recommended_windows_apps
Recommended Windows Applications
| Who | Date | Link | Brief Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Patrick, Gary | 5/21/2011 | http://forecast.weather.gov | 7-day weather forecast for Bedford, MA area from NOAA National Weather Service. | |
| Patrick, Gary | 5/21/2011 | http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java | Real-time Clock - Official U.S. Eastern Time from NIST (needs Java plug-in to display time) | |
| Gamota, George | 5/2/2011 | PissedConsumer | The best consumer product reviews and complaints site. Write Review and share opinions about products and customer service | |
| Rudy/Gamota | 5/2/2011 | Snopes | The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. | |
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm | ZIP Code maps | |
| Sherman, Al | 5/10/2016 | www.zamzar.com/ | Convert files to different formats | |
| Sherman, Al | Web based email client (free) | |||
| Sherman, Al | 4/22/2012 | http://www.ConsumerFraudReporting.org | Useful information for dealing with fraud | |
| Sherman, Al | 8/13/2012 | http://archive.org/ | early internet and media history | “Wayback Machine” web archive |
| Sherman, Al | 6/5/2014 | http://www.cachedpages.com/ | shortcut to cached pages Google, archive, etc. | |
| Sherman, Al | 2/15/2016 | https://www.vesselfinder.com/ | Locate, identify, track ocean vessels | |
| Sherman, Al | 3/10/2017 | https://haveibeenpwned.com/ | Determine whether your password was stolen | |
| Sherman, Al | 7/19/18 | https://wetransfer.com/ | Transfer large files | |
| Technical | ||||
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | www.NWTools.com Domains, IP, traces, etc. (Network Tools) | ||
| Sherman, Al | 5/6/2012 | http://browserspy.dk/ | how much information can be retrieved from your browser just by visiting a page. | how much your browser reveals about you and your system. |
| Sherman, Al | 5/6/2012 | http://www.howtogeek.com/98601/easily-monitor-your-computers-internet-connection-activity/ | How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To | |
| Shopping and Purchasing | ||||
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | www.mobissimo.com | Airline schedules prices | |
| Sherman, Al | www.Kayak.com | Airline schedules prices | ||
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | bostongasprices.com | Gas prices. (you can customize this with your own list of towns to report each time you use it). | |
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://biddingfortravel.com/ | Using Priceline for hotel bargains | |
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://www.insuremytrip.com/ | Travel Insurance | |
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://www.addall.com/ | book purchase | |
| Sherman, Al | 4/13/2014 | http://www.booksprice.com/ | book cd dvd purchase | |
| 12/14/2011 | http://buy.com | |||
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://zillow.com | Real Estate Prices | |
| Sherman, Al | 3/23/2012 | http://www.uship.com/ | Ship Anything, (US and Canada) Shippers compete to offer bet best rates. See video explanation. | |
| Sherman, Al | 4/7/2015 | http://www.trivago.com/ | Search for hotels | |
| Financial | ||||
| Patrick, Gary | 1/30/2012 | http://www.depositaccounts.com | Free view of bank financial health ratings, 1-to-5 stars, and shows some financial data and rating measures, as your search result. Site also offers CD rates. | In the main page, click on Banks, Bank Health Rating tab; type in the name of the bank you want, then select from the “hits” by address. Click on the “Health” tab near the bottom of the view that comes up. |
| Patrick, Gary | 2/27/2012 | http://www.thestreet.com/bank-safety/index.html | Free view of Weiss financial strength ratings for banks, F-to-A (that is not free info on Weiss' own site). Weiss is a tougher grader than the other sites here. | Click on the button “search for a rating.” In the page that comes up use the uppermost of three typing fields (unlabeled - bug?) to enter Bank Name. You don't have to enter state, but can, and use blank for bank name to see a list of all in a particular state. |
| Patrick, Gary | 2/27/2012 | http://www.bankrate.com/rates/safe-sound/bank-ratings-search.aspx?t=cb | BankRate.com's ratings of banks or credit unions. Once you obtain the star-rating result, click on “memo” link to see quite a lot of its measures for this bank. | After selecting between bank/credit union, and typing in bank name, look for the red,“See Results” button low on the web page. |
| Patrick, Gary | 2/27/2012 | http://www.bauerfinancial.com/home.html | Bauer's ratings of banks, 1-to-5 stars. Any further info costs at least $10 however. Bauer seems to be an easier grader than the others; 4 or 5 stars is common. | Click on “Bank Star Ratings.” You do need to know the home state of the bank, however. |
| Charity ratings and info | ||||
| Sherman, Al | 7/30/2012 | www.hgrm.org | Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts | |
| Sherman, Al | 11/16/2008 | http://charitynavigator.org/ | Is this a good charity? | |
| Patrick, Gary | 5/21/2011 | www.give.org | Is this a good charity? Better Business Bureau rating by its standards for efficiency and clarity. | |
| Patrick, Gary | 5/21/2011 | www.greatnonprofits.org | Is this a good charity? Type in a charity name to see if there are testimonials from persons involved in the charity's work. | |
| Patrick, Gary | 5/21/2011 | www.givewell.org | Is this a good charity? Really stringent criteria for full disclosure and worthiness of the priorities and impact of the charity's work. | Click on “Charities,” “All Charities,” then use your browser's “Find” facility to search the list. |
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