a Monday lunch was Sunday's leftovers. No longer! Lunch at noon.

DJ Format

More DJ Format videos. This one isn't quite as fun as the one for "We Don't Know," but it's fun in its own way. Three feet deep.

622 Music Videos

Not all the links work, but still a pretty impressive collection.

Airline Bag Lounge

This lounge has bags from around the world and through the ages. I wish they'd bring some of them back. Or I wouldn't be surprised to find updated versions at Flight 001.

Stamps book

Michael Hernandez de Luna and Michael Thompson have collected a number of their stamps into a new book. The site describes them as "two Chicago artists who have taken on the International Postal Authorities and really scored a bulls-eyes!  Their unique and often hilarious home-made stamps have been sent from virtually every country in the world and arrived to tell the tale. "

Buzztracker

From the site: "Buzztracker is software that visualizes frequencies and relationships between locations in the Google world news directory. Buzztracker tries to show you how interconnected the world is: big events in one area ripple to other areas across the globe. Connections between cities thousands of miles apart become apparent at a glance."

Swisssh

Crazy video of trick shots.