8 ways Firefox can stop the web's biggest annoyances
7 iconic characters they saved from the cutting room floor
12 Smurf figures least appropriate for children
5 best console wars (via Consumerist)
10 Rorschach inkblots and answers (via I Am Bored)
6 subway map tools to navigate your way through New York City
12 contemporary green house and home designs
10 secret menu items at various chain restaurants
7 swapping web sites for discounted shopping
Monday, August 31, 2009
More Monday lists
I like food
Chocolate Syrup Swirl Cake with Ganache Glaze looks yummy
I love both Pizza Hut's Pan and Stuffed Crust pizzas. Now they have Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza! Sweet!
Neat sites
Learn how to throw a knife
Create and decorate a 3D room with 3Decorator (via MoMB)
The menu for the last meal on the Titanic
Medical afflictions of the cartoon world
How to find a book without knowing the title or author
Monday lists
5 sites to help you find the name of a song
7 most badass man vs. beast showdowns
5 best disk defragmenters
4 sites that give you a free updated proxy server list
25 magnificent hardware hacks
25 gorgeously green and eco-friendly jewelry fashions
10 most viewed Wikipedia pages 2008-2009
25 surprising facts about China's education system
Top 10 hard to kill houseplants
15 of the weirdest magazines still in publication (via Neatorama)
Top 10 most impressive single game baseball feats
12 more misspelled signs
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Games
Alkirian 4. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Bird's Egg. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
More Saturday lists
Top 7 things to do online when you are bored
15 more free web tools to simplify your work life
5 tips for safe computing without dying
Top 10 tactics for productive travel
20 outstanding examples of sci-fi and fantasy origami (via Linkfilter)
12 eggcellent things you can do with eggshells (via Neatorama)
Saturday lists
10 most incredible images of magnetic storms
5 caring animal species
60 Photoshop actions to enhance your photos (via Delicious)
25 large photo background web sites (via Delicious)
13 best pet Halloween costumes (via Neatorama)
10 weirdest college mascots
15 things men say that they would do if they could (via Presurfer)
10 tools to find, register and manage domain names
Top 10 creepy aspects of Victorian life
10 more tech company Photoshop disasters
Friday, August 28, 2009
Neat sites and things
Search 30 textbooks sites for the best prices to buy and sell your books at Direct Textbook (via MakeUseOf)
Everything you ever wanted to know about brain diseases and disorders is at BrainWeb (via Choice Reviews Internet Newsletter)
ScienceResearch is a deep web science search engine (via Choice Reviews Internet Newsletter)
VideoSurf searches a bunch of video sites at once (via MakeUseOf)
This create-your-own fingerprint ring looks cool
Venn diagram of mythical creatures (via Neatorama)
A rarely considered dilemma: What tissues should therapists offer?
Wikipedia has a category suicides by occupation
Book Review: Weekends at Bellevue by Julie Holland
Book: Weekends at Bellevue by Julie Holland (being released in October 2009, I read an advanced reading copy)
About: Holland chronicles her nine years as an emergency room psychiatrist in New York's Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric ER.
Pros: Privacy / disclaimer in beginning. Interesting, sad, scary and amusing tales and patients.
Cons: Even with the included glossary, the many acronyms can be a bit much.
