We’ve got quite a varied list of blog posts from around the Internet for you this week. Enjoy.

Tyler Cruz gets us back in the holiday spirit, if only for a moment, but showing off the Roomba he got for Christmas. This is a great little product that will automatically keep Tyler’s condo nice and clean (for the most part). Whether it’ll hold up to the task in his new house remains to be seen.

Benny calls himself a language hacker. At the age of 21, he spoke only English. Now at the age of 28, he is fluent in eight languages and proficient in several more. Want to know how he does it? You’ll want to start with his simple guide to speaking foreign languages. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it!

Ray Ebersole takes us for a stroll down memory lane, looking back at his most read blog posts of 2010. At the top of the list is an article he wrote asking if teachers were underpaid for the work that they do.

2modern blog shines the spotlight on Cathy Liu. The featured artist focuses primarily on abstract painting and some of the work highlighted in the blog post is really quite tremendous. Her art is described as “bold, organic, bright, modern, [and] energetic.”

Celine Roque recognizes the importance of goals, but they don’t always turn out the way you expect them to turn out. So, you might want to think about the three goal-setting tips that usually don’t work. Maybe more importantly, you’ll want to read about the three tips that do work.