Saturday, February 28, 2009

Neat sites

Guide to sound effects teaches how to create various sound effects (via Delicious)

PadMapper is a Craigslist and Google Maps mashup that makes it easy to find rental properties (via MakeUseOf)

SoundZit lets you type in a musician or song and listen to it (via MakeUseOf)

Goodrec offers people's reviews on restaurants, movies and books (via Marcus Zillman)

All Music, All Blogs is a huge list of music blogs organized by genre (via Linkfilter)

NPR librarians blog (via ResourceShelf)

Chronicling America from Library of Congress allows you to search and view U.S. newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690 to the present (via ResourceShelf)

games

Electric Doyu. Zap the orb through the levels

BioMex. Complete the puzzles

Demonia City. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Saturday lists

10 most extreme body parts

Top 10 gold diggers of all time (via Miss Cellania)

Top 20 wise quotes of Confucius

Friday, February 27, 2009

Neat sites

This is one giant stingray

Some neat optical illusions

Book Glutton lets you read books online (via MakeUseOf)

Can a high note really shatter a glass?

Most incompetent people don't know they are incompetent (via Mental Floss Blogs)

A collection of deep web search engines (via Internet News)

DeepDyve is a deep web search engine (via Phil Bradley's Blog)

More Friday lists

59 best breakfast places in the U.S. (via Slashfood)

100 worst traffic bottlenecks in the U.S. (via The Juggle)

10 things to do in Amsterdam besides smoking pot
(via Linkfilter)

10 excellent open source and free alternatives to Photoshop (via Delicious)

99 greatest hits of the internet (via Delicious)

21 of life's little ironies

10 famous people related to other famous people

Top 20 consumer complaints 2008 (via Docuticker)

10 best web sites for swapping books, CDs and DVDS

25 words it is not ok to ever say

I like food

Malley's Chocolates look delicious

I've had Barbara's Puffins cereal. It is very yummy

This recipe for Flying Saucer Cookies looks good too

games

Sara And The Sarcastic Creatures. Serve the customers in the cafe

In The Footsteps Of Simeon Meade. Point and click game

Penguin Games. Collection of games involving penguins (via Look At This)

Hangaroo 2. Hangman with a kangaroo (via Look At This)

Paintball. Bounce the ball to the box (via Look At This)

Medieval Archer. Hit the bullseye

Sketch A Match. Trace the drawing

Spider 2. Eat the bugs (via Jay Is Games)

Dream Hoppin'. Jump over the obstacles (via Jay Is Games)

Popopop. Pop the balloons (via Jay Is Games)

Friday lists

7 of the world's largest dogs

10 more influential scientists

9 free antivirus programs for Windows (via Delicious)

10 worst plastic surgery disasters

Top 10 legendary small people

9 coolest comic book anti-heroes

Top 5 all-around car brands

10 bizarre medical conditions

15 digital music services rated

8 harsh truths that will improve your life

50 most popular celebrities on Twitter (via Delicious)

10 classic photos of authors smoking

Thursday, February 26, 2009

A few more neat sites

How to choose an auto repair shop

How to buy digital music (via AppScout)

What to do if you get laid off (via Lifehacker)

Portrait of the American shopper

What a $500,000 home looks like around the world (Thanks Andy!)

Neat sites

Interactive map of the Simpsons' Springfield (via Neat New)

See how the stimulus package affects your state (via Neat New)

Great list of sites to educate yourself (via Delicious)

Memidex is a free online dictionary (via Internet Resources Newsletter)

Icoste is a shopping / product price comparison site (via Internet Resources Newsletter)

OCR Terminal turns scanned images into searchable text online (via swissmiss)

TorrentsSurf searches 14 torrent sites at once (via MakeUseOf)

How to find the weirdest stuff on the internet (via Linkfilter)

More Thursday lists

10 easy ways to save money by going green (via Neat New)

6 college perks that might make you jealous

7 PC security tools you absolutely must have

15 strangest college courses in America (via Neatorama)

8 most awesome old school 3D flicks

Top 10 breeds of chicken

games

Gift - Who Am I? Point and click game (via bontegames)

Collection of physics-based games (via Delicious)

quiz




You Are Country



You'll take natural beauty and quiet over the hustle and bustle of the city.

You can appreciate the simple things in life, and it doesn't take much for you to feel content.



While you appreciate the many opportunities of the city, you see them as too much of a good thing.

