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Daytrotter
Daytrotter is unique in that you not only get
free music downloads from bands you may
have heard about or haven’t made it big yet,
that “…take two hours out of their travels
between shows to stop in for a Daytrotter
Session at Futureappletree Studio One in
downtown Rock Island, Ill. The name of the
city is not ironic. They use borrowed
instruments, play with their touring mates,
utilize an often unkempt toilet, eat some food
and then cram back into their vans for the
last half of the drive… These songs are
them as they are on that particular day, on
that particular tour – dirty and alive.”
Visit: Daytrotter- Free Music Downloads
Librivox, Free Audio Books
You can choose from almost 2000 public
domain audiobooks from Librivox's digital
library completely free of charge. The
audiobooks are easily downloaded in MP3
format and the site is easy to naviate.
Available titles range from the Bible to
Aristotle to Joseph Conrad to Oscar Wilde
and everything in between.
Visit: Librivox.org
Where The Money Goes
Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts. The site's stated mission is to "set new
standards for transparency and accountability in
state government" by providing four different ways
to examine state spending: users can see Where
The Money Goes is a website produced by
"where the money goes" by searching by state
agency, vendor search, spending category
search, and purchasing code search. Easy to
use, a great way to keep tabs on your government
and money.
Visit: Where The Money Goes
Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit
organization that conducts public opinion
surveys on a variety of hot-button issues,
interprets mainstream views and then
compares them with the political rhetoric on the
right and the left. The site's Issue Guides cover
dozens of topics, from abortion to immigration
to the right to die.
Visit: Public Agenda
Last.fm
Last.fm is a great free music site that
allows the user to type in their favorite artist
and in a matter of seconds, music by that
artist (and similar artists) will be streaming
to your desktop.
A great site worth visiting: www.last.fm
LifeHacker
Lifehacker is simply a "Daily weblog on software and
personal productivity recommends downloads, web
sites and shortcuts that help you work smarter and
save time." No further explanation needed.
A great site worth visiting: www.lifehacker.com
Download.com
Excellent site with tons of software downloads. Many of them are free or try before you buy. You can search
and sort many ways (even by most popular downloads) and best of all, there is a review of the software!
A great site worth visiting: Download.com
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