SnagFilms Offers Free Instant Streaming And Viral Sharing Of Hundreds Of Documentary Films July 5, 2009
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Viewers who go to the SnagFilms website can find, view, “snag”, share, and support one of the hundreds of films available for free, advertising-supported viewing.
The Ultimate Debt Clock May 25, 2009
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Thanks to Sander van Stijn
U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time. Click for Real Time
See The Worlds Newspapers Front Pages March 12, 2009
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Newseum | Today’s Front Pages | Map View.
The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Slide your mouse over the orange dot on the map, which you can chose or move to, for the front page from there. Click on it, to expand the view in a new page – Very cool
Best Of The Web On One Page February 4, 2009
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2 million photos from LIFE magazine November 19, 2008
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LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Click on the link above to search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
Ultimate NASA Web-site July 28, 2008
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After 5 years of development, here is an awesome searchable database from 50 years of NASA images and videos. When complete, this database will contain twenty-one collections, featuring millions of images and thousands of hours of video footage.Click on thye link or the image to go there.
Kaleidoscope Painter May 4, 2008
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Kaleidoscope Painter
Click on the link above to a new web page. Wait until the applet loads, then click the applet’s canvas. Move the mouse around the canvas while the mouse button is pressed (this is called “dragging” the mouse). Hint: drag slowly to create smoother drawing.
(Please note: applet requires a Java™ enabled browser.)
Clear Button… Clears the canvas.
Auto Button… Lets the program draw by itself.
DynaBrush Button… Causes brush size to change dynamically.
Brush Size Panel… Click the left-arrow to shrink brush.
Click the right-arrow to enlarge brush.
Google Sky March 14, 2008
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It’s like having your own Hubble telescope. Zoom in and out of the visible universe from your web browser.
Free Music On Demand January 24, 2008
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Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
Last FM now lets you play any song on-demand 3 times for free. All the other Streaming Music services charge a subscription fee before you can choose, which tune that you want to listen to.
Find Music from TV, Ads, etc. January 21, 2008
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Ever wonder who is singing on the Honda Accord ad (it’s ELO) or at the end an episode of Gray’s Anatomy (may have been the Teddy Bears)? This site has it all and links to the songs.
Kayak & SideStep Merge Reservation Systems January 17, 2008
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Cheap Flights, Cheap Airfare, Airline Tickets, Travel Deals – SideStep
The best on-line flight reservation systems just merged, as pointed out by intrepid traveler Jeff Ullian. Not too long ago, two companies – Kayak.com and SideStep.com – independently hit upon a new way to shop for travel. Both Kayak and SideStep allow you to search multiple travel sites at once, compare the results, and then buy from whatever travel site you choose. The idea of a “travel search engine” was quickly embraced. Kayak and SideStep have now become the preferred tools of savvy travelers.
Recently Kayak and SideStep decided to merge! We’re combining our strengths and resources – which means a better travel search product for you. Take a look at our new sites at www.sidestep.com or Kayak.com.Now that Kayak and Sidestep have merged, you will notice some new features, such as flight fare history charts or map and photo views of hotels.
Financial Calculators January 2, 2008
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Financial Calculators from Dinkytown.net
300 on-line financial calculators to figure out Taxes, Net Worth, what you need to retire, save for college, mortgage or any other kind-of loan or savings.
Let’s Say Thanks December 4, 2007
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If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. Thanks to Marcia Ullian for passing this on.
The ultimate guide to Live TV webcasts. November 26, 2007
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wwiTV.com – The ultimate guide to Live TV webcasts.
Links to over 2500 TV stations from around the world.
All The Internet Radio Stations – US & Canada November 24, 2007
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US Radio Stations – The Stream Center – Searchable list of America’s streaming radio stations.
The Stream Center has a list of American & Canadian Radio stations broadcasting on the internet. Here you will find the back door links to stream the stations direct on your player, avoiding the pop-up players used by many of the stations. You can search for a station by name or call-sign. The stations can also be sorted by Location, State and Format by clicking on the heading of the column.
