In DVD-speak, easter eggs refer to the hidden tidbits and extras that moviemakers often place inside a DVD and throughout a series of clicks and button-pushes, one can reveal such goodies. To some people, it's as complex as programming a VCR. DVD Easter Eggs remedies this by cataloging easter eggs and providing them in a handy alphabetized format. Simply look up the movie and deciper the extra.
MD Travel Health helps travelers look up the country of their choice and offers suggestions on which vaccinations to get, what symptoms to look out for, what precautions to take and what food items to avoid.
Search or browse through the table of contents of site map to find important documents, poetry, prayers, stories, words of great leaders, etc. for indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Ever fall asleep during a movie and didn't want to rent it again just to see the end? Or don't want to watch that B-movie of the week on TV but you somehow just can't resist finding out what happens to the small town that gets overrun with giant fire-breathing ants? Movie Pooper can tell you exactly what happens in just a few short paragraphs. Go ahead, take a peek.
"I'm going to spill the beans about a bunch of things that technology companies would rather you didn't know. These insider tips will help you cut through hype when you shop, save money when you buy, and get the most out of products you already own."
Before you flutter your eyes and move on, this site is not just for people who are flighty for the feathered. Kidding aside, wildbirds.com is a strikingly colorful and professionally compiled site replete with information and links. With everything from bird jokes to tips for bird watchers, this site is sure to make you go batty over birds - pardon the mixed-metaphor
Everything you wanted to know about magic, at least everything that's on the net. Directories, vendors, a calendar of events, news, performance clips, upcoming shows and TV programs, and more.
Annotated links to web sites offering "excellent guidelines for proposal writing. Some include advice on letters of inquiry and sample proposals as well."
This site masters a conundrum that teachers have failed to solve since the advent of education: it makes learning fun. Yes, it's possible. The site gets top grades for color, interactivity and the all-important "credibly cool" factor. Do you know how Dolphins navigate the underwater wildernesses of the world's oceans? You'd better click here.
"The Bibliovault repository contains a growing collection of older, recently published, and new books from participating scholarly presses." Search subject, author, title, or full-text. It's not a large collection as yet, but an interesting one that can shed light on current issues.
If you haven't started a blog yet, but would like to, check Who's There? Seth Godin's Incomplete Guide to Blogs and the New Web, a free e-book available in PDF format.
In relation to philosophical theory, one might deduce the existence of two composite beings: The few who spend their waking hours honing Socratic methods but panic in the social complications of a backyard keg party, and the rest of us who find Platonic ideals a bit hard on the ears. Both types can find intelligent and colloquial analysis at this site. A must for acing that philosophy course.
"Using current gasoline prices from AAA's daily, online Fuel Gauge Report, as well as the latest highway fuel economy ratings from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator estimates the amount and cost of gasoline needed to complete a vacation trip." As long as you're going from one included city to another included city, this is a useful tool.
"Fossils across geological time presented in multiple contexts of geological history, the tree of life, paleobiology and evolution. The Virtual Fossil Museum is an educational resource providing an ever-growing extensive collection of fossil images."
With summer upon us, many of you may take this time to take up new hobbies. At your side is eHow, an online guide to pretty much everything. Sure, you may not turn into the next Sharapova or Roddick with a backhand learned from eHow, but you will be able to understand how to keep yourself from making technical mistakes. Also available is a guide to buying athletic shoes, handy for when you hit the clay. This is the indispensable guide for any Jack-or-Jill-of-all-trades.
A new beta product, that seems very up to the minute in the blog posts it captures. Compare your results with those on Blogpulse, and A-9, which will search blogs if you tell it to.
Does your mouse suffer from peanut butter and jelly stains? Ever conduct a conference call with a sleeping baby on your shoulder? If so, this site is for you.
If you're planning to travel overseas or have leftover money from a recent trip, the Universal Currency Converter will help you find out what your currency is worth overseas, helping you to judge how much to bring. The site features currencies from all over the world, even Slovenian Tolars. So in case you are planning a trip to Slovenia and would like to know how much US dollars are worth over there ($5.00 USD equals $986.00 in Tolars) the Currency Converter can help.
Perhaps you've been thinking, as I have, that the world could really use some good new ideas. Generating them is Martin Leith's business, and he lists and explains here every idea generation method he's come across -- alternative words, backward mapping, country music, and lots more tricks.
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