Create all sorts of fun maps thanks to the folks at the MLA: map language-speakers by county, by zip code, and all sorts of other good stuff. Pull-down menus and such let you re-draw the map according to your curiosity. (The above map, FYI, is of Hungarian speakers by county. I think. Of course, handily, […]
When you absolutely, positively have to have a photo that’s 3626E6
Yotophoto is a handy-dandy photo searching site that lets you find quality free-use photos. Search by keywords, image size, image licenses or–and this is the clincher–color. (Hence the admittedly lame title.)
Posted by Ben on September 9, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/when-you-absolutely-positively-have-to-have-a-photo-thats-3626e6/
Diagramming!
Online! Flow-charts! Boxes! Arrows! Lines! Make diagrams online with Giffy, then share ’em online or whatever. Floor plans, generic diagrams, flow-charts, whatever you want, Giffy can help you make it. Handy, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Posted by Ben on September 9, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/diagramming/
Like GoogleMaps for Time
…but requiring just a little more mucking about. Still, SIMILE’s Timeline is a potentially awesome tool. Particularly if it’s user-friendlified a bit. Right now it’s a bit like GoogleMaps, if GoogleMaps required you to draw all your own maps, plot distances, pinpoint natural landmarks, etc.
Posted by Ben on July 25, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/like-googlemaps-for-time/
Information Agglomeration
The Internet being what it is, it’s useful to have ways of sorting all that information. To be able to get at it later, easily. First there was Furl, which I’ve used in the past and loved, then there was Yahoo!’s My Web (which is my current default choice), and now there’s Google Notebook, which […]
Posted by Ben on May 31, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/information-agglomeration/