Random bits from conversation with voidmonster prompted me down this trail... Sharing shiny information can lead to more material for your own hind-brain and the next story. 

• The Computer Chaos Club Guide to lifting and faking fingerprints:  (I heart the CCC, proper hackers, them)
  http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren?language=en
• Armadillo Aerospace's News Archive: Amatuer rocketry projects since 2000 from John Carmack (yes, that JohnC)
  Start at the beginning for a soup-to-nuts progression of  tech exploration, struggles and triumph.  Was four guys, a girl and a armadillo, but they've since expanded.
  http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home
• A new site I picked up, Ben Saunder's North Pole Speed Record: (solo trek to the North Pole, carrying all his supplies)
  http://north.bensaunders.com
• For a smorgasborg of technical security email lists check out: http://seclists.org/
  
  • Full Disclosure has a high noise to signal ratio, but is exactly what channels are like when dealing with InfoSec.
  • NMap Dev is a great list for getting the feel for a OSS project as it is improved over time.
  • The rest, just set down and sample away... just never subscribe, at least until you understand the implications of giving thousands of security geeks your email address.
    
• Terra Nova, a website dedicated to computer gaming and world concepts, from an academic bent:
   http://terranova.blogs.com/
• I've mentioned it before for sailormur and gregvaneekhout, but I've found Build It Solar as a great first tier starting point for energy-related home improvement and cost-savings.  
  http://www.builditsolar.com/