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Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. http://www.study2u.com/blog/study-break/websites-to-make-you-think

10 Websites To Make You Think | The Online Learning Blog from Study2U

Illustration by Guy Billout "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars

While burying yourself in the stacks at the library is one way to get some serious research done, with today’s technology you can do quite a bit of useful searching before you ever set foot inside a library. Undergraduates and grad students alike will appreciate the usefulness of these search engines that allow them to find books, journal articles and even primary source material for whatever kind of research they’re working on and that return only serious, academic results so time isn’t wasted on unprofessional resources. Note: Visit our updated list for the latest in academic search engines. General Start off your research with one of these more general academic search engines. Intute : Use this website’s search tools to find the best and most reliable sites to start your research. http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/03/100-time-saving-search-engines-for-serious-scholars/

10 Popular Sites Like Lumosity (Updated: Oct 11th, 2011) | moreofit.com

http://www.moreofit.com/similar-to/www.lumosity.com/Top_10_Sites_Like_Lumosity/ an example search result How moreofit Searches Each website has a unique tag signature -- a set of words that users have described the website as.
http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=11763 I am often asked by new iPad owners which apps they should install first. That’s a tough question as it all depends on each individual and how they want to use their new device. There are literally hundreds of lists out there about the best iPad apps — especially since a lot of those are year-end lists. But even if you send these lists to the new user they have to wade through these lists and make decisions based on limited information — after all, they just got the iPad and may not realize how much they can do with this great device. So, instead of sending all these lists — I’m not going to mention any of them here — simply because all you have to do is search for “ Best iPad Apps ” on your favorite search engine — try an app called AppStart ! AppStart is a great app for finding the apps that fits your needs.

The Very First App You Should Load on Your New iPad

1. Hide Your Online Status From Selected Friends: So you want to use Facebook chat but don’t want some people to see your online status? Simply open up the Facebook Chat and click on Friends List. Start creating a new list called BlockList . Once the list is created, add those friends to the list that you want to appear offline to.

25 Facebook Tips and Tricks you should be aware of

http://www.easytweaks.com/2009/11/20/cool-facebook-tricks-tips/

100 Websites You Should Know and Use - StumbleUpon

http://blog.ted.com/2007/08/03/100_websites_yo/ Entertainment Meet David Peterson, who developed Dothraki for Game of Thrones There are seven different words in Dothraki for striking another person with a sword. Among them: “hlizifikh,” a wild but powerful strike; “hrakkarikh,”a quick and accurate strike; and “gezrikh,” a fake-out or decoy strike.
Today I created a list of the top 30 earning websites in the world, for some of these websites, $50 million in revenue a day is just a typical day, crazy isn’t it? And it was all created in the last 10 or so years! I usually would do a write up about how the list rocks and why you should do it to but I think the figures speak for themselves, enjoy! Since publishing this article, we have done an updated version called ‘ 20 Websites Making The Most Money ‘. Before you see the list, who do you think makes the most money?

Top Earning Websites | Most Profitable Websites

http://www.incomediary.com/top-earning-websites
http://www.ubelly.com/2011/10/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-productivity/

A glimpse into the Future of Productivity

In recent years, intelligent location and social awareness has become a user expectation – almost everything that we touch is in some way intelligently connected to us or other devices around us and technology is starting to second guess our intentions based on the context that we’ve given it. Sometimes that context is deliberately and clearly identified such as in a diary appointment, other times that context is suggested through our current location or updates to our social streams. As we are starting to expect more and more from the technology that we carry around with us, it’s nice to have a vision of where we’re headed.
Posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2012 by Danny Davies Well folks, happy new year. In a blaze of fireworks and e-greetings, 2012 has finally arrived. And as we stride over the finishing line of a tumultuous year for the internet, All My Faves – your one stop easy guide to the Web – has decided to look past Facebook and Twitter to find 2011′s most unique and interesting sites. We selected the 10 coolest sites in categories like music, travel and education; and then handed the job of picking the absolute best in each category down to you, allowing you to vote on your favorites . And here they are.

The Top 10 Coolest Websites: Best of 2011 | All My Faves | Blog

http://www.allmyfaves.com/blog/allmyfaves/the-top-10-coolest-websites-best-of-2011/
post written by: Marc Email The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

How to Make Google Translate Beatbox

Not sure if this falls in the category of Easter Egg or clever manipulation, but either way, there go our afternoons: Redditor harrichr has devised a scheme for turning Google Translate into a makeshift beatbox machine . 1) Go to [1] Google Translate 2) Set the translator to translate German to German 3) Copy + paste the following into the translate box: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch 4) Click “listen” 5) Be amazed :) For the lazy, just click this link and it’ll be done for you. There’s nothing magical about this particular sequence, and there’s tons of room for experimentation: In German, anyway, “pv” and “zk” make complementary breathy sounds and clicks, respectively.

50 Kick-Ass Websites You Need to Know About - StumbleUpon

It's time to update the entries in your browser's links toolbar. But with recent estimates putting the size of the internet at well more than 100 million distinct websites, it's getting harder and harder to get a handle on all the great stuff that's out there. That's why we've compiled this list. And unlike some lists you may have seen, which try to name the very "best" websites, but end up just telling you a lot of stuff you already know, we've chosen instead to highlight 50 of our favorite sites that fly under most people's radar. Think of it as the Maximum PC blog roll (remember those?).

95 best websites you should bookmark today

Google is the internet surfer's best friend and worst enemy. If you know what you're after, just type it into the search engine's famous little box and – hey presto – you'll be given a list of related sites in order of relevance. Such is Google's dominance that its name has become a synonym for search.