Surf's Up!
Found a cool website? Send it to bleahy@mindspring.com
and you may see your name in print.
Work odd shifts?
http://www.irish-cream.com/night-shift.html
Are you a Dali fan?
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/home.html
Paper airplane designer!
http://www.solidworkspilot.com/
Want to know what your old stuff is worth?
http://www.mythings.com/
Notable Names Database keeps the facts about famous people
so you don't have to memorize them yourself!
http://www.nndb.com/
Combining Google Maps with smoke signals and crop circles!!!
http://www.mapmsg.com/en/send
The music from this game will fry your brain:
http://notdoppler.com/quick.php
Do not try this stuff at home!
http://tesladownunder.com/index.html
Like puzzles? This one is a doozy!
http://www.sumtotalpuzzles.com/
Feel like painting your house? Benjamin Moore can help:
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper_pg1.asp?L=owner&K=notebk&N=proj
Online graphical dictionary. See words in relationships with
other words in a way that Webster never imagined!
http://www.visuwords.com/
This is both fascinating and weird:
http://www.viewzone.com/philadelphia.html
Cool tool to rearrange your furniture without breaking your back (too much)
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jsp?categoryid=/templatedata/bhg/category/data/arrangearoomtest.xml
Need information on patents? Look here:
http://www.patentmonkey.com/PM/
Like to try your hand at animation? Go to this site and click on the
Animachines tab at the top.
http://www.aniboom.com/
Who gets Grandma's yellow pie plate?
http://yellowpieplate.umn.edu/
A Community of Race Fans sharing their
favorite places for their favorite races.
http://www.mapraceweek.com/
Personal DNA: Your own true self revealed
http://www.personaldna.com/
How taxes really work:
http://www.theabsurdreport.com/?p=1697
Death and taxes!
http://mibi.deviantart.com/
Inspirational website.
http://www.3reasons.org/
Turtles racing???
http://www.greatturtlerace.com/
I'm not sure how much you will learn about the news but
it's a fun game nevertheless:
http://www.newsbreakergame.com/
Are you a student of Churchill?
http://www.churchillspeeches.com/
A cool planetarium in your PC!
http://www.neave.com/planetarium/
Another photo sharing site!
http://www.picli.com/
Your one stop for all your Department of Motor Vehicle needs
http://www.dmv.org/
See which starts you look like!
http://www.starsinyou.com/
Get your free annual credit report!
http://www.annualcreditreport.com
A free PDF converter!
http://www.dopdf.com/
Cool interactive weather map:
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/
All about eggs
http://www.aeb.org/Recipes/
Pimp your office?
http://positivesharing.com/2007/03/12-ways-to-pimp-your-office/
Free professional quality audio samples. Zero advertising.
http://www.sampleswap.org/
All about the Aurora!
(Thanks to Steve Leahy for this one!)
http://passporttoknowledge.com/sun/main.html
Here is a different way to locate people you need
to perform services on your house or business.
http://www.servicemagic.com
Free fonts!
http://www.creamundo.com
Squashed philosophers (if you are pressed for time!)
http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/index.htm
All about toons!
http://www.toonopedia.com/
Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain!
http://www.librivox.org/
Want to explore the universe?
http://www.gamegarage.co.uk/strategy-games/star-trap/play/
Addictive little game!
http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/
War on terror...the board game!
http://www.waronterrortheboardgame.com/
A spontaneous adventure for nothing short of the world...
http://www.cangooglehearme.com/index.php
Interested in drugs? Check out the happy little mice first!
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/mouse.cfm
CaringBridge offers free, easy-to-create web sites that help
connect friends and family when they need it most.
http://www.caringbridge.org/
Looking for a new job? How about professional rodeo cowboy?
http://www.prorodeo.com/
Meals matter! Meal planning made easy!
http://www.mealsmatter.org/index.aspx
Great scheduling tool
http://rotaboard.com/account/login
Candy legos!
http://www.economycandy.com/store/product1.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=2507&Category_ID=26
Who says nothing is free?
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
Tumblelogs are like blogs with less fuss.
http://www.tumblr.com/
Concerned about credit card debt?
http://www.maxedoutmovie.com/
Want to explore the universe?
http://www.gamegarage.co.uk/strategy-games/star-trap/play/
Notable Names Database keeps the facts about famous people
so you don't have to memorize them yourself!
http://www.nndb.com/
Combining Google Maps with smoke signals and crop circles!!!
http://www.mapmsg.com/en/send
Dumb jokes
http://onomatopoeia.org/index.php?type=misc&item=59.jokes
Want to learn how to type or to learn to type faster?
http://typefaster.sourceforge.net/
Are you a Robin Hood fan?
http://www.boldoutlaw.com/
You think that you have a cool aquarium?
http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Home-Aquarium-20061031
Interplanetary society for the stupid:
http://www.mockery.org/notmensa/
Have scissors? Know how to use them?
http://www.petercallesen.com/
Should mice have armor? You decide:
http://www.jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/CatsMice/tabid/63/Default.aspx
Need a sound? Search over a million sounds on the web.
http://www.findsounds.com/
If you have a digital camera and you want to try and understand
the relationship between megapixels, resolution and the maximum
size print you can make, check out this site:
http://www.design215.com/toolbox/megapixels.php
They want to be the web's one-stop resource for country statistics
on everything from soldiers to wall plug voltages.
http://www.nationmaster.com
Here's a cute little game
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/lovesarrow
Tired of getting old?
http://www.anti-aging-guide.org/
Nothing beats old-fasioned flashcards except perhaps new-fangled
flashcards!
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/
Top 25 Killer Apps
http://www.eweek.com/slideshow/0,1206,pg=0&s=26705&a=196169,00.asp
Not too early to start planning your Summer vacation!
http://www.seeamerica.org/
Science can be fun!!!
http://phet.colorado.edu/web-pages/simulations-base.html
Free time on your hands?
http://www.papershipwright.co.uk/
Crazy movie game with office supplies!
http://www.stationerymovies.com/
Need some first-aid facts fast?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/FirstAidIndex/FirstAidIndex
Cool clock:
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
Ratings of Health Web Sites
http://www.healthratings.org/
Step by step instructions for making things
you never knew you wanted!
http://www.instructables.com/
Delightfully smart real estate search:
http://www.trulia.com/
A better clock:
http://www.alfasoftweb.com/alfaclock/
Another compelling game:
http://www.blinkyou.com/codes/flash/squares.swf
The way of the future:
http://www.flixxy.com/minority-report-interface.htm
Interplanetary society for the stupid
http://www.mockery.org/notmensa/
I can't believe this site didn't make it before Christmas!
http://www.pimpmynutcracker.com/
Just what should you or should you not put into your blender?
http://www.willitblend.com/
Do you like toast?
http://www.mauricebennett.co.nz/tart.htm
Do not try this at home!
http://mirror.linnwood.org/flamethrower/
Fantastic panorama of NYC
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=356304547&size=o
A future Spielberg:
http://stupidvideos.com/video//just_plain_stupid/Mouse_Tank_2avi
This is a funny little movie!
http://www.campaignagainstreallife.com/campaign_vid.htm
Create your own maps
http://www.wayfaring.com/
Maybe a better DNS will bring happiness to your life?
http://www.opendns.com/
Real time tracking of airline flights. Well done interface
http://flightaware.com/
What you may have been waiting for: ShatnerVision
http://www.livevideo.com/ShatnerVision
Want to learn the basics of investing?
http://www.morningstar.com/Cover/Classroom.html
Here's a good idea. You tell it what you have and it finds recipes
that use just those ingredients
http://www.cookingbynumbers.com
The gethuman project is a consumer movement to improve the quality
of phone support in the US. This free website is run by volunteers
and is powered by over one million consumers who demand high quality
phone support from the companies that they use.
http://www.gethuman.com/
Ever wished you could fly over Google maps? Well, now you can!
http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html
Thinking of moving? Check out your new location here:
http://www.bestplaces.net/
Can you draw in MS Paint? Are you sure?
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1728017
The place for real-life examples of what not to write on a resume
http://www.resumania.com/index.html
Have you read your Nostradamus for today?
