Saturday, October 31, 2009

Neat Sites

Find tons of info like demographics, weather and home values about any area in the U.S. with CLR Search (via Best Biz Newsletter)

See marriage and divorce statistics for each of the 50 states (via Scout Report)

When they ask, don't give stores your ZIP code

How to troubleshoot weak wireless connections

Cyclops is a meta search engine that searches several royalty free stock photo sites at once (via AltSearchEngines)

Search Twitter with Tip Top (via AltSearchEngines)

More Saturday lists

Top 10 vampire novels (via Lit Lists)

4 weirdest stand-up comedians

6 famous masks and the stories behind them

Top 10 apps that boost your media center

5 modern housing concepts for the ‘new’ New Orleans


10 best Halloween houses on Flickr

15 free guides that really teach you useful stuff

6 great web sites for Dilbert comic strip fans

I like food

Sweet Potato Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies look tasty

Halloween candy roundup

Games

The Ballad of Ketinetto 5. Point and click escape game (via bontegames)

Flying Prince. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Saturday lists

10 things that sound dirty on Halloween

7 tasty facts about Halloween treats

8 Halloween pranks

10 even better Wolfram Alpha easter eggs

31 scary deep sea monsters

8 sculptures made of cheese (via Presurfer)

9 best monster movies (via Presurfer)

10 coolest bookends

Friday, October 30, 2009

Neat sites

AV Comparatives provides independent test results of anti virus applications. See how yours stacks up.
How to keep onion-cutting tears at bay

More Friday lists

Top 10 teen books of 2009

Top 10 houses to avoid during trick or treating

100 best tech products of 2009

10 greatest Halloween cartoon specials

Top 5 baby registry sites

5 frightening (but true) space stories (via Neatorama)

10 horror films you can watch for free online this Halloween

50 hottest brands on Twitter right now

3 cell phone apps to block texting while driving

11 best Simpsons Treehouse of Horror stories, in order

5 hot electronics gifts (via Consumerist)

10 Twitter lists you should follow

99 high definition widescreen wallpapers (via Delicious)

10 signs that you are too old to trick or treat

20 sites with free video on demand

5 good image search engines apart from Google Image Search

20 things you didn't know about sugar

Top 10 horror movies that aren't scary (via Popcorn Trick)

12 of the all-time worst premature celebrations in sports (via Popcorn Trick)

7 bad writing habits you learned in school (via Delicious)

10 least wussy vampire movies ever

I like food

Pumpkin Five-Spice Sweet Rolls look tasty

I love Reese's Pieces

Nestle Munchies Mini Bites look good too

Friday lists

Top 5 idle time Facebook games

10 bizarre kids TV shows

25 fascinating facts about the Exorcist

100 incredible open courses for the ultimate tech geek (via Delicious)

5 things that make your cover letter rock

6 people who turned their homes into death traps

6 types of internet trolls

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

More neat sites

TubeRadio.fm bills itself as YouTube for music. Find, organize and watch music videos online (via MakeUseOf)

Collection of 15 free horror audiobooks in .mp3 and.ogg format for your listening pleasure

I still like food

Maple Coconut Blondies look tasty

So do Twix Pods

More Wednesday lists

10 things you may not know you can recycle

10 worst Jeopardy! answers 

3 sites to get news that’s good for a change

10 of the most chilling haunted castles in the world

25 scariest moments in non-horror movies (via Neatorama)

7 resources to keep track of the World Series online

10 weirdest sitcom crossovers

10 most incredible Earth scars

13 things students love to hate about college

5 haunted places

8 brilliant examples of plastic drinking straw art

15 free online tools for web designers on a budget (via Delicious)

Best books of 2009

Neat sites

Collection of stuff you can get for free this Halloween

Search thousands of medical RSS feeds with MedWorm (via AltSearchEngines)

See how 666 has taken over the field of mathematics

Enter your location, what type of doctor you're looking for, and your insurance company and ZocDoc will give you a list of local doctors who accept your insurance and tell you currently available times for an appointment

I like food

World’s Largest Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups look tasty

