Good Ecosystem – Do you wake up every day asking yourself ‘how can I make the world a better place?’ Let’s be brutally honest; most of us (including me) don’t even come near that question in the morning… That’s not to say this isn’t a most burning issue. It’s not that we don’t care, we simply already have quite a bit on our plate on any given day, and the easiest thing to do is to remain within that plate’s radius.

Here’s a great solution for those of you who want to pitch in without making any ‘sacrifices:’ Good Ecosystem offers an excellent ‘good doer’s’ starting point. A most vibrant and well designed visual informative platform, Good Ecosystem presents the crucial, boiled-down facts along with future acts that will be taken. One particular health goal I found interesting was this UN’s education mission. So what are you waiting for? It’s not going to cost you a dime or make you move an inch. Simply follow the Harmony Map Road.

Tartelette – This mostly dessert food blog is so much more than what its title implies. Amazing I-gotta-have-it professional photos of Helen’s edible creations are definitely this blog’s strongest forte. Lucky for us, Helen is not only a renowned pastry chef, but she’s also an expert in food styling, photography (no kidding) and recipe development, just to name a few of her specialties. One visit to her blog will say it all! Here are a few recipes of absolutely delicious and beautiful desserts, plus one unsweetened dish: Apricot and Wattleseeds Tea Cakes,  Lavender and Espresso Truffles, and last but not least – Savory Bacon, Onion and Parsley Tartelettes.

Daily Squee – Why is it that animal offspring and young are always cute, no matter the species? To tell you the truth, I have no idea but according to this Happy News article, it’s not a coincidence that we like infants (both human and non-human). Daily Squee is a virtual shrine for cherishing all cute and small organisms out there, featuring wonderful photos that will make you grab the nearest pillow, hug it so gently and call it Cuddles… Start with the pictures below, my favorites, and you won’t be able to stop. If you know where this post’s title came from, I’ll let you cherish that moment once more – scroll down to the video below the pics.

WitStream – Twitter seems like one of the most ubiquitous phenomena today, with millions of people worldwide constantly updating their thoughts, actions and feelings. But this, along with Facebook’s status and real-time feed feature (and other apps following the same trend) is one of the cases where quantity overshadows quality. So what hope is there? Simply put, WitStream.

WitStream (still in beta) is an unobtrusive, funny and yes, witty platform celebrating aphoristic humor statements all over. According to their About page, WitStream is “a place where you can read some truly entertaining posts. Assembled at WitStream™ is a group of pre-approved, hand selected writers, comedians, and all around brilliant humorists.” So take a break from the social networking and blogging swamp for a few moments each day, and you’ll thank these guys for helping you keep things (and life) in the right proportions. Just dive in and rejoice!

Animated Jazz Band – How does instrumental music that is both intricate and harmonious come to life? It’s quite simple; the composer writes or composes music notes for each respective instrument, and the players translate those notes into sounds, working together to form a music compilation.

But you know what? There’s even an easier method than what I just described, and it even gives way to super fun free-styling: The Animated Jazz Band is a 9-member band, consisting of singers and various instrument players such as a drummer, a pianist, a guitarist and even a synthesizer player, just to name a few. Clicking on each member prompts an additional theme, creating a more complex melody that’s soothing and enjoyable. Drums please!

Magnets – Your goal is to lead the blue or red particles out from the Spawn Boxes to the Receive Boxes. Place the magnets correctly to direct the particles, then hit “Start” to see what happens! For more Weekly Games, make sure you check back every Wednesday. On a side note, as a child I was fascinated with magnets and I used to play a lot with them. This online game really took me down Memory Lane, which prompt the videos below…

AllMyFaves Brazil – Not a lot of people know this, but the Brazilian flag entails the Country’s national motto, Ordem e Progresso (“Order and Progress”). The reason I’m telling you this is that for the past two months my desktop has been embellished with this gorgeous green flag of the Land of Samba. The funny thing is, ordem e progresso goes hand in hand with the All My Faves manifesto – offering an organized and progressive platform for search and discovery on the Web. To make a long story short, our devoted team of researchers and developers toiled these past couple of months over the new homepage for Brazil. The result? See for yourself. Creating the Brazil homepage was made in the exact same way we built all our different pages, including the AMF pages for the US, Canada, UK and India; we selected sites based on their usefulness, friendliness, technology, design, unobtrusiveness and popularity.

So if you are from Brazil, I’m sure you’ll find this resource very useful since it answers all your online daily needs, with the added bonus of inviting you to explore many other brilliant sites. Despite our efforts to make this homepage as encompassing as humanly possible, we may have left out a particular website you feel is essential. In that case, drop us a line. I also invite all non-Brazilian users to drop by and see AMF’s newest vibrant addition.

