Category: Websites

YouTube – Music Discovery Project

4 February, 2010 (15:12) | Internet, Multimedia, Streaming, Websites

You will be able to enter just about any query for a music group or artist, where it will be followed by a playlist that pops up alongside a thumbnail video and a description of the band. This is still an experimental product, so expect a number of kinks to be worked out still before [...]

Demense

17 December, 2009 (17:00) | Educational, Websites

A great resource for figuring out what needs to be done regularly around the house is the home maintenance and repair. It’s packed with checklists broken down by month.
http://www.demesne.info

Dropbox.com

26 February, 2009 (18:45) | Favorites, Internet, Portable, Productivity, Utilities, Websites

Dropbox instantaneously backs up and syncs your files over the internet and to any computer. After you install the application, it will create a Dropbox folder on your hard drive. Any file you put inside that folder will automatically be synced and monitored for changes, and each time a change is saved, it backs up [...]

Holiday Countdown

21 October, 2008 (19:27) | Productivity, Websites

A couple javascripts I wrote that countdown the days remaining to Federal and Other holidays.
http://smcglaughlin.com/holidays.html

Printable Paper

17 October, 2008 (16:06) | Educational, Productivity, Websites

Hundreds of papers you can download and print for free. We’ve got graph paper, lined paper, financial paper, music paper, and more.
http://www.printablepaper.net

iStewie.com

21 September, 2008 (23:56) | Internet, Websites

Apple iphone / touch mobile web sites.  Excellent resource for iphone webapps, tips, tricks, links and iphone / touch friendly websites.
http://istewie.com

last.fm

4 September, 2008 (11:04) | Streaming, Websites

The world’s largest social music platform. Show off your taste, see what your friends are listening to, hear new music, get personal radio, recommendations, and downloads, all for free.
http://www.last.fm

thesixtyone.com

4 September, 2008 (10:32) | Streaming, Websites

thesixtyone is an experimental game that transforms listening to new music into a fun, massively multiplayer adventure.
Despite the incredible wave of creativity that’s happening in music, most people have a difficult time overcoming their underlying “musical inertia” — why bother with the typical tediousness of music discovery when you can fall back into the comfortable [...]

mailinator.com

22 January, 2008 (11:14) | Websites

Mailinator is a disposable email service that helps you avoid putting your real email address into spam databases. Mailinator solves the problem of giving your email out to just anyone by allowing you to give them something different, something you make up on the spot, something that will work right away. With Mailinator, you’ve always [...]

techcheatsheets.com

11 June, 2007 (12:58) | Educational, Websites

Tech and programming cheat sheets and quick reference guides
http://techcheatsheets.com

Giveaway of the Day

5 June, 2007 (10:52) | Internet, Utilities, Websites

Well, that’s a convenient initiative allowing you to get the best commercial software titles – for free. Every day we offer licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise, for free! Yes, we are giving away software, and you can download it from our site, right now and right here and our goal is to give [...]

interfacelift.com/wallpaper

2 May, 2007 (10:06) | Websites

High-Resolution wallpaper in various sizes.
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/

321download.com/LastFreeware/

18 April, 2007 (11:19) | Websites

Last freeware versions of popular software.
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/

oldversion.com

11 April, 2007 (21:37) | Websites

Because newer (software) isn’t always better.
http://oldversion.com

fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/

5 January, 2007 (13:43) | Internet, Websites

National traffic and road closure information.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo

weather.gov

5 January, 2007 (13:40) | Educational, Internet, Websites

Official US weather, marine, fire and aviation forecasts, warnings, meteorological products, climate forecasts and information about meteorology.
http://weather.gov

Housecall (Free online virus/spyware scan)

27 December, 2006 (14:28) | Security, Utilities, Websites

Trend Micro HouseCall is a FREE Web-based solution designed to scan your PC for a wide range of Internet security threats including viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware. It also detects system vulnerabilities and provides a link so you can easily download missing security patches. After each scan, HouseCall delivers a detailed report, which identifies security [...]

pandora.com

20 December, 2006 (16:57) | Streaming, Websites

Pandora is the music discovery service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites. Create custom internet radio stations, listen free.
http://pandora.com

platewire.com

17 December, 2006 (23:41) | Websites

PlateWire is a public repository and electronic forum of drivers by drivers. Using a drivers license plate, commuters can communicate their thoughts and feelings in regards to driving on today’s roadways. Report and flag bad drivers, award good drivers, and even flirt with cute drivers. PlateWire was born out of frustration from years of driving [...]

