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Reviews of Hotels, Flights and Vacation Rentals – TripAdvisor

Reviews of Hotels, Flights and Vacation Rentals – TripAdvisor. Who do you trust more, the travel agent who’s never left his/her desk, or someone who’s already traveled where you want to go? TripAdvisor’s all about user-to-user communication on what works and what doesn’t when you’re out and about. Related articles Ahead of the Bell: TripAdvisor…
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PodcastAlley.com — The place to find Podcasts

PodcastAlley.com — The place to find Podcasts. The “podcast lovers’ portal,” indeed. This alley is teeming with so much homebrewed programming you never need go a minute without listening ever again. Related articles 40 Awesome Podcasting Tools (bloggingtips.com) New Google HammondCast with recently tweaked algorithm change (hammondcast.typepad.com) Cornell Dupree R.I.P. guitar here with Jon Hammond…
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Project Gutenberg – free ebooks

Project Gutenberg – free ebooks. Project Gutenberg is the foremost online source for public-domain literature, with over 20,000 books available. Even better, titles from the entirely free eBook collection are downloadable to your PC or PDA, and searchable by author or by title. Related articles Project Gutenberg Hits 40,000 Titles! + Launch of Gutenberg Self-Publishing…
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McSweeney’s book of lists

McSweeney’s. When the hipster literati take over (it’s in the Old Testament, trust us), concepts like good Web design will be eschewed in favor of short comedic lists and Thomas Pynchon references. Related articles McSweeney’s Column Contest (themillions.com) In Which Buzzfeed Answers a McSweeney’s Parody of Their Site with Aplomb (observer.com) McSweeney’s Internet…
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Library of Congress: a place for every Tweet

Library of Congress Home. The online rolodex of the Library of Congress, this site houses numerous reference materials, digitized collections, filmsbasically any content you’d ever want to find. Related articles E-learning at the Library of Congress: An Excellent Digital Education Source (educationminute.wordpress.com) Library of Congress still planning to archive all public Twitter posts (teleread.com) The…
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Fool.com: Stock Investing Advice | Stock Research

Fool.com: Stock Investing Advice | Stock Research. The Motley Fool‘s credo is “To Educate, Amuse, and Enrich,” and they mean “enrich” literally. The site is packed with financial advice on every topic and for every level of investor, and most of it is entertaining even if you don’t have cash to drop on ne Related…
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Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service. Why do we include the Web site of the government’s most reviled agency? Because if you have to fork over your hard-earned cash, the least the Internal Revenue Service can do is make it easy. The tax code doesn’t, but the Web site does. Related articles Tea Parties Across the Nation –…
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The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. The New York Times’ Web site is what you’d expect from the number one newspaper in America. Chock-full of video, photo, and traditional print media content, this site continues the paper’s century-and-a-half-long tradition of in-depth coverage Related articles Shooting at Empire State Building Shows…
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USA.gov: The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal

USA.gov: The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal. It’s the homepage for the Land of the Free! But besides that, for U.S. citizens, businesses, government employees, and foreign visitors, USA.gov offers governmental information and services, from health-care info and U.S. history to tax guides Related articles USA.gov (ilovehistoryandresearch.wordpress.com) Did the U.S. Government Really Say That? How…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending your rights in the digital world

Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending your rights in the digital world. Whether you’re aware of it or not, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is looking out for you. Founded in 1990, the organization is devoted to defending the civil rights of citizens as they pertain to technology. Related articles Electronic Frontier Foundation Tackles News Nazi (blogs.lawyers.com)…
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Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones

Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones – New York Times. Related articles Should I Join The Army? (answers.com) Anthropology: the major, the career (aaanet.org) Should Anthropologists Go to War? (time.com) Peace Corps and Afghanistan (zeroanthropology.net) This skull pushes back human occupation of Southeast Asia and Australia by 20,000 years [Anthropology] (io9.com) AAA Announces Retirement of…
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Tom Sachs: With this artist, Home Depot meets Marcel Duchamp

With this artist, Home Depot meets Marcel Duchamp – Boston.com. Tom Sachs is kind of a combo of home depot DYI with art. Related articles Putting modern art on the map (guardian.co.uk) Bicycles, beds, chairs, doors – the use of modern art (propagandum.wordpress.com) Report: Five Senior Goldman Sachs Execs Gave $130K To ‘Obama Victory Fund’ WHILE…
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Grade Your Marketing on Marketing Grader by HubSpot

