WEDNESDAY

naama.fi
Finns can see who to vote for in elections by uploading their photo and choosing the representative who looks most like them

Easy cleaning
This blog teaches you how to clean like a maid, with fabulous tips for those dishpan hands

Movie star scientist
Jim Carrey and Conan O’Brien talk quantum physics ... stuff you knew anyway, but fun to hear it again

TUESDAY

straycinema.com
Induldge your inner movie director by download a film, re-cutting it and uploading the result

www.slowtrav.com
First we had the Slow Food movement, now here’s the similar Slow Travel campaign.

aurgasm.us
Music fans will find much to savour in this blog showcasing undiscovered gems

MONDAY

www.oscars.com
The full rundown on last night’s gong-giving, tears and speeches

prairiehome.publicradio.org/about/podcast
The genial wit of Garrison ‘Lake Woebegone Days’ Keillor’s radio show is now available in podcast form

www.sky-map.org
Amazing browseable maps of the constellations featuring
gorgeous photos

FRIDAY

wis.dm
Oh, the wit. And the wisdom of the internet from collective bookmarking

www2.b3ta.com/namethatbeard
Some beards are instantly recognisable — check if your memory is up to snuff

www.laboratory101.com/?p?51
How could you ignore a page titled ‘101 animations you must see before you die’?

THURSDAY

www.celebrities-eating.com
Curiosity is all very well — but do we really need to know what celebs look like stuffing their faces?

reddit.com

Another link-fest, guaranteed to produce a decent lunchbreak’s reading every day

www.8notes.com
Free sheet music for all you talented instrumentalists in need of something to play

WEDNESDAY

www.onemorelevel.com
We know you’d rather be playing than working, so here’s a ton of free web browser games to keep you busy

www2.b3ta.com/gruesometwosomes
Quick quiz testing your knowledge of famous duos. Which one’s Ant and which is Dec?

www.youtube.com/chelseafc
Official video clips straight from Stamford Bridge — just don’t expect any controversial stuff

TUESDAY

soapbox.msn.com
Microsoft finally launches its YouTube wannabe and it’s full of the usual knockabout stuff

Bog trotting
The toilets of the world, as seen through the eyes of a determined tourist. Not for the squeamish

www.findsounds.com
Search for sound effects for use on your computer (or home movies, etc)

MONDAY

Britney goes bald
Shear horror: the scene when Britney took the buzzcutter to her scalp

tinymap.net
Quick-loading and easy map to find your way around the world, with satellite, street or hybrid views

Book trouble
A medieval techie shows a noob how to use a ‘book’ (“Thousands of pages of text are saved in there”)

FRIDAY

antiquities.org.il
Israel is broadcasting its dig in a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, to prove it’s not damaging the antiquities

Right up your street
‘Buy immortal! in Ivad’ offers the website of Hungarian village Ivad, which offers you the right to have a street named after you, for cash

Cute kids
Here’s how the world is through the eyes of a child

THURSDAY

Gates vs Jobs
The Apple vs PC war finally sorted out in an uber-battle between Gates and Jobs using light sabres and iconic icons

The reformation
The Police at the Grammys. You don’t have to put on the red lightttt . . .

Hard on the ears
Nostalgia time for Mac-lovers: Jared, Butcher of Song, returns from the 1990s as a widget

WEDNESDAY

You go, guys
Painstakingly created video for US rockers OK Go, all shot in one take apparently

makeachange.ie
The Labour Party has gone all multimedia on us and, predictably, wants our vote

www.hotprisonpals.com
It’s Valentine’s Day and if you’re still looking for love, some prison inmates would like to hear from you

TUESDAY

www.thepolicetour.com
All the info on the reformed Police tour, straight from the horse’s mouth

www.rpmchallenge.com
Musicians are challenged to record an entire album in just a month. Anyone can participate

labs.digg.com/bigspy
Visually impressive and constantly updated list of the hot
stories at geek tech site Digg

MONDAY

www.zeebys.com
Everybody has their own awards ceremony these days — and the world of free online games is no different

www.morguefile.com
If you’re ever looking for freely reusable stock photos, the charmingly titled Morgue File is your man

www.hp-lexicon.org
Everything you ever wanted to know about Harry Potter but were afraid to ask

FRIDAY

www.gmail.com
Is there anyone without a Gmail account? Now it’s been made freely available instead of invitation-only

www.guinnesshands.com
Amusing animation plugging the stout, but you can also do your own mash-up

www.amillionpenguins.com
Here’s writing by democracy - a novel co-authored by anyone who wants to add a bit

THURSDAY

www.simshorts.com
Ingenious web users create movies using tools from The Sims games, with entertaining results

www.dailycandy.com
Acerbic online magazine which produced the guide to awards seasons slang

www.flixxy.com
Latest in a long line of YouTube hangers-on, promising the cream of the vids from all sites

WEDNESDAY

Friendly fire on tape
The full video of the tragic friendly-fire incident in Iraq which is causing so much controversy (see page 8)

www.rte.ie/tv/listing.html
RTE reintroduces its mighty handy online TV listings — shame there aren’t more days in advance to it

www.webwise.ie
Yesterday was Safer Internet Day, learn how to protect yourself and your kids online

TUESDAY

www.stellaawards.com
It doesn’t look great but the Stella site reveals the most bizarre lawsuits in America

Short Irish film
Several Irish short films now available to view on your PSP, but paranoid Sony makes it so difficult to download them

search.gov.ie
First port of call if you’re looking for some info from the Government

MONDAY

www.linerider.com
Internet phenomenon which asks you to draw a landscape on-screen for your little sled man to follow

www.groundhog.org
The legendary Punxsutawney Phil — remember the Bill Murray movie? — has given his verdict for the coming year

digicc.com/fido/
Number puzzle in which Fido of 7Up fame guesses a digit you’re thinking of. Irritatingly, he always gets it right

FRIDAY

www.jkrowling.com
Get the dope on Harry’s last adventure, straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak

Read the news, learn a language
Learn foreign languages through freely available news
podcasts

www.convinceme.net
Which are better: ninjas or pirates? This — and many other philosophical conundrums — are debated at ConvinceMe

THURSDAY

smashingtelly.com
The weirdest and the wildest from the goggle box around the world

www.guinnessfantasyrugby.com
The Six Nations starts on Sunday, see if you can pick the winning team

www.stpatricksfestival.ie
The festival of green beer and silly hats returns for another weekend of shenanigans