For people who are interested in keeping an eye on the tides around their area, here is an excellent resource. FreeTideTables provides detailed ocean tide chart and tables, broken down by days for various states of the US. Start by choosing your state and then select a tide station in your state; you also have [...]
Having a hard time finishing that wacky rap song that you have been writing? Check out B-Rhymes, a website that helps you find words that almost, but don’t quite, rhyme. Great for any songwriters, rappers, poets, punsters, or internet enthusiasts alike, this fun website lets you search for a “˜false rhyme’ or “˜off rhyme’ of [...]
This is an example of a site that does exactly what its URL suggests. Type the year you were born and you’ll be told a lot about what happened in the world that year. Most of the information will be related to American pop-culture, though some world and sports history is thrown in as well. [...]
Your standard Wikipedia article mentions a lot of places. Google Maps knows where they all are. Fullwiki aims to utilize Wikipedia’s textual content in a new way, it combines Wikipedia and Google Maps so that the precise location of anything mentioned is only a click away. For example, if a city is mentioned in an [...]
If you are fascinated with every bit of information about numbers, then you should check out Number Gossip. This fun website shows you everything you want to know and lists interesting facts about numbers. Just enter a number in the search box to know its unique and common properties. You will also get a set [...]
Whenever we hear an unusual word, we right away open the dictionary to see what it means. However, simply reading the definition of a term doesn’t help us to understand its proper meaning. One has to see how words are used in context, in order to fully grasp the concept. Exemplar is a neat little [...]
Regular expressions are very powerful, and many people find it tough to cope without their unusual syntax. Here is a web based regular expression testing tool which helps you with learning and testing regular expression patterns. It enables you to enter regular expressions, and see matches in real-time with an easy to use interface. In [...]
They say that a lightning never strikes the same place twice. Nonetheless, some places get struck more often that others. Now, with the help of lightning activity map StrikeStar you can check the areas in US most frequently hit by lightnings in the last 60 minutes. This data is collected from participating users all over the [...]
AllFreeEssays is a free user shared database of more than 50,000 student university essays, term papers and reports. Essays are categorized into several categories. Users may browse essays by topic or search using keywords. In order to be able to read essays in full the sign up (free) is required. Registered users not only have an [...]
Pew Internet Project is one of the most popular free public research organizations that collects and monitors data on Internet usage and trends in US that impact communities and every day aspects of our life. To put it simply, it measures things like how many teens (12-18) have a Facebook profile, or how many adults [...]
If all the numbers and percentages you hear in the financial news about government spending, consumer debt, deficits etc., doesn’t make much sense to you, now you can better grasp this information at VisualEconomics.com. It makes complicated economic and financial data easy to digest and compare through accessible charts and graphs. Just browse through charts [...]
If you have lost a manual for your cell phone, DVD player or any other consumer product, now you can find and download it with one click from ManualsOnline.com. The site contains over 300,000 free downloadable manuals for different product categories including cell phones, cameras, laptops, household appliances and others. You can browse manuals by [...]
If you come across a symbol or a sign and don’t know what it means, head straight to Symbols.com. It is a web resource where you can easily look up symbols and read their meanings. The site currently lists around 2500 western (both modern and ancient) symbols organized in 54 categories. There are four ways [...]
Idioms are common sayings like “Picture paints a thousand words” or “Back to square one” etc., are used quite often in English language. If you don’t always understand some of these idioms, you should check out the IdiomSite. The site contains definitions and meanings of common sayings that are often used in English language. Browse [...]
LibrarySearch is a public library finder that lets you search and find US public library locations. It allows you to search by library name, location (city, zip code, state, address etc) and phone number. Additionally you can filter results by library type such as library system, central library, branch library bookmobile and books-by-mail. Features: Public [...]
Need to glue one thing to another but not sure what is the best way to do it? Head to ThisToThat.com. It is a very simple and useful glue advice site that lets you find out how to properly glue one type of surface to another. All you have to do is select two different [...]
If you ever need a dictionary be it universal, bilingual, mobile or simply for download check out Dicts.info. It is all-in-one dictionary and language resource that offers so much content not only by itself but also providing a lot of useful links where to find almost anything related to the subject. At first look Dicts.info is [...]
GetJar is not another good looking web 2.0 style website, but once you visit it you will agree that the site has pretty extensive database with thousands of free mobile phone applications. The site allows you to search and download any application or game you want. The best feature is their quick download option. Simply [...]
English is a lot harder than it seems, especially when grammar gets involved. On the internet, grammar doesn’t really matter, as long as the other person can understand what someone is trying to say. However, it’s still a good idea to understand the difference between confusing English words. The website ConfusingWords lists thousands of words [...]
Getting a pop-up error message “Couldn’t find ****.dll…” in Windows because of corrupt or missing DLL file. Now you can get all dll files you will ever need from dll-files.com. This site helps you easily fix dll erros by letting you download missing dll files for Windows. You can search and get dll files for free. [...]