corsinet.com is an excellent, intelligent
way to waste time on the internet: discover unusual facts, learn some
new things, wake up your brain cells and have some fun.
We've been wasting time on the
internet since before there was an internet!
Our collections:
Brain
Candy was first posted on the internet
in 1990, as a way to store the accumulation of word play, riddles and
jokes we had compiled through the years.
Trivial
Trivia is our collection of weird facts and unusual information, much
of it is totally useless unless one is training for Jeopardy or a trivia
contest.
Chicago
Collections is a huge resource about Chicago. A little history, some
quotations and song lyrics, and links to great Chicago area attractions.
DesignWeb
started because people liked our web sites and asked for help in designing
theirs. We are currently taking new clients only on a very selective basis.
TC
is Tony's artwork. He doesn't sell it & doesn't answer his email,
so don't even bother.
Our
Garden is a work in progress. It's what we've learned about installing
and maintaining a koi pond in our back yard. There are lots of pictures
of our pond and plants we've had success with in a shady yard, in the
brutal weather of the Chicago area.
Our "Great Links" are interesting web places we've found:
March 31, 2009
The Vegetable Garden at Monticello
3rd U.S. president Thomas Jefferson, grew 250 varieties of more than 70 different species of vegetables, precisely recording the details of their growth.
March 30, 2009
How marshmallow Peeps are made
For generations, little marshmallow Peeps have been a staple of children's Easter baskets across America. Find out what goes into making the little guys.
March 29, 2009
Relax, it's just foie gras
Animal activists have denounced the delicacy as torture. But as a new book explains, the truth is not as simple -- or as sensational -- as they'd like you to believe.
March 28, 2009
The dark side of Pink Floyd
It’s rock music’s most complicated saga, involving ego wars, madness and death. Robert Sandall explains why nothing — not even $250m — can put the pieces of Pink Floyd together again.
The Makers of Things - The Brooklyn Bridge
In the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Bridge was built with no power tools, no heavy machinery, and only a basic, evolving understanding of how to make steel.
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March 25, 2009
Vitamin D a missing link in too many diets
Blood levels of vitamin D in Americans have plunged in recent years, researchers say -- probably because people spend more time indoors, get too little sun and use a lot of high-protection sunscreen.
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March 24, 2009
Top 50 Most Bizarre Mugshots
A picture collection of top 50 most bizarre mug shots ever taken. With the first 20 going overboard!
March 23, 2009
Many bird populations in trouble, report says
Bird populations native to several areas of the globe are in decline, with some teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a multi-agency report.
1,000 Songs Your Must Hear
Discussion
at MetaFilter about
The Guardian's
list of "can't miss" songs and outraged suggestions of those that are missing from each category.
Animal Invaders
They're trying to take over, I tell ya! If you have a yard, some animal is going to come over and play.
March 18, 2009
Your $32 million takes a village in England
The village of Linkenholt's 21 cottages, grand manor house, lush green cricket pitch and accompanying pavilion are part of an estate that also encompasses 1,500 acres of farmland and another 425 acres of woods.
March 17, 2009
50 Nifty Tricks for Big DIY Savings
Tip your cap to all your penny-pinching kin and read on for the best why-didn't-I-think-of-that ideas for shrinking your household expenses.
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Cleaning 101 Basic tips and tricks to get the entire house sparkling, from quick cleaning strategies to supplies to stock.
March 14, 2009
Waffle Recipes
Waffles. Yummy. One late Sunday morning your souls starts yearning for a warm waffle. So you decide to make a few yourself. No need to worry, it's easy. All you need is a waffle recipe and a few ingredients.
March 13, 2009
How Stem Cells Work
Inside an embryo no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence are dozens of stem cells. Initially, these cells are blank slates, meaning that their fate is undecided. But they have great potential.
Daylight
Time
Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second
Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
March 9, 2009
Lady
Travelers of the 18th and 19th Centuries
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, travel was difficult for
women. It was physically arduous, dangerous, and prohibitively expensive.
Bad (or non-existent) roads, uncomfortable modes of travel, vermin-infested
inns, and possible attacks by highwaymen were some of the obstacles women
faced.
March 8, 2009
What
is Twitter?
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took on micro-blogging service Twitter during
his "Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at …" segment.
Then, Twitter CEO Ev Williams on Charlie Rose, trying
to answer all our questions.
13
Unsolved scientific puzzles
Author Michael Brooks has investigated some of the most puzzling anomalies
of modern science, those intractable problems that refuse to conform to
the theories. Here he counts down the 13 strangest.
March 5, 2009
Hutterite
Hutterites are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and
Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century.
Nearly extinct by the 18th and 19th century, the Hutterites found a new
home in North America. Over 125 years their population grew from 400 to
around 50,000.
Also: The Hutterites by Colin
Low
The followers of religious leader Jacob Hutter live in farm communities,
devoutly holding to the rules their founder laid down four centuries ago.
Through the kindness of a Hutterite colony in Alberta, this film, in black
and white, was made inside the community and shows all aspects of the
Hutterites' daily life.
Good
things in small packages
A guide to dim sum: Literally meaning "touch the heart," dim
sum is the original small-plates cuisine, a series of dumplings and other
steamed or fried items - served on small dishes or in bamboo steamers
- that are inextricably tied to the experience of "yumcha,"
or drinking tea. It's a tradition believed to have started more than a
century ago in the province of Canton, when teahouses began serving little
steamed delicacies or snacks to go along with their selections of tea.
Hiding
Easter Eggs: Idiot's Guide
Duuuuh! When hiding eggs you should never hide the eggs in a toilet, car
exhaust, in a microwave, the washer or dryer, in the fireplace, in the
fish tank, in the raw egg carton in the refrigerator, animal bowls, in
a litter box, under ground, on an ant hill or in the crawl-space.
March 1, 2009
Birthday
Calculator
Interesting info: What day were you conceived? How many seconds have you
been alive? What else happened in the year of your birth?
~ Harlan Coben
~ Michael Connolly [Kindle Edition]
~ Naomi Novik [Kindle Edition]
~ Jesse Kellerman
~ Michael Connolly
~ Michael Connolly
~ John Burnside [Kindle Edition]
~ Michael Connolly [Kindle Edition]
~ David Levien
~ Michael Connolly
~ Mitchell Fink
~ John Grisham
~ Kristin Hannah
~ Linda Fairstein
~ Andrew Gross
~ Lisa Jackson & Nancy Bush
~ Nancy Horan
~ Jesse Kellerman
~ David L. Robbins
~ Faye Kellerman
~ Linwood Barclay
~ Sandra Brown
~ Nelson DeMille
~ Kay Hooper
~ Steve Berry 
~ David Wroblewski