ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses. Related articles ThinkGeek unveils new Star Wars gear (slashgear.com) ThinkGeek’s Awesome Case Turns You iPad Into a 1984 Macintosh (cultofmac.com) ThinkGeek offers retro Padintosh Case for iPad (tuaw.com) ThinkGeek Announces Exclusive Star Wars Merch at Celebration VI! Brilliant New Products from a Galaxy Far Far Away (paramuspost.com) Make Your…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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boston rideshare classifieds – craigslist. This rather cool feature of Craigslist helps you find a ride and save a bit o natural resources. Related articles This Woman Traveled Across The Country For Free Using Only Social Media (fastcoexist.com) Online Classified Roundup: Alternatives to Craigslist eBay Ads (savings.com) How To Use Craigslist To Find A Job…
Revenge of the nerd – The Boston Globe. Related articles Daily Nerdcore: As Nerds Continue Takeover, Nerdcore Music Takes Charge (jacehallshow.com) DAILY NERDCORE: Jace Hall Releases Nerdcore, Hip Hop Tribute “My Game Ain’t Done” (jacehallshow.com) Hurts So Good – NERDCORE FOR LIFE (aintitcool.com) Daily Nerdcore: ‘Ghostbusters’ Theme, Played on 8 Floppy Drives (jacehallshow.com) MC…
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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…
Douglas Rushkoff – Home. do not rush to embrace new technologies before figuring out how they work and work on us. Internet is leading to society of bloggers , much like TV and radio created a society of viewers, not programmers. Related articles Some thoughts on Rushkoff (ideasandthoughts.org) Decentralized Leadership – Douglas Rushkoff Discusses Presentism…
About Craigie Street Bistrot. This restaurant has all sort of weir dishes such as pig’s heads, wild plants, bone marrow, beef tongue ragout, Kind of crazy french style. Related articles Local Food Choices – Is It Enough? (slowmoneyfarm.wordpress.com) Cellphone app locates local foods (kitv.com) Rich people eat like what? (wearingmyblackness.com) Ethical Eating? (paganvalues.wordpress.com) Letter to…
Techmeme. We’re not sure what kind of secret sauce Gabe Rivera uses to find stories for his TechMeme news aggregator (he simply says the site uses a “software agent“), but what we do know is that TechMeme brilliantly unearths the hottest news stories. Related articles Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera interviewed by The Verge (nextlevelofnews.com) Techmeme’s Gabe…
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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…
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…
Old Macintosh Software Downloads | Old Version.com. The site’s motto says it best: “Because newer is not always better.” Everyone’s encountered new versions of products that add unnecessary features, turning a lean and effective tool into slow and bloated crapware. Related articles How to re-enable older Flash in Safari 5.1.7 (reviews.cnet.com) iOS Automated Builds with…
Mac.MajorGeeks.com. Is your PC behaving badly? Let the geeks at MajorGeeks.com handle the situation. The site has a collection of free and paid apps and utilities for your PC that have been tested to recover, repair, protect, back up . . . Related articles Five Ways to Geek Your Mac (lockergnome.com) ThinkGeek offers retro Padintosh…
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…
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…
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…
Free Worldwide Travel Guides – Wikitravel. We’ve seen a ton of travel sites, but for the sheer amount of information, not one touches the user-generated content of Wikitravel. Need to find out how much to tip in Costa Rica, the driving etiquette in Quebec? Related articles Wikipedia Founder to launch travel guide with Wikitravel rebels…
Art for Sale Online – Art Gallery – Buy Art Work – Original Paintings at Ugallery.com. Ugallery.com helps college artists find recognition; it includes artists from more than 60 universities nationwide. They’re not all Picassos, but the site vets artists’ work before letting them in and claims to accept only 25 percent of applicants. Related…
TheThingsIWant.com : Universal Wishlist, Wedding Registry And Baby Registry Service.. This ultimate shopping- and wish-list creating service lets you keep track of, well, the things you want. With the click of a button on your favorite shopping sites, items you’re interested in will be added to your lists with images, prices, and commerce Related articles…
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…
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…