Not Intent on Arriving

In the recent weeks, socially conscious rap has been in the news.

First, a group of organic farmers took the UK by storm. Yeo Valley popped wheelies on their tractors and laid down mad beats about milking cows. Word.

Now, we have a rap in favor of banning single-use plastic bags made in the USA. Listen up, this message’s important.

I’m waiting for a video about the proposal to ban circumcision in San Francisco.

1) Surprising Places with Wi-Fi: In case you aren’t fortunate enough to take place of Google’s offering of free Wi-Fi on the flights of three airlines for the holiday season, this list from Unplgged suggests some unexpected places to look. Examples: Laundromats and courthouses.

2) First Look Inside the Spider-Man Musical: Vogue offers the first look at the world’s most expensive musical ever— Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will open in January 2011.

3) Man Afraid For His Life in Africa: Unfortunately, that by itself would not be news. In the past weeks, a newspaper in Uganda published a list of gay men to kill.  This man, however, is targeted for a different reason. His skin color. Salum Khalfan Barwany was elected to parliament in Tanzania. He’s albino.

4) He Doesn’t Waste Time: Lil’ Wayne has been out of jail for less than two weeks, but a track featuring new vocals from the artist has already come out.  Wayne returned to the studio last week (for a 15-hour session) and his record label says they will release a post-prison Wayne track “like tomorrow.”

5) Steve Jobs is Normal: That’s the real news of the day. We learn it after the release of some images from Jobs’ personal home office, which are… surprisingly normal. The other Jobs news of the day. Apple completely overhyped the addition of Beatles songs to iTunes.

6) Amazing Art Project: Courtesy of London. One local photographer chronicles the scenes of 12 murders through ordinary pictures.

7) Also From London: The world’s largest 360 degree view of a city. In huge resolution.

My apologies to everyone for not posting for some time now. I hope to make it up to you with some awesome links for your reading pleasure.

1) Pope Warns Of Loneliness: Pope Benedict XVI doesn’t want for people to be lonely, and knows why they might be. The internet. His holiness warned young people not to rely on the new technology.

2) Shout Out to a Fellow WordPress Blog: A new London-based blog has caught my (and Londonist’s) eye. Daniel Brackley is a celebrity in his field and has launched a blog chronicling his daily adventures. What does he do? Well, he’s works in the sewers.

3) Something You Don’t See Today: Take a look at this picture and see if something looks odd about it. LIFE unveiled a gallery of never-before-seen pictures of future President Kennedy from the campaign trail.

Did you see the gun?

4) Why Burgers Don’t Rot: A scientist has finally decided to answer the question of why McDonald’s hamburgers do not rot through scientific study. The answer, according to the experiment: the burgers are small but with a large surface area that allows moisture to evaporate quickly. No moisture, no mold. I don’t buy it.

5) Apparently, NYC’s Worst Kept Secret: This week, a series of posts spoke about a new SECRET subway station in NYC, located underneath City Hall. Apparently, the station has never been abandoned and sly riders have always been able to stop there. I want to go there now, though. Looks really cool.

6) Yeah, Ouch: Just look at this picture…

[via Daily What via jmg]

7) Awesome Myth-Busting: The gang from the popular Discovery Channel show disproves the “bull in a china shop” saying.

8) New Addictive Tool: Tired of only seeing postcard-quality shots of countries from all-over the world? Well, a new dawn is coming. MapCrunch let’s you pick whatever country you want, and then the site finds a random Google StreetView. A taste of reality.