Monday, November 30, 2009

Neat sites

Web browser privacy check. See what your web browser tells every site you visit (via MakeUseOf)

Our solar system, as we think it looks like and behaves (via Presurfer)

Find the cheapest and fastest way to ship holiday packages

Funding Universe has a huge collection of company histories (via BestBizWeb Newsletter)

More Monday lists

10 most expensive bicycles on earth (Thanks Danny!)

13 bizarre jobs

5 sites to find safe and festive holiday downloads

8 Thanksgiving Day leftover recipes

10 best short-story collections of the ’00s (via Lit Lists)

20 web apps to help you learn more and study less

10 facts about the Mall of America

10 distance learning opportunities through webinars

Monday lists

5 handy web based image manipulation tools

Top 10 worst Greek hazing scandals and stories

6 free sites to learn about programming in PHP

100 best life hacks for stressed-out students

Top 10 cute but deadly animals

10 craziest calendars

Top 10 Bing searches of 2009

15 truly bizarre creatures

10 stunning examples of traditional art and paintings

Top words, phrases and names of 2009 (via Mashable)

9 least necessary superhero armors of all time

9 ways to save on gas (via Consumer World)

9 car rental companies ranked (via Consumer World)

6 ways your body loves to screw you explained by science

4 cool ways to make use of Twitter lists

Games

Katydid and Ant 4. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Mandrake 1. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Shrink It. Get the ball into the box by shrinking objects (via bontegames)

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Neat sites

Why you aren't the great driver you think you are

All Games Search
is a search engines for all things video games (via AltSearchEngines)

What's The Harm?
is a site that presents stories that show what exactly the harms are for kooky medical treatments and other pseudo-scientific claims

More Wednesday lists

5 sites to find Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale listings

11 skills you'll need for a career

6 most horrific lessons ever taught in elementary school

6 eyelid tattoos

50 free movie themed fonts you can download (via Delicious)

11 best cookbooks of 2009

10 reasons why using Twitter will boost your happiness

16 awesome geek cuff-links

10 best TV guest appearances of the decade (2000-2009) (via Popcorn Trick)

Wednesday lists

9 hilarious web sites to visit when you need to kill time

11 outstanding sites that will improve your photography (via Delicious)

5 most alien looking spiders

50 favorite blogs 2009 (via AppScout)

Top 10 board and card games for 2010

15 uniquely modern umbrella designs

10 more bizarre world records

10 best celebrity computer ads of the 1980s (via Presurfer)

100 inspirational online biographies everyone should watch

101 useful YouTube tutorials for college students

10 cycling crashes that make your eyes water (Thanks Danny!)

25 horrifying Thanksgiving turkey cakes (via Miss Cellania)

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Neat sites

Watch anime online at AnimeCrazy (via MakeUseOf)

FindMeByIP will tell you your browser, its features, your IP address and try to find your correct location (via MakeUseOf)

Whatdoestheinternetthink lets you enter a search term(s) and it will tell you if the internet has a good or bad opinion of it (via MakeUseOf)

Create your own dress shirt with Blank Label (via MakeUseOf)

If you are making a business presentation, your employer would like it if you didn't pronounce "library" as "liberry"

More Tuesday lists

5 weird legends of warriors and mythical creatures

5 odd holiday dishes

55 angry, mad and soft landscapes captured by photographers

10 surprising facts about cholesterol

5 learning apps and web sites to make you smarter

10 cool weather photos

Top 8 sites to listen to free Christmas music online

10 quirky sporting events

10 strangest superpowers from comics (via Popcorn Trick)

17 great Christmas gift ideas for women

12 best music books of the decade (2000-2009)  (via Lit Lists)

Games

Dismantle. Take apart the tea canister (via bontegames)

Blocks Squisher 2. Breakout-type game

Tuesday lists

102 holiday deal spotters on Twitter (Thanks Garrett!)

