The RIA's are coming....

Rich Internet Applications are all the rage. RIA's basically provide desktop like features and functions - such as drag and drop - over the Internet. So the end-user gets a way cooler experience with a lot more interaction. Here are a few favorites developed with Adobe's new Flex RIA Platform. Have fun and click away...

Today's 10linksaday: Cool sites that use RIA's

1. Harley Davidson
2. Yahoo Maps
3. Mini Cooper
4. Sherwin Williams
   
5. World's Greatest Wines
6. Your minis
   
7. Sliderocket
8. matchmine
9. Mindomo
10. Finetune

Charity

Expect to hear about these 9 charities long into the future. They are growing dramatically. Over the past three years, these charities have grown their primary sources of revenue by more than 35% each year. Over that same period, they have expanded their programs and services by more than 35% each year. In addition, these organizations also have enough money in the bank to sustain a similar rate of growth for years to come. (Source: Charity Navigator)

Today's 10linksaday: Fastest Growing Charities

1. The Fistula Foundation
2. William J. Clinton Foundation
3. Oprah's Angel Network
4. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation
5. Seattle Aquarium Society
6. Water Missions International
7. Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
8. Year Up
9. LUNGevity Foundation

Architecture

Although these architects are no longer living, they each created culturally defining works that we embrace today. Learn more about their legacies. They created the foundation that we have built today's society upon.

Today's 10linksaday: Deceased Architects

1. Miels van der Rohe


2. Frank Lloyd Wright


3. Philip Cortelyou Johnson


4. Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí


5. Alolf Loos


6. Alvar Aalto


7. Carlo Scarpa


8. Charles Ormond Eames


9. Marcel Breuer


10. Christopher Wren

Architecture - Updated

It's an honor to be on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist. If you are not familiar, RIBA stands for the Royal Institute of British Architects.

According to RIBA, "The RIBA Stirling Prize is given for the RIBA Building of the Year. It is run in association with The Architects' Journal and is presented to the architects of the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year. The prize is named after the great British architect Sir James Stirling (1926-1992).”

The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2007 will announced on October 6th. Until then you can enjoy the work of the nominees.

Today's 10linksaday: RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2007

1. America's Cup Building in Valencia, Spain


2. Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal


3. Dresden Station Redevelopment, Dresden, Germany


4. Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany - WINNER!!!!


5. The Savill Building in Windsor Park, U.K.


6. Young Vic in London

Travel

The US dollar continues to decline in value, so where can an American still score a great deal on a vacation? If you are interested in traveling beyond the US borders, here's a few places that you can go without breaking the bank and still experience luxury.

Today's 10linksaday: Great Value Vacation Spots

1. Ambergris Caye, Belize
2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
3. Arenal, Costa Rica
4. Buenos Aires, Argentina
5. Cancun, Mexico
6. Cape Town, South Africa
7. Dubrovnik, Croatia
8. Istanbul, Turkey
9. Ko Samui, Thailand
10. Roatan, Honduras

Travel

At 10linksaday, we agree that vacationing entails escaping the realities of day to day life. How better to achieve the ultimate escape, than to stay in a castle hotel.

Note: If you are reading this and live in a castle full time, I need you to guest blog with us! With that being said...

Today's 10linksaday: Exotic Castle Hotels

1. Amberley Castle, England
2. Chateau de Bagnols, France
3. Dromoland Castle, Ireland
4. Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Canada
5. Castle on the Hudson, U.S.
6. Lapa Palace, Portugal
7. Schloss Monchstein Hotel, Austria
8. Chateau St. Gerlach, The Netherlands
9. Taj Lake Palace, India
10. Waterford Castle Hotel, Ireland

Technology

It's awards season! Awards have now extended to the Web. Check out the latest and greatest award winning sites/nominees through the links below.

NOTE: The site was nominated for an award. Vote for 10linksaday!

Today's 10linksaday: Web Awards

1. Favorite Web Awards
2. The Webby Awards
3. Web 2.0 Awards
4. Pixel Awards
5. IMA Awards
6. The Bloggies
7. The Next Web Awards
8. Best Web Awards
9. Photo Blog Awards
10. Bloggers Choice Awards

Technology, Shopping

We here at 10linksaday are considered "gadget people". Today we bring you 10 new products that are must haves. It's never to early to start your holiday wish lists.

