Fancy visiting The Louvre in Paris? While you can't go there in person right now there's nothing to stop you from enjoying some of the museum's collections online. The Louvre, like many museums around the world, offers virtual tours of some of its more iconic collections. The only downside is that some of the virtual tours require the use of Adobe Flash. More … [Read more...] about Visit The Louvre From the Safety of Your Home
Find Free Courses
Bored? Sick of all the shows on Netflix? Maybe with this extra time at home you can learn a new skill or improve an existing one? There have always been online courses available, but with the current pandemic quite a few more of them have sprung up. A new launched site provides a pretty good list of some of the available options. Check it out here. … [Read more...] about Find Free Courses
Free Zoom Backgrounds From DC Comics
A lot of us are now using Zoom to conduct our business meetings, as well as to "hang out" with colleagues, friends and family. One of the fun features that Zoom offers is what they call a "virtual background". So instead of people looking at whatever room you're in while you're on a call you can instead put yourself somewhere completely different. All you need to do is … [Read more...] about Free Zoom Backgrounds From DC Comics
Explore the Sea With Your Kids or Friends
This one is really good fun and educational. Developer Neal Agarwal puts out little web projects at his site Neal.fun. One of his more recent ones is an interactive exploration of the sea, or more specifically it lets you explore what lives beneath the sea and at what depth. It works pretty well on mobile, but you'll get a better experience on desktop. Enjoy! … [Read more...] about Explore the Sea With Your Kids or Friends
Brighten up Your Desktop With Flickr
Flickr has been around for a very very long time and is home to millions of images from amateur and professional photographers from all over the world. If you're using the Chrome browser you can easily add a bit of beauty to your desktop with the Flickr extension for Chrome that will load a random photo from Flickr whenever you open a new tab. I've been using it for the … [Read more...] about Brighten up Your Desktop With Flickr