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How to Google MP3's

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:40:40 GMT

Okay peeps, I’m sure most of you know how to use Limewire and Bittorrent these days. But, I’ll bet you haven’t used Google to perform a quick Mp3 search for the nagging song that’s been stuck in your head all day. The truth is that Google can be used to conduct a search for almost any file type, including Mp3s, PDFs, and videos. This functionality has been available for a long time, but most users haven’t caught on to it. So here’s a quick example of how to use Google to search for Mp3s. It’s like turning Google into the Napster of 2000.

The following is a Google search string for searching open web directories containing downloadable Nirvana music files. Substitute the term Nirvana in the search string for any other band of your liking. You can always bookmark the search result for future use.

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana”

With some very slight modifications the same search string can easily be used to search for ebooks in DOC and PDF format:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(pdf|doc) “george orwell 1984″

Or perhaps your looking for some specific video file:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(mpg|wmv) “towelie”

You can check the official Google Advanced Search Operators page for further details on editing this search string to meet your specific needs. Enjoy yourselves!

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The Best Online Research Apps/Sites You've Never Heard Of

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:26:16 GMT

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Research can be a time consuming and sometimes tedious task. How can you make it easier for yourself? While there is no complete substitute for a good old-fashioned trip to the library, you can find a wide variety of information with many research tools. Here are a few sites listed in alphabetical order. You might not be familiar with some of the resources, but they can help supplement and improve your research.

Artcyclopedia

BioMedCentral

Digital History

FindArticles.com

Internet History Sourcebooks

Internet Public Library

Librarians Internet Index

Library of Congress

Perseus Digital Library

Project Gutenberg

Research Guide for Students -

U.S. Government Manual

Tags: research

6 web design sites you can’t live without

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:40:43 GMT

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6 web design sites you can’t live without

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Boag World

Paul Boag’s podcast and forum are superb resources for any web designer, whether you’ve got 10 years’ experience or 10 minutes. Really easy to understand.
A List Apart

This is the best web design magazine in the world — bar none.
456 Berea Street

A great site for anybody who want to learn more about coding websites the right way.
CSS Zen Garden

This is where I go when I need some time to breathe deeply and gain inspiration.
SEO Book

If you want people to visit your site, you need to visit this one.
Web Design Book

Well, obviously I’m going to say that, aren’t I ;o)

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Tags: web design, website, design, web development

The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:52:34 GMT

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The Latin abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are used extensively in English. Not everyone, however, is aware of the difference in their usage. Some people use them interchangeably. Others even invert their meaning. If you are not completely sure when to use each of those abbreviations, keep reading!

e.g. stands for the Latin phrase “exempli gratia,” which means “for the sake of example.” You should use it when presenting examples or more possibilities for the term in question. An easy way to remember this is to associate e.g. with “example given.”

I like citrus fruits (e.g., oranges and lemons)

i.e. Stands for the Latin phrase “id est,” which means “that is.” You should use it when explaining or rephrasing a sentence. Usually it has the same meaning as “in other words.”

I like all fruits (i.e., I eat pretty much anything)

Tags: grammar

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:48:00 GMT

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Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Article Description

Google is a great search engine, but it's also more than that. Google has tons of hidden features, some of which are quite fun and most of which are extremely useful— if you know about them. How do you discover all these hidden features within the Google site? Read on to learn more.

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Google Is a Calculator

When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the standard Google search box, and then click the Google Search button. The result of the calculation is displayed on the search results page; it’s that simple.

You can use the standard algebraic operators to construct your calculations—+, -, x, and / for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, accordingly. For example, to add 2 plus 3, enter 2 + 3 and press Enter. To divide 10 by 2, enter 10 / 2, and so on.

And Google’s calculator isn’t limited to basic addition and multiplication. It can also handle more advanced calculations, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic functions, and logarithmic functions. Just enter the proper formula into the search box, and wait for Google to display the answer.

