30 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do on the Internet
PC World Magazine, July, 2005

  1. The Wayback Machine displays cached copies of how popular website looked as far back as 1996.
  2. GoogleX Interface gives you access to all of Google's goodies (many of which are typically hidden or hard to find.
  3. PubSub crawls more than 9 million blogs, newsfeeds and SEC filings and emails relevant entries.
  4. StreamLoad lets you upload gigabytes of music, video, document, presentation and other files and share them with any other StreamLoad user you choose. They charge $9.95 per 10 Gigabytes.
  5. Mail2Web is a site where you can access you POP3 or IMAP*4 your email account, read and respond to messages and attach up to 10 MB of files from any web-connected computer, no matter where you are in the world. Just enter your username and password and there it is.
  6. The Federation of American Scientist's Project on Government Secrecy, The Memory Hole and Cryptome give you access to government documents that have been removed from the web for security or political reasons.
  7. On ManiaTV you can create your own reality TV show. Submit a 5 minute video and, if you're accepted, the site will devote an hour of programming to a video of your life.
  8. Kayak is a Google-like home page that searches for flights, hotels and cars from more than 100 different travel sites.
  9. Use SharpMail to tell your boss he has bad breath or a close friend that he is in bad need of an ego trim. The mail is anonymous and there are even templates you can use to structure your (perhaps unwanted) suggestions.
  10. The Tech Support Guy can help you solve your computer problems. Post your question on one of the site's two dozen forums or search more than 300,000 threads for answers.
  11. About My Kids provides unlimited access to a personal parenting coach to answer you questions about raising kids. But it'll cost you $30 a month
  12. To get definitions for any term, type www.answers.com/search term in the address box of your browser.
  13. Constant Contact, for as little as $15 a month, makes it a snap to created formatted e-mail newsletters. manage subscriber lists, find out who reads what you're sending out, and more.
  14. With GoToMeeting you can hold meetings on the Web. Host live demos, display slide shows or collaborate on documents while gabbing on the phone.
  15. Wirefly can cut through the confusion about mobile phone plans. Just type in your zip to search your options by price, minutes and types of coverage -- compare plans side-by-side.
  16. Where's George tracks your dollars using the serial number on each bill.
  17. Spoofstick displays the real domain of the site in your browser toolbar regardless of what the address window says -- an invaluable tool for fighting phishers.
  18. Stop by Panda Software for a free system anti-virus scan.
  19. Design your own business cards at IPrint. You can pick fonts, colors, graphics and paper, preview your work and place an order with a few clicks.
  20. CafePress will put your corporate logo on T-shirts, caps, coffee mugs, mouse pads and more.
  21. At Charter Auction you can rent a private jet starting at $2100 an hour. Plug in your departure and arrival information and private jet owners will bid for your business.
  22. Adbrite makes buying banner ads on the Web as easy as shopping at Amazon.com.
  23. RemindMe is a nifty service that pops up a window on your computer to remind you of those crucial events (birthdays, anniversaries, tee times) when relying on a personal organizer is just not enough.
  24. With Pheedo's Blogsnob you can advertise you're blog. Simply add a small pice of JavaScript code to your blog template and create a pithy, one-sentence ad that will apppear on other blogs in Pheedo's network.
  25. With Ravenblack's Random Surreal Generator, each time your web page loads it will display a different Dali-esque comment. Words to live by.
  26. Startup-Nation provides budding entrepreneurs with reams of free advice, success stories, online seminars and more.
  27. Virtual High School and Florida Virtual School are fully accredited online high schools where your child can take a single course or a series of them across a wide range of topics.
  28. At SwapThing you can swap or sell items such as music, art, trading cards and old schoolbooks or offer them for sale. It's easier and cheaper than listing them on eBay.
  29. With Music on Command when you hear a song on the radio you can buy the tune instantly. Just dial a toll-free number and punch in the station's call letters. Songs are $1 each.
  30. LuLu.com makes it simple to publish that book you've written. Just upload a word processing document and follow a wizard to choose the book's size, format, cover art, and price or commission. LuLu takes 20% of the cover price.
  31. At The Death Clock simply enter your birth day, gender, height and weight. The site predicts the day of your demise based on average life expectancy.