My bookmarks

I put these bookmarks here so I can have access to them from any internet-enabled computer. But you might find some of them useful too, especially if you have similar interests as me.

Searches, services:

Board Game Geek

Laws of Canada

Official laws of Canada site

dict.org (dictionary)

YellowPages.ca

Wikipedia

Urban Dictionary - meanings of slang terms

Public Domain Bible (and another translation here)

Project Gutenberg: Free old books

GameFAQS - Walkthroughs and FAQs for video games

Video Game Geek - Reviews etc. for video games

MathWorld

IMDB: Movie / TV show reviews

Ubuntu Linux Forums

See information graphically

Reddit - community of posting interesting links

EasyBib - automatically generate a bibliography for papers

Wolfram Alpha - ask questions about knowledge (better than asking Google)

Google Sketchup - draw in 3D

ScribbleMaps - draw on maps

Print specific bits of webpages (or save as PDF) by clicking on them

PodBay - find podcasts

Command Line FU - useful commands for Linux / Mac

Public Library Online Databases (includes a way to see all Canadian newspapers of the past 100 years, and a health database for health information)

Creative Commons search - search for free and open content (pictures, music) to include in your creations

Kijiji - free local classifieds

Anti-advertising tools:

Do Not Contact service to block telemarketers

Adblock Plus ad blocker for Firefox

UBlock Origin ad blocker for Firefox

Firefox Reader View (doesn't only work on Android)

Quietube (to watch Youtube videos without ads or other junk)

Viewpure (another way to watch Youtube videos without ads or other junk - works on phones)

F.B. Purity - gets rid of ads and a ton of other junk on your Facebook pages, can filter your news feed, and more

Pinterest without registration - Greasemonkey script for Firefox which stops Pinterest from asking you to register

Privacy Badger - blocks tracking links by modifying the links to remove the tracking ID

Terms of Service summaries

For Kids / Teachers / Parents:

Scratch (coding for kids)

Tutorial for kids to learn the Python programming language

Tynker (coding for kids)

7 apps to teach children coding

Sumdog

Lesson plans

GIFs to explain math

FreeSpeech app TED talk to translate pictures into language, e.g. for nonverbal children with autism)

Preschool science experiments

Store for teachers (one in Moncton)

Bitstrips - create your own online comics

Minecraft Edu

BrainPOP educational website

Pivot Animator for creating animations

PowToon for creating animations

StoryBird - write stories to go with given pictures

Incompetech - Royalty-free music to use for projects

Kahoot - create learning games / quizzes for the classroom which are played via individual devices

EasyBib - generate citations for a Bibliography automatically

iMindMap - software to create mind map diagrams

Makerspace - workshops to learn and share skills while making / building things

Teacher's Web Series

Teachers Pay Teachers

The Bug Chicks (teaches you about insects)

Math Competitions for grades 7-12

Math Circle presentations from Waterloo

Really Hard Math Questions

Video explaining autism in child-friendly language

Comedy:

Half Bakery: Discuss crazy ideas

PhD Comics - grad student comic strip

Improv Everywhere

Tastefully Offensive

XKCD comics

Bizarro comics

Entertainment:

thisisnthappiness - a unique art site

Crunchyroll - watch free anime shows

8-bit philosophy

Quick Draw: A game where a computer tries to guess what you're drawing

Computers:

Free Windows Virtual Machine to use on Linux through VirtualBox

Boost C++ libraries

C/C++ Standard Library Reference

Validate XHTML

Lambda the Ultimate - programming languages community

Ninite - install a bunch of programs on Windows automatically, and keep them updated

Fredericton:

City of Fredericton home page

Leisure Activities (Clubs and Societies)

Weather

Library

Cross-country skiing in the woodlot - are the trails groomed?

Fredericton wiki

Walk-in clinics (mainly for people without a family doctor)

eVisitNB (mainly for people without a family doctor)

Free legal services for people with low income

NB 211 - Find various government / social services (can also call 211)

MyHealthNB - access your past blood tests, other tests, and vaccinations

MyRide Fredericton - check the current location of the bus

Free online university courses:

Coursera

edX

MIT Opencourseware

Academic Earth

Khan Academy

Crash Courses on Youtube

Minute Physics on Youtube

Educational:

TED talks

Duolingo - learn languages by levelling up

Project Euler - math / programming problems

Google Translate

Change My View forum

Rewordify - convert English sentences into a more understandable form

Human Physiology wikibook

How to identify seedlings (with pictures)

Academic papers without a paywall

Documentaries

Connected Papers - generate a graph of research papers that are related to each other

Online board games:

Play Dominion Online

Things: Humour in a Box

Spendee (basically Splendor, with a timer)

Settlers of Catan

Codenames

Century Spice Road

Azul

Blokus

Android: Netrunner

Other:

Passive House wiki

Braingle - brain teasers and games

Primitive Technology - how to build things in the woods with no modern tools

Canada Food Guide

80000 hours - how to have the greatest positive impact with your career

eMachineShop - manufacture or 3D-print custom parts from a CAD file

The Game Crafter - invent and sell board games and order parts for your designed games

Blogs / sites of various people I know:

Hubert

Robbie and Robbie

Denver

Justin

Laura and Laura

Mike

Celine

Richard

Kathy and John

Ysabelle

Tim