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nos/
Looking for a hobby with almost no cost?
http://www.rock-on-rock-on.com/
Just who doesn't like fruitcake?
http://mbgoodman.tripod.com/fruitcake.html
Like to hike around in the great outdoors? Like to take
your computer with you? So, my first suggestion is to
leave it home but if you must...
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ewa0vsl/BPpower.html
Can one ever have enough fonts especially if they are free!!!
http://betterfonts.com/
Just how beautiful is snow?
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm
Lots of word games!
http://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/?view=get
Hypochondriacs rejoice!
http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/
Funny movies
http://www.mitchellrose.com/home.html
Scary optical illusion
http://www.eyetricks.com/scary_optical_illusion.htm
Got kids? Need math? Check this out:
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Here's a program that will monitor your links for you!
http://aignes.com/deadlink.htm
Get all the coupon codes and save big!
http://www.retailmenot.com/
Fascinating test technology from your pals at Harvard
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/
Incredible site for making all kinds of custom signs
http://www.customsigngenerator.com/
Free music downloads!
http://www.archive.org/details/netlabels
Aviation buff? Interesting air traffic visualization:
http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/faa/
Vexing game! It's aptly named: Demon!
http://www.2flashgames.com/f/f-498.htm
How well do you know your common internet logos?
http://www.guessthelogo.com/
Has it come to this?
http://www.msfirefox.com/
Perfect gift for your mathematically inclined friends:
http://www.kleinbottle.com/index.htm
The parents guide to K-12 success:
http://www.greatschools.net/
Silly little game!
http://www.lineflyer.com/lineflyer.html
People powered music search!
http://www.qloud.com/
Time for more games!
http://games1.org/
Let's say thanks to our servicemen and servicewomen
http://www.letssaythanks.com
Another great recipe site:
http://www.heritagerecipes.com/
Missing a users manual? Check here
http://www.usersmanualguide.com/
Hard little game:
http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/jeuxchiants/doublejeu.htm
Fun little game:
http://www.rfshq.com/forum/games/virus2.swf
A search engine with eye appeal
http://www.msdewey.com/
Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain
http://www.librivox.org/
Fun with your fridge!
http://www.fridgeplay.com/
Never forget an important (or unimportant) to do again
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
Silly little golf putting game
http://www.matchpractice.com/game/
Two guys hitchhiking to see all 50 state capitals!
http://hitch50.com/
Take a byte out of cyber crime
http://www.bytecrime.org/
Take the National Drivers Test
http://www.gmacinsurance.com/SafeDriving/2006/test.asp
Having trouble visualizing how big something is, for example,
when shopping online?
http://www.sizeasy.com/
Like to read but hate buying books and going to the library?
http://www.paperbackswap.com/
Really clever update of the classic snake game
http://www.gamegarage.co.uk/play/snake3d/
Fantastic murals by Eric Grohe:
http://www.ericgrohemurals.com/
Do you read the fine print? Mouseprint does:
http://www.mouseprint.org/
Unusual site tracing history of graffiti
http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/
Can't afford an ocean voyage? Here's the next best thing?
http://www.cunard.com/bridgecam/qm2_cam1.asp
Disney fan? You ain't seen nuthin' yet!!!
http://www.disneytattooguy.com/home.htm
Interested in a summary of the latest health news?
http://www.healthnewsreview.org/
Test drive your dream job!
http://www.vocationvacations.com/
Questions about the Gods?
http://www.godchecker.com/
The mother of all Tonka Toys!
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm
Interested in those government auctions you have heard about?
http://www.firstgov.gov/shopping/shopping.shtml
I like this one!
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm
Check out this site to find the scenic route!
http://www.milebymile.com/
Never had enough time to study philosophy? Well do we
have a site for you!
http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/index.htm
Fondly remember your Tom Corbett: Space Cadet lunch box?
http://americanhistory.si.edu/lunchboxes/
Have a GPS?
http://www.geocaching.com/
This is incredible!!!
http://www.ezprezzo.com/crazypics/paper_cut.html
Great nostalgia site
http://www.plan59.com/
The Pearl Harbor Survivors are collecting as many stories as they
can from serviceman and civilians see what they already have at:
http://www.pearlharborstories.org
Nice solitaire scrabble game:
http://www.themaninblue.com/experiment/SSCrabble/
These look quite fascinating!
http://www.zubbles.com/index.asp
If you are a videogamers this is interesting. If not
don't waste your time.
http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/manifesto.html
Make your own warning labels!
http://www.warninglabelgenerator.com/
For you techies...Write Only Memory
http://www.national.com/rap/Story/WOMorigin.html
Live near a lake? Take me fishing!
http://www.takemefishing.org/
The top 10 worst company URL's:
http://blog.usweb.com/archives/the-top-10-unintentionally-worst-company-urls/
The Simplified Spelling Society
http://www.spellingsociety.org/
What's that bug?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
Today's pun!
http://www.punpunpun.com/
If everyone started to use this it could be a great community
resource...
http://upcoming.org/
Yes, there actually is a biblical curse generator on the internet:
http://ship-of-fools.com/Features/Curses/Curses_body.html
Make your own tapestry
http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php
Need a new font to spice up your life:
http://www.dafont.com/
Draw your own jungle:
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/jungle.htm
Always wished that you could draw?
http://www.drawspace.com/
Rate your kid's school
http://www.schoolmatters.com/
Here is a great site that checks up on statements made by politicians.
You won't believe this but sometimes they exaggerate just a little!
http://www.factcheck.org/
Portrait of America with a gigapixel camera:
http://www.gigapxl.org/
Need to support your argument with legal proof?
http://objection.mrdictionary.net/index.php
Free anti-virus and anti-spyware
http://free.grisoft.com
"Rollyo offers the ability to search the content of a list of
specified websites, allowing you to narrow down the results to pages
from websites that you already know and trust." -- BBC World
http://Rollyo.com
How much of your favorite caffeinated beverage does it take to kill
you?
http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/
Learn all about Nascar before they build a big track
down by the lake!
http://www.nascar.com/kyn/nascar_101/
Crop circles!!!
http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/newweb/index.html
Have you always wished you understood just a little
bit more of Einstein's theories? Well here's your
chance:
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/
Check out the find of the day!
http://www.foundmagazine.com/
Start Trek meets King Arthur meets Monty Python!
http://www.devilducky.com/media/48608/
I didn't make this up:
http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/
Here are a couple of quick tips: Holding down the Alt key while
pressing the home key will take IE or Firefox to your home page
and F11 will toggle back and forth between normal and full
screen view in both browsers.
Always wanted an electric car? Hate carrying a cooler? Do we have a
solution for you!
http://www.yachtsee.com/cruzincooler.htm
Next time someone tells you that your room (or office or desk or
garage, etc.) is a disaster send them here:
http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php?lang=eng
Having trouble getting up in the morning? Check out this
site for some great alarm clock ideas:
http://www.uberreview.com/2006/03/top-ten-most-annoying-alarm-clocks.htm/
More than you probably wanted to know about beards:
http://www.beards.org/
Perhaps a visit to the South Pole would cool you off?
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/livingsouthpole/index.jsp
Like to have your computer be able to print in your own handwriting!
http://www.fontifier.com/
Like Legos but don't want those little pieces all over your house?
http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/index.htm
RPG (Role Playing Game) motivational posters. Some are
pretty funny even if you don't know what an RPG is!
http://www.llbbl.com/data/RPG-motivational/
Here's a cute idea for those travel photos
http://www.snapmania.com/info/en/trm/index.html
Why doesn't your town have a model of the solar system?
http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/aurinkokuntamalli/eng/
http://www.planetarium-friesland.nl/engels.html
http://www.solar.york.ac.uk/
Hard to find 800 numbers!
http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/
It takes all kinds of people to make the world go around:
http://www.emoticonman.com/
US Navy drill team on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGU3mpfRoM&mode=related&search=
Got an urge to try Excel but don't know how to get started?
(Assuming that you have Excel!)
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
Cute demo of biometric data showing different ways we walk
http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
Mr. Picasso Head. Check this out! Release your inner Picasso.