10 Thanksgiving foods you might not be having

50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia (via Delicious)

100 most cited books in Wikipedia (via ResourceShelf)

15 fantastic new futuristic gadgets and designs

100 best law school admission tips of all time

10 college campuses that are more like country clubs

50 amazingly realistic CG portraits (via GeekPress)

Top 10 firsts in feature films

7 most beautiful precariously placed monasteries

8 tech tools for Black Friday deals

10 most cliched character types in sci-fi

5 materials that will make the world as we know it obsolete

Monday, November 23, 2009

Interesting Pile on Twitter

http://twitter.com/InterestingPile checks this blog every 30 minutes (through TwitterFeed) for new content and posts a link to it. So for those of you who'd prefer to get updates via Twitter, follow InterestingPile

Neat sites

Guide to movie homages in the The Simpsons

Find, listen and download music online with Noiset (via Marcus Zillman)

State by state guide to U.S motorcycle and bicycle helmet laws (via ResourceShelf)

Bedbug Registry helps you steer clear of filthy hotels

ShowUSA is a really cool map site that makes it easy to visualize data such as bigfoot sightings and causes of death by state (via Choice)

Some mind-blowingly realistic sculptures (via J-Walk Blog)

See where boats are in the ocean with Marine Traffic

Blind Search will provide you with search results from Bing, Google and Yahoo, but won't tell you which is which. Great for seeing which one works best for you.

More Monday lists

4 quick mindfulness techniques

Top 10 book covers of the 2000s (via LISNews)

Top 10 moments from the 2009 American Music Awards


3 weird disasters involving food

Excellent list of free font resources (via Delicious)

11 ways geeks measure the world (via Neatorama)

12 curious Facebook fan pages

15 most awesome Lifetime movie titles ever (via Popcorn Trick)

15 best videogames of the 2000s (via Popcorn Trick)

9 secrets to cooking the perfect turkey

10 reasons college students look forward to Thanksgiving break


16 Christmas gift ideas for men


Top 10 best debut novels of the decade (2000-2009) (via Lit Lists)

5 murders that happened because of jealousy


5 more ways to get discounts, save cash and make money online

Top 8 money mistakes parents make

11 things college freshman should expect during that first Thanksgiving back home

I like food

This Apple Butter Pie recipe looks yummy

So do Hotel Chocolat Sparkling Stars Caramels, Carl's Jr: Chocolate Chip Hand Scooped Ice Cream Shake and Ferrara Belgian Milk Chocolate

Monday lists

9 driving habits that most annoy cyclists (Thanks Danny!)

Top 10 tips for bagging a bargain on Black Friday

10 worst toys 2009 (via Consumer World)

25 Facebook tips and tricks you should be aware of (via Delicious)

10 more commonly believed myths

5 best places to find lyrics on the web

Top 10 must-listen podcasts

7 historic on-air meltdowns (via Look At This)

10 unforgettable werewolf transformation scenes (via I Am Bored)

8 more of the most awesomely insane arcade games of the 1980s

6 ways you can accidentally attract the ladies

Book Review: NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman




Book: NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

About: Bronson and Merryman present research showing that many parenting "instincts" are dead wrong. Racism, praise, language, lying, intelligence, rebelling and self-control are all covered.

Some Neat Things I Learned:
  • Praising a child for being smart is detrimental, praising them for specific actions or working hard is better. 
  • Sleep is really important. Not enough sleep can  make kids and teens stupid and fat. Thus, high schools should start later.
  • Kids lie. A whole lot.
  • Kids' brains develop at highly different rates. So if they take intelligence tests before 3rd grade, the results are meaningless. Therefore, elite private schools who test young kids for entrance to their school are not only taking in tons of kids who's brains will grow slowly and fall below their standards, they are missing "slow blooming" smart kids.
  • Responding to a child's babbling and vocalizations frequently greatly increases language acquisition.

Pros: Fascinating and amazingly interesting, even for someone without kids or isn't planning on having them. Chapter on language is especially engaging.