7 Incredible Natural Phenomena you’ve never seen November 18, 2007
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7 Incredible Natural Phenomena you’ve never seen [w/ pics and vids]
Fun site full of the world’s oddities, such as this almost permanent storm, which occurs over the marshlands where the Catatumbo River feeds into Lake Maracaibo and it is considered the greatest single generator of ozone in the planet. The area sees an estimated 1,176,000 electrical discharges per year, with an intensity of up to 400,000 amperes, and visible up to 400 km away. This is the reason why the storm is also known as the Maracaibo Beacon as light has been used for navigation by ships for ages.
Failed Predictions October 29, 2007
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Failed predictions – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” – Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” – Sir William Preece, Chief Engineer, British Post Office, 1878.
“Self-operating [vacuum] cleaners powered by nuclear energy will probably be a reality a decade from now.” – Alex Lewyt, president of vacuum cleaner company Lewyt Corp., in the New York Times in 1955
This is a list of failed predictions. Psychics and would-be prophets often give exact details of what is about to happen and when the day passes, their followers conveniently forgot they ever said anything of the kind, remembering mainly those that happened to come true.
Science fiction is often set in the future, but is very rarely intended to be an actual prediction of events to come; a timeline of fictional future events is listed elsewhere.
The History of Unfulfilled Prophecy by Christians deals specifically with failed predictions by prophets or leaders within the Christian church, though not any contained within the Bible itself.
Birds on the Brain Blogs September 25, 2007
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The Wall Street Journal has published their list of Bird Blogs. There are the mainstream bird sites, such as
They recommended these lesser-known sites
Live Panorama of Pu`u `O`o Vent, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i July 24, 2007
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Live Panorama of Pu`u `O`o Vent, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Check-out the current eruption. This panorama is a composite of three images from a research camera positioned on the north rim of Pu`u `O`o’s crater. The images update every 5 minutes. At times, clouds and volcanic fume obscure visibility. The camera is subject to sporadic breakdown, and its remote location makes immediate repair impossible. Cameras can be where people should not. Pu`u `O`o is off-limits to the general public because of multiple and significant volcanic hazards.
Free Books Online July 20, 2007
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Now you can download books in the public domain in an easy to read Adobe Reader format, with easy page turning.
Mp3.com Dead, Long Live Mp3.com July 3, 2007
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As part of his deal to join the WTO (World Trade Organization), Putin agreed to shutdown the Russian allofMp3.com music site. It attempted to re-open under the Russian allofmp3.ru domain, but was shutdown again. Now it is up again as Mp3sparks.com. We have blogged this copyright struggle earlier here.
UPDATE - Mp3sparks.com has also been shutdown now, but according to the allTunes.com website, AllofMP3.com’s six million existing accounts can still be accessed if users download the allTunes software client. Once downloaded, users can browse through its catalogue and download from the 778,861 available tracks. More here
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation June 19, 2007
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The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
And now please welcome President Abraham Lincoln.
Good morning. Just a second while I get this connection to work. Do I press this button here? Function-F7? No, that’s not right. Hmmm. Maybe I’ll have to reboot. Hold on a minute. Um, my name is Abe Lincoln and I’m your president. While we’re waiting, I want to thank Judge David Wills, chairman of the committee supervising the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery. It’s great to be here, Dave, and you and the committee are doing a great job. Gee, sometimes this new technology does have glitches, but we couldn’t live without it, could we? Oh – is it ready? OK, here we go Click here to start
At our 40th High School reunion, Rusty Tunnard used this an a devastating example of the technological destruction of public speaking, and especially the art of story-telling.
Life expectancy calculator June 11, 2007
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Life expectancy calculator – MSN Money
This calculator uses the averages for life expectancy based on your age, sex, family history and personal lifestyle. Jeff Ullian would be the one to find this one for us.
SoundJunction May 28, 2007
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If you are interested in Music, you’ve got to check-out this amazing site.
The SoundJunction website’s all about music. You can take music apart and find out how it works, create music yourself, find out how other people make music and how they perform it, you can find out about musical instruments, and look at the backgrounds to different musical styles.
Discovering Antarctica May 28, 2007
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Discovering Antarctica – teaching and learning resources on Antarctica
The Brits have put together this web-site on the Antarctic. It’s chuck full of videos and pictures of the most inhospitable place on the planet.
