Games for the Brain

These will keep you busy!!!

• Games for the Brain: Play never ending quiz, memory & brain games to train your thinking.
• Brain Games - Fun Games That Train Your Mind: Give your brain a workout by playing fun games that sharpen your mind.
  
• BrainBashers : Puzzles and Brain Teasers: Brain teasers, puzzles, online games, optical illusions and jigsaws.
• Brain Games & Brain Training - Lumosity: Improve memory and attention with scientific brain games.
• Braingle: Brain Teasers, Puzzles, Riddles, Trivia and Games: User submitted and ranked brain teasers, riddles, quizzes, trivia, logic problems and mind puzzles. Free online games and message boards.
  
• Brain Games | Fun Brain Game | Games for the Brain: Fun brain games for brain development. Play games for the brain free. Find a fun brain game to improve memory, math, logic.
  
• Brain Games: Which of the brain games is your favorite? Which is the easiest? Which game is so hard you vowed never to play it again? Do you feel smarter already?
  
• Neuroscience For Kids - brain games: Interactive games to help you learn about the brain and nervous system. 
• Brain Games: Play Free Puzzle Games Online, Free Puzzles: Play free online brain games and puzzles. Free puzzle games and brain games that make you smarter.

Slim Down Your New Computer

SlimComputer helps identify software that comes pre-installed on a new computer. If you've ever gotten a new PC and it came loaded with promotional programs, toolbars, links to advertising or trial offers, then you know how frustrating these things can be.

Also see my previous blogs on the subject. 

Five tips for getting rid of crapware 

Five Tips: Get Rid of Bloatware

Himalayan Odyssey

For decades, mountaineers have tested their wits and strength against the tallest Himalayan peaks. This spring, three friends will ditch the crampons and ice axes to relieve their summit fever in a new way: flying under the aid of thermal-powered paragliding wings.

You can track Himalayan Odyssey 2010 pilots through their SPOT Satellite Messenger devices. Click on the pilots to see their current position.

BooksShouldBeFree.com

Your source for free audio books. Download one in mp3, iPod and iTunes format today. This Web site collects and distributes public domain audio books. There is a vast selection, including many classics and childrens books. You can search by book title or category. Each book has a short preview.

Where the Locals Eat

A Guide to the Best Restaurants in America

How do we choose our restaurants? We gather opinions of critics and local media, trusted friends, site visitors, and bloggers - emphasizing locally owned favorites rather than chains. We do the research for you. So, if you see a restaurant listed on Where The Locals Eat, you know it's good!

Paris 26 Gigapixels: world largest image!

This image measures 26 gigapixels - over 2,000 times more than an ordinary digital photo. It is is a wide-angle shot of the entire city of Paris. It looks normal until it zooms in . It is a stitching of 2346 single photographs showing a super-high-resolution panoramic view of the French capital. Best viewed in Full Screen  and high definition.

Are Computer Keyboards Dishwasher Safe?

Studies show that computer keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats. But it's hard to clean all those keys. So some people advocate an extreme solution: Throw your keyboard in your dishwasher. 

Yapta: Track flight prices and check for airline refunds

Track flight prices BEFORE you buy

Yapta email alerts let you know when prices drop and when to buy to save money on airfare.

Get airline refunds AFTER you buy

If the price of your flight drops below what you paid, Yapta helps you get a refund for the difference.

The Future of Parking

Parking can be a real hassle, whether you're fumbling for change for the meter or just trying to find an empty spot. Watch this video to see the future of parking.

Shutdown your PC automatically or remotely from any computer or mobile phone

Switch Off is a lightweight easy-to-use tray-based system utility that could automatically shutdown, suspend or hibernate your system. This could cut your electricity bills and save the Environment by lowering your PC power consumption. It could also disconnect dial-up and VPN connections to cut your internet service bills as well. Build-in operation set could be easily extended by adding your own scripts. Automation options allows you to schedule all operations daily, weekly, past specified time or when PC becomes idle.