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/
Visit other peoples wacky backyards:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/
Paint by teeth???
http://www.paintbyteeth.com/
This guy gets around:
http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/
Here are some slightly more complicated versions of Rock, Paper,
Scissors!
http://www.umop.com/rps.htm
Need a fresh lie? Just hit refresh!
http://www.houseoflies.co.uk/
Taking a reality-show-style approach to reinforcing their brand, a
US paper towel company gathered up 8 American deadbeats and took
them away to Brawny Academy to turn them into sensitive, helpful,
manly men.
http://www.brawnyacademy.com/
Want to avoid flight delays? Check out this helpful site:
http://www.avoiddelays.com/
The IBM PC...a look back
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_intro.html
Interesting NASA site to explain all about rocket science
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/RocketScience101/RocketScience101.html
Searching for the perfect blog?
http://www.findblogs.com/
See if you know the words to popular songs!
http://www.lyricsgame.com/
Guerrillas in the mist?
http://www.guerrillagardening.org/
Make a sketch, submit it and get one back!
http://www.sketchswap.com/
Hula hoops. That's right. Hula hoops.
Seriously, don't miss this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdjslPovpM
Delicious recipes from the PBS cooking show:
http://www.simplyming.org/
This optical effect is quite fascinating!
http://research.lumeta.com/ches/me/
Ever wonder what would happen if you threw a bowl of liquid nitrogen
in a pool? Wonder no more!
http://www.infectiousvideos.com/index.php?p=showvid&sid=0891&o=20&idx=3&sb=id&a=playvid
Want to know the nutritional content of 40,000 different food items?
http://www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/nutritiontoolbox
And you're going to live to be how old?
http://www.deathforecast.com/
The Library of Congress has a project to capture historically
significant web pages. SInce it's your tax dollars paying for it
might as well check it out!
http://www.loc.gov/webcapture/index.html
Mix your own videos:
http://jumpcut.com/
Isn't it time you learned celestial navigation?
http://www.tecepe.com.br/nav/CDSextantProject.htm
The art and science of traveling light:
http://www.onebag.com/
Flying cars
http://www.roadabletimes.com/
Transportation futuristics
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/exhibits/futuristics/index.html
Free stock photos!
http://everystockphoto.com/
Why Pay Full Price? Save with Online Coupon Codes at this site!
http://www.shopping-bargains.com/
The real Mother Goose!
http://trmg.designwest.com/
Secret 800 numbers for companies that you love!
http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com/
Get your annual credit report right here:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
The Peabody Awards
http://www.peabody.uga.edu/
Food411 is the ultimate source for everything about food on the web
or so they say!
http://www.food411.com/
Products for a greener planet
http://www.eco-labels.org/greenconsumers/home.cfm
Going to a theme park this Summer? This site has the inside skinny!
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/
A web-based clipboard which allows you to move information between computers
http://cl1p.net
Free fonts for your computer!
http://www.1001fonts.com
Customized sky charts
http://heavens-above.com
Hope for America!
http://www.airpowermuseum.org/exhibits/uso-hope/index.shtml
The ABC's of real estate
http://www.realestateabc.com/
In case you have been thinking of destroying the earth:
http://qntm.org/destroy
The American fact finder:
http://factfinder.census.gov/
How to build a great paper airplane.
http://zurqui.co.cr/crinfocus/paper/air-bld1.html
Another great recipe site!
http://www.thecookingschool.com/
Ascii sillyness!
http://www.asciimaps.com/
This a strange idea. Have famous people write on a blackboard
and save the blackboard!
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/blackboard/
Fan of Film Noir?
http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue02/infocus/filmnoir.htm
"The Stock Market Game gives students the chance to invest a
hypothetical $100,000 in a real-time portfolio. They think they're
playing a game. You know they're learning economic and financial
concepts they'll use for the rest of their lives."
http://www.smgww.org/
Because newer is not always better!
http://www.oldversion.com/
Want to know where to sit next time you take a flight?
http://www.seatguru.com
Feeling okay?
http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/symptom_checker.htm
Like to disassemble?
http://www.takeitapart.net/
A fun quiz from the BBC to test your senses:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/
Are you in business? Then you can play!
http://www-ucs.usc.edu/~karl/Bingo/bbbingo.html
Welcome to the twenty-fourth century:
http://www.24thcid.com/24th_century_design.swf
A fun little personality test:
http://www.colorquiz.com/
Want to help fight hunger?
http://www.secondharvest.org/
Have you been keeping up with the muppets?
http://www.muppetcentral.com/
Are you a fan of "It's a Wonderful Life"?
http://www.itsawonderfulinternet.com/
What you can do with duct tape:
http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/winners.asp?ContestPID=1
Wishing you could hear a great speech?
http://americanrhetoric.com/
Planning a vacation in the good old USA?
http://www.seeamerica.org/
Tales of the future past!
http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm
Need to make up quizzes check this out!
http://www.quizlab.com/default.cfm?
Really interesting artist:
http://www.americanartarchives.com/artzybasheff.htm
Like to play chess. Here's a flash version of the classic:
http://www.media-division.com/flashgames/flashchess/chess.htm
Great music site! Don't miss this one.
http://www.pandora.com/
Here is a web-based clone of "Office" for free!
http://online.thinkfree.com/
Cheap cooking!
http://www.cheapcooking.com/
What can you get for $39.00?
http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/
Neat aerial photography.
http://ueba.com.br/html/Aerial-Photography-20060429
So why isn't the guy who lives in the house of beer cans fat?
http://cansmartbeercans.com/take_a_tour.html
Men on Mars? Is such a thing possible?
http://www.exploremarsnow.org/
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp
Just what it sounds like: Crazy Thoughts!
http://www.crazythoughts.com/
Are you, or someone you know, disabled.
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov
Disaster!!!
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/perfectdisaster/perfectdisaster.html
What happens if Microsoft designed the Ipod?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=36099539665548298&q=microsoft+ipod
How about a handy reverse phone directory?
http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/
Now, I believe that we have seen everything.
http://www.weddingbetting.com/
Fascinating site dealing with visual complexity
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
What should you read next? Take a look at this site.
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
Annoyed by things that don't seem to work the way they should.
Would you go so far as to describe them as "broken"
This website does:
http://www.thisisbroken.com/
Ever wonder how strong all the radio stations are that you can
listen to in your area? Of course, you have. Don't be afraid
to admit it. Now you can find out!
http://www.v-soft.com/ZipSignal/default.htm
Simply recipes. Nothing more to add!
http://www.elise.com/recipes/food-blogs/index.php
More weird stuff courtesy of the internet:
http://www.altervistas.com/
Test drive your dream job? Check it out!
http://www.vocationvacations.com/
Have a great idea that you're thinking of patenting?
Check out this site where you can do a patent search!
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/index.html
Top skylines of the world. Great pictures.
http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html
This is a really cute action game which requires you to also think!!!
http://www.teagames.com/games/blueprint/play.php
I don't guarantee if this will work and frankly it sounds like
your mom saying, "If all your friends jumped off of a bridge
would you jump too?" but nevertheless...
http://www.worldjumpday.org/
History of Forensics. Quite fascinating:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/index.html
Free e-books for your PDA or Ipod
http://www.manybooks.net/
Someone in your house trying to get into college of grad school?
http://number2.com/
A real challenge for you maze fans!
http://www.winterrowd.com/maze1.swf
The sand game...positively addictive!
(In a Zen-like way)
http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/
To boldly go...(I know it's a split infinitive)...
http://www.pbs.org/exploringspace/
World's smallest website
http://www.guimp.com/
Are you an Ansel Adams fan?
http://www.anseladams.com/
The curse of King Tut!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1076928.htm
Really unusual painting technique
http://www.2loop.com/3drooms.html
Does this one disturb you? Really, there is nothing to
worry about. It's just a work of fiction.
http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/zogg/zogg1.html
America's best restroom. I am not making this up!
http://www.bestrestroom.com/
Imagine a site where people with little or no
talent can post their own video!
http://www.youtube.com
Like jigsaw puzzles? You will really like this site
http://www.jigzone.com/
Think your job is bad. Check out the worst jobs in history.
