bookmark to witness the birth of a portal page that will help you browse better
Search Engines
Find more with other algorithms
- https://search.carrot2.org/#/web
- Makes tree maps, pie charts of search results. Easy access to academic literature.
- https://www.startpage.com/
- Google search without trackers or cookies. ‘Objective’ Google results
- https://tineye.com/
- Search by image
- https://millionshort.com/
- Search engine to go beyond Google, remove e-commerce, chatbots or top results.
- https://wolframalpha.com/
- Direct result search engine for quantifiable knowledge. Good for statistics and mathematics.
Catalogs
Try something that is not Wikipedia every once in a while
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- CIA World Factbook, USA perspective on all countries of the world
- http://www.scholarpedia.org/
- Peer-reviewed version of Wikipedia, by and for scholars
- https://www.britannica.com/
- Predecessor of Wikipedia, still operational.
NEWS
BBC TOP STORIES
- The last Virgin train left London at 21:42, marking the end of Britain's longest-running rail franchise.
- The Seychelles has swapped 5% of its national debt for a cash injection to fight climate change and save its ocean.
- A mother whose baby got meningitis because of Group B Strep says all pregnant women should be tested.
- BBC Stories and Newsbeat went to Cheltenham to ask people what makes them angry, and what they want from politicians.
- The general election may be dominating the headlines but it's not troubling the political clubs of Arnold.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MARKET NEWS
NU.NL
Tools
- https://www.autodraw.com/
- Easy drawing tool, suggests basic shapes
- http://twlets.com
- Export Twitter data to CSV
- https://www.random.org/
- True randomness (?)
