Issue 20 - Jul 1, 2009
- Beyond the Black Stump Blog
Sifting through Cyberspace for You! We do all the work, all you need to do is load up and enjoy. Many more new and best sites of interest, updated daily.
- Lunar Legacy Project
Our goal is to preserve the archaeological information and the historic record of Apollo 11
- The Exploratorium Science Snacks about Magnetism
Magnetism experiments you can do at home or in a classroom
- Ref.Ly
A URL shortening service for Bible references
- Julius Caesar
The Last Dictator: A Biography Of Caesar And Rome
- Virtual Encyclopaedia of Portuguese Expansion
Multimedia contents of a scientific, educational, and cultural nature on the history of the discoveries and the Portuguese expansion
- Office of the Historian
The preeminent online resource for U.S. diplomatic history
- World Database on Marine Protected Areas
Dedicated to providing the most comprehensive set of marine protected areas (MPAs) data available
- Cricket20
The Home of Twenty20 Cricket
- Mondofacto Crossword Helper
Help finding those eleusive answers
- Corrosion FAQ
Includes a list of technical questions about various aspects of corrosion and short answers
- Homestyle Gossip
DIY Tips, Home Decor Ideas, Review New Household Gadgets and more
- I Need Things Done
Odd jobs. Helping struggling people get things done and helping people trying to make a living with things they're good at
- The Visual MD
Your virtual wellness information center
- International Criminal Court
Treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community
- London 1753
Looks at London during these crucial years through prints and drawings of the period
- Femlink
Female video artists from many countries producing a two-minute film around a central theme
- The Great Garbage Patch
Stop Trashing The Ocean
- Blind Search
A fun experiment to see what happens when you remove the branding from search engines
- Noza
Find donors for your nonprofit organization in three easy steps
- All For Good
Each of us has a role to play in improving our communities and our country. Small actions add up to a big difference
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Many more Sites of the Day, Week, Month etc., can be found here
or here..or look in the barnacle encrusted treasure chest for Pirate Pete's previous picks!!
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Issue 19 - Jun 18, 2009
- World Cab Fares
Know the correct cab and taxi fare before you fly
- Rendeznew
The new way to "meet in the middle" - find the midpoint between two places
- Nibbledish
An open-source cookbook for the wired world
- Top 10 How-to Cooking Videos
Watch chefs, enthusiastic home cooks, and even a surprise celebrity guest demonstrate cooking skills everyone can use
- Proper Temperature For Serving Wine
Should we give some a bit of a chill? Do we need to decant any?
- The 2009 Zagat Fast-Food Survey
Opinions on the best bets in burgers, salads, coffee and more
- Shakespearean Stage History
From 1660 onwards - a beginner's guide
- How to Improve Your Email Etiquette
If you want to set your emails apart from the pack, follow these steps to improve your email etiquette
- Super Teacher Worksheets
Free, Printable Worksheets for Math, Spelling, English etc
- Springo
Shortcutting the web and preview relevant sites in various site categories
- Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Science
Details of courses and research on climate change, biosphere and environmental subjects
- Healthy Homes
Learn what you can do to help yourself and your family to have better health at home
- The Poultry Site
The website for the global poultry industry
- Liberkey
Groups a lot of free software. True "swiss army knife", it offers local and/or portable use
- Photo Meta Data
Are you meta-smart?
- Fascinating Egyptian Mummies
Information on some famous mummies and the mummification process and more
- A Virtual Tour of the 1906 Earthquake in Google Earth
Explains the scientific, engineering, and human dimensions of this earthquake
- Art Babble
Free flowing conversation, about art, for anyone
- HDTV Tweaks
Losing Yourself in HDTV Is a Few Tweaks Away
- British Genealogy
Free online access to a number of discussion points relating to family history and genealogy
Issue 18 - June 8, 2009
- STL Today
Where did your favorite sitcoms take place?
- Nepal Journals Online
Service to provide access to Nepalese published research
- Virtual Shanghai
Shanghai Urban Space in Time
- A is for Animals!
An A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers to creepy-crawlies
- DIGMAP
Discovering Our Past World with Digitized Maps
- Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
The National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents
- Nextstop
Discover what other people love all over the world
- World Tourism News
Online information source for travel agents and hotels marketers, hoteliers, destination marketers and students of tourism
- Jinni
Search with the engine that understands movies
- Flixster
Flixster has pics & posters, fan clubs, layouts, news, and millions of ratings & reviews for thousands of movies
- Google Squared
Google Squared takes a search query and tried to present the results in tabular form
- Similar Sites
SimilarWeb helps you find Similar Sites and related content while you surf
- Retroogle
Lets you google like it’s 1999. Sort of...
