Ask Nature
Asknature.org is a free online tool where you can search thousands of nature’s solutions to various challenges. Like how a decentralized society helps ants to recover from a food shortage or how maple tree seeds twirl in a tornado-like vortex to increase the reach of where their seeds are planted. Just ten minutes a day exploring this website will get you thinking differently.
neal.fun
All of Neal’s projects are highly educational and skillfully executed. Do check them out at https://neal.fun/.
Explore Space
Check https://atlasof.space/, an interactive visualization to explore the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the Solar System.
Create in 3D
Check https://womp.com/.
Word Games
Here are a few:
https://imsqueezy.com/
Museum of Failure
Learn from failures. This site features a collection of failed products and services. I enjoy catching up with a random product/service once in a while.
Ambiphone
A nice website that lets you combine more than 50 different sounds, from nature sounds to ambient music. It’s great for relaxing, meditating or studying.
Explore some Web Sites/Apps
A curated list of well designed web sites and web apps.
https://godly.website/
A Good Interactive Essay
https://pudding.cool/2022/12/yard-sale/. Explore more at https://pudding.cool/.
NYTImes also hosts some good interactive stories. Check them out.
Explore the World
Explore the World with https://www.geoguessr.com/ game.
Find clues and guess where you are in the world!
https://timeguessr.com is another option.
Optical Illusions
Optical illusions can challenge your perceptions. Work your way through this collection of 151 Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions with explanations on how they work.
Also check https://optical.toys/
Virtual Museums
Google hosts one of the best virtual museums in the world. They’ve scanned many thousands of the world’s masterpieces at super-high resolution. So from your home, you can visit their “Arts and Culture” site and by scrolling get very very close to the art — much closer than you could in a physical museum
Live Nature Cams
For a dose of awe and wonder head over to Explore.org and choose from almost 100 live nature cams available at any time. There’s ocean cams, bears, gorillas, puppies and kittens and other animal sanctuaries. Never a dull moment!
Play Chess
Play a game of chess at Chess.com
Play relaxing, casual Games
Right inside your browser at https://www.lofiandgames.com/.
A good one to tickle your brain – https://vystery.com/
Create Art
Create art at https://minimator.app/
History in Maps
Read about History of India using interactive maps.
https://history-maps.com/story/History-of-India
You can continue your exploration on more countries if you like History!
Another great resource – https://www.oldmapsonline.org/. This site presents a world map with a slider bar that starts at 4000 BC and ends at the present day. As you slide through time, you watch empires rise and fall. Any interesting civilization or event you spot can be instantly researched — just click on it and the relevant Wikipedia article appears in a side panel.
BTW, https://www.worldhistory.org/ is a great place to continue the research!
World Fact Book
Check out https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/.
Find and Subscribe to Personal Sites
You will meet many interesting people on Internet who post about books they read, and their work/hobbies. Here are some:
anildash.com
https://ricos.site/
https://www.andreinc.net/
https://maggieappleton.com/ (loved her post on Barefoot Developers)
http://nickcammarata.com/
https://gregwolanski.com/
https://aworkinglibrary.com/
100 Less Known but Useful Websites
Explore a random website from this list.
Virtual Journeys
Take amazing virtual journeys around the world with AirPano.
Internet Radio
An internet-based radio platform with over 65,000+ radio stations from around 230+ countries. One Stop Radio.
Watch a Documentary/Movie
Check out https://ihavenotv.com/.
And https://www.documentarystorm.com/.
And https://agoodmovietowatch.com/.
200 Innovations of 2023
Check them out at https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/. Can you pick a couple of your favourites? Can you blog about them?
A Book in 5 Bullet Points
Peek into a random book or a book you read long time back at https://www.bookpecker.com/ and catch up with a quick summary of 5 important points from the book.
Find a Book
Visit https://fivebooks.com/ and find some new book to read!
Small App Ideas
Find some free apps on Internet that solve a simple but important problem. Like: https://weexpire.org/
Play Retro Games
https://weplaydos.games/ – A very nice website where you can play retro games for free. You can play classic games like Sid Meier’s Civilization, Prince of Persia, Lemmings, Warcraft or Castlevania.
Explore a Technology
https://www.historicaltechtree.com/ – An interactive viz of technological history with over 1800 technologies profiled.
Where in the World?
https://anthropeum.com – Drawing on half a million pieces from the Met’s open collection, this daily game shows you ten objects and asks you to pin down where and roughly when each was made.
Recipe
https://playtrace.co.uk – You’re given a starting list of numbers and where they ended up, and it’s on you to guess which sequence of operations – double, reverse, and the like – turns one into the other.
MapTap
https://maptap.gg – Each day you’re given five spots on a spinning 3D globe and have to tap where you reckon they are, with little historical snippets thrown in as clues. Very easy to get into and oddly addictive.
Maze Toys
https://maze.toys – Get a different maze to complete every day. They grow in complexity as you progress. Or try one of the many other maze styles, like the corn maze where you’re working through it from the inside.
List Animals Until Failure
https://rose.systems/animalist – You’ve got a ticking clock and one job: name as many animals as you can before time runs out, earning extra seconds for each new one.
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