Cool web services and sites we really like.
Are you having a rough week? Things not going your way. Why not have a dance party with some of your closest friends, the emojis? Emoji Party is the weird little site that lets you put on a dance party for your favorite emojis.
Discovering new music is awesome but unless you spend a lot of time checking out new playlists, most of what you get is probably pretty curated. If you like electronica, then check out Have A Track, the newsletter that sends you a few new tracks a week to listen to.
I am all about my cats and I’m not alone in the world with my love of my pets. People all over the place are really into their animals and Amazon knows this. Now you can create a Pet Profile and set up custom shopping for all your pet needs.
Programming is today/tomorrow’s big job growth area. Everyone is getting into it, or at least trying. If you’re teaching yourself with one of the many free coding education websites, then you might feel like you need a bit more practice. Check out CS-Playground-React, the in-browser sandbox for practicing algorithms.
In the last few days, Bitcoin started to hit $10,000 mark in some markets which is an insane financial boom. It’s growing exponentially and shows no signs of stopping. If only we had purchased some in 2010, when there was still time. Anyway, if you have no idea what I’m talking about or you’re curious about how you can get into the game, check out this list of Bitcoin resources.
There’s a little bit of math in nearly everything we do. You don’t need to know advanced math theory to get through life, but it’s important to get the basics down. If your kid is struggling with math, check out Prodigy, the learning website dedicated to getting a handle on math.
We know we need more trees. More trees, less pollution. Tree-Nation answer is to make planting trees into a game with Seeds. This easy to play community game gets people to work together, to plant a tree. It’s an interesting take on crowd-sourcing for the Earth.
Travel does the soul good. There’s nothing quite like getting out of your town and going on an adventure. Plane tickets are expensive though and you may not have the money to get the best deal before price hikes. Airfordable recognized this and started a layaway plan for plane tickets.
Back in my day when we needed to study we had to make our own flashcards with pens and index cards. Kid’s today have it too easy, there’s an app (and website) where they can do it digitally. Or just have one of their friends share the work they already did. Quizlet is the website and app that helps you make tools to make learning easier.
There are many things you can do to help the Earth. Recycle your cans, paper, and plastic. Try to reduce your waste by reusing what you can in your life instead of just replacing things. Do a web search and plant some trees. Ecosia is the search engine that plants a tree for every search it does.
Despite the wonders of the internet, there’s still nothing like a good book. Browsing social media is fun and all, but it’s not the captivating activity that reading a carefully crafted manuscript can be. If you love to read then Google has a surprise for you. For its US user, when you search a title, it lets you know right in the search if you can borrow it from the library.
The internet has a short attention span but its memory is very, very long. Things that would have been lost to the passage of time are scanned and saved on servers so that future generations can enjoy and learn from them. The Great 78 Project is fighting to preserve the music by taking it digital.
Finding a place to live during college semesters is hard. If you don’t have the comfort and security of a dorm, it’s up to you to find someplace to crash for the ten months of the school year. Make it a bit easier to find a home with Housing Anywhere, the AirBnB for student housing.
You and your significant other likely have a “song”. That special tune that just reminds you of your love and care for one another. That’s great but don’t you think an AI could pick a better one? Even if it can’t, don’t you want to see what sort of disaster it would come up with if you let it? If you do, check out Couple’s Mixtape, the AI that creates a mixtape for your relationship.
You’re always online. Everyone is these days but what if there was content you could only view offline? How strange would that be? Well one website wants you to log off by giving you content you can only access when you’re not plugged in.