Tags: google, technology, internet, cool, tip, feature

Fifty Tools which can help you in Writing

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:32:41 GMT

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Tags: english

Critical Thinking On The Web

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:51:19 GMT

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Top Ten

Argument Mapping Tutorials. Six online tutorials in argument mapping, a core requirement for advanced critical thinking.
The Skeptic's Dictionary - over 400 definitions and essays.
The Fallacy Files by Gary Curtis. Best website on fallacies.
Butterflies and Wheels. Excellent reading - news, articles, and much more.
Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts by Peter Facione. Good overview of the nature of critical thinking. (pdf file)
Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion by John Stuart Mill. Classic chapter, densely packed with wisdom about thinking.
Chance - best resource for helping students think critically about issues involving probability and statistics
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, by Richards Heuer. A good overview of how to improve thinking in the light of insights from cognitive psychology.
A Handbook on Writing Argumentative and Interpretative Essays by Ian Johnston
Baloney Detection Part 1 and Part 2 - by Michael Shermer. 10 step guide.

Tags: critical thinking, bull-shit detection

11 Rules of Writing

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:28:59 GMT

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1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier.

2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence's meaning.

3. Do not use commas to bracket phrases that are essential to a sentence's meaning.

4. When beginning a sentence with an introductory phrase or an introductory (dependent) clause, include a comma.

5. To indicate possession, end a singular noun with an apostrophe followed by an "s". Otherwise, the noun's form seems plural.

6. Use proper punctuation to integrate a quotation into a sentence. If the introductory material is an independent clause, add the quotation after a colon. If the introductory material ends in "thinks," "saying," or some other verb indicating expression, use a comma.

7. Make the subject and verb agree with each other, not with a word that comes between them.

8. Be sure that a pronoun, a participial phrase, or an appositive refers clearly to the proper subject.

9. Use parallel construction to make a strong point and create a smooth flow.

10. Use the active voice unless you specifically need to use the passive.

11. Omit unnecessary words.

Tags: writing, grammar

How to tell if images were faked

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:43:17 GMT

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HOW TO: Tell If Images Were Faked

As a skeptical consumer, you've probably looked at photo in the news or a piece of advertising and thought, hey, I bet that was faked. Now with a little help from Photoshop, and Tim Mathenson's tutorial, you can tell.

• Open Photoshop
• Open questionable image
• Press CTRL+U or go to Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation
• Set Hue to low
• Set Saturation to high
• Scroll the light bar back and forth, looking for areas of the image that don't match
• If you find a splotch of discoloration, that may indicate the picture was retouched.

Tim says this will work on any retouched photo, not just Photoshopped ones. — BEN POPKEN

How to tell fake images from real ones using Photoshop [Tim Matheson]

Tags: pictures, photoshop, photos, fake

History of Religion in 90 seconds - Geographical Evolution (Flash)

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:35:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: similar to the "Map of War" in the Middle East

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How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

* Download .swf (?)

*View Full Screen

Tags: history, religion, flash, geography, map, evolution, faith, christianity, islam, buddhism, hinduism, judaism, visualization

How The Cat Wakes You Up In The Morning!, OUCH!

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:11:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You got to see this!

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[Video]

Tags: cats, sleep, funny, comedy, ouch!

This is Iran: Tell Me What do You See?

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:03:59 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: This is from a post from a blogmigo. Very interesting pics and very interesting post.

NOTE: Considering how some people in clipmarks feel about Muslim in general (and Mexicans and Iranians in particular) if you follow the link just so you can throw hate at him, don't bother, please go somewhere else.

Clip Source: www.theunapologeticmexican.org

LET'S TAKE A WALK THROUGH IRAN.

Here are images, I wanted to lay them out. As glimpses. Isolated glimpses into another country, one that mostly exists for us in scary soundbytes and media-approved shots of hangings and flame and the dark dark chador and the obscuring burqa. We pump the hot gas of our fear and media worship into those shadowy shapes, because after all, all of us here in the USA are experts at marketing and advertising and image. We take joy in our trade. This is our most intensive area of training.

This shot is of a woman looking into Khomeini's tomb.

This green, green foto was titled Naqsh-e-Jahaan Square.

