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Websites - Social Networking: Cool Sites/Blogs - 2010
Web Of Trust (WOT) - WOT is a Free Internet Security add on for Firefox and IE that warns you about online scams and risky websites that try to deliver malware or send spam. See www.mywot.com for additional details including new program for parental control that is amazing! To learn even more, check out their blog http://www.mywot.com/en/blog ~ you'll find some pretty cool news!
Websites - Social Networking: Cool Sites/Blogs - 2009
What is Mashable? - Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world's largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. With more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what's new on the web. Mashable will put your brand in front of the most tech-savvy early adopters, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, influencers, Web 2.0 aficionados and technology journalists. Mashable is also popular with bloggers and members of social networking sites � an increasingly influential demographic. Jump right in and have a great time and get totally smarter at the same time. Visit Mashable.com and get started today!
Snopes - The Urban Legend Buster! - Want to know if something is true or not? Barbara and David Mikkelson work very hard to get the facts straight! You'll love it. See http://www.snopes.com and take a gander at miles and miles of information. It's really fun!
Twitter - A free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time with tons of people you don't know and tons you do. It's fun, easy, fast-paced and just about everyone loves it! See Twitter.com for more info. Come on...you have to at least try it!
Web Of Trust (WOT) - WOT is a Free Internet Security add on for Firefox and IE that warns you about online scams and risky websites that try to deliver malware or send spam. See www.mywot.com for additional details including new program for parental control that is amazing! To learn even more, check out their blog http://www.mywot.com/en/blog ~ you'll find some pretty cool news!
Smithsonian Blog - Intriguing and wonderful details and information about hot topics covering just about the very best of everything you'll ever want to learn about and some you never knew exist! From music, history, pop culture, to Nature and Wildlife, you'll be entertained for hours and educated as well...all while having fun!
At Smithsonian Channel, their goal is to bring the world of the Smithsonian Institution right to your home. Programs cover a range of topics from nature and history, to music and pop culture. They're there to tell America�s stories and what better place to tell stories than on TV �and on a blog.
At the Smithsonian Channel blog, stories are shared about a whole range of topics - from what�s on their air to what�s happening at the Smithsonian Institution to what people are talking about across the country. If you liked a particular show or blog post, they want to hear about it. If you think they could have done something differently, they want to hear that too. And if you have ideas about what American stories Smithsonian Channel should be telling, they�d really love to hear from you - they can�t promise that they�ll be sending a production crew out to your house though. Just check it out...you just may not want to ever leave!
Smithsonian Channel(TM) HD TV - WOOHOO! Gotta check this out for intriguing and wonderful details and information on just about the very best of every topic that you'll ever want to learn about and some you never knew existed! From music, history, pop culture, to Nature and Wildlife, you'll be entertained for hours and educated as well...all while having amazing fun!
Here's a few shows we loved:
Stories from the Vaults
Host Tom Cavanagh ventures beyond exhibit halls into the back rooms, high-tech vaults and cutting-edge labs of the world's most renowned museum complex to showcase the Smithsonian's rarely-seen treasures and the brilliant, fascinating people working behind-the-scenes who care for them and help unlock their secrets. In so doing, Cavanagh and the curators tell extraordinary stories of American culture and heritage. Some include items donated to the nation -- President Teddy Roosevelt, novelist John Steinbeck, and comedienne Phyllis Diller all donated collections ranging from animal skins to invertebrates to jokes. Cavanagh also looks at Smithsonian superlatives -- "The Most Misunderstood" (the art of taxidermy), "The Best" (a beautifully preserved Stradivarius cello), and "The Tiniest" (1500 pages of the Bible reduced to one image the size of a dime) in the museums of the Smithsonian Institution. Other topics include unique homes, beauty, "firsts," and even life after death.
Nature Tech
Humans have traditionally used technology to solve the problems of life, but this approach has caused problems for the planet. A new field, "bio- memetics," brings technology and nature together, by looking to nature for answers to mysteries it has already solved. Different stories include travels to important university research centers in the U.S. and abroad to see how birds' wings provide sophisticated lessons for airplane manufacturers; how sharks' skin shows an underwater energy efficiency that can be duplicated in swimsuits for the Olympic Games; and how robot technology and even tire manufacturers are learning about leg sensors, climbing vertical surfaces, walking upside down, and extreme energy efficiency from flies, roaches, stick insects, ghost crabs, tree frogs, geckos and caribou.
CritterQuest
Twenty-two-year-old naturalist Peter Schreimer introduces 5-to-12 year olds to the wonderful, icky world of creepies and crawlies that lurk just beyond the doorstep. This series features projects that children can learn to do, and teaches an appreciation of nature.
America's Treasures
This special is inspired by the National Museum of American History's special exhibit of 150 of the most unique objects in the Smithsonian's collection, combining to define the American experience over the past 200 years. Featured are some of the most unique objects in the Smithsonian's collection -- from Kermit the Frog, Jackie Kennedy's inaugural gown, Dorothy's ruby slippers, and a Swanson's TV dinner tray, to Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone and "Star Wars"' R2-D2. The program tells the stories behind the key objects, and describes how they have changed our lives and shaped our culture.
Loose at the Zoo Golden Tamarins
A family of five monkeys has an usual living arrangement for zoo animals - they're loose. Two parents and three kids have set up home in a tree on the SMITHSONIAN'S National Zoo's grounds in Washington, D.C. with no cages to contain them. The program chronicles their adventures, and tells of the race to save the species.
Visit http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/home.do for more information and see http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/channel_availability.do to find local channels, times and titles for your area...you'll get hooked!
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