I don’t know if you know, but space is freaking amazing! One of the best possible ways to make your life unboring is to understand (or try to) that we’re all part of a giant swirling cosmos of infinite (depending on who you ask) proportions.
I highly recommend checking out NASA sites like “” for breath-taking photos of astronomical phenomena, as well as looking into how the galaxy and universe works. For lovely little tutorials, check out Salman Khan’s Khan Academy.
Listen to these people:
Brian Greene explains how freaking cool space is and how cool it might become:
Have your embarrassingly naive friends told you that the Large Hadron Collider is going to suck us all into a black hole? Well, watch this.
A million cool pictures of space
Space is the beeeessssssst! Great site Nick. I love the things you’ve chosen for your “unboring your life” list, especially this one. I recommend Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” series. Its outdated (from the 80s I think), but awesome!