Miscellaneous Resources 

• 100 Blogs That Should Be Required Reading in College
  "To supplement your learning in class and on campus, and to prepare you for the real world after college, subscribe to these blogs on current events, personal finance, the job search, personal development, and more."
• About Daylight Saving Time
  "Learn the history of daylight saving, from Benjamin Franklin to the present..."
• April Fool's Day History / Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes / Introducing Gmail Paper
  Sites about April Fools plus one of Google's annual April Fools jokes.
• Awesome People
  "My goal at Awesome People is to profile people who do and achieve amazing things. I don’t care what makes them awesome — I just want to write about the incredible stuff that people are capable of doing."
• The Bad Fads Museum
  "Browse through the fun and fascinating fashion, collectible, activity and event fads of the last 100 years."
• The Browser
  "TheBrowser is creating a 21st century library of Writing Worth Reading. We aim to help our readers discover the best writing available by recommending articles, interviews and books that are of interest to the intellectually curious reader."
• Calendar Conversion (Fourmilab)
  Calendar Conversion (Funaba.org)
  Sites show the current date in a variety of calendars and allows conversion from one system to another.
• Cell Phone Users - In Case of Emergency
  Exlains how to set up an "ICE" contact on your cellphone and why that's a good idea.
• CHESS TOOLBOX: 30+ Online Chess Resources
  Links with short descriptions to chess sites online.
• Circus
  Tie-in to a 6-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns about the world of the circus.
• Digital Detox Week
  Held the end of April, Digital Detox Week challenges you to "say good-bye to Twitter and Facebook for a week. To turn off your TV, iPhone and Xbox for seven days and reconnect with the natural world and the people around you."
• Fall Colors Depend on Weather Changes
  An article from USAToday about annual fall colors.
• Find a Camp! American Camping Association
  Search for a camp by type, affiliation, age group, location, and more.
• First Aid Tips for Pet Owners
  "The following links summarize the basics you need for giving first aid care to your pet."
• Improbable Research
  "Our goal is to make people laugh, then make them think. We also hope to spur people's curiosity, and to raise the question: How do you decide what's important and what's not, and what's real and what's not -- in science and everywhere else?"
• The Merchants of Cool
  "FRONTLINE journeys into the world of the marketers of popular culture to teenagers." From PBS.
• The Miracle of Fall
  Why leaves change color, fall festivals, activities, and links to lots of pictures of autumn colors.
• Movember
  "Movember is the month formerly known as November, where men and women across the globe join together to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues."
• National Geographic Online Presents: Coffee
  From coffee growing to coffee drinking, National Geographic looks at this popular beverage.
• Nobelprize.org
  "Here you will find information for every Nobel Prize since 1901, including the Nobel Laureates' biographies, Nobel Lectures, interviews, photos, articles, video clips, press releases, educational games and more."
• Preparing an Emergency Kit in Plain English
  The why and hows of preparing an emergency kit (or 'go-bag') explained in a short video.
• Pulitzer Prize
  "Honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917."
• NORAD Tracks Santa
  Annual online tracking of Santa's travels around the globe.
• Obsolete Skills
  List of skills which are no longer useful, with brief explanations of each one.
• Slate Magazine: Explainer
  Short articles explaining various issues brought up by current news stories such as "When is Hockey Violence Illegal?" and "When Can a Judge Declare a Mistrial?".
• The Oldest Trees on the Planet
  "This [photo] gallery contains images of some of the oldest, most venerable and impressive trees on earth."
• USGenWeb
  "A group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone."
• WebExhibits.org
  Hundreds of online exhibits in topics from art to technology, available for free viewing.
• Zombies in Plain English
  Short Common Craft video discussing the zombie threat and how to deal with it. (humor)