Go to NorCal! My favorite place to see redwoods is Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz.

finally that monstrosity of a password keyboard from Unnecessary Inventions will come in handy

I think it could be interesting to encode messages into the DNA of an ant, for example, then mail the ant somewhere so that the receiver can sequence the DNA and decode the message

Damn. Wikipedia pictures too or just text?

that's interesting, I wonder if it would be good with oatmeal inside. Like a sweet oatmeal burrito

podcast addict is fantastic, I tried a lot of different options before settling on it

There are many more beautiful places to visit in Santa Cruz, too. Wilder Ranch State Park cliffs, West Cliff Drive at sunset, UCSC campus, Pogonip, and Nisene Marks State Park, just to name a few.