Useful Web sites
64-bit software
If you are soon going to buy a new PC, you may end up with a 64-bit version (X64) of Windows 7. (If the system comes with 4 or more GB of RAM, then you’ve got a 64-bit system.) Although a lot of 32-bit software runs just fine on a 64-bit system, you’ll get the [...]
Famous libraries and museums
The Internet provides us with access to many things all over the globe. No longer do we have to travel to faraway places to use the resources of great collections like the British Museum. We’re just a click or two away from many famous institutions. Here are a few:
Library of Congress
The Smithsonian Institute
The British Museum
The [...]
Finding old computer games
Is there a DOS game that you loved and wished you had back? There are several sites that are keeping these games alive. Most games are probably single EXE files. It is interesting to note how small the files are. Remember that DOS worked with a limit of 640 KB of RAM. MakeUseOf gives four [...]
Health information search engine healthBase
An important use of the Internet is finding information about health-related subjects. TechCrunch has posted about a new health search facility called healthBase:
There are so many information portals on the web for health information, it can be tough to decipher which one is the best resource to anwwer a medical question. NetBase Solutions has launched [...]
Information at Microsoft
The Microsoft Web site contains vast amounts of information about Windows and other Microsoft products. It is not always easy to find things on the site but one place I find very valuable is the TechNet Library. It contains documentation for all sorts of Microsoft products. It is intended for IT professionals but PC users [...]
Flight delay predictor
Flight delays are a common hazard of travel today. Unfortunately, the airlines often do not inform you of these delays until you are already at the airport (or even already on the plane). PC World points out a site called FlightCaster that uses existing data to forecast flight delays:
The free website lets you look up [...]
Arterial traffic on Google Maps
Google is now providing traffic information for side roads as well as major routes. Google LatLong reports:
Commuters have long relied on traffic sites to help them determine their last-minute path around poor traffic on the highway. But if the traffic looks bad on the highways, you’ll probably want to know how it looks on the [...]
Site for hotel reviews
The Web is full of sites that review hotels. Plowing through all the reviews to find a decent hotel in a strange city can be frustrating. A site called Raveable collects the reviews in one place. AppScout describes the site:
You’re planning a trip to another city and you want to find a place to [...]
Site for tea drinkers
There are all sorts of teas and serious tea drinkers are choosy about which ones they pick. Naturally, the Web has plenty of sites catering to tea lovers. One of these is Steepster. It is described at Lifehacker:
Steepster is a virtual tea house of sorts with tea reviews, information, and even tea blogs.
Without a [...]
Finding the best parking
It’s August and a lot of people are traveling. Parking in cities and at airports can be quite expensive. The site Best Parking compares parking rates in a number of big cities and at many airports.
Learn to play a musical instrument online
I have no idea how well these sites work but CNET discusses some online places where you can learn to play music.
Anybody tried these?