Nifty Giftys for all the CyberPlayGround Readers - ENJOY!




1)
CouchSurfing http://www.couchsurfing.com/
Participate in Creating a Better World, One Couch At A Time
is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers
and the local communities they visit.
The Top 5 couchsurfing websites

2)
How to build a web page and how to build a web site

3)
Skip calling the traditional 4-1-1 in favor of 1-800-free-411.
http://www.free411.com/index.php
You'll have to listen to a 12 second commercial first,
but you'll save a dollar or more every time you use it.
also download and use http://www.skype.com/ for long distance calls.

4)
FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS EMBEDDING SOUND INTO YOUR SITE


5)
Learn a foreign language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
You can begin to parlez vous with the best of them by logging on
to the BBC Web site. You'll find beginner programs for seven different
languages from French to Chinese.

7)
Find Where to Get Free Ebooks


8)
Craigs List http://craigslist.org/ and
Freecycle http://www.freecycle.org/
for everything from furniture to office supplies.

9)
Your Privacy Info available for free
checked out pipl.com and was really surprised to find the level of personal information that it displays;
what most concerns me is that it displays not only your birthdate, but that of all your close relatives.

10)
Hosting Videos for free:
Viddler, Vimeo, Revver or Jumpcut instead of YouTube?

11)
Skitch Screen Capture tool and References management tool.

12)
Mac users who view Windows Media Player (WMP) video files
need to install Flip4Mac (free) and then Mac users will be able to
view video using Windows Media Player with no problem.

13)
Free online tools every designer should know about
From Creative Prose, includes things from project management and
collaboration to color palette generation....

14)
Keeping Up On Web Trends Conferences
www.futureofwebdesign.com/
www.futureofwebapps.com/


15)
FREE WEB PAGE hosting space


16)
On kidsmealdeals.com, you can find local restaurants that feed kids for free.
At Denny's on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.,  kids eat free.


17)
Student Financial Aid State Agency Phone Number


18)
Accessibility of Rich Internet Applications
This article will provide some techniques and general approaches to AJAX
and dynamic content accessibility for rich internet applications.
This article will not present everything you need to know,
but will provide a general overview of making dynamic and complex
scripted content accessible. (Part 1 of 2)
http://webaim.org/techniques/aria/

19)
go to www.versiontracker.com and search for "Stuffit Expander".  
There is one for PCs, and it's free.

20)
Real life Photoshop
Finished product: http://tinyurl.com/5wjgo3
The process: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18697966@N00/


21)
Firefox tests geolocation
"Introducing Geode, an experimental add-on to explore geolocation in Firefox 3 ahead
of the implementation of geolocation in a future product release. Geode provides an early
implementation of the W3C Geolocation specification so that developers can begin
experimenting with enabling location-aware experiences using Firefox 3 today, and users
can tell us what they think of the experience it provides. It includes a single experimental
geolocation service provider so that any computer with WiFi can get accurate positioning data."
More: http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/10/introducing-geode/


22)
Zamzar.com is a free tool online that you can use to convert between all
types of video files:
There are size limits for their free service and you have to wait a
little bit, but they are pretty generous.

23)
creating a Slideshow
Try this lightbox it is very simple and looks great, follow the instructions online:


24)
best "tweets" for 2008  http://www.twitties.com


25)
You can get rid of stuff you no longer want at freecycle.org


26)
Interesting Visual Dictionary http://www.visuwords.com
This resource can also be used to help students understand ways research topics can be divided and/or organized.