Chexed Cool Site Reviews

Tool to calculate grades and corresponding years

2025-06-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

Ever need to figure out when your child graduates or what grade you were in during a certain year?

This grade/graduation year calculator will calculate forward and/or backwards where necessary.

https://www.chexed.com/gradeyears.php

2025-04-06T07:19:00.000-07:00

You never know what you're going to find here! They have a random link generator that takes you to a new "useless" website. Some of them are actually really fun.

The Useless Web

https://theuselessweb.com/

If you're looking for something random to exercise your brain on for a few minutes, this may be the thing that turns 2 minutes into 20.

Non-SAAS Software

2024-11-11T19:21:00.000-08:00

So there's a list being made of Non-SAAS Software. What is that? It's software that does not require a subscription. So, you buy it once and you're done. Do you have an old machine that still performs certain tasks well? Well, you can keep that 10 year old software on it, because it's not SaaS.

The website is No Sassy. No Software As Service, but in a Sassy way. Some links are for free software, other paid, but all of it "installable" and more or less "ownable."

No Sassy

More information on SAAS: Software as a service is a business model to keep a steady income stream. While it's great for those running the software, it can be completely detrimental for the average user simply by cost alone. Long-term costs are incredibly high for SAAS.

Search All Streaming Services at Once!

2024-03-10T10:38:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wanted to search all of your streaming services at once for a video? This site makes it easy!

ReelGood.com

A.I. Generators and Other Photo Editing / Composting Resources

2022-09-23T18:35:00.002-07:00

A.I. Image Generator Samples:

See a list of Sample AI Image Generators Here

Free Photo Resources:

List of Free Photo Resources, including a list of A.I. Image Generators

Image below was generated using Dreamstudio.

High Quality Printing Lab

2020-11-16T18:55:00.000-08:00

High quality prints will impress your walls, your guests and your customers all over the world. No matter where a person is from, a soothing or striking image is a powerful image. It invokes a lasting impression. The print has to be high quality for that to happen.

www.GaleoneLab.com

Send your prints to this photo lab for some of the highest quality printing available in the United States of America. There are multiple paper types to choose from, including the classic Silver-Halide Paper and Inkjet.

Slickdeals.net - Fine Deals from a User Contributed Community!

2020-11-16T16:07:00.005-08:00

Looking for the hottest deals? Like window shopping? This place is for you!

If you can't control your impulsive spending, this place is NOT for you!

www.SlickDeals.net

You will find some totally sweet deals here. Somethings for others, maybe something for yourself. Either way, the deals are often sweet. You can contribute sales you find out about too!

Funny Memes Around the Web, Corona Specifically

2020-04-02T22:20:00.001-07:00

Have you been looking for Corona Virus Memes all your life? Here is just the "repository" you've been looking for.

Funny Corona / COVID-19 Memes

https://log.dolladankmemes.com/category/Corona

Many more memes (including ones you may want to add!) in the public "repository" are available through the main page:

DollaDankMemes.com

List of: Important Events in Human History

2016-06-27T00:17:00.003-07:00

I found this list very nearly compiled with an excellent set of significant events effecting humans.

Important Events in Human History

http://www2.esm.vt.edu/~sdross/text/humanhistory.html
It looks like it's written by a "Shane Ross"
who appears to be a VirginaTech Associate Professor at the time of this posting.

Great list, plus other lists at the bottom of the page.

Instructables - DIY Projects

2016-01-09T19:42:00.002-08:00

Ever get an itch that you need to scratch and that itch is telling you to make something? Well, if you want some ideas just go to this site. It has

www.instructables.com

You'll find hacks and mods to do with IKEA furniture kits, cake recipes and more to fill your mind (and belly). Always remember to put safety first. Get your safety goggles and oven mitts ready!

GearBest.com (incl. review of Credit Card Knife)

2015-07-14T18:03:00.002-07:00

I randomly (or was it?) came across this website, GearBest from a Facebook AD.

GearBest

http://www.gearbest.com/

At first, I was skeptical. It looks like a website which sells stuff from China and there are a lot that unfortunately scam people. So, I placed a small order of a product I've purchased elsewhere in the past as a test... A little wallet utility knife.

Credit Card Wallet Utility Knife (10pcs)

      I decided to get the 10 piece set, wondering if the cases each one came in would be considered a piece. I did not choose the special shipping option and elected for the standard which took a few weeks. Thankfully, it actually came with 10 of the knives! Since receiving them, I've been giving them out to friends as gifts. They're sharp and made just like the ones I previously had. The instructions are in Chinese, but basically it includes:

Tools:
2 inch ruler
Bottle Opener
Can Opener
Wrenches
Flathead screw driver
Saw Blade
Knife Blade

      Of course, it fits in your wallet. I gave them to a few female friends as well as many males. Be careful, the knife and saw are both sharp (as they should be)!

      The website is in "Beta" version now. It has tons of products for very fair prices. I do believe you're bound to find something there you like. One note of advice - the "Log in" link is weirdly in the middle of the page and very tiny. If you don't log-in, your shopping cart empties upon browser closing.