Grade: B
I like food
Toblerone Fruit and Nut looks tasty
So does Taco Mac and these Where The Wild Things Are cupcakes
More Friday lists
10 sweetest fictional methods of flight in nerd-dom
Top 10 forgotten and underrated sci-fi movies (via Delicious)
5 badass movie characters you didn't know were real people
Top 5 sites for cheap online car rentals
101 t-shirts for scientists, science geeks and nerds (via Delicious)
Best original film scores ever (via Popcorn Trick)
10 Little League World Series players that made the big leagues (via Popcorn Trick)
10 bizarre video games
Top 10 films of 1990-2009
Games
Uranus. Point and click escape game (via Jay Is Games)
OrThought. Move your cube guy through the cube levels
Hungry Shapes. Feed the shapes
Friday lists
15 do-it-yourself placemat projects
10 signs you're in trouble at college
10 awesome sites to help you find the best web apps (via Delicious)
10 Miss Universe controversies
Top 10 Flickr stick figures in peril
10 best gadgets in games (via AQFL)
70 outstanding out of bounds photos (via J-Walk Blog)
10 greatest sci-fi deaths ever (via BuzzSugar)
21 top Twitter tips
Top 10 hockey commercials
15 dazzling new directions for bicycle designs
Free family things to do in each of the 50 states (via Suddenly Frugal)
10 heroic last stands from military history
25 great Pirate Bay alternatives (via Look At This)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday lists
13 best sites to get your questions answered (via Delicious)
41 funky footpaths found in nature
Probably the best PC security app list in the world (via Delicious)
10 weirdest cosmetic products
10 joke technologies that became reality (via Mental Floss Blog)
10 animals you probably didn't know exist
8 nerd novelty songs you must hear, so you can avoid them
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Neat sites
The definitive guide to backing up and ditching your discs (via Delicious)
Dooblet searches for the best alternatives. For example, a search for "ipod" tells you that the Zune is the best replacement (via AltSearchEngines)
Tech Posters has a great collection of printable posters on many aspects of software and hardware (via MakeUseOf)
TravelPost collects hotel reviews, information and rates from a bunch of sites
More Wednesday lists
Top 10 baby names of 2008 (via ResourceShelf)
17 terrible jobs we'll need in the future
15 most baffling boasts in the history of rap
41 financial calculators for major life decisions (via Consumerist)
6 reasons why Firefox is safer than Internet Explorer
100 ways you can tap into more of your brain
8 items to carry when traveling with kids
5 great sites to watch things blowing up
Wednesday lists
5 epic and implausible survivals from action hero history
3 books to save your life
Top 10 free online tycoon games you should play
10 more truly bizarre relationships
12 largest foods in the world (via Presurfer)
10 most incredible prison escapes
29 motivational songs
60 apps for the ultimate Mac blog set up (via Delicious)
10 stunning Japanese woodblock prints (Thanks Andy!)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Neat sites
Ben & Jerry's developing room temperature ice cream (via Linkfilter)
DriverSide. A handy car site. Diagnose problems, see recalls, resell values and find nearby mechanics (via Rafe's Radar)
PDF Pirate apparently removes all PDF restrictions (via Delicious)
More Tuesday lists
7 space missions to remember
3 web sites to view your PDFs online
12 dumbest convicted athletes (via Cracked)
6 most horrific bosses of all time
5 world leaders and their miraculous stories
Top 5 inexpensive hardware devices and tweaks
4 sites to learn how to tie useful knots
13 more relevant charts and graphs
15 most dangerous celebrities on the web (via ResourceShelf)
12 ungodly awful albums by otherwise awesome artists (via Popcorn Trick)
Top 10 people who squint too much
9 women who inspired Beatles songs (and one song not inspired by a woman)
quiz
You Are "Hi" |
 You are laid back, happy, and cheerful. You are casual, and you stay away from stuffy environments. You tend to be witty and sharp. You keep other people on their toes. Energetic and hyper, you tend to be a person of action not of words. Whenever you have something to say, you communicate it quickly and clearly. |
Monday, August 24, 2009
Neat sites
Maps Compare. Enter a location and see the map from Google Maps, Google Earth, Yahoo Maps and Bing Maps on the same page (via Google Maps Blog)
Real-world examples of how NOT to write a resume
More Monday lists
40 modern non-fiction books everyone should read (via Delicious)
8 author-musicians
5 sites to help you prepare for flu season
8 best sites and applications for screencasting
50 best web sites 2009 according to Time Magazine (via Larry Ferlazzo's Blog)
10 funniest jokes of 2009 (via J-Walk Blog)
6 weird hotels
5 things to never let kids bring in the car (via Linkfilter)
Monday lists
Top 10 web sites for free Playstation 2 game cheats
Top 5 pillows for sleeping on a plane
10 female assassins and their intended targets (via Presurfer)
8 brilliant uses for bananas
Top 10 tricks MacGyver would be proud of
Top 10 obscure forms of government
12 Firefox addons everyone should have (via Delicious)
10 more amazing wonders of the natural world
10 weirdest theme parks
20 must have bookmarklets for your web browser
Top 20 Jewish comedians of all time
6 bogus facts about psychology that everyone believes
10 weirdest laughs ever caught on camera (via Neatorama)
Friday, August 21, 2009
Neat sites
What the college rankings won't tell you (via ResourceShelf)
Flycaster will predict flight delays (via AppScout)
Directory of food and beverage museums and collections (via ResourceShelf)
Cool shirt of human ingredients
Lost people really do walk in circles (via Neatorama)
A site that features nothing but photos of truck spills (via Mental Floss Blog)
Games
Pixel Blast. Destroy the pixels (via Look At This)
Pyro II. Light the torches (via Jay Is Games)
Cat Of Bubble. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Friday lists
4 free wifi software downloads to take advantage of wireless networks
10 facts about the NY Times crossword puzzle
10 best new restaurants in the U.S.
