Paul McCartney to be honored by Library of Congress

Paul McCartney is to be awarded the Gershwin Prize For Popular Music in Washington in spring 2010.

Google Fast Flip

Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches.

National Weather Service Calculator

Use this site by the National Weather Service to calculate wind chill, heat index, convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and more

GrooveShark: Listen to Free Music Online

From the GrooveShark website: "Grooveshark is a revolutionary music community that rewards users for sharing their music. Grooveshark was founded by three University of Florida students hell-bent on changing the music industry, and the world, forever. Grooveshark's goal is to compensate everyone in the value chain – from users to rights' holders."
Listen to music, share your music, free on GrooveShark.

National Novel Writing Month

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster and browse the forums. Writing begins November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been verified by a web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.

What was Ireland like in 1911?

The National Archives of Ireland are making available online the Irish Census of 1911. This includes census data, photographs and contextual materials about Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See photos of the Titanic being constructed and read about the Belfast shipbuilders, see a tram timetable from 1911, photos of the Irish people and their environment at the time and much more. A good resource and excellent educational site about Ireland.

Newsy: the news with more views

Newsy.com is a multiperspective online video news site that monitors, synthesizes and presents the world's news coverage.

Newsy.com takes a step back to show how the world's news organizations are reporting a story - providing an unprecedented global and macro point of view. You'll find CNN right next to Al Jazeera, the BBC right next to ABC. Newsy.com also covers major newspapers, news magazines as well as top blogs from around the world.