Rule of Thumb

This morning my national edition of Thrillist brought me a rather entertaining site: rulesofthumb.org
Tagged by keywords and sortable by user ratings you can be better informed for just about any task at hand with a quick tip.

A travel agency will sell for 0.04 to 0.1 times its gross income.
[Rule of thumb about travel by Terri Thompson, New York, New York]

Always ask your spouse to explain their feelings. Never ask your spouse to justify their feelings. [Rule of thumb about marriage by James Erwin, Editor, Des Moines, IA, USA]

Unphotographable

Today's Photojojo bulletin brought me a site with some very intense imagery... eloquently worded verbal imagery:
Unphotographable.com
On a half dreamed day like this viewed through a misty haze of rain in NYC I felt particularly drawn to the well worded inward lens from this site.

Eternal Sunset

No... it has nothing to do with vampires!

eternal sunset is a website that allows you to view the sunset live (via webcam) online any time of day or night.

Crusher

What: Corral your friends with a free, sleek e-mail invite customizable with pictures and videos.
Why: You’ve got a crush.
Where: Online at crush3r.com

[-- from DailyCandy]

Blackle

Search the Web, save energy at Blackle.com

As you've always known on some level, displaying black on-screen uses slightly less power than white. Blackle is essentially Google gone dark, returning all the same search results while complying with the classic adage: "once you go black, the internet can save 750 megawatt-hours per year".

[--from Thrillist.com]

Pure Modern

New address for design fanatics: http://www.puremodern.com/
As if Urban Outfitters, CB2 and Apratment Therapy put their heads together!!! - Needless to say I will be spending oodles of time at this url ;)

Does it Suck or Rock?

A new social ranking search engine sucks-rocks.com may be just what the doctor ordered for on the fly market research or popularity polls.

Example: cell phone services: http://sucks-rocks.com/rate/cingular/sprint/at%26t/verizon/nextel/cellular+one/alltel/t-mobile

Dinner Bachelor Style