MIT Media Lab: $100 Laptop

"The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop - a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created. The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop that will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data. These rugged laptops will be WiFi- and cell phone-enabled, and have USB ports galore. Its current specifications are: 500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel."

Learn more about the One Laptop per Child program at: MIT Media Lab: $100 Laptop

OKCupid! The 2-Variable Intuition Test

"IQ Tests are a dime a dozen. That's like a nickel each.

My Intuition Test is way different because it measures your natural instincts in two completely different realms of thinking: SCIENCE and EMOTION. In other words, you'll score well if have a knack for guessing about human nature and/or a knack for guessing about cold hard facts.

It's very simple: I'll ask you some difficult (hopefully interesting!) questions and all you have to deal is tell me which answer seems more 'right'. No one is expected to know any of the answers outright. Just do your best!

This test does not require any prior knowledge, other than how to read and massively forward your results all over the Internet."

Intuition test begins here: OKCupid! The 2-Variable Intuition Test

Build a Disaster Supplies Kit

"There are six basics you should stock for your home in the case of an emergency: water, food, first aid supplies, clothing and bedding, tools and emergency supplies, and special items for medical conditions. Keep the items that you would most likely need during an evacuation in an easy-to carry container. Below is a link to a comprehensive list of what should be included in your kit."

Learn what you need to have in your kit at: American Red Cross

The Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary Resources

"phrontistery FRON-tis-te-ri, n a thinking-place [Gr phrontisterion from phrontistes a thinker, from phroneein to think; applied by Aristophanes to the school of Socrates]

Welcome to the Phrontistery! Since 1996, Steve Chrisomalis has compiled word lists on various topics in order to spread the joy of the English language. If you're looking for an online dictionary, a word list on a given topic, or the definitions to rare and unusual words, the Phrontistery is for you. Here, you will find his 15,500-word dictionary of obscure and rare words, the International House of Logorrhea, as well as many glossaries, word lists, and other English language and etymology resources."

Looking for a thinking-place? Then visit: The Phrontistery: Obscure Words and Vocabulary Resources

The Daily SuDoku

"The object is to insert the numbers in the boxes to satisfy only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. What could be simpler? Today's SuDoku is shown above. Visit the archive for previous daily puzzles and solutions. Draw, solve and get hints on a puzzle using the SuDoku Drawer."

Having problems solving this SuDoku? If so visit here for the solution: The Daily SuDoku

ScriptCrawler - free screenplays, transcripts, teleplays...

Want to read a movie?
Batman Begins. Tron. Casablanca. Scriptcrawler has hundreds of movie, television, and radio scripts available for free download. Search for your favorite film! Some titles include older drafts, so you can read the scenes that didn't make it to the movie. Like the legendary Luke Skywalker/Biggs scenes cut from the beginning of Star Wars. (source of text review: eLink - EarthLink Newsletter - Sept. 12th, 2005).

Lights, Camera, Script! ScriptCrawler - free screenplays, transcripts, teleplays...

Palindromelist.com - A Huge List of Palindromes

"Palindrome: A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
Boston dad not S.O.B.
Boston did not sob
Bombard a drab mob.
Too hot to hoot
Top spot
Tie it"

Vanna, wanna V? at:Palindromelist.com - A Huge List of Palindromes

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 363,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs,illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more."

Visit the gallery at: New York Public Library Digital Gallery