Pumpkin and Chocolate Layer Cake looks tasty
So does Tim Horton's Happy Cookie
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
More Wednesday lists
11 unbelievable glittering golden objects (Thanks Andy!)
5 best sites to check for company product recalls
10 film set tragedies
12 great sites to improve your travel
Top 10 activities to do when there’s a power outage
Top 100 most visited articles on Wikipedia so far in 2009 (via Stephen's Lighthouse)
6 'brilliant' movie scientists (who suck at their job)
5 hot youth-magnet cities (via Consumerist)
Top 10 graphic novels (via Lit Lists)
12 creative portraiture photographers
29 hardcore football fans
Games
Escape From The Meeting Room. Point and click escape game (via Jay Is Games)
Hash. Get to the goal (via Jay Is Games)
Growbox. Collect the gold coins (via AQFL)
quiz
You Are a Hard Boiled Egg |
 You are down to earth and hard to rattle. You have a good head on your shoulders. You can be a bit stubborn at times, and your determination has only paid off for you. You are straight with people, and you expect them to be straight with you in return. You are very no nonsense. You don't have time for pettiness or drama. |
Wednesday lists
3 cool gadgets that you can build yourself
12 misconceptions about college life we wish were true
10 strange places (via Presurfer)
7 historical figures we wish had Twitter
Top 10 famous twins
Top 10 blogs for writers 2009 (via Delicious)
15+ amazing anti Internet Explorer resources (via Delicious)
Top 10 dancing babies on YouTube
10 coolest keychains
Top 10 bizarre college courses
Washington Post content deadlines
I asked the Washington Post's Ombudsman about the deadlines for its daily content and thought the response was interesting:
"Basically, there are three deadlines most nights. The first "close" can be as early as 9:30, the second one at 11 p.m. and the third at 12:15 a.m. But those can vary slightly depending on the day of the week and special circumstances (like printing a "zoned" edition with targeted ads, or holding the presses for a late Redskins game, etc.).
These are deadlines for content. Then you have to build in time for the information to formatted into a plate for the press.
And, there are times when major breaking news after midnight ends up in "runners" (that means they briefly halt the press and "replate" the front page). Runners might be used for times when the results of a presidential or gubernatorial election are finally known. But the later you go into a press run, the fewer papers there are to be printed. It's rare that they keep the presses running, unless it's an issue so huge that there will be significant street sales (like when Obama won the presidency).
Hope this helps. I appreciate you reading my column,
Andy Alexander
Washington Post Ombudsman"
Book Review: Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Alison Maloney
Book: Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Alison Maloney
About: A mother writes about her son's experience with hellish Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome-like symptoms and the long road to finding a cause and treatment.
Pros: Quick, engaging read of an interesting and rare medical phenomenon
Cons: No citations, only a selected bibliography. Blurbs are from doctors who treated her son. Maloney seemingly resents the doctors who didn't agree with the eventual diagnosis, while understandable, her negative view of those trying to help but missed the cause, turned me off a bit
Grade: B
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Neat sites
Tune your bass or guitar online with TuneMyBase (via MakeUseOf)
Fat Guy Shirts seeks shirts geared toward larger folks (via Neatorama)
Wildlife Finder have tons of wildlife videos for your viewing pleasure (via MakeUseOf)
More Tuesday lists
12 travel myths debunked (via Popcorn Trick)
20 best fiction books of the millennium (so far) (via Lit Lists)
10 social media tools to navigate your city
7 food myths and one fact
10 most frequently challenged books of 2008
10 secrets your therapist won't tell you
7 unbelievably vain historic figures
6 unfamiliar champions who appeared on Wheaties boxes
50 extraordinary and attractive billboards (via Consumerist)
10 touchdown celebrations
12 coaching legends and their non-football jobs
Top 7 easy and free web hosting services
50 best social networks for online students
29 ways to successfully ingrain a behavior (via Delicious)
5 reasons you secretly want a zombie apocalypse
15 podcasts that will make you smarter (via Neatorama)
10 spectacular woodblock prints of dragons (Thanks Andy!)