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/index.html
Fabulous sand pictures. No seriously!
http://www.sandfantasy.com/index.htm
Fabulous pictures of our earth from space:
http://www.frontiermultimedia.com/the-good-earth.htm
This is a little mathematical but quite amazing
nevertheless:
http://acarol.woz.org/
Have a great big file to send someone. Try this site.
http://www.mailbigfile.com/
Nutty stuff people have invented!
http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk/internat.html
Here's one for you Star Trek fans:
http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/
Always read the warning label!
http://www.octanecreative.com/warning/
Some really cool sounds from outer space:
http://www.spacesounds.com/
and look for links to other sounds!
See what's going on inside yourself.
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Here's what not to name your baby:
http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html
Another addictive game
http://newsandentertainment.com/zfproximity.html
Viral billiards (really)
http://www.studiohunty.com/billiards/
Really cool wallpaper
http://www.caedes.net/
Here is a really novel idea:
http://www.priups.com/
Have fun with physics in the ripple tank!
http://www.falstad.com/ripple/
Neat site to show you all the worlds times zones.
http://www.timeticker.com/
Interesting info about the sea. It's like the lake only
much bigger:
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/
Logs made from spent coffee beans?
http://www.java-log.com/
All kinds of fun with the Hubble Space Telescope!
http://hubblesite.org/fun_.and._games/
Tennis anyone? Here's a nice way to while away some time:
http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.html
Up at night? Then this site if for you!
http://www.nightworkers.com/
Twenty questions only this time it's for real
http://www.20q.net
Here's something a little different: An open dictionary!
You can add your own entries.
http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/
Have a married friend who plays to many computer games?
Send this link to their spouse!
http://www.gamerwidow.com/
And now for something completely different: A girl. two guys and
a really long rubber band.
http://www.angeloplessas.com/elasticenthusiastic/
Share information with your friends and family!
https://www.foldershare.com/
The classic game of life (This was in my very first column but the
location has changed)
http://www.ibiblio.org/lifepatterns/
Newspapers make mistakes?
http://www.regrettheerror.com/
Who doesn't like cake? Make sure you look at these!
http://www.mikesamazingcakes.com/gallery.html
Here's a strange hobby:
http://westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm
Lots of medical information!
http://freebooks4doctors.com/fb/special.htm
Interested in aviation radio?
http://www.liveatc.net/
It's winter so why not enjoy winter carnivals?
http://www.carnaval.com/winter/canadian.html
Let the computer chase around for low fares:
http://farechase.yahoo.com/
I can't figure out if this is serious or not? What do you think?
http://www.fancyparking.com/index.html
How well do you know your world flags?
http://www.flag-game.com/
Lost something? Pray to Saint Anthony or look here:
http://www.professorsolomon.com/
Some interesting stuff here:
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
As a public service we provide a link to this website
that will help to train you to recognize candy bars by
simply looking at their cross section. A valuable life skill
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/c/crosssection/namethatbar.html
Interesting little flash game that will challenge you!
http://www.globalspec.com/BrainStrainer/
Nice panoramic photo of Times Square New Years Eve 2005
http://www.panoramas.dk/new-year-2006/new-years-eve-2005.html
Incredible world of microphotography. The best of the best:
http://www.nikonsmallworld.com
Artistic tanks? You have to see this!
http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/arttanks/artistictanks.html
A search engine that checks, Google, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves and
gives you the result of all three compared.
http://www.jux2.com
Who doesn't like roller coasters?
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
Feel like a nice cup of java?
http://inkhornterm.blogspot.com/2005/12/7-drinks-of-mankind-coffee-bob-dylan.html
Oh, the things people think up to do with their mailboxes:
http://sblom.com/mailbox/
Here is a whole collection of audio archive sites:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/nsacollections.html
http://vvl.lib.msu.edu/
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/audio/index.html
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ars/research_help/resources.html
http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/
How the other half lives!
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/2005/03/10/cx_sc_bill05_0310home.html
Here is a planetarium for your star viewing pleasure.
(Explore the rest of this site while you're at it.)
http://www.neave.com/lab/planetarium/
Here is something that can be very useful. A free collaborative
website where several people can share information and edit it
all under password control.
http://www.pbwiki.com
Free spreadsheets!
http://numsum.com/
Free books as downloadable PDF's
http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp
The museum (and gift shop) of mid-century advertising art & illustration.
http://www.ephemeranow.com/
Want to build your own website? Look here:
http://www.nvu.com/
Who doesn't like fishing!
http://www.takemefishing.org/
For all you musicians out there:
http://www.musipedia.org/
Are you a night person?
http://vic.com/~nlp/n-people.htm
Movie cliches
http://www.moviecliches.com/
Not sure if I can do this justice. Something different for your
ears:
http://www.sr.se/p1/src/sing/index.htm#
Temporary boredom relief
http://www.blifaloo.com/
Great questions of history. Very thought provoking!
http://www.greatquestionsofhistory.com/
Neat tool to find out what search engine results can be found in
a library:
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/how/
Who says that there is no such thing as a free lunch?
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
Have a beer!
http://beeradvocate.com/top_beers.php
Four word film reviews. Do you like the idea?
http://www.fwfr.com/default.asp
Ever wonder what happened to the cents sign?
Assuming that you know what a cents sign is!
http://www.charlieanderson.com/centsign.htm
World's largest flag!
http://www.superflag.com/
Dog humor. What more need I say?
http://www.nanceestar.com/DogHumor.html
Find the shortest path between any two things!
http://www.omnipelagos.com/
Take a nice relaxing break:
http://www.iserenity.com/
You won't believe this one (loud music warning)
http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/
All kinds of fascinating stuff for your viewing enjoyment
http://www.planetperplex.com/en/index.html
Interesting new puzzle game
http://www.puzzle.jp/letsplay/play_nurikabe-e.html
Clever little game...quite difficult!
http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm
Fascinating site from the Museum of Modern Art. Try the Remix!
http://redstudio.moma.org/
Here's a couple of handy checklist in case you have holiday
travel plans.
http://www.frommers.com/tips/packing_tips/
And now for something completely different: Email yourself a
note that you will get in twenty years!!!
http://forbes.codefix.net/capsule/
How many seconds are there is a day? If you are really obsessive
compulsive this site will let you watch each one go by...one by
one:
http://www.vendian.org/envelope/dir2/day_of_dots_clock/
Bored? Here's a site that will fix your right up:
http://www.urban75.org/useless/bored.html
If you like Escher do I have a site for your sore eyes!
And if your eyes aren't sore check out the site and
they soon will be!
http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery.htm
Now you can search the full text of books courtesy of Google:
http://print.google.com/
Interesting science site:
http://livescience.com/
Visit parks via virtual reality panoramic shots
http://www.virtualparks.org/html/quality-list.html
Here's a newsflash: Famous people used to be young!
http://www.themikedouglasshow.com/multimedia.htm
Could you pass the test to become a US citizen?
http://www.herald-sun.com/votebook/citizenship/citstart.html
Cryptozoology? Is this for real?
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.cryptoz.html
The Museum of Online Museums!
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
Doing research? Here'a new page from Google that will help
search for relevant articles
http://scholar.google.com/
Interested in archeology?
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/sagalassos/
Just how rich are you?
http://globalrichlist.com/
Another incredible new product idea:
http://www.brightfeetslippers.com/
Now here's a really useful site
http://www.customlinenservice.com/napkins.htm
Cool short films from Pixar
http://www.pixar.com/shorts
More book reviews than you can shake a stick at:
http://www.complete-review.com/main/main.html
Is all that is holding you back lack of a plan?
http://members.tripod.com/~mrpuzuzu/plan.html
Another food site just in case you are hungry.
http://www.foodieview.com/index.jsp
All about the sun:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/folklore/folklore.html
All about geologic time!
