My Review

Originally submitted at Luggage Point

Sumdex flight bag

By foraminut from Detroit, Michigan on 9/21/2008

 

5out of 5

Pros: Attractive Design, Comfortable, Neat Features, Lightweight, Roomy, Durable

Cons: Not Enough Pockets

Best Uses: Travel, Commuting

Describe Yourself: Stylish, Career, Classic

Primary use: Business

This bag is the perfect size for carrying everything I need (including a good-sized camera, not a pocket version) when travelling, particularly when a layover is involved. I first saw it in use by several different stewards at different airlines, both international and national (US) travel. The bag itself is not heavy; its construction is sturdy, it opens up plenty big enough for a book, id, wallet, camera in bottom, etc. It holds up just fine being tossed into the overhead during flight if necessary. Plus, I deliberately got the Lava colour (much more subdued, actually, than either the online picture or description suggests...it's kind of a salmon, subdued orange) which makes it unbeatable for identifying amidst everyone else's black luggage. I use Sumdex anyway,and this was a welcome addition. Luggage Point was effortless to use as the online retailer.

(legalese)

HOW TO: Waste Less Food

A website originating in the UK, with lots and lots of good information, particularly recipes!

http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/

FREE Software: Open Source for Windows

You can choose to d/l some or all --- many will be familiar (Gimp), others were new to me...give it a try!

http://www.theopendisc.com/programs/

HOW TO: Opt out of Internet Advertisements

The NAI (network advertising initiative) Opt-out Tool was developed in conjunction with members for the express purpose of allowing consumers to "opt out" of the targeted advertising delivered by members' ad networks.

http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

FREE Book: Sustainable Food and the Web

Eat Well Guide's first publication, Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement, available for free download at www.eatwellguide.org.

FREE Service: IM translation from English

Instant Messaging with Instant Translation
http://www.meglobe.com

FREE Software: desktop publishing

See about.com for a lengthy article which praises PagePlus SE

Amazing Photography

panoramic views of cool stuff

http://www.panoplanet.net

Amazing Feat: pool playing trick shots

• Watch Pavel Poledno run the table. This Czech is a master of trick pool shots.

group meetings

Here are a couple of cool sites that allow scheduling of (lunch? meeting? rehearsal? rendez-vous or arrival time for a trip?) lots of things.

www.purple.trail.com I like this more than evite as it is more collaborative AND allows you to send many invitations at once while avoiding spam filters. And, there are a kazillion different templates to use for your invitations. My chorus uses this to schedule rehearsals, sectionals, board meetings, recruitment email, etc.

www.diarised.com more of a one-on-one but allows for collaboration; easier than reminding people to click on 'reply all' in email :)

Test subject

Test email post

translucent animals

look at this website for a dozen more beauties :)

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/translucent-creatures.html


translucent-pelagic-octopus-newbert-1145307-lw.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x768 pixels) - Scaled (63%)

Connexions

Hi, Honey,

I believe that I told you about connexions, an open source learning environment which offers tons of free content. Below is the url for an online-available book (read online, or download a pdf) involving statistics; the book is one which purports to be widely used in college classrooms. Have a look!

http://cnx.org/content/m16026/latest/

<:3 I love you

Mom

Online Students

I thought that Courtney and Terri and Nicole might be interested in this

http://onlinestudentsurvival.com/

(Survival guide for students of online courses)

xoxoxoxooxoxoxo

For Those Who Travel

www.seatguru.com allows air travellers to investigate the seats in a particular aircraft, and pick the one they like best.

Word Translator

The Word Translator feature which automatically translates words in your language when you hover your mouse cursor over the word. WordTranslator currently supports translation from English into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, German and Spanish. It can prove immensely useful for non-native English speakers worldwide.
BTW: I would actually like it to translate the above languages to English for me.

Hi Honey it is the google toolbar which permits you to see a word in spanish (and other languages, you set it up) when you hover your cursor over the word in english...there's no provision for it to function conversely.

<:3

mom

Introduction

Welcome to my blog!

This will be a compilation of cool web-based resources that I find. I started this blog at my daughter's behest, since she was frustrated by my constant stream of emails, each about a specific web resource. She suggested that I should have my own tech blog, and use it as a database for all of my tech findings.

So, here we go!

Note: Most posts will just be quick cut-and-pastes of emails I send my daughter, which each include a cool resource and a brief description in which I attempt to convince her to use it.