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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

JUL 2018


Previous Archives

DATE SITE OF THE DAY
7/1/18    Teach Yourself Computer Science
   you can give yourself a world-class CS education without investing years and a small fortune in a degree program.
7/2/18    Vox: All life on Earth, in one staggering chart
   A sweeping new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds, in a census sorting all the life on Earth by weight (measured in gigatons of carbon, the signature element of life on Earth), humans make up less than 1 percent of life. So, using the new data in PNAS, they tried to visualize the weight of all life on Earth to get a sense of the scale of it all.
7/3/18    Diffen
   Suppose you are trying to decide whether to buy a Canon Powershot SD1300 or SD1400. You read the reviews and lose your way reading the specifications. All you want to know is - what is different between the two? Diffen makes it easy (1-click) to see only what's different or what's similar so that making your choices becomes easier.
7/4/18    History: 4th of July
   The Fourth of July-also known as Independence Day or July 4th-has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. Learn all about the history of our Independence Day.
7/5/18    Mendeley
   Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.
7/6/18    College Results Online
   This free interactive Web tool provides facts on college pricing, graduation rates, and much more to students, parents, school counselors, policymakers, and researchers.
7/7/18    A Soft Murmur
   Find the perfect mix of background noise to help you relax, study, work or sleep. A Soft Murmur is the ideal productivity site to help you wash away distractions.
7/8/18    Tinkercad
   Tinkercad is a simple, online 3D design and 3D printing app for everyone. Tinkercad is used by designers, hobbyists, teachers, and kids, to make toys, prototypes, home decor, Minecraft models, jewelry - the list is truly endless!
7/9/18    Which Book
   Whichbook is a unique site for choosing what to read. If you're not good at remembering book titles, or if you are the sort of reader who likes to choose by browsing round a little and seeing what tempts you, whichbook is the perfect solution to help you find what you are looking for.
7/10/18    TerraPattern
   This is the alpha version of Terrapattern, a visual search tool for satellite imagery. The project provides journalists, citizen scientists, and other researchers with the ability to quickly scan large geographical regions for specific visual features.
7/11/18    United States Census Bureau
   View the real-time US and world population clock, see facts about cities all over the countries and much more.
7/12/18    Two Centuries of US Immigration
   This map shows everyone who immigrated to the United States between 1820 and 2013 (1 dot = 10,000 people). The data is from the DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics and includes only people who attained permanent resident status in a visual presentation.
7/13/18    WolframAlpha Computational Intelligence
   The introduction of Wolfram|Alpha defined a fundamentally new paradigm for getting knowledge and answers-not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms and methods.
7/14/18    Investment Calculator
   Investment Calculator is a beautifully simple calculator to help you calculate the potential value of your retirement investments and visualize their growth.
7/15/18    Kapwing
   Kapwing is an online video creation and editing platform for modern creators. Kapwing is for the kinds of videos people actually want to make. Their editing suite includes the web's most popular meme maker, subtitler, trimmer, looper, filters, and more.
7/16/18    MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2018
   Dueling neural networks. Artificial embryos. AI in the cloud. Welcome to their annual list of the 10 technology advances they think will shape the way we work and live now and for years to come.
7/17/18    Gun Violence Archive
   The Gun Violence Archive is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 2,500 media, law enforcement, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence. GVA in an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization.
7/18/18    Web Code Tools
   The ultimate web code generator. Generate easy snippets of HTML5, CSS3, Microdata, JSON-LD, Twitter Cards, Open Graph and more! No coding skills required.
7/19/18    PlayType
   Playtype is a foundry and online font shop. It was created by brand & design agency e-Types, as a showcase of more than 20 years of type design - from commissioned works to fonts created out of passion.
7/20/18    Reauters Graphics
   Here's how the judges ruled on major cases in the 2017-2018 term in an easily understood format.
7/21/18    Federal Research: What's a Dollar Worth?
   Directions: Enter years as 4 digits (i.e. 1913) through 2014. Enter dollar amount without commas or $ sign in box on first line. Click Calculate button to compute dollar amount shown on second line.
7/22/18    National Library of Medicine: The Visible Human Project
   The Visible Human Project is the creation of anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of normal male and female human bodies. Transverse CT, MR and cryosection images have been collected.
7/23/18    British Pathe
   British Pathe, the world's leading multimedia resource with a history stretching back over a century. The finest and most comprehensive archive of fabulous footage and stunning stills.
7/24/18    Visa: Practical Money Skills
   To help consumers and students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance, Visa has partnered with leading consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions to develop the Practical Money Skills program. At practicalmoneyskills.com and whatsmyscore.org, consumers, educators, parents, students and policymakers can access free educational resources, including personal finance articles, games and lesson plans.
7/25/18    U.S. Dept of Labor: The American Time Use Survey
   The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
7/26/18    Baby Name Wizard
   The name-hunter's paradise, from best-selling name expert Laura Wattenberg. Popularity graphs and maps, Name Finder, and Namipedia for full info on every name.
7/27/18    American Library Association: Great Websites for Kids
   Great Websites for Kids is a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Suggested sites are evaluated by the Great Websites for Kids Committee using established selection criteria. The committee is made up of members of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
7/28/18    BookBub
   BookBub is a free service that helps millions of readers discover great deals on acclaimed ebooks while providing publishers and authors with a way to drive sales and find new fans. Members receive a personalized daily email alerting them to the best free and deeply discounted titles matching their interests as selected by our editorial team. BookBub works with all major ebook retailers and devices, and is the industry's leading ebook price promotion service.
7/29/18    National Constitution Center
   The National Constitution Center is the first and only institution in America established by Congress to 'disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.' The Constitution Center brings the United States Constitution to life by hosting interactive exhibitions and constitutional conversations and inspires active citizenship by celebrating the American constitutional tradition.
7/30/18    iTools
   The best tools from across the web - Use one and switch to another tool with a click. Tools to look up, to translate, to convert, to find anything.
7/31/18    Google Maps: El Capitan, Yosemite
   Welcome to The Nose of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park -- the most iconic rock climb on earth. Tighten your harness and double-check your knot, to join Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold, and Tommy Caldwell on a 3,000 foot interactive journey up El Capitan.


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