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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

JUN 2018


Previous Archives

DATE SITE OF THE DAY
6/1/18    Music Map
   Musicmap provides the ultimate genealogy of all popular music genres and combines any information regarding music genres and history in one dynamic map.
6/2/18    How Many of Me
   There are millions of people in the United States. How many people have your name? with the click of a button, How Many of Me can tell you exactly how many people in the U.S. have your name.
6/3/18    12min
   12min created a microbook! Synthesized, optimized and unique for you to consume in approximately 12 minutes. Hundreds of titles. New books every week. Explore the best non-fiction content readable in 12 minutes.
6/4/18    On Line Tone Generator
   At Onlinetonegenerator.com you can test your hearing yourself with their hearing test, see the highest frequency you can hear and send tones to anyone.
6/5/18    What's Like To Be An Animal
   This site shows the top speeds of animals, and how fast they would be going if they were your size (ie, what their speed feels like to them).
6/6/18    Will Robots Take My Job?
   Find out how susceptible is your job to computerization through this website.
6/7/18    TL;DR Legal
   Ever tried to read through license agreements and got lost in the legal speak? At TL;DR Legal you can lookup open source licenses summarized & explained in plain English.
6/8/18    Poison Control: Pill Identifier
   Need help identifying a pill? Worried that your refill looks different? Found a loose pill? Use the imprinted letters and numbers, color and shape to identify it.
6/9/18    BBC: How Long Are You Going To Live?
   Life expectancy is rising globally - people born in 2016 will on average live seven years longer than those born 25 years ago.
6/10/18    MakeItFrom
   MakeItFrom.com is a curated database of engineering material properties that emphasizes ease of comparison. It is not a datasheet dump: every listed material is an internationally recognized generic material. The data is sourced from published standards, academic literature, and supplier documentation.
6/11/18    Audio Check
   This page helps you evaluate headphones or earbuds online, and determine which one offers the best performance when comparing different pairs.
6/12/18    Expatents
   The majority of patents are never commercially exploited or licensed - this site provides a way to browse recently expired patents to find hidden gems and get inspired by existing inventions. The site uses the recently released USPTO-API to fetch newly expired patents each day.
6/13/18    Math Papa
   Math Papa helps you learn algebra step-by-step with their easy to use website.
6/14/18    Project Implicit
   Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a "virtual laboratory" for collecting data on the Internet.
6/15/18    The metamorphosis of Escher
   Take a tour tough the interactive documentary of the famous artist M. C. Escher. Never before has Escher's work been available online in such great detail.
6/16/18    Factoclock.com
   At Factoclock.com you learn something new every minute.
6/17/18    National Drug Drop-off Locator
   New America's national map shows prescription drug drop-off sites across the country.
6/18/18    TED: Periodic Videos
   A video lesson about every single element on the periodic table.
6/19/18    NY Times: World Cup 2018, Your Guide to All 32 Teams
   All 32 teams in the 2018 World Cup are broken down for you. There can only be one champion. Who will it be?
6/20/18    Grasshopper
   Grasshopper is the coding app for beginners. With fun, quick lessons on your phone, the app teaches adult learners to write real JavaScript.
6/21/18    ClingClanger
   ClingClanger turns your smart phone or computer into a library of car noises that can help you diagnose a car problem. Listen to ClingClanger's car noises library then find a possible diagnosis.
6/22/18    The X-rite Color Challenge
   Are you among the 1 in 255 women and 1 in 12 men who have some form of color vision deficiency? If you work in a field where color is important, or you're just curious about your color IQ, take our online challenge to find out. Based on the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Test, this online challenge is a fun, quick way to understand your color vision acuity.
6/23/18    Lifehacker:The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results
   Are you using Google effectively as possible? If you're just entering words into the search field without using these totally basic but totally essential tricks to improve your results, you're missing out.
6/24/18    Willing to Sponsor
   Willing To Sponsor is the only worldwide job aggregator for visa sponsored positions. Browse job postings from employers that can offer their employees work visa sponsorship & relocation assistance. Don't restrict your job hunt to a single country!
6/25/18    Religion Facts
   This "Big Religion Chart" is their attempt to summarize the major religions and belief systems of the world - Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and dozens more - into a quick-reference comparison chart. This chart is a useful tool for you to compare basic religious beliefs and practices of the world's religions and belief systems.
6/26/18    Pushbullet
   Pushbullet bridges the gap between your phone, tablet, and computer, enabling them to work better together. From seeing your phone's notifications on your computer, to easily transferring links, files, and more between devices, Pushbullet saves you time by making what used to be difficult or impossible, easy.
6/27/18    Copernix
   Explore the world using Wikipedia on a map. Copernix lets you search for information in a new, easy and intuitive way.
6/28/18    World Cancer Research Fund: Interactive Cancer Risk Matrix
   Discover how diet, nutrition and physical activity affect cancer risk.
6/29/18    New Books in Brief
   This website consists of bi-weekly executive summaries and podcasts designed to keep you up to date on the best ideas in the world of new non-fiction books.
6/30/18    Privacy
   Privacy is the first payments product that keeps your personal information private, while being even more convenient than using a regular credit card online.


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