I like food
Great picture of an ice cream cone with sprinkles
Some great candies will be introduced soon, including Milky Way Simply Caramel and 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp
Games
I-T. Connect all the monitors to the hard drive
Briker. Roll the ice block to the hole
Sep. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)
Monday, September 28, 2009
Neat sites
Amusing door mat
Flip Text will turn any text you enter upside down (via MakeUseOf)
One in four nutrition labels are inaccurate (via Consumer World)
Lucy of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died
Bookfail is a gallery of bizarre books (via Neatorama)
Fisher Bullet Space Pen looks cool
Jester will gives you jokes tailored to your sense of humor
More Monday lists
5 of the world’s weirdest cameras (Thanks David!)
10 cutting edge folded paper artists (Thanks Andy!)
40 books about sexuality you have to read (via ResourceShelf)
Top 10 linguistics schools
8+ scientifically-minded musicians
Top 10 food-based Rube Goldberg machines (via Neatorama)
11 least excusable three-quels
50 errors in the Lost Symbol and the Da Vinci Code (via Reading Copy)
5 ridiculous ancient beliefs (that thrive on the internet)
10 memorable ad questions
quizzes
You Crave an Unpredictable Adventure |
 Life has gotten a bit too boring for you lately, and you're really looking to stir things up. You couldn't imagine planning your great adventure. That would go against the whole point of it! All you need is a plane, train, or bus ticket to anywhere. You'll make the rest up as you go along. You want to visit every corner of the world and have many different experiences. The sooner you start, the more you'll see. |
Monday lists
Top 10 books of the millennium (so far) ranked by pros and regular readers (via Knowbodies)
6 healthy habits that can make you sick
51 unusual money saving tips (via Consumer World)
5 best Twitter clients
Top 10 stolen cars by state (via Consumer World)
3 sites to whine about your life and let off steam
10 hilarious Twitter parodies
10 insane interiors and radical room designs
Top 3 sites for Nintendo DS walkthroughs
Top 10 unanswered questions in geeky movies (via Neatorama)
10 sites to watch TV channels online (via Delicious)
10 other Saturday Night Live F-bombs
Top 10 unfinished works of art
15 most stupid forehead tattoos
7 most amazing one-take video clips
Top 10 bizarre medical treatments
11 viral videos by celebrities that absolutely bombed (via Mental Floss Blog)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Neat sites
Kids-In-Mind is a parent's guide to sex, violence and profanity (rating each on a scale of 1-10) in current and not-so-current movies. Also handy to see which films have high amounts of sex, gore, and swearing.
Your guide to music on the web (via Delicious)
Encyclopedia of Life aims to have a page for every organism on Earth (via Points of Reference)
I think the image from the New York Times article Ping - How Sharing Links Has Become Big Business is funny
Why it's impossible to open clamshell packaging: "The point is to create a package that cannot be opened and reclosed surreptitiously. That way, no one can remove anything and put the package back on the racks without it being obvious."
Sunday lists
10 best sports documentaries
Top 10 cool uses for old computers and laptops
7 dogs that accomplished more than we ever will
15 designs inspired by Tetris
6 incredible Twitter powered art projects
Top 10 controversial flags
15 tattoos of pizza
24 buildings shaped like food (via Presurfer)
10 potential travel disasters and their solutions
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Neat sites
The very cool Double Feature Finder lets you select a local movie theater and learn what movies play right after another, so you can walk right into the second one (via MakeUseOf)
Small Town Gems presents the best small towns in America (via Neat New)
Learnthat is a tutorial site that will show you how to do many things (via Neat New)
It Made My Day collects funny events that brightened someone's day (via Delicious)
The blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks showcases quotations marks in laughable positions (via Mental Floss Blog)
The best guides to watching TV online (via Delicious)
I like food
Thornton's Chocolate Cakes and Milk’s Ooey-Gooey Double-Chocolate Cookies look yummy
As does this Bucatini All’ Amatriciana pasta dish
Games
6 "Spot The Difference" games
Squirrel In River. Point and click game. Get the squirrel to the river (via bontegames)
Saturday lists
11 most ironically banned books of all time (via Cracked)
100 worst movies of the last decade (via BuzzSugar)
10 most important drugs in the world (via Neatorama)
13 most extreme gadgets inspired by Hello Kitty
18 superheroes built out of Lego (via Presurfer)
10 more conspiracy theories
11 of tech's contributions to rock and roll
5 awesome cases of the internet owning mainstream media
6 videos of children and the elderly almost getting clobbered by speeding cars (via I Am Bored)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Neat sites
Find That File is a file search engine searches over 500 file extensions on over 100 upload sites (via MakeUseOf)
Guide to where you can find legal movies online (via Delicious)
Neat site about books by the Library of Congress: read.gov
Washington Post meteorologists tried to predict this summer's weather: How did they do?
