Cool Websites and Tools [June 2, 2009]

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.

(1) AgainButSlower – Wikipedia is a grate resource to find information on many topics, however some articles can be really hard to grasp especially for non experts and people who are still learning English. AgainButSlower is a mashup website that tries to address this by displaying a simplified version of the Wikipedia along with the original one and so helping users with hard to grasp Wikipedia articles. Read more: AgainButSlower: Read Wikipedia In Plain English

(2) HeyPasteIt – Lets you easily paste and share text online. Just enter some text into provided field and click “Paste online” to instantly get the URL that contains your text. No page reloading, everything is instant and happens on one page. You can access the text anytime or share it with others by forwarding the URL. Read more: HeyPasteIt: Simplest App For Sharing Text

(3) MyFax – This site lets you send fax to 41 countries worldwide. The free account allows someone to send up to 2 free faxes per day with up to 9 pages limit on each fax (including the cover page). Read more: MyFax: Send Free Fax via Internet

(4) Onyaka -Free online staff scheduler that provides an easy way to schedule staff over the web. There is nothing to download or install, simply register for an account and start scheduling. You can start new projects, add your employees, set roles and drag and drop items onto your calendar. Read more: Onyaka: Free Online Staff Scheduler

(5) Workspace – Web service that offers an instant programming infrastructure for software developers. It provides the basic tools for managing software development project that all developers need including version control, issue tracking, source code hosting and sharing, wikis and more, all integrated in one place for optimal work flow. Read more: Workspace: Managing Software Development Projects Online

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Steve

TinyBin.com is better than heypasteit as it has a wysiwyg editor where in you can embed videos and images too. And we can add password to make it private so no one steals your text
Foamy Frog

I just looked at this FrostBytez website, and it looks like there is a 200mb per file limit on uploads.

http://makeuseof.com Kaly

Well the service sounded to good to be true. They lasted only for a week.
And now he pointed link to some design site.I have removed FrostBytez from this post post.

Directory article will be changed as well.

http://makeuseof.com Kaly

I have checked TinyBin and I think you need to update your host. This is the message I got:

“This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota”
Steve

Well Kaly tinybin site was getting updated. Now its fixed check it out
fe

“grate resource”?
Andrea

“Wikipedia is a grate resource to find information on many topics, however … ” Well, they do grate on my nerves sometimes when the articles are insufficient. Can you find grates there? I’m sure they talk about grates of all kinds, as well as the action of grating. In fact, there are probably lots of grate-uitous comments about grates … and all that variety is GREAT.

As for comma splices … well. Punctuation is important. It’s the difference between “Tom helped his uncle, Jack, off a horse.” and “Tom helped his uncle joack off a horse.”