Third Goal this community blog offers stories of Peace Corps volunteers, allowing them to share their personal experiences.

Addicting Games is a collection of free online games in Flash and Java.

Brainboost Answer Engine offers answers to questions asked in normal English. Ask it Why is the sky blue and you actually get the direct answer to the question. Ask Jeeves has the same type of search, but this one seems to return even better results. Very nice.

Ourmedia is a site that offers free storage and bandwidth for video, audio, photos, text and software in an effort to promote grassroots media. You can view other people’s entries or offer your own.

Section 215 of the Patriot Act eliminated protections for reader privacy in libraries and bookstores. It is scheduled to expire on December 21st this year. Campaign For Reader Privacy asks you to sign the petition for reader privacy. Once you sign it, you have the option of sending related email to your Senators and Representative.

ARDA provides data on American religion. You can view the data by state or national maps or read membership reports by county, metro area, state or the nation as a whole.

WebJunction offers the “Technology Watch List for Small Libraries.” The list is a good one, featuring wireless access, blogging, virtual reference, e-books, and hassle-free browsing. The only one I have doubts about is thin-client technology. I am not sure for a small library that it will honestly save time and effort to be managing a server rather than PCs.

Acronym Finder is a handy site to use when you need to find out what an acronym, abbreviation or set of initials stand for. Their database includes over 400,000 definitions.

IceRocket Web search is a site that offers an easy-to-use search engine. It can search the Web, blogs, news, phone pics, images, and multimedia. Interestingly, they also offer a free RSS Builder for websites. I like that the focus seems to be on offering access to not just the web but also blogs.

The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition allows you to read the the actual journals kept by Lewis and Clark. New entries are being added to the collection every month, so continue to visit. You can also read selected additional texts as well as listening to selected passages read aloud.