Wednesday, December 22, 2010

December 22, 2010

A couple hundred years from now, when they're teaching students
about me, they'll probably call this my Website Wednesday period.



Top of the Heap:
Happy birthday, Eldest Unmarried Son William! Wow. It seems like only yesterday you were 16.99726027!
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-birthday-william.html

Human progress over the last 200 years (Thanks, Kevin!)
http://cafehayek.com/2010/12/maybe-the-coolest-thing-ever.html

Every space mission from the last 50 years on one map
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/4002050596_0c2b6c4dd2_o.jpg

Mapping America - the results of the 2010 Census, city by city, block by block
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?view=raceethnicity&lat=40.6311&lng=-73.994&l=12

Apparently, Pluto isn't the only Mickey Mouse Planet out there. Depending on how you define a "dwarf planet," there may be hundreds
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/15/how-many-dwarfs-are.html

If Every Movie Got a Straight-to-DVD Sequel
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_152_if-every-movie-got-straight-to-dvd-sequel/

Here's a fun game: Test Your Stupid Skills
http://www.trutv.com/games/trupidity/index.html

Word Lens - a cool iPhone app
http://questvisual.com/

The dumbest tattoos of all time
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/dumbest-tattoos.html?curPhoto=1

Six Scientific Reasons Your Girlfriend's Father Hates You
http://alturl.com/az98u

Yes They Did - Barack Obama Comic Books
http://alturl.com/92ami

SAY GOODBYE TO CAPS LOCK!!!
http://www.slate.com/id/2277926/pagenum/all/

Search dozens of U.S. government databases with one search box at MetaLib
http://alturl.com/f5kgv

Mathway: the Online Math Problem Solver
http://www.mathway.com/


And, some stuff for Crimmus...

13 Things You Didn't Know About Christmas Traditions
http://alturl.com/yt7v3

BFF Donna and I are going to Club 33 today (with the Bardgal and Tommy), so here's a few facts about Christmas at Disneyland
http://www.disneylandclub33.com/
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/08/neatorama-facts-christmas-at-disneyland/

6 Controversial Christmas Carols
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/43204

Christmas Trivia
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/xmastrivia.html

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