Holiday tech gadget preview
More Friday lists
7 great misconceptions about Australia
9 ways to cook lazily and still get rave reviews
10 tips to becoming an effective library patron (via LISNews)
25 time-saving tips for your computer
5 useful Gmail Labs features
30 more beautiful books
13 excellent Firefox addons that are absolutely useful
Top 20 digital photography books (via Delicious)
11 famous actors and the big TV roles they turned down
Top 2 sites For Nintendo Wii game cheats
Top 10 TV character comas
45 incredibly stylish vintage travel print ads (Thanks Andy!)
quiz
You Are the 1970s |
 You are a free-wheeling, fun-loving person. You are out for a good time. You appreciate the libertine days of the 1970s, when the attitude was "anything goes"! You may live fast and die young, but at least you'll have fun doing it. Times may be tough, but you hardly notice. You know how to make the best of things. |
Games
Hotel Suburbia. Find the listed objects on the screen (via Jay Is Games)
Ball Of Madness. Roll the ball to the goal
Canufit. Fit the letters in the drawings (via Jay Is Games)
Sock It. Find the matching socks (via Look At This)
Homer the Flanders Killer 3. Shoot Simpsons characters (via Look At This)
TextMate. Fill in the missing letters to create words (via Look At This)
Friday lists
Most sought-after out-of-print books August 2009
18 creepiest landscapes on earth
8 iconic TV show buildings that actually exist (via Neatorama)
10 sites to learn something new in 10 minutes a day
Top 8 web sites to find the latest UFO sightings
9 workspaces where famous folks get stuff done
25 stunning pictures of Bora Bora (via Delicious)
Top 10 rarest diseases
10 things you don't want to hear at the tattoo parlor
Top 10 movie sound effects we all recognize
10 of the world's most bizarre jobs
5 most awesome giant robot teams (via I Am Bored)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
More Thursday lists
5 genuinely worthwhile female versions of male superheroes
6 upcoming movies based on boardgames (via Mental Floss Blog)
6 horrifying ways to improve your sex life
5 insane fighting manuals (you probably shouldn't listen to)
10 weird and gross ingredients in processed food (via J-Walk)
5 brazen examples of price fixing
10 big companies veering toward bankruptcy (via Linkfilter)
I like food
Burger King French Toast Flavored Snacks and Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Multi Bran Cereal sound good
McVitie's Galaxy Cake Bars look chocolaty delicious
Halloween M&M Chocolate Cookies look tasty
Brach’s Gummi Candy Corn. Gummi candy corn? I'm a bit skeptical
Thursday lists
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
More Wednesday lists
30 extraordinary black and white tilt shift photos (Thanks Andy!)
