Posts Tagged ‘cool site’

Sparky the Fire Dog

When the weather gets nice, one of the first things I think about is warm weather activities like barbeques and bonfires! We used to have bonfires all the time in spring when the weather started getting warm but wasn’t quite warm enough yet. Then I got

Dornob – Design Ideas Daily

I love to get neat design tips that I can integrate or recreate in my home. Dornob offers new design ideas daily, and there is always something new and exciting to see when I visit.

To navigate the newest design ideas, just

What Should I Read Next

Have you ever finished a book and had trouble deciding what to read next? I know I have! This site gives you a recommendation on what you should read next, based on the title or author of a book you already like.

Synonym Finder

While Microsoft Word has a built in synonym finder, I’ve found it doesn’t have a synonym for every word. That’s when I head over to this site and find a better and less repetitive way of writing what I need to write. This site is definitely

Imperial History of the Middle East

This flash site offers an amazing look at who has conquered the Middle East over the last 5,000 years. To start it, just click play!

You’ll watch it be conquered from 3000 B.C.E to 2006

Feedbooks – Public Domain

Are you looking for free books to download to your e-reader or computer? Then, you should check out this site! Here you can download books for free that have gone into the public domain.

On

Cute-a-Rater

Animals are adorable! Welcome to Cute-a-Rater, a fun site devoted to picking the cutest animal! It’s easy to use, just click the vote for button underneath the image you want to vote for.

By default, it is set to All

Save the Words

Did you know that most of our communication with words – spoken and written – only really consists of about 7,000 words? Help save disused words from disappearing by adopting one and using it in your conversations and writing today!

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Retail Me Not is a coupon site that offers a daily selection of coupons for popular stores, an assortment of local printable coupons, and even grocery coupons! Continue reading

Jango

I love finding music sites! This lets you listen to your favorite music for free and helps you discover more music that you might like. How do you get started? It’s easy! Just type in the name of an artist that you enjoy, and start listening!

Daily Mug Shot

This site is inspired by a guy who a took a photo of himself every day for years and then made a video of them – the site creator thought it was cool and wondered what it would take to make it available to the public

ARKive

This is a site devoted to helping spread awareness of the world’s endangered species, by putting together an amazing selection of images and videos from some of the top photographers, filmmakers, and conservationists.

There are a lot of interesting ways to navigate this site

VideoETA

I love movies! With that said, who can afford to go to the theater anymore? I certainly can’t. Tickets are upwards of twelve dollars and when you add snacks, you’re looking at a very expensive bit of entertainment! So instead, I wait for the things I want to be

Songs That Get You Pumped

I’m starting you right out on the about page for this site, so that you don’t have any questions as to what is about or how it works. Basically, you register and submit the title and performer of a song that gets you pumped; then

Snag Films

Do you like to watch documentaries? What about watching them for free and being able to share them with your friends and family? If this sounds good, you should try Snag Films. I’d recommend that you start at the About page to find out just what Snag is

Forces of Nature

Welcome to National Geographic’s website devoted to the forces of nature. After the earthquake in Japan, and the tsunami it caused, this site seems even more interesting because you learn what these forces of nature are and how they work.

The Animal Detector

Welcome to The Animal Detector, a site where the author tries to capture video of the nocturnal animal activity in his neighborhood.

Navigation is setup blog style. So you just scroll down the page to see the previous entries. You’ll notice on

Wikiquote

It seems like there is a wiki for everything these days. All my favorite games have them, and now one of my favorite hobbies has one! That’s right there is now a wiki devoted solely to the collection of quotations!

At Wikiquote you’ll get

Indexed

This is a fun a site where the author makes commentary via graphs and diagrams that all fit on an index card – thus Indexed.

It is really easy to navigate because it is setup blog style, so all you have to do is

The Game

I’m a serious packer and I’m great at getting a suitcase filled with more than my roommate thought could fit in there. So when I discovered a packing game, I knew I was in trouble. This game is so addicting! You have been warned!

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Welcome to the virtual Marine Corps Museum that allows anyone to explore the museum from anywhere.

If you click the video, you’ll get an introduction from the Commandant, General Jay T. Conway who will explain

Index Mundi

Welcome to Index Mundi, a website that is devoted to being the most up to date on world statistics, maps, and country profiles.

Navigation is fairly straight forward. Select from: Charts and Maps, Commodities Data, Country Facts, What’s New?, Trade Statistics and Gazetteer

Ice Storm Pictures

Having just been through an ice storm, I decided to look for images of ice storms. I found this site in my search. They’re images of the ice storm that hit Paducah, Kentucky in 2009.

Navigation is easy. Just scroll down the

CIA Museum

I saw this on a news site and had to go check it out to see if it was for real. To my surprise it was! The CIA really made a Flickr stream that shows spy gadgets, clothes, and tools.

Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction is an interesting web site that provides you with over 30,000 bibliographies and information on 350,000 books.

Navigation is based on those two options. In order to navigate bibliographies, you’ll use the alphabetical menu at the top left of the

Convert for Windows

Today I’m bringing you a download. If you’re like me, you might find that you need to convert units more frequently than you’d like. I’ve been experimenting in the kitchen and let me tell you, the conversions were the bane of my existence until I download