Lindt Wafer is delicious

Wednesday lists

30 NBA team names and their origins

Top 10 scariest ghost movies (via Popcorn Trick)

5 scary places and the legends behind them

5 Gmail security tips

23 web sites to help you figure out health care prices

10 most amazing deserts

10 overlooked horror movies (via Cracked)

8 coolest robberies with awesome getaways (via Cracked)

11 mediocre TV shows with awesome theme songs (via Cracked)

11 accidentally inappropriate puzzles and games

10 creepy places in America

100 incredibly useful Facebook apps for college students

100 best book blogs for kids, tweens, and teens

7 reasons to keep your tyrannosaur off crack cocaine (via Presurfer)

12 of the wackiest condoms ever

13 chilling Hammer horror films

11 most popular open source softwares of all time

10 neat facts about Ferrari

Top 10 bipolar blogs 2009

6 popular monsters myths (that prove humanity is doomed)

50 high-quality free black and white wallpapers

9 most monstrously nerdy trick-or-treat pails

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Neat sites

How to write badly well (via Delicious)

How to become an expert in your industry

quiz



You Are Jaws





You're scared of what you can't see right in front of you. Your imagination tends to get the better of you.

And for you, something like the deep, dark ocean is obviously pretty terrifying. Who knows what's lurking right next to you?



The idea of trying to get away from something that's after you really gets your heart pumping. Being chased horrifies you.

You're also quite scared of big, hungry animals with no sense of right or wrong. You know a shark will stop at nothing to make you its lunch.

More Tuesday lists

5 emotional vampires and how to combat them

7 department store chains and their origins

4 questions that will fix the airline travel industry

101 best music videos of the decade (via Delicious)

18 dogs in Halloween costumes

7 ways to avoid the Christmas crazies

15 weird necklaces

8 fantastical make-believe den makeovers

Top 10 crappiest CEOs (according to their employees)

10 web sites to help you keep up-to-date with scholarly journal contents (via Internet News)

I like food

Vampire Pancakes look tasty

So does Snickers Fudge

Tuesday lists

Top 10 ghostwritten books

3 top sites for games that involve your hands

World's top universities

5 awesome ways to capture screenshots

100 tools to turn to when you have writer’s block

101 book blogs you need to read

Top 8 die-hards in history

10 fascinating recently discovered photographs

10 funniest women currently on television and in film (Thanks Nat!)

10 most embarrassingly collectible Star Wars toys of the 1990s

11 Cracked lifehacking tips

6 creepiest places on earth

Monday, October 26, 2009

More Monday lists

6 creepy urban legends that happen to be true part 3

8 manliest images on the internet

10 most spooktacular twists in the Goosebumps books

8 cool things to do at a Chicago library


5 websites where you can find and write to soldiers

28 cash-saving ways to get your house ready for winter

13 pretty but deadly plants

15 forms of barcode art

Top 10 riskiest foods regulated by the FDA (via The U.S. Government)

10 bizarre phenomena

Top 100 wiki tools and resources

Top 30 best tools for writing online

5 famous fires and the lessons they taught us

Top 8 programs that can make your computer run faster

quiz



Your Home Is Not Haunted



There's nothing particularly creepy about your home. Anything you notice is probably quite normal.

You probably already knew that your home isn't haunted. In fact, you may not even believe in homes being haunted.



Your home is welcoming, warm, and comfortable. Even on the coldest and deadest of nights, you feel safe.

Your home is the perfect place to watch a terrifying horror movie. No matter how scared you get, you'll sleep soundly afterwards.
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games

Little Mermaid. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Cubed. Get the cube to the flag (via AQFL)

I like food

Cadbury Mini Bakes Chocolate Flapjack and Valor Taza to Go Drinking Chocolate look tasty

So does this recipe for Apple Cider Donuts (via Delicious)

Monday lists

10 best educational web sites (via Delicious)

38 great web sites for Photoshop tutorials (via Delicious)

10 reasons why it's great to be a vampire

100+ Google tricks that will save you time in school (via Delicious)

