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Miami-History.com – Miami Stories and History
ExcelFormulaBot – Helps you write a complex by Excel formula using regular language.
Get Human – Bypass the Automated Customer Service Number and Get Humans
Omni Calculator – Nearly endless options for calculation online
DiscoverPods or Podchaser – In case you need to find a new podcast to ease the road rage that comes from driving in Miami.
The Worlds Largest Picture of New York City – Waste some time zooming around NYC.
DouLingo – Free Language Learning
Ponderpacks.com – Conversation Starters
Scale-A-Tron – Tool that allows you to map a polygon on a map, then move it anywhere to compare the size. For example, you can compare the size of Miami International Airport to the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.
Unclaimed.org – We’ve posted about this for Florida before, but this site helps you find the unclaimed property site throughout the US.
Waze – Crowdsourced driving directions that factor in accidents, traffic jams and police stops.
AppSumo – Great Deals on up-and-coming software – You can find lifetime access to new online services for a fraction of the yearly costs.
Patch My PC– Easily update over 300 commons Windows Programs, also Ninite.com for quick installation of useful apps on a new machine.
Smile.Amazon.Com – Let all your holiday purchases from Amazon help fund the Charity of your choice by going to Smile.Amazon.Com instead of the default amazon.com URL.
Corporate BS Generator – Have some fun at your next meeting.
IFTTT.com – Connect your Devices or Social Media accounts.
Ancient Earth – Scroll through time and watch how the continents have evolved.
This Person Does Not Exist – AI Generated Images of People Who Do Not Exist. (Generates a new fake face with every page refresh.)
ShareX – Free Open-Source Screen Capture and Sharing App for Windows.
How True Was It? – Ever wonder how true that “Based on a true story” movie really was?
FEMA Online Courses – Learn emergency management skills online for free from the official FEMA Emergency Management Institute.
Under the Sun – Tracks where the sun is right now.
Unsplash – Royalty free stock photos that can be used just about anywhere you’d like.
Curbed Miami – A source for some of the finest and sometimes absurd real estate news happening in Miami and other major cities.
The Plantain – Satirical News site similar to The Onion but focusing on sunny South Florida.
Tropical Tidbits – Great website for tracking Storm information, presented in a more scientific manner than most weather sites.
Windy – Visual Wind and Weather Map. Great for Sailing, Kiteboarding, Drone Flying or just deciding what to this weekend
Sweet Home 3D – Free Open Source 3d Floor plan Modeler
Let Me Google That – For that person in your life that asks you for information that could have been more easily just googled.
Workingdays.us – Calculate the Due Date of deals in working days including US Holidays.
Bitwarden – Open-Sourced Free Password Manager
WordPress.org – What powers this website.
BatchGeo – Make Google Maps using a spreadsheet of addresses.
Calculator.net – Free online calculators for almost anything