Cons: Will probably make you feel like a bad parent. Breaks the high school writing tip of "don't introduce new information in the conclusion." No in-text cites. There's further information on some chapter material in the notes section at the back but they were not mentioned in the beginning of the book, so I missed them. Only selected resources and references provided.

Grade: A-

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Neat sites

Create your own email signature images with NeedASig (via MakeUseOf)

Buy a a framed single share of stock at OneShare for a cool gift idea

Compare the cost of living between two cities with Numbeo (via MakeUseOf)

Find dog-friendly places near you with Fido Factor (via MakeUseOf)

BitSnoop is a torrent search engine (via MakeUseOf)

More Sunday lists

10 weird ashtrays

5 musicians who need to find something new to sing about

5 best screencasting tools

10 of the best: teachers in literature (via Lit Lists)

11 handy tools for web site analysis (via Delicious)

quiz



You Are a Bishop






You are limited in what kind of moves you make, but that only encourages you to be wilier.

If you sit back and think carefully, you can be just as deadly as any of the other players on the board. It's all about using your head.



While it does get annoying to be underestimated all the type, you can use that to your advantage.

You can attack and retreat quickly, without anyone hardly noticing. As far as skills go, that's an excellent one to have!

Sunday lists

11 solid sources for free stock photos (via Delicious)

8 best places to find your next free book online (via Delicious)

Top 10 bizarre tourist attractions

12 most creative papercraft artworks

Saturday, November 21, 2009

More Saturday lists

9 ways doctors stay healthy while traveling

50+ free, must-have open source resources (via Delicious)

10 best lists of the best places to live

5 online services you can update by email with a mobile phone

50 extremely creative vintage and retro Photoshop tutorials (via Delicious)

15 beautiful infographics (via Delicious)

Top 10 words of the years (via Neatorama)

Top 10 ergonomic upgrades for your workspace

5 best World War II fiction books (via Lit Lists)

10 annoying phrases that serve no purpose (via Mental Floss Blog)

10 best computer mice

6 best computer keyboards

17 cool hidden safes (via One For The Road)

5 bizarre artists

10 foods that thankfully flopped

5 best names for chemicals ever

Top 5 freeware registry cleaners that improve PC performance

10 best brand names in the world

Games

Katydid and Ant 3. Point and click game (via bontegames)

The Company Of Myself. Move the guy through the levels (via bontegames)

Saturday lists

10 most common job interview questions and how to answer them (via Linkfilter)

Top 5 chocolate centerpieces for Thanksgiving

2 great web sites for Atari 2600 enthusiasts

9 obscure holidays in December (besides Christmas)

10 blogs to help you become a photography expert (via Delicious)

11 things you should know about Rocky & Bullwinkle

9 victims of King Tut's curse (and one who should have been)

Top 10 news readers

5 myths about (un)employment (via One For The Road)

10 symptoms of crazy restaurant owner syndrome

30 free online tools to test your web site (via Delicious)

15  more extraordinary sand sculptures

30 artistic and creative Photoshop poster tutorials (via Delicious)

10 more must-see episodes of the Twilight Zone

8 duffle bags

10 terrific time-wasting downloads

10 things restaurants want you to know so you can be a better diner

Friday, November 20, 2009

Neat sites

The cost of a typical Thanksgiving meal has gone down this year

Dewey Browse organizes sites based on the Dewey Decimal System (via Linkfilter)

Sushi made out of Lego (via Pop Culture Junk Mail)

How to test your inner timekeeper

How to prepare a Thanksgiving feast with help from the web

Download some cool desktop wallpaper from National Geographic (via Barry's Best Computer Tips)

I like food

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is yummy

These chocolate gems look cool

More Friday lists

Top 10 deadliest female killers

12 ideas On how to take better photographs

11 awesomely creative billboards (via Cracked)

5 things you didn't know about Eddie Murphy

10 ridiculous lady laws that are still on the books (via Cracked)