You love living a peaceful life. It's important that you can hear yourself think.

Teenage audio test

Train Horns

Created by Train Horns



(via Presurfer)

Thursday lists

301 useless facts

7 of the most intelligent dog breeds

10 awesome ads for traumatizing children

7 most bizarre skin conditions

11 ways to get more bacon into your diet (via Presurfer)

10 geeky tricks for getting out of bed in the morning (via Presurfer)

10 more fascinating facts that are wrong

20 brilliant TV show title sequences (via Delicious)

Top 10 eccentric Middle East books

6 athletes and a coach who lied about their age

25 brilliant wine label, bottle and package designs (via Delicious)

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Neat sites

Job-hunt has lots of links to help you find a job

Why is "When You Wish Upon A Star" on the Essential Disney Love Song Collection?

Herdict keeps track of sites that are down. You can enter a URL to see if it inaccessible to others as well or if it's just you (via ResourceShelf)

How to keep the ice cream in your kid's ice cream cone. I wonder if this really works

OXY Search is a meta search engine (via Phil Bradley's Blog)

MyTaggy
seems like a cool tag / social bookmark search engine (via Phil Bradley's Blog)

Toyadz is an online collection of vintage toy ads

More Wednesday lists

10 leaplings you might know

7 tips for making new friends

16 more tips from your grocer

5 cute animal sites to make you go "awwwww"

5 people who got new faces

20 strange deaths of interesting people

7 biggest things ever stolen

Top 10 graphic novels for youth 2009

I like food

Where to find and purchase old school candy online

LA Times Oatmeal Cookies look tasty

games

Destroy The Wall. Throw the ball at the wall and try to knock it over

Sagrario's Room. Point and click escape game (via Jay Is Games)

quiz




You Are a Yellow Light



You take life at a sustainable past. Fast enough to do a lot, but not fast enough to leave everyone behind.

You are open to whatever may come your way in life. You're very receptive.



You are quite thoughtful and knowledgeable. You have the perfect mix of reflection and experience.

You think before you act. You like to know some of the facts before you make a decision.

Wednesday lists

5 worst space launch failures (via Mental Floss Blogs)

15 online photo editors compared

Top 10 deadly volcano eruptions

10 transparent animals

3 scientific breakthroughs in real life mind control

Top 10 most influential scientists

Top 11 weirdest burgers (via Presurfer)

20 movie greats and their final roles

14 memorable movie breakfasts

27 sites to help you find the answers to questions (via Linkfilter)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

More Tuesday lists

Top 10 social sites for finding a job

10 healthiest fast food restaurant chains

5 funny 404 errors

Top 10 things employers are turned off by in social network profiles (via Dumb Little Man)

5 favorite mall snacks and their origins

12 alien encounters

Neat sites

Cochrane Reviews provides summaries of research in health topics such as Vitamin C and colds and shoulder pain and acupuncture

The patient section at the doctor-focused UpToDate seems to have decent info

Mufin will help you find music similar to what you already like (via AppScout)

Cool wall of Coke cans

How to make printer ink and toner last longer

iSeek is yet another search engine (via Karen Blakeman's Blog)

FatFingers searches Ebay for typos and misspellings so you can find otherwise hidden auctions (via MakeUseOf)

Soaps shaped by video game controllers (via Presurfer)

I like food

Cheez-It Scrabble Junior crackers look spiffy even though "cheez" is not a legit Scrabble word

so do these Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavors that have only five ingredients (via Delicious)

Tuesday lists

7 celebrity careers that launched by accident

9 weirdest public service announcements ever made (via Miss Cellania)

8 coolest apocryphal superhero movie action figures

4 great sites for poets and poetry lovers

Top 20 social web sites


7 really useful free online image editors

Top 10 movies that make you hungry

10 more bizarre disappearances

8 buildings for the dirty minded (via Presurfer)

10 reasons not to run for political office

45 vintage space age illustrations (via Presurfer)

12 food phrases explained

7 fantasy camps when you can live the dream

quiz




You Are Cranberry Juice



You're sassy and even a bit snarky at times. You have an edge to you.

And while you can be brutally honest, you're still quite a charmer.



You are confident, modern, stylish, and dazzling. You have an overpowering personality.