20 top bookmarklets to get the most from your browser
4 awesome visual search Engines to transform your search
11 secret fast food menu items
4 people who faced disaster and made it out alive (via Linkfilter)
12 coolest tables
60 facts about Bruce Springsteen
5 great things you didn't know came from horrific tragedies
most controversial magazine covers of all time (via Delicious)
quiz
You Are Classic Rock |
 You are a pretty average American guy or gal, even if you don't live in the US. You like music that's basic, honest, and real. The best songs don't have a lot to them. You consider yourself to be pretty normal. You work for a living and put your pants on one leg at a time. You love songs that stand the test of time. You don't fall victim to musical trends. |
Games
Maus Trap. Guide the mouse through the maze
Strawberry Cafe Escape. Point and click escape game (via Jay Is Games)
Thieves of Egypt Solitaire. Put the cards in order in piles at the top
Wednesday lists
Top 7 chocolate destinations in the world
Top 10 ways to improve the fuel economy of your vehicle
50 terrific Twitter tutorials for teachers
6 types of video games that never leave Japan
10 free educational game sites (via Delicious)
7 famous libraries and museums whose collections you can search online
12 shocking ideas that could change the world
10 more gruesome methods of execution
7 ultimate sandwiches in America (via Look At This)
Neat sites
Lovely Listing presents strange things found in real estate listing photos (via Presurfer)
Goby is a search engine that will help you find things to do nearby or far away (via WebWare)
The best sites for learning research and citation skills
Very cool steam punk insects
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Neat sites
Customer Service Scorecard. See how good or bad a company's customer service is (via MakeUseOf)
The best sounds for getting work done
How to track breaking news alerts with Twitter
BioMed Search. Search millions of images from biomedical journals (via AltSearch Engines)
How to find song lyrics online
More Tuesday lists
5 brilliant books to improve your writing skills
15 companies that originally sold something else
13 real animals lifted directly out your nightmares
100 best companies for working mothers 2009 (via Docuticker)
15 most embarrassing cakes (via Neatorama)
7 great mobile tools to use when you're on the road
Most expensive movies of the past decade (via Popcorn Trick)
10 most tragically unreleased action figure lines
8 spelling mistakes even smart people make (via I Am Bored)
11 beautiful illustrations from seriously rare books (Thanks Andy!)
Games
31 addictive Flash games (via Delicious)
3 popular free online logic puzzle games
Max Connect. Rotate the spheres so the laser hits them all (via Jay Is Games)
I like food
Boston Cream Pie Cake looks yummy
Both the UK and US Cadbury Milk bars look tasty
The basics of good coffee
Tuesday lists
6 best sites for free video lectures from top colleges and universities
10 unique uses for used tea bags
20 most promising companies in America (via ResourceShelf)
10 creepiest things on the web (via Presurfer)
10 of the world's most unusual prisons
10 worst teaching mistakes (via Larry Ferlazzo's Blog)
10 ugly truths about modern journalism (via Look At This)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Neat sites
MelodyCatcher. On a virtual piano, tap out a tune you can't identify and this site will try to give you a title (via MakeUseOf)
Everything else you need to know about the flu
More Monday lists
Not the End: Monday lists
Well after all the nice comments, I certainly can't stop updating all together. It'll be less frequent and most likely shorter posts, but I'll update when I can.
13 ways to save money using Twitter
100 excellent RSS feeds for lifelong learners
10 worst popes in history
12 most unfortunate costumes for a mugshot
Top 10 fascinating facts about the Mayans
10 revealing infographics about the web
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The End?
I have a new job, so I will have much less time on my hands. I don't know if or when or how much I'll be able to update this blog.
Book Review: Nothing Was the Same by Kay Redfield Jamison
Book: Nothing Was the Same by Kay Redfield Jamison
About: Jamison writes about her marriage to Dr. Richard Wyatt, his death from cancer and her grief afterward.
Pros: Well written, quick read.
Cons: Gets a little too "deep" for me in the section about her grief.
