Couch surfer: Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.” Global Freeloaders says, “Give me a place to crash and I’ll just travel all over the motherfucker.” Global Freeloaders is a network of people who will put you up on your next trip to their hometown, in exchange for the same courtesy from someone else in the network when they travel. It’s like you have a friend in (conceivably) every region of the globe—hostelling sans-hostel. Bunk up at www.globalfreeloaders.com.

Dare to dream: Tim Drage is one of the Web’s most enduring unknowns. Back before the new economy made everyone rich, then very poor and living in their SUVs, this surrealist Brit was creating extraordinary pop artefacts invested with the logic of a dream. Just explore his rambling Web site full of animation, origami, mail art, toys, Lego movies and lots of dreams. Go deeper at www.cultivatetwiddle.com. :

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