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December 3, 2007: Technology Blog Launched!
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Week of October 1, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- Sidestep.com:
Flight tool recommended by Travel & Leisure Magazine that gives "overview of the lowest prices pulled from 600 airlines across 200 sites." - Flycheapo.com:
Recommended by Travel & Leisure for "learning about 45 low-fare carriers in Europe." - Farecompare.com:
Recommended by Travel & Leisure for finding the lowest fares from over 500 airlines. - Kayak.com:
Recommended by Travel & Leisure for booking hotels; site scours 159,000 hotels worldwide.
- Sidestep.com:
Week of September 3, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- Open Table:
Make restaurant reservations online. Great for travelers and for booking tables in major cities. - Taxi Fare Finder:
Calculate taxi fares (estimated) for major cities (NYC, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, San Diego, Vancouver) by clicking starting and destination points on a map.
- Open Table:
Week of August 6, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- Scribus.net:
Free open source version of desktop publishing software. - Gimp.org:
Free open source photo editing software.
- Scribus.net:
Week of July 30, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- OpenOffice.org:
Open source version of Microsoft Office that you download to your computer. You can open Microsoft Office documents in this application and save OpenOffice documents as Microsoft Office documents.
- OpenOffice.org:
Week of May 28, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- My Punch Bowl:
Online party planning service, includes pick a date, save the date, party invitations, party supplies and more. - Socializr:
Share event and party information with your friends. - Skobee:
Make plans with people; check out what friends are doing; discover where everyone is going.
- My Punch Bowl:
Week of April 2, 2007
- New Sites Added:
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CT Dept. of Environmentmental Protection: Pesticide Management Program:
Links to Pesticides Pre-Notification Registry, Integrated Pest Management for the Home, and other information on pesticides.
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CT Dept. of Environmentmental Protection: Pesticide Management Program:
Week of January 29, 2007
- New Sites Added:
- HopStop: Your City Transit Guide: Interactive subway, bus, and walking directions for New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Week of November 27, 2006
- New Sites Added:
- craigslist: The famous local classifieds and forums for communities worldwide.
- gethuman 500 database: Database of how to reach a live person at 500 different companies.
Week of October 30, 2006
- New Sites Added:
- Forms.gov: One-stop shopping for Federal agency forms
- Nutrition.gov: Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals.
Week of May 29, 2006
- New Sites Added:
- All Time 100 Best Novels: (according to Time critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
- HealthRatings.org: A joint venture of Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Health Improvement Institute, this site helps you to make critical choices about your health information sources on the Web. The top 20 health information sites are listed according to specific and detailed criteria.
Week of May 1, 2006
- New Sites Added:
- GasBuddy.com: Find the lowest priced gasoline in your area.
- Jiwire: Directory of public WiFi hotspots (wireless Internet access).
Week of April 3, 2006
- New Sites Added:
- Zillow.com: Compare home values and track value of your home.
- MedlinePlus: Tutorial on evaluating Internet health information.
Week of February 27, 2006