Grade: B
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Saturday lists
Friday, September 18, 2009
I like food
A great guide to hamburger and cheeseburger styles (via Slashfood)
Best Yet Chocolate Meringue Pie and Iced Mini Pumpkin Loaves with Molasses recipes look yummy
So does this Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Caramel Banana Cream Pie
Neat sites
Find videos of talks and speeches by leaders, luminaries etc. at FORA.tv (via MakeUseOf)
Raveable has straight to the point hotel reviews (via MakeUseOf)
Most useful knots for the average person to know (via Delicious)
Wordoid will suggest words you could use to name a product or business (via MakeUseOf)
LOLSBusters provides funny jokes, videos and images for your enjoyment (via MakeUseOf)
Web resources to help conquer fears and phobias
Illusion Science has some really cool optical illusions (via Mind Hacks)
Some web resources on endangered species (via ResourceShelf)
Games
Teddy Goes Swimming. Collect coins and don't die as you control a swimming bear (via Jay Is Games)
Bus Driver's Math. Test your skill with numbers
The Stupid Test. Are you stupid? (via Look At This)
Abuba The Alien. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Friday lists
10 movies shot on location
4 great lunch break web sites for online freelancers
11 things Wal-Mart has banned
5 best books about depression (via Lit Lists)
9 tips for insanely busy travelers (via Lifehacker)
10 books, 10 facts and 1 video about the American Constitution
Dan Brown's 20 worst sentences (via Cynical-C)
Top 10 political sex affairs
6 easy laptop repairs (via Look At This)
8 weird weather phenomena
Top 10 fascinating facts about cheese
5 most ridiculously awful computers ever made
Top 10 1980s computer games worth playing again (via Look At This)
9 worst types of podcasters
11 more peculiar Halloween costumes
15 more funny T-shirts in mug shots (via I Am Bored)
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Neat sites
The redesigned encyclopedia.com offers lots of info from trusted sites on any topic you choose (via No Shelf Required)
How to throw a boomerang (via Presurfer)
Handwashing will protect you against swine flu...not so fast
I like food
Yummy pictures of chocolate soft serve ice cream and pumpkin french toast with crunchy cinnamon crust
This Snickerdoodle recipe looks good as do these chocolate cups
Games
Jungle Magic. Swap gems to get three in a row
Bear In Cage. Point and click game (via bontegames)
Slammer Escape. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)
Book Review: Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding
Book: Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding
About: Reding focuses on Oelwein, Iowa and its meth "epidemic." Through interviews with townspeople, meth users, meth makers, those involved with drug trafficking organizations, law and drug enforcement agents and government officials, he provides an excellent view of a drug problem from both the individual and the broad policy levels.
Pros: Well written. Reding clearly did lots of interviews, research and traveling to cover all aspects of the story. Epilogue nicely sums up outcomes of the main folks introduced.
A few interesting things I learned:
- Cooking up one pound of usable meth makes five pounds of toxic waste.
- Long-term meth use makes your brain stop producing as much dopamine, the neurotransmitter that gives you a natural "high" and the only thing that makes you feel that good again is meth.
- Pseudoephedrine, a cold medicine ingredient that is key to meth production has not been as tightly regulated as it should due to pressure from the pharmceutical and retail lobbies.
- Smoking a drug is the fastest way to get it to your brain.
- All that's needed to make meth is anhydrous ammonia (a common farm fertilizer), a lithium strip from a battery, cold pills with pseudophedrine, some lantern fluid and a basic knowledge of chemistry.
