New Species Found

Conservationists have found a host of new species after discovering uncharted new territory on the internet map Google Earth.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3884623/Scientists-discover-new-forest-with-undiscovered-species-on-Google-Earth.html

WOW-Best list of list of gifts

Device has conquored the gift lists

Got to see this for yourself

Build a Squid

For those who have absolutely nothing better to do:

Get to building

Give a Blog a Test

This link analyzes the blog and comes up with personality results (categorized in Myers-Briggs format).
http://www.typealyzer.com/

Cool Gift Websites

ThinkGeek (my personal favorite) - toys for grown-ups
List on Squidoo
Best gifts list found on Amazon
Quintara Kids
EDIVVY - a site that acknowledges many people contribute to buying a bigger gift than they would purchase alone
Coolproducts - community-suggested ideas
Top 10 Gifts
wisheo.com -

Great Song: The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning

Track your packages over Twitter

Track your packages over twitter Check it out

Treasure Trove of Fun Tweet Utilities!

My Tiny Jesus Click here

Twist Click here

Tweetwheel Click here

You Too Can Paint Like Jackson Pollock

Let's Paint!

My Favorite Funny Video of All Time

See more Will Ferrell videos at Funny or Die

Retagger Gives You a Consolidated Identity Card

Retagger

Best Link Shorteners

http://snipurl.com/

http://cli.gs/ This one even has a demo

http://bit.ly/

Plant a Memorial Tree

Click Me.

Tweet-watching, filtered

This twitter-based tool filters the tweets on the expressions of

• Love
• Hate
• Think
• Believe
• Feel
  
• Wish

http://twistori.com/

Squirrel Completes Obstacle Course

http://digg.com/educational/Squirrel_Completes_Insane_Obstacle_Course?OTC-em-st1

Perception - a Tool

Tools have a purpose and I have to admit that I can't see an obvious real life use for this, except that it is neat to see linked concepts in a visual format. Hmm, a writer could use this. Hmm, I'm a writer. Hmm. Retracting that assertion slowly, thoughtfully . . .

When I got the link, the screen was blank, and it was kind of hard to figure out what to do. I saw that there is a history, which included some examples from those intrepid explorers who got there before us. I chose to link "heroes" to "mythology."

Check this out.

Cool Business Cards

Business cards that make you stand out amongst the crowd of the now 10 million unemployed people in the USA today. This is a worthwhile investment in your future, job-seekers!

See 'em!

Visualize World Peace?

Worldmapper lets you visualize country's size based on different variables, like population, consumption, etc.
This image shows military spending.

Greenhouse Gases:

Brain Games!

Brain Metrex

braingle.com

Happy Neuron

Lumosity.com

Sharp Brains

Mindweavers

Top Ten Sites for Green Holiday Shopping

ecofabulous gives us a green top ten site.

Beautiful photos

Beautiful photos

Need to replace rare china, crystal, silverware?

This website is the place to go if you want to replace any of your rare china, crystal, etc.

http://www.replacements.com/

Free Rice

Free Rice

Play a game, learn something, keep your brain alive, and give rice to the hungry.

American Dream, American Prayer

Barak's House (audio)

Parody of Brick House by The Commodores

Barak's House

TwittEarth

TwittEarth shows a live feed of twitterers, whirling around the globe placing ugly little icons on the originating city.

http://twittearth.com/

The Wisdom Book

The Wisdom Book

Photos of Barak and Michelle Obama on election night.

Photos of Barak and Michelle Obama on election night.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Your Passport

Sign the petition here in support of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Human Rights Petition

Moleskins, shared

http://moleskinex12.blogspot.com/

Kinda Cool, a Little Creepy Too

http://weburbanist.com/2008/09/28/abandoned-buildings-places-towns-cities-asia/

Do You Thrive on Making Lists?

http://listmakercollective.blogspot.com/
Kudos to Mary for finding this cool site.