- Dawn of the Personal Computer
Some of the most influential personal computers of the past 40 years
- Useful Knots
Double sided guide to four common and useful knots on one side how to set up a basic tie down on the other
- Food Gardening Guide
The source for information on growing your favorite vegetables, fruits, and herbs
- Wikigender
Facilitating the exchange and improve the knowledge on gender-related issues around the world
- Motor Mouths
Tells you which new cars get the best reviews,so you can shop smarter
- Eluzions Puzzles
Wide variety of mental challenges
- Elvis Presley Photos
Of particular delight is the Elvis on Holiday section
Issue 17 - Jun 1, 2009
- WolframAlpha
New fact/answer engine - they call it a computational knowledge engine
- Hulbee
Provides search results from Yahoo with a cloud of related words
- Yauba
Seeks to transform the way people find information online, while providing maximum protection for their safety, security and privacy
- Medline Plus Search Cloud
The top 100 search terms typed into the MedlinePlus search box, updated daily
- National Library of Australia's Digitised Collections
Easy online access to some of Australia’s most significant cultural materials
- Top Toys for Kids 2009
Reviewing the lists of top toys on the Internet, ask kids to give us their opinions, and find the best deals
- A-Z Music Lyrics
Browse A-Z lyrics for various songs and music style (genre) categories
- Travel & Cultures
Since 1888, we've traveled the Earth, sharing its amazing stories with each new generation
- TV Shows on YouTube
From documentaries and biographies to comedies, horror and adventure films
- SuperCook
Recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with only the ingredients you have at home
- GastroNomalies
A directory of food, food policy, growing food, home cookin' food, weird food, and the weird things in the food we eat.
- Asia Chronicle
The Online Journal of Asian News & Analysis
- Remindd
Set reminders and be reminded about them, so you never forget anything
- Pandalabs
Everything you need to know about Internet threats
- Pope 2 You
The Vatican's attempt to bring the Gospel to the Internet
- Introductory Chemistry
Information on this site is divided into ten separate lessons
- Space Shuttle Disaster
After the 2003 Columbia tragedy, NASA launched a full-scale investigation into the events that unfolded that February day
- National Geographic Society Publications Database
For major National Geographic Society publications including National Geographic magazine back to 1888
- Word Buff
A Word Lover's Guide to Word Games
- North Korea Uncovered
The most authoritative map of North Korea on Google Earth
Issue 16 - May 18, 2009
Issue 15 - May 11, 2009
Issue 14 - May 3, 2009
- IE-Vista
Dedicated to providing advice and support to users of IE7 and IE8
- Lowe's Video & Project Center
Videos to help you learn how to do all sorts of handyman activities
- Mathvids
Dedicated to providing high quality, instructional, free math videos to students who need math help
- Basic Calculus Refresher
Condensed and simplified version of basic calculus
- An Introduction to Statistics
Lecture notes created to accompany a course in statistics
- Cold Sores
Latest news, overviews, related issues, pictures and photographs, tutorials, clinical trials, journal articles, and organisations
- Newsy
The news with more views
- Google News Timeline
View news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline
- All About Black Holes
Information on black holes is limited, though numerous schools of theory exist
- Companion Planting
Companions refer to those vegetables that, when planted together, are mutually beneficial
- Math Games for Kids
Discover just how math minded you are
- Free Shipping
Input the name of the store you plan to place an order with, and up pops a list of coupon codes you can enter for free shipping
- Art Source
A gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture
- Search Cloud
Weight your words and search
- Aging in the Know
Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources
- Soundzabound
Royalty free music library which meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education
- Top Ten Software Reviews
Detailed product reviews, side-by-side comparisons, helpful buying guides etc
- Top 13 Twitter Donts
Want to keep your Twitter followers happy? Avoid these microblogging faux pas
- Poem Hunter
The site also provides a database of quotations, song lyrics, information on music artists and bands etc
- Guitar Hero Controller Photo Repair Guides
Learn how to fix your broken controllers so they work as good (or BETTER) than new
Issue 13 - Apr 25, 2009
- Just Hear It
Song search engine that lets you play-back the music in the browser
- Shakespeare and Film
For each play, you will find the script, a synopsis of the plot, and a rough electronic versions of the Erlich film and play study guides
- Shakespeare High
Dedicated to helping you learn about and enjoy Shakespeare's works
- Search PDF
Finds and opens PDF Books and Tutorials
- Optimize Windows For Solid State Drives Usage
Three different types of tweaks can be applied
- Kakuro Conquest
Free online kakuro puzzles
- Lexipedia
Where words have meaning
- Life Expectancy Calculator
Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator
- Teacher Institute Teaching Tips
Bite-sized podcasts for science teachers, by science teachers
- Book Cover Archive
For the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design
- How to Garden Guide
Vegetable Gardening Tips
- Garden
Includes a Plant Finder section, special areas for Flowers and Plants and Vegetables and Fruits, plus basic information on Landscaping and Design
- Which Date Works?
