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Ridiculously Useful Websites

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:07:59 GMT

clipped by: TwilaMarie

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Web MD

Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.

E-How

A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.

Bartleby

One of the better academic research websites I've come across.

How Stuff Works

A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can't figure out. A few examples are Murphy's Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).

Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.

Tags: useful, websites

21 Things To Remember

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:33:35 GMT

clipped by: Sorgalim
clipper's remarks: 19. Success is getting up one more time.

20. Now is the most interesting time of all.

21. When things go wrong.....don't go with them.

Clip Source: mail.google.com

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.

2. Most people will be about as happy, as they decide to be.

3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently.

4. Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.

5. Success stops when you do.

6. When your ship comes in.... make sure you are willing to unload it.

7. You will never have it all together.

8. Life is a journey...not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

9. The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want I will be happy.

10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

11. I've learned that ultimately, 'takers' lose and 'givers' win.

12. Life's precious moments don't have value, unless they are shared.

13. If you don't start, it's certain you won't arrive.

14. We often fear the thing we want the most.

15. He or she who laughs......lasts.

16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.

17. Look for opportunities...not guarantees.

18. Life is what's coming....not what was.

Tags: remember, things, success, opportunities

The world's real shape(s): see these images...

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:52:59 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: so informative, a fresh thinking.. excerpts

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

How the world really shapes up

Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms - redraw the globe with each country's size proportionate to its strengths, or weaknesses, in a whole series of categories.

For instance, when it comes to military spending, the U.S. appears bloated, but Africa is huge when HIV prevalence is mapped.

The cartograms were produced in a unique collaboration between the universities of Michigan in the U.S. and Sheffield. Here are images and more details on some of the most fascinating...

Alcohol Consumption (2001)

HIV Prevalence

House Prices

Military Spending

War and death

Toy Imports

Toy Exports

Wealth of Nations (1500)

Wealth of Nations (2002)

Tags: world, countries, divisions, cartograms.

No special effect, check out these photos

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:36:24 GMT

clipped by: swypeople

Clip Source: content2.clipmarks.com

Tags: fun, joke, jokes, photos, laughs, pic post, fun post

Free Software Programs for Writers

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:38:06 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: www.teresciaharvey.com

NoteTab Light — Free Version — I built this web site with this program (every single incarnation of this site, including the current version, stylesheets and all).
Go to the NoteTab website.
Sonar — Free (donations accepted) — Created by the creator of yWriter, this handy program tracks submissions better than a spreadsheet.
Go to the Sonar website.
EverNote — Freeware — EverNote is a fantastic notekeeping program that makes keeping up with notes and research for multiple projects an absolute breeze. Highly recommended for all writers. More of my comments on Evernote.
Go to the EverNote website.
WordWeb — Free Version — WordWeb is a thesaurus and dictionary that can integrate with other programs or run as a standalone program.
Go to the WordWeb website.
RoughDraft — Freeware — RoughDraft is an easy to use word processing program created specifically for writers with features that meet a writer's unique needs.
Go to the RoughDraft website.
Similar programs: WriteWay, yWriter
TreePad Lite — Freeware — Great for notes, detailed lists, character and scene sketches, or just anything at all. I've created a story note organizer for TreePad. It's a simple document in the TreePad format that can be used as a template to help you organize all those documents that invariably accumulate as you work on your most recent novel(s). It also lets you keep track of submissions and rejections. Download my template story_note_organizer.hjt (right click and choose "save target as" or "save link as").
Go to the TreePad website.

AbiWord — Free — Word processing program.
Go to the AbiWord website.

Celtx — Free — Scriptwriting program
Go to the Celtx website.

Dramatica Pro — Demo
Download the demo from The Writers Store.

Final Draft Screenwriting Software
Go to the Final Draft Screenwriting Software website.

Indelible Ink (Scriptwright & Bookwright) — Demos
Go to the Indelible Ink website.

Innovation Toolbox
Go to the Innovation Toolbox website.

Tags: freeware, software, computers, writing, writers

Seven amazingly beautiful winter photos

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:54:24 GMT

clipped by: mickfinn

Clip Source: www.linkinn.com

Tags: pics

For LOLCAT lovers...

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:53:32 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: I can't help it, I luv 'em.

Clip Source: icanhascheezburger.com

Tags: humor, funny, bizarre, cats, lolcats, animals

Special Photos For Everyone

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:19:20 GMT

clipped by: vk2yoc
clipper's remarks: Including one just for Righthand, though now I've forgotten which one.

Clip Source: uncommonpics.com

Tags: photos, eclectic, nature, funny

10 Best Stephen Hawking's Quotations

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:29:21 GMT

clipped by: sweetsfoods

Clip Source: www.thelandsalmon.com

Stephen Hawking's Quotations

I have recently been reading up a bit on the life and work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. In my reading, I have run across a number of his famous quotes that are both funny and insightful. He is widely considered to be among the most intelligent people living today. Here is what he has to say...

10. "Einstein was wrong when he said "God does not play dice". Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen."

9. "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

8. "My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."

1. "Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end."

Tags: quotes, quotations, science, tips, life, health

Unusual musical instruments

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:00:31 GMT

clipped by: CarnivalBorn
clipper's remarks: Many more fantastic examples at the site! Check it out

Clip Source: www.oddmusic.com

Aeolian Wind Harp

Sometimes called Harmonic Harps, wind harps originated in ancient Greece (circa 6 BC)

designed to be played by the wind; free of the touch of human hands.

Listen to a sample of the Grand Harp

Clip Source: www.oddmusic.com

Sea Organ

Sea Organ (morske orgulje) is located on the shores of Zadar, Croatia

Simple and elegant steps, carved in white stone, were built on the quayside. Underneath, there are 35 musically tuned tubes with whistle openings on the sidewalk. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and

musical chords are played

Listen to some sounds of the Sea Organ

Clip Source: www.oddmusic.com

Theremin

one of the earliest electronic instruments

is played without ever physically touching it

Outfitted with two antennas, the primary operator is the electrostatic coupling between the player and the instrument's electrodes. When the hands of the player enter the electrostatic field, changes in pitch and volume occur. The left side controls the volume, and the right controls the pitch

Listen to a sample of the Theremin

Tags: music, strange, odd, instruments

Before the Big Bang - the Big Bounce

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:40:14 GMT

clipped by: Mohir
clipper's remarks: Now, however, Dr Bojowald and fellow physicists are exploring territory unknown even to Einstein - the time before the Big Bang - using his new theory, called Loop Quantum Cosmology.

An analysis of this, one of a series of newly-emerging theories which combine Einstein's theory of gravity (general relativity) with that of the subatomic world (quantum theory), "is supposed to provide a non-singular framework in which one could address the question of what was there before the Big Bang," he says.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Scientists have obtained their first glimpse of what happened before the Big Bang of creation, revealing there was a "Big Bounce".

The new work suggests that time existed before the Big Bang, when a more ancient universe collapsed to give birth to the one we live in today.

Ours is the latest universe in a series that expanded, then collapsed, before another - slightly different cosmos - was born anew, though many details are obscure and, the theory concludes, will always remain that way.

As described by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, which dates back almost a century, the origin of the Big Bang is a mathematically nonsensical state - a "singularity" of zero volume that nevertheless contained infinite density and infinitely large energy.

"The usual understanding was that, according to general relativity, everything including time itself started with the Big Bang such that it simply does not make sense to ask what was there before," says Dr Bojowald.

Tags: big bang, time, physics