Tech news with no bull

One of the most useful tech newsletters I get has the catchy title, "BullGuard Newsletter." It's published by BullGuard software*, a company that markets Internet security products. I stumbled across the site awhile back, looking for statistics on spam, trojans and viruses. It was one of those serendipitous finds that characterize Web surfing. The newsletter is free and I always find one or two useful links in each edition.

Recently, the BullGuard Team added "Curiosities," a short list of fun links that have nothing to do with Internet security. Among the most recent Curiosities are:

OnlineConversion.com ,a site that converts measurements from one system to another, miles per hour to kilometers per hour, for example

Go Ask Alice, a Q&A health site hosted by Columbia University

SFS Kids, the San Francisco Symphony's site that introduces kids to music

Make A Flake, my personal favorite. This is an interactive game that turns your cursor into a pair of scissors, which you can use to make cuts in a virtual sheet of folded paper. When you've made enough cuts, you can unfold the paper and see the snowflake you've just made. If you like it, you can save it. If you make a miswhack, there's an undo button. I did a little backtracking to find out who's responsible for Make A Flake and found that it's LookandFeel.com, a new media company. This a site that's worth exploring, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

*To sign up for the BullGuard newsletter, scroll down their homepage and click on one of the news items at the bottom. There's a sign-up form for the newsletter on the right side of the news page.