Thursday, July 16, 2009

OpenStreetMap - free editable map of the world

About OpenStreetMap: "OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. OpenStreetMap's hosting is kindly supported by the UCL VR Centre and bytemark."

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Western Soundscape Archive - audio recordings, Western U.S.

About the Western Soundscape Arcive: "The Western Soundscape Archive (WSA) recognizes the vital connection between places and their soundscapes and features audio recordings of animals and environments throughout the western United States. Begun in November of 2007, the archive is housed at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library and features recordings contributed by volunteers, state and federal agencies, and conservation groups. The website continues to grow and currently includes representative sounds of approximately 80% of the West's bird species, 90% of the region’s frog and toad species, and numerous mammals and reptiles. In September of 2007, the archive was the recipient of a three-year National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)."

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Bloglines - web-based news feed reader and more

About Bloglines: "Bloglines is a FREE online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content. With Bloglines, there is no software to download or install -- simply register as a new user and you can instantly begin accessing your account any time, from any computer or mobile device. ...Bloglines is a window to a whole new world of dynamic content that is being created and distributed over the new 'live' web. You can make your own personalized news page tailored to your unique interests from our index of tens of millions of live internet content feeds, including articles, blogs, images and audio. ...Bloglines shields you from the confusion of news feed standards -- RSS, Atom, and others. Bloglines allows you to search for, read and share any updates from your favorite news feed or blog regardless of its authoring technology. ...Last, but not least, Bloglines provides you with the tools you need to begin creating your own clip blogs and blogrolls. Become a publisher, share your thoughts and opinions! And it's FREE!"

Monday, July 13, 2009

Instapaper - read it later

About Instapaper: "Instapaper facilitates easy reading of long text content. We discover web content throughout the day, and sometimes, we don’t have time to read long articles right when we find them. Instapaper allows you to easily save them for later, when you do have time, so you don’t just forget about them or skim through them."


* iPhone and iPod Touch app available!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

ICSI Netalyzer - an online 'net connection analyzer

About the ICSI Netalyzer: "The Netalyzr analyzes various properties of your Internet connection that you should care about — including blocking of important services, HTTP caching behavior and proxy correctness, your DNS server's resilience to abuse, NAT detection, as well as latency & bandwidth measurements — and reports its findings in a detailed report. You can check out an example report from a real network to get a better idea of our tests.

To perform these tests, the Netalyzr runs a Java applet on your computer. You may be asked to confirm network-related activities that your system's applet security policy or firewall considers sensitive. We hope that you will permit any such activity, as it will ensure more comprehensive test results."

Most everything on my system checked out "OK," but this is a puzzling report:

Saturday, July 11, 2009

D*I*Y Planner - "the best thing in printing since Gutenberg"

About D*I*Y Planner: "We are a community of people who see the value of paper as a medium for planning, productivity, creative expression, and exploring ideas. We encourage visitors to share advice and inspiration, and we love to see submissions for templates, kit images and story articles. We are also the official home of the free D*I*Y Planner kits. Please enjoy your stay, and make yourself at home!"

Friday, July 10, 2009

Box.net Widgets