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Straight Dope Staff Report: What's so great about the Dewey Decimal System?
a nice librarian-tastic overview of LoC and DDS for a general audience. Will refer people to thisBikeGlam - a photoset on Flickr
these are so so fun.Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers
ohmigod. Thanks for the links list, kids! This rules.American Slave Narratives
UVA's goodies on the WPA narratives. Kind of moldy (ca. 1996) but there are still some things here to shareBorn in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
LoC's postings on the WPA narrativesTYPE-OH! DEGREE SHOW 2007
Swell typography and design. Nice.Housing Bubble Bust
More bubble data, kind of alarmist and probably overblown but there is some good aggregated data hereHousingTracker.net: Collecting, Interpreting and Disseminating Real Estate Data
Tracks inventories and median asking prices in major metro areas, and lately, it's riveting reading. Yikes.Jazz Standards, Jazz History, Musicology, Biographies and Books
Origins and musicians that recorded butt tons of jazz standards. This is a freakin keeper.The Mississippi Rag, Traditional Jazz and Ragtime Publication
It's online now?! You mean I don't have to order special copies of this for exorbitant prices? SWEETOriginal Dixieland Jass Band
Includes RealAudio versions of early recordings. SO RAD.Folk Music (About.com)
This is easily one of the best about.com guides I've ever ever seen. This one is ON TOP of it!Hack Attack: Make your Mac's Speech Recognition work for you - Lifehacker
I am trying to make this useful, I really am, and it's fun!FSI Language Courses
A whole ass ton of public domain language learning programs from the Foreign Service Institute. SuhweeeeeetHungarian Language Course
A basic Hungarian introductionMagyaróra - Learn Hungarian (Hungarian Lessons): New Paths to the Hungarian Language - Index
Includes audio clips with accompanying PDFs, I think meant mostly as a teaching resource for actual teachers but the audio and worksheets do seem very niceSecret Menu Items: The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items - Consumerist
What kind of crap you can order at places that isn't on the menu! How fun!SynergyKM: GUI for the Synergy Project - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
This makes Synergy much less painful -- works like a charm, I now have a great multiple monitor setup on the mega cheapFlickr: Photos from twisteduterus
oh my god, veterinary surgery photos?!
