Friday, December 5, 2008

More exciting freebies on Internet


Here are some more exciting and incredible freebies found over the internet,


PRINT MEDIA
Read a Comic Book


Marvel Digital Comics (www.marvel.com/digitalcomics) Marvel (MVL) saw its core audience of youngsters moving online, so it brought comic books online. It makes available its entire collection of thousands of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, and more comics for $10 per month. But it also offers 250 free comics at a time.









PRINT MEDIA
Get Published





Lulu (www.lulu.com)Aspiring novelists and scrapbook hobbyists go to Lulu for free book layouts, including text sizing, cover art, and binding style. Then, they set the price and take 80% profit from each book that's printed and shipped.







RESEARCH
Chart a Course




Google Earth (www.earth.google.com)Google Earth combines satellite imagery, aerial photography and the geographic information system to create a complex, interactive model of our planet. Recent additions include a star viewer and a flight simulator.






David Rumsey's Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com) Former real estate developer David Rumsey has collected more than 15,000 historical maps, largely from the 18th and 19th centuries. They're all available for viewing and printing on his Web site.












AROUND THE HOME
Pamper Your Pet


Petfinder.com (www.petfinder.com)Television channel Animal Planet hosts PetFinder.com, a classifieds site with more than 250,000 adoptable pets from shelters and individuals.




Free Pet Treats (www.freepettreats.com)Ad-supported site FreePetTreats.com will send you free treats to use in training your pet. Supplies may be limited.












AROUND THE HOME
Swap Your Stuff


TitleTrader (www.titletrader.com)At TitleTrader.com, you receive a certain number of credits for each used book, DVD, or video game you send to the site. Then, use those points to order used media, paying only shipping.




Freecycle.org (www.freecycle.org)Right now, someone in your neighborhood is throwing away something you could put to use. Freecycle.org—a site with links to local swap groups all over the country—was started to reduce unnecessary waste.







HEALTH
Lose a Few


A Calorie Counter (www.acaloriecounter.com)Want to learn how many calories are in your food from a trusted source? A Calorie Counter searches the USDA database for detailed nutritional information on almost any food.


Fatsecret (www.fatsecret.com) To lose weight, some people just need the support of friends. Fatsecret is a social network for dieters and exercisers, with weight loss journals, tips, recipes, and advice.


myfitnesspal (www.myfitnesspal.com)Myfitnesspal has an exercise journal, a searchable food database, a calorie counter, body mass calculators, and message boards in one place.





SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Learn a New Language


BBC Languages (www.bbc.co.uk/languages)Want to brush up on your French? Interested in learning a more exotic language, like Urdu? The BBC offers audio lessons in 13 different languages, downloadable in MP3 format.



SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Hone Your Skills
iPlayMusic (www.iplaymusic.com)iPlayMusic sells instructional DVDs and software for learning how to play guitar, but its Web site also provides basic video tutorials for things like stringing and tuning a guitar, and constructing chords.


Drawspace (www.drawspace.com)Drawspace has step-by-step instructions for learning how to draw everything from cartoon animals to something more realistic.



Please share with us in the comments, if you have come across such freebies during surfing the internet, post link and reviews. I will be posting some more of my experience on using something for nothing (freebies).

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