Two fun links

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

This has been floating from the web for a while but has finally reached mainstream. This man from Montreal started with a simple paper clip, and has slowly, but assuredly, bartered his way to more and more prominent things. His goal is the ownership of his own house. He can currently rent an apartment in Phoenix for free for one year. Now THAT's return on investment.

Piled Higher and Deeper: a grad student's comic strip

Where was THIS all my life? Just a humourous serial webcomic that every grad student should read.