Caribbean Escapes

On a grey, cold, dreary, day like today, 10linksaday wanted to bring you a ray of sunshine. Enjoy these fantastic Caribbean hotel escape recommendations. Our personal favorite is Turtle Inn, but all of the places are spectacular.

Today's 10linksaday: Caribbean Escapes

1. Turtle Nest Inn, Grand Cayman


2. Compass Point Dive Resort, Grand Cayman


3. Le Petit Hotel, St. Maarten/St. Martin


4. The Bungalows Hotel, Mexico


5. Hotel L'Esplanade, St. Maarten/St. Martin


6. Crystals, St. Lucia


7. Los Milagros Hotel, Mexico


8. Hotel Villas Las Anclas, Mexico


9. Villa Beach Cottages, St. Lucia


10. Turtle Inn, Belize

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Architecture Blogs

We originally did a posting on top architecture blogs back in July. 10linksaday.com now brings you a new bunch of exceptional blogs that are bringing architecture and design lovers a plethora of new material to digest. Go ahead and check out what happening to the world's skyline by starting here. Happy Friday! Ideas for 10linksaday are always welcome at 10linksaday@gmail.com

Today's 10linksaday: Architecture Blogs

1. OffBeat Homes


2. eye candy


3. Land+Living Network


4. Planet Architecture


5. ArchNewsNow.com


6. Super Colossal


7. Interactive Architecture dot Org


8. Monocle


9. City of Sound


10. Urban Planning Blog

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Web Celebs

These days you don't have to star in a hit movie, or have a chart topping record to hit the celeb circuit. The Internet has generated a whole new generation of celebs. Recently, Forbes published list of their Top Web Celebs. When these folks publish an item, their followers read up and listen. Today 10linksaday highlights a few of those A-Listers for you. Who are your favorite web celebs? Send us your favorites - 10linksaday@gmail.com

Today's 10linksaday: Web Celebs

1. Perez Hilton (did you know his name is really: Mario Lavandeira)


2. Michael Arrington - Tech Blogger for Techcrunch


3. Seth Godin - Marketing Guru


4. Matt Drudge - News Website Editor for the DrudgeReport


5. Gina Trapani - Productivity guru for Lifehacker


6. Pete Cashmore - Tech Blogger for Mashable


7. Heather "Dooce" Armstrong - Blogger - Mom


8. Kevin Rose - Digg Founder, Videoblogger


9. Frank Warren - Online Artist for PostSecret


10. Ryan Block - Gadget Blogger for engadget


11. Will Leitch - Sports Blogger for Deadspin

Go to 10linksaday.com for a listing of the Top Web Celebs named by Forbes.

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2007 Photoblog Awards Announced

Happy 2008 to all of you! Today we bring you pretty pictures. The award winners were announced on 12/31/07. Congratulations to the winners! Keep up the great work.

Today:s 10linksaday: Photoblog Award winners

1. Photoblog of the Year


2. Most Popular Photoblog


3. Best American Photoblog


4. Best New Photoblog


5. Best Asian Photoblog


6. Best European Photoblog


7. Best Black & White Photography


8. Best Oceanian Photoblog


9. Best Landscape Photography


10. Best Photography Post-Processing

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10linksaday Year End RoundUp!

THANK YOU ALL for making this site a success. We love all of the feedback and continue to seek additional content and category ideas. We thought we'd share a list of fun stats about our site for today's posting. Have a safe and fun New Years Eve celebration. Lots of great stuff in store for 2008. Stay tuned!

Today's 10linksaday: a 10linksaday 2007 Wrap-up

1. We officially did our first post on June 3,2007.


2. We have done 124 posts in 2007
   


3. # of Countries that have visited 10linksaday.com? 73


4. Top 5 Countries that have visited 10linksaday.com: USA, Canada, Chile, United Kingdom, Spain


5. Top Posts for 2007 (June-December)
1. Oprah's Favorite Things 2007 Perfect Shopping List
   
2. Architecture
3. The Crunchies 2007! Part 1
4. 2007 AIA Award Winners
5. Up and Coming Architects
6. Funny Ha Ha
   
7. The Crunchies 2007! Part 2
8. Shopping
9. Photography
10. Miscellaneous
    

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At the heart of it, we're all human

It's never to late to hone into the human spirit and donate by opening you wallet or offering your time. We here at 10linksaday have a large heart and hope to share some charities with you that you may share your charitable heart with. Happy holidays!

Todays 10linksaday: Charity starts with the heart.

1. Family-to-Family
   Family-to-Family is a not-for-profit hunger relief program aimed at helping profoundly poor and hungry rural American families.