A wondrous work of art, this rivals the most beautiful churches I've seen in the USA. I don't go in too much for religion. But I do appreciate the art that moves the hands of humans when they feel inspired. I feel much the same way as I have standing in some vast, ornate churches in New York. There are a few beauties.

A wedding in Iran. A Kurdish-Persian wedding.

Tags: iran, theunapologeticmexican.org, images, people

13 Photos that changed the world

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:53:12 GMT

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13 Photographs That Changed the World.

1. The Photograph That Raised the Photojournalistic Stakes:
"Omaha Beach, Normandy, France"
Robert Capa, 1944

2. The Photograph That Gave a Face to the Great Depression
"Migrant Mother"
Dorothea Lange, 1936

Tags: photos, history

Top 10 Funniest Internet Quotes

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:52:41 GMT

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“Programming is like sex, one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.” Michael Sinz

“If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0″ Author Unknown

“Microsoft Products are Generally Bug Free” Bill Gates

“Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks” Author Unknown

“You can’t take something off the Internet - it’s like taking pee out of a pool.” Author Unknown

“The Internet is the Viagra of big business.” - Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO, General Electric

“The Internet is the most powerful magnifier of slack ever invented.” Author Unknown

“There are three kinds of death in this world. There’s heart death, there’s brain death, and there’s being off the network.” Guy Almes

“Better to be a geek than an idiot.” Author Unknown

“My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them.” Penn Jillett

Tags: quotes, comedy, internet

Free Music: 22 Websites to Get the Music You Love

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:08:32 GMT

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BeeMP3.com

a mp3 search engine

Blip

a quick way to tell your friends what song you’re into

Critical Metrics

a database of highly recommended songs

Deezer

offers, free of charge and legally, all kinds of music

Free Albums Galore

a full-album “mp3 blog”

Free Music Zilla

a tool specialized for social music downloading

GrooveShark Lite

find and listen to any song

Hype Machine

tracks a variety of MP3 blogs

Imeem

a wide range of media

Internet Audio Archive

over a hundred thousand free digital recordings

Jango

create a custom radio station

Last.fm

the most popular custom radio site

Musicovery

choose which songs to play based on things like mood, genre

Music Search Online

mp3 search

MuxTape

create and share mp3 mixtapes

Pandora

great for finding new music

SeeqPod

media search engine

SpiralFrog

over 700,000 songs for you to download

Skreemr

for locating mp3 files

Slacker

a custom radio station site

Songerize

simplified interface for the SeeqPod music search engine

Songza

a music search engine with the ability to create playlists

Tags: music, mp3, radio, search

Clipmarks | ratilfar's clips

How to Google MP3's

The Best Online Research Apps/Sites You've Never Heard Of

6 web design sites you can’t live without

6 web design sites you can’t live without

Boag World

A List Apart

456 Berea Street

CSS Zen Garden

SEO Book

Web Design Book

The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.?

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Contents

Article Description

Related Book

Google Is a Calculator

Fifty Tools which can help you in Writing

Critical Thinking On The Web

Top Ten

11 Rules of Writing

How to tell if images were faked

HOW TO: Tell If Images Were Faked

History of Religion in 90 seconds - Geographical Evolution (Flash)

How The Cat Wakes You Up In The Morning!, OUCH!

This is Iran: Tell Me What do You See?

13 Photos that changed the world

13 Photographs That Changed the World.

Top 10 Funniest Internet Quotes

Free Music: 22 Websites to Get the Music You Love

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How to Google MP3's

The Best Online Research Apps/Sites You've Never Heard Of

6 web design sites you can’t live without

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The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.?

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Exploring Google's Hidden Features

Contents

Article Description

Related Book

Google Is a Calculator

Fifty Tools which can help you in Writing

Critical Thinking On The Web

Top Ten

11 Rules of Writing

How to tell if images were faked

History of Religion in 90 seconds - Geographical Evolution (Flash)

How The Cat Wakes You Up In The Morning!, OUCH!

This is Iran: Tell Me What do You See?

13 Photos that changed the world

Top 10 Funniest Internet Quotes

Free Music: 22 Websites to Get the Music You Love