Thursday, July 31, 2008

1948

Orwell Diaries - A blog that will post each entry from George Orwell’s private musings exactly 70 years after it was written, starting August 9th 2008.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Rising Tide

Rising Gasoline Costs - As of July 28, the national average per gallon was $4.01. How did we get to this point? Watch as gas prices rise and fall from 1993 up until now.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Come Fly With Me Right Into The Sun

LyricsFly - A user-contributed music service for searching lyrics. Find lyrics for your favorite songs by artist, song and album name, or search using phrases from the lyrics. In addition to lyrics text, LyricsFly also returns related YouTube videos, links to stream songs online (from Seeqpod), MP3 download links and CD covers.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Area 51

Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

In Limited Release

SnagFilms - Has the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and is making these films available to the wide audience these titles deserve.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Just Picture It

oSkope - Five different views for books on Amazon - grid, stack, pile, list, and graph.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Fail Safe

The Top Ten Passwords.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Night Shift

Why Batman Could Exist--But Not for Long. A scientist looks at how the only non-supernatural superhero would operate in real life.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Junior Birdman

Point Niner - Satisfying an unnatural infatuation with airplanes and rockets.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

All That Glitters

10 Richest People of All Time and How They Made Their Fortunes.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Stop The Presses

OUPBlog - The Oxford University Press Blog

Saturday, July 12, 2008

DoCA&A

Dictionary of Cartographic Abbreviations and Acronyms - Attempts to decode abbreviations and acronyms that have been found in a variety of publications

Friday, July 11, 2008

Somebody's Watching You

Real Time Satellite Tracking - Track all kinds of satellites and follow satellite and Space Shuttle news.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Tomorrowland

Modern Mechanix - Yesterday's Tomorrow Today

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Refreshment

Lemonade Remade - Four fresh takes on summer's classic beverage

Hell Is For Children

Hello Kitty Hell - A circle reserved for the most evil and vile. This man must have done something horrible in this life or a previous one.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Ephemera Collected

Swapatorium - A Journey Through Junkland. Flea markets, thrift stores, antique shops, garage and estate sales, found photographs, collecting, odd finds, swaps and more

Sunday, July 06, 2008

An Affected Effect

Confusing Words - A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.

Saturday, July 05, 2008

Is That A Banana In Your Pocket?

Tattooed Banana - The only site you will find dedicated to the emerging appreciation for banana art.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Chick Voyeur

Hencam - Where you watch chickens

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Tightening The Belt

The price of food: 2007 vs. 2008

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Once Upon A Time

Dipity - A web tool that you can set up to keep track of all your feeds (including RSS, Twitter, Flickr, blogs, Last.fm, and more) and Dipity will make a visual timeline of what you do with your life. The timeline doesn’t have to be personal either; you can create one about a topic and invite others to add to the timeline.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

DJ JazzE E

Hobnox’s Audiotool - A flash based web application where you can create your own music, using the same tools many of the DJ’s in real life use.