Cool Websites and Tools [September 9]

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) MoreNewMath – Fun website by Craig Damruer who portrays real life situations and scenarios in the form of mathematical equations. An example – ” A Store Manager = Employee + A Necktie. ” There are tons of such witty and funny equations on the site. You could view them in one page after another, all on a single page or in a random order. Read more: MoreNewMath – Funny Real Life Equations

(2) iFundDrive – Online fundraising tool with an innovative approach. It combines web shopping with fund raising and helps you raise funds without solicitation. You sign up as a representative of the group you intend to raise funds for and then invite other to join. After that you just need to ask them to do their online shopping via this site. For each transaction processed, the site pays a donation to your group. Read more: iFundDrive – Innovative Fundraising Tool

(3) TxtNinja – Simple tool with a useful purpose. It lets you convert text into picture so that it can escape the eyes of annoying spam bots or other bots like those of search engines. Nice thing about this tool is that it allows you to customize the font type, color, size and background color of the text when it is converted into an image. Read more: TxtNinja – Convert Text into Pictures

(4) TwoFoods – Nice websitel for those who are calorie conscious and would love to know the nutritional value their food has to offer. The website has a simple interface showing two boxes where you could enter names of two eatables and compare their nutritional values. Read more: TwoFoods – Compare Nutritional Values Of Common Foods

(5) AttheBigRiver – If you have ever bought anything at Amazon ( chances are you have ), you would know that the product links at Amazon are unusually long and complex. Yes, you can shorten it using any URL shortener but Atthebigriver.com exists specifically to shorten Amazon links and in a way that makes sense, saves you time and hassle. Read more: AttheBigRiver – Create Short Amazon URLs

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