TechnoBiz... Fun Stuff

Here are some of the fun places I've visited in pursuit of a good TechnoBiz story. Some of these have become favourite hang-outs of mine, let me know what yours are!  ...  contact Kathy Plett plett@cnc.bc.ca  ...  return to TechnoBiz

 E-Cards

Save on stamps! send animated, musical email greetings to friends and family...

• Hallmark Greeting Cards: includes free animated e-cards
• Action Cat Cards
• Free E-Cards Online: Care2 Environmental Site
• PosterFun: make e-greeting cards from scratch
• WebShot E-Cards: animated cards for all occasions
• Jacquie Lawson animated e-cards: $10 Cdn annual membership fee but these are incredible!
• Fun paper cards: Simple Pop-Up Cards You Can Make
• Create gift cards, paper crafts, scrapbooks, calendars and more: Canon Creative Park
• Create e-cards, photo collages, scrapbooks, slideshows and more: Smilebox

Word Games & Puzzles

• Cool Quiz: the world's largest trivia site
• Jigsawland: do jigsaw puzzles online
• Puzzle Maker: create word searches, mazes, cryptograms
• Instant Online Puzzle Maker
• Puzzle Maker: Teach-Nology
• Puzzability: puzzles, brain teasers, fun
• Crea Soft: free online jigsaw and slide puzzles, puppies and kitties!
• Pun of the Day
• Internet Anagram server
• Unscrambler: Scrabble and Crossword solvers
• Online Scrabble: "Scrabulous" free, play against other players or choose "Scrabulous Solitaire"
• Lexulous: online scrabble (free sign-up)
• Super Text Twist: timed word scrambles
• New York Times Weekly Crosswords and Sudoku (free registration)
• Other gaming sites:
• Daily Sudoku: number puzzles
• Pogo: free online games for all ages
• PopCap Games: free web games, puzzles, no download required
• Letterboxing: outdoor treasure hunts

 Humour Reduces Stress! Take 5...

• The Dilbert Zone
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia: info about 600+ cartoons and cartoon characters
• Political Cartoons Daily: from 60 top newspapers
• Dave Barry online: Miami Herald
• Net Laughter
• Rat and Guy: college student cartoons
• Oxymoron List
• Saturday Night Live transcripts
• Toondoo: make your own cartoons - it's a blast!

   

     

 Find out about Yourself

• Behind the Name: enter your first name and find out more about it
• Popular Baby Names: search and get lists of most popular names by date from 1880-present
• Think! Baby Names: names and meanings
• Name Voyager: charts how popular your name has been over time
• Customize Countdown: tells you how many seconds, minutes, hours, days you've been alive
• Time Capsule Website: enter birthday or any date 1900- for headlines of the day, top songs, average house prices and other tidbits
• Canadian Genealogy Centre website: research your family history
• Twinstuff: why it's special to be a twin, triplet+
• The Happiness Formula (BBC program): take a quiz to measure how happy you are
• Time and Date: make up your own personal online calendar
• Procrastinator's Survey: are you a procrastinator? take a test (and help U of Calgary researchers)
• My Web Face: change your face into a cartoon face for posting on Facebook and other web spaces

   Calculate your Carbon Footprint: how much are you impacting the environment?

 Art

• Clipart.com: the moderlode for clipart, need $ membership (note, CNC Media Services also has loads of clipart files you can use)
• ArtToday: amazing selection of clip/web art, need $ membership
• Mr. Picassohead: become a Cubist painter
• Whoophy: visual tour of the world using wonderful amateur photographers' photos

 Best of TV and Movies

• Monty Python's Completely Useless Website: scripts, pictures, video and more
• Antiques Roadshow Online: schedule, TV show highlights
• Internet Movie Database: the ultimate source for movies, actors, directors, reviews
• Roger Ebert on Movies: Chicago Sun Times reviews
• This Day in Movie History
• Disney Archives: Characters: all about goofy, mickey and more

 Cool Cats

The Cat Site Moggies: home of the online cat guide Cat and Mouse Game: learn mouse skills, the cat follows your mouse around on the page Cat and Mouse Game: alternate site Cat Club: fun and informative site for cat lovers Amazing Cat Pictures every day Simon's Cat: very cute cat cartoons Lolcats: I can has cheezburger (put funny captions on photos) ... and Doggies Loldogs: I has a hotdog (put funny captions on photos) Dogs Around the World, the stunning global diversity of dogs, by Barb Old CNC Doggie Fashion Show 2011

 And Other Silliness

• Bad Fads Museum: from pet rocks to 3D glasses
• The Mother of All Excuses Page
• The Illustrated Guide to Breaking Your Computer
• Museum of Hoaxes
• For organizers: LibraryThing: catalogue your personal library!