One dress, 365 days. The Uniform Project is one woman’s commitment to giving back… through sustainable fashion! Sheena Matheiken will wear the same simple, black dress everyday, accessorizing it with an impressive array of donated, thrifted, and eBay-ed hats, vests, skirts, scarves, tights and shoes. Each outfit is a testament to her creativity through daring fashion sense. The Uniform Project will be manufacturing and selling the LBD as well as holding an auction for the mass amounts of accessories accumulated over the course of the year. After the 365th outfit, all money raised will be donated to The Akanksha Foundation - "a grassroots movement that is revolutionizing education in India." Check her website everyday for fashion forward examples and to acquire a fresh perspective on giving back.

“Please call Stella.” How many ways are there to say this phrase? Did you guess 1,204? That’s how many differing voice samples the Speech Accent Archive has chronicled. They use an elicitation paragraph consisting of all English sounds and sound combinations to document the English accent as spoken all over the world. Want to compare a speaker from Brooklyn to another New Yorker? Or speakers from Brisbane and London? I’m no linguist, but I couldn’t hold my tongue over this gem of a website.

This article entitled "People may be able to taste words" from BBC explores the phenomenon of synaesthesia - the "blending of sensory experiences" as it relates to taste. Previous research has shown that people associate low-pitch tones with rounder, bigger shapes and smaller, sharper images with higher pitches. This article explores the concept of "sharp and soft-sounding words." While brie is identified as "maluma," what food would you associate with "takete"? The answer is just an article away...

This article from breitbart.com takes a look at a certain aspect of American life that may be contributing more to global warming than you would have thought possible – your diet. Did you know that people are eating close to double the recommended amount of meat per year? Did you also know that one kilogram of beef releases sixteen kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent into the air which is ten times higher than that of poultry? Salad anyone?

This online quiz from addictinggames.com is not, as advertised, impossible, but it will frustrate and entertain the user from start to infinite end. The answers to the seemingly easy questions are clever, witty, and sometimes make you shrug your shoulders in complete bewilderment and 'skip' to the next question. Here are a few tips from me to you - pay attention to detail and guard your 'lives' because you never know what the next question will bring!

Ever wondered who would emerge victorious between Hillary and Obama? Red Sox vs. Yankees? Well, now you can find out. Use googlefight.com to pit people or things against each other and watch the animated "battle." The winner is determined by comparing the quantity of Google search results between the parties. Googlefight keeps a record of previous fights and catalogs the funniest and the “classics” (Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader, McDonalds vs. Burger King, etc). This is an entertaining time waster, so satisfy your curiosity and check out googlefight.com.

“The Listening Project” is a full-length documentary that explores the impact of the US’s global influence – politically, economically, and socially. A crew of Americans traveled the globe, from Canada to South Africa to Pakistan, to find out what the international opinion of the US really is. This website provides a trailer, a synopsis, photos, and video clips from each of the fourteen countries visited. The people interviewed each offer their unique opinion of the existing globalization; there are teachers, musicians, young professionals, and a group of French middle-schoolers that classified Americans as “…rich, powerful and fat.”

Fictionarium.com was created to link authors, not alphabetically, but by likeness. If you enjoyed one author, you can just click their genre and find a new author with similar qualities! You can also add new authors to help others find new books. Check out the "featured author" for something different! This site allows people to find something new to read, while basically guaranteeing a book you’ll like.