AllThingsD. All Things Digital is the online brand extension of the D: All Things Digital conference, which in turn is a brand extension of Walt Mossberg‘s technology coverage for The Wall Street Journal. Related articles AllThingsD: New Kindle Fire will feature 1280 x 800 resolution, ship … (engadget.com) AllThingsD confirms September 12 launch date (apple24seven.wordpress.com)…
Verbotomy: The create-a-word game. Verbotomy gives you the power to create words from meanings with daily Challenges: The Challenge provides a definition, and you invent a verb (or Verboticism)-usually a mashup of others. Entries are judged. Related articles Weekend Distraction: Wordsplosion, A New and Simple (Yet Satisfying) Word Game (sharechair.wordpress.com) Towers of Babble Available…
Free People Search – Find People – Wink – Wink. Wink is a people search engine that culls results from social-networking sites (MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, and more), followed by results from other sites where users keep public profiles, followed by results from the Web at large. Related articles Geri…
Ninjawords – a really fast dictionary. Sometimes you need to know the meaning of a word, and you need to know it two-tenths of a second faster than any other dictionary site can get it to you. And that’s why Ninjawords is there. Like a ninja, it is smart, fast, and accurate. Related articles Uuuuuugh,…
Fold3 – Historical military records This is a great site for genealogists and history buffs. Footnote is a perfect Web-2.0 example of the power of the Internet to uncover insights into history. They have an arrangement with the National Archives to digitize and upload every document they own. Related articles FGS Announces $135,000 Donation to War of 1812 Pension Project…