WEDNESDAY

www.rte.ie
National broadcaster’s site gets a redesign but not necessarily any new content

windowsvistablog.com
So Windows Vista has launched (ho-hum) — read the blog of the creators here

www.nationmaster.com
Bottomless pit of stats and info about the countries of the world

TUESDAY

www.nme.com/awards
Full rundown of the NME Awards, including a chance to vote

Call centre revenge
Entertaining story of guy having problem with his Xbox
360 trying to get revenge on Microsoft

www.getafirstlife.com
Been playing virtual world Second Life a bit too much? This
satire tells you where you’re going wrong

MONDAY

www.fxguide.com
Want to know how the special effects on Hollywood blockbusters are achieved? The pros reveal the secrets . . .

www.irishwomenonline.com
Find like-minded members of the sisterhood for gossip and advice

www.pl104.com
FM104 launches a Polish edition of its website ... but no radio station, so far

FRIDAY

Corporate cringe
Cringe along with the Shell company song, allegedly created by staff on a motovational seminar.

Global warming
Footage of Tony Blair speaking on global warming introduces some scary statistics. Inspiring, eh?

Globetrotting tat
Clever set of Flickr photos involving tacky souvenirs snapped at famous locations

THURSDAY

www.radio-locator.com
Country-by-country guide to the world’s radio stations, many of which have online streams

www.brainpop.com
Cute animations teach schoolkids about science, health and
language. They’ll be learning and not even know it

www.funkyarcade.net/game188.html
What’s better than a free version of Pac-Man? Why, a free version of Ms Pac-Man, of course

WEDNESDAY

www.arkivmusic.com/classical/main.jsp
A great central resource for finding all your favourite classical recordings

tinyurl.com/ynqb2h
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole plays his ukelele and sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World

 

TUESDAY

www.vidmeter.com
League table of the top videos across the well known sharing sites such as YouTube, MySpace, etc

extremeironing.com
What started as a joke is now obviously being taken very seriously around the world

www.razzies.com
Read the full line-up of the ‘anti-Oscars’ announced yesterday
 

MONDAY

Stealing your own bike
It’s truly sad to watch what happens when some New Yorkers decide to steal their own bike on a crowded street

www.thecustard.tv
Daily guide to the best on TV, alerting you to new series and combing the far reaches of satellite land

www.chessandpoker.com
Solutions and strategies to popular card and board games, including sudoku and Rubik’s Cube

 

FRIDAY

www.glumbert.com
Another YouTube wannabe, this one devoted to the zaniest vids on the net

www.myvue.com/schools
Cinema chain is offering schools a neat way to raise money by offering free screenings of movies

Endless entertainment
The 101 top web games for 2007 as picked by the experts at 1up.com

 

THURSDAY

www.parkatmyhouse.com
It’s UK-only so far but a genius idea — rent a parking space from someone who has a driveway but no car

www.streamick.com
Forget Sky and NTL, here’s a healthy selection of online TV channels

festival.sundance.org/2007/
The revered Sundance Film Festival is making many of its short flicks free online from today

WEDNESDAY

Crazy spiders
Wacky video spoofing anti-drug adverts — but using spiders

www.pledgebank.com
Be a good citizen and make a promise to improve your community — if others will help

awards.ie
If you like an Irish blog, why not nominate it for the Irish Blog Awards?

 

TUESDAY

www.finetune.com
Create a streaming radio station based on your music preferences

www.comedycentral.com/motherload
Tons of amusing clips from those funny guys and gals at Comedy Central

www.chicklit.co.uk
Fans of women’s fiction will feel right at home at this guide to the best books for gals

 

MONDAY

newsbiscuit.com
Cynical, sarcastic and scathing — just how we like our fake news sites

www.flightoftheearls.ie
It’s the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls. Read all about it

cranky.com
A search engine for the over-50s, simplifying all this internet stuff for the silver surfers
 

FRIDAY

www.classicsandjazz.co.uk
We're nothing if not cultured at Herald AM and this new
music site offers downloads of, well, guess . . .

shorttext.com
Incredibly simple way to post text or images online, like a
once-off blog, for example

runfatboy.net
Need motivation or excuse to start a New Year
diet/exercise programme?

THURSDAY

www.ovguide.com
A sort of RTE Guide for online video, connecting you with
YouTube and its many imitators

www.rip.ie
Unusual resource for anyone faced with planning a funeral
or simply finding out who’s died

runningfromcamera.blogspot.com
Only on the internet ... a collection of photos of
self-portraits of people running away

WEDNESDAY

Video ga-ga
Alternative music site DoCopenhagen’s favourite music
videos

cookingcute.com
It’s time to tackle that end-of-year bulge, and the best way
is by making delicious stuff to take to work

en.wikisource.org
Thousands of out-of-copyright works, with many classics,
even one by Bertie Ahern, online for your delectation

TUESDAY

www.earthalbum.com
Searchable world map which pulls the best images from
photo-sharing site Flickr

www.chinesepod.com
We know you've all been busting to learn Mandarin
Chinese. Now you can with these podcasts

www.bafta.org
Full list and bios of the nominees in this year's Bafta Rising
Star category

MONDAY

www.moviebodycounts.com
Macabre site tallying the deaths in every movie. At the top
so far: Lord of the Rings

www.letterpop.com
Build your own colourful newsletters using stylish
templates for easy e-mailing to others

Galaxy gazing
Beautiful pictures of faraway galaxies taken by Nasa’s
giant telescopes. No aliens in sight, though

FRIDAY

www.flashearth.com
View half a dozen competing map/satellite sites in one
window

www.platform11.org
The home of the Irish rail users group — share your
grievances and make your voice heard

Have a nose around Tony's gaff
See inside No. 10 Downing Street and take a virtual tour

THURSDAY

www.channel4.com/bigbrother
All the news of one of the world’s great directors, a
Bollywood star, Face from the A-Team et al

Penguins go hip-hop
The gangsta remix of Happy Feet has already had almost
half a million hits on YouTube

media-convert.com
Free web converter magics files up to 100MB from one
format to another

WEDNESDAY

www.starwarscutscenes.com
The greatest story ever told left some bits on the
cutting-room floor. Here they are

www.popcap.com
Lots of free browser games from the people who brought
us the classic Bejeweled

www.willitblend.com
What happens when you stick a Barbie in a blender? Or a
crowbar? Or an oyster. Watch and learn

TUESDAY

www.last.fm
Tell this online `radio station' what kind of music you like,
and it'll play it for you

Soul legend James Brown in action, RIP
James Brown performs I Feel Good. Classic performance
from the late great soul artist

Learn the lingo, podcast-style
Want to learn a language in 2007? This is the ultimate
collection of multilingual podcasts