Top 10 ghost ships

50 fascinating lectures on the future of education

12 more insanely titled books

10 mythological creatures and shapeshifters

100 terrific tools to grade your life

100 blogs every new teacher should read (via Delicious)

Best and worst 2010 cars for fuel economy (via Consumer World)

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Neat sites

Pie chart of the colors of world flags

What the site of the Windows "field" desktop wallpaper looks like now (via growabrain)

Sense About Science debunks media misconceptions about science news

More Sunday lists

5 people who failed their way to fame and fortune

6 characters who Show up in every zombie movie

10 weird sunglasses

5 best portable apps suites

55 astonishing online generators for web designers (via Delicious)

9 preserved bombed-out WWII building

quizzes



You Are a Carnival Mask





You are flirtatious, charming, and seductive. You are both mysterious and alluring.

You know how to dance the steps, no matter what the dance is. You always know what the next move should be.



You are good at drawing people in but not letting them get too close. You know how to be wanted.

You prefer to be understated than over the top. You never want to be seen as trying too hard.




You Should Carve a Classic Pumpkin Face





You are calm, collected, and together. You are good at following rules and instructions.

You tend to celebrate Halloween in the same way every year. You have a routine down that you like.



You look forward to your favorite decorations, candy, and costumes. You might even carve the same pumpkin face each year.

You love the Halloween classics like little kids in costumes, spooky movies, and candy corn. Why mess with a good thing?

Sunday lists

10 features you should know about your camera

Top 10 internet rules and laws (via Delicious)

5 Windows 7 install errors to avoid

10 biggest auto death traps ever built

21 adorable pieces of manga art

15 cutest baby costumes for Halloween

10 more movies about movies

12 excellent web sites to find free software

10 creepiest art toys (via I Am Bored)

10 craziest online businesses that succeeded

80 most powerful octogenarians in America (via Linkfilter)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Neat sites

findingDulcinea bills itself as the "librarian of the internet" and has a collection of web guides on various topics. (via Points of Reference)

Find the effectiveness length of insect repellents (via ResourceShelf)

lists

5 most unintentionally racist movies about racism

10 weird drinking glasses 

Top 10 Windows 7 booster apps


6 free antivirus programs made for your Windows 7 system

10 web tools for 2010 (via Delicious)

6 musical rules of thumb

I like food

Cadbury’s Cinder Toffee Cake Bars and Nestle Toffee Crisp Mini Bites sound delicious

This picture of Cinnamon Apple and Pecan Crumb Bars with Cream Cheese-Cinnamon Icing looks real tasty

Mr Kipling Toffee Apple Bakewells look good as well

quiz



You Should Dress Up As a Bunny





You are bouncy, cute, and a bit hard to catch. You are usually very caught up in doing your own thing.

You attract a lot of attention, and to be honest, a lot of it is unwanted. You're a true introvert, and you prefer to be left alone.



While you may want to fade into the background, there's no chance of that happening any time soon. Everything you do is charming and adorable.

You move quickly through life. You are always changing, learning, and evolving. And you're not about to let anyone slow you down!



Saturday lists

10 Halloween traditions

12 most creative bathtubs

15 bogeymen from around the world

16 sweet but super creepy Halloween cakes

5 ghost videos on YouTube (via I Am Bored)

3 free Microsoft software offerings you might not know

Top 5 library videos on YouTube

Top 8 things for bored teenagers to do online

7 rules every sports movie lives by (via Cracked)

8 extreme electronic disasters

Friday, October 23, 2009

neat sites

Guide to comma use

White wine wears away your tooth enamel and brushing makes it worse (via Slashfood)

The // in web addresses are unnecessary, but we're stuck with them (via Law Librarian Blog)

A warm room makes people feel socially closer (via Mind Hacks)

When the powerful feel incompetent, the rest of us feel their wrath (via Mind Hacks)

American food portion sizes then and now (via Popcorn Trick)

quiz

What's your primary color?