You're a bit of an acquired taste. People often wish you were sweeter.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Neat sites

Encarta Article Center gives you free online encyclopedia articles (via El Dorado County Library)

Medicues is an interesting looking health site (via El Dorado County Library)

Free Rice now allows you to answer questions about subjects such as paintings and countries instead of just defining words in order to donate rice to hungry folks

Aeroseek is a real-time flight tracker (via Delicious)

DeepPeep is a deep web search engine (via this NYT article via LISNews)

How to save cash by buying eyeglasses online

I like food

Cinnabon Cinnamon Crunch Cereal looks yummy

So do these Itsy Bitsy Chocolate Chip Cookies (via Delicious) and Malted Milk Blondies

More Monday lists

8 web sites to expand your sushi knowledge

4 myths about the weather (via Popcorn Trick)

25 grants and scholarships for college students

6 myths about childhood vaccines


25 most valuable blogs (via Fimoculous)

10 oddest presidential pets

6 best Oscar moments


10 shocking Oscar upsets

America's emptiest cities (via El Dorado County Library)

25 most common mistakes in email security (via El Dorado County Library)

8 funny celebrity meltdowns

20 greatest questions of all time (via swissmiss)

10 more business words to ban

3 must see web sites for artists

5 ways people are trying save the world that don't work

quiz




Your Birthday Predicts You're Outgoing



Ever since you were born, you've always been able to have fun.

You find humor and joy easily. When things are rough, you are still optimistic.



Your friends always inspire and delight you. You're always looking to add to your social circle.

You need to be around other people to feel truly happy and energetic.

games

Physics Invaders. Space Invaders with physics

Cursor Chaos. Complete the mini-games

Just Graduation. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Monday lists

11 McDonald's items from around the world

7 epic photos of fire and lightening (via I Am Bored)

Top 10 secret codes you aren't allowed to know

10 video games that should be considered modern art

15 classic science fiction cars (via Presurfer)

10 most embarrassing Oscar acceptance speeches (via Presurfer)

7 free resources for eye-popping graphics and animation (via Delicious)

12 wacky classified ads

4 famous uniforms and the stories behind them

18 of the best music tumblelogs

40 of the best movies made in Minnesota (via Fimoculous)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Neat sites

Good Guide. See how healthy and green your cosmetics, toiletries and toys are (via Linkfilter)

How to find a job online (via Delicious)

CastTV is a video search engine that searches multiple sites like YouTube, CNN, etc. (via MakeUseOf)

Movie trivia about Silence of the Lambs

CrazyFads presents popular fads from years past (via Presurfer)

TicketsFTW will search ticket sites to find you the cheapest ones to an event (via MakeUseOf)

Create your own fake newspaper clipping (via MakeUseOf)

This To That tells you how to glue anything to anything else (via MakeUseOf)

Answers to common questions about writing a cover letter

Earth911. Find recycling centers near you (via MakeUseOf)

More Sunday lists

13 resources to catch the Oscars on the web

3 librarians who are in bands

7 color changing wonders of the animal kingdom


22 things you never see anymore

100 insanely useful web tools you never knew you needed (via Linkfilter)

6 dream jobs that would actually suck

Sunday lists

99 things you should have already experienced on the internet (via Delicious)

12 pieces of pedestrian crosswalk artwork


10 awesome air traffic control towers (via Presurfer)

13 things your grocer won't tell you

18 more things your grocer won't tell you

10 most frightening photos of Carrot Top
(via I Am Bored)

20 great quotes from Ronald Reagan

6 odd moments in Oscar history

8 steps to a more eco-friendly kitchen

5 ways to collaborate on documents online in real time

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Neat sites

HP is offering free online computer classes (via That Freebie Site)

Blow by blow account of what happens when you get in a car accident

Dom Dump lets you search for expired domain names (via Listio)

Create your own PDF business cards (via Listio)

How To Go Organic has some great resources on organic food and farming. You can even search for organic-related stuff near you (via Marcus Zillman)

Behind The Name. Find the etymology and history of any first name (via MakeUseOf)

Ground Zero lets you see what would happen if a nuclear bomb went off in your area (via Librarian of Fortune)

StillTasty. The ultimate guide to food and beverage shelf life (via Delicious)

More Saturday lists

Top 3 massively multiplayer online games for youngsters

100+ language learning web sites (via Linkfilter)

Top 10 tools for landing a better job


7 cool things to see on Google Earth

I like food

The periodic table of cupcakes (via Presurfer)

Meatball Sliders sound like an amazingly great food item

Milk Chocolate Cookies With Malted Cream look yummy

Saturday lists

Top 10 moments caught on Google Maps Street View (via Delicious)

9 classic banking movies (via Presurfer)

Top 20 greatest science fiction movies of the 1980s

10 creative escalator ads

7 people who should be hosting the Oscars instead of Hugh Jackman

Friday, February 20, 2009

More Friday lists

Top 10 American heroes

10 ways to speed up torrent downloads

Top 30 technological innovations of the past 30 years

8 literary heroines

10 most and least affordable cities in the U.S.

