So here’s my funny web site of the week for you: http://www.findagrave.com/ I learned about it on a bus ride across Scotland last week. The bus driver must have mentioned it half a dozen times. Continue reading
Category Archives: Fun Stuff
TED
Due to the time difference, we’re back home from the parade and the rest of the festivities. We wisely choose to participate only in events that target the whole family. But I’m using the holiday to cheat today because I don’t have a tip to share so much as I wanted to share one of … Continue reading
Secondporch
Happy New Year! I wanted to start the year off with a Byte with the hope that it would keep me on tracking for weekly (not sporadic) updates for 2010. This site is a month too late for me (now that we’re in Dublin and our house is occupied in MN) but I thought it … Continue reading
Cool Tools for 2010
Happy Holidays!! I’m totally cheating this week with the Byte. I wrote a fun article for the Blandin Foundation this month so I thought I’d share it. I’ll give you the first 4 cool tools here – but you’ll have to go to the Blandin site to see the rest: http://tinyurl.com/c9ded5 1. Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) – … Continue reading
Good Search
I know I’ve talked about Good Search before – but this is such a good time of year for a reminder of Good Search. Here’s the quick take: Use Good Search as your search engine http://www.goodsearch.com and your favorite charity will get a penny. You have to specify your charity; you can get a list … Continue reading
trashy places and coupons
Two fun web sites today. First, thanks to Rick in Minneapolis for the Solid Waste What to do Site (http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/solid-waste/what-to-do-A.asp). OK fun might not be the operative word – but it’s super useful for finding out what you can recycle, what is potentially hazard and other stuff. The second is Groupon (http://www.groupon.com) – it’s a … Continue reading
Super Cook
Today’s Byte is only kind of tech related. It’s a fun site that will help you come up with recipes based on what you have in your kitchen. Super Cook: http://www.supercook.com You enter your ingredients and it will give you a list of recipes that requires only those ingredients. It will remember your ingredients – … Continue reading
Yelp
I know I’ve been weak lately with the Bytes. I could send you my synopsis of the FCC rural broadband plan if you’re wondering what I’m doing. I wanted to at least send something this week – and I ran into a web site that helped me choose my lunch destination today: Yelp http://www.yelp.com – … Continue reading
Jogli
I’ve been so erratic with the Byte these days. Sorry! I’ve just been so busy. But today I’m back with a fun tool: Jogli: http://www.jogli.com/ It’s a music site. Search for someone and you can find them, their music and lyrics. I know there are a lot of these sort of tools out there. I … Continue reading
Look like a star?
I have a silly fun site for the day: http://www.myheritage.com/face-recognition You can upload a picture and the site will tell you what celebrities resemble you. I’m not telling who I looked like – except that pretty much it was anyone who wears glasses. Have a fantastic holiday!! Continue reading
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