Cube Droid Saves the Galaxy – You are a cute little cube robot on a mission to save the galaxy. Your objective: pick up all the batteries in each level while avoiding cannons, lasers and flying enemies seeking to destroy you. This game is a lot of fun and you will end up playing it for hours. Want more cool games to add to your weekly inventory? Check out our I ♥ GAMES page for all the recent updates on the online games world.
All My Faves, the chosen visual homepage of over 5 million users worldwide just got better! We have completed our transition to the new design to create an even better All My Faves experience, on our homepage, the site’s various content pages and on your personalized MyFaves pages. This is hot news, and we’ve even published a press release letting the world know. Here’s a quick peep of the homepage’s new look:
So what does the new design mean to you? Well, first and foremost, the revamped website and the new menus give you quick and easy access to all the content available on AllMyFaves. In addition, we’ve made the entire collection of our designated Mini Faves pages available to you in one easy menu click. Whatever area you are interested in, simply hover over ‘Mini Faves’ and the entire list will appear (ordered alphabetically) – see it below.
Looking for some of the pages you loved visiting in the previous design version of All My Faves? You can find them all, simply hover your mouse over ‘Categories’ and you will get to your favorite games, blogs, education, business, entertainment pages in no time.
Go ahead and play with the newly designed allmyfaves.com site, and see how it feels. For any sort of feedback, please do drop us a line and tell us what’s on you mind – we’d love to hear it: info@allmyfaves.com
Foodily – This easy to use food search engine brings you relevant search results from all over the Web, regardless of what recipe you are looking for. Not only that, Foodily also suggests related searches and lets you go social with what you find. Foodily describes itself as “the world’s largest recipe network, bringing together recipes from across the web so you can compare any recipe and find the ones your friends like.”
I tested the Foodily service, and I must admit, I was impressed. I started out with a rather simple search for ‘tart.’ Look what some of the results look like.
I then went on to search for a more obscure, yet a personal favorite dish – Kimchee (spicy pickled Napa cabbage with lots of chili flakes, a signature Korean dish). Foodily presented me with a large variety of results and I was delighted to add some inspiring recipes to my repertoire. Great site for food and recipes!
Valentine’s Day Gifts – Next Monday, Feb 14 will be the holiday of hearts, St. Valentine’s Day. Show your special someone that you love her or him, and treat them to a gift that says I love you. Amazon’s special Valentine’s Day gift ideas for men and women have something for everyone. My two favorite gifts (one for him one for her, shown below) are The Beatles Stereo Box Set, and Anne Klein’s Swarovski Chrystal Gold-Tone Charm Bracelet Watch. My ultimate gift however is saying those three little words that are worth so much more than any gift.
RunKeeper – Since the iPhone and Android came out, workouts have never been so easy to track, measure and plan ahead. Although RunKeeper is not the first fitness app to facilitate fitness activities and reaching workout goals, this software is an amazing tool all runners and gym fans will surely appreciate, particularly since RunKeeper’s mobile app is free.
You can upload past workouts and provide all the relevant details from memory or, from your Polar device (duration, calories, distance, heart rate and more), or track your activities in real-time using your mobile device (app features GPS tracking, audio interval cues, iPod integration, social network sharing). Click the image below to get to the mobile app download page – it’s free! In addition to the mobile app, make use of RunKeeper’s Fitness Classes, which will put you on your path to several running goals (5K, 10K runs, half a marathon, a whole marathon, or a weight-loss track).
mySpoonful – Playing on the small dose metaphore, mySpoonful introduces small music bites -one independent artist at a time, three times a week- to “busy people.” Each post includes a photo and a bio paragraph about the artist, along with a free mp3 track for users to listen to and download if they wish.
mySpoonful reminds me of another website, One Track Mind, also offering a bite-sized dose of independent music discovery experience. mySpoonful’s content is outstanding, and it’s nice to read meaningful and inspiring paragraphs by professionals who really understand the music industry. This is a must stop if you ask me. Here’s my top pick on mySpoonful, Pepper Rabbit, a band from Silverlake, Los Angeles with their beautiful track Older Brother, which I already downloaded of course!
Reason – With the underlining principles of “liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity,” the online site of printed magazine Reason offers an unconventional approach to politics and culture coverage. Moreover, Reason presents itself as a voice positioned outside the left and right-wing arenas.
Reason is not part of any giant content conglomerate, but is rather funded by a non-profit organization, the Reason Foundation pushing forward “free minds and free markets.” So what sort of articles will you find on Reason Online? An array of well-written posts that entice your analytical sense and make you think about current affairs in an active, rather than passive way. The first example I would like to share is The Unschooled Life, an interview with bOING bOING’s Mark Frauenfelder. Our Leaky World by Jesse Walker is another example of Reason Online’s blissful content. Time to make your own mind about what’s going on in America and beyond.
Google Art Project – See this video to get a behind the scenes look at the Google Art Project – Another amazing feature by Google, this Art Project by the communication giant brings art right into your face, in an experience no other technology has been able to produce until now. Pick out one of the many globally acclaimed museums from the list, and then choose between walking through the museum’s galleries or looking at specific masterpieces so close you can see each brush stroke in super high quality resolution.
The museum tour, as you will see for yourself, is a smart adaptation of Google’s Street View technology, and it feels as if you are right there in London, Berlin and NYC, admiring the art of famous virtuosos. Below is an image of the ‘museum stroll view’ at the National Gallery in London.
The next image is of an ultra-zoomed image of a famous piece by a well-known European painter. Guess who? Click the image to find out.
See this video to learn how Google’s Art Project came into being. It’s amazing.
Sign Spotting – Signs that mean well, but end up making you laugh is all what this site is about. As long as there will be poor English signs out there, we will keep on smiling. I suggest starting with exploring SignSpotting’s Most Popular section, and then continue to explore other categories. To submit your own photo of a sign worth sharing, click Submit. Here are my personal favorites:
YouTube Ad Blitz 2011 – Even if you’re a TV commercial hater like me, you’ll agree the ones aired during the Super Bowl game are entirely different than the ones aired throughout the year -which are boring and uninspiring in most cases. YouTube continues its annual tradition with the Ad Blitz, a showcase of all the Super Bowl game commercials for us to cherish and share.
Which TV commercial was your absolute favorite? I couldn’t decide between these three:
The Old Photo Album – Although this site’s photo gallery has more war and military pictures in the archive than any other category, the digital quality visuals here are mesmerising and intriguing. See American history and culture in a new way, through the camera lens, thanks to The Old Photo Album, a Weekly Blog winner. Here a couple of examples, American Civil War (part 12) and Jack Delano – City Life.
Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Arrange the shapes you receive in each level in a way where all are perfectly balanced. It starts rather easy, but then you must incorporate moving and propeller shapes, among others. Let gravity be your guide and give each level a try a few times. This is a lot of fun and also teaches you a bit about physics. For more great and addicting games, be sure to visit our I ♥ GAMES page.