Weekend reading links for 23 September 2011, including: sushi etiquette, cultural insights from 5 million books, Bartitsu demonstration, and great science discoveries.

1. Culturomics: What We Learned from 5 Million Books: Great TED talk on some cultural insights from digitizing and processing 5 …

Here are some links to help get you through the week, including: a Star Wars Asciimation, 50 most influential books, videos of martial arts throwing techniques, book 1 of The Secrets of Jujutsu, and one-word writing prompts.

Here are some cool links for Saturday, 17 September 2011:

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  Pick Punch: make guitar picks from old credit cards, plastic gift cards, photo IDs, etc.

• Which Book: service that suggests books for you to read based on your criteria, mood, and other preferences

• If I owned a castle, this is what I’d …