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Useful Links
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- Equipped To Survive, the ultimate survival equipment reference site, if I do say so myself.
- Google, my favorite all-purpose search engine. Not perfect, but better than others; Google's capabilities go well beyond simple searches. Goggle's Search Features include a calculator and convertor, package tracking and much more. Google's Services also offer additonal sources including Google Groops and Google Directory, Froogle and more.
- Do you have any idea what a BUFF is? How about what TCAS stands for? If you run into an acronym you don't know, chances are that Acronym Finder's database of more than 235,000 acronyms and their meanings will have the answer. They fudge a little on those which can be formed using alternate off-color language, but they are all there. Know part of the text, but can't remember the acronym? It can help with that as well.
- MapQuest - Embarrassed to ask
for directions? This site generates reasonably accurate maps and directions as long as you can
provide the street address for the beginning and end of your trip. Also generates street maps you can print out. Great for when traveling or
just finding someplace you haven't been to before on a street you've never heard of.
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megaConverter or ConvertIt.com - Ever wonder how
many grams in an ounce, how many 6 penny nails in a pound, what the time is elsewhere, etc.? These sites have conversions for nearly anything you can think of. There are calculators as well. I find them especially useful for measurement conversions for my articles. (Also helpful in order to use these converter sites: a chart to convert fractions, in 32nds of an inch, to decimal equivalents)
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Urban Legends Reference Pages - The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Before you forward that next mass-mailed email you recieved, check it out here to find out if it's true.
Software Links
Software and Utilties that I Find Useful
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UltraBar - Add multiple search engine capability to your Internet Explorer toolbar - no spying like with the Googgle toolbar.
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ieSpell - Spellchecks text you insert into HTML (Web) text boxes. Especially useful if you frequent online Web forums.
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LeechFTP - Simple, effective multi-threading FTP software with automatic resume of interrupted or failed uploads or downloads. Development was discontinued long ago, but still the best I've found.
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Search & Replace for Windows - Full-features search and replace utility.
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Screen Ruler - A dynamic ruler in pixels useful for Web page and graphics layout.
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PDF Extract - Extract images from Adobe PDF files.
Some Other Favorite Links
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First Published on: May 8, 2004
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