I'm Sun Flare

More Friday lists

7 lamest yet widely believed cryptozoological hoaxes

15 of the worst American foods (via Linkfilter)

10 most popular Firefox addons of web designers (via Delicious)

5 new technologies that will change everything

7 laws of boundaries

3 best sites to watch your favorite classic TV movies for free

5 bizarre board games

Top 5 psychotic characters in movies (via Weird Worm)

10 blatant TV show rip offs

5 certifiably insane Cold War projects

14 silly and scary vehicle modifications

10 keyboard techniques to create cool symbols

Friday lists

10 worst TV secretaries

Top 10 baseball pitchers since 2000

3 cases of death by shaving

5 messenger bags for your urban adventures

10 more fascinating conspiracies

23 unusual vampire variations (via Mental Floss Blog)

15 weird romantic destinations (via Look At This)

10 vampire cats

20 greatest celebrity courtroom sketches (via Law Librarian Blog)

10 obviously horrible movies that I can watch over and over again (Thanks Nat!)

10 least essential works of Bruce Campbell

Games

Power Pinball. Play pinball (via Jay Is Games)

Halloween Escape. Point and click escape game

Butterfly Fantasy 3. Find the differences between the images (via Jay Is Games)

Obechi. Join the two balls (via Jay Is Games)

8-Ball Quick Fire Pool. Sink the balls before time runs out (via Look At This)

Tic Tac Scare. Play Tic Tac Toe (via Look At This)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Neat sites

How a tick bite turned into a red meat allergy

Confusing Words is your guide to troublesome words (via Internet Resources Newsletter)

All Voices is a news site where anyone can report from anywhere

60 Second Recap summarizes famous books with one-minute videos

More Thursday lists

Top 25 health and medical search engines  (via Internet Resources Newsletter)

15 greatest board games of all time

9 Halloween pumpkin projects

Top 100 graphic design blogs (via Delicious)

6 promotions that didn't quite work out

14 contemporary outdoor photographer

50 most influential bloggers of 2009

15 striking print ads that show the audacity of Nazi Germany (Thanks Andy!)

Top 10 blogs in many categories (via Internet Resources Newsletter)

Thursday lists

12 weirdest horror movie theme songs

11 incredible homes from around the world for under $50,000 (Thanks Andy!)

50 kickass web sites you need to know about (via Delicious)

10 surprising celebs with honorary degrees

42 essential third act twists (via Reading Copy)

10 celebs who worked at Disney

35+ educational games and games resources (via Delicious)

10 strangest body part insurance policies

10 swanky swine flu masks (via Presurfer)

10 stupid things girls like (via I Am Bored)

5 reasons Star Wars sequels would be worse than the prequels

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Neat sites

National dishes from around the world (via Presurfer)

Uppercase It changes the case of the entered text (via Delicious)

ASCII-O-Matic turns photos into ASCII text images (via MakeUseOf)

Search a bunch of ebooks sites with AddAll (via MakeUseOf)

Very cool photos of the inside of people's refrigerators (via Mental Floss Blog)

I like food

New and improved Cheese Nips sound tasty

S’mores Fudge looks awesome

More Saturday lists

70 free useful portable applications you should know (via Delicious)

11 stupidest writing mistakes (via Mental Floss Blog)

7 new professors on RateMyProfessors.com" by Owen Parsons  (via Mental Floss Blog)

5 portable apps games for your USB stick to kill some time

Top 10 time-saving, MacGyver-style cleaning tricks

5 horror novels that will shrivel your balls this Halloween

quiz



You Are the "L" Block





You are creative and interesting. You are always coming up with a new spin on things.

Until people figure you out, you tend to be under appreciated. You talents usually go unnoticed at first.



You are adventurous and a total experimenter. You've tried things that people haven't even dared to contemplate.

You are always reinventing yourself in novel ways. You've gone through many different phases in your life.



