Websites I like

My sister's website. She created a business around the goal of increasing the efficiency of buildings in Florida and nearby states. Her company takes on big projects, such as Orlando International Airport. She also has a personal website.

My father's website. He conceived a new approach to understanding addiction, and this approach is now, 40 years after its introduction, gaining considerable public attention.

My lovely daughter has been making better and better short films for YouTube for over a year, and now she is finally given me permission to post a link.

My son runs a Minecraft server, in which as many as 30 simultaneous atavars can interact in a virtual landscape of hills, oceans, and monsters. If you haven't played this game then you really should because it's pretty neat. First go to the supplied link and download the client program, then add in my son's server IP --> 162.244.165.81:64843

The bioinformatics links reside on their own page

Sculptor Maskull Lasserre creates beautiful, arresting, and sometimes disturbing pieces that are worthy of consideration. Maskull is one of the contributors to Dismaland, an art installation which will never, ever come to the United States.

Mike Bostock is amazing, and D3 is my favorite graphics package. Follow this link and look through some of his graphics examples if you haven't already.

Each day Amy Goodman provides the news you don't hear through corporate-controlled media. Democracy Now! is my first choice for broadcast news.

The international Diabetes Federation has put together an excellent resource with information about this terrible disease. Their diabetes atlas page in particular is filled with useful information to help explain the prevalence and spread of type 2 diabetes.

A beautiful, interactive graphic describing obesity on a per country timeline. This page is a fine example of how a visualization can provide an intuitive interface that allows users to drill down into the particular data set that interests them.

A collection of some of the molecular biology animations that have been created by Drew Berry. I find his work really amazing, and after I view it I feel as if I can grasp some of the intricacies of biological processes in a deeper way.

Anyone with a computer, some time, and the will to increase their understanding can now further their education. There is a sea change in education going on right now, driven by but not limited to MOOCs. Some of my favorite links are available here.

Answers this question: how commonly are particular words/phrases encountered in published works over the last few hundred years? What a fascinating tool.

Global revolution.tv. The resulting website seems a bit scattershot, but I like the idea.

Totally, unreservedly bizarre. I like it, though I'm sure his stuff is not for everyone.