Resource: Atomic Time

http://surge.ods.org/moments/y2k+1.htm

A little New Year fable for everyone.

Happy 2007!
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Resource: Car Games

http://www.momsminivan.com/printables.html

"Be prepared with a few goodies to take with you. It's not hard to plan
ahead. Here are some direct links to items you can print and play. Stick them
in the car and pull them out as a surprise." -

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Resource: Paper iPod Covers

http://www.ipapercraft.com/

"Create your own papercraft iPod cover online - for free, and with any
graphic (up to 2MB in size)."

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Resource: Quintera Search for Kids

http://kids.quintura.com/

"Quintura for Kids is a child- and school-friendly version of the Quintura
See & Find search engine, which employs a cloud-like environment for
conducting web searches." -

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Resource: SolarWolf

http://www.pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf/

"SolarWolf is an action/arcade game written in Python. It is free and open
source, created with the Pygame game development library." -

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Resource: Stellarium

http://www.stellarium.org/

"Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a
realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or
a telescope." -

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Resource: You can't tell people anything

http://www.fudco.com/habitat/archives/000014.html

You can't tell people anything. This is a very insightful (brief) article
that has a huge nugget of wisdom. You know those times when you're trying to
explain, and the other person just, well, doesn't GET it? It's not you....
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Resource: Tux Typing

http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/

[Steve's note: Open source project - available for most OS'es.]

""Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor for children. It features
several different types of gameplay, at a variety of difficulty levels." -

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Resource: Tux Racer

http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/index.html

"Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux Penguin as he races
down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title!
Tux Racer includes a variety of options for gameplay, including the ability
to race courses in fog, at night, and under high winds." -

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Resource: Dr Seuss & Malaria

http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/ann1.htm

"A little known Dr. Seuss book about Ann, the malaria-carrying mosquito.
No, really. ;)"
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Resource: How To Use Furoshiki

http://www.env.go.jp/en/focus/attach/060403-5.html

Furoshiki is apparently the art of creatively wrapping things in a single bit
of cloth - and decoratively, too. With some cast-off (but cool) cloth, this
could be a reusable replacement for wrapping paper!

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Resource: How to Get Rid of Junk Mail

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Junk-Mail

"Is your mailbox running over, full of stuff you don't want? Junk mail wastes
tremendous amounts of paper. It also piles up on your table, wastes your
time, and competes for your attention. With a small investment of time, you
can stop the flow at its source." -

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Resource: Search the Invisible Web

http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/invisible-web

"When you use a search engine on the Internet and can't find what you're
looking for, what do you do? Maybe you're seeking to learn something, which
means you're probably going to keep trying until you find it. Or give up in
frustration. Don't give up that easily. There's information out there that is
actually not indexed in the big search engines. Such Web pages are part of
what's called the Dark, Deep, Hidden or Invisible Web." -

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Resource: LEGO (tm) instructions

http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/year/index.htm

Instructions for EVERY Lego (tm) set EVER. Organized by year of release.
'Nuff said.

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Resource: The Surface of the Sun

http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/index.html

"The sun's photosphere is often mistakenly referred to as the surface of the
sun. In reality however, the sun's photosphere is only a "liquid-like"
plasma layer made of neon that covers the actual surface of the sun." -

The sun has a rigid iron surface located under the photosphere that is
revealed by satellite imagery. The solar surface sits beneath the sun's
visible photosphere and is electrically active.

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Resource: Footprint Calculators

http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/ecological_footprint_calculator.htm

"Ecological footprint calculators can help you determine the environmental
impact of your activities. If you cannot eliminate or reduce the cause of the
pollution, carbon offset services will provide affordable options to
neutralize your carbon emissions." -

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Resource: Pocket Tripod

http://www.instructables.com/id/EGJ8H5G5ZVEV2Z5IR8/?ALLSTEPS

"A usefully tripod that's easy to make and fits in your pocket. It uses stiff
wire wrapped in electrical tape as legs, and taped to a bolt. I have like 4
now so i'll give one to my friend that wanted one." -

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Resource: Thumb Drive Drive

http://www.inveneo.org/?q=Thumbdrive

"Do you have old thumb drives (otherwise known as USB Memory Sticks) at your
office or home that you don't use anymore? We'd love to collect these drives
and share them with the organizations we work with." -

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Resource: 50 Works of Art To See

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/56809

[Steve's note: There are links to images of these 50 works at the top of the
page. A little way down in the page, however, the remarks occassionally get
rude. I would just bother with the links, IMHO.]

"50 works of art you should see before you die, according to Guardian art
critic Jonathan Jones and his readers--"probably the most learned cyber-
community on the web."

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Resource: Greening your life

http://www.treehugger.com/gogreen.php

"We present below, a plethora of handy guides to help you green your lives
with ease, while understanding why. Our aim is over 100 guides so do come
back to visit. And please tell your friends, family and colleagues! Most of
us understand that we need to do something, some of us understand what to do
but few of us are actually doing anything...Carpe diem kids!" -

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Resource: Making A Lego Brick

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/11/1129_makingof_lego/index_01.htm

"Each LEGO brick must have that perfect grasp -- strong enough to hold onto
another brick but easy enough for a child to pull apart. The production of
LEGO bricks is so accurate that only 18 out of 1 million LEGO elements
produced is considered defective. It's an astonishing number, considering
that 15 billion LEGO components are made every year. We take a look at how
classic LEGO bricks are made." -

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Resource: WorkRave

http://www.workrave.org/welcome/

"Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take
micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit." -

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Resource: Funny - Scared of Santa

[Happy St. Nicholas' Day! - Steve]

http://tinyurl.com/3nlf3

OR

http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-
scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery?index=1

"Nothing says Happy Holidays like a photo of sweet little toddlers screaming
at Santa. A couple of years ago, the Chicago Tribune asked readers to send in
their "Scared of Santa" photos. Those photos are included here, as well as
additional photos sent in by SouthFlorida.com, Sun-Sentinel.com and Chicago
Tribune readers in subsequent years. Enjoy!" -

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Resource: Home Organizing

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/ah_organizing_storage/

HGTV has a lot of tips on organizing your home. Since you may have already
rearranged a bunch for decorations, take this opportunity to put it back in a
better way than you found it!

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Resource: Home Energy Saver

http://hes.lbl.gov/

"Investing in a home on your street could be more profitable than investing
on Wall Street." -

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Resource: 3D snowflake

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-3D-Paper-Snowflake

"This is a little more complicated than a two-dimensional paper snowflake but
it looks excellent and is a suitable craft for children adept with scissors
and who have patience in making crafts. It will produce a 6-armed three-
dimensional snowflake decoration that makes a perfect tree decoration or
window-hanger." -

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Resource: Iran-Contra 20 Years Later

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm

"On November 25, 1986, the biggest political and constitutional scandal since
Watergate exploded in Washington when President Ronald Reagan told a packed
White House news conference that funds derived from covert arms deals with
the Islamic Republic of Iran had been diverted to buy weapons for the U.S.-
backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua." -

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Resource: XP Command Line

http://tinyurl.com/elaet

OR

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-
us/ntcmds.mspx

An A-Z commandline reference for WinXP. Much goodness for unlocking your
system's goodness. :)

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Resource: Learn Faster

http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge

"Here are 77 tips related to knowledge and learning to help you on your
quest. A few are specifically for students in traditional learning
institutions; the rest for self-starters, or those learning on their own.
Happy learning." -

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