Wolfram Image Identification Project

2015-07-07T19:18:00.004-07:00

I recently came across a new search engine. An image search engine. You just drag and drop an image or browse to upload an image to their server. Their software scans it and tells you what it is.

The Wolfram Language

Image Identification Project
imageidentify.com

While you maybe familiar with Google's "Reverse" image search engine (click the camera in the search box to upload), in my opinion this is more accurate. It's better at determining what your image is, which may have great A.I. uses. Who knows, maybe one day it can do photo-manipulations and cleanup for me so I don't have to.

For the record, Google's is designed to give you a list of images similar to it. That's a use all on its own. They might want to get better image recognition for their "Glass." Their voice recognition is better than Apple's or Microsoft's however, but that's a different topic altogether.

You may want to poke around on the Wolfram page. They're doing a lot of exciting work in regards to programming, cloud computing and more. I'm deeply impressed.

Freemake.com Video Converter Downloader

2013-01-20T22:23:00.004-08:00

Video Converter and Video Downloader (from web)

I've used and tested both of these on Win XP & Win 7 64bit and they worked fine.

Video Conversion and Downloader both work well, but as with many conversion software programs, there are sometimes things that are not converted properly. I've used this Free Video Conversion Software in conjunction other free converters and taken the best from each one.

Definitely Watch the multiple tricky installation of 3rd party software attempts when clicking through installation. I skimmed the click through and had to do a double take then and triple take to make sure I didn't accidentally install an add on or some weird software.

Freemake.com

Email YOURSELF on FutureMe and PasteBay!

2012-08-02T19:37:00.000-07:00

Have you ever made a time-capsule- a note or box you hid from yourself or buried underground only to dig it up years later? What you said or put in there was interesting right? Well, for me it was! Anyhow:

FutureMe.org
Conduct your own time capsule experiment!

Now that your sending a message to your future self, likely YEARS in the future. You can get back to the present... Well... Almost! Send yourself a message instantly! Only instead of reading it right after you wrote it, read it later, like a "note to self" sorta thing!

PasteBay
You can even password protect posts and create your own sub-domain just by typing it in!
Get CRAZY! Talk to yourself :)

Color Blender - Automatic Complementary Color Generator

2012-08-02T19:31:00.001-07:00

Ever building a website or just need a color palette where things match? Well. I'm not the greatest at matching things, so I do!

Color Bender

http://www.colorblender.com/

When you scroll colors around, you'll automatically get colors that complement each other. For those of you with slight color matching problems, this could be your ticket to a slightly more hassle free day! I've had this tab opened for 2 or more weeks just making sure I wouldn't forget to write about it!

Computer Glasses or... Flux?

2012-03-04T03:00:00.002-08:00

To protect our eyes from computer eye-strain... Sometimes changing the lighting may help. That's where Flux comes in.

Flux

http://stereopsis.com/flux/

I'm using Flux right now. I like it a lot on my LED backlit monitor, because it hurts my eyes sometimes. I like the little button "turn off for one hour" (in case you need normal monitor color). If anyone's eyes hurt after using the computer a lot, this is definitely worth a shot.

Sci-Toys.com

2011-04-18T21:18:00.001-07:00

Like science stuff? Me to and I love the experiments that go along with it as well.

I stumbled across this very well written and detailed website with fun science projects ranging from tiny to big.

Sci-Toys.com
http://sci-toys.com/

Magnetism, radio, thermodynamics projects and more!
Make stuff with your kids (or by yourself- nobody's looking!)

Latin Translations To And From English

2010-10-02T07:31:00.000-07:00

I'm a lover of language, though you wouldn't know it unless I told you because I really only know one language. I dabble in Spanish, French, Chinese & of course PHP though :) The following site is a great resource for figuring out something in Latin:

Latin Word List
Latin to English & English to Latin Word Lists

A major bit of knowledge not spread well in the world is that the history of words (etymology) greatly inceases the understanding of words... At least until this point, it's been taught in public schools without acknologement: i.e. Students are taught prefixes and affixes which ties in greatly with etymology, but not taught where they come from, which could open the door to more knowledge even without more teaching. These prefixes bring us to another link!

InfoPlease.com
Latin Roots for Prefixes, and Suffixes

Three links in one day? Yes! Partially because it's been so long since I've posted and partially because there so much great information for etymology. This following link is more about etymology than Latin, but because much English does come Latin, it will be referenced frequently.

Dictionary.com

(Has roots of many words with definitions, but WATCH FOR POPUPS)

When you look up a word on dictionary.com they often have interesting little tid-bits of the words roots / history, but in the past I've had to battle pop-ups- to forewarn you. Sometimes it's actually worth the pop-ups though, but I personally can't spend any length of time there anymore. Your first few visits though you may find yourself unable to leave.