12 coolest playing cards
15 comics about Windows
Top 10 daredevils
10 most ridiculous table manners (via Neatorama)
Top 10 films of 1969
Top 10 bizarre cultural disorders
21 oddly named places and the stories behind them (via Presurfer)
30 classic games for quick outdoor play (via Mental Floss Blog)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Neat sites
Guide to what foods you can eat if they have mold on them (via Delicious)
Collection of biking and walking maps on Google Maps
More Thursday lists
7 more outrageous items found at the 99-cent store
5 species that seem to be trying to take over the earth
5 famous fights between teammates
8 retro airline commercials
5 ways to spice up your Gmail signature
7 great sites to get free romance ebooks
7 useful sites for college students heading back to school
Games
Montris. A Tetris clone
Multitask. Play several games at once (via AQFL)
You Vs. The Room. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)
Nudge. Collect balloons (via Jay Is Games)
Thursday lists
7 secrets of obese people
15 secrets of getting good grades in college
15 spectacular shots of Comet McNaught
2 sites to design and buy your own custom shoes
15 examples of awesome bus mod art
11 things you didn't know about the history of pinball (via Neatorama)
12 cool steel sculptures of movie characters
10 best and worst U.S. cities to look for a job (via AQFL)
10 more curious everyday inventions
15 most anticipated movies still to come in 2009 (via Presurfer)
10 most abysmal superhero video games
5 great stops along I-75
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Neat sites
Cool chart of copyrighted books in libraries
TweetWorth will tell you how much your Twitter account is "worth" (via Listio)
How to track fires and hurricanes with Google Earth and Google Maps
The definitive guide to finding free wi-fi
What a great idea: Glow-in-the-dark toilet paper
More Wednesday lists
6 children's book characters who were inspired by real people
100 ways to use a strip of bacon (via Neatorama)
9 famous falls from stage
5 weird ice cream flavors
Top 100 law firms in the U.S. (via Law Librarian Blog)
Top 10 vehicles bought by people trading in clunkers
20 best public service announcements of the last 30 years
Top 5 pens you can buy off the office supply store shelf (via Confidential Resource)
10 sites to send free text messages to cell phones
Top 7 sites for parenting how-to videos
Top 10 graphic novels for teens (via Lit Lists)
20 worst album titles of 2009 (via Popcorn Trick)
15 best movies since 2000
5 most embarrassing failures in the history of terrorism
7 movie stars who really were heroes
quiz
You Are Vanilla Iced Coffee |
 You are subtle and modest. You tend to hang back in a crowd and watch what's going on. You actually have a lot to offer, but you make sure not to boast about it. You are sweet, loyal, and accepting. You are a true friend to everyone in your life. You bring out the best in people. You are secure enough to let others shine. |
Wednesday lists
6 resources to get hyperlocal information about your area
10 frightening conspiracy theories
25 worst movie blockbusters (via BuzzSugar)
5 best web sites to create and find avatars
100 useful Twitter feeds for book lovers
Top 10 unfinished works of literature
Top 10 most disturbing video game bosses (via Look At This)
10 nursery rhymes and their origins
13 coolest Mona Lisa parodies and recreations
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Neat sites
How colors could affect your productivity and success (via Presurfer)
Search multiple free stock photo sites with PicFindr (via ijaar)
More Tuesday lists
15 awesome matchstick models (via I Am Bored)
5 illnesses that cause the most school absences
10 fun Star Trek cakes (Thanks Nat!)
