The Webby awards were announced Tuesday for website and online achievements.
Here are just a few of the winning websites for you to view:
Tourism: "Monterey -- Alive is the Air." Website: www.montereyinfo.org
Art: "Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years." Website: http://moma.org/serraCopy/Writing: Wired.com. Also look at How Stuff Works at www.howstuffworks.com
Practices: Flickr, a photo sharing website. Website: www.flickr.com. Also look at "Digg/All News, Videos & Images" at http://digg.comPolitical blog: The Huffington Post at http://huffingtonpos...om
Charitable organization: Katrina -- An Unnatural Disaster at www.katrinamedia.org
Education: The Earth Institute at Columbia University at www.earth.columbia.edu
Family/Parenting: Kids Health at http://KidsHealth.orgFood and Beverage: Milk Get the Glass site at www.GetTheGlass.com
Games: Kongregate at www.kongregate.com
Guide/Ratings/Reviews: Written by you the people at www.yelp.com
Science: Winner is www.nature.com; People's Voice Winner is NASA's Earth Observatory at http://earthobservat...ov
Weird: Passive-aggressive (or just plain aggressive) notes at www.passiveaggressivenotes.com. (Be warned of foul language on this site.)
Youth: Scholastic Site Redesign at www.scholastic.com
Web poll
Last week, The Crescent-News Online posted this question: How do you plan on spending your economic stimulus money?
Here are the results:
49 percent -- Pay off bills
12 percent -- Save it for gas money
11 percent -- Take a trip
10 percent -- Invest the money
7 percent -- Go shopping
7 percent -- Undecided.
God's Will
Martina McBride has has many emotional songs. This one is titled "God's Will."
Print out the lyrics before you watch the video so you can kind of follow along with the video at www.lyrics007.com/print.php?id=TXpNMk1qWXo
Watch the emotional video on YouTube.com at www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJnoBbueEc0
Letters from War
Once again, singer/songwriter Mark Schultz is worthy of this column, this time because of his song, "Letters from War," about a mother who's son goes off to war and is later captured. Does he make it back home to his mother?
Get the lyrics at www.lyrics007.com/print.php?id=TXpNME9UWTA
Watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LotLf58yyU
Selling bottled holy water
The headline is "Holy water aims to quench thirst of body and soul." Read the story on the Miami Herald online at www.miamiherald.com/457/story/519296.html
Headless
Here's a picture to send to your friends: www.joke-of-the-day.com/pictures/buried-head
Funny hub
Funny Hub (www.funnyhub.com) is an online humor database featuring thousands of funny pictures, videos, jokes, animations and online games.
A couple of funny videos to watch include the classic "Office Rage," which I've seen several times at www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/office-rage.html
A good picture is "Hitchhiking Inmates" at www.funnyhub.com/pictures/pages/hitchhiking-inmates.html.
Warning: There are some suggestive pictures on this site, so if you're easily offended, bypass that particular photo quickly.