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Educational
Tutor Finder
The website is in
celebration of Australian tutors. It provides an extensive collection of tutors
who offer tuition in a wide range of subjects – Maths, English, science,
musical instruments, singing, dancing, foreign languages, and so on. And the
webmaster is our own Peter
Deacon!
www.tutorfinder.com.au
Website building
Create your own Blog
Visit the Blogger site and see how you can set up your blog in 3 easy steps! http://www.blogger.com/start
Computer
Smart
NTFS Recovery
http://www.smartpctools.com/ntfs_recovery/
Smart NTFS Recovery is
a data recovery tool for Windows operating system that supports the NTFS file
system. The software easily recovers data from hard disks and any type of
storage media - flash drives, USB drives, memory stick, PC card, multimedia
card, secure digital card with NTFS file system.
Smart NTFS Recovery can recover any deleted files, including MS Office files,
photos, mp3 and zip files, even if the partition table is lost!
Spam Blocker
http://www.mailwasher.net/
This a leader in
anti spam software, the easiest way to check and manage your e-mails before you
download them. MailWasher is free to use and won't ever expire. Use this
powerful anti spam software, a reliable spam blocker, that will effectively stop
email spam. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted e-mails before they get to
your computer. No gimmicks here, it is so easy to set up and use that you'll be
managing your email like a pro in seconds. It can even be used as an effective
privacy tool. I think you will find this to be the easiest, most effective way
to manage your incoming e-mails. You will be amazed at how quickly you will like
using MailWasher.
Quick Desktop Picture Resizer
http://www.picturetray.com
PictureTray
is a freeware tool for resizing and rotating pictures quickly and simply. You
choose how you want your pictures resized, then drag your picture files into the
"In" tray. A resized copy of each picture is made and put in the
"Out" tray. You then drag the resized pictures from the Out tray.
It’s only 300kbs and can be saved to your desktop for easy reference. Really
good for resizing pics for PP Presentations so you don’t end up with a HUGE
file or for emailing or putting on the web. For example, this caricature of Pal
and Barb was originally 1.2MB. In a split second, I reduced it to the 32kb
picture you see here by choosing the quarter size option. It wouldn’t be
much good for printing out but presents no problems for online viewing.
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Useful
All Experts
http://www.allexperts.com
This is a site of experts in all kinds of things who offer their
expertise for free! They all volunteer their time. But the site is worth putting in to
your favourites for when you can’t find an answer anywhere else.
On line dictionary
- English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a
Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
Wikipedia
What is it? It’s
a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The English version been going since
2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Planning on
traveling overseas?
This currency
converter could come in handy:
http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Conversion calculator
On this site, you can convert just
about anything!!!
<http://www.onlineconversion.com/>
This site is amazing. It’s American
but that only affects a few of the calculators. If you need to convert money,
length, weight, volume, kilobytes, cooking ingredient measures, torque, horse
height or cosines - have a look. And that’s only some of the serious
stuff.
Make your own card
http://www.mycardmaker.com/create-a-birthday-card-fun.html
Urban
Legends Reference page:
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp
Are you sick of cold calls, junk
mail and unwanted spam?
You might cut down on some of these by registering with the ‘Consumer Do
Not Contact Opt Out Services’.
http://www.adma.com.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=1999
About Seniors
http://www.aboutseniors.com.au/
http://www.seniors.gov.au
What's
really out there?
Interested in astronomy – great pictures on this site.
http://www.skyimagelab.com
There are lots of different menus down the left hand side. You can click on
photos to enlarge. Click once for information and photo, then again for large
picture.
Darcy
says he is not really interested in astronomy but he is presenting an assignment
on planets and "how the world began" theories. He found this good site
for planet lovers: http://www.the-solar-system.net
Google Earth
– Explore, Search and Discover. A 3D
interface to the planet.
http://earth.google.com/
Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google
Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the
world's geographic information at your fingertips.
Money matters
This site is not indorsing or suggesting any of the ideas or products on these
sites – but they do have some good tips, ideas, calculators etc for maximizing
your money.
http://moneymanager.smh.com.au/
Money Manager is the e-version of the Money Pages in Wednesday’s Age.
http://www.moneycafe.com.au
Lifestyle
Money has been specifically designed to help people understand money in
plain simple English.
