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Read about Google Web History
Google Web History: Very Cool, Very Creepy

Google's new online tool is smooth and smart, and the data it provides is super useful:
Google Web History

Basically, Google keeps a log of every site you've visited through a Google search. You have to be logged on using a Google account to access the history; I got my account when I signed up for Gmail. You can get one here:
Create an Account

My history includes about 3400 Google searches dating back to lunchtime on October 4, 2005. One feature I found valuable: searching through my Google history to dig up sites I once visited. Google has your permission to keep data on every spot you've visited on their servers. But the data doesn't need to stay there forever. Click Remove Items on the search history page and the links are deleted from Google's servers.

Watch as this guy impersonates a hundred famous people, including cartoon characters, in under five minutes.
The Man of 100 Voices

The Mental Floss Geography Challenge asks questions like these: Where is Cote D'Ivoire? How about Holy See or Azerbaijan? The challenge is to identify as many countries as possible in two minutes. Watch for the name of the country on the lower portion of the screen, then use the small map to move to the correct continent before selecting the country on the large map. Don't let the little flags confuse you like they did me--they point to small island countries. Micronesia, anyone? I struggled through the test and my score was a flat-out goose egg. (The test comment was: "Well you can only go up from here." Thanks.) My wife, bless her heart, skunked me with 60 percent. Try it and tell me if you did any better.
mental_floss

Some Smart, Cool, and Useful Maps

The World Sunlight Map is amazing.
die.net

Based on satellite data, it shows a real-time, computer generated view of the earth. Double-click to zoom in. View it at dusk wherever you are and you can see the edge of sunlight. Very nice stuff. [Thanks, Leo.]

Find the Landmark is a neat way to familiarize yourself with where famous spots are located.
Maps Game

Start with something simple from the Change the Category pull-down menu. Countries is a good first choice, as is Mountains/Volcanoes.

Even if you're not a birder, you might get a kick out of Geobirds, a site that will help you identify and track North American birds.
Geobirds

If you're enjoying these sites, you'll probably get a kick out of the Strange Maps blog. The author doesn't just post a map. He or she has lots to say about each one. Fascinating. [Thanks, Judy.]
Strange Maps

Have you ever accidentally hit one of the Ignore buttons (especially the Ignore All button) when spell checking an MS Word document?

You've got to very carefully pick through the document to check for the problem, with no assistance from Word whatsoever.

Or do you?

What if there was a way to tell Word to recheck your document while ignoring your "Ignore" commands?

Sounds like it could be a time saver to me, so let's take a look!

What we need to do is get into the Spelling & Grammar tab in Word's Options window. (Tools menu, Options choice).

At the bottom, you'll see the Recheck Document button.

Click it.

Word will throw up a warning, making sure you know what you're about to do.

Basically, all your Ignore commands will be reversed and they will again appear as errors, just as they did when you began the process.

Click Yes to confirm your decision.

There you have it.