Best of the Internet - January 2008

    Yeah look at my awesome collage making skills.  I know you are impressed, you don't need to say anything.  But my phenomenal  Photoshop collage making abilities are not the point of this post.  The true purpose is to showcase some links that I discovered this past January that I think are really neat.  So here we go!

Blogs
Tim Ferriss - I want to like this guy: automate my own business, travel the world, and do anything I want.

Photos
Library of Congress Photos - The U.S. Library of Congress made its own Flickr account and uploaded some magnificent photos from the past decade.  They really give a nice look into how people lived back in the mid-1900s.
Falling - Purely stunning.
Driving Me Crazy - I love the washed out colors in this photo, it is a neat effect.
Monitor Calibrator - Properly configure your computer monitor to view more-or-less correct colors.

Applications
Jott - A near perfect speech to text transcription service.  Call a number, record your message, have the transcription emailed or texted to anyone you want.  For free.
Docx2Rtf -  Even though I just got a free copy of MS Office 2007 from my university, this great program converts the new .docx file format to .rtf, which is readable on nearly all systems.
Input Director - I haven't tried this one personally yet but my good friend Paul S. tells me it works wonderfully.  This program allows you to share your mouse and keyboard across two different computers (example: use one keyboard and mouse for your desktop and laptop at the same time).

Informational
ROBOT9000 - xkcd's IIRC chatbot that doesn't allow 'useless' (those that don't add to the conversation) comments.  Really an interesting system.
MS Office Shortcuts - I never knew of the fantastically organized MS Office 2007 keyboard shortcut system.  It is brilliant and improves my efficiency.

Video
Mr. Rogers - Watching this video makes me appreciate how inspirational and caring Mr. Rogers truly was.