Koyote Soft - Free Software

2010-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

Among the lot of free software, Koyote Soft offers is a "Free Videos To DVD" piece, which allows you to put your home movies on DVD really easily (but I haven't gotten the menu option to work on my actual DVD player, I have to hit "skip" instead of "play".

Koyote Soft
Get Your Free Legal Software Groove On

They also have a free CD ripper, which will let you take tracks off of your CD for backup or your MP3 player (where legal).

If you're in need of video conversion software, while not free, you can at least test out their video conversion software in the trial, then purchase if necessary. I've used their "Free Videos To DVD" software and their "Hot Jingle Player" before, both which work great. Purchasing the Hot Jingle Player is not an option right now though, as their link is broken for that particular piece and I tried contacting them to no avail.

All-in-all, there's some great free software on the Koyote Soft website, and although I haven't yet needed a piece of their paid software yet (except the jingle player), I assume their paid software works at least as well as their free software. Great stuff.

Also, you might want to check out my post on my Graphics Blog about another free bit of software for editing photos in a browser, Picnik! It's basically a "Cool Site", but I try to keep graphics oriented things over there a bit and didn't want to double post in case you subscribe to both blogs, that way you wont get the same thing in your inbox twice.

File Hippo

2009-06-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

Like downloading stuff? Me too. Like downloading useful stuff more? Me too! We're so much alike- you and I. That's why I'm providing you with a nifty link to the File Hippo. We can ride on it together. Hippos are big, so we can both fit on it.

File Hippo
(Ride the hippo with me!)

Although it appears to be a website to stay updated on downloads. I think it's something more than that-and better than that. They seem to have very short and accurate reviews (time-saving!) of the downloads and many of the programs are new to me, but look stable, fun to try and most of all- useful!

While Mailwasher can be checking my email for spam in my mail client- Thunderbird, I can be listening to music with SUPER and riding the hippo with Opera- e.g. surfing the web ;)

- Scratch the below "Post Script" note - Things not going as planned for now. -

P.S. I may be switching this blog over full time to my main website, http://Chexed.com/ I just want to give you the warning so if you subscribe to my blog you wont be surprised when you land at Chexed.com. I'm twice as friendly there as I am here though and half as funny- so you have nothing to worry about. Ok, so sometimes I'm funny there maybe. I'll be redirecting my feed here to pick up at Chexed.com.

If you have any thoughts on this please let me know! Thanks! David

On the Prowl For New Trends!

2009-03-13T21:23:00.000-07:00

I recently came across a site who finds out new trends and posts about them! They almost always post pictures with them from my experience and there are sure some strange pictures! You can even signup as a trend hunter to post new trends and make a bit of money, which makes this a useful tool.

Trend Hunter
See a hot trends or let your writing fingers bend!

The thousand words these pictures tell are funny, awesome, or disturbing. All of which is entertaining, right? :D I'm labeling this site occasionally offensive due to some sexually provocative imagery that's sometimes displayed in trends.

Art Fire - Sell Your Art Without Fees

2008-12-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

Art Fire is a place where new artists and old artists alike can sell their art in form of home decor or body decor! Body decor is of course a fancy pantsy method of saying Jewelry I just made up since it does fit the description "Body Decor."

Art Fire
"Sell without Fees. Create without limits!"
(That's their tagline, I didn't make that one up)

Here you can buy jewelry, chairs, gloves, dolls, toys, tools to make those things yourself and much more! Just go to their site and look at their category list (currently on the left side). The contents are interesting enough that you'll enjoy looking at a couple of the categories.

Oh, and I forgot the most important part, they don't charge the sellers to sell! That's good news for sellers and buyers, because buyers don't have to pay jacked up prices to cover for fees! Everyone wins :) The company makes their money apparently from advertising, but that's nothing new... There's ads where people pay close to the most to sell, eBay.

Who Needs an Ego Boost?

2008-10-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

This is just a cute little site that may make you giggle, or someone else like a friend for that matter who may need a bit of cheer. Make sure you click on the different categories to explore and click "Click here for another compliment."

Giant Ego
Get all of the compliments you'll ever need.

In case you didn't know... You are AWESOME!

A Beautiful Reality

2008-09-16T02:14:00.001-07:00

I've come across many websites on the web. The ones that stick with me the most are usually the ones which have the biggest impacts on my life. They're not always Web 2.0 tools, search engines, or social websites.

The Great Illusion
Sometimes they're mindful to the soul.

With well written words and well chosen complimentary images, if read slowly or many times, the meaning that can be found here can make one much wiser.

Disturbed but Safe at Work!

2008-09-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

I found this a somewhat disturbing website to promote work safety. However, I think this will make people think a little more about safety at work.

Rating: Somewhat Disturbing

Not Worth It
(Think before you make a stink!)

This could be useful to employers to help make their employees more safety conscious at work as long as it's not psychologically damaging to them lol. I suppose it may have only been a shock to me because I had no idea what to expect. If you've ever seen a work safety video, you may have a taste of this already. If not, don't eat anything really slimy before you look hehehehe... (It's not gory, just the manner it was presented in I found somewhat disturbing).