MPLIC Reference Highway

Useful Sites & Stuff

The Blueprints Database December 30, 2009

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/

An extensive collection of blueprints on a variety of objects is available here.

 

50 Essential Free Open Courseware Classes for Web Designers December 15, 2009

http://bestwebdesignschools.com/2009/50-essential-free-open-courseware-classes-for-web-designers/

This is a list of free online classes from very reputable institutions for web designers and for others interested in free open courseware classes like these ones.

 

The Top 10 Gadgets of the Decade December 8, 2009

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http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/top-10-gadgets-decade/story?id=9217791&page=1

ABC News offers its list of the top 10 gadgets of the decade, the iPod being at the top of the list.  The list includes some information about each gadget.

 

The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 November 14, 2009

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1934027,00.html

Time offers its list of the 50 best inventions of 2009.   You can click on the invention to get more information about it.

 

Alliance To Save Energy — Consumer Information November 8, 2009

http://ase.org/section/_audience/consumers

Information here on energy efficiency tax credits, tips on lowering energy costs, home energy, a home energy check-up and audit, and more.

 

7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave November 1, 2009

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7055.pdf

Educause offers another entry in its 7 Things You Should Know… series here on a Google’s new form of electronic communication.

 

United States Postal Service Web Site October 25, 2009

http://m.usps.com/

This is the new U. S. Postal Service mobile web site.

 

Doodle : Easy Scheduling October 18, 2009

http://www.doodle.com/

An free online tool that requires no registration to help you in scheduling meetings, appointments, etc.

 

WorldTimeServer.com October 18, 2009

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

“Are you about to make an International long distance phone call? Are you planning a trip to a foreign destination? Are you preparing for a web cast or online meeting? Are you looking for a free clock for your own web site or blog? Just want to know what time it is? The Internet can bring locations around the world together, but with each place having different times, World Time Server is here to help!”–From the Web site.

 

7 Things You Should Know About : Collaborative Annotation October 11, 2009

http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutColla/182641

Educause offers in this addition to it “7 Things You Should Know About” series information on collaborative annotation tools that enhance the concept of social bookmarking.  Educause lists Diigo, MyStickies, Reframe it, and Google Sidewiki as examples of collaborative annotation tools

 

History of U. S. Flight September 10, 2009

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/hof/index.htm

“The national “Centennial of Flight: Born of Dreams – Inspired by Freedom” celebration commemorates this achievement and 100 years of aviation history. Our Centennial Partners are planning everything from cross-country tours to air shows and exhibitions, seminars and television specials. Use our Web site to access the most up-to-date information on celebration activity as well as the most comprehensive collection of outstanding educational essays, multimedia and links regarding the history of flight.”–From the website.

 

Home Energy Saver September 10, 2009

http://hes.lbl.gov/

Developed by the Environmental Energies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, this web site is designed to help customers save energy in their homes and to find the resources that will provide them with the savings.

 

Online Conversion Tools For Adobe PDF Documents September 3, 2009

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http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html

PDF files can be converted to text or html on this site.

 

How Big Is The Internet? August 8, 2009

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25857420-5018992,00.html

The new service news.com.au offers this article on the size of the Internet.  The number of Internet users for major countries is incuded as well as some facts such as Google has already indexed over a trillion discrete web addresses.

 

Bing : Searching For Health Information July 10, 2009

http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/07/07/searching-for-health-information.aspx

This is a guide to searching for health information using the Bing search engine, which includes information on what Bing calls the “trusted resources” Bing gives searchers access to.