Point A To Point B

WorldTaximeter - Instantly calculate the cost of a taxi ride in a number of top cities worldwide. Accessible both from the web and mobile phone.

Anatomy Class

The Visible Body, online and completely free to use.

A Measure Of Common Sense

Rules of Thumb

Just To Be Nominated

The Academy Award nominees, each with a link to more information.

Clever, Clever, Clever.

Check out these 9 Clever Musical Ads From Around the World
compliments of Inventor Spot.

Paint By Numbers

Poll Blogs and Sites

Pollster
Political Arithmetik
Crosstabs.org
The Polling Report
Electoral-Vote.com
R. Chung's Graphics
Prof. Wang's State Poll Meta-Analysis
Prof. Pollkatz Pool of Polls
Slate: Election Scorecard
Public Opinion Pros
Frank Newport: Gallup Guru
Carl Bialik: The Numbers Guy
Poll Positions: Kathy Frankovic
The Numbers: Gary Langer
Washington Post: Behind the Numbers

Who's That Girl (Or Guy)?

Today's Life - Your daily and weekly biography from Oxford British Dictionary of National Biography.

Before You Go

The Smithsonian Life List - Landmarks and destinations certain to inspire

Into The Sunset

World Life Expectancy

Just Picture It

Library of Congress Flickr page

Access Denied

The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets.

Also Ran

12 More Presidential Candidates to Keep Your Eye On.

I Have A Dream

Take some time to watch the entire I Have A Dream speech from 1963.

Help Me Mr. Peabody

Here are 10 Creepy Old Ads to make you think twice before hopping into that time machine.

Fit To Print

DailyMe - A news service that simulates the newspaper feel as much as it can. It gives you the flexibility of the web, content on demand, and combines it with the look and feel of a newspaper.

Subterranean World

SubwayMaps - Find and print subway and metro maps for almost any city that has a subway. In addition to maps you can also get such info as hours of operation, ticket price, related subway images, and more.

Between Two Points

SwarmSketch - Online sketch board where 1000s of people collaborate on all kinds of sketches. Each week SwarmSketch randomly chooses some popular search term and makes it the sketch subject for the week.

A Few Good Books

Shelfari - If you like to interact with others, have lively discussions, and keep up on the latest in books, Shelfari is a must.

Chat It Up

Rondee - Schedule phone conference calls and invite as many friends as you want. Calls can be scheduled both from the web or phone.

You Have Failed Me For The Last Time!

Chad Vader - Life is hard for Chad Vader, the younger, less charismatic brother of Darth Vader, who is the day shift manager of a grocery store.

Letter By Letter

The Envelope Collective

Pick Your Poison

Windows Operating System Guides - Windows tips, tweaks, streamlines, and security.

Super Grover

Sesame St Videos. - Recall your childhood and find your favourite sketches

Knowing Is Half The Battle

Bodocus - Bodocus is a documentary movie directory where you can freely access and stream over 650 documenatary movies.

The Green Goddess

How to Drink Absinthe

One Ringy Dingy

Numbr - A free auto-expiring anonymous phone number that forwards incoming calls to your home or mobile phone. A disposable number, or just a safe number to give out at the bar.

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!

Why I Believe Bush Must Go

Insynchopation

Morale-O-Meter - Keep track of your morale, health, sleep, alcohol and caffeine consumption on a daily basis. Plot everything on a graph, share graphs with friends, compare your stats against others, and so on.