If you love butterflies, check out this site created by museums and affiliated organizations in Canada and Peru. It offers galleries, projects for teachers, info on conservation and butterfly gardens, a bibliography, and a glossary.
That steam tunnel explosion in New York City made people aware of how aging, undermaintained infrastructure can cause problems. The American Society of Civil Engineers' assessment of its condition is even more worrisome. Check out your own state or browse by infrastructure type: roads, waterways, bridges, dams, drinking water systems, etc.
Here's a nice little test of yourpop culture knowledge: see if you can identify the book, TV show or movie that that the fictional countries described here came from.
If you're buying or selling a house, or new to your neighborhood, run its address through this site to discover, or show people, how near it is to various amenities - grocery stores, schools, coffee shops, movie theaters, parks, libraries, etc. Some of the Google map info is a little odd - it overlooked a super WalMart near my house and pointed me to grocery stores and clothing stores considerably further away - but for the properties I'm very familiar with, it was mostly accurate.
"a professional newsletter for planners, developers, architects, builders, public officials and others who are interested in the creation of human-scale communities." Includes a backgrounder on the new urbanism, article summaries from current and previous issues, and links to related organizations, architectural and planning firms, new urban projects, and other resources.
As the youngest child of a man who commuted between Michigan and New Jersey, I spent my youth playing games like this, the surest way to keep four kids from killing each other while having fun and getting to know each other better. See also Road Trip Games.
It turns out that periodic tables are a neat way to classify any number of subjects - mathematicians, the internet, poetry, and more - (and if you put one on a shower curtain you can study it in the shower).
The news media never talks about government when it's working well, but in fact, state, local, and regional government agencies are coming up with thousands of ideas for better service to their communities. You can find documents, news stories, multimedia, awards, and upcoming events about them here. Search or browse through broad categories or through Innovation Awards.
Authors can sign up to have their upcoming tours listed, fans to be notified of author events in their area, and wouldbe-hosts to connect with authors. Searchable by author, book or city.
Search a wide variety of photographic libraries by both keywords and type of library (archive collections, photojournalist resources, fashion photographer resources, science, free photos and clip art, etc.). Note that results take you to the appropriate photo libraries, not to specific images.
There's a treasure trove of consumer health information here, including their health rankings (America's Best Hospitals, 2007, Best Health Plans), feature stories ("Avoid a Summer Visit to the Emergency Room," and "Keep Moving With Injury-Free Workouts"), and Hospital Search. They also offer brief backgrounders on diseases and conditions, though I prefer the more extensive ones at MedlinePlus.
"The definitive resource for contact information on state and local decision makers," with additional data comparing state and municipal performance and spending in categories like economic development, environment, health, public works, social services, etc. You can limit your searches to specific states, or to your choice of states, municipalities or transit agencies.
Offers profiles, reviews, tutorials, a student corner, calendar of events, job listings, a searchable archive, a variety of columns ("Fresh from the Festivals," "Career Coach," "3D for Beginners," "Anime Reviews," etc.), and more.
"Documents nearly 2,000 places of historical significance on private college and university campuses [in the United States] and includes more than 4,300 images relating to these sites." Search, or browse by name, state, designer, type, time period, or building style.
"a super simple resource that aims to gather the best tutorial and book links from all over the web" on the topics of Flash, Photoshop, PHP, CSS, XML, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Actionscript, and Fireworks. None of the links or books are annotated, so you'll just need to click and sample
Drawing on his own experiences and questions from readers, the geek offers and archives how-to advice on many software and programming problems. The site also includes several blogs. RSS feed is available.
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