Live From Brussels

Fireworks

Heh, just stumbled upon Cyberfireworks.com, where you can create your own Virtual Fireworks Show.  Perfect for wasting five minutes...

Concentration

A friend just sent me this link: Concentration test for men.  It is harder than it looks... (possibly NSFW)

The Commonly Confused Words Test

Look what I found this morning: The Commonly Confused Words Test.  Reminds me of school days long past.  Below are my results: not bad for a non-native speaker, eh?

I guess those years studing English at the University of Antwerp weren't a total waste then.  With thanks to all my former teachers and professors!

Lego for Little Generals

Rembember when Lego was educational?  Back when we were little, we had to use our imagination if we wanted to play 'army' with our Lego.  Since there were no kits to build tanks, bombers or bunkers, we had to build them ourselves, and we had to pretend the pieces that were meant to be antennas or firehose-spouts were really laser beams and guns.  Ah, memories...

But kids these days are spoiled:  look what I saw when I was in a toy store earlier today for an unrelated purchase:

(It might not be readable on these cameraphone pics, but on the box it says "Works with other brands"; I guess they mean Lego by that)

Capitalism rules!

How Well Do You Know the U.S.?

Here's a fun little game to test your knowledge of U.S. geography: Place The State - Intermediate. (I got 82% right, with an average error of 74 miles).

Not bad for a European, no?  I wonder if there is a "Europe' version...

Mini-golf On-line!

Just discovered this sweet little time-waster called Crazy Golf!. Just drag and click, that's all you need to know to play...