5 sites to find the best vacation spots

Neat sites

SnapFM has links to radio stations you can listen to online listed by state or genre (via Listio)

Citizen journalist's guide to open government (via Scout Report)

Unigo has student reviews of colleges (via The Juggle)

AllYouCanRead has 28,000 newspapers and magazines from 200 countries for you to read (via Look At This)

I want this 1:18 scale Delorean

This dog house is really expensive

Like brownie edges? This pan is all edges

Wikirage shows you the most edited Wikipedia articles (via MakeUseOf)

Oscar awards speech generator (via Presurfer)

Some funny entries from police blotters

I like food

Amusing passive aggressive cakes

Cholive is a chocolate truffle on a cocktail pick to be used in drinks

Thick, Chewy Oatmeal Cookies
and Double Chocolate Mocha Walnut Cookies look tasty

So do Damn Good Cookies

games

Picnic Puzzle. Complete the puzzles before the computer

Gazzoline. Run the best gas station you can

Poco 2 Escape 4.0. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Ultimate Crab Battle. Kill the giant crab (via Jay Is Games)

BamBlox. Get rid of the blue blocks (via Look At This)

Doeo. Collect the pink things (via Look At This)

Bubble Bobble: The Revival. Trap the enemies in bubbles and pop them (via Look At This)

Dream Machine Demo. Point and click game demo (via bontegames)

quizzes

What kind of technology user are you? I'm an omnivore (via ResourceShelf)




You Would Win Best Documentary Feature



You are very curious about and engaged with the world. Everyone is interesting to you.

You have a variety of interests, and you delve into them quite deeply.



People are impressed by the sheer quantity of stuff you know, and you're learning more every day.

However, you're not just informed. You also are very informative. You share what you know in an engaging and interesting way.

Friday lists

9 amazing and unusual printers (Thanks Andy)

8 humiliating Japanese ads starring Oscar nominees

6 best nerd films that the Academy snubbed

5 most disturbing animals on earth part 3 (via I Am Bored)

10 pointless web sites you should probably never come across

Top 10 international rugby teams


7 most fascinating hot springs

10 great rivalries

10 feature requests for Google

7 great Oscar night surprises

7 incredibly speedy ways to read web pages faster

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Bonus Thursday lists

Complete list of web sites to stream full TV shows and movies from

10 instances of cannibalism

8 most awesome comic book vehicles

5 of today's green technologies that could change the world tomorrow

30+ sites to visit when you are laid off

7 amazing & intriguing genetically modified fruits and vegetables

10 incredible underwater volcanoes

4 top tools for visualizing search results

32 totally essential free apps for new PCs (via Delicious)

Top 10 creepiest places

25 greatest active directors

Neat sites

Low tech fixes for high tech problems

OVGuide. Video search engine that searches for videos on over 3,000 sites at once (via ResourceShelf)

When a batter is hit by a pitch, what's the next batter thinking?

Hollywood Movie Posters. Los Angeles Public Library online exhibit of movie posters that date from 1913 to 1943 (via LII New This Week)

Generate ASCII text art (via Delicious)

Guide to selecting a DVR

EPA - Enforcement and Compliance History Online. See what facilities near you have committed environmental no-nos (via Marcus Zillman)

Dicts.info has a ton of free online dictionaries for your use (via MakeUseOf)

More Thursday lists

9 immune-boosting foods

9 bizarre moments in economic history

5 great books about punk rock

5 essential tools for marketing your band

Top 100 creative writing blogs
(via Delicious)

games

20 best free PC games (via Delicious)

Mushroom Guide. Get the mushroom into the bucket

I like food

Katrina’s Mom’s Crisp Oatmeal Cookies look yummy

So do these Thick Mint Brownies (via Lake Champlain Chocolates Blog)

