Merry Christmas!

Facebook Timeline: Updating Your Privacy Settings

After months of delays Facebook's new Timeline feature is finally here and, as promised, it's actually a pretty great addition to the site. It isn't a mandatory change (at least not yet it's not) so you'll need to manually switch over to the new system by clicking here. Once you've done so you'll have up to one week to play around with the settings to your liking before your new page is made public.

Of course, new Facebook updates also mean new Facebook privacy settings, and because Timeline is an entirely new feature your previous settings won't automatically limit the amount of information you share. Here's how to fix that:

A Tribute to George Gershwin

Because everyone should give "Rhapsody in Blue" a listen at least once in their lifetime.

From Disney's Fantasia 2000

The Art of the Brick

I'm not sure how they were able to pull it off but the fine folks over at the Mulvane Art Museum somehow managed to land one of Nathan Sawaya's "The Art of the Brick" exhibits for the residents of Topeka earlier this summer. The collection (one of three currently circling the world) features pieces made entirely out of Lego, and they are incredibly detailed. Below are some of my favorites from what I was able to see, but if you want to see more then make sure to check out Sawaya's website for pictures of some of the stuff in his other exhibits as well as new stuff he's working on in his studio. And remember, you have until September 18th to check it out for yourself, so get on that!

Music Playlist - Summer 2011

Here's what I've been listening to lately. I'm always looking for new music, so please drop me a suggestion or two of some of your recent favorites in the comment section. A list of previous playlists can be viewed here.

Something new I'll be doing from here on out is uploading my playlists to iTunes' Ping service so people can sample all of the songs without having to search for all of them individually. I've also went ahead and done this for all of my previous playlists as well so now is the perfect time to check them out if you haven't yet done so.

Click here to check out the entire playlist on iTunes.

1. "Gone, Gone, Gone" The Everly Brothers
2. "Motion Movement" Blue Scholars
3. "This Modern Love" Bloc Party
4. "Long Time" Cake
5. "Make You Feel My Love" Adele
6. "Welcome Home" Radical Face
7. "All of the Lights" Kanye West
8. "Pumped Up Kicks" Foster the People
9. "Hotel California" The Killers featuring Rhythms del Mundo
10. "Skinny Love" Bon Iver
11. "She's Hearing Voices" Bloc Party
12. "The Seed (2.0)" The Roots and Cody Chestnutt
13. "What a Little Bit of Love Can Do" Jeff Bridges
14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Shanade featuring Rhythms del Mundo
15. "So in Love" Jarvis
16. "Wake Up" Arcade Fire
17. "Breaker Breaker" Peter Bjorn and John
18. "Luno" Bloc Party
19. "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" Artic Monkeys
20. "Won't Back Down" Mat Kearney