http://www.duolingo.com/ - essentially a free version of Rosetta-Stone http://justinguitar.com/ - guitar lessons in various styles for free http://www.cookingforengineers/ - GASTRONOMY http://www.thedatingspecialist.com/ - advice on how to approach social situations http://www.nerdfitness.com/ - exercises for those of lesser physical stamina http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm - selection of MIT classes for free http://www.investopedia.com - business for dummies http://www.quora.com/ - forum for asking famous/ knowledgeable people questions http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ - visual representations of data. IE: money lost due to data breaches of companies/ organizations http://spreeder.com/ - teaches you to speed read http://www.gutenberg.org/ - checkout books, and never return them http://www.geographyiq.com/ - the love child of Google Earth and Wikipedia http://ankisrs.net/ - study aid, think flash cards, but with video/ audio/ pictures http://www.lumosity.com/ - similar to the NDS's Brain Age Academy and other games in that vein http://www.ted.com/ - smart people saying smart things on smart subjects (and dumb ones) http://cliffnotes.com/ - study guides and other things of that sort to help you learn better http://pinfruit.com/ - can create mnemonic devices for numbers (and only numbers so far) http://www.mindtools.com/index.html - teaches you 'practical career skills' http://www.learnstreet.com/ - a different flavor of codeacademy, teaches you advanced coding scripts http://www.howstuffworks.com - self explanatory https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - the Man reveals (some) of his secrets http://www.onelook.com/ - google-like dictionary, gives you definitions from multiple dictionaries https://www.couchsurfing.org/ - facebook for tourists, lets you connect with others around the world in your or your target area
I found a picture with 25 'useful' websites, gave a short summary on each. Enjoy. P.S. I was too lazy to turn all of those websites into links, lemme know if you REALLY want me to slave away and put in the extra effort
p.s. Imagine if everyone put forward their own lists, What a resource we would have. What an education we could make together. Life's too short for half-measures. Everyone starts by going all in, not everybody know it tho'
Couple of my frequently-visited-sites: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ - on foreign policy http://www.cf2r.org/ - on security issues (lots of it is in French though) http://www.debka.com/ - as above, from Israel's point of view http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/ - loads of security related stuff too http://obcyjezykpolski.interia.pl/ - Polish language explained (in Polish ;) http://www.washingtonpost.com/david-ignatius/2011/02/17/ABXXcOJ_page.html - on international relations, US policy and some-other-important-matters as well http://swiatczytnikow.pl/ - on e-books, readers and stuff (in Polish)
Some of those Dan mentioned are pretty cool and worth adding to Favourites.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.duolingo.com/ - essentially a free version of Rosetta-Stone
ReplyDeletehttp://justinguitar.com/ - guitar lessons in various styles for free
http://www.cookingforengineers/ - GASTRONOMY
http://www.thedatingspecialist.com/ - advice on how to approach social situations
http://www.nerdfitness.com/ - exercises for those of lesser physical stamina
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm - selection of MIT classes for free
http://www.investopedia.com - business for dummies
http://www.quora.com/ - forum for asking famous/ knowledgeable people questions
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/ - visual representations of data. IE: money lost due to data breaches of companies/ organizations
http://spreeder.com/ - teaches you to speed read
http://www.gutenberg.org/ - checkout books, and never return them
http://www.geographyiq.com/ - the love child of Google Earth and Wikipedia
http://ankisrs.net/ - study aid, think flash cards, but with video/ audio/ pictures
http://www.lumosity.com/ - similar to the NDS's Brain Age Academy and other games in that vein
http://www.ted.com/ - smart people saying smart things on smart subjects (and dumb ones)
http://cliffnotes.com/ - study guides and other things of that sort to help you learn better
http://pinfruit.com/ - can create mnemonic devices for numbers (and only numbers so far)
http://www.mindtools.com/index.html - teaches you 'practical career skills'
http://www.learnstreet.com/ - a different flavor of codeacademy, teaches you advanced coding scripts
http://www.howstuffworks.com - self explanatory
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - the Man reveals (some) of his secrets
http://www.onelook.com/ - google-like dictionary, gives you definitions from multiple dictionaries
https://www.couchsurfing.org/ - facebook for tourists, lets you connect with others around the world in your or your target area
I found a picture with 25 'useful' websites, gave a short summary on each. Enjoy.
P.S. I was too lazy to turn all of those websites into links, lemme know if you REALLY want me to slave away and put in the extra effort
Congratulations for being the first and most comprehensive homework responder.
ReplyDeletep.s. Imagine if everyone put forward their own lists, What a resource we would have. What an education we could make together. Life's too short for half-measures. Everyone starts by going all in, not everybody know it tho'
ReplyDeleteCouple of my frequently-visited-sites:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/ - on foreign policy
http://www.cf2r.org/ - on security issues (lots of it is in French though)
http://www.debka.com/ - as above, from Israel's point of view
http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/ - loads of security related stuff too
http://obcyjezykpolski.interia.pl/ - Polish language explained (in Polish ;)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/david-ignatius/2011/02/17/ABXXcOJ_page.html - on international relations, US policy and some-other-important-matters as well
http://swiatczytnikow.pl/ - on e-books, readers and stuff (in Polish)
Some of those Dan mentioned are pretty cool and worth adding to Favourites.
Nice list. Looking forward to having a look. Foreign policy issues fascinate.
ReplyDeletehttp://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2013.0087
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic website, definiteley worth following (and donating!)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.brainpickings.org/