Category Archives: Great sites

Findgift.com, a great online registry that isn’t store specific

When I got married several years ago, I dreaded setting up a registry. I have multiple complaints about registries, but my two main problems were 1) I didn’t want to tie people to a specific store. I’m quite frugal and … Continue reading

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Is that site down?

Have you ever sent out a message to your friends asking, “Is it just me, or is such and such a site down?” If you want a quicker answer, try http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/. It’s a simple, no-frills website that does just one … Continue reading

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Verbix.com, a great reference for foreign language verbs

I’m trying to learn Italian. One of my practice activities is to try to read things written in Italian. Since I’m at the beginning of the learning curve, I’ll recognize a few words then flip-flip-flip through the translation dictionary to … Continue reading

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