Today's 10linksaday: Must have Gadgets

1. Camera - Canon EOS 40D
2. Camera - Canon PowerShot SD870IS Digital Camera
3. Cell Phone - Apple iPhone 8GB Smartphone
4. Cell Phone - Motorolla RAZR2 V8 Cell Phone
5. MP3 player - Apple iPod touch 16GB MP
6. TV - Pioneer PDP-5080HD
7. TV - Samsung LN-T4665F 46" LCD TV
8. Video Game - Sony PlayStation 3 Console
9. Video Game - Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
10. Video Game - Nintendo Wii Console

Technology

Technology has advanced our day to day life significantly. Remember life with out cell phones, email and the Internet? Check out these new innovative businesses and what they have to offer to enrich your day to day life. At the core, all of these business offer a new distribution model around technology.

Today's 10linksaday: New Business Models

1. SlingMedia
2. Joost
3. Yoomba
4. Wonder Pizza
5. iConcertCal
6. Tiny Pocket People
7. Big Belly
8. Reactee
9. Symbaloo
10. NoHaggles

Food

With the Summer of 2007 behind us, don't toss your healthy eating out with your leftover sunscreen! You can still enjoy delicious foods that are good for you. Even though you do not have to fit into that bikini, you will be doing your heart and waistline a favor. Enjoy some of 10linksaday's favorite, healthy, nutritious and delicious recipes.

Today's 10linksaday: Healthy Recipes

1. Fight Fat Salad
   
2. Pasta Primavera
3. Grain & Veggie Casserole
   
4. Skinny Mac & Cheese
   
5. Let them eat Cake!
   
6. Broccoli Parmesan
   
7. Vegetable Penne
   
8. Bean & Salsa Grilled Chicken
9. Heart Healthy Chocolate Smoothie
10. Omelette Sandwich

Happy New Year!

This week 10linksaday is a bit behind. I apologize, but want to wish everyone out there a Happy Rosh Hashanah. We will be back next week with a full line-up of exciting new postings!

1. A Rosh Hashanah Video for you

Somber Tuesday

Today 10linksaday will be absent as we remember those that lost their lives 6 years ago. Our prayers are with those families who lost loved ones and all of the other heroes who are fighting the illnesses that came about as a result of the horrible acts on 9/11/01. Special thoughts and prayers go out to Neil S., Joanne A. and the Burns families.

Photography

It's Monday. Time to login at work and start your week. Hoping your week will be a productive one. In the meanwhile, when you are having a mental block, check out some of these amazing photographs. It's definitely inspirational!

Today's 10linksaday: Flickr

1. automat
2. Thomas Hawk
3. archidose
4. permanent checkout
5. numstead
6. Kim Aubrey's photos
7. Hagen Stier's Photos
8. TIO...'s photos
9. Martin_Heigan's photos
10. daligt's photos

Technology

Mashups are just plain cool, when they are done right. A mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into an integrated experience. (Source: Wikipedia) There is an infinite number of things that can be mashedup on the Internet. I've highlighted a sampling below. Take a moment to check them out.

Today's 10linksaday: Mashups

1. Earthquake!
2. World News TV
3. Weather Bank
4. Flickr Soduko
5. 7 Wonders of the World
6. GMaps Flight Tracker
7. Secret Prices
8. Map of Sex Offenders
9. Map Builder
10. Flash Earth

Technology

Web 2.0. I'm sure by now you've heard the term thrown around, but do you know what it means and do you know what websites out there exemplify Web 2.0 characteristics? The phrase Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. (Source: Wikipedia)

Now that you know what Web 2.0 means, of course you want to know which sites are executing Web 2.0. Well lucky you, 10 nominated award winning sites are listed below.

Ideas for postings? We'd love to hear from you. Email us at 10linksaday@gmail.com

Today's 10linksaday: Web 2.0 sites

1. Farecast.com
2. Kayak.com
3. JudysBook.com
4. Eventful.com
5. TheBroth.com
6. Meebo.com
7. cocktailbuilder.com
8. medstory.com
9. begreennow.com
10. zillow.com

September Book Club

Today may be the unofficial start of the Fall season, but that doesn't mean you have to stop reading those beach reads. There are some amazing books on the shelf that are worth a curl up on the couch.

Today's 10linksaday: Page turners

1. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier


2. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia


3. Loving Frank: A Novel


4. The Idiot


5. The Power of One: A Novel


6. The Shadow of the Wind


7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel


8. Suite Francaise


9. Water for Elephants: A Novel


10. The Glass Castle: A Memoir