Rasterbator

11 December, 2006 (20:20) | Internet, Utilities, Websites

The Rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size.
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator

The Linux Equivalent Project

7 December, 2006 (16:21) | Educational, Internet, Multimedia, Productivity, Utilities, Websites

Database of popular windows apps and their linux equivalent.
http://www.linuxeq.com/

zamzar.com

7 December, 2006 (16:01) | Multimedia, Utilities, Websites

Convert pretty much any format of anything to any other format. Online. Free. Without downloading anything.
http://www.zamzar.com

gigasize.com

30 November, 2006 (16:08) | Websites

The easiest way to upload, download and share files. With Gigasize files sharing internet service you can download, upload, backup and host your files.  If you register for a FREE account, you can send a file up to 1.5 GB and GigaSize will store it on their server for a minimum of 90 days (if you [...]

The Portable Freeware Collection

29 November, 2006 (17:24) | Games, Internet, Portable, Security, Utilities, Websites

Tons of USB friendly applications.
http://www.portablefreeware.com

ip-adress.com

28 November, 2006 (15:31) | Websites

Ip-adress.com shows your IP-address of your internet connection and locates your city or the city of your isp based on your ip. The geolocation is shown with google maps. You can reverse lookup any ip address and get location information.
http://ip-adress.com/

speedtest.net

28 November, 2006 (15:24) | Websites

Take the Speakeasy Speed Test and test your connection speed! By measuring the download and upload rate from the following locations you are able to accurately judge your current line throughput or internet connection speed.
http://speedtest.net/

Speakeasy Bandwidth Test

7 November, 2006 (22:15) | Websites

Awesome bandwidth testing site.
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

nirsoft.net

5 November, 2006 (15:56) | Security, Websites

Excellent collection of password recovery utilities, network monitoring tools and other internet related utilities.
http://www.nirsoft.net

neatfonts.com

1 November, 2006 (21:32) | Websites

Hundreds of fonts with previews
http://neatfonts.com

dnsstuff.com

29 October, 2006 (20:38) | Utilities, Websites

DNS Stuff DNS tools, DNS hosting tests, WHOIS, traceroute, ping, and other network and domain name tools.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/

fatfingers.com

23 October, 2006 (20:31) | Websites

Fat Fingers will search eBay and a few other sites for common misspellings for the term you searched for. This helps you find items that you normally wouldn’t find due to someone misspelling a name in their item title. Since the items wouldn’t normally turn up under the correct search term, you’ll be able to [...]

makeashorterurl.com

18 October, 2006 (20:28) | Websites

Truncate that loooooong URL before sending that email to your pal.
http://makeashorterurl.com/
Also see TinyURL @ http://tinyurl.com/

howstuffworks.com

18 October, 2006 (20:27) | Websites

HowStuffWorks is a website created by Marshall Brain but now owned by the Convex Group. It is dedicated to explaining the way many things work. The website in its early days focused mostly on science and machines, ranging from submarines to common household gadgets and appliances. Content since then has expanded to a larger array [...]

drudgereport.com

18 October, 2006 (20:26) | Websites

The Drudge Report is a popular, U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. The site consists primarily of links to stories from the US and international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and various current events as well as links to many popular columnists. Occasionally Drudge authors a story of his own. The Report originated around [...]

imdb.com

15 October, 2006 (19:12) | Websites

The IMDb website consists of the largest known single accumulation of data on individual films (including complete cast and crew listings), television programs (including complete cast and crew listings), direct-to-video product and videogames reaching back to their respective beginnings, and worldwide in scope. Wherever possible, the information goes beyond simple screen or press credits to [...]

fark.com

15 October, 2006 (19:02) | Websites

Fark.com is a community website created by Drew Curtis allowing users to comment on a daily batch of news articles and other items from various websites. Links are submitted by Fark members, which are then approved for posting on the main page by admins.
http://fark.com/

dl.tv

14 October, 2006 (21:42) | Websites

DigitalLife TV is for tech fans, by tech fans. It features some of the most recent and honest views about what is going on in our tech industry today!
http://dl.tv/

deals2buy.com

14 October, 2006 (21:39) | Websites

Inexpensive stuff … site is updated daily.. provides coupon codes and mail in rebates for various retailers
http://deals2buy.com/

del.icio.us.com

14 October, 2006 (21:37) | Websites

del.icio.us is a collection of favorites – yours and everyone else’s. You can use del.icio.us to:
Keep links to your favorite articles, blogs, music, reviews, recipes, and more, and access them from any computer on the web.
Share favorites with friends, family, coworkers, and the del.icio.us community.  Discover new things. Everything on del.icio.us is someone’s favorite — [...]

digg.com

14 October, 2006 (19:56) | Websites

Digg is a user driven social content website. Ok, so what the heck does that mean? Well, everything on digg is submitted by the digg user community (that would be you). After you submit content, other digg users read your submission and digg what they like best. If your story rocks and receives enough diggs, [...]

snapfiles.com

10 October, 2006 (19:39) | Websites

Excellent source for freeware with ratings and reviews.
http://snapfiles.com/freeware