The internet has a lot of fascinating, interesting, and useful sites. Here are a few that I’ve found:
- Free online file converter – Convert media files online from one format into another.
- The Fantastic in Art & Fiction – Sponsored by Cornell University’s Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC) this image-bank provides a visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or of the supernatural in fiction and in art.
- A History of the World – The British Museum and BBC uses objects to tell a history of the world.
- Shooting in a Dust Storm – Cameraman Bob Poole was filming elephants with ease — until a giant dust storm rose up and swallowed all the light.
- Wikiquote – the free quote compendium that anyone can edit.
- HHMI’s Virtual Museum – Stroll through exhibits on biological clocks, infectious diseases, cardiology, and neuroscience at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s online museum.
- List of Colors – a comprehensive list of colors at Wikipedia.
- Home Gardening – A supplement to the Cornell Gardening resources website.
- Image Searches – for use with blogs, web pages, etc. (make sure to check for creative commons license or other conditions – images posted on line are NOT free for the taking just because they’ve been posted.
- Compfight is an image search engine tailored to efficiently locate images for blogs, comps, inspiration, and research. We make good use of the flickr™ API, but aren’t affiliated with flickr.
- everystockphoto.com – search engine for free photos. These come from many sources and are license-specific.
- Freerange Stock was formed with the goal to provide quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use. For free.
- search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations.