5 weirdest things people have fallen in love with

Oprah's 10 terrific reads of 2009

Games

Jumpie 2. Launch the guy through hoop

Guess the 100 most commonly used English words. I got 70 (via Miss Cellania)

Escape from the Bookstore. Point and click escape game

Golf Jam. Test your golfing skills

Friday lists

21 awesome T-shirts for photographers (via Delicious)

8 famous doctors

12 actually interesting business and finance blogs

Top 10 scariest Filipino monsters

15 seriously artistic indie album covers (via Presurfer)

10 worst prescription drug side effects

20 abandoned wood burning stoves (Thanks Danny!)

10 movie and television audition tapes of celebrities (Thanks Nat!)

5 ways to screw your credit card company

5 tips for better photo printing

10 pieces of technology we'll miss when they're gone

7 popular chick flicks that secretly hate women

10 best 1960s Batman TV villains who should make the leap to comic books

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Neat sites

Fill out this form and NASA will send your name to Mars (via Absolute Portal)

View theme park maps online (via MakeUseOf)

Enjoy movie theater popcorn? You might as well just eat two sticks of butter (via Docuticker)

See what Nicholas Cage blew his money on

Create really cool designs with Myoats (via MakeUseOf)

Read user-submitted happy moments at It Made My Day (via Neat New)

Read some tales about Clients From Hell (via swissmiss)

Treehugger's 2009 gift guide (via Neat New)

Watch full-length movies and TV shows online with Crackle (via MakeUseOf)

Get hundreds of free fonts at Ace Free Fonts (via MakeUseOf)

More Thursday lists

7 sci-fi series that need movie reboots (via Neatorama)

31 best books of 2009

6 weird musicians

11 dirty TV moments that slipped past the censors

6 reasons it’s time to read Atlas Shrugged

10 most iconic DC comic book covers

32 stunning and spectacular sea arches

15 more crafty metal, wood and spiral staircases

6 shows saved by first-run syndication

7 more examples of sports owners behaving badly

Best job search web sites

50 most important recordings of the decade

6 inventors who got nothing for changing the modern world

11 trees covered in ice

10 useful bookmarklets for web designers and developers (via Delicious)

10 most overpaid actors

I like food

Lots of things I think look yummy:

Classic Mac 'n' Cheese

Ultimate Chocolate Cake Truffles

Salted Caramel Pot de Crème with Dark Chocolate/Cocoa Nib Crust

Kellogg's Jumbo Multi-Grain Rice Krispies Cereal

Ben & Jerry's Maple Blondie ice cream

Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats Chocolate Little Bites Cereal

quiz



You Are Count von Count





You? A vampire? Well, maybe in name only. There's nothing really vampiric about you.

You are the kindest person in the world. You wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone suck someone's blood.



You are a natural teacher, and you enjoy the company of children. And not because you find them delicious!

People make find you annoying at times, but they never find you frightening. The only thing scary about your mouth is that you talk too much!

Thursday lists

Top 10 U.S. cities where Twitter is mentioned in Craigslist jobs

10 most unusual shift knobs

Top 10 badass movie villains

100 best books of the decade (via Delicious)

100 free audiobooks you should have read by now (via ResourceShelf)

7 best slime toys

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Links now open in new windows

I changed some HTML so now all links on the site open in new windows when clicked on.

Hope this didn't break anything

Neat sites

How to write a great novel (via Popcorn Trick)

The psychology of terrorism

Learn new buzzwords at BuzzWhack

More Tuesday lists

30 best action figures from the 1980s (via Cracked)

8 annoying TV characters (via Cracked)

10 worst albums ever recorded

11 most ridiculous concert demands by hip-hop artists (via Cracked)

10 useful tools for finding the perfect domain name (via Delicious)

6 essential Firefox security addons

9 tasty foods named after people

10 weirdest animal friendships

7 tips to organize a thrifty Thanksgiving meal

12 weird things to do with your cremated remains (via Neatorama)

