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Links on Mixed Topics

Cooking

http://www.rezepte.li/
Recipes (German).
http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kochbuch
The WikiBooks Kochbuch (German).
http://www.kaesekuchen.de
A site dedicated to cheesecake (German).

Art

http://www.welcometothescene.com
Episodes about a guy being part of a moviez release group. Free for download and very authentic (it at least it seems to me to be so). I like the minimalistic style.
http://welcometotehscene.com/
...and some guys making fun out of it :-).
http://www.thecoderoom.com/
Another TV show about hackers.
http://www.strandbeest.com
Theo Jansen presents his strandbeests, artifical creatures wandering through the desert.
http://indy.tv/
Your custom radio.
http://www.wga.hu
"The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors."
http://the.sunnyspot.org/asciiart/
Nice website dedicated to ASCII art.
http://www.ascii-art.de/
Huge ASCII art archive.
http://www.iamboredr.com/media/455/Beautiful_Paper_Art/
It is unbelievable what is possible with only paper and a pair of scissors.

Amazing

http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
Amazing archive of free movies (e.g., the famous "Duck and Cover" or "Reefer Madness").
http://www.newgrounds.com
Huge archive with Flash games and movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR2ygFn-yR8
Bike messengers in NY.

Berlin

http://www.my-tropical-islands.com
A tropical Oasis near Berlin. Have a closer look at it.
http://www.berliner-unterwelten.de
This society is dedicated to the Berlin underground and offers interesting trips through bunkers and buildings built in the cold war time. A definite must for Berlin visitors!
http://www.berlinkicker.de
Website dedicated to tabletop soccer.
http://www.acud.de
Alternative Berlin art association.

Language

http://www.bartleby.com/141/
"The Elements of Style", a famous english book by William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/190/
"The Art of Writing", lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge, 1913–1914, by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
http://www.business-best-practice.de/sekretariat/geschaeftsbrief_englisch.php
How to write an English business letter (in German).
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/index.html
Great FAQ regarding the English language (which/that, might/may, etc.)

Health

http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/workplace/trr/tools/yoga_atdesk_en.html
Yoga in the office at your desk (nice video instructions)

Misc

http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de
Nice website to travel in Germany with other people that go somewhere by car.
http://vnes.thatsanderskid.com/
Great website where you can play old Nintendo games as Java applets.
http://www.kijiji.de/
Kostenlose Kleinanzeigen.
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/
Collection of German laws on the Internet.
http://www.bahn-spass.de/dauer-spezial
Nice idea: searches the Deutsche Bundesbahn for good tariffs in the next 7 days.
http://c64s.com
Very cool Commodere C-64 website were you can play tons of old games in a Java applet.
http://www.kahrashin.com/
Cool!
http://www.hr-manager.de/hr_man/html/zeugnis_gen_net.html
Arbeitszeugnisgenerator.
http://lifehacker.com/364054/top-10-ways-to-get-cables-under-control
Great ways to keep your cable mess under control.