Calendars and Events
History Channel’s “On This Day”
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
Key events and landmark events in automotive, Civil War, Cold War, crime, literary, Old West, technology, Vietnam War, Wall Street, and World War II history.
Lifelong Learning
Lectures on iTunes
You must download iTunes to your computer to access the many free talks, courses and lectures available on iTunes. iTunes U is iTunes attempt to compile all its lectures into one place. This is a good place to start but not everything relevant in iTunes is included here. A useful list of university iTunes sites (although not comprehensive) is included in the lower left-hand menu bar. Use iTunes power search to search for a school or lecturer name in the “author” field.
Search Engines
SearchMe
http://www.searchme.com/
Visual search engine that clusters results by topic. Allows you to save a “stack” of useful results and send it to colleagues.
Info on the Go
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com
Customize driving directions by dropping and dragging your route, check on live traffic conditions, and view public transit directions and Street View images.
Government and Politics
The Blogometer
http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/
From the National Journal. This daily report takes the temperature of the political blogosphere, covering popular sites from both the left and the right.
Tags: Technology, Web 2.0, Web Sites