30 funny news caption mistakes (via Weird Worm)

6 best online virtual desktops

10 most amazing beaches in the worlds

I like food

Cinammon Life Cereal looks yummy

so does this sweet potato buttermilk pie recipe

Tuesday lists

7 badass vikings

Top 10 first novels of 2009 (via Novelist News)

7 tools to map your company or life history

10 one hit wonders

100 coolest science videos on YouTube

100 free ebooks for your financial literacy

Top 50 journalism blogs (via Delicious)

50 weird, crazy and unique bags, handbags and purses (via Presurfer)

Top 10 New Years tradition

8 strangest genetic scientific experiments

12 rockin' Guitar Hero mods (via Linkfilter)

10 kick ass video game clowns (Thanks Nat!)

10 fascinating facts about Black Friday

6 most unintentionally creepy movie romances

Book Review: SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner




Book: SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

About: A follow up to the original freakonomics with stories about topics ranging from thinking-outside-the-box folks, global warming, prostitution, and a few social economics issues.

Pros: Sources cited, varied subjects

Cons: I think I'm done with this type of book. Became bored about halfway through

Grade: C

Friday, November 13, 2009

Neat sites

Notable structures of the world made in Lego

State by state legal guide to recording phone calls (via Consumerist)

Rejection decreases your IQ and makes you aggressive (via Mind Hacks)

Now you can preview iTunes without the download

Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics online (via Scout Report)

I like food

Make your own Devil Dogs

Great photo of Espresso Brownie Bites with Caramel Mousse

More Friday lists

10 most infamous music headlines ever printed (Thanks Andy!)

5 happy little things you didn’t know about Bob Ross

Top 40 places to play games on the web

2 blogs to see examples of bad Photoshop images

100 useful links for ebook lovers (via Delicious)

10 reasons why the number 13 is unlucky

11 worst pop culture cereal tie-ins ever 

20 free Mac apps for the web designer’s toolkit (via Delicious)

11 ways to influence people online and make them take action

5 times MC Hammer changed history

Games

Find Tealy. Point and click game (via bontegames)

Tricky Cups. Click the cup with the coins

RicoBrix. Breakout-type game (via Look At This)

Friday lists

10 more dirty restaurant tricks

100 great Google Docs tips for students and educators (via Delicious)

10 biggest American automobiles

5 weird ancient Pagan rituals

10 ways dogs help in the medical community

20 geek inspired engagement rings (Thanks Danny!)

10 weird chandeliers

Top 10 most destructive government actions

10 weird ways to distribute music (via Delicious)

20 essential free apps for your new Windows 7 PC (via Delicious)

Top 10 snipers in history

10 unabashed quacks in medical history

7 over-the-top aquariums (via Presurfer)

10 things you didn’t know about the orgasm

6 people who got away with living an implausible lie

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Neat sites

Find restaurants around the globe that will cater to special diets (gluten-free, dairy-free etc.) with SpecialGourmets (via ResearchBuzz)

New York Times Holiday gift guide

Holiday shipping deadlines for Christmas 2009 (via Neat New)

More Thursday lists

4 insane tribal sports that you may want to try (via Cracked)

Public officials of the year 2009  (via Neat New)

24 photos of the greatest parents in all the land part 2 (via Cracked)

12 YouTube stars that creep us out (via Cracked)

11 best shows within shows

55 more amazingly realistic paintings

33 excellent OLED energy saving and eco-friendly designs

3 cool portable webcam apps for a live online experience

8 not-so-famous firsts

11 body parts named after people

10 confessions of a telemarketing insider

3 easiest tools to help you create stunning slideshows

7 things "good parents" do (that screw kids up for life)

4 ways to prolong battery life

Tim Curry's 10 weirdest roles

5 really cool video entertainment sites you should check out

20 essential tricks and skills every BitTorrent user should know (via Delicious)

