gethuman.com (usa-centric) -
a consumer movement created to change the face of customer service. This free website is powered by over
one million consumers, and the site is run by volunteers who are sick of bad customer service.
The most popular part of this website is the gethuman database
of secret phone numbers and codes to get [directly] to a human when calling a company for customer service.
Mind your
mobile phone manners - "... makes perfect
sense that mobile phones are continually cited in studies that say good
manners have gone out of the window. You don't need a sociology degree
to see just how handsets have changed how we relate to each other."
The SocioSite Project
(Social Science Information System based at the University of Amsterdam)
The Time Value of Money Concepts -
the notion that money has a time value associated with it, independent of the effects of inflation,
and that this value can be quantified.
Maps of World.com
>> Top Ten Countries -
Find out about world top ten countries in different arenas such as countries with fastest growing economies,
longest railway network, highest percentage of urbanization, highest investments in healthcare,
greatest oil reserves, active participation in sport events, largest internet users, etc.
World Wind (from NASA) -
"Lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. ...
Lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there."
wunderground.com - USA and international point-and-click location maps
WeatherBug -
Live radar, severe weather alerts, travel forecasts plus Live Temperature on your
Windows taskbar (paid and "lite" FREE versions available)
Airliners.net -
"the biggest and most visited aviation interest site on the Internet, ...
an online aviation publication with a diverse audience of everything from
airline management to frequent air travelers to aviation enthusiasts."
VirtualParks (wilderness panoramas (USA) -
Each panorama captures a full 360 degrees of scenery and is built from 10-18 individual images. See what it is like
at possible vacation spots, explore remote mountain passes you might not be able to get to this year, or revisit
favorite places. Get a feeling for what these remaining wild places are like.
climezine.com - an initiative to bring environmental news to the
Web 2.0 community -- for sharing of information, photos and movie clips on our planet, and its state it is in.
Farecast -
an airfare search engine, for USA cites, that also predicts how much the price of an airline ticket will rise or fall over the coming days.
They "help you decide if you should buy now or wait." (Apparently it was originally going to be called Hamlet, standing for "To buy, or not to buy.")
Sports Tickets 411 -
A sports entertainment site with great resources for every sports event nationwide in the USA (baseball, basketball,
football, hockey, and more), including team and venue history with sports event tickets links.
The Emptorium (Australia) -
"news on the latest scams, deals and shopping hacks: the sort of information that can save you time, headaches and money."
Australian Banking IVR Cheat Sheet -
a listing of shortcuts that you can use when calling various Australian banks to exit their
automated interactive voice response (IVR) maze as soon as possible and
reach a real human being!
Cheapskates Journal -
"Saving money is easy!" - dedicated to showing you how to
cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Recycling ...
Recycling Near You (Australia) -
search for local recycling information simply by entering your Postcode, Suburb or Council Name
to find where you can recycle in your local area. You can search either by council/shire name
or by product type (mobile phones, medicines, tyres, batteries, etc).
RateBeer - "a forum for beer lovers
to come together and share their opinions of beer and breweries. Established and maintained by
dedicated volunteers, RateBeer has become the premier resource for consumer-driven beer ratings."
MegaConverter - conversion tool for just about any units (ancient or modern)
Australia Eastern & Central 2008 Daylight Saving Changes -
Australia Eastern (New South Wales, Victoria, Australia Capital Territory and Tasmania) and Central (South Australia) time zones
will extend daylight saving and also harmonise start and end times commencing April 2008. From April 2008, daylight saving
will end on the first Sunday in April and recommence on the first Sunday in October in all states.
See the Australian Government Time web site for more information.
Time Zones for PCs
(FREE download) - "built around a comprehensive database of over
1500 cities and towns, in 252 individual time zones,
across 240 countries. ... 100% coverage
of all the time zones in the world. " >>
UTC Time Reference
ClockLink.com - "provides fashionable clocks that you
can easily embed in your web page"
Karen's Time Zone Manager - "Take control of Windows'
Time Zones! Now you can create a desktop shortcut to any time
zone, allowing you to switch between zones with must the
double-click of your mouse. You can even create your own custom
time zones, enabling or disabling settings such as Daylight
Saving Time."
YouSendIt FileLink -
a personalized link to the YouSendIt website. Your address is automatically passed as the recipient address
to the FREE public YouSendIt service. When the YouSendIt homepage appears, the email address of your choice
is already filled in. A good way way to send large file attachments.
There's nothing more annoying than having your inbox clogged up with a massive file attachment
sent by a well-meaning friend or colleague. Alternatively, many mail servers have frustratingly
low file size limits (typically 5MB or 10MB) that prevent you from receiving the occasional large file.
The Assayer -
a site for book reviews (with a focus on reviewing free books.. It also functions as a catalog of free books.
NPR - an
internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of
noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A
privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR
serves more than 750 independently operated, noncommercial
public radio stations.
MIT OpenCourseWare - a FREE, open publication of MIT course materials.
(NOTE: it does not require any registration, is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity,
and does not provide access to MIT faculty.)
