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SERVICE.
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a service to my loyal readers (and those who stumbled here by accident
and haven't hit the back button on their browser just yet), I'm
providing some of my favorite recent bookmarks (many acquired from MonkeyFilter
in the past several months). Yep, go ahead and file this
weblog entry under "Lazy, Extremely".
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BUILDINGS.
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MAPPING.
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INTERESTING.
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It's
about time that I admit to being a closet skyscraper enthusiast. SkyscraperPage.com
rocks my world with some great info, photos, and diagrams.
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I no longer use Mapquest. Or
Yahoo! Maps, for that matter. My new favorite is Google Maps because it lets you drag your mouse to move over different
part of your map. It's a beta version, but I won't be using anything else.
Also, TerraFly
is pretty cool if you're just looking for aerial photos of the United
States. Look, that's my house!
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A couple of sites that I find simply fascinating: logotypes.ru
has over 5,000 corporate logos available for download and there are
a number of sites
dedicated to photos
of shipbreaking.
Good stuff.
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LANGUAGE.
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ODD MUSIC.
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There
are thousands of sites and directories out there dedicated to
linguistics and I've found that languagehat.com
is the best starting point. Great language blog and too many good links
to mention. Oh, and I could easily waste several hours looking through Common
Errors in English.
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And
although I've probably mentioned this little ditty before, Badgerphone
is the best animation-and-song on the web. That tune will stick in your
head all freakin' day.
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PASSWORD.
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The
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Hate sites that require
logins? Go to BugMeNot.com
and see if some other generous web-user has provided a free login/password
for others to use. I've found that you can pretty much get into any
well-known site (such as the NY Times, etc.) using BugMeNot.
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SHOPPING.
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USED.
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Since
I buy pretty much everything online, I'm always on the prowl for
discounts. BradsDeals.com
is as good as any out there, I suppose. And while we're on the topic of
discounting, I highly recommend Business-Supply.com
for office supplies. Although they don't have the widest selection,
their prices are pretty low and they offer free next day shipping on
orders over $45. Yes, free. Yes, next day. That's pretty cool.
(Okay, enough shilling for them.)
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More Shopping: Since I tend to lose golf balls by the bucketload, buying new balls
would be pretty stupid. Instead, I buy used balls at UsedGolfBallDeals.com. I can get a 50-pack of almost-new Pinnacles for
16 bucks, which is hella good.
(And I'm done shilling for these guys too).
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2000-2005 by gja.
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