Learn to draw cartoons
Learn to Draw Cartoons is a series of 3 articles based on the Famous Artist Cartoon Course book, now in public domain. Lesson 1 is the Comic Head: When you meet …
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Listen to IdeaCast
IdeaCast is a weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management from Harvard Business Review You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS Here’s an example …
Try something new for 30 days
Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way …
See history in pictures
Join nearly 4 million people following @HistoryInPics on Twitter, an account that share “the most powerful and entertaining historical photographs ever taken”. Here’s the recent timeline Tweets by HistoryInPics
Test your movie trivia knowledge
Here are 100 classic movie trivia questions, ranging from easy to obscure. Here are the first 3 1. Question: What are the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane? Answer: “Rosebud” 2. Question: Who …
Discover how the Pyramids of Egypt were built
The most common misconception about the pyramids is that they were built by slaves. Recent archeological evidence suggests they were instead constructed by paid workers. Some may have performed this work …
Find out how to build a small business website with WordPress
Okay so you have found a great idea for an online business and you need to create a professional looking website, but how do you actually do it? How do you create …
Create your own hydroponic vegetable patch
Thanks to Lyn for sharing Scott Dekarske of Wet-Werk Hydroponics in Memphis, TN, and Master Gardener, Stephan Leonard, show how to assemble an inexpensive aeroponics system. It only takes a few …
Read the writings of Charles Darwin
Darwin Online is the largest and most widely consulted edition of the writings of Charles Darwin ever published. It is probably the most extensive scholarly website devoted to any historical figure. …
Quarantunes! Listen to upbeat songs to get you through self-isolation
The NME (New Musical Express) has created a Quarantunes playlist on Spotify (see below) and everyday they update it with a collection of the songs that are keeping the NME team …
Join the Quarantine Art Club
The illustrator Carson Ellis is running art classes for adults and kids with her Quarantine Art Club on Instagram. Every day she will have a different drawing assignment prompt to get your …
Read a poem a day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. U.S. Poet Laureate You can sign up for …
Learn to play the recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument that was popular as early as the 14th century. It produces a soft, flute-like sound. Compared to other instruments, the recorder is relatively easy …
10 Books Data Scientists Should Read During Lockdown
“Data science is a field of study and practice that’s focused on obtaining insights from data. Practitioners of data science use programming skills, statistics knowledge, and machine learning techniques to mine large …
Take a virtual tour of the Great Wall of China
As China’s most famous attraction, the Great Wall of China is an essential stop on all China tours. Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history …
Play Hidden Through Time
The Verge has a detailed article about this game, Hidden Through Time is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game. Hidden Through Time is a game where you locate hidden objects in a …
Get a daily dose of art in your pocket
One new masterpiece every day Leonardo, Monet, Goya, van Gogh… every day you will get one new classic painting. Some of them are superfamous, other are less known but equally interesting. …
View 3D animals in your own home
An article in 9to5Google, Google 3D animals: Which ones are available and how to use them explains what it’s all about. At its I/O conference in 2019, Google announced that it would …
Find out where the latest earthquakes have been
Earthquakes are happening all the time, all around the world. To find out where the latest ones have taken place, go to EMSC-CSM and choose the region (map) and the timeframe. Below is …
Watch the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Welcome to nature’s most amazing light show. Located at the Churchill Northern Studies Center in Churchill, Manitoba, this live cam is located directly underneath the aurora oval-one of the best places …
Find out what happened on this day in the past
The Twitter account Today in History (@Yesterday_Today) tweets events that happened on this day in the past. Here are the recent tweets Tweets by Yesterday_Today
Learn to take professional photos
Do you want to learn how to take professional photos? Here are some professional photography tips that will show you how to make your pictures look more polished. Read How to …
Explore the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
“This is one of the most spectacular, complex, but fragile ecosystems in the world” David Attenborough is the British naturalist who narrated the Netflix series “Our Planet”. Here he explorers the …
Discover creative ways to dye Easter eggs
These fun Easter egg dyeing techniques are perfect for the kid in you. Check out our egg dyeing and decorating ideas, including clever ideas for coloring Easter eggs and easy embellishments …
Join a virtual wine tasting
Just a few weeks ago, most people would have laughed at the idea of virtual booze tastings, conducted over platforms like Zoom. Now, because of the coronavirus lockdown, at any hour …
Watch Yang Guang (the panda) at Edinburgh Zoo
Yang Guang is a very special boy with a sweet nature. He loves eating bamboo and gets through 20 kilograms every day. His favourite treat is honey and he also enjoys …
10 books that will take you on real-life adventures
TRAVELING DOESN’T ALWAYS have to be about changing your location. As French poet and author Anatole France wrote, “Traveling is changing your opinions and your prejudices.” Especially in this time of …
Catch up on the stuff you missed in history class
Stuff You Missed in History Class is a twice-weekly podcast with new episodes every Monday and Wednesday, with a behind-the-scenes minisode on Fridays and a classic from the archive on Saturdays! …
Expand your vocabulary - learn a new word every day
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English. If you are on Twitter, you …
Experience a virtual tour of The Louvre
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right …