Pitchfork Media

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music

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

Good for finding out about new releases. I don’t take the reviews too seriously unless they agree with my opinions 🙂

Biodiversity hotspots

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biodiversity

http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots

I like what I can see on this site – need a far quicker connection than I’ve got though to view without getting bored waiting.

Ants at Myrmecology

Tags

ants, insects, nature, wildlife

http://myrmecology.info/portal/news.php

Good ant stuff.

Bamzooki: Build and Play With Virtual Creatures

Tags

bamzooki, bbc, for kids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bamzooki/

Easy to make zooks, addictive fun for all ages.

The Times

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games, newspapers

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,18209,00.html

I rarely have time to read the print edition but can get my su doku fix here.

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century

Tags

atlas, history

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

Good site for browsing – not much depth to it, but ok as  an overview.

Biotech stuff

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biochemistry, biotech, science

http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/

Brought back memories of biochemistry from years ago!

Foo Fighters

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music, rock music

http://www.foofighters.com/

Not the greatest site design but good for news.  Anyway, who cares?  Love Foo Fighters.

Synesthaesia

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neuroscience, synaesthesia

http://home.comcast.net/~sean.day/Synesthesia.htm

This site isn’t particularly pretty. In fact Sean Day, whose site this is, has got the colours all wrong 😉 Nevertheless, it is a good place to start if you have an interest in synaesthesia. I’ve subscribed to the ‘Synaesthesia List’ for several years now and found it an excellent source of discussion of experiences, research and news.

Did you know that Richard Feynman was probably a synaesthete?

Winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics, Feynman had coloured letters and numbers.

When I see equations, I see the letters in colors – I don’t know why. As I’m talking, I see vague pictures of Bessel functions from Jahnke and Emde’s book, with light-tan j’s, slightly violet-bluish n’s, and dark brown x’s flying around. And I wonder what the hell it must look like to the students.

Feynman, Richard. 1988. What Do You Care What Other People Think?

AbeBooks

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books

http://www.abebooks.com/

Great site for finding books – new, used, out of print etc.