We Tell Stories: 'Hard Times' by Matt Mason & Nicholas Felton
A stylish, simple, infographical, curt, and summarily realistic at the world in which we currently live.
NYTimes.com: The Buzzwords of 2008
A nicely designed list of the words of the year. Seems like half are from the election. Can't say I've ever heard of a "fish pedicure," but there it is.
TED: Rives: A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons
Just like it says.