Useful Websites

[Maksutov]

I found this one courtesy of Google. (http://www.wikihow.com/Share-Your-Obituary-With-Your-Online-Friends)

Very useful for someone as old as I.

Has anyone out there found sites that proved very useful (we must exclude the BAUT as being axiomatic, of course)?

If so, what were they, and in which way?

[sarongsong]

WORLDMAPPER (http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/)

[Vermonter]

Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org)
I've found this to be vastly useful for quickie references, came in real handy in preparation of my International Relations final this morning. :-D

[Fazor]

Hmm, because of it's nature I use wikipedia as kinda a last resort incase I can't find information elsewhere (or don't have time to find it). Like anything online though, you have to be careful what you put stock in. Like BAUT for example...most of these people *seem* smart, but how many of them are actually just highly trained apes, copying random words from the dictionary? Hmm? (just kidding).

Anyway, as usual i digress. In terms of information, i like scouring university sites for any free info they post (currently browsing some of the free textbooks MIT has available online). In terms of handiness, I love amazon for when i need something. and cnn.com for my news, altho i tend to just read the headlines and skip the biased articles that follow :-p

[tofu]

Here's a tip to use with your favorite website (if your web browser is firefox). Go to a site like wikipedia and right-click on the search bar. Select "Add Keyword for the Search"

http://www.maj.com/gallery/tofu/babb/ffkeyword/kw1.gif

For this example, just put "wiki" in both text boxes on the dialog box that pops up

http://www.maj.com/gallery/tofu/babb/ffkeyword/kw2.gif

Now you can very easily search wiki without ever touching your mouse. Any time you want to do it, hit Ctrl-T to bring up a new tab in firefox - or hit F6 to put the cursor in the address bar.

Now you just type "wiki" followed by whatever you want to search for and it will take you right to that page.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/tofu/babb/ffkeyword/kw3.gif

It works with just about any website that has a search function.

[Gruesome]

A must for anyone who writes lyrics....

http://www.rhymezone.com/

[Theunknownbook]

another one:

http://www.aboutus.org/

[collegeguy]

for anyone who wishes to convert files

http://www.zamzar.com/

I like where this is going, we can all benefit from it

[collegeguy]

i like scouring university sites for any free info they post (currently browsing some of the free textbooks MIT has available online)

well, how about you share them?

[Fazor]

well, how about you share them?

I don't have a particular one, it all depends on what I'm looking for. Right now I'm going through this MIT calculus (http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm) book.

I guess I go to self-knowlege online litterary (http://www.selfknowledge.com/index.shtml)site when I'm looking for something free to read (classic litt that's out of copyrite). I don't pay any attention to his "self knowlege" lessons, but the texts are good.

Lastly I like Online Science and Math Textbooks (http://spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/bookmarks/b/1240.html), wich I didn't origonally post because I believe it's linked in the BAUT reference thread.

[Frog march]

for up loading pictures, free

http://www.imageshack.us/

[collegeguy]

I don't have a particular one, it all depends on what I'm looking for. Right now I'm going through this MIT calculus (http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm) book.

I guess I go to self-knowlege online litterary (http://www.selfknowledge.com/index.shtml)site when I'm looking for something free to read (classic litt that's out of copyrite). I don't pay any attention to his "self knowlege" lessons, but the texts are good.

Lastly I like Online Science and Math Textbooks (http://spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/bookmarks/b/1240.html), wich I didn't origonally post because I believe it's linked in the BAUT reference thread.


any knowledge is useful my friend, good links

[Maksutov]

Until the metric system becomes universal (and maybe after), here's a very useful site. (http://www.onlineconversion.com/)

[publiusr]

This is a useful page

[Dr Nigel]

I find these useful, for different reasons:

http://www.talkorigins.org/
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html
http://www.nineplanets.org/

Not too sure about this one, though:
http://www.badastronomy.com/intro.html
(Sorry, Phil, just kidding!)

[Dr Nigel]

And this one, for info on the chemical elements:

http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_j.htm

[GlobalKSP]

Gnod: Useful but limited AI (http://www.gnod.net)
The Inernet, Archived (http://www.archive.org) plus check out their archive of live music.
Mythography (http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html) Everything Mythological
Cafe Scientifique (http://www.cafescientifique.org/index.htm) What could be a promising trend.
MIT Open Courseware Project (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html)
A Shameful Plug (http://www.pbase.com/Islandfoolin)

[GlobalKSP]

And this one, for info on the chemical elements:

http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_j.htm

Great find.

[Moose]

Technical reviews (http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm) for free software, divided by tasking class.

Based on these reviews, I'm currently trial-running the Comodo firewall as a permanent replacement for Zone Alarm, for reasons too numerous to list in my current state of mind. So far I'm very much liking what I see. Very much so.

[Roy Batty]

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

& as for elements, beat this: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/ :cool:

[hhEb09'1]

& as for elements, beat this: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/ :cool:Nice, I'm going to buy one for a gift. But for websites, I like this: Periodic Table Memory Pegs (http://www.johnpratt.com/atomic/periodic.html)

[Dr Nigel]

& as for elements, beat this: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/ :cool:

Well, that's cool too, but I think the RSC provides more detailed chemical data (isotope distributions, average atomic weight etc.) and a bit more historical info.

[GlobalKSP]

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Many of you may already use / know about this program but it's new to me and maybe will be to a few others.