FRIDAY

www.overheardindublin.com
Dublin wit, as overheard by others. Feel free to post your own

www.vivalagames.com/play/picto
Test your memory with this simple game of spot the shape

Long shot
Film buffs will enjoy this list of the greatest tracking shots in movie history — then you can watch them

THURSDAY

A drink too far?
You be the judge: was Nicolas Sarkozy very tired after his summit with Putin?

Paid to play
Dreams can come true: you can be paid to surf the web, in the Mahalo Greenhouse project

expensr.com
Where did all my money go? Find out, with this free online money manager

WEDNESDAY

www.musicovery.com
What music are you in the mood for today? Discover new bands according to your outlook

Spot the porkie
How can you tell if someone’s lying? Derren Brown has some ideas

Enduring appeal
For those of you who miss the Scouse tones of John Peel, here’s an archive of some of his best BBC Radio 1 shows

TUESDAY

www.jumbojoke.com
Everyone needs a laugh and this site has some consistently funny stuff worth passing on

Ageing disgracefully
A little bit of Photoshop works shows what some celebs will look like in 2034

www.satelliteballet.com
The all-seeing eye of Google has caught some interesting snaps with its satellite view

MONDAY

Wrong turn
Silly street signs from around the world. Fun, but not always for all the family

sputtr.com
The ultimate search engine combines every possible major engine on one page

Save yourself
Interest rates are going up ... here’s a handy guide to how Swiss bank accounts work

FRIDAY

www.oxfamireland.org/oxjam
Raise money for Oxfam with a music event and your band could end up on MTV

Morphing women
Half a millennium of female portraits squashed into a three-minute video cleverly morphing from one to the other

www.lynxvice.com
Try to ignore the sales pitch and this teaser site for a deodorant is worth a visit for its puzzles

THURSDAY

www.webbyawards.com
The Oscars of the internet were presented this week — browse the winners here

www.rte.ie/tv/hollywoodtrials
New RTE show seeks 10 aspiring actors for reality show set in Hollywood

www.sk-rt.com
For women tired of the male-dominated web, Sk*rt is a social networking site for the fairer sex

WEDNESDAY

www.kissthisguy.com
Directory of misheard lyrics including Hendrix classic ‘Kiss the sky’ mangled as ‘Kiss this guy’

www.rte.ie/tv/corriganknowsfood/pollpage.html
TV chef is looking for votes on Ireland’s favourite food — there’s a good prize for entries

Table computer
See Microsoft’s prototype of a table that works like a PC

TUESDAY

www.ilounge.com
Leading iPod-focused site offers free 300-page e-book exploring every aspect of the iPod and iTunes

What do we have here?
Google has added street-level photos to its satellite maps, with some interesting results

www.seebeforeyoudie.net
See the most memorable places in the world through the eyes of other tourists

FRIDAY

www.stylehive.com
Connoisseurs of cool brands and hot trends in style will find like-minded fashionistas here

Steady as she goes
Infuriating puzzle game requiring a deft hand with the mouse

www.buxfer.com
Track your finances online, including who owes you money. Good for flat-sharers

THURSDAY

www.channel4.com/bigbrother
The official site for BB8, full of mindless trivia and other, less important stuff

www.anagramgenius.com
Bright Bore is an anagram of Big Brother, we know now thanks to this site

hypem.com
The Hype Machine culls the best new music from the cream of MP3 blogs

WEDNESDAY

www.muse.ie
Long-dead music site resuscitated with listings, interviews and reviews

Break bricks
Fans of arcade classic BreakOut get a welcome burst of nostalgia with this version

www.kopekmusic.com
Dublin band Kopek accompany new single with highly watchable animated vid

TUESDAY

www.tripbase.com
Can’t think of where to go on your next city break/holiday? Feed your needs into TripBase and get recommendations

www.aerialtelly.co.uk
TV fans looking for acid-tongued dissections of their favourite shows should be in heaven here

www.boredstop.com
Unusual, strange and just plain wrong photos from around the world

MONDAY

mashup.starwars.com
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, George Lucas invites you to make your own mini-movie

www.crimelibrary.com
Everything you ever wanted to about the criminal mind, including the most notorious cases

www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/rotate
Mini-puzzle based on block-shuffling and rotation to solve a mixed-up picture

FRIDAY

www.ulsterbankgolf.ie
Last year’s free ticket offer for the European Open at the K Club was a great success — here it is again

www.soyouvebeendumped.com
We’ll all been there — got the elbow, etc. Here’s somewhere to go to soothe your broken heart

www.drstrangeblix.co.uk
Engaging little webgame where you control Dr Blix looking for WMDs in an Iraqi lab

THURSDAY

Joyce for dummies
Ulysses for dummies explains our greatest piece of literature in just one line per chapter. Amazing when you think of it

www.twitterlit.com
Guess the book from the first line of the first page

www.smithwicks.ie
Ignore the ads for beer, enjoy the games related to the Cat Laughs comedy festival

WEDNESDAY

journeybystarlight.blogspot.com
The mysteries of the universe explained by, ahem, a reincarnated Albert Einstein

A different take
The story of Shell’s battle with Rossport locals . . . as told by Al-Jazeera

www.booktribes.com
Discover great books courtesy of people who’ve read them

TUESDAY

www.middio.com
Search engine dedicated solely to online music videos — and not just the obscure stuff either

Pull your hair out
Puzzle game that quickly becomes maddeningly difficult yet addictive

www.televisionwithoutpity.com
Plenty of sites recap the episodes of hit shows — this one does it in spectacularly snarky style

MONDAY

www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine
It starts out easy but quickly gets tough — create explosions to wipe out moving targets

Crooked pitch
We suspect Photoshop was involved but this football pitch presents a real challenge to players

www.bandnamemaker.com
You got the tunes but you need a name — let this site help you create a memorable moniker

FRIDAY

www.google.com/experimental
Peek inside the Google Labs at the crazy ideas that might not make it

davidnickle.googlepages.com/freelies
Fiction writer experiments with net by making some of his horror stories available for free

You must remember this
Test your memory and brainpower with this series of visual tests