Great Travel Game
December 31, 2007
If you think you know a lot about geography, try the Travel IQ Challenge. It’s an online game that provides you with a map and then asks you to locate places as closely as possible with your cursor. The goal is to come as close as possible in the least amount of time (you score points for both). They start out easy with well-known world cities and then it gets more difficult with each succeeding level. Can you locate Hamilton, Bermuda?
Baby Safety And Childproofing
December 28, 2007
From Bob Vila’s One Step Ahead comes information on childproofing your home. There are tips for every room–including the stairs, and links to other child safety sites.
PBS Kids: Managing Money
December 27, 2007
Here’s a great site from PBS Kids to help teach your children about managing their money. Topics presented include: needs vs. wants, set money goals, expect expenses, track your cash flow, create a budget, make a saving plan and more.
Landmark Trust Properties
December 26, 2007
If you have ever wanted to stay in a historic building or one that is architecturally interesting while on vacation–look into The Landmark Trust properties in Great Britain. They own a collection of marvelous buildings all over England and Scotland with a handful in Italy (including a Palladian villa) and the U.S.
Wired Magazine’s “Gifts For Every Geek”
December 23, 2007
Wired Magazine presents their list of holiday gift possibilities for everyone on your list.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/magazine/15-12/wl_gifts
Last Minute Holiday Gift Tips
December 21, 2007
The New York Times has put together a Holiday Gift Guide for those of us you who may need some last minute ideas.
Liftopia–Ski More, Pay Less
December 10, 2007
Liftopia offers lift ticket discounts for ski resorts across the U.S. and Canada. Many of these great deals stem from the tickets being pre-paid and non-refundable but that’s fine as long as you understand the rules. You can search for deals by region or resort. They provide a list of the Top Deals on the front page and you can also subscribe to receive e-mail notification of exclusive offers and deals on discount lift tickets.
TED, Ideas Worth Spreading
December 7, 2007
“TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 150 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.”
What attendees say about TED:
“Thank you a thousand times for inviting me to your wonderful TED conference. I regret not only that I was not at every moment of it, but especially that I missed all the previous ones! It was a great and stimulating experience as well as a lot of fun.”
— Rupert Murdoch, chair & CEO, The News Corporation
“At each TED conference something important happens to me: a new business, a new friend. I return exhilarated.”
— Nicholas Negroponte, director emeritus & co-founder, MIT Media Lab
“Sign me up for next year.”
— Al Gore, activist
“I wasn’t prepared for this conference to be so profound. The combined IQ of the attendees is incredible.”
— Bill Gates, Microsoft
“A mind-opening experience. If it opens any more, I am afraid it will float past the ozone layer.”
— Amy Tan, author
“It was INCREDIBLE. I had a wonderful time and met a thousand fascinating people.”
— Malcolm Gladwell, author
Consumer Reports’ Hot Toys 2007
December 3, 2007
In their inimitable fashion, Consumer Reports tossed a group of 6-12 year-olds into a room full of toys and watched what happened. The result is their list of favorite toys for this year, broken down by genre: arts & crafts, building toys, electronic toys, games, learning toys and video games. To see the specific toys, click on ‘How the toys stacked up’. There are also links to toys for babies and toys for preschoolers.
