Useful links for everyone ... in ONE place!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Great idea, Randi!!

[Randi]

Time for a revision - if anyone has some useful links.

[Karen]

Here's my favorite for quick translations (now owned by Yahoo, I guess):

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

You can chose from several different From/To combinations.

[smokey the elder]

I love that name, babelfish. Did you know that is a tribute to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

[Randi]

Metric conversion, like miles to kilometers etc. etc.

http://www.metric-conversion.biz/length-conversion.htm

[wombat2u2004]

Here's my favorite for quick translations (now owned by Yahoo, I guess):

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

You can chose from several different From/To combinations.

I use this one...it's good.

http://translate.google.com/#

[wombat2u2004]

Sites I frequent.............

For Books http://www.bookfinder.com/

For Used Books http://www.usedbooksearch.co.uk/

World Clock http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html

Currency Calculator http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

Military History Timeline http://www.warscholar.com/Timeline.html

Mineralogy Database http://www.mindat.org/index.php

Mummy News http://www.mummytombs.com/main.news.htm

50+ Cookbook http://www.50plusfriends.com/cookbook/

Easy Asian Recipes http://rasamalaysia.com/

MUSIC http://www.tropicalglen.com/

[phesina]

What a good idea! Thank you, Randi. This is the first time I've seen this thread.

[Husky_mom]

these are some I use frequently

weight/mass etc converter
http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_common.htm

currency converter
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

as for dictionary.. good ´ol wiki will do


as for shopping link.. my oh my.. lol

we´ve got ebay

http://www.dealextreme.com/

www.theanimalrescuesite.com

and well, it depends on what I´m looking for hehe.. but basically those are the most used by be that can also be used by anyone.. I have another few locals..