Saturday lists

5 best web sites for space and astronomy fans

Top 10 games you can play on Facebook

8 core reasons to eat more apples

45 homemade foods you can make yourself (but never thought you could) (via Delicious)

10 puzzle web sites to sharpen your programming skills (via Delicious)

Top 10 alcoholic beverages to drink before you die

10 craziest celebrity baby names

Friday, October 16, 2009

Neat sites

Periodic table of science fiction (via GeekPress)

See what people regret at I So Regret (via Linkfilter)

More games

Must Eat Birds. Fling the guy so he eats birds (via bontegames)

Cover Orange. Protect the Orange (via bontegames)

More Friday lists

5 best web sites for free clip art downloads

460 free audiobooks (via Hey, It's Free!)

5 ways social media is changing our daily lives

4 easy tips to improve your Blogger blog

10 Halloween specials from your childhood

50 most powerful people in Washington DC (via Law Librarian Blog)

5 ways wireless carriers gouge you and how to fight back

Games

Submachine 6. Point and click escape game

The Bouncy Challenge. Bounce the ball to the goal

Book Review: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich




Book: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich

About: Ehrenreich takes on the seemingly ubiquitous positive psychology, "always be happy and optimistic" mindset that has taken off in recent years. Covering religion, politics, business, health and The Secret, she presents a nicely rounded counterpoint to all smiles all the time, advocating not a negative viewpoint but a realistic "see things as they are" outlook..


Pros: She makes some great points and asks interesting questions, such as why does the U.S. call its nationalism patriotism? In-text cites. Well written


Cons: Lots of names and authors mentioned, I had to flip back in the book a few times to remind myself who was who.


Grade B+

Friday lists

13 upsetting episodes of children's TV shows

25 clever costume ideas for Halloween (Thanks Andi!)

Top 10 first novels of 2009

100 best professors who blog (via Delicious)

10 ways to improve your photography without buying gear (via Delicious)

Top 10 fascinating facts about the Romans

15 craziest Halloween costumes 

8 Rubik's Cube artworks (via Presurfer)

25 least necessary Monopoly special editions

5 authors more badass than the badass character they created

Halloween Movie and TV Marathons 2009

aI usually post a list of Halloween movie marathons but it seems TV Tango has beat me to it and done a great job:  For a list of 2010 Halloween TV and movie marathons click here

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Neat sites

See the odds of hundreds of  cool things at the Book of Odds (via The Numbers Guy)

Guide to candy corn

More Thursday lists

3 methods to protect your web Images from thieves

10 instrumental innovations that didn’t change the world

9 flu myths and realities (via Neat New)

The Good 100 (via Neat New)

10 most awesome food mascots


Top 10 bizarre healing techniques


6 theories on the origin of the bullpen

10 signs that the Matrix has you

Top 10 most watched web series, September 2009

16 worst Halloween candies

8 franchise relocations that fell through

10 other jobs held by horror movie icons

I like food

Cadbury Cake Bars Milk Chocolate Caramel and Jumbo M&M Chip Cookies look yummy

So do Dole Strawberry Fruit 'N Juice Frozen Fruit Bars  and Ice Scream Eyeballs

quiz



Your City is Sydney





You are straightforward, honest, and real. You believe it's important to be yourself, even if you shock people.

You are worldly and well traveled. You have seen a lot in your life, and it's hard to rattle your cage.



You tend to embrace a laid back, "anything goes" attitude. You wouldn't ever think to judge someone.

You believe that it's important to seize the day and live like there's no tomorrow. You can get along with anyone who agrees.



Thursday lists

25 speed reading secrets every student should know

50 must-listen lectures for tech lovers

50 ways to never waste food again (via Delicious)

15 coolest Google Earth finds

3 tech-savvy ways to actually do something about climate change

Top 10 modern human addictions

50 most stunning wall murals from around the world (Thanks Andy!)

7 things dirtier than money

7 horrifying moments from classic kids movies

10 most awesome cases of portal hoppery

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

I still like food

Win 10 pounds of candy from Candy Dish Blog

Phillies and Yankees ice creams look tasty

So does this recipe for Impossible Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

More Wednesday lists

3 cool sources for free printable fill-in puzzles

8 places every American should see

17 ways to kill common distractions

14 great Cthulhu toys that make devouring souls fun (via Hennepin County Library BookSpace)

10 scariest Stephen King novels (via Hennepin County Library BookSpace)

7 tips if you’re chronically late

 8 online web design tools for the beginner

I like food

Trader Joe's Tarte d'Alsace and Edy's Slow Churned Chocolate Vanilla Swirl Yogurt Blends look tasty

This recipe for One Bite Carrot Muffins looks yummy too

quiz



You Are Archive





You are competent, organized, and careful. You know how to stay on task and focus on the most important thing.

