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Archive for February 2006

February 17th, 2006

Free Audio Books - LibriVox

Get free audio books with LibriVox - more from the site:
“LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net (podcast and catalog). Our objective is to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet. […]

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February 17th, 2006

SnowDays - “It’s Always Snowing Somewhere”

Ooohhh, pretty! Check out SnowDays to make your own snowflake, and then catch them, one by one. A wonderfully calming pastime for those of us who are longing for snow.

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February 15th, 2006

Essential Word Press Plug-ins

I love Word Press; it’s an extremely powerful blogging platform that doesn’t break down as much as other blogging interfaces (*cough cough*Blogger *cough cough* Movable Type *cough*). So make sure that you check out this list of essential Word Press plug-ins; it’s a constantly updated list and looks to have some good stuff on there.

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February 13th, 2006

Free Music Downloads

Free music downloads on the Web really do exist; as long as you’re willing to listen to music other than what’s on the radio and top 40 (for the most part). Here are a few places you can find free music downloads:

del.icio.us system:filetype:mp3: I came across this nifty little trick a while back; you can […]

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February 10th, 2006

Chuck Norris Facts

Chuck Norris could probably kick your rear twice today and three times on Sunday, so watch out. There’s lots of great facts like this on the Chuck Norris Facts site, such as:

Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.

There is no chin under Chuck Norris’ Beard. There is only another fist.

Chuck Norris drives an ice […]

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February 10th, 2006

Discover Sherlock Holmes

Stanford University has a great feature right now all about the master sleuth himself, Sherlock Holmes. Lots of great information here, including information about the time in which he lived and how it influenced his writings, downloadable readings, and archived novels.

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February 10th, 2006

Winter Olympics

I just did a round-up of 2006 Winter Olympics sites over at About Web Search; but you’ll also want to definitely check out b5’s new Olympics blog, Light The Torch. I must say that it’s already become one of my favorite sources of information on the Olympics.

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February 9th, 2006

A Huge List of BitTorrent Sites

Every BitTorrent site you could ever want is up at Web of Knowledge. What is a BitTorrent? Check out Isohunt, a BitTorrent Search Engine for my explanation of what BitTorrents are, where you can find them, and a review of a good BitTorrent search engine.

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February 6th, 2006

Mighty Goods - Shopping Blog

If you’re looking for a good shopping deal, but would rather have someone else do it…channeling Homer Simpson - “why can’t someone ELSE do it?”- then you need to check out the Mighty Goods Shopping Blog, where they track so much uber-cool merch it’s not funny. Yet another way to secretly keep up with […]

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February 6th, 2006

Things I Learn from my Patients - Student Doctor Network Forums

I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard in a long time - check out the Student Doctor Network Forums. Here’s a snippet or two:
“Tonight I learned yet another helpful life lesson from one of my patients. If you’re on the street corner selling coke and you see the cops coming to bust you don’t eat […]

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