Wiby I stumbled across this search engine and it only has results for Web 1.0, old school websites, you know the ones with the repeating background, dancing baby, and junk like that. It is called Wiby. In the early days of the web, pages were made primarily by hobbyists, academics, and computer-savvy people about subjects… Continue reading Wiby
Category: Cool Websites
These are some cool websites that I have run across in my daily life, surfing the web. I hope that you can find one or two that really help you out. I Need a
Earth In Real Time
Earth In Real-Time This month, I explore the world of real-time or near real-time views of the earth and weather. I stumbled upon a really good website that provides LIVE is providing really good visual weather maps. Zoom Earth shows free up-to-date satellite imagery (in near real-time) updated every 10-15 minutes. One of the coolest… Continue reading Earth In Real Time
Cool Website for February – AirNow
Cool Website for February – AirNow With all the news about train crashes and chemical explosions and air quality, I did some digging around and found the AirNow website by the EPA. AirNow Simply enter your zip code, city, or state and the website will query the database and show you how the quality of… Continue reading Cool Website for February – AirNow
Music Makes The World Go Around
Music Makes The World Go Around Radio GardenIf you are into music, then you might enjoy this website that I ran across. It is Radio Garden and they have hundreds of radio stations from around the world. Radio Garden is actually a project by a non-profit Dutch radio and digital research project. You interface with… Continue reading Music Makes The World Go Around
RadioActive
RadioActive Nope, no the Imagine Dragons song, nope, not even RadioActive by The Firm. I ran across these two maps that track radioactivity in the local environment. I didn’t realize that the United States has so many detection devices along major highways. Take 1-95 in Northern Virginia. Around 2006 the DHS and the EPA started… Continue reading RadioActive
Cleanup Pictures
Cleanup Pictures This month’s website is cleanup.pictures, which does a pretty good job of removing an object from a photo in my case, I uploaded a photo of Average Joe at Great Falls, and then I decided that Average Joe was blocking the view so I removed him. It actually did a decent job and… Continue reading Cleanup Pictures
The Super Secret Menu Items
The Super-Secret Menu Items There are YouTube influencers who are making money by making videos on fast food restaurants and their secret menu items. Supposedly just about every restaurant has some secret menu items, or items that they serve, but are not on the menu. Things like McDonald’s are reported to have items like “The… Continue reading The Super Secret Menu Items
Paywall Blues
Paywall Blues A paywall is one of those necessary evils and if I frequent a website then I have no problem paying a subscription fee. But what about those sites that you found via Google and you just want to read the one article and you really don’t want to pay $19.99 for one article… Continue reading Paywall Blues
Telework and Remote Jobs
Telework and Remote Jobs If you need a job but are scared of COVID, have a phobia of being around other people, or like me, just not a people person, then maybe one of these websites is for you. This month’s “Cool Website” is actually four different websites that are posting remote or telework jobs.… Continue reading Telework and Remote Jobs