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/geotime/main/
The Supreme Court of the United State of America
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Very clever use of Google Map technology. A virtual
pedometer!
http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPedometer/
Great selection of web cams from around the world.
http://www.camcentral.com/
Really amazing photos
http://www.liquidsculpture.com/index.htm
Fascinating high speed photos
http://users.skynet.be/fotoopa/highspeed_frame_set.htm
A very smart bird!
http://www.koreus.com/files/200502/smart-bird.html
Do you love chickens?
http://www.mailorderchickens.org/
Wonder what dinosaur bones you might find in your own backyard?
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/dinos/lookup.html
Help your kids win the science fair:
http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/
Useless (but fascinating) Information
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/index.html
Incredible cell phone camera photos
http://www.hupix.net/index.html
This is an audio/visual treat...move the mouse around and click.
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~macopism/noct/data/
Tons of free clipart
http://www.classroomclipart.com/
The New York Public Library's Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Is your boss a psychopath?
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/open_boss-quiz.html
Like an old fashioned swap meet but online instead.
http://www.swapthing.com/
My idea of a helpful gardener is one that brings you sacks
of fresh produce but...
http://www.helpfulgardener.com/
Surely at least one reader is fascinated by pay phones:
(Or perhaps not?)
http://www.payphone-project.com/
The complete works of Shakespeare (and it's searchable)
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/shakespeare/
Vile things (in plenty of time for Halloween)
http://www.vilethings.com/
Don't miss this one!
http://www.muffinfilms.com/
Free music!
http://archive.org/audio/etree.php
Here's a site where you can transfer large files
(up to 100 MB) instead of having to email them.
http://www.dropload.com
There is a fine line between math and art. Isn't there?
http://www.bathsheba.com/
In case your French is a little rusty "stylo à bille sur papier"
means ball point pen on paper:
http://www.madmeg.org/base/chronologie.html
Interesting pictures of Mexico
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html
Kind of a neat idea involving a kite and a camera:
http://burtskitecam.co.uk/gallery/
All kinds of useful information about the internet
http://www.angelfire.com/space2/firebrand/InternetWise.html
NASA views of New Orleans topography
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005-neworleans-082905.html
Haven't you always wished you understood cricket?
http://www.avirtualdominica.com/cricket.htm
If you're going by train, go in style:
http://www.luxurytrainonline.com/
Still wondering what to do with all of that duct tape you bought
to protect yourself from a terrorist attack?
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/hmo/
Hoax or not?
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/4462/real_or_hoax1.swf
Genealogy your passion? This might help:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Old cookbooks have been scanned and put online. How about a recipe
for Delicate Indian Pudding from The Woman Suffrage Cook Book:
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/project/project_press_original.html
The web is constantly changing. Here is a site that archives
older web pages to allow you to go back in time:
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
In honor of the Hilltop Men's Tuesday Lunch Group:
http://www.seniornet.org/php/default.php
Is your car safe?
http://www.safercars.gov/
Still wish you could get your thrills on Route 66?
http://www.route66university.com/
Fascinating look at nouns (no really):
http://loop.aiga.org/resources/loop/loop9/colorproject/colorcode.html
Here's something to save for a snowy day inside:
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/index.html
Check this out if you (or someone you love) uses Excel:
http://www.asap-utilities.com/
Money origami!
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/index.html
All about brains:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser/Compare1.html
Slightly different twist on a driving game.
Go ahead, waste five minutes!
http://www.grazat.dk/games/pure-adrenaline.shtml
Printable maps from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
Golly Mr. Science check there applets!
http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html
Classic bridge building game now on the web:
http://mindbluff.com/gamebrid.htm
Cool site for a cool show:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
This is a great idea. Hope it comes to fruition:
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
In honor of the newly discovered 10th planet:
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Handy list of all the ways that Google can help you:
http://www.google.com/help/features.html
Oh, boy! Another 50,000 recipes
http://www.recipecottage.com/
Four candles...
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2529/4candles.swf
Very cool optical illusion site:
http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/colourPerception/colourPerception.html
Find out how your schools (or any schools!) are doing
http://www.schoolmatters.com/
Get out there in the beautiful outdoors!
http://www.localhikes.com/
Keep your shoes tied:
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm
Levers...good waste of a few minutes
http://www.vectorpark.com/levers.html
Not quite sure what to make of this. Fun diversion?
http://www.lecielestbleu.com/media/pateasonframe.htm
Warning: Not for the faint of heart:
http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/
Protect yourself from identity theft
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/index.shtml
Incredible street art!
http://www.rense.com/general67/street.htm
A different sort of game:
http://home.cwru.edu/~jnt5/Planarity/
Know your rights as a traveler!
http://www.mytravelrights.com/
Cool paper sculptures
http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/mathematics/paper_ring.html
Rationalize rhetoric and it speaks to your mind; personify
her and she speaks to your soul.
http://americanrhetoric.com/
The top 100 things I'd do if I ever became an evil overlord
http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/overlord1.htm
Virtual Calder. What more can we say!
http://www.mine-control.com/zack/balance/balance.html
I don't exactly know why but when I saw this site I started
laughing so hard tears were streaming down my face.
Your mileage may vary.
http://www.crashbonsai.com/gallery1.html
All kinds of crazy mailboxes!
http://sblom.com/mailbox/
Interesting idea: See both sides of the story from one
webpage:
http://www.commentarytoday.com/
Extensive art gallery online:
http://www.wga.hu/
Well, I'm not too hopeful that this site will make a difference
but I have to support anyone trying to civilize cell phone
users:
http://www.cellmanners.com/
Having trouble remembering things? Check out the Memory Master:
http://www.vlaardingen.net/~tom/Mainmenu.htm
Cute little game to find out what kind of entrepreneur
you (or your kids) would be.
http://www.disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb.html
Proposed new textbook sticker:
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/p67.htm
The original Zork as a Php (a web computer language) version.
http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
If you like number puzzles here's something to help
you while away the hours:
http://www.sudoku.org.uk/daily.htm
Fun little game (if you want to save the galaxy.)
http://www.flashplayer.com/games/raidenx_movie.php
Interesting data about fuel prices plus tips on how to
maximize your fuel economy (link on the left):
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/states/
Ever wished you could have an ASCII art portrait of your dog?
http://www.typorganism.com/asciiomatic/
Here's a new technology. Only works on Windows XP but allows you to
create groups of friends (up to 30) and share files (easily.)
http://www.grouper.com
Massive clip art site
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
"Everybody has to cross the river," is a Japanese site.
In case you don't read Japanese, the following rules apply:
* Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
* The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their
mother's presence.
* The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their
father's presence.
* The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if
the Policeman is not there.
* Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate
the raft.
To start click on the big blue circle on the right. To move the
people click on them. To move the raft click on the pole on the
opposite side of the river.
http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf
Work all day in a cubical?
http://www.cubefigures.com/home.html
Google has some great language tools which aren't obvious
from their main page:
http://www.google.com/language_tools
Very cool National Geographic site about the forces of
nature.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
Here is a fun way to write simple little "turtle graphics"
computer programs. Fun for the whole family. Even your pet
turtle can join in.
http://kaminari.scitec.kobe-u.ac.jp/java/logo/
Intriguing little puzzle (although a little noisy).
http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/hapland2/
You can see the strangest things just by traveling around the
USA or by surfing the web!
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
It's all about corporate identity
http://www.37signals.com/enormicom/index.html
Wash those hands!!! Brought to you as a public service!
http://www.washup.org/
Only God (and Cingular) can make a tree?
http://www.fraudfrond.com/
Who doesn't like miniature golf?
http://www.kerman94.com/PuttPutt.HTM
This site will let you simulate sports teams from different eras playing
one another:
http://www.whatifsports.com/locker/default.asp
How is your lawn looking nowadays?
http://www.turfgrasssod.org/lawninstitute/
All the graph paper you could ever want!
http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/
Here's a nifty site that will let get organized anywhere
that you can access the internet:
http://www.backpackit.com/
Incredible computer generated images
http://povcomp.com/hof/
Great little two-player game:
http://www.adamcadre.ac/phage/
Ever wished you could have a chat with Darth Vader?
http://www.sithsense.com/flash.htm
May they rest in peace
http://www.deadmalls.com/
This is something different:
http://www.wordjazz.com
Thanks to Nuby Serijan for the link and best wishes
to his Dad and hopes for a speedy recovery.
