Hot Sites
Travel
If you’re the type who prefers navigating by landmarks rather than street numbers, Amazon’s search engine, A9, adds a new twist to online mapping with BlockView, which shows you photos of the intersection or address that you’re trying to find. Currently, 24 cities are covered, including Detroit, Phoenix and Reno, Nev.
http://maps.a9.com
Music
The single most brilliant Web site ever. Snippets of spoken pronunciations from online dictionaries plus a synthesized backing track equals Dictionaraoke. You will never listen to Gary Glitter, Celine Dion or Dr. Dre the same way again. (Warning: some song titles on the list contain R-rated words.)
Space
That’s no moon, that’s the International Space Station! NASA gives skywatchers the city-by-city times and places when and where the ISS can be seen orbiting above.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ realdata/sightings/cities/index.cgi
Design
Pretty colors, garish colors, made-up colors, colors that will make your eyes bleed — ooh, there’s a color that will look good in my family room! Colour Lovers spans the spectrum of color.