CA Certificates

Guys at Berkeley created a map showing the relationships between all the root CA's and their intermediates.  Maybe it's not perfect, but it is kind of cool. 

scientific journals without insane publisher fees

Much has been said about the ridiculous fees and the inaccessibility of research in scientific journals.  There is always the "non-peer reviewed arXiv", but Tim Gowers at Cambridge wants to create a open-access peer reviewed journal that sits on top of arXiv. 

Real life Man from Earth?

The gist of the movie The Man from Earth is this guy that has lived 14000 years.  (no, there isn't any cool sword fighting.)  Well, it looks like there ~might~ be a real example of this with Brooke Greenberg who is 20 years old, but has not aged since the age of 5. 

Dam Fast

Nice side-by-side comparison of F1 and GT race cars going down the track.  (aka: GT is really fast, F1 is psycho.)  Also note TopGears show on driving F1 cars.