TOKU - Treasury of Knowledge for Users

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=====Recommended Windows Applications=====

^Who^Date^Link^Brief Description^Comments^
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^ ^Miscellaneous^
|Patrick, Gary|5/21/2011|[[http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Bedford&state=MA&site=BOX&textField1=42.4833&textField2=-71.2667&e=1|http://forecast.weather.gov]]|7-day weather forecast for Bedford, MA area from NOAA National Weather Service.|
|Patrick, Gary|5/21/2011|http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java|Real-time Clock - Official U.S. Eastern Time from NIST (needs Java plug-in to display time)|
|Gamota, George|5/2/2011|PissedConsumer|The best consumer product reviews and complaints site. Write Review and share opinions about products and customer service|
|Rudy/Gamota|5/2/2011|Snopes|The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. |
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm|ZIP Code maps|
|Sherman, Al|5/10/2016|www.zamzar.com/|Convert files to different formats|	
|Sherman, Al|	|Web based email client (free)	|
|Sherman, Al|4/22/2012|http://www.ConsumerFraudReporting.org|Useful information for dealing with fraud	|
|Sherman, Al|8/13/2012|http://archive.org/|early internet and media history|"Wayback Machine" web archive|
|Sherman, Al|6/5/2014|http://www.cachedpages.com/|shortcut to cached pages Google, archive, etc.|	
|Sherman, Al|2/15/2016|https://www.vesselfinder.com/|Locate, identify, track ocean vessels|	
|Sherman, Al|3/10/2017|https://haveibeenpwned.com/|Determine whether your password was stolen|
|Sherman, Al|7/19/18|https://wetransfer.com/|Transfer large files|
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^ ^Technical^
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|www.NWTools.com	Domains, IP, traces, etc.   (Network Tools)|	
|Sherman, Al|5/6/2012|http://browserspy.dk/|how much information can be retrieved from your browser just by visiting a page.|how much your browser reveals about you and your system. |
|Sherman, Al|5/6/2012|http://www.howtogeek.com/98601/easily-monitor-your-computers-internet-connection-activity/|How to See What Web Sites Your Computer is Secretly Connecting To|
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^ ^Shopping and Purchasing^		
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|www.mobissimo.com|Airline schedules prices|	
|Sherman, Al|	|www.Kayak.com|Airline schedules prices|
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|bostongasprices.com|Gas prices. (you can customize this with your own list of towns to report each time you use it).|	
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://biddingfortravel.com/|Using Priceline for hotel bargains|
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://www.insuremytrip.com/|Travel Insurance|	
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://www.addall.com/|book purchase|	
|Sherman, Al|4/13/2014|http://www.booksprice.com/|book cd dvd purchase|	
| |12/14/2011|http://buy.com|General purchases	
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://zillow.com|Real Estate Prices|
|Sherman, Al|3/23/2012|http://www.uship.com/|Ship Anything, (US and Canada)	Shippers compete to offer bet best rates.  See video explanation.|
|Sherman, Al|4/7/2015|http://www.trivago.com/|Search for hotels|	
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^ ^Financial^	
|Patrick, Gary|1/30/2012|http://www.depositaccounts.com|Free view of bank financial health ratings, 1-to-5 stars, and shows some financial data and rating measures, as your search result. Site also offers CD rates.|In the main page, click on Banks, Bank Health Rating tab; type in the name of the bank you want, then select from the "hits" by address.  Click on the "Health" tab near the bottom of the view that comes up.|
|Patrick, Gary|2/27/2012|http://www.thestreet.com/bank-safety/index.html|Free view of Weiss financial strength ratings for banks, F-to-A (that is not free info on Weiss' own site). Weiss is a tougher grader than the other sites here.|Click on the button "search for a rating." In the page that comes up use the uppermost of three typing fields (unlabeled - bug?) to enter Bank Name. You don't have to enter state, but can, and use blank for bank name to see a list of all in a particular state.|
|Patrick, Gary|2/27/2012|http://www.bankrate.com/rates/safe-sound/bank-ratings-search.aspx?t=cb|BankRate.com's ratings of banks or credit unions.  Once you obtain the star-rating result, click on "memo" link to see quite a lot of its measures for this bank.|After selecting between bank/credit union, and typing in bank name, look for the red,"See Results" button low on the web page.|
|Patrick, Gary|2/27/2012|http://www.bauerfinancial.com/home.html|Bauer's ratings of banks, 1-to-5 stars.  Any further info costs at least $10 however. Bauer seems to be an easier grader than the others; 4 or 5 stars is common.|Click on "Bank Star Ratings." You do need to know the home state of the bank, however.|
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^ ^Charity ratings and info^		
|Sherman, Al|7/30/2012|www.hgrm.org|Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts|
|Sherman, Al|11/16/2008|http://charitynavigator.org/|Is this a good charity?|	
|Patrick, Gary|5/21/2011|www.give.org|Is this a good charity? Better Business Bureau rating by its standards for efficiency and clarity.|	
|Patrick, Gary|5/21/2011|www.greatnonprofits.org|Is this a good charity? Type in a charity name to see if there are testimonials from persons involved in the charity's work.|	
|Patrick, Gary|5/21/2011|www.givewell.org|Is this a good charity?  Really stringent criteria for full disclosure and worthiness of the priorities and impact of the charity's work.|Click on "Charities," "All Charities," then use your browser's "Find" facility to search the list.|