Top 10 novels that should be video games
6 ways to find new music with Pandora
10 worst marriages in cartoon-dom (via Cracked)
11 best photos of spelling mistakes (via Cracked)
20 things you didn't know about hurricanes
20 ways to change the world in 15 minutes a day
Top 10 lady detectives in fiction (via Lit Lists)
9 common mistakes when setting up a wireless network
Top 10 least essential McFarlane toys
6 animals that can get you high
Games
Locked Cabin. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)
Circle The Cat. Keep the cat on the screen (via I Am Bored)
Book Review: Medical Mysteries: From the Bizarre to the Deadly . . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors by Ann Reynolds and Kenneth Wapner
Book: Medical Mysteries: From the Bizarre to the Deadly . . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors by Ann Reynolds and Kenneth Wapner
About: Reynolds, producer of the ABC show Medical Mysteries presents case studies of folks with odd medical maladies including reversed organs, perception disorders, sleep eating and sleep sex.
Pros: Interesting, quick stories.
Cons: No citations, references or bibliography. Not in depth. No mention of confidentiality or name changes of patients in order to protect privacy.
Grade: B-
Tuesday lists
Top 10 book trilogies
4 great sites to do a book search by plot or subject
10 brainiest states in the U.S. (via Larry Ferlazzo)
7 amazing miniature worlds
50 great sites for serious educational games
100 terrific Twitter feeds for teaching advice
Beloit College 2013 mindset list. Cultural touchstones of the Class of 2013 (via Pop Culture Junk Mail)
10 answers to tricky children's questions (via Presurfer)
8 haunted locations and travel destinations (via Presurfer)
18 banned words
7 words you shouldn't use in medical news (via Discover Magazine)
12 funniest wedding cake toppers
Top 10 notorious American biker gangs
5 sci-fi books that should be made into movies
30 weirdest shoes in the world (via Mental Floss Blog)
Top 10 worst office time wasters (via Mental Floss Blog)
Monday, August 17, 2009
More Monday lists
5 easy ways to read free manga online
10 comic books that should be made into TV series (via Popcorn Trick)
Top 5 sites with free strategy guides for gamers
10 amazingly beautiful stealth vehicles of death
Top 9 top 10 lists
4 worst health care reforms in the world (via Cynical-C)
10 most horrible pieces of Atari 2600 game box art
7 awesome acts of nature that science can't explain
55 ways to have fun with Google (ebook) (via ResearchBuzz)
20 useful resources to download free web site templates (via Delicious)
10 extreme cameras for taking impossible shots (via Neatorama)
10 pirate surprises and myths
9 sites that help you find hot topics across the web
Games
Little Red Riding Hood. Find the differences between the drawings
Finding My Heart. Point and click game
quiz
You Are Realistic Fiction |
 You are an outgoing person and very interested in others. You have many relationships that are important to you. You are always willing to lend an ear to a friend with a problem. And you're even pretty good at giving advice! Some may accuse you of loving drama, but you just seem to find yourself in the middle of it. You are a true people person. You find the lives of others to be fascinating. You're up for hearing anyone's life story. |
Neat sites
How to select and use screws and nails correctly (via Lifehacker)
Artvex lets you search for and use free clip art (via MakeUseOf)
Booster lets you search by song or artist and download or listen to tunes (via Delicious)
HeyCraig lets you create email alerts for any Craigslist search (via MakeUseOf)
SizeEasy lets you input dimensions of a product and compare it to the size of other products in order to easily gauge its size in real life (via ResourceShelf)
