A nice starting point for the housekeeping-challenged. Pick a topic - bathrooms, carpets and flooring, garages, etc. - and it will offer articles and tips, product reviews, and links to recommended tools, books, and videos.
The American Museum of Natural History's site for kids. Each of the "ologies" - marine biology, archaeology, astronomy, etc. - includes polls, Stuff To Do, "Meet the Ologists," "What Do You Know?" and a section on "What's the Big Idea?"
OK, you know that already. But has an emergency medical technician ever given you a step by step account of what happens to an unrestrained body in a crash? If people you care about are not in the habit of buckling up, pass this on to them.
"since its inception in 1927/8, the Oscars awards ceremony has led to a number of curious records and coincidences, and even the occasional incident." This page details a few of them.
This is fascinating, a kind of visual thesaurus. Type in a word and an animation displays a mouseover definition and a kind of neural network of associations and related concepts. "Book," for example, is part of a conceptual universe including account books and ledgers, notebooks, sketch books, coffee table books, paperbacks, holy books, etc.
Along with a set of appropriate illustrated exercises, this guide from the Centers for Disease Control explains why it's a good idea, how to prepare, how to assess the level of intensity and effectiveness of your regimen, and how to stay on track
Want to see if people are talking about your site? Type in your URL here. Socialmeter will scan Bloglines, Del.icio.us, Digg, Google, Rojo, Shadows, Technorati and Yahoo to analyze your webpage's social popularity.
This visual feast of a site includes a history of American quilting, of quilting patterns, and of the quilting styles of various ethnic groups - all beautifully illustrated. Also includes news, little known facts, info on quilt care, and links to interesting quilts and techniques.
This "totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project" aims to "make all public domain books available as free audio books." Search or browse the existing catalog, and/or volunteer to record additional books for the project. It also offers podcasts.
Stanford University Libraries have helped solve the vexing problem of whether an older work is protected by copyright under US law by creating a searchable database of copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1993 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.
A web service, still in beta, aims to help with one of the hardest reference questions: identifying an unknown song when you only know the tune. Hum it into your microphone, or, if you think you know the artist, search its catalog of song samples.
Includes information on the negative effects of bullying, practical actions to take against it, case histories, resources for employers, and an extensive list of resources.
"a free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases." Search through the resources for specific disciplines or through all databases. Also provides links to other free science portals.
The chatty, clear explanations in this searchable, browsable blog address topics such as Cleaning That Mess, Getting Rid of Stuff, Ms. Fix-It, Pet Problems, Menu Monday, and lots more.
Provides a wealth of comparative information on countries and cities of the world - charts on population, natural resources, wealth, infrastructure, energy consumption and resources, and more.
All politics may be local, but you couldn't tell that from the news coverage, which is heavily tilted toward national politics. If you want to know what's going on at the state and local level, political blogs could be helpful. Use the tips outlined here to find some. Also look through the state-by-state blogroll at Governing's blog, The 13th Floor, http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/
A peer-reviewed wiki with articles by invited scholars open to comment. Currently the topics are limited to Computational Neuroscience, Dynamical Systems, and Computational Intelligence. A work in progress; complete subject outlines have been constructed, but not all articles have been written as yet.
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