I like food

This Vanilla Slice recipe looks tasty

Ben & Jerry's to introduce fan-designed flavor Dulce Almond

Thanksgiving Movie and TV Marathons 2009

Here's the 2010 version: 298 Holiday Specials, Episodes, Movies and Marathons for Thanksgiving 2010



TV Tango has a wonderful list of TV and movie marathons airing this Thanksgiving month

Thursday lists

50 free business books you really need to read

Top 10 tips for urban exploration

8 animals that ran for government (via Mental Floss Blog)

9 videos of dancing weathermen (via Presurfer)

20 web sites that will make you a better blogger (via Delicious)

100 inspirational books every job seeker should read

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Neat sites

The funniest jokes in the world

Guide to successfully tackling the all you can eat buffet (via Mental Floss Blog)

Programmer 101: Teach yourself how to code

Compare the cost of living between two U.S. cities with COL (via MakeUseOf)

More Wednesday lists

5 weird modern day military weapons

5 horrific ways your brain can turn on you without warning

6 famous veterans

2 online guides to check your illness symptoms online

Top 10 must-see episodes of the Twilight Zone

3 great sites for old wives’ tales and superstitions

7 apps we're falling in love with

15 fireplaces for the super rich (via Neatorama)

I like food

Cadbury Triple Choc Roll looks yummy

So do these recipes for Oatmeal Mini Pieces Cookies and Oreo Macaroons (via Baking Bites)

Wednesday lists

20 essential tweaks and tips every Firefox user should know (via Delicious)

15 things worth knowing about coffee (via Delicious)

22 incredibly bizarre modes of transportation

15 more good, bad and crappy tattoos

10 greatest Epcot attractions that no longer exist

5 things you didn't know about turducken

40 seriously funny print ads (via Delicious)

54 cool examples of custom error 404 pages (via Delicious)

100 awesome open courses for bibliophiles (via Peter Scott's Library Blog)

Top 10 John Cusack movie roles

10 targeted mass killings

10 strangest animal incidents

50 best career books for college students

25 of the most awesomely epic local TV commercials

10 most delicious foods to eat when you’re drunk (via Look At This)

10 amazing abandoned bank vaults (via Neatorama)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Neat sites

See a list of magazine titles accessible through Google Books (via ResourceShelf)

How to get away with regifting

Medstory is a health and medicine search engine

Moebii is a travel site where you can search for articles and stories about the location you enter (via AltSearchEngines)

More Tuesday lists

12 abandoned fireplaces (Thanks Danny!)

Top 10 reasons why the world won't end in 2012 (via Neatorama)

5 felt cases to keep your laptop warm

7 wonders of the modern shipping world

16 lessons in customer service from a car salesman

Top 10 most watched web series in October 2009

10 geeky laws that should exist but don’t (via Neatorama)

13 bizarre comics, cartoons and illustrations

Best one-season wonders of the ’00s (via Popcorn Trick)

15 best prison movie (via Popcorn Trick)

10 most intriguing movies coming out this winter (via Popcorn Trick)

2 safe ways to share your presentation slides online

3 highly unusual bicycle business success stories

Top 20 essential Firefox addons for web designers (via Delicious)

13 retro dog food advertisements

Top 10 celebrity guests on Sesame Street who were abusers, boozers and losers

Top 10 Facebook applications for music lovers

9 Muppets kicked off Sesame Street

10 weird facts from the 1768 Encyclopaedia Britannica

10 "q" words that aren’t "q-u" words

15 most common human fears

I like food

Whole Grain Apple Crisp looks tasty

So do Green & Black’s Peanut Milk Chocolate and Cadbury Snow Bites

Tuesday lists

Web 2.0 literacy tools master list (via Delicious)

16 twisted torture techniques and historic devices

1000 awesome things (via Presurfer)

15 interesting Cold War vintage ads

10 killer tools for small business success

15 great web sites to download thousands of free fonts (via Delicious)

23 brilliant examples of photo mosaics

5 plot devices that make good video games suck

10 job hunting strategies guaranteed to get you arrested

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