More house plans than you can shake a stick at!
http://www.houseplans.com/
Support your local police:
http://webpages.charter.net/edread/police.html
Do squirrels really hide their eggcorns?
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/
In the mood for a little elevator music (and film?)
http://www.elevatormoods.com/
Cool aerial photography
http://blog.naver.com/post/postView.jsp?blogId=haruma95&logNo=80004641511
Google hacks. What does that mean?
http://douweosinga.com/projects/googlehacks
Ever wished you could make your own photomosaics?
http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/
I hope you will like these photos as much as I did:
http://prescott-simons.com/Warren_Photos/
Are you a do it yourself kind of person with a plumbing problem?
http://www.friendlyplumber.com/plumbing101.html
Trying to get organized? Check this out:
http://nomediakings.org/vidz/time_management_for_anarchists_the_movie.html
Beware!!!
http://www.tearingdownstrongholds.com/
All about the A-Bomb
http://www.conelrad.com/
Fun facts about your birthday
http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp
I haven't tried this recipe but I sincerely believe that you should
http://www.himonkey.net/cooking/stamberg/
Don't want to type all these links into your browser? Bookmark this
URL: http://bleahy.home.mindspring.com/surfsup.htm
How to start a fire with a can of coke and a chocolate bar.
http://www.trackertrail.com/survival/fire/cokeandchocolatebar/
"Like millions of Americans, you have probably read a newspaper or
magazine article, tuned into a radio or television program, or
searched the Internet to find answers to health questions. If so, you
have probably encountered 'medspeak,' the specialized language of
health professionals."
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/
Need to insult someone but want to do it in a classy way?
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?
Airline photo fan?
http://www.airliners.net/
Around the world in more than 80 days (by car!)
http://www.drivearoundtheworld.com/
Website for the most beautiful food magazine in the world.
(At least that's what the website claims.)
http://www.waitrose.com/wfi/
Pressed for time? Can't drive in to Syracuse to bird watch?
Check out the falconcam
http://www.usadatanet.com/falconcam.html
Remember Danzig's "MOTHER" song? Well, here is another "MOTHER" song
by someone else.
http://www.ifilm.com/WMPPlaylist.asx?ifilmId=2667017&bandwidth=300
How to kill a mockingbird. Don't miss this one!
http://www.stanford.edu/~scodary/tkam.htm
And just how long were you planning on living?
http://www.nmfn.com/tnetwork/longevity_game_popup.html
Baby boomers who loved cartoons should check this out:
http://www.melaman2.com/cartoons/
End your word confusion forever!
http://www.confusingwords.com/
Sample the delights of the south in your own kitchen!
http://www.southernangel.com/food/bacongr.html
If you're a hard core car nut you'll like this site!
http://www.tocmp.com/
Your backyard can become a certified wildlife habitat!
http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/
Got a beef and want to report it to the feds?
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
Whole lot of shaking going on:
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
You might think at first glance that this site is not that useful:
http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/misc/destroy.html
Finally, the truth:
http://hamsterrepublic.com/james/technomancy/
Is your city listed?
http://www.city-data.com/
Amazing zoomable photo!
http://www.tpd.tno.nl/Pics/DII/gigazoom/Delft2.htm
All about Tsunamis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/
Interesting idea for next winter. Now we have a reason to look
forward to winter!
http://www.alaskaalpineclub.org/IceWall/IceWall.html
Your favorite store doesn't carry your favorite item anymore?
Check out this site:
http://www.discontinueditem.com/
Why read about bloggers when you can become one for free!
http://www.blogger.com
I'm not sure how to describe this but try it.
http://amaztype.tha.jp/
Sort of a goofy way to waste a few minutes:
http://www.netdisaster.com/
This one will drive you batty!
http://www.thebestcom.com/webringpuzzle/webringpuzzle.html
Send a text message to a cell phone.
http://www.smseverywhere.com/send.htm
Tired of getting stuck in voice jail?
http://paulenglish.com/humans.html
Old car commercials to bring back the fond memories!
http://www.tvparty.com/vaultcomm.html
If you like kaleidoscopes:
http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal/
More Lego fun!
http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/
Lots of games:
http://www.spogg.com/
Timeline of Rock and Roll!
http://rockhall.com/timeline
Remember drawing on the sidewalk with chalk?
What went wrong?
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
Getting ready to paint but not sure of the color?
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/wrapper_pcv.asp?L=owner&K=intproj&N=intproj
You may want to study the math carefully on these pages:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/AnimatedGIFs.html
If you are a fan of science fiction conspiracy theories you'll
love this site:
http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/polisci/faculty/rexb/greedo.html
How well can you tell what's coming next in a story?
http://www.prognosticate.com/
The Amazing Robot Museum
http://www.the-robotman.com/rm_fs.html
Planning a business trip overseas?
http://www.businessoftouch.com/
A little strange...try all the choices at the bottom.
Some are better than others!
http://www.avoision.com/experiments/pi10k/pi10k.html
I don't know much about art but I know what I like:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Buying, selling or renting a home?
http://realestate.findlaw.com/
Dumb laws: Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=184
Jacques Pepin cooks fast food???
http://www.kqed.org/w/jpfastfood/home.html
Fascinating display of baby names. See how your name
has fared over the years.
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/
Escher-Sketch
(You don't have to hold this one over your head to erase it)
http://marie.epfl.ch/escher/
Great images available from Hubble Telescope and others...
http://spacetelescope.org/
A page about Oscar snubs? Yes, only on the internet:
http://www.oscarworld.net/oscarsnubs.asp
Even though you may be sick of snow at this moment try this:
http://emu.arsusda.gov/snowsite/stereo/stereo.html
Really take your time and explore this site. What a hoot!
http://www.lileks.com/
Origami time!
http://hverrill.net/origami/tetraunit/
Interested in watching birds?
http://www.enature.com/birding/birding_home.asp
The wait is over! I've found the stupidest thing on the internet:
http://www.holdthebutton.com/
Wait, perhaps I spoke too soon:
http://www.fabuland.de/fleacircus/
Feeling a little stressed? Relax:
http://www.getrelaxed.com/
Great program to let you see where the space station is
as well as see where all the satellites in orbit are
located.
http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html
Read, enjoy but don't try this at home. Give the
poor postal workers and letter carriers a break!
http://www.directcreative.com/aaexperiments.html
More than you probably ever wanted to know about fallacies:
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
Having trouble finding chess partners? Here are over 85,000
candidates:
http://chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp
And if that doesn't work here is a chess game you can
play against the computer and actually watch it thing about
its moves:
http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/index.html
Ideas to use when ordering pizza:
http://www.jokesandhumor.com/pizza.html
Who says lip syncing is bad?
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/lyle_24/myhero.swf
Crazy little game:
http://www.deviantart.com/view/8666529/
This is just plain nutty!
http://web.okaygo.co.uk/apps/letters/flashcom/
More crossword puzzles than you can shake a stick at!!!
http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/
Why go outside to look up at the sky when you can do it
via the internet?
http://www.enchantedceiling.com/
I'm not sure what to say about this one...
http://www.box7box.com/tinygrow.html
Strange buildings:
http://d21c.com/sombra5/americanoddities.html
Help Rocket Bob and waste some quality time!
http://www.g-t-r.de/site/spiele/flash_ga/rbob/mainRB.swf
Some people...
http://www.elviscup.com/
Why you should never post your picture on the internet.
http://www.aseltine.com/rhee/
Interested in little tiny critters you can only see with a microscope?
http://www.pirx.com/droplet/index.shtml
Need to study to be the Trivial Pursuit champ?
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/
Fun little word such puzzle game:
http://www.miniclip.com/letterlasso.htm
Here's a fun thing to do with an old box!
http://www.neu-e.de/
Ever wonder what a hiccup looks like?
http://seneca.rsad.edu/animations/Hiccup101.html
Looking for a recipe? Try this tasty site:
http://www.epicurious.com/
Everyone loves chocolate but how does it work?
http://home.howstuffworks.com/chocolate.htm
I went to a party and there was a young fellow there holding a tiny
video recorder/player in the palm of his hand. He was watching a movie
of himself solving a Rubik's cube and then swimming 50 meters
underwater all on the same breath. It's a big video (~10 Mb) but
quite amazing:
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg888r/Greg50mRubiks.wmv
Need a recipe? Here's about 105,000!
http://www.recipezaar.com/
A handy spell checker plus lots of useful links
http://spellcheck.net/
This is an amazing blog by a courageous 32 year old women who died
from an inoperable tumor. She records her last days. It is remarkable.
