Apr
20
ListVerse – The Ultimate List of Lists!
April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
ListVerse – People like making lists. Even if we don’t follow them through, lists at least give us the feeling that we’re in charge. Some people make a list of groceries before heading out to the supermarket, others use pros and cons lists when it’s time for a serious decision. Think that ListVerse encourages [...]
Apr
20
12Seconds – What Can you do in 12 Seconds?
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
12Seconds – Today my girlfriend asked me “what is the whole story behind twitter anyway?” Apparently the recent media hype about Ashton Kutcher vs CNN on twitter was her question’s trigger. I explained that twitter is pretty much about micro-blogging your life and providing frequent status updates. Now that my better half knows what’s [...]
Apr
20
Neatorama – Neatly Blogged
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Neatorama – Neatorama is an excellent blog that offers an original perspective on life. It covers a wide range of weird yet wonderful posts and photos from all over the world. I was really impressed by the grade A content I found here, and in order to emphasis just how interesting Neatorama is, I [...]
Apr
20
How Books got their Titles – A Tale of a Title
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
How Books got their Titles – My name is Shachar. What’s yours? Shachar means dawn in Hebrew, and it was my older sister who suggested the name to my parents. She was 5 years old when I was born and she liked the name Shachar, hence she pitched it to my folks (she was [...]
Apr
20
BMC – Watch Full B-Movies!
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
BMC – B movies are legendary, and the tradition is still alive and kicking today. Need proof? No problem. Check out this great website for a huge collection of low-budget, weak PR motion pictures that come with a huge fan base, transcending time and space. If you are a B movies fan, you will [...]
Apr
20
Labuat – Animation created by You
April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
Labuat – Labuat is the name of a musical project established in Spain. The music is excellent and relaxing but Labuat’s actual WOW effect is produced by their flash animation. See for yourself; press start and don’t forget to move your cursor while the music plays in order to design your own video. After [...]
Apr
20
New Math – This is Art!
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
New Math – Craig Damrauer is an artist and as such he has a special way of presenting his imagination. Although Craig uses equations, there’s much more to math in this site that what its name might imply. It’s funny, witty and original so I urge you to give this one a try. You’ll [...]
Apr
20
MADsteroids – Destroy All the Asteroids
April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
MADsteroids – It’s your gun and your ship against the mad universe. Your goal is to destroy all the asteroids and enemy ships without getting hit, and picking up space capsules for boosts. Interested in educational games? Check out our new Educational Games faveline.
Apr
13
Life – Your World in Pictures
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Life – A couple of months ago, the Life Magazine Archive made its way into AMF’s Weekly Faves, and consequently, into our blog as well. While I was drafting that post, I explored the Life.com website and was very disappointed by what I then considered a serious lack in content. There was a mere [...]
Apr
13
BookGlutton – Book Talk
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
BookGlutton – Know that warm, rewarding feeling you get when you’ve dived deep into a remarkable book? That feeling however tends to subside rather quickly if it isn’t shared with others. What a better way to extend that great satisfaction and mental high than by discussing that amazing book with like-minded people – dissecting [...]
Apr
13
Happy News – It Exists! Bona Fide Positive News
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Happy News – Reading the newspaper (printed edition) from front to back is something I’ve stopped doing when I was about 18 years old. I realized that news stories and articles often repeated themselves – another earthquake, another politician with a greased hand, one more robbery, etc. Since then I’ve mastered my own strict [...]
Apr
13
Lala – Legal Streaming Music
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Lala – If consuming music is what you’re after, these days there are two major alternatives (excluding buying CD’s): 1. Purchasing songs online in mp3 format (averaging around $0.99 per song) and downloading them to your portable device or computer, and 2. Listening to free online streaming music (more common) through your web browser. [...]
