Don’t have Microsoft Word but need to open a word document? Upload (you can also reference url’s for online documents you’re having trouble viewing) it to ViewDocsOnline and you’ll be able to see it.
Regarding the Microsoft Word comment I should be clear that other applications often have the ability to open Word documents (e.g. Open Office, Apple Pages, and many basic Text Editors), but it might not always work perfectly/some of the formatting might be off etc. ViewDocsOnline also works with a variety of other popular document formats.
Don’t feel like spending $0.99 for songs. How about $0.09?
GoMusic.ru – downloads are about 0.09$ per track and between 1 and 2$ per album.
mp3Panda – individual songs can be purchased for 0.05$ standard price.
LegalSounds – The price per song is 0.09$, but the albums are slightly cheaper, hovering just under 1$.
[See the full post at MakeUseOf]
http://fora.tv/
http://www.documentary-log.com/
http://www.snagfilms.com
http://forum.wgbh.org/
http://bigthink.com/
http://academicearth.org/
[probably via Open Culture]
Nanocrowd recommends movies based on what it calls nanogenres. So after typing in a movie name on the main screen like “The Shawshank Redemption,” it will ask you to pick a 3 word nanogenre. Seems to work pretty well as this approach both narrows down recommendations but also opens up where a particular movie might lead you.
Also shows “Movies Most Like” and “Movies Least Like” in the sidebar once you’ve got your list.
nanocrowd
A site encouraging people to keep and reuse items. Just stories for now, but looks like there might be plans to add a bit more to the site.
http://www.kept.it/
at CostHelper.com. They have summaries by topic and then below the summary are specific posts by individuals talking about what they have paid.
Many of these links are to iTunes podcasts, but you might find some language lessons up on Youtube these days as well. [From Open Culure]
Conversations with History is an interview series run (available as video or audio) out of UC Berkeley which features scholars being interviewed about a variety of current and historical issues in the world. The guests and topics are wide ranging and most cover very pressing and important issues with the world. Interviews (conversations) usually last 60 mins with the first few minutes as introductions and background. You get great in-depth look at topics plus you’re getting a perspective and knowledge that you don’t get to hear in mainstream media.
Recent conversation topics include Causes and Consequences of the Global Economic Collapse; Art and Science; and Islam in the West.
You can go here: http://www.uctv.tv/cwh/
or here for youtube links: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
Many of them are also available on 
(link to podcast page).
Yes, most news isn’t very uplifting and news sites/networks generally use anxiety, buzz words, and pop culture to get you paying attention; but here is a news site that is focused on finding good news.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
Want to know some alternatives to Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Word? This site wants to do that, with “likes” and a ranking system. Great idea, but it still needs a lot of user input as currently info is a little sparse.
http://alternativeto.net/
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