Here is a really nice site to browse when you have a little too much time on your hands:

Command+Shift+3 = Best Designed Websites

Score sites via one2one battle to decide which ones are best designed. You can also upload your own and tag it with appropriate category. It will be automaticly be added to "tag" battles to decide best.

Whilst you're there, why not give Allmightys thumbs up (of course, thats it if you like it :))

Pixelpopulation.org is a site dedicated to populate Europe with pixel characters in the form of stickers. Founded in 2003 and resulting from using pixel design and working in public spaces, this project has now reached the second stage. The basic idea is that you can download a printfile of your favourite pixel character and stick it somewhere in your town. Then you take a photo and send it to these guys... there you go, you have  increased the pixelpopulation! Have a look if they have populated your country already.. :)

Check it out here...

Nicholas Feltron publishes this beautiful annual report and the 2007 version is now for sale in a printed edition for $5. He collects statistical information about virtually everything that comes with an everyday life, like listening to music, walking the streets, travelling, spending hours reading etc and turns this into visual info.

The result is a both amusing and interesting piece about all the statistical trivia that makes up 2007 for the people. Have a look here for more...

(via infosthetics.com)

We have written about colourlovers.com before but in the recent months the site has really grown. I have not yet seen such a wonderful collection of colour swatches in one place.
As "I Am Thinking..." competition submission period is now on and you need some extra inspiration on what colours to use for your wonderful new designs, then why not check out colourlovers.com and take a pick. Some collections are really nice and the sheer variety definitely proves that there is a colour combo for everyone.

Check it! .. colourlovers.com

Here are some very nice recent additions. Also, don't forget, you can submit your own that get rated by the community.

Popdeck.com are having a skateboard design contest. Basically they do the same as us but just for skateboards. So if you're an avid skateboarding fan and have some designs lying around that you think would look cool on a board, head over to popdeck.com and join. You can win 200 dollars and a board if you win a contest. I haven't found any dates on the page, but it looks like an ongoing competition...

While I was in Chicago, I picked up several copies of the ONION, a satirical newspaper that has been published out of Wisconsin since 1988. In March, the Onion decided to go live with a broadcast, in the best tradition of video news parodies. Here you can find CNN-style news coverage like "Americans Enjoying Thanksgiving Tradition Of Sitting Around Airport" and "Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again".

It's brilliant :) check out here...

If you want to get your hands (and minds) on the 2007 Weblog Awards, have a look at this site and cast your vote on your favourite blogs in all sorts of categories.

Otherwise it's just fun to browse and see what's out there in the infinite world of blogs...

The guys at thewholeinternet.com have created a map of all 4,294,967,296 IP addresses there are. The owner of each IP address is displayed by a grey box while IP addresses that are listed on the Spamhaus XBL blacklist are shown as red dots. It's quite amazing to see the see the huge amount of IPs mapped out like this, especially if you consider that the image on the left is a zoom factor of 4096 addresses per pixel...

you're in there, somewhere ;)

have a look...

The World Map of Social Networks displays which networks are strong and where. The site covers most networks all over the world and gives you a nice colour coded overview of the world's social activities. The Map shows the most commonly used social networks but doesn't give you a proportionate view if several networks are big in a country.

Have a look at it here...

Data collected by Valleywag. Thanks to Lucas Shaw of Wandamere for the map work.

Startmobile is a site for all US phone owners who are looking for something different for their phone displays. The site features a number of artists who's work you can purchase and download on your phone. Unfortunately it only works for US registered phones.
Some nice work here, check it out...