Random things that fascinate me:

• The Precious Plastic initiative: Giving everyone the means to recycle and reuse Types 1 to 7.
• Cheap Old Houses: If you’ve got $50K and fortitude, you can save an American gem.
• Colossal: A trove of stimuli (and also a dark comedic sci-fi masterpiece).
• Crowdsourced transcription projects: The rush to digitize ephemera before cursive dies out.