here's a description of its contents:
- my photos: a gallery of my photographs. you have to be registered to view them.
- Nebraska Nursing Consultants: my mother's geriatric consulting bizniz
- Mary Lincoln Bonnell's Sculpture: my cousin's sculpture website
- cranecam: a live webcam of sandhill cranes on the Missouri river. the cranes are visible in the early-to-mid spring, as they migrate through the region.
- knitty: a great knitting website, with lots of patterns and information
- kettlecorn: a recipe
- afghan pumpkin: a recipe
- American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska: the nonprofit civil liberties organization for which I volunteered the summer between my 1L and 2L years
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative: the nonprofit human rights organization in Ghana for which I volunteered the summer between my 2L and 3L years
- improv everywhere: goofy public improvisations
- aerial photos: aerial photos of the U.S.--it's pretty fun to zoom into famous places like the statue of liberty, the golden gate bridge, etc. the shadows are amazing.
- make your own subway sign: self-explanatory
- escape phone trees: how to get to a human when on a horrid phone tree
- the lazy environmentalist: a blog about "easy, hip environmentalism," focusing on new products and innovations
- the cheap chica: girly bargain blog
- sharp lily: girly bargain blog
- the onion: "america's finest news source"
- NPR Song O' the Day: reviews and listens (but no downloadables)
- treehugger: environmental news & musings
- new york times' most emailed articles: self-explanatory
- pitchfork media's record reviews: reviews, listens, and free downloads
- overheard in new york: "the voice of the city"
- overheard in the office: "the voice of the cubicle"
- overheard at the beach: "the voice of the towel"
- cute overload: "the finest in cute imagery"
- the daily show video clips: self-explanatory
- postsecret: "an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard."
- epicurious: food site, recipes
- exploding dog: drawings
- mcsweeneys: "TIMOTHY MCSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY IS AN OFFSHOOT OF TIMOTHY MCSWEENEY'S QUARTERLY CONCERN, A JOURNAL CREATED BY NERVOUS PEOPLE IN RELATIVE OBSCURITY, AND PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR."
- bust: an online magazine for "women with something to get off their chests"
- delightful blogs: self-explanatory
- the current radio station: possibly the best radio station ever
- wnyc radio station: home of a prairie home companion
- elecam: live webcams of elephants in an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee
- the lincoln journal star: Nebraska's second-largest newspaper
- windows keyboard shortcuts: self-explanatory
- firefox keyboard shortcuts: self-explanatory
- nutrition data: lists food calorie and other information
- astronomy guide: constellations etc.
- NYC freecycle: people "freecycle" stuff by listing what they have to give away for free, instead of just throwing it out or putting it out on the sidewalk
- the beast blender: you get to mix and match parts of animals to create "spectacular beasts of common animal"
- netdances: uploaded videos of all sorts of dances
- speech accent archives: "Native and non-native speakers of English all read the same English paragraph and are carefully recorded. ... The elicitation paragraph is as follows: Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station."
- found photos"The photographs on this site were found on the sidewalk, in the park, or on the street. Each is a unique slice of history whose anonymity invites interpretation. We describe where and when the photos were found, note anything that is written on the back, and leave the rest to the imagination."
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