Three Useful Resources
I probably visit thousands of websites every year, so I come across all kinds of nifty little tools. I even get around to trying some of them! A few prove themselves to be so handy that I find myself using them time and time again. Here are three of them.
Have you ever had to send someone a long link like this one?
Often, their email program will not link to it properly, so unless the recipient knows to cut and paste the whole thing into the address bar of their browser (and is sufficiently interested to do so), they’re not going to see what you’re trying to send them.
With Tiny URL, you copy and paste the link into a form on the website, and it converts it to a nice short one like http://tinyurl.com/4pv4gx.
If you ever need to calculate conversions from one currency to another, this tool allows you to quickly convert between any two of the top 85 currencies in the world by simply entering the amount and selecting the two currencies in question. (You can even put it on your own website, if you want to.)
Have you ever received an email signed something like this?
John Doe, MCCC, CMF, CCM, CPRW, CTL
Member of ICF, PCMA and PARW
If you wished you could figure out what all those letters stand for, you’ll want to bookmark this site, where you can find out the meaning of even very obscure acronyms and abbreviations.
All of these tools are quick and easy to use, and they’re free!
What is YOUR favourite online tool?
Three of my favourite on-line tools:
http://www.breakthechain.org
http://www.truthorfiction.com
http://www.snopes.com
Three very important resources to prove that most of the e-mail you get is spam.
Comment by Jacki Hollywood Brown — May 7, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
For me these days it’s http://www.wordreference.com - online translation site. Very important for me right now!
Comment by Alex Fayle — May 7, 2008 @ 11:50 pm
Awesome sites, Jacki and Alex! Of the ones you’ve mentioned, I was only familiar with Snopes.
Keep ‘em coming!
Comment by Janet Barclay — May 8, 2008 @ 7:02 am