Money
matters for kids
www.mtrek.com.au
Hey
kids! Discover mtrek, where you can learn about money, saving, spending and
investing with a lot of interactivity, some hands-on problem solving and a pinch
of silliness. Here, learning about money is an exploration and not just a
homework assignment.
Saving money
Check out this site
for tips and advice on saving money Cheapskates
Journal. The
Cheapskate Journal is an Australian website dedicated to showing you how to cut
the costs of everyday living and still have fun. It’s FULL of hints an tips on
stretching your dollar. If you’re on a budget – this is the site for you.
How
to be well off when you retire! Here’s the Association of
Superannuation Funds in Australia (ASFA) report on how much you will need when
you retire: http://www.superannuation.asn.au/super/retirement-budgets_flyer.pdf
I used this
calculator to work out how much I would need to have saved if I am going to
retire at 60 and if my savings grow at 5% per year for the 30 years I’ll
probably live. Go to the Retirement Calculator and scroll down the page a little
bit: http://www.hipsuper.com.au/cal_retire.html
How much
will you have if you retire at 60? Go to the calculator
on this FIDO site so you can work out how much super you will have when you
retire.
The Info Choice site
http://www.infochoice.com.au
This is good website for comparing financial goods
and services. It’s very helpful if you want to compare the pros and cons of eg
credit cards or mortgages. They’ve done all the footwork for you.
They do not recommend or endorse any
provider, product or service. Their aim is to provide unbiased information on a
wide range goods and services and present them in an objective way which allows
consumers to make easy, meaningful comparisons, and make informed choices.
Examples of some of the information on this site:
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Where do I start?
-Borrowing for my first home
-Buying shares online
-Saving at the highest interest rate
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Find the best
-Credit card
-Home loan
-Online savings account
-Everyday transaction account
-Term deposit
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Family Fun
100 family sites. This American site leads into 100s of other sites and there
are hours of fun just checking them all out . http://www.top100familysites.com
Finding Nemo
Did you
like Finding Nemo, then you’ll like this site:http://thq.com/FindingNemo/Index2.asp
Puzzles
http://www.puzz.com
Games
www.dragongamez.com
A
good website for kids or adults because there are so many games on it! It even
has a game called Mini Putt2 that my dad (John) loves playing! - Thanks Elise
Sports
Golf
www.iseekgolf.com
Simple, free, registration.
Tyson's
Footy Club Fixture
http://www.sportingpulse.com.au/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=722&pID=1
Music
Site for music lovers – thanks Elise
www.thehothits.com
and www.take40.com
What was the number one song the day you were born??
http://www.everyhit.com/dates/
Thoughtful
Interview
with God
A lovely presentation
passed on by Kath Collins (wife of Bill Collins who
was brother of Con Collins).
Thanks Aunty Kath.
If you want
to see the whole range of inspirational material on this site, go to this site http://wandascountryhomeinspirational.com
Health
Better
Health Channel Healthy Eating Page
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcsite.nsf/pages/healthy_eating?opendocument
Pedometers
- 10,000 steps a day project
www.10000steps.org.au
What's your Real age?
http://www.realage.com/reg/regassess.aspx?mod=LONGFORM&cbr=NEXS1_P
Are
you aged 60 years or older?
Visit http://www.stayactive.qut.edu.au. This site can help you develop walking and strength
programs, with an emphasis on safety. Also highlighted are the benefits gained
from everyday physical activity such as housework and gardening.
Got
any medical questions?
http://www.healthline.com/ is a San
Francisco-based consumer health website. This site includes a search system that
helps users find relevant, authoritative medical information.
http://www.guidelinesforhealth.com/ is a new
evidence-based website for consumers. The website explains the clinical practice
guidelines that many doctors follow, in language that is easy to understand. The
goal of the site is to provide reliable, usable information to help individuals
better understand what their doctors are doing.
See your operation on the
web before you go under the knife
Many American patients can do just that through the website
http://www.slp3d.com. It broadcasts operations ranging from heart valve
replacements to procedures for degenerated knees. Slp3d originated as an
educational teaching tool for doctors.
Garden
www.freeplants.com
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/ http://www.global-garden.com.au/ http://www.greenweb.com.au/garden/ http://www.sgaonline.org.au/
(Sustainable Gardening Australia)
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