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11.23.07

happy holidays, everyone.

i'm blogging from work, where i eventually ended up after attempting to participate in "black friday." i came away with 3 picture frames (dirt cheap at hobby lobby), a mild amount of stress from the traffic, and a renewed passion for purchasing christmas gifts online.

and, in honor today being the official kick-off of the holiday season, i want to share two websites with you that i have enjoyed lately. hopefully the joy will spread.

the first sits is archive.org. its basically a digital library of text, images, films, and music. but what's especially exciting is the live music page, where you can download (free) live music from a wide array of artists (ryan adams, ben gibbard, waterdeep are among my favorites on the site).

the second site is freerice.com. its an online vocabulary game where they give away 10 grains of rice to help end world hunger for every word you get correct. the man who started it launched the website just a couple of months ago, and to date they have given away 3,403,520,350 grains of rice. the site partners with the united nations to disperse the rice among nations such as myanmar, nepal, cambodia, bangladesh, and several others. the game is a lot like practice questions from the vocab section of the GRE. so, the next time you want to piddle around at work, don't waste your time on crosswords or youtube. you can donate rice instead!

merry christmas!

posted by *g* @ 10:32 AM