Grade: A-/B+
Thursday lists
6 sites to track a web site's traffic
7 easy to make homemade bombs
50 must listen to lectures for tech lovers
12 coolest bus stops in the world (via Presurfer)
10 humiliating reasons people have been arrested (via Neatorama)
8 real-life themed weddings (via Presurfer)
15 weirdest music videos of all time (via Neatorama)
50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them (via Presurfer)
10 greatest time travel movies
Top 10 bizarre government publicity stunts
8 mind boggling optical illusion (via I Am Bored)
10 most obnoxious cell phone callers
10 interesting subcultures
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Neat sites
Localti.me shows you the time, weather, photos, and other info for any location you enter (via Delicious)
Search for free ebooks with Free Book-s (via FeedMyApp)
How to maximize Firefox viewing space on a netbook
More Wednesday lists
I like food
September 14th was was cream filled donut day. Click the link for yummy pictures
Toffee Flavored Chocolate Covered Candy Corn and Cadbury Mini Rolls look tasty
The recipes for Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies (via Baking Bites) and Best Yet M&M Cookies look scrumptious
Wednesday lists
8 famous apologies and 2 that never happened
11 hidden secrets in Fight Club (via Cracked)
5 cool Picasa features to make use of your photos
25 high quality calligraphy fonts (via Delicious)
100 useful bookmarklets for better productivity (via Delicious)
Top 10 Kanye West interruption parodies
10 great shots from tennis & other sports
Top 10 con games
Top 12 most frequently used pantry items and what to do with them
8 myths about the Freemasons (via Neatorama)
5 funny vintage baby product ads
10 brilliant writers robbed of a Nobel Prize
7 tips on what to say in a first online dating message (via Delicious)
15 most creative green ads
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Neat sites
The unhealthiest food items at popular chain restaurants
Put your photo on magazine covers with MeOnMag (via MakeUseOf)
Is This A Scam? is a custom Google search that searches anti-fraud and anti-scam sites (via Marcus Zillman)
Doodle Source will show you any special Google logos happening on world Google sites (via Ziipa)
Wikipedia has a list of pay access and free online newspaper archive sites (via Library Journal)
How to become a librarian
How to get clean tap water
Find the best anagram of your name (via Download Squad)
Smithsonian's guide to finding out how much art is worth
More Tuesday lists
5 simple exercises for managing anxiety
10 beautiful green grass wallpapers for your desktop
47 ways to fine tune your brain
25 ways your boyfriend could be a douchebag
11 other halls of fame
5 strange healthcare themed restaurants (Thanks Dave!)
90+ videos for tech and media literacy (via DE Tools of the Trade)
7 sites to help you track your favorite TV shows
7 wet, wild and weird wonders of the deep sea
20 stunning images of wind park sunsets
I like food
This Art Park Brownies recipe looks yummy
So do Cadbury Fingers Minis
I want to try a Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake (via Cynical-C)
quiz
You Are Fat |
 You are by no means fat, but you are like fat in that you can easily absorb what's around you. You are easily influenced by both the good and bad people in your life. It's important for you to be around people you want to be like. You are a comforting and calming force. Without your presence, people feel unsatisfied. You sometimes have a reputation for being a bad influence, but you're not nearly as dangerous as you seem. |
Tuesday lists
25 memorable slasher starlets (via BuzzSugar)
5 sites to help you prepare for an emergency
9 great Google Labs applications you may have missed
10 ridiculous instructional videos
101 ways to use Twitter on campus
20 beautiful boat photos (via Presurfer)
13 unbelievable sculptures made out of cheese (via Presurfer)
15 wackiest band names
6 strangest coming of age rituals in the world
40 free fonts that everyone should own (via Delicious)
15 more facts you probably didn't know
5 popular zombie survival tactics that will get you killed
5 most maddeningly unresolved TV plotlines
11 saddest X-Men costumes of all time (Thanks Nat!)
