Links
Blogs
Brain teasers
Quite an unusual one here, spent a great afternoon not long ago ploughing my way through the first 25 clues.
Cinema / Films
Guides (Cities, general…)
Amsterdam, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur, London, Paris, Shangai, Taipei. One of the best guides so far is Fodors.
Drinks
Beer comes in all sorts, I shall always support real ale. For cocktails, the Webtender is a good start. All about wine.
Flying
Ever wanted to know which seat to choose (assuming you are given the choice)? Or which arlines has the best seats. Have a look at this site and all will be revealed.
If you like airplanes, this site has an incredible collection of photos, one better than the other. Despite the fact that it is from the Belgian airforce, here is an example of what I mean.
If you like listening to Air Traffic Control, you can spend hours on this site.
Food
Fun
Interesting
Build your own family tree at Geni.
Maps
Mappy, but probably the best is Michelin.
Music
Something to try for sure, Jukebox.
News
Newspapers
Hannoversche Allgemeine (D) Chicago Tribune (US), Le Monde (F), Daily Telegraph (UK), L’Equipe (F),
Radio
Algoa FM from the Eastern Cape. Chicago’s oldies radio WJMK 104.3. Got to speak french for that one but Rire & Chansons has good classic comedy. Another good way to listen to your favorite music is the internet radio Last.FM which “learns” what you like and gets better (as their advert says)
Shopping
Cheese, eBay
Search engines
Google, Yahoo of course but maybe better are the meta search engines like Dogpile. One of my favorites is Vivisimo.
Sport
Dakar Rally, Le Mans 24H, Volvo Ocean race, Hannover 96, America’s cup,
WIFI
A comprehensive list of FREE WiFI hot spots around the world.