http://www.h2limousine.com/women-vs-men.php
Brief article on the way men and women communicate. Very "men are from mars" but I found it pretty solid. "Advice vs. understanding" is the most frustrating.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0104?
Thomas Edison killed elephants with electricity produced from his mind.

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10431680
Article on Chicago's Public transit system

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19845/page1/
Long story about the decision-making process and motives of the people who actually decide what goes onto your nightly news program. I.E. the idiots that shit that garbage onto your screen.