Miscellaneous Resources 

• Top 10 Free Genealogy Websites to Find Ancestors
  Descriptions and links from the MakeUseOf blog.
• 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.
• The Bad Fads Museum
  "Browse through the fun and fascinating fashion, collectible, activity and event fads of the last 100 years."
• 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.
• 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."
• Emergency Kits in Plain English
  The why and hows of preparing an emergency kit (or 'go-bag') explained in a short video.
• 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.
• National Day of Listening
  "On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood." Includes archived interviews. Sponsored by StoryCorps.
• 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."
• 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?".
• Television
  • FCIC Consumer Focus: Moving from Analog to Digital TV
    "Get the answers to the important questions you need to ask today, so you can make the best choices for yourself or your family before February, 2009."
  • Encyclopedia of Television
    "More than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal." Plus photos and other information.
• 2008 in Photos
  From the Boston Globe.
• 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)