It made me cry.
http://dyingis.blogspot.com/
Another crazy clock!
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/29/bclock.html
Remember Mr. Toad's Wild Ride?
One fan doesn't ever want to forget!
http://virtual-toad.com/index.html
This is a little different:
http://www.siberart.com/signs%20pages/logos_home.html
All you need to know about Bush's second term
http://www.jibjab.com/lowband/default.htm
Okay, so this is scary
http://ganns.com/Humor/ILookLikeMyDog/
Think you don't have a life?
At least you're better off than this guy.
http://danstheman.com/Jenny.htm
Kind of a crazy site especially if you like PhotoShop fun.
http://www.worth1000.com/
Hard riddles
http://www.calpoly.edu/~mcarlton/riddles.html
Ever wonder about how they do the sound in movies:
http://www.marblehead.net/foley/specifics.html
Do you know where your states are?
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Remember the Farmer's Almanac? Guess what's online now?
http://www.almanac.com/
All about pastry:
http://www.pastrywiz.com/
Check this out if you are planning a career as a counterfeiter:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118664,00.asp
Have babies or know someone who does?
http://www.signingbaby.com/
Forget the Carrier Dome! Here's what we need:
http://www.my-tropical-islands.com/engl/
Here's a nice idea for winter:
http://www.onewarmcoat.com/index.php
This is truly awesome:
http://www.cardstacker.com/
A cardboard house?
http://www.housesofthefuture.com.au/
Fascinating diary from a WWII US Soldier who was a POW
http://www.mm.com/user/jpk/wardiary.htm
Get useful info from your cell phone:
http://www.google.com/sms/
I don't know why I love sites like this? Makes me wonder how we
got along before the internet!!!
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/
Very strange!
http://ww12.e-tractions.com/snowglobe/globe.htm
Quite a balancing act!
http://rock-on-rock-on.com/
Incredible National Geographic photography:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/
Do you remember Monitor radio on NBC?
http://www.monitorbeacon.com/
Don't you just love how the internet reveals things that you
might never have imagined to exist?
http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/
Need a calendar?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT011371131033.aspx
And now a link about snowflakes supplied by our very own
editor: Ellen Leahy...
http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/abbas/bms/index.htm
Interested in the middle ages?
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html
A birds-eye view of a bird flying!
http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html
The holidays bring people together and before you know it
everyone is talking about genealogy. Here's a site that
can help:
http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm
Santa didn't bring you a flight simulator? Try this one for free!
http://www.flightgear.org
Game that's a little bit different:
http://oos.moxiecode.com/examples/reflex/
Don't look at this site:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mke/exitmundi.htm
Turns out that when you get one of those 404 errors you aren't the
only one that is upset:
http://www.digikitten.com/k.txt
Try to resist this:
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/index.shtml
Air hockey fan? Play here for free!
http://www.electrotank.com/playGame.electro?gId=109
Going camping? Check out this site for reservations:
http://www.reserveamerica.com/
Believe it or not Ripley's has a website:
http://www.ripleys.com/
The holidays mean time for crafts:
http://www.holidaycrafter.com/
Into rare music, vinyl records and used CD's?
http://www.musicstack.com/
Fantastic ray-tracing drawings and animations:
http://www.irtc.org/
Incredibly large hole in the ground:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grandcanyon/
Like classic movies?
http://www.reelclassics.com/
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy,
cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in
manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding,
then you've come to the right place:
(Make sure you watch the one about airplanes!)
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
Want to spice up your email? Steal some of these!
http://coolsig.com/
All about phobias:
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/didyouknow/phobia.asp
Incredible story (and a long walk!)
http://home.earthlink.net/~earthwalker1/
Great site where you can keep up with the goings on at the
British Tarantula Society
http://www.thebts.co.uk/
Here's a handy cheat sheet to help you get the most out of Google
http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
The movie Scream, as re-enacted by bunnies, in 30 seconds:
http://www.starz.com/se/features/hareraising/scream.html
A short film:
http://www.jhprod.com/mpegs/Pile_Eng_480x360.mov
A great illusion (watch the film):
http://www.grand-illusions.com/dragon.htm
A great flash game:
http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?21
Unreal zoom effect (click and drag mouse):
http://www.cyphic.net/zoomquilt/zoom.htm
A flash life game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/games/microlife/microlife.shtml
Lots of optical illusions
http://www.subliminalmessages.com/
Cute little moon cave game:
http://www.killsometime.com/games/game.asp?Game=Moon-Cave
Fun site for kids!
http://www.brainpop.com/
America's Goofiest Patents
http://www.totallyabsurd.com/absurd.htm
Serious or not? Make sure you scroll to the bottom and read the
Microsoft entry.
http://zapatopi.net/cascadia.html
Like to watch stuff get blown up!!!
http://www.implosionworld.com/
Not feeling so well or just want to play doctor?
http://my.webmd.com/medical_information/check_symptoms/default.htm
Fascinated by photojournalism? Take a peek:
http://www.nppa.org/competitions/best_of_still_photojournalism/2004/winners/still/
Got a lot of time to kill?
http://www.killsometime.com/games/swf/Rotation.swf
You gotta see this!
http://www.blur.com/html_quicktime/rockfish_480.html
Neat way to get together and reach consensus:
http://www.conferencebike.com/index.html
Stop misusing the apostrophe'
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
Photography your passion?
http://www.photo.net/
Are you a nitpicker?
http://www.nitpickers.com/
Cool NASA Solar System simulator
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Not for the squeamish: Heart surgery simulator!
http://abc.com.au/science/lcs/heart.htm
I supply this link only in an effort to show you how apples
inferior to New York State apples are displayed on the web.
Recipes would, of course, be improved with local apples.
http://www.vermontapples.org/recipes.html
Visit a park!
http://www.nps.gov/
This game will make you dizzy!
http://www.scenta.co.uk/nucleus/
Maybe someone should start a New York Gazette
http://www.hoosiergazette.com/
Worthy cause:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home
This will drive you off your rocker in just minutes!
http://www.angrymonkey.net/putfileshere/thellamasong.swf
Today's educational moment: How bone china works!
http://home.howstuffworks.com/lenox.htm
Wouldn't a burger be good right now? Try this recipe:
http://www.buildabetterburger.com/
And just what time is it?
http://www.nist.time.gov/
Scientific American's top 50 science websites
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=00085684-2613-115C-A61383414B7F0000
See the Northern lights from the safety of your computer screen!
http://www.northern-lights.no/
Cute little color test:
http://www.chinapaint.com/eng/flash/colorandme_en.swf
Want to search for something related to the US government?
Here's Google's Uncle Sam search page:
http://www.google.com/unclesam
Miss the golden days of radio? Now you can relive them thanks to
the internet!
http://www.radiolovers.com/
Great online encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
You can lose a lot of time on this game!
http://kids.discovery.com/games/whizzball/whizzball.html
Need a flu shot?
http://www.findaflushot.com/lungusa/
How to tell if you're an American.
http://www.zompist.com/amercult.html
Admit it, you have always wanted to be a dinosaur!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/bigalgame/index.html
Another attraction in Iowa
http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-A-Rock/On-A-Rock.htm
If you've got a thing about Reuben sandwiches have
we got a site for you!
http://rowlandweb.com/reuben/gallery.asp
Mysterious aircraft:
http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/index.html
More interesting optical illusions!
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html
Check this out if you've been computing for a while!
http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/hey5.swf
Fascinating use of the Windows Sound Recorder
http://home.comcast.net/~tianyu/winnoise.swf
Ever wonder about what happens when something big strikes the earth?
Short answer: Be somewhere else!
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Pictures that may make you dizzy!
