first, the various...

Ender's Game
"Intruder Signal" on 40 Meters Remains a Mystery for Now
Creepy crawly blanket
apod: Above the Eye of Hurricane Ivan
me with my LaserDisc evangelist hat on

karl sent me these months ago... yes, i am just now getting to them...

MetaSpy
OpenDiary.com
Web FTP Client Version3.5.0
Phone Phreaking Trips [RealAudio]

these links with descriptions are copied from three RefDesk's Site-of-the-Day email newsletters i have had sitting in my inbox, meaning to check them out...

MIT OpenCourseWare
   "Welcome to Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. With the publication of 700 courses, MIT OCW offers educational materials from 33 academic disciplines and all five of MIT's schools."

Time Capsuler
   "To begin your trip in this Time Capsule enter a date. You will be presented with your own customized page that includes all the information you've chosen, plus typical consumer prices from that year, Academy Award winners that year, etc. Site has data online for the years 1800 through 2002, although data for the years 1800 - 1875 is probably spotty."

The Yahoo! Buzz Index Weekly
   "Check out the top 20 search subjects on Yahoo!, complete with a sardonic round-up of all the newsmakers that are moving and shaking web traffic this week."

and i am posting these specifically for members of my family...

one for mary, one for mom, and one for jeff (i have been meaning to point this one out to him for something like three years)...