Cabinet of Delights

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Latest — Apr 28, 2025

Traveling? Oink, Quack, and Meow in Different Languages

Get along with animal life in various regions in the world by first learning how they speak. Oink in Czech, quack in Thai, or meow in Japanese. This page presents animal sounds in different languages – which you can listen to by clicking the speaker icon next to the words. How

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A Digital Safety Checklist for Beginners

Concerned about your digital safety but not sure where to begin? This handy checklist makes it easy, allowing you to follow the steps at different levels of ease and convenience. It's also available in a variety of different languages, including German, Japanese, and Turkish. Zebra Crossing: An easy-to-use

Every Time Zone for Easier Scheduling

Friends and colleagues on different continents, daylight savings applied on different days or not at all – it can make scheduling tricky. This site offers a clean visual for what time it is in time zones around the world so you don't have to guess, do the calculation yourself,

Art Makes It Easier To Engage with Negative Subject Matter

Studies have discovered that people are more willing to engage with negative subject matter if it's presented through art vs. a photograph. "These findings suggest that art acts as a kind of buffer when we engage with difficult or negative subjects. The aesthetic qualities of art and

Blog Posts at Random with a Click

Whether you're feeling bored or curious, this random blog post retriever may be the rabbit that leads you down the hole into the realm of independent blogs run by people sharing knowledge and interests on their own terms. Discover the IndieWeb, one blog post at a time.A

Signal Identifiers: Flow Charts for Use

If you're new to or thinking of switching to Signal, the messaging app, how to find people and what information is available to others can be a bit confusing to understand at first. This article explains Signal's identifiers briefly, then more thoroughly. Perhaps most useful are

When Was Your Name "Hot"?

The Hottest Name site provides a graph about when certain names were popular in the United States. Whether you're curious about whether your name was trending when your parents named you, or you're looking for an appropriate name for a character in a story you'

Getting Citizenship Is (Not) Just a Game

Two games offer players a way to understand the obstacles and challenges of getting residency or citizenship in the United States and Europe. In the first game, players can choose different factors to see if they are eligible for an American Green Card. In the second (scroll to the middle

A Ukraine Reading List

The 100 Books to Understand Ukraine is a reading list for those interested in the country, region, history, or fiction in translation. 100 Books to Help Understand UkrainePrepared in cooperation of PEN Ukraine and Sensor Media “What are they fighting for?“ Unfortunately, even after eleven years of Russia’s war

Embroidered Silk Postcards from WWI

Hand-embroidered postcards from WWI are an interesting relic from the past century. Decorated with symbols of peace, flags, flowers, and messages, they were created by women who lived near the front lines as gifts for soldiers to send home to their loved ones. The postcards were delicate in nature, and

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Cabinet of Delights

A human-curated selection of delights that spark joy, curiosity, awe, or celebration, collected from around the web.

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