How to embed anything in to your web site (via ResourceShelf)
Search for PDFs, including ebooks, with PDFoxy (via ijaar)
The best way to effectively clean LCD and laptop monitor screens
Monday lists
10 fantastic prefabricated homes
Top 10 greatest military achievements that changed the face of war
10 most fascinating deserts
Top 10 incredible fungi
5 modern books you might not have read but should
8 library edition board games (via Kimbooktu)
10 useful web tools
Top 10 recalled children's products (via Consumer World)
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Sunday lists
Top 10 tricks for creatively hiding your stuff
7 web sites every woman should be reading
9 alternatives for dryer sheets
5 apps for the stoner and stoner at heart
4 useful Microsoft Word tips tricks to format like a pro
10 things you didn't know about emoticons
5 best and colorful collections of dual-screen wallpapers
15 creative manhole covers
15 fastest things in the universe
40 free and commercial stock photography sites
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Neat sites
Surchur is a real time social search engine (via Presurfer)
Cool birthday cake mold
Idealius puts tons of search engines in one place (via AltSearchEngines)
I like food
Sweet Earth Chocolates and Dark Chocolate Reeses look tasty
Coffee ice cubes are a great idea
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies look yummy
Saturday lists
5 classic books you probably haven't read but should
8 online text editors (via Delicious)
25 various styles of the Wizard of Oz illustrations (via Delicious)
10 things master teachers never do (well hardly ever) (via Larry Ferlazzo)
12 coolest bench ads
65 most annoying things about the web today (via Larry Ferlazzo)
78 awesome Eiffel Tower photos taken from fantastic angles (via Presurfer)
10 classic American muscle cars
10 stories of excellent customer service (via Larry Ferlazzo)
10 of the world's most puzzling mysteries
19 signs you might be a fanboy
5 movie tornadoes rated (via Presurfer)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Neat sites
Cool food face plates
Search for tickets with TicketFlow (via MakeUseOf)
It can be very awkward when a psychiatrist and patient meet outside the office
Scariest rug ever
Search for courses with Coursepedia (via Marcus Zillman)
More Friday lists
12 before and after meth user mugshots
7 people who became famous ghosts
8 classic board games that destroy friendships
10 sculptures made out of butter
13 former ad men who found fame in other fields
7 applications for video editing
Top 10 crasher squirrels pics
16 buildings that look like food (via Slashfood)
20 cool desktop fans
50 amazing Ramen noodles recipes (via Neatorama)
10 ways to detect baloney
Games
Escape From The Convenience Store. Point and click escape game
Woobies. Launch the critters to get 3 of the same color in a row
Match Plus. Click groups of the same color (via Look At This)
Friday lists
30 creative and unique wine label designs (via Delicious)
8 things you need to know about lemurs
7 online resources for the aspiring novelist
10 uniquely creative TV episodes
5,000 fastest growing companies in America (via ResourceShelf)
55+ foodies to follow on Twitter
6 deceptive insects that are not what they appear
11 popular web sites and how they looked in 1990
Top 10 toxic foods we love to eat
8 cities that might not make it
10 more hilarious homeless signs
Top 10 most anticipated games of 2010
Top 10 menacing film characters
40 big losers in obsolete technology (via AQFL)
100 most iconic TV show intros of all time (via Mental Floss Blog)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I like food
Delicious looking cupcakes with sprinkles
Espresso chiffon cake with fudge frosting and Dark Chocolate Toblerone Cookies look good
Very cool brain cupcakes. I wonder if eating them will make you smart.
