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SITE OF THE DAY ARCHIVE
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,
or we know where we can find information upon it."

- Samuel Johnson

AUG 2019


Previous Archives

DATE SITE OF THE DAY
8/1/19    US Department of Interior
   "The Department of the Interior (DOI) conserves and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people, provides scientific and other information about natural resources and natural hazards to address societal challenges and create opportunities for the American people, and honors the Nation's trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities to help them prosper."
8/2/19    Caltra
   Caltra is a project management tool built to help you reach your goals, whether it's hitting the gym or learning to dance. Break your goals down into cards, schedule them, and complete them with Caltra.
8/3/19    Signal
   Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service. Signal messages and calls are always end-to-end encrypted and painstakingly engineered to keep your communication safe. They can't read your messages or see your calls, and no one else can either.
8/4/19    Ownersman
   Ownersman provides an easy way to search for your car's owner's manuals with a few quick clicks.
8/5/19    Culture Trip
   Culture Trip is a global startup operating in travel, media and entertainment. They create stories that reveal what is unique and special about a place, its people and its culture. In-house creative and editorial teams work with a global network of freelance creators to tell location-centred stories around the world, including articles, videos, photography, illustration and animation.
8/6/19    Benten Sound
   "A decentralized platform for completely free stock music for your videos. "
8/7/19    Monumap
   Dicover 1092 UNESCO historical sites into a single map. Log in and add those natural or cultural monuments into your favorites.
8/8/19    US Department of Defense
   "The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war, and to protect the security of the United States. Find out how the Navy could use AI to combat swarms of enemy boats."
8/9/19    DataCamp
   The skills people and businesses need to succeed are changing. No matter where you are in your career or what field you work in, you will need to understand the language of data. With DataCamp, you learn data science today and apply it tomorrow. DataCamp offers interactive R, Python, Sheets, SQL and shell courses. All on topics in data science, statistics and machine learning. Learn from a team of expert teachers in the comfort of your browser with video lessons and fun coding challenges and projects.
8/10/19    Travelchime
   Travelchime is the easiest way to plan travel: take notes and read itineraries of the places you're going.
8/11/19    KiwiCo
   "KiwiCo empowers kids to explore, create, and learn with hands-on kits delivered monthly. One carefully curated KiwiCo crate can lead to hours of STEAM-themed educational play, and no two KiwiCo play sessions are ever quite the same."
8/12/19    Climate for Me
   "Browse and compare climates of locations all over the world. Search locations or pick them from the map. Use charts and tables to check temperature."
8/13/19    AirVisual
   "AirVisual provides the world's #1 international air pollution app, which offers anyone free access to the world's largest air quality database, spanning 10000+ locations globally, a list which is growing every day. The app and AirVisual website were the very first to offer a 7-day pollution forecast, developed in-house using machine learning and artificial intelligence, enabling you to plan ahead and ensure that your weekly activities happen when air quality is the healthiest."
8/14/19    US Environmental ProtectionAgency
   "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection. Learn more about EPA's accomplishments over its close-to-50-year history on the Agency Accomplishments page and on the EPA History timeline."
8/15/19    Creditcards.com
   "Find the best credit card deals by comparing a variety of offers for balance transfers, rewards, low interest, and more. Apply online at CreditCards.com."
8/16/19    Engaging Data: When Can I Retire? Early Retirement Calculator / FIRE Calculator
   "This early retirement calculator / visualizer is designed to project the number of years until you can retire, based upon a few key inputs such as annual income and spending, income growth rate, expected annual spending in retirement and asset allocation. It is a pre-retirement calculator that is useful before you retire to get a sense of how many years it is likely to take to accumulate enough money to retire."
8/17/19    Association of Zoos and Aquariums
   "The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation. AZA represents more than 230 institutions in the United States and overseas, which collectively draw more than 195 million visitors every year. These institutions meet the highest standards in animal care and provide a fun, safe, and educational family experience. In addition, they dedicate millions of dollars to support scientific research, conservation, and education programs."
8/18/19    Castbox
   "Millions of podcasts for all topics. Listen to the best free podcast on Android, Apple iOS, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Carplay, Android Auto, PC."
8/19/19    Trello
   "Trello is a terrific tool for project management and task management. The visual Kanban boards are flexible, shareable, and let you pack a ton of detail into each card. But Trello isn't just for work. You can use it to organize just about anything, perhaps your entire life."
8/20/19    Co2 Commuting
   "Co2 Commuting is a commuter carbon footprint calculator. Use the power of emojis to visualise the carbon footprint of your daily commute in basketballs, burgers, sushi and more!"
8/21/19    FontMatcherator
   "The Font Matcherator will find out what the font is in an image. Upload an image and we will match the fonts."
8/22/19    Movie-Locations
   "Guide to film locations around the world: how to visit and what you can see - 1800 titles and counting, with photos, full details and essential travel information."
8/23/19    100,000 Stars
   "An interactive 3D visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100000 nearby stars."
8/24/19    Old House Web
   "How-to tips, home remodeling and improvement ideas, home repair information, guide to home improvement suppliers, and more - from Old House Web!"
8/25/19    The National Archives
   "The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents which make up the National Archive."
8/26/19    Free Walking Tours Worldwide
   "Discover cities from London to Tokyo in more than 80+ countries on a budget with our free walking tours and unforgettable local guides."
8/27/19    Dreamscope
   "Dreamscope turns your photos into amazing paintings! Go from photo to art in just one tap. Upload a photo, choose a painting filter, and magically turn it into fine art."
8/28/19    Eisenhower Matrix
   "The Eisenhower Matrix, also referred to as Urgent-Important Matrix, helps you decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks which you should either delegate or not do at all."
8/29/19    The CO₂ emissions for plane trips
   "The emissions for a plane seat flying from various cities around the world will be tons of CO2. Resulting in the loss of m2 of arctic summer ice. Explore how this trip compares to other trips."
8/30/19    Derivative Calculator
   "Solve derivatives using this free online calculator. Step-by-step solution and graphs included!"
8/31/19    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
   "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. Find out what domestic safeguards are in place for nuclear security and more interesting topics at nrc.gov."


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