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Monday, May 29, 2006

Sacred Destinations - want to take a trip to the worlds most sacred places? Welcome to Sacred Destinations, a growing catalogue and travel guide to more than 1,500 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, historical sites, religious buildings and religious art around the world. The site also has an intriguing category like Oldest Sacred Sites and Artifacts, Seven Churches of Revelation, Ancient Megaliths & Mysteries and other stuff.

Go Ask Alice - is a health Q&A Internet service. It works to provide readers with reliable, accessible information and a range of thoughtful perspectives so that they can make responsible decisions concerning their health and well-being.

Visible Proofs - is about the history of forensic medicine. Over the centuries, physicians, surgeons, and other professionals have struggled to develop scientific methods that translate views of bodies and body parts into "visible proofs" that can persuade judges, juries, and the public.

Exploring Space: The Quest for Life - will trace the links between life on Earth and the rest of the universe-in the most realistic but spectacular fashion. Viewers will zoom through space alongside a meteor the size of a small city and learn how millions of years of cosmic activity have helped to create life on our planet. Filmed in state-of-the-art HDTV, each minute is packed with expert scientific interviews and their first-hand opinions about the possibility of life beyond Earth, as well as the history and the latest developments in Astrobiology, one of the hottest fields in science today.

Spacefem - There's information on feminism and women's rights. Has a forum that will provide you hours of entertainment. This site is whatever you want it to be.

Metafilter - is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster discussion among its members. The privilege of posting links to main page comes after posting a few comments and being a member for at least a week. This lag is built in to allow new members to get used to the place and to understand what other members consider good links.

Autoblog - do you like cars? Then this is the blog for you. A blog covering the auto industry with test drives and commentary on articles from other sites.

Gawker - your daily source for Manhattan media and gossip. Gawker, reporting live from the center of the universe.

Digital Photography Review - where you'll find all the latest in digital photography and imaging news, reviews of the latest digital cameras and accessories, the most active discussion forums, a large selection of sample images, a digital camera buyers guide, side-by-side comparisons and the most comprehensive database of digital camera features and specifications. We believe in quality, original, unbiased content.

GigaOM - is a Broadband weblog edited by Om Malik, senior writer for Business 2.0 magazine in San Francisco. This weblog is devoted to broadband and its impact on our lives.

Reason Online - is updated daily with articles and columns on current developments in politics and culture. It also contains the full text of past issues of the print edition of Reason. Reason Online is entirely free.

TechCrunch - founded on June 11, 2005, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new web 2.0 products and companies. In addition to new companies, we will profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the web 2.0 space. TechCrunch is edited by Michael Arrington, who also writes a companion blog, CrunchNotes.

Engadget - is a technology weblog which is part of the Weblogs Inc. group of weblogs. Launched in March 2004, Engadget is updated multiple times a day with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics. It also sometimes posts popular rumours about the technological world. Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founder, Peter Rojas. Engadget is a member of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75 weblogs including HackADay, Autoblog, and Joystiq.

Boing Boing (originally bOING bOING) - is a publishing entity, first established as a magazine, later becoming an award winning group blog. Common themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, disney and political issues (usually from a left-wing perspective). Boing Boing became a website in 1995 and later relaunched as a weblog on January 21, 2000, described as a "directory of wonderful things."

TV Squad - as the name suggest talk about popular TV shows. You can enjoy a written summary/commentary of an episode on TV's most popular shows like Survivor, Desperate Housewives, American Idol, Alias, The Daily Show, Lost, The O.C., Veronica Mars, Smallville and lots more.

Download Squad - another popular sites that feature a lot of useful software. Has a lot of post regarding games, tools, utilities, securities, web services, videos and lots more.

Gridskipper - The Urban Travel Guide. Scouring the world for discount flights, chic hotels - and pretty people.

Gizmodo - The Gadget Blog. An online review dedicated to gadgets, gizmos, and cutting-edge consumer electronics.