Cool Websites and Tools [ September 3, 2009]

cool websites 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) GetHighNow – Cool website that lists 35 audio and visual illusions (“hallucinations”) which you can personally experience online, and use some of them to relax. If you are bored and looking for something to make you go WOW or even get high without any drugs or alcohol this is the website you should check. Read more: GetHighNow – Get High Without Drugs or Alcohol

(2) HistoryTree – Firefox add-on which lets you visualize your browsing history. It displays the websites in a hierarchical structure, hence the name History “˜tree’. It can show such four different history views, show you the screenshot of every page you’ve visited and even pages which you can no longer navigate using the back and forward buttons of the browser. Read more: HistoryTree – View Your Browsing History as a Tree Diagram

(3) LifePartition – New online to do application that can help you stay organized. It is simple and has one distinctive feature which separates it from most of the other online to do lists. It provides a multi-column interface where you can group your tasks by adding them to corresponding sections: Personal, Work and School. Read more: LifePartition – Stay Organized With Grouped To Do Lists

(4) Smart.Apnoti – Price comparison engine that shows the latest prices for products compared in real time, hence making sure you are getting the best and most recent deals. The site searches over 10,000 online retailers and can be used to compere prices on almost anything. Read more: Smart.Apnoti – Real Time Price Comparison Engine With Price Trends

(5) VidoopCAPTCHA – Image based CAPTCHA service which aims to make CAPTCHAs more interesting as well as more secure. The user is shown a set of images and he is required to identify them in a sequence to confirm that he is a human. The images change randomly and are different every time one attempts to solve the CAPTCHA. Read more: VidoopCAPTCHA – Get Image Based CAPTCHA For Your Site

Submit Your Web App

 

These are just half of the websites that we discovered in the last couple of days. If you want us to send you daily round-ups of all cool websites we come across, leave your email here. Or follow us via RSS feed.

Tagged:

Aibek Esengulov

The guy behind MakeUseOf.com. Follow him and MakeUseOf on Twitter @MakeUseOf. For more details check out MakeUseOf about page.

Similar Stuff

The comments were closed because the article is more than 90 days old.

If you have any questions related to stuff mentioned in the article or need help with any computer issue, just ask it on MakeUseOf Answers.

  • http://amazooo.com V.C

    Very useful tools.
    Most of them I’ve never know before.
    I may visit history tree because i’m passionate about firefox.
    I will also visit smart.apnoti to compare some products.
    Thank you.

  • http://www.planningforce.com James Danny

    Thanks for the post. It seems the apps are really nice and the LifePartition and HistoryTree are the apps I may go for. I like to stay organised despite of my busy schedule and the history tool make my browsing easier keeping me less to remember.