2. Autism Research
   Donate during the holidays and help support thousands of families affected by autism.


3. Spinal Cord Injury


4. DonorsChoose.org
   DonorsChoose.org is dedicated to addressing the scarcity and inequitable distribution of learning materials and experiences in our public schools.


5. Children to Children
   Children for Children promotes hands-on youth volunteering and giving programs which teach and instill the value of community involvement and civic engagement in children from all backgrounds beginning at a young age, with an emphasis on providing resources to under served schools.


6. One Laptop a Day
   Provides laptops to underprivileged children


7. Operation Birthday Cake
   Send a birthday cake to a soldier for their birthday!


8. Oprah's Angel Network


9. Defenders of Wildlife


10. USA for UNHCR
    USA for UNHCR builds support in the United States for the humanitarian work of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Our mission is to inform Americans about the plight of refugees and advocate for their protection.
    
    
11. Frozen Pea Fund
    In support of Susan Reynolds' Frozen Pea Fund
    

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The Crunchies 2007! Part 2

For your surfing pleasure, Part 2 of the Crunchies! - the link to vote is at the bottom of today's posting. Cheers!

Today's 10linksaday: The Crunchies Part 2
11. Best video site
Aniboom
Hulu
Joost
Justin.tv
Tokbox

12. Best clean tech start-up
A123 Systems
Ausra
Gridpoint
NanoSolar
Tesla Motors

13. Best use of viral marketing
Flixster
iLike
iminlikewithyou
RockYou
StumbleUpon

14. Best time sink site
College Humor
Duels
kdice
Kongregate
Pandora

15. Most likely to make the world a better place
Causes
DonorsChoose
Kiva
One laptop per child
ZeroFootprint

16. Most likely to succeed
Kayak
Mint
Slide
Wordpress
Zivity

17. Best start-up founder
Reid Hoffman
Max Levchin
Kevin Rose
Evan Williams
Mark Zuckerberg

18. Best start-up CEO
Gina Bianchini
Dick Costolo
Toni Schneider
Rob Solomon
Lance Takoda

19. Best new start-up of 2007
Hulu
iMedix
Joost
Ribbit
Tumblr

20. Best overall
Digg
Facebook
GrandCentral
Twitter
Zillow

Vote for any of these listed above by clicking here.

Happy holidays everyone! Check out this 2 part posting around the hottest new businesses on the web. See you at 10linksaday.com!

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The Crunchies 2007! Part 1

Does Awards Season ever end? At 10linksaday, we are happy it doesn't. Today we bring you Part 1 of the Crunchie Awards for 2007. Check out the exciting new businesses that have sprung up. We've provided all of the links for your surfing pleasure.

Today's 10linksaday: The Crunchies Part 1

1. Best technology innovation / achievement
Earthmine
Like
Move Networks
Twine
Viewdle

2. Best bootstrapped start-up
FriendFeed
PoliticalBase
ProductWiki
Techmeme
UpNext

3. Best new gadget / device
iphone
Kindle
Ooma
Pleo
Wii

4. Best business model
Glam Media
Imeem
Prosper
Weatherbill
Zazzle

5. Best design
Etsy
Jackson Fish Market
Netvibes
Smugmug
Songza

6. Best enterprise start-up
37Signals
Attributor
EditGrid
Ribbit
Zoho

7. Best consumer start-up
1800FREE411
23andMe
LinkedIn
Meebo
Zillow

8. Best mobile start-up
AdMob
Fring
Loopt
Shozu
Twitter

9. Best international start-up
Atlassian
Gizmoz
MusicShake
Netvibes
OpenAds

10. Best user-generated content
Digg
Facebook
Geni
Instructables
Yelp

Vote for any of these listed above by clicking here.

Happy holidays everyone! Check out this 2 part posting around the hottest new businesses on the web. See you at 10linksaday.com!

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Merry Christmas to all of our readers!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Today 10linksaday celebrates Christmas with a wide selection of Christmas related items. Many thanks to Shawn who helped put this list together. We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.

Today's 10linksaday: Christmas Christmas Christmas

1. Christmas Cookie Recipes - a traditional family event


2. Egg Nog Recipe - yum


3. Christmas Carols- sing along - music provided


4. Famous Christmas Trees - a complete listing


5. Merry Christmas, America!: Megawatt Displays Across the U.S.A. - Watch a short video with the amazing displays


6. St. Patrick's Cathedral Christmas Greetings Video


7. A Charlie Brown Christmas - DVD and Book


8. Santa at the North Pole - fun for the kids!!!


9. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - DVD and Book


10. Santa Radar - fun for the kids!!!