Thursday lists

Top 10 funniest books according to the British

5 new alternative meats

8 awesome cars they won't let you buy

4 memorable TV crossovers

4 great web sites every book lover should know

6 best and worst Fantastic Four members who weren't really the Fantastic Four

Top 10 films about alcoholics

5 dogs that are stranger than fiction

10 coolest clocks

Top 10 beautiful and free fonts for web designers (via Delicious)

Top 10 myths about anorexia

60+ how-to guides and resources

10 classic glitches that improved video games (via AQFL)

9 bad parents

Top 9 dirty tricks scammers use (via American Libraries Direct)

5 sites to help you answer medical questions

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

neat sites

Outside In appears to be one nifty source for local news and views (via ResearchNotes)

The Crime Report bills itself as "your complete criminal justice source" (via Depth Reporting)

SearchMe is a neat search engine that shows your results as pictures of the pages (via Confidential Resource)

WhosTalkin is a social media search engine (via Marcus Zillman)

CastTV lets you watch full TV show episodes online (via Delicious)

MakeUseOf's 2009 laptop buying guide

More Wednesday lists

5 books to help you save money

10 books that would make great movies

11 Ivy League educated major league baseball players

Top 5 U.S. apartment search web sites

List of upbeat books (via Booklist Blog)

5 winter sports that are weirder than curling

11 most awesomely nerdy Pez dispensers from around the world

50 of the world's best food blogs (via Delicious)

game

Shoot The Bastards. Kill the tree choppers with your sniper rifle

Wednesday lists

9 must-have candies

10 most insanely gory video games
(via I Am Bored)

10 places to see in Google Earth

10 great YouTube videos

Top 10 bizarre stimulus

5 great careers destroyed by the post-Oscar curse

20 moments that would've improved great movies

10 most bizarre arrests

Top 10 weird musical collaborations

5 Gmail Labs features worth enabling

15 innovative and eco-friendly do-it-yourself projects

10 TV-to-movie adaptations that were actually good (via BuzzSugar)

10 books about large families

9 most unusual and unique online dating sites

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Neat sites

America's star libraries (via Library Stuff)

RateBeer bills itself as "The ultimate source for all things beer" (via Slashfood)

Test if a site is banned in China

The science of love

How to avoid choking under pressure

Wonderfully extensive list of U.S. state data resources (via ResourceShelf)

Collection of very beautiful frozen nature photos (via Presurfer)

More Tuesday lists

8 ways to make Firefox your productivity machine

10 strange pregnancy cravings

Best beers 2009 (via Slashfood)

5 stunning literary classics for modern readers

Top 8 web 2.0 security threats

20 things you didn't know about television

5 speedy tips for faster Firefox browsing

21 facts about Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and nominees

3 management styles of the rich and famous

quiz




You Are Factual



You are highly intelligent, especially in areas that deal with concrete knowledge and facts.

You are amazingly analytical. You can make sense of chaos without involving your emotions.



If anything, you tend to be overly logical. It's sometimes hard for you to come to a decision, because you're too busy weighing all the options.

People turn to you in times of trouble. They know that they can trust you to give good, well thought out advice.

games

Hotel Escape 2. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)

Yukon Solitaire. Get all the cards up top

Tuesday lists

25 best blogs 2009

5 most overrated blogs 2009

Science fiction's 7 excuses for everything

7 carnivals around the world


5 things you think will make you happy but won't

4 books that every writer should read

69 really useful Mac OS X time savers (via Delicious)

35 beautiful examples of animal photography (via Presurfer)

Top 10 most famous UFO hoaxes

10 more insanely titled books

30 novels worth reading for the cover alone

9 people, places & things that changed their names

5 composers murdered by the Nazis

Monday, February 16, 2009

Neat sites

The Society for Librarians Who Say "Mofo" is a Livejournal group where amusing/horrific/crazy library patrons stories are shared

Crap! I Missed It will alert you of things like CD releases, TV program airings and concerts so you don't miss them (via Lifehacker)

Some facts about the movies The Sixth Sense and Beetlejuice

Listen to songs online with Grooveshark (via AppScout)

Frugal Mechanic helps you find the lowest prices for car parts on the web (via MakeUseOf)

9 out of 10 parents swear in front of children (via Look At This)

How to fully erase your physical media

More Monday lists

9 reasons why Facebook is for old fogies

10 weird facts about presidents

4 more questions about chickens answered

5 services to help you buy a house

5 easy ways to backup your Microsoft Outlook data

8 hilarious Alec Baldwin Saturday Night Live moments

5 online political resources everyone should know about

10 great fictional presidents

9 real life mad scientists

15 remarkable cemeteries and tombs to visit before you die (Thanks Andi)

quiz




You Are Tea



You are mellow and reflective. You don't allow yourself to feel in a rush and frenzied.