You like to have everything in its place. Messes and chaos completely stress you out.



You have a system for almost everything in your life, and you don't like to deviate from it.

Calendars, routines, and having things in a certain order keeps you calm. You don't like to shake things up too much.



Wednesday lists

20 perfect water reflections

10 most popular and useful iPhone apps

Top 10 scandals in college sports

10 weirdest protests around the world

20 utterly pointless kitchen appliances (via Presurfer)

60 resources for the frugal web developer (via Delicious)

Top 10 most audacious shootouts in U.S. history

7 silliest video game fighter backstories

5 most badass things you could actually ride to work

5 irrational fears (even rational people have)

25 more interesting Halloween costume ideas

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Neat sites

Find out how much radiation your cell phone gives off (via ResourceShelf)

Offeretti will show you deals, coupons and sales near you (via AltSearchEngines)

More Tuesday lists

18 essential tools for every word-of-mouth marketer

101 unusual ice cream flavors

8 online tools for more productive blogging


Top 8 online tools to identify the owner of a phone number

10 funniest X-Files episodes

6 more prizes not awarded for length

10 books where an author does something for a year

10 best things that have ever happened behind a news reporter's back (via Cracked)

10 badass movie spaceships (via Cracked)

Games

Trick Or Treat. Choose the shortest root to the houses

Miami Shark. Eat things (Thanks Javier!)

Tuesday lists

6 ways to make your next trip awesome

10 extraordinary creations made of money (Thanks Andy!)

5 best and worst professions for men to date (via Neatorama)

5 best and worst professions for women to date (via Neatorama)

10 most influential female characters on TV

100 hotels under $150 (via Delicious)

Top 10 most powerful comic book characters

Top 50 jobs of the future (via GovGab)

15 craziest scalp tattoos


100 Twitter feeds to teach you something new, fun, and useful


Top 10 best ghost movies (via Presurfer)

Top 10 Val Kilmer movie roles (Thanks Nat!)


6 things that make a poor cover letter

4 worst fake accents in movie history

7 sex tips from Cosmopolitan that will put you in the hospital

Monday, October 12, 2009

Neat sites

AccidentSketch lets you draw sketches of auto accidents in order to show others what happened (via MakeUseOf)

Collection of copyright-friendly image sources (via Delicious)

The myth behind the feejee mermaid 

It makes no difference whether you wash your hands with hot or cold water

More Monday lists

8 lamest fast food kids' toys

5 insects people love to eat

Top 5 fan sites for superheroes

60 technology skills that should be taught in college (via Delicious)

15 creatively converted homes

15 most bizarre landscapes on earth 


Top 6 coolest iPhone tricks and tips

10 leading causes of dfeath in the USA
 
Top 10 LGBTQ cars


9 movies that always make me cry

6 ways we gave up our privacy (via LISNews)

I like food

Results of a mustard taste test (via Popcorn Trick)

Breakfast Apple Granola Crisp and Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes with Graham Cracker Crust look tasty

Monday lists

5 free web sites with tips on becoming a safer driver

29 fees customers hate most (via Consumer World)

Top 10 most controversial Broadway shows


10 creepiest unintentionally sexual ads of all time (via GeekPress)

15 of the world's strangest flags


Top 3 lies used to get a job


5 online radios stations to get your music fix

3 cool ways to check out an archive of Google’s doodles

66 jaw-dropping examples of aerography artworks on cars (via Linkfilter)

5 ways you're secretly being monitored

24 cult movie characters who need to be made into action figures ASAP

10 bizarre torture methods (via I Am Bored)

10 forgotten facts about historical events

10 fake degree disasters (via I Am Bored)

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