List of Awesome Websites

Ever felt the need for a website specialized in how many privacy infringing functions a website uses? Or watching every single plane that is in the air at any given moment? Perhaps you have wondered if there is such website that tells you if two different materials can be glued together?

Well, the internet have some true information-goldmines. But do know that there is almost never such a thing as “free”. Companies collect your information to personalize ads or work in other ways to stay “free”. Well, if you want to know before checking any of the websites listed below, you could start with The Markup Blacklight to see what the websites collect. Unless you use VPN while browsing it’s pretty safe to say that you don’t have that much privacy.

Anyway, I guess we all will keep using the internet for now so why not have a bit of fun? Here’s a list of some random, but possibly needed knowledge-inducing websites. Enjoy!

Stocktwits

https://stocktwits.com  – The largest social network for traders and investors. You can see real-time stock prices as well as the before and after market prices.

Coursera and edX

https://www.coursera.org https://www.edx.org – Free educational content in as many different genres you could possibly think of.

Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl  – Easy to read, psychology-related articles.

Flightradar24

https://www.flightradar24.com/ – Shows an interactive map of every single plane in the air, anywhere in the world.

Archive

https://archive.org – Free downloads for music, books, movies, software and games.

Wayback Machine

http://web.archive.org – Archive of many billions of webpages from many years ago

Duolingo

https://www.duolingo.com – Learn new languages for free.

Supercook or My Fridge Food

Supercook.com or myfridgefood.com – Enter the ingredients you got at home and you’ll get a recipe for said ingredients.

Radiooooo

https://radiooooo.com – Lets you pick the country and decade to enjoy the music from that era.

This to that

http://thistothat.com/index.shtml  – Tells you how to glue two things together

Rhyme Zone

https://rhymezone.com  – Type in a word and you’ll get words that rhyme with it.

Future Me

https://www.futureme.org  – Send emails to the future you.

Lightning Maps

https://www.lightningmaps.org/ – Live updates of where lightning strikes in the world.

A Soft Murmur

https://asoftmurmur.com  – Lets you play calming background noises.

Worn on TV

https://wornontv.net – Search for what the actors and actreses wear on tv shows.

The Markup Blacklight

https://themarkup.org/blacklight  Check how many privacy infringing function a website utilizes before you visit it. Be horrified at how many websites collects your information.

There you go! I’ll keep you updated with new inspirational websites I come across, so make sure you subscribe to the blog. And do let me know if you have any inspirational website suggestions in the comments!