MONDAY

www.geograph.org.uk
Intriguing collection of photos aiming to represent every square kilometre of Ireland and Britain

www.rockthevote.ie
The political party leaders have been trying blogging ... someone should tell them just one post won’t do

Hello, Don
Everybody needs a cool Mafia nickname ... this site will tell you yours

FRIDAY

www.mycandidate.ie
Impressively comprehensive rundown of the candidates running in this year's general election

shrek.aol.com
The third Shrek movie is about to hit cinemas and here you can play some webgames while you wait

Mind your Muppets
The Muppets — Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker — sing Danny Boy with predictably side-splitting results

THURSDAY

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WEDNESDAY

picturedots.com
Online version of join-the-dots puzzles, you can even make your own from your photos

Comics as gaeilge
Mayo publisher has great graphic novels of the Tain, etc, in Irish. And the Irish for ‘Nnngg!’ is?

hearourvoice.ie
Election site from the National Youth Council rating the candidates on their attitude to the young

TUESDAY

www.irishelection.com/awards
Next month’s election will generate lots of sound and fury online — these awards aim to recognise the best of it

www.clipmarks.com
Smart, free tool to let you “clip” bits of webpages you want to keep, much as you would a magazine or newspaper

www.rocketboom.com
One of better videoblogs out there, usually with something interesting to say

MONDAY

www.songmeanings.net
Plenty of lyrics sites tell you what your favourite band is singing, few let you find about what they mean

www.rememberthemilk.com
Ultra-simple and thus highly usable site to provide reminders for to-do items, birthdays, etc.

www.flylc.com
Handy listing of all low-cost European airlines, their destinations and departure airports

FRIDAY

Can you dig it?
Oldie but a goodie: singers in their 90s perform The Who’s classic My Generation. Hope y’all dig what we all say.

Shrinking game
At first the game seems so simple; your red ball must avoid the black balls. But your ball keeps shrinking.

Internet TV
100 TV channels on the internet, including everything from Al-Jazeera to MTV. A technology in the making.

THURSDAY

www.worldwidewords.org
Pedants like us love sites like this which dig out the origins of weird words and phrases

www.xboxlivegamingcentre.com/cup.html
More than €25,000 in prizes to won be playing Pro Evo Soccer in an Irish Xbox 360 competition

www.photonhead.com
If you’re a little intimidated by photography but still keen to get snapping, Photonhead will help

WEDNESDAY

www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm
Ever notice how the food in fast-foods ads never looks quite like the stuff you’re served? You’re not the only one

Wacky theory
Singer answers the not-so-burning question: What if The Beatles were Irish?

saoma.com/central
Eye-opening collection of strange statues from around the world

TUESDAY

welltoldtales.com
Podcasts of pulp fiction short stories read by professional actors

South Park guys' first project
Little known first project of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone featuring Spielberg and Stallone

www.nimble.ie
Irish wannabe rival to Bebo is in need of a good spelling and punctuation checker

MONDAY

www.sleepinginairports.net
Backpackers’ guide to slumming in it in airports rather than paying for a hotel

viewmy.tv
Another site cataloguing the breadth of online TV around the world

www.wiicade.com
If you’re wondering where to go with your Nintendo Wii’s web browser, these games will keep you amused

FRIDAY

www.webbyawards.com
The Oscars of the web have drawn up their nominees for the best of the year

www.golakes.co.uk/wordsworthrap
William’s Wordsworth poetry set to a hip-hop beat. No, really.

www.manbookerinternational.com
Full rundown of the prestigious prize for authors

THURSDAY

www.dumpr.net/museumr.php
Put your photos in a virtual musuem for all to see with this clever use of picture-sharing site Flickr

www.dail30.ie
Ambitious site planning to interview all 166 new TDs after the general election about their plans. Good luck getting anything meaningful out them

WEDNESDAY

3D in action
Fascinating YouTube video of how 3D software can create moving pictures from a still image

www.samaritans.org/artprize
A prize of two grand for the winner of this competition to create artwork dealing with mental health

www.wolfgangsvault.com
Vast archive of rock’n’roll history including free audio of legendary bands such as The Grateful Dead

TUESDAY

www.file-swap.com
Upload any file (picture, document, etc), get a random one from a stranger. Yes, it’s sad but fun

www.comicvine.com
Comic book fans need look no further than this encylopaedia of famous characters, writers, artists

talkstreamlive.com
The most popular online radio stations, updated constantly according to number of listeners

THURSDAY

www.impacdublinaward.ie
Full rundown on the Impac award, the richest prize in fiction

liberatedgames.org
Interesting list of well-known videogames now free and legally available to download

www.2spare.com
These jokes/games/oddities sites are ten-a-penny on the net but if you’ve a few minutes to waste...

WEDNESDAY

www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD
Hugely addictive browser game involving building missile launchers to tackle invaders

www.vuguru.com
New web video company from former head of Disney showing episodes of specially created drama

www.sorryaboutourpresident.com
Years after it first started, site apologising for George Bush still getting hits

TUESDAY

www.google.com/notebook
The ever-industrious Googlers have churned out another free piece of software — this one keeps tracks of little notes for you

www.picnik.com
Store and edit your photos online — fixing red-eye, poor exposure with just a few clicks. Best of all, there’s no download required

MONDAY

www.justin.tv
Would you wear a webcam 24/7 . . . even in the toilet, even on a date? Justin claims he does

www.ismybabyhealthy.ie
The Royal College of Surgeons goes online to try to help pregnant women with many questions about their baby

www.dublinonecityonebook.ie
What if everyone in Dublin read the same book this month? The city council is trying to get us do just that