Rescued from a Rawstory comment . . .

Before democrats start bragging about an Obama win, they had better read the election fraud and criminal activity from the republicans which is happening in all states necessary for a McSame win......

The Republicans know the number of votes necessary for them to purge from the democrat voters or switch on the voting machines which is happening to steal another eletions..
*****
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 20...r_n_136254.html


John McCain's campaign has directed $175,000 to the firm of a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states.
According to campaign finance records, a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the RNC and the the California Republican Party, made a $175,000 payment to the group Lincoln Strategy in June for purposes of "registering voters." The managing partner of that firm is Nathan Sproul, a renowned GOP operative who has been investigated on multiple occasions for suppressing Democratic voter turnout, throwing away registration forms and even spearheading efforts to get Ralph Nader on ballots to hinder the Democratic ticket.
****

Every state needed by McCain has all types of corruption and criminal activity...

You really do not believe after the corporations have paid to build their control and dictatorship in our presidency that they will let a democrat like Obama take that office do you....

Democrats really don't have the majority in the Congress or senate anyway...
The republican blue dogs are the numbers that the republican need to control the house and they have some in the senate also..

Urban Graffiti

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html

Ultimate COOL

http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/page/1

Overworked, oerwhelmed?

http://www.theenhancelife.com/2008/10/overworked-overwhelmed-achieving-life.html

Who Is that Monkey in the Mirror?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytmt-plowOE

Cool Search Tool Examines Top Relationships

Okay, I found this cool tool myself. Did I say cool? That word doesn't do it justice. It is powerfully cool!

I must have accidentally clicked something to bring me there, and I am glad for the happy accident, because I found a keeper. Check out this search engine--it is so much more than a search engine. Enter a famous person's name (politician, author, CEO) and it shows relationships to other people, businesses, places, or things.

Enter a business name and you can find if it has a relationship with, say Russia. I found Schlumberger by way of Halliburton and noticed recent commentary by investment gurus about the company(1 hour ago) .

The more I examined the information the clearer it became to me that this is a powerful way to harness Web info.

http://www.evri.com/

Fascinating Physics Experiments

Now You Too Can Be a Spy! Self-destructing Messages

Have you ever wanted to send an email that you never wanted to be forwarded? Well, you probably shouldn't be sending it at all.

But sometimes there are special occasions. Now, there is a self-destructing note that I'm sure Karl Rove has already glommed onto. (Sorry, it's in my bloodstream. It will take time to detox from this election.)

It seems to be a free service. Check it out:

https://privnote.com/

Eating to Boost Your Brainpower

Strengthen the links between your diet and your brain

By Nancy Christie

Eat well, think well: It turns out that the Romans were definitely on the right track with their famous saying "mens sana in corpore sano" (a healthy mind in a healthy body). Athletes have followed this dictum for centuries, and today scientists are finding that if you keep your body supplied with a wide assortment of healthy foods and nutrients, it may indeed enhance your ability to maintain that "healthy mind" as you age.

My Best Intentions

As many of you know, I enjoy being active on Digg.com. I surf the incoming new Diggs and check out the breaking news stories. Being on Digg exposes me to a lot of other interesting sites and stories. Man, I love people, I love the internet for bringing us together! Thanks, Al! ;-)

My intention for this blog is to post stories that make our lives easier. I am starting blog for my friends and family and people who share my enthusiasm for these things. (I'm being vague on purpose, leaving the categories wide open to see where this blog takes us.)

Also, as many of you know, I have a blog where I post notable stories and videos with a goal of exposing the corruption, fraud, fascism, cronyism and incompetence of the current American regime. You won't find that information here--frankly, I am hoping that the next president will bring the US back from this pit where we find ourselves on 10-11-2008. But enough about the pit.

Another reason I am starting this "great, cool stuff" blog is so that I can reside in a more spiritually positive space. I have spent too much time reading about the dark exploits of our government, and it has affected my health, knowing too much.