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A list of web places of interest. This is a work in progress, do you have some favorite site(s) you'd like to share? Let us know or add them here yourself.

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Who	Date	Link	Brief Description

Password Management
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Dashlane Password Manager	free and paid versions. Can generate complex passwords and store them. Works with both PC and smart phone (paid version).
Isenberg, Steve	6/7/2019	KeePass	Free, open-source, lightweight, easy-to-use password manager. Put your passwords and other info (like answers to “secret” questions) in one encrypted file. Copy the file to your PC, Mac, phone, or place it in Dropbox, etc and reference from them. There are many version available on many platforms; no central company has control of your password file. “Best I've Found and at a price ($0) I can afford” –steve isenberg

Miscellaneous
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Spot the Station	See the International Space Station when it is overhead. Free. Enter zip code once when you register. Receive email notices with time and direction to view ISS, usually twice monthly.
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Pay by Phone	You will need this to park at many locations, especially downtown, but also on travel. Free.
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Star Walk	Is that a planet? Hold up your phone to the point of interest. Star walk maps the whole sky including stars, planets, constellations and satellites.
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Google Translate	For PC or smart phone. Free. Works with sound, typed text, and text images (e.g. street signs, menus). (point your phone at the foreign text and it is translated to English instantly! –smi)
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Peaks USA	Is that Mount Washington? Hold up your smart phone camera to the peak. Peaks USA will label the mountain peaks on the camera image.
Cuttler, Kenneth	6/7/2019	Shazam	What's the name of that song playing right now on the radio? Who sang it? Shazam will tell you.
Patrick, Gary	5/21/2011	http://forecast.weather.gov	7-day weather forecast for Bedford, MA area from NOAA National Weather Service.
JJ		http://lexmaweather.info/	Weather specific for Lexington MA
Patrick, Gary	5/21/2011	Real-time Clock	Official U.S. Eastern Time from NIST (updated as Java isn't needed any longer)
Rudy/Gamota	5/2/2011	http://Snopes.com	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	http://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. a “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
Isenberg, Steve	6/6/2019	Trash Collection and Recycling Info	Lexington MA site
Isenberg, Steve	6/6/2019	What Precinct Am I In?
Isenberg, Steve	6/6/2019	NoMoRobo	Intercepts most annoying marketing calls

Technical
Sherman, Al	11/16/2008	http://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. Tells 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
Isenberg, Steve	6/6/2019	Jewish Holidays Calendar
Lewis, Paul	7/4/2019	Malware Bytes	virus and malware protection
Lewis, Paul	7/4/2019	WinPatrol	protects against ransomware and malware. Interesting that this site does not allow https.

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
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
Isenberg, Steve	6/6/2019	Talk to a Real Person in Customer Support
Gamota, George	5/2/2011	PissedConsumer	The best consumer product reviews and complaints site. Write Review and share opinions about products and customer service

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.

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.

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