Need everyone's availability at your fingertips? WhichDateWorks.com takes the hassle out of planning
- Birds of the World
Browse through birds of the world, categorized by continent and country
- NewsTrendz
Normalizes Google Trends, Twitter Trends, and Yahoo Buzz to find out why they are hot across Twitter, News, Blogs, and Web Search
- Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Six different Bibles, along with concordances and the Oxford Bible Commentary
- Gallup: Religion
Collection of results, such as religious identification, church attendance, religious freedom and tolerance
- Ethics Etc
A forum for discussing contemporary philosophical issues in ethics and related areas
- Art Movements
Index to the various art movements that occurred over the centuries
- The South China Sea
Resource for students and scholars interested in South China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues
Issue 12 - Apr 14, 2009
- Conficker Working Group
Check to see if you are infected
- Volcano Explorer
Explore a Virtual Volcano
- Tweetmeme
Tracks the most popular links on Twitter every 5 minutes
- Lab Safety Training Guide
Basic information for working safely with laboratory chemicals and equipment
- SmARThistory
Art history conversation
- Art in America
Review of gallery and museum exhibitions and new books on art
- The Anglo-Australian Observatory
Providing world-class optical and infrared observing facilities for Australian and UK astronomers
- Swoopo
New auction site that combines shopping with entertainment
- The Golden Age of British Theatre
Theatre, vaudeville and music hall actors, actresses and managers from the Golden Age
- Find Any Film
Find Any Film available in the UK - in any format
- BBC News Radar
Displays a list of recently published stories from any section of the BBC News web site
- Basic Guide to Essay Writing
If you follow a few simple steps, you will find that the essay almost writes itself
- Word Ways
Dedicated to word play of all kinds: puzzles, novel poems, palindromes, games, magic, unusual lists, etc.
- Health Care Hacks
For patients who want to navigate their own medical maze, realizing their doctors don't have all the answers
- Pinkeye
Conjunctivitis is the medical name for pinkeye
- Bioethics
Substantial collection of articles on issues important to this field
- Recipe Bridge
Find Recipes From Hundreds of Online Cooking Websites
- The Nourishing Gourmet
Dedicated to nourishing food
- Ask Dave Taylor
Answering questions about a wide range of technical topics
- Literacy Network
Free, top-quality online educational resources for literacy instruction
Issue 11 - Apr 6, 2009
- Medical Words
A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
- SleepGuide
Sleep Apnea Forum Bringing Power to the People
- Bionumbers
A collection of common biological numbers that is useful to one’s research
- YouTube EDU
Videos and Channels from college and university partners
- Calculus 7
Calculus Animations,Graphics and Lecture Notes
- The SOC Exchange
Makes e-commerce more profitable for sellers, cheaper for buyers…. and more accessible to everyone
- Coping With a Disaster or Traumatic Event
Trauma and Disaster Mental Health Resources
- Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Dedicated to creating and sustaining meaningful research and dialogue on ethical issues
- The Art of the First Fleet
Outstanding drawings of aboriginal people, the environment and wildlife found on arrival as well as of the early foundation of the colony
- The American Comedy Archives
Includes manuscripts, photographs, video and film materials, and an oral history collection
- Jokes and Trivia!
Collection of jokes, humorous observations, and trivia
- How to Use a Sewing Machine
Using a sewing machine is not as difficult as it seems
- Silent PC Review
Dedicated to reviews, news and information about quiet, low noise, and/or silent computers
- My Computer Guide
Source of processes, drivers, dll files, a rich virus database and manuals
- How Swiss Bank Accounts Work
Most of us have a distorted or mostly unrealistic view of what it really means to have the prestigious Swiss bank account
- How to Plant a Tree
If you want the tree you're planting to survive and thrive, here's what to do
- OneRiot
Twitter Search — the pages people are tweeting about right now
- SenseBot
Semantic search engine that generates a text summary of multiple Web pages on the topic of your search query
- Tweetzi
Twitter search engine
- Twitter Search
20 alternative search engines
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