Quicklinks: End of Summer

Oct 8, 2008 Author: Meredith | Filed under: quicklinks

We haven’t had quicklinks since July 28th. Do people prefer this format to the daily posting? Obviously I’m not collecting enough links for daily posting, but would people prefer I posted these more often, or…?

ReTweet: List of Twitter bots.
ShoppingNotes.com: Here you can bookmark any shopping link, indicate the price you’re willing to pay, and get notified if the price drops to that level.
Free Shipping: Before you shop online, check here for codes for free shipping.
Taxi Fare Finder: Estimate your Taxi Cab Fare & Rates. Enter your location & get the distance, duration, and estimated fare. (Valid for many cities in U.S. and Canada right now, with more coming soon.)
FixYa: Social networking geared toward troubleshooting gadgets, cars, electronics, etc.
ConvertWorld: Interactive calculators used for converting between currencies, weight, volume, mass, time, distance and more. (My new favorite converter!)
GreetQ: Buy and personalize greeting cards online. Some really cute ones. If you sign up, you get 3 free. These are paper cards, not e-cards!
Outgoing Adventures: Outgoing Adventures is an international tour operator specializing in small group tours for gay people—men and women—and their friends, to exotic destinations worldwide.
Public OpenID Providers: Listing.
The Roads of Northern Virginia: Biographies, Exit/Intersection Lists, History and Maps of What Gets Us Around.
Chipotle Nutrition Facts Calculator 2.0: Incredibly useful for those on a diet. For example, I had no idea that the salad dressing was 330 calories. Now I know how to tailor my salads for future reference!
The Legal Status Of Prostitution In Canada: Very interesting article about how prostitution is legal in Canada. The summary is that there are restrictions but it’s better than the USA.
E-Prime: Wikipedia article about the form of English that does not use the verb “to be”.
Best Ad: Evolution of Logos: Interesting.
Study of Symbolism and Tradition in US Presidential Logos: Interesting look at political logos from 1988 and later.
Cake Wrecks: Baaaaad cakes. BAD. [via vsl]