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
Play the piano? Like some free sheet music?
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/apam/
Here's a clever idea. Start your own state:
http://www.jeffersonstate.com/
Play 20 questions with the computer:
http://y.20q.net:8095/btest
More incredible panoramic photography:
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp304/wwp.html
Fun little game:
http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/dodge.html
You just simply have to see this:
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/relativity.html
Are you a young person with a great idea?
http://ideashappen.msn.com
Want something else to worry about? Is your home as energy
efficient as it should be? Learn all about it including
suggestions that might save you money:
http://www.homeenergysaver.lbl.gov/
Are roller coasters your passion? If so, check out this
database:
http://www.rcdb.com/
It's good to be green! ("Think globally, recycle locally.")
http://www.freecycle.org/
This year be prepared for Winters icy blast:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/spacehouse_techwed_040915.html
Cats forever?
http://www.infinitecat.com/
Unusual look at faces:
http://www.faceoftomorrow.com/
Like to do a crossword puzzle everyday?
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/
Great little game. Use the arrows to move the big dot
to the gray square. Avoid the little dots. Sounds
easy doesn't it?
http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/eskiv/eskiv.htm
Can I interest you in a bicycle with square wheels?
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp
Is your favorite part of going to the movies the previews
of coming attractions? If so you'll love this site!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/
Hidden secrets of the Grand Canyon
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grandcanyon/
Love trivia?
http://www.triviaplaza.com
Help for the kids with their homework!
http://www.kids.gov/k_homework.htm
The beginning of books that will hook you?
http://www.openinghooks.us/
This is so strange I'm not sure I can explain it.
You should know that August Strindberg is a 19th
century Swedish playwright. No word on whether or not he
really had a pet helium balloon.
http://strindbergandhelium.com/
Line in an old house or maybe you want to?
http://www.oldhouseweb.com/
A site just for us!!!
http://www.upstatenyroads.com/
Tired of the way your screen looks? Check out this site:
http://www.interfacelift.com/
Don't miss this:
http://www.itaintrocketscience.ca/Portfolio/Food%20and%20Beverage/foodandbeverage.html
Isn't it time for you to learn another made up language?
http://www.lojban.org/
Here's a handy site that will let you make all kinds of calendars
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=2004&country=1
Are you a 19th Century American Man?
http://www.lahacal.org/gentleman/index.html
Want to get the Windows XP Service Pack 2 without having to download
it? You can get it for free here (even the shipping is free!):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx
Why anyone would want to cook restaurant food at home is beyond me
but, just in case you do...
http://www.copykat.com/asp/recipes.asp
An apartment lit entirely with LED's!
http://www.globefox.com/vospad/gallery.html
More 30 second movies reenacted by bunnies (I'm not making this up)
http://www.angryalien.com/
For you aviation buffs, here's a great site where you can listen to
ATC and watch approach radar:
http://www.thetracon.com/links/linkLIVE.htm
Lot's of things I'll bet you didn't that Yahoo will do for you!
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/tips/tips-01.html
Free money? Well, maybe! Another service of your government!
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Money_Owed.shtml
Road trip! All about our passion for highway road trips!
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/summer_driving/decades/frame.asp?speed=hi
Some like it hot!
http://www.spicy-cooking.com/
Who doesn't like lemonade?
http://www.lemonadegame.com/
Now I've seen everything:
http://www.skateboardingbulldog.com/tyson_skating.WMV
Interesting animated zoom in this mapping software:
http://www.us.map24.com
Don't want to be seen wearing an aluminum foil hat?
http://www.handy-fashions.com/e-scarf.html
Great mystery game!
http://www.otterarchives.com/cotc.html
What else can I say but this is an odd site:
http://www.oddwall.com/
Want to have a pet but don't have the time, energy or funds to take
care of it properly?
http://petpennies.50megs.com/
Had enough?
http://www.i-resign.com/uk/home/
If you are interested in architecture, especially tall architecture,
check this out:
http://moma.org/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings/index_f.html
Cool weather site. Add you city and state and you can get weather
stickers that allow you to add weather to your own web page.
http://www.wunderground.com
In honor of Lance Armstrong's Sixth Tour de France win:
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/
Just what you need to run down to the grocery store to pick up some
milk (quickly).
http://www.bentleymotors.com/minisites/continentalgt2door/container.jsp
Here's a handy site to find useful government websites where
I suppose you could go to complain if government wasn't being useful:
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Who doesn't love maps?
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Those crazy New Yorkers!
http://stage.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~ch690/picts.php
If you are a sci-fi fan and especially like Heinlen check this out:
http://www.reasonablyclever.com/gaydeceiver/
This is a very cool idea:
http://www.raumzeitfilter.de/polaroi_e.htm
Now here's an idea for a fun-filled community event:
http://www.tristantimes.com/artd_698_02_2004_3.html
Looking for prices of autos, boats and motorcycles?
http://www.nada.com/
Tired of the current crop of campaign commercials?
Here are some from days bygone:
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php
Did you know that scrapbooks, of all things, are making a big
comeback!
http://www.scrapjazz.com/
World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's
Largest Things. I just like that title:
http://www.worldslargestthings.com/
Weird foods that you probably wouldn't like all that much:
http://www.weird-food.com/
More incredible panoramic photos:
http://fullscreenqtvr.com/
Just, what we-need, a guide; to punctuation!?!?!?!::
http://www.stpt.usf.edu/pms/
This is scary:
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/PageOne.html
Don't miss this if you're a Led Zeppelin fan!
http://www.dennyweb.com/viking_kittens.htm
The Exorcist in 30 seconds, reenacted by bunnies, Really.
http://www.angryalien.com/0204/exorcistbunnies.html
Entertaining little game for all you gold-diggers out there:
http://www.gamerival.com/index.cfm?play=23E94579&fromint=1
Now perhaps you have seen everything:
http://www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com/
Are you a science fiction fan?
http://www.sfsite.com/
Lots and lots of home improvement ideas!
http://www.homeideas.com/
Have a wild desire to swat some flies but there aren't any handy?
http://www.shockhaber.com/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.htm
Fascinating little game:
http://javaboutique.internet.com/Vehicle/start.html
Handy dictionary of medical abbreviations:
http://www.medilexicon.com/
Want to build your own computer?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/ashen/menu/build/intro.htm
Very compelling web site from Britain's National Museum of Science:
http://www.ingenious.org.uk/
More balloons than you can shake a stick at!
http://www.airigami.com/
Nostalgic for old motels?
http://www.lileks.com/postcards/motels/index.html
Don't have time to scribble? Let the computer do it for you!
http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/
If you just check one link from this column...make it this one!
http://www.antiphishing.org/
This is a fun little drawing tool:
http://marie.epfl.ch/escher/
Learn about exciting new words!
http://www.doubletongued.org/
And just who doesn't like singing carrots!
http://www.pconline.com.cn/pcedu/carton/mtv/0401/299534.html
I'm not quite sure what to make of this site:
http://www.nerveco.com/nerve/clients/thomason/santo/
For all of you sailors out there:
http://www.sailnet.com/
Cute little railroad game a with catchy theme song:
http://www.railroadtycoon3.com/rt3/us/downloads/game.html
Like to play in the MUD? It's not what you think:
http://www.aardwolfmud.org/
Lobster Liberation Front?
http://www.spies.com/~gus/lobster/
Is there a parallel universe?
http://www.allsci.com/parallel.html
In case you have a plan to take over the world you might want
to check this site out (skip down to the list.)
http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
Want to know if a business is trustworthy? Check out the good
old Better Business Bureau--now online!
http://www.bbb.org/
Really bad country song titles:
http://www.downstream.sk.ca/country.htm
Big TV fan? You'll love this site if you are!
http://www.tvtome.com/
Incredible WWII airplane training films!
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/main.html
Is a reverse mortgage in your future?
http://www.reversemortgage.org/
You need to look at this site! This is not origami like
you've seen it before!
http://www.origami.as/home.html
Soothing sounds including a howling hairdryer?
http://www.iserenity.com/environments.htm
Translate any web page into Elmer Fudd speak (among others)?
How useful!