Monday, September 14, 2009
Neat sites
IVR Hacks will help you cut through automated phone trees to get to a human (via MakeUseOf)
A Bad Case of the Dates shares good stories about bad dates (via Delicious)
Find out how many people are in space right now (via MakeUseOf)
How to get your stuff in and out of Google sites and services (via ReadWriteWeb)
More Monday lists
42 late night TV shows and their first guests
7 free sites to track your personal information
10 former names of bands
27 movies about the difficulties of making movies (via Popcorn Trick)
10 over-hyped baseball players who fizzled
10 funniest Curb Your Enthusiasm clips
10 of the best trampoline fails of all time (via Popcorn Trick)
14 portable web browsers for Windows
5 hard-to-kill houseplants for your home or workspace (via Delicious)
10 most ridiculous off-field major league baseball player injuries (via Popcorn Trick)
14 great cheat sheets and posters to make you a software wizard
10 weirdest celebrity food commercials
12 insane elevated eco-parks and dizzying outdoor overlooks
I like food
These recipes for chocolate brownies with caramel swirl and Golden Eggs looks yummy
These pictures of fresh warm beignets dusted with powdered sugar and spicy pork, garlic and gouda sausage baked in a semolina are tasty
McVities Mars Mini Rolls candy looks delicious as well
Monday lists
6 great tennis shots
22 misspelled political signs
10 TV shows Jesus loves
Top 10 most influential metal guitarists
12 more awful parking jobs
Top 5 deadliest jobs in America (via Presurfer)
10 poisons used to save lives
3 killer songs about Vincent Van Gogh
15 most shameless fake photos ever passed off as real
9 excellent apps that are absolutely useful
7 alternatives to Spark Notes and Cliff's Notes for book summaries
10 unusual playgrounds from around the world
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Neat sites
The first messages sent through technologies from telephone to Twitter (via Delicious)
You can't spell Britney Spears without Presbyterians
The great geek manual (via Presurfer)
Type in a topic and Springo will show you the top related sites (via MakeUseOf)
Amusing movie spoiler T-shirt
PetsMD. Like WebMD but for pets (via MakeUseOf)
Make Google search real-time with this URL hack
Food Timeline. Everything you wanted to know about food and food history
How to backup all your stuff for free (via Delicious)
Games
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Play the trivia game show online (via Mental Floss Blog)
Frantic 2. Blow stuff up with your spaceship
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Neat sites
The autodidactic course catalog (via Delicious)
Thought this was funny
Images For Education lets you search for images and videos that can be used for educational purposes (via DE Tools Of The Trade)
Oversharers provides too-much-information status updates from Facebook and Twitter users for your entertainment (via Delicious)
This Post Secret moves the heart
Saturday lists
10 child stars who got college degrees
10 worst colognes inspired by TV shows
7 of the worst sales ever
15 coolest nail art designs
Top 10 greatest cinematographers
23 creative grave markers (via Spiral Pocus)
10 free custom Google search engines for librarians (via What I Learned Today)
12 national flags made out of food (via Neatorama)
21 weirdest portable computers
Friday, September 11, 2009
More Friday lists
4 sites where you can download old PC games for free
13 best spinoffs to enhance your Twitter usage
15 easy ways to cut your consumption (via Linkfilter)
9 ways marketing folks try to manipulate you (via Delicious)
6 cool ways animals communicate
10 weird college football trophies
9 updated health rules your mother told you
5 grammar mistakes that make you sound like a chimp (via Delicious)
7 famous doctors and their medical credentials
Book Review: In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect by Ronald Kessler
Book: In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect by Ronald Kessler
About: Kessler gives a far-reaching look of the Secret Service by interviewing agents and management as well as touring department facilities.
Pros: Interesting, if true.
Cons: Unremarkable writing, repeats information, photographs bunched in middle, much of book is shallow dirt on Secret Service protectees, if agents really did provide all of this information, they severely violated the tenets of the job, stupid chapter on how a psychic supposedly prevented an assassination, no citations or bibliography.
Grade: D
I like food
Chocolate Pudding Pie, Sparkle Cookies and Boudian Bakery Brownies (via Cookie Madness) look yummy
This picture of fudgy brownies with peanut butter mousse and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is simply mouth watering
Games
Escape From Blender Art Gallery. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)
Civiballs 2. Get the colored balls in the right color urns (via Look At This)
Equanimity. Balance the bar
Riff Raff. Click things quickly
Just Avoid It. Avoid things with your cursor. I scored 5,314
Friday lists
Top 10 best fast food items in America
Top 5 sites for PSP game demo downloads
10 celebrities who attended college post-fame
5 sites to learn how to repair your own computer
25 places to watch the Fall TV season online
10 weirdest Marvel comics characters
10 most controversial music videos
12 Star Wars facts you probably didn't know
25 useful data visualization and infographics resources
Joker's 10 craziest kills
7 must-read presentations for job seekers
6 tricks to help you get the most out of Gmail
19 free web services that keep saving you money
10 interesting Legend of Zelda theme medleys (Thanks Nat!)
Top 10 blowhards of the web
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