OpenStreetMap
Open source maps, maintained by volunteers.
BBC Open University
The International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC
The work of the ICRC is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols, its Statutes those of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence[…]
UNICEF
Help children in need
American Red Cross
Learn more about disaster prevention
Colourly
Find harmonious colours and more
ARRL - HAM Radio (Amateur Radio)
The National Association for Amateur Radio - ARRL guides you on how to get a licence to operate a HAM Radio in the US.
Hackaday
Builds and hacks, every day.
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Stories of solving.
In a world filled with negative news, Reasons To Be Cheerful can offer you some hope and inspiration.
CIA World Factbook
Depending upon who you ask this factbook contains the objective truth, or not. Nonetheless, it has a lot of useful information. Just bear in mind that it is the CIA World Factbook.
Standard Ebooks
Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
H/T: Austin Kleon
Plan Ahead for Disasters | Ready.gov
The Physics HypertextBook
Lex’s Games
Word games that can bend your brain. From Lex Friedman.
Marginalia Search
This is an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren’t aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed.
Escaping The Amazon
The ease of access to a seemingly limitless amount of goods that Amazon provides has lessened the value of stuff for me and become more of a mouse clicking drug than a positive impact service for acquiring goods.
UNESCO World Documentary Heritage
The German town of Bad Arolsen is home to the world’s largest archive on the victims and survivors of the Nazi regime: despite belonging to UNESCO’s Memory of the World, it is still not well known. Our history timeline has further interesting information
I asked for any information on my grand-uncle that died in a work camp in Vaihingen in 1945, and got copies of the paperwork from his time there. The reason I heard about ITS-AROLSEN, as it was called, was a newspaper article that showed one relative of a person who died in the Holocaust, who got personal belongings from his relative through Arolsen Archives.
SomaFM
Over 30 channels of commercial-free, human-curated radio programming focusing on non-mainstream music.
Hey, Let’s Talk About Death
Both my husband and I have jobs where we routinely work with people who are dying, and with the families of people who have recently died. (And yet, we are still fun at parties!)
URL-encoder for SVG
MacRumors - Buyer’s Guide
This page provides a product summary for each Apple model. The intent is to provide our best recommendations regarding current product cycles, and to provide a summary of currently available rumors for each model.
If you’re wondering when, or if to buy a Apple product, this is IMO the best place to start finding out.
WFP
We are the largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives worldwide
We bring life-saving relief in emergencies and use food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impacts of climate change.
Real Favicon-Generator
With so many platforms and icons, it’s hard to know exactly what you should do. What are the dimensions of favicon.ico? How many Touch icons do I need? Real Favicon-Generator did the reseach and testing for you.
April Fools' Day
April Fools' Day–occurring on April 1 each year–has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. […]
NetNewsWire is a free and open source RSS reader for Mac, iPhone, and iPad
It’s like podcasts – but for reading.
NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites and keeps track of what you’ve read.