What did the blogosphere have to share this week? Let’s have a look.

Scott H. Young starts us off with a very interesting story about Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Could you have walked away from $8 million in easy money? Because that’s exactly what Hsieh did after selling his first company to Microsoft. Instead of taking on an $8 million annual salary to help with the transition, he left after three months to eventually build (and sell) Zappos.

Marc from Web Urbanist has some stunning pictures for us to consider. Despite how they may look, they are not photographs. When you have art that is this extremely realistic without being actual photographs, you really have to start to question what your eyes are seeing! These images are positively unbelievable and you should definitely check them out.

Darrell Etherington has some very simple advice for those of us who are having trouble falling asleep at night: stop taking your iPhone to bed. Incredibly, 61% of those surveyed by iPass reported that they bring their cell phones with them to the bedroom and this could be indicative of our obsession with communication. Does the radiation or bright screen have anything to do with sleeplessness too?

Bob Buskirk is broadening his online portfolio with the official launch of his Pittsburgh Bucket List website. As its name implies, the site is focused on developing (and hopefully tracking) a bucket list specific to the city of Pittsburgh. Bob has no intention of leaving his town just yet, but the mindset for the site is for someone leaving Pittsburgh in precisely one year’s time.

Sean D’Souza demonstrates the importance of writing effective article headlines and how adding a few measly words can make a world of difference. It helps to make your headline specific (rather than vague), but perhaps more importantly, these few measly words can spark a level of interest that cannot be matched by simpler and shorter headlines.