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The Knowledge of London

Michael Overs blogs about his efforts to learn the streets of London well enough to earn the green badge of the London cabbie.

The London cabbie's "Knowledge" - downloadable for £24.99

To get a London taxi license, a cabbie has to master "The Knowledge" --memorize 320 runs and 20,000 points within five miles of Charing Cross. This is a set of study materials. "This complete pack contains a full set of runs, Points (over 30,000), Blank Maps (over 30), a list of London Embassies, Restaurants (over 4,000), Police Stations and Police memorials, Blue Plaques, London Museums, Theatres, Squares and Statues."

Opt Out From Online Behavioral Advertising By Participating Companies (BETA)

Yet another place to set your browser to opt out of behavioral tracking cookies from 87 internet ad companies.

Google Ads Preferences Manager

You can opt-out of the tracking cookie Google uses to track your surfing around the web for ad-serving purposes.

Network Advertising Initiative

If you don't want internet ad networks to track your movements around the web, you can opt-out here. (Must do this on each browser on each machine that you use to surf the web.)

HomeschoolMath.net: Calculate square root without a calculator

Just like Pete Stickney taught me.

Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts and Symbols

If your web browser renders characters as little squares instead of the symbols or letters you expect to see, you may need a TrueType font from this site, which has the massive Symbola and Unidings fonts and many others, available free of charge.

Cambridge Digital Library - University of Cambridge - Isaac Newton Collection

The college notebooks and other manuscripts of Sir Isaac Newton, free to read online. (More about the Newton collection here.)

Seth's Blog: Assorted tips, hope they help

Some words to the wise (12 tips in all), including where to hide your spare house key, what to eat and not to eat, and how to get your head on straight. Also, backup your hard drive. (Via Ace of Spades HQ overnight thread.)

Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters

The controversial statements, in their original context. (Via Ace of Spades HQ.)