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Archive for the ‘Reference’ Category

April 25th, 2008

Back to Biology 101 - Virtual Dissection Lab

I had originally planned on being a high school biology teacher when I was pursuing my college education. I loved everything about biology, it was the chemistry that bugged me.
Remember your grade school biology class the first time you got to dissect a frog? My fondest memory is that we knocked the frog out […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

March 21st, 2008

Surf Canyon - Digging Deeper Into Search Results

Are you ever overwhelmed with the results displayed in a search engine? I can tell you from my own experience I rarely go past the first page or two of results in a search.
Surf Canyon, currently in beta, is a plug-in for your browser that helps you dig through the results and get […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

March 6th, 2008

BookRenter.com - College Text Books for Rent

Where was BookRenter.com when I was in college? I was always frustrated by the cost of college text books that I rarely ended up buying them after the first couple of semesters. There were a couple you had to have, but after you buy that brand new Zoology book for $100+ and they decide […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

March 5th, 2008

Online Stopwatch

It’s not much to look at but this Online Stop Watch does exactly what it needs to do for you if you need to track some time of events.
As you can see, the site let’s you register individual lap times down to the one-thousandth of a second.
If you go to the additional tools available […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

February 20th, 2008

Google Street Level Maps

I’ve been a huge fan Google Maps and Google Local ever since it came out and has been available on the Internet.
Yesterday though I was checking out the location of a house that a friend of mine is putting a bid in on to purchase because I was certain it was fairly close to […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

February 20th, 2008

Brownbook - Local Business Directory Wiki

I found out about the Brownbook site because someone named Ben emailed me about it.
Think Wikipedia, but for a business directory format. The Brownbook tagline is “the open yellow pages”. That tells me exactly what the purpose of the site is and I think it’s one of those things that just makes sense. […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

January 27th, 2008

Songboxx - Finding the Music In Your Head

 
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head and you can’t think of who the musician is that sings it? Or, can’t think of that one track on an album?
SongBoxx has probably got the information you’re looking for all in one place.
At the moment, the current search engine has access to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 15th, 2008

Really Fun Travel IQ Game on Travelpod

A friend sent me this really fun game that tests your travel IQ. Considering I spent almost a decade in the travel industry I should do very well at this.
The game not only checks to see if you know what state various cities are located, it also gives you points on how close […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

January 8th, 2008

25 Skills Every Man Should Know

Answer these questions:
1.) Are you a man?
If you answered yes to the question above, you should be able to answer yes to the following questions as well:
Do you know how to…

… patch a radiator hose?
… protect your computer?
… rescue a capsized boater?
… frame a wall?
… retouch digital photos?
… back up a trailer?
… build a […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

November 16th, 2007

Free Education from Sony My101

One of the popular commercials on TV right now is one letting everyone know what they can get for a buck. I tell you I can give you something valuable for even less than that. How about some free education? Yep! FREE!
Through Sony’s My101 website you can get some free education and learning in […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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