Grade Your Marketing on Marketing Grader by HubSpot. Want to find out how effective your blog or Web site is at snaring all-important search traffic and inbound links? Submit your URL (and your competitors’ URLs) to Website Grader, which gives you some basic feedback on how your site is doing Related articles HubSpot Launches Free…
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ProgrammableWeb – Mashups, APIs, and the Web as Platform

ProgrammableWeb – Mashups, APIs, and the Web as Platform. ProgrammableWeb keeps tabs on mashups and open APIs across the Web. When a service such as Google Maps, Flickr, or Facebook opens its API, ProgrammableWeb is one of the best resources for finding new extensions or building your own. Related articles Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Speaker…
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Invite Share – Everyone is invited!

Invite Share – Everyone is invited!. Don’t you hate when the coolest new Web services are by-invitation-only closed betas? For those who aren’t on the invite list or aren’t friends with A-list bloggers, InviteShare is your ticket in. Related articles Photos: Local vigil for Sikh Temple shooting victims (photos.denverpost.com) Google docs invitation share scare. A…
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dzone.com – fresh links for developers

dzone.com – fresh links for developers. DZone is a developer’s dream-a vast network of user-submitted links to message boards, news, coding tricks, and more. The DZone Snippets section is the “ultimate community source clipboard” for everything from Java to C++. Related articles 8 Node.js Links: HTML5 Games, Javascript Array, and More (architects.dzone.com) 21 Resources for…
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Yapta: Track flight prices and check for airline refunds

Yapta: Track flight prices and check for airline refunds. Yapta is a travel site built on the little-known airline policy of refunding ticket holders the price difference if the fare drops. Simply enter in your flight info and the price you paid for your tickets, and Yapta will track the ticket price. Related articles Finding…
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Cheap Hotels in Europe: EuroCheapo’s Guide to Cheap Europe Hotels

Cheap Hotels in Europe: EuroCheapo’s Guide to Cheap Europe Hotels. Heading across the pond? Let EuroCheapo’s team of expert hotel reviewers show you how and where you can save a buck (or a euro). Search for the best rates by city, peruse photos of your options, and read user reviews if you don’t trust the…
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The Bargainist | Deals, Sales & Coupons

The Bargainist | Deals, Sales & Coupons. Everyone loves a bargain; that’s what makes The Bargainist so great. Updated several times a day, it scours the Web for the best bargains, coupons, and free offers, from garden supplies and beauty products to movies and computers. Related articles Smartphone Traffic to Ecommerce Sites Up 103% Since…
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Verbotomy: The create-a-word game

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…
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LibriVox: iPod fodder for free

LibriVox. Audiobooks are ridiculously expensive: The latest “Harry Potter” title lists at $80 on CD. Librivox, however, provides pod fodder for free. The site features a collection of public-domain books read by volunteers-and anyone can volunteer. Related articles LibriVox Mellon Grant Project Gets Underway! (librivox.org) LibriVox Community Podcast #132 (librivox.org) LibriVox Audiobooks Now Discoverable via…
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Topix: Your town. Your news. Your take.

Topix: Your town. Your news. Your take.. Tired of getting news only after it’s been run through the regular corporate filters and media machines? Take things into your own hands with Topix. This news site has local sections for thousands of towns and communities Related articles Why You’re Not Friends With Your Neighbors (wired.com) News…
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MediaStorm: multimedia storytelling

MediaStorm® Photojournalist and technological innovator Brian Storm’s MediaStorm is an online collaboration of multimedia storytelling from around the globe, incorporating video, audio, photography, and personal essays. Related articles Brian Storm – Founder of Media Storm (x180-080) (daredreamermag.com) Media Storm Office by DHD Architecture and Design (design-milk.com)
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Guerrilla News Network

Guerrilla News Network – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Combine CNN and Wikipedia and you’ve got Guerrilla News Network. It’s an independent news organization that strives to bring global issues to the masses through articles, headlines, videos, and blogs. Articles are completely original, written by GNN users Related articles 100 Guerilla Marketing Ideas: Grow Sales With…
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Menupages: Restaurants, Menus, Ratings, Reviews

New York City Restaurants, New York City Menus, Ratings, Reviews, NYC Restaurants Guide. The days of having to keep a messy stack of takeout menus or not knowing if a restaurant has a vegetarian option before you make the reservations are over. Menupages offers menus and reviews for thousands of restaurants in a growing number…
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Free People Search – Find People – Wink

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…
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Ninjawords – a really fast dictionary

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,…
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