Thursday lists
17 fluidly fantastic fountains and water sculptures
7 sites to learn how to play a musical instrument
5 classic ways to boost your note-taking
6 re-edited Ferris Bueller's Day Off trailers
15 geekiest tattoos
100 best breakfast cereals (via Presurfer)
10 more extremely bizarre phobias
12 sites to get free images (via Larry Ferlazzo)
10 least wanted coworkers (via Larry Ferlazzo)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Neat sites
Search for music files with MusicBiatch (via AltSearchEngines)
Login 2, like BugMeNot, will provide you with logins to sites that require them (via MakeUseOf)
AltUse presents alternative uses for everyday products (via MakeUseOf)
The very cool Book Seer lets you enter a book you've read and it'll recommend others (via Kindle Blog)
Some foods and drinks graphed by caffeine and calories (via Neatorama)
Games
Boxed Inn: Panic Room. Point and click escape game (via Jay Is Games)
Bubble Spinner. A Snood type-game. Match balls of the same color (via AQFL)
Fireworks of Summer 2. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Silent Conversation. Touch as many words as you can (via Jay Is Games)
I like food
Yummy pictures of a margherita pizza with fresh basil, roma tomatoes and mozzarella and lasagna with goat cheese, ricotta, Italian sausage and ratatouille
Mocha mousse cups look tasty too (via Baking Bites)
Wednesday lists
Top 10 lost cities
6 videos of Saturday Night Live auditions
Top 10 most popular recreational drugs
10 most unnecessary products
21 horrible fashions that took off (via Look At This)
100 most popular web searches by kids (via ReadWriteWeb)
10 superhero pop songs the world can live without
10 unforgettable book covers
8 most ill-conceived product names of all time
11 more relevant charts and graphs
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Neat sites
New advanced GPS site will pinpoint the exact location of your computer. Try it out (via Presurfer)
Research shows that the claim that dogs look like their owners is debatable
Online resources for the amateur astronomer
How to trace an IP address and how to find your own
Complete guide to troubleshooting Mozilla Firefox problems
More Tuesday lists
12 best web sites for Nintendo fanboys
10 of Edison's other inventions
24 badly placed internet ads (via Download Squad)
Top 10 funniest Google suggest results
5 most remote inhabited islands
4 reasons outlet malls are for suckers
Top 10 books about Elvis Presley (via Lit Lists)
10 most expensive streets in the world
9 free apps that make it easy to store and share your files
10 ways to archive your Tweets
10 awesome images that are actually paintings (via Delicious)
Games
Collection of 10 word games (via Sites and Soundbytes)
Snake Classics. Eat the fruit but don't hit walls, obstacles or your snakey self
Tuesday lists
7 incredible greenhouses and biospheres
10 bizarre ice cream flavors
14 wacky to tacky restaurant restrooms
36 risk factors creditors use to deny you credit
8 old-fashioned contraptions that save electricity
5 of the worst sandwiches in America
10 bizarre dating web sites
15 more "classic" video game covers (Thanks Nat!)
10 books JK Rowling thanks every kid should read
10 stupidest apocalypses
100 awesome ways to use duct tape in your dorm room
10 things dogs have swallowed
Monday, August 10, 2009
Neat sites
Tips to get the most product out of toothpaste, detergent, lotion and condiment containers
Highway safety laws in the U.S. See what states have cell phone driving laws, red light cameras and what the speed limit is. (via ResourceShelf)
How to conduct a song search by the lyrics you know
How to get a data off a dead hard drive
Family physician's log of the health issues he saw in a single day
Comparison chart of 16 services that allow you to share large files
LocateTV helps you find when TV shows and movies will air (via Phil Bradley's Blog)
Back to school appliance buying guide (via Lifehacker)
More Monday lists
8 online tools for the eBay seller
8 Sesame Street rumors revisited
7 restaurant dishes that are too embarrassing to order by name
7 lies about lying (via Popcorn Trick)
10 must-have Firefox addons for bloggers
9 great sites to feed your TV addiction
50 tips for researching with Bing (via Phil Bradley's Blog)
50 expert tips to make your PC run faster (via Delicious)
6 legendary guitars
10 of the wackiest TV neighbors we wished live next door to us
5 things about IKEA you should know
quiz
You Are Penn State |
 You want the full college experience... as long as that means "Animal House"! You want to have fun, party hard, and maybe learn a thing or two in the process. College feels like something you have to do, so you might as well have a good time. You're all about beer, sports, friends, and frats. You'll grow up when you graduate! |
Games
This Is The Only Level. Get the elephant through the levels (via bontegames)
Spacetacular Voyage. Don't hit the bottom of the screen (via I Am Bored)
Monday lists
8 most insulting attempts to raise money for a cause
3 sites to find free unlocking codes for mobile phones
5 best video players
7 tips for a Windows XP makeover (via Delicious)
12 more bizarre theme restaurants
15 worst movie titles
10 most downloaded Wordpress plugins (via Delicious)
100 free tools to create your own personal MBA program
Top 10 dead people still said to be alive
10 incredibly geeky YouTube videos
10 ways to use images poorly in slides (via Delicious)
10 things veterinarians won't tell you (via Consumer World)
5 tech sites that have a good record of accuracy (via Consumer World)
Top 10 badass living creatures
10 greatest life-sized weapon and accessory toys ever
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Neat sites
Crappy Taxidermy is a site that features, obviously, crappy taxidermy (via Linkfilter)
Quick road trip planning guide for techno geeks
Very cool lightsaber chopsticks
10 step guide to buying a used laptop that works (via Delicious)
Book Review: The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities: An Unconventional Compendium of Health Facts and Oddities... by Nicholas Bakalar
Book: The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities: An Unconventional Compendium of Health Facts and Oddities, from Asthmatic Mice to Plants that Can Kill by Nicholas Bakalar
About: A fascinating hodgepodge of medical miscellanea. Inside, you'll learn why women get more cavities, what the abbreviations on your doctor's prescription mean, 10 diseases you can get from your dog or cat, three treatments that really do reduce wrinkles (too bad two involve acid and the other involves lasers) and the best way to avoid getting bitten by a snake among many other things!
