Category: Cool Sites

Google :Download the classics

Official Google Blog: Download the classics
Starting today, you can go to Google Book Search and download full copies of out-of-copyright books to read at your own pace. You’re free to choose from a diverse collection of public domain titles — from well-known classics to obscure gems.

Before the rise of the public library -– a story chronicled in this 1897 edition of The Free Library – access to large collections of books was the privilege of a wealthy minority. Now, with the help of our wonderful library partners, we’re able to offer you the ability to download and read PDF versions of out-of-copyright books from some of the world’s greatest collections.

Acronym and abbreviation dictionary

Acronym and abbreviation dictionary: Find out what over 3,008,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms stand for
With more than 500,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms. Combined with the Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder contains more than 3 million acronyms and abbreviations. (Thanks to Natalia for this link).

Quick Guide to TV on the Net

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Jeff’s Quick Guide to TV on the Net (TV/IP) – July, 2006
During the past twelve months, as the momentum for Broadband TV has snowballed, an increasing number of media companies have decided to take their content and make it available for viewing on the Internet. In some cases, the content offered is “re-runs” of prime time content, in other cases the Internet is being used to channel “vintage” programming (re-runs of old programs) and there is an increasing number of cases in which new content is being developed by media companies for just the broadband Internet.

Find your bosses’ home value with Zillow and Yahoo!

Find your bosses’ home value with Zillow and Yahoo! – Lifehacker
Yahoo! Real Estate has integrated the previously-mentioned Zillow home valuation service into Yahoo! Maps.

That means you can look up the home values of your house, your friends’ and enemies’ houses on Yahoo! all mapped out with nearby homes for comparison.

Celebrity Soundboards – Pranks

ebaumsworld.com Celebrity Soundboards – Pranks –

This well-trafficked site, which is supported by advertising, has collected sound bites from your favorite characters, Homer Simpson, Jack Nicholson, Arnold and many others. Besides reliving some great one-liners, the idea is to play these quotes over your speaker phone in a conversation. There are some recorded prank call as examples.