As a tribute to Brazil, I have listed below two of my favorite Brazilian songs, The Girl from Ipanema and Lambada. I had a hard time pinning down a version for the first song; I found so many excellent options on YouTube. In the end, I narrowed it down to two versions, a Sinatra & Jobim take, and another from the 1964 film “Get Yourself a College Girl.” By the way, if you are interested in the story behind this song, click here.

Book of Odds – Back in 1982, we used to live in Washington D.C. Naturally, I was a kid at the time, but I still remember the tragedy of the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 that year. A couple of months later, my parents took me and my sister on a cruise, at the end of which we had to take a flight back to D.C. As we were waiting at the gate, I noticed an Air Florida plane approaching. At this point I realized we were about to board a plane which is exactly the same as the one that had crashed. When I confronted my parents, they adopted the probability approach to reassure me and my sister. “The odds of this plane crashing today are slim to none,” my father said. Seen as I am alive and well today, I guess he was right… It’s funny how the worst tragedies and best things that could happen to you boil down to simple numbers.

Speaking of odds and probabilities, the Book of Odds is a brilliant site that “contains hundreds of thousands of Odds Statements, from the odds of being the only one to survive a plane crash, to the odds of having a heart attack, to the odds of having ever eaten cold pizza for breakfast. Book of Odds not only allows you to search for the odds and chances that concern or interest you the most, but also to understand probability by comparing the odds of unfamiliar events to others you have personally experienced.” Delve into the fascinating world of chances, odds and probabilities while skipping the boring math lectures.

Quicksee – Quicksee offers an innovative tool based on Google Maps and your video camera, inviting users to create location based interactive videos. If you’re short on cash and interested in seeing the sites of foreign countries, drop by Quicksee and discover numerous interactive virtual tours of various exciting places worldwide. If you wish to add a virtual tour of your own, it’s quite easy if you know how to plan ahead. Choose appropriate video reference points, shoot a 360 degree video of that spot, and then move on to the next point and do the same.

The idea is that you follow this process along a trail, path or street of an appealing geographic location (including the interior of buildings, courts, gardens, you name it), and then upload it to the site. If you’re a bit confused as to how exactly Quicksee works, see this video and you’ll find out. In any case, Quicksee offers something that’s unique, fun and extremely effective for the global community – we like that! And we also enjoyed these tours: Blue Marlin – Ibiza and the Empire Fulton Park. Have fun exploring.

MySkyStatus – If update is your middle name, you’re most probably heavily engaged in changing your Facebook status and tweeting more than three times a day. That’s great – it keeps everyone you know updated with… whatever it is you want them to know. But what happens when real-time updates are compromised by say, a flight, or god forbid, a flight longer than 8 hours?

Thanks to Lufthansa Airlines, now you can kiss those long hour hiatus periods goodbye and release those important micro-blogging messages, airborne style, regardless of your flight’s carrier. Lufthansa’s service, MySkyStatus “sends altitude, location, departure and arrival updates automatically to your Facebook and Twitter pages.” All you need is to update your flight number and departure date, and MySkyStatus will do the rest for you. Now only one important question remains: chicken or beef?

Google Building Maker – It seems like whenever Google comes up with a new tool, the entire Web community flocks to the green giant, and I’m not referring to the canned vegetable company. Based on their existing applications of Maps and Earth, Google has combined the two to offer users all around the world yet another exciting feature: the Building Maker. What is it exactly? It’s a 3D modeling tool for adding buildings to Google Earth. I gave it a try and to be honest, it turned out to be more cumbersome than I had imagined, which is rather atypical of Google. In any case, you’re more than welcome to give it a try and see if you enjoyed it more than I did. I strongly advise you to watch the video before starting erecting buildings.

A Billion for a Billion – According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFF), “For the first time in human history, the number of hungry people worldwide will exceed one billion.” If this number strikes you as utterly disturbing as well, you should know there are many things you can do to help, especially in and through our social networking environment. You can start by using our god given web 2.0 applications to spread the word – click here for the various options available. In addition, donating always goes a long way, even if it’s a frugal contribution. Think about it, if every online user donates 25 cents, it will add up to a heck of a lot of $$$ that could beat one of the 21st century’s most pressing issues – hunger.

Worldwide hunger is something that concerns us at AllMyFaves, and we want to help out wherever possible. That is why we’re committed to spreading the word through our blog, the AMF facebook fan page, and also via our Weekly Faves. In addition, we made a donation as a company. By the way, the slogan of the WFF campaign is Fill the Cup – another marketing tactic they’re using, and quite justly, through celebrities. Below are some photos of celebrities helping out. Now it’s your turn.