Pros: Very interesting, varied tidbits of medical knowledge. Quick read. Sources in back of book.
Cons: No in-text cites
Grade A-
Sunday lists
9 sites for fashion maniacs to watch
Top 100 tools for learning 2009 (via Peter Scott's Library Blog)
12 super taxis
Top 10 greatest South Park episodes
11 death masks of the famous (via Presurfer)
7 days of the week and the meanings of their names (via AQFL)
6 ways to use your video game skills at the office (via I Am Bored)
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Neat sites
Upload a picture of your (or any) face and PicTreat will automatically retouch it for you. Perfect skin is just a few clicks away (via Mashable)
How long is a severed head conscious?
How they get stripes on toothpaste (via Consumerist)
Enter a song or artist in Music Explorer and it'll give you suggestions of similar musicians and tracks (via AltSearchEngines)
More Friday lists
5 "real monsters" that fooled the internet
10 most pet-friendly U.S. cities
Top 5 guest characters on Monk
5 animals with heart-shaped markings (via Neatorama)
8 political assassins and their punishments
Top 10 travel books (via Reading Copy)
10 little-known credit card perks (via Consumerist)
10 facts about Freddie Mercury
15 great and free Photoshop alternatives (via Delicious)
5 classic TV superhero cars
7 stunning abandoned churches
Top 3 sites for video game soundtracks
Games
Hop the Gap. Jump the guy over the pits (via Jay Is Games)
Yoko. Get your Yoshi-like character through the levels (via Look At This)
Invaders Catch. Control a spaceship is this Space Invaders clone (via Look At This)
Friday lists
9 Manson family members and what they're doing today
20 simple productivity tools for bloggers
Top 10 green cities in America
10 really bad TV spin-offs
7 funniest office prank videos (via TV Munchies)
10 craziest guitars of all time (via TV Munchies)
10 heart-stopping credit card statement surprises (Thanks Andy!)
8 more insider tips from a burglar
5 real interviews with fictional characters
12 weirdest Barbie-inspired dolls
10 more bizarre cases of mass hysteria
12 movie characters who were set on fire (Thanks Nat!)
9 strategies for finding incredible content (via Delicious)
21 more relevant charts and graphs
10 endangered animals too ugly to live (via I Am Bored)
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Neat sites
Find free sound clips, sound bite and sound effects at SoundBible (via Delicious)
Seinfeld relationship chart (via Presurfer)
Dirpy lets you search open directories for files like mp3s, etc. (via Listio)
More Thursday lists
58 memoirs coming out this Fall
3 sites that will tell you if you are paid well (via Consumerist)
Top 10 funny self defense videos
4 intelligent movie recommendation sites
7 alternative Flickr search engines
12 marvelous mohawks (Thanks Nick!)
20 tips on writing for the web (via Delicious)
6 people who accidentally found a fortune
25 new rules for the modern woman
Top 10 most awesomely sorry Sly Stallone soundtrack songs (via Popcorn Trick)
10 most historically inaccurate movies (via Popcorn Trick)
Top 20 colleges with the most religious students (via J-Walk Blog)
Top 10 time-traveling stories
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