You're likely to appreciated the ideas or connections that come up over a warm cup of tea.



While you do enjoy the energy of a caffeine boost, you love that it allows you to take a break.

You're not in a rush to do anything. You're content with your life, and in no rush to change it.

games

Corporate Logo Quiz 2. I got 20 right (via I Am Bored)

Corporate Logo Quiz. I got 30 right

Mazeball. Get the ball through the mazes (via I Am Bored)

Colour my Heart. An odd little platformer (via bontegames)

2 free online soccer games

Monday lists

Top 5 weirdest animal mating calls (via I Am Bored)

Top 10 worst Transformers rip-offs

15 most iconic movie masks of all time (via I Am Bored)

7 reasons leaders fail

99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast (via Delicious)

29 falling in love movies to actually believe in (via Mental Floss Blogs)

Top 10 violent films

10 common medical myths

100 awesome niche photo sites you've never heard of (via Delicious)

7 banned classic books

10 unbelievable medical mistakes

8 awesome aerial tramways of the world (via Neatorama)

24 flash mob videos you need to see to believe

10 teachers who made a mark in another field

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Neat sites

This I Believe is a project that has people contribute essays describing a core belief of theirs. I love the search function because you can search by location to see if any of the essayists are from nearby

Shopping Center Studies has some surprisingly interesting info about shopping malls including terminology, history and even lists of books

The 10-80-10 theory states that in a crisis, 10% of people will be calm and functional, 80% will freeze and become confused and 10% will totally flip out

You probably can't tell when someone is lying

How to find a new job

The Vampire Library is a "resource for readers of vampire fiction, literature and non-fiction books." (via The Daily Read)

Brupt helps you search for Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), Powerpoint (.ppt) and Acrobat (.pdf) files via Google (via MakeUseOf)

More Sunday lists

Largest shopping malls in the U.S.

Largest shopping malls in the world

Top 8 bedside health search engines 2008 (via Laika's MedLiblog)

16 mindf*ck movies (via Linkfilter)

4 unexpected situations where bad credit hurts

15 e-reading devices and apps you need to know (via LISNews)

10 famous painting recreated with vegetables

5 best movie cataloging tools

Top 10 amazing waterfalls in the U.S. (via Neatorama)

3 mate-eating animals

game

CrackShot. Shoot the targets

Sunday lists

10 freaky sci-fi couples (via I Am Bored)

8 facts about apples

9 recession-proof careers

30 torrent search engines (via Delicious)

50 wonderful and inspiring photoblogs (via Delicious)

Top 10 most powerful families in history

7 celebrity environmentalists and their activism

10 great love affairs in history

Saturday, February 14, 2009

I like food

Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake Made With Whipped Cream looks yummy

So do these Crunchy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

and this Hot Fudge Sauce

More Saturday lists

50 must-have Firefox addons for e-learning and researching (via Delicious)

Extraordinary uses for 16 ordinary household items (via Mental Floss Blog) (via Delicious)

16 unique and impressive on screen transformations (via Mental Floss Blog)

10 ways Microsoft's retail stores will differ from Apple stores (via AQFL)

16 spectacular spiral staircases as seen from above
(via Neatorama)

3 famous masquerade balls

8 ways to enhance your instant messenger


5 obscure HTML tags that you should know
(via Delicious)

10 tools to improve Microsoft Outlook

neat sites

Collection of Dr. Seuss parodies

New York Times Article Skimmer
provides news stories at a glance (via Presurfer)

Weird suits of armor (via Presurfer)

Mp3 Search. Search for and download mp3s (via MakeUseOf)

games

That Dam Game. Fling items at the dam to break it (via I Am Bored)

Stack Da Police. Stack the Cubes

Heartpounder. Break the hearts (via Jay Is Games)

Restaurant Romance. Click on stuff to make things happen (via Jay Is Games)

Valentiner. Like Gold Miner, collect the gold hearts (via Jay Is Games)

