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40 Fantastic Time-Wasting Web Sites - PC World

40 Fantastic Time-Wasting Web Sites - PC World
Warning: Reading this story may be hazardous to your productivity. The Web sites within may divert you from the dull tasks in need of your attention and may cause you to goof off for hours instead. Oh, who are we kidding? 1. Hey, get your mind out of the gutter--Stripgenerator is about comic creation, not clothing removal--though we wouldn't claim that the two paths have never crossed. 2. FMyLife (the site isn't entirely clear about what the "F" stands for, but "Flee" wouldn't be inappropriate) encourages people to send in anonymous real-life stories of worst-case scenarios that came horrifyingly true--things you'll just have to read to believe. 3. A must-try for any music or film fanatic, LivePlasma helps you find new movies and music by building interactive maps around your current favorites. 4. The onetime competitor to Mad Magazine has reinvented itself as a Web site for all things funny. 5. Add some pizzazz to your profile pic with BeFunky.com. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Tackle Tomorrow’s Breakfast Tonight : The Finer Things in Life Welcome! If you're new to The Finer Things in Life, you might like to subscribe for free updates. Subscribe via RSS to read updates in your favorite feed reader, or via email to have new posts delivered directly to your inbox. Thanks for visiting! My kids would probably love it (for awhile, anyway), but I just can’t see letting them eat cold cereal for breakfast each morning. Problem is… mornings are kind of crazy at our house (I think that’s a pretty universal thing). Here’s what I like to make ahead, keeping my mornings stress-free and smooth. Lazy Granola — I make a double batch and keep it in an air-tight container. What are your tricks for a hearty, hot, stress-free (or at least stress-less) breakfast? Be sure to visit Tackle it Tuesday and Kitchen Tip Tuesday. This post may contain affiliate links.

Excellent Ads Created: 05/13/2010 Visits: 1522868 Online: 1 zenhabits Books that will induce a Here is the list of books that will officially induce mindfucks, sorted alphabetically by author. Those authors in bold have been recommended by one or more people as being generally mindfucking - any books listed under their names are particularly odd. You're welcome to /msg me to make an addition to this list. And finally, although he's way down at the bottom, my personal recommendation is definitely Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, as it turns the ultimate mindfuck: inverting the world-view of our entire culture, and it is non-fiction.

NJ1015.com 25 Unique and Outstanding Website Designs Web design is the skill of creating presentations of content that is delivered to an end-user through the World Wide Web. The process of designing Web sites may utilize multiple disciplines, such as communication design, corporate identity, graphic design, human-computer interaction, information architecture, typography and etc… The following are very good example of unique and outstanding website designs. Seagullsfly LoveBento Kavoon Klick Studios Guerra Creativa Tanq Ready Photo Site Duirwaigh Pasti Night Wish Rocket Theme Sensi Soft Galan Rareview New Macheist Days of Astronomy Mod Studio Tedrosedale Revyver Labs Nick Jones Noe Design Tapbots 47 Media The Story Color Chakra

Teaching With YouTube: 197 Digital Channels For Learning Teaching With YouTube: 197 Digital Channels For Learning If you don’t have a YouTube channel as an education provider, there’s a good chance you’re behind the times. Nearly every major educational institution in the world now hosts its own collection of videos featuring news, lectures, tutorials, and open courseware. These channels allow instructors to share information and blend media in unprecedented and exciting new ways. Here are the top channels worth following based on views, subscriptions, and quality of content: General YouTube EDU: Launched in 2009, Youtube EDU centralizes content from over 100 universities and colleges, providing access to lectures, research, and campus tours. Physical Sciences Engineering & Technology Mathematics Mr. Politics, History, and Current Events The Arts Learning a Foreign Language JenniferESL: With over 153,000 subscribers, JenniferESL is one of the most popular ESL channel on YouTube. University Channels

The 15 Most Influential Books I Read in 2009 | Invisible Inkling Wait! Before you read any further! If you like this post, don’t miss my most recent book list: The Best Books I Read in 2010! OK, resume. Last year was a big reading year for me, primarily because without college I have so much more time to read books that really boggle my brains. What I like about constantly having a book going is the way the world around you changes depending on what your reading. There are some books that I read last year, however, that have stayed in my brain and still color my perception, even though I closed them a while ago. 15. I read this book in one sitting on an 18 hour bus ride. 14. Cory Doctorow is a big fan of the cyber-punk genre. 13. I picked up this book because I am an intense fan of Nicole Krauss’s husband Jonathen Safron Foer, who wrote one of my all time favorite novels Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 12. Man I wish this book had been around when I was a kid! 11. 10. Eric Larson 8. How I love thee, Jonathan Lethem. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

Free for All: The King of Togo Togo has Two Horns I spent months searching for the cassette tape I had as a child that included this story. Just last week, I was finally able to find a copy. Thought I'd share some details here since they were pretty hard to come by. It's called "Car-Tunes Cassettes presents Summertime Kids' Stories." It doesn't include any "Lyrics", but the words as far as I can tell are: There was once a great huntress in Africa. The King said, "You are clever, you are wise.

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