Showing posts with label reference sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reference sites. Show all posts

18 May 2009

CSS Tutorial

Information to Start Your Week:

I've been having fun with CSS! Of all the references and tutorials I have bookmarked, the one at HTML Source is the one I keep going back to the most.

11 May 2009

Reliable Home Remedies site

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The Internet's full of alternative medicine quacks and snake oil salesmen, so a reliable home remedies site like this one is gold.

16 February 2009

HTML and CSS tutorial

Learn HTML and Cascading Style Sheets with this tutorial.

04 December 2008

Family Watchdog

Too Good to Miss:

For those who feel you cannot be too careful with your family, check out Family Watchdog, which collects information on registered sex offenders, FDA warnings, product recalls, and safety tips.

01 December 2008

Time Zones Around the World

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This detailed image (description page here) from Wikimedia Commons shows time zones around the world. Despite the zig-zag boundaries, time zones are quite orderly in the U.S. compared to some parts of the world. Check out the 2½ hour difference at the border of India and China, or the border of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, which goes backwards.

30 November 2008

The Cyber Hymnal

Spiritual Sunday:

The Cyber Hymnal has lyrics, scores, MIDI files, history, and more about over 7000 Christian hymns from all denominations.

29 November 2008

Sandwich Recipes

Saturday Relaxation

Perhaps, over the next several days, you will tire of turkey sandwiches. If so, head over to Sandwich Recipes for some good alternatives.

24 November 2008

CIA World Factbook

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The CIA World Factbook is an awesome atlas of facts about countries around the globe.

12 November 2008

Wikiquote

From the Wikimedia Foundation, which brings us Wikipedia and Wiktionary, is another cool wiki: Wikiquote, a compendium of quotations.

11 November 2008

Wiktionary

Everyone's heard of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But did you know about its little brother Wiktionary, the free dictionary?

24 August 2008

Daily readings from the Mass: USCCB site

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' site is a great reference for American Catholics. My picks: