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"As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing. "What has happened?" the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby-carriage along the sidewalk. "Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well," replied the man; "and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City." "Hm!" said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. "If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?" "I really do not know," replied the man, with a deep sigh. "Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron.""

- L. Frank Baum, "The Land of Oz"

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Best Free Resources On The Web?

Posted by Bird @ 10:21 am CST
Filed under: The Web, Questions . . .

Andrew turned me on to a few websites that allow you to download free books.

Does anyone else out there know of any awesome free web resources?

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1. Darrell - 12/07/2008 8:59 am CST

Over at the Mission Disk project, we've been compiling a list of free resources for some time now.

Some of my favorites include

Word Art Generator

Dafont.com

Open Clipart

Online PDF Convertor

2. Quaid - 12/07/2008 9:10 am CST

I went to his blog, but didn't see any post about free stuff - did I miss it?

3. Bird - 12/07/2008 10:48 am CST

To answer my own question, OpenOffice might be the most valuable free resource I've come across. That and Gimp for photo editing.

4. Alex Costa - 12/07/2008 1:20 pm CST

I can't find the site that you were referring to on the other person's blog.

5. Bill - 12/07/2008 2:09 pm CST

Here's a good site I use frequently

The 46 Best Ever Freeware Utilities

6. Darrell - 12/07/2008 3:20 pm CST

OpenOffice might be the most valuable free resource I've come across. That and Gimp for photo editing.

No doubt about it.

For those who find the GIMP a little daunting, PAINT.Net is a great little application with easy-to-use functions. I use Paint.net just about every day.

7. Andrew - 12/07/2008 3:36 pm CST

I turned him on via email, not blog.

8. Quaid - 12/07/2008 9:47 pm CST

Feel free to turn me on in the comments.

That sounds wrong . . .

9. Bob Sacamento - 12/08/2008 9:11 am CST

I with Alex Costa (comment #4).

10. Andrew - 12/08/2008 10:41 am CST

When I emailed him, I suggested Google Books and Gutenberg. Gutenberg has a database of over 25000 free books that you can read online, and Google has compiled a huge collection of books that have entered the public domain. They're also in the process of reaching a deal with publishers on out of print books. I don't know what all it entails, but should be cool.

Most anything that's well known and over 50 years old can be read for free online. Even some that don't meet that criteria can be found by a simple internet search.

Bird was just being nice when he linked me. I might post about it, just to avoid confusion (and so I can stop feeling bad).

Enjoy!

11. Quaid - 12/08/2008 2:11 pm CST

Thanks Andrew - sorry for the confusion . . .

12. anna - 09/14/2010 4:34 am CDT

http://www.oxpdf.com/excel-to-pdf-converter.html

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