january links

I haven't been posting, but I have been surfing. Here's a list of what I've found interesting in the last few months.

• Through Kiva, you can make small business loans in third world countries. Pick your country, pick your entrepreneur — very cool. You can then follow their progress through web updates. All interest made on your loan is use to fund Kiva's operations; however you do get your principle back (to loan again, one would hope).

• Zefrank has been at it four or five days a week for nine months now, and I don't know how he does it. The Show withZefrank is funny, political and somewhat daft. If you have an
eight-hour shift to kill, you can even catch up on all the past episodes. It's also available as a podcast.

• Lifehacker has a ton of cool "hacks" for daily living. DIY projects. Software tricks. Links to cool sites.

• Here's one I found through Lifehacker: Open Culture. Sounds like they have a lot of lectures, interviews and stories available or linked to. Here's a big fat for instance: 10 Excellent University Podcasts.

• Gizmodo recaps new technology and products. Sometimes boring.