Saturday lists

3 restaurant chains that probably won't survive the recession

8 best Valentine's Day ads

12 incredible time-lapse videos of flowers and plants (via Neatorama)

Top 10 works of postmodern literature

List of words you can spell on a calculator

Strange Book: Knitted Cakes



Knitted Cakes by Susan Penny

One of the more amusing books I've heard about lately

Friday, February 13, 2009

Some more neat sites

Voice Of The Shuttle looks like a great humanities reference source (via Lisa Gold: Research Maven)

People hate being rejected, no matter how small the slight is

Great Big Stuff sells really big stuff like a 5.5' pencil. In case you want a smaller option, here's a 14" pencil (via Neatorama)

Sputtr searches only the sites you select (via WebWare)

Vet Help Direct helps you decide whether to take your pet to the vet (via Mashable)

How to find how-tos on the web

More Friday lists

7 tips for cleaning dishes in your dishwasher

100+ resources to enhance your YouTube experience

10 fun facts about mini golf (via Neatorama)

10 cool software Easter eggs

25+ web 2.0 generators (via Delicious)

10 Friday the 13th events

7 web sites that teach music

4 other times the U.S. economy tanked

5 online solutions to beat torrent connection blocking

quiz




Your Valentine's Day Personality is Practical



As far as you're concerned, Valentine's Day is simply a commercial holiday.

You don't place any real meaning on it. You don't think it deserves too much celebration.



For you, Valentine's Day is just the day you avoid restaurants and candy stores.

If you love someone, you already show it. You don't need to go all out for a silly holiday to prove your love.

I like food

Molasses Cookies With Baked On Frosting look tasty

So do these Bittersweet Brownies

Neat sites

Guide to job hunting for introverts (via Linkfilter)

BookRags has hundreds of literature summaries (via Marcus Zillman)

Guide to the fast food of Europe (via Presurfer)

eTools.ch is a meta search engine that searches 14 search engines at once

How to talk to a friend who's been laid off

How to unstick your ears after a flight

games

New Switcheroo. Make the circles the same color (via I Am Bored)

Meet My Valentine. Find the difference between the two pictures

Valentine Choco. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)

Spin N Match. Spin the orbs to match the model (via Look At This)

Animal Track Identification Quiz. Name the tracks. I got 600 points (via Look At This)

Shape Switcher. Get the guy the right shape to open the door to the exit (via Jay Is Games)

Bomboozle. Draw a line and connect similar blobs (via Jay Is Games)

Kid's Room. Point and click game (via bontegames)

The Pipe: Hurly-Burly In Wood. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Friday lists

Top 13 video game urban legends (via I Am Bored)

9 most dysfunctional comic couples

10 great post-apocalyptic science fiction novels

20 wildest webcams (via Delicious)

Top 10 sports figures who careers are tarnished by steroids

5 most half-assed monsters in movie history

10 most bizarre soft drinks

5 weird ways to wash your hair

Top 10 romantic comedies ranked by the American Film Institute

25 random things about reading

8 people banned from baseball besides Pete Rose

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I like food

Cinna-Graham Honey-Comb cereal might be good

Q-Bel Wafer Rolls look tasty

More Thursday lists

5 ways to find concerts near you

25 famous librarians who changed history (via Swiss Army Librarian)

Neat sites

Collection of Valentine's gift guides

Full moons have little to no effect on human behavior

Illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit?

Biography's page on famous couples (via Librarian's Index to the Internet New This Week)

NowInStock lets you know if products are in stock in online stores (via Marcus Zillman)

Devolve Me lets you upload a photo and see how you would look as an early human (via J-Walk Blog)

Humans probably can safely digest cat food

How to make Windows XP run faster

How to send free faxes online

games

Locked Inside 2. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)

Sprong Reloaded. Knock the circles away

Neverending Light. A guided tour goes awry (via bontegames)

Cyadonia. Maneuver the symbol to the exit (via Jay Is Games)

Run Elephant Run. Help the elephant escape

Thursday lists

7 movies and TV series that deserved better toys than they got

5 must see underrated movies for Black History Month

Top 15 movies based on Stephen King stories

8 unconventional love songs (via Linkfilter)

31 contemporary and creative bookshelves (via Delicious)

15 craziest tuned cars

10 facts about Abe Lincoln

8 eco-friendly ways to spice up your home

9 British politicians and the scandals that did them in

5 real estate sites to find your dream home

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