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Mac Things Downloads Archive Page 5
CommuniGate, LineShare, Mac CallerID, MacComCenter Plus, Page Now, ...
VisiCalc Executable for the IBM PC
"The original VisiCalc program that ran on the IBM PC in 1981 still runs on today's PCs. I have included it here, with the kind permission of Lotus who now owns the copyright, for people to try themselves. You can download it to your PC and run it under Windows or DOS. It is only 27,520 bytes long (smaller than many GIFs and JPGs on the web)."
The CPA Journal: Software to Download
"From time to time, The CPA Journal presents software reviews, spreadsheet templates, supplemental material and other information helpful to computer users. If we are able to offer a demo program, template, or other material useful to our readers, it will be available here."
Edmark Software Products
At Synapse Adaptive, where there's software and hardware for blind folks, folks with low vision. Speech recognition, ADA Compliance workstation, language translators, etc.
Kids Click Software
"We are 100% owned by women. Our goal is to help people sift through hundreds of children's educational software programs and find the right one for their child. We believe knowing the programs (hands-on) is the only way to ensure we sell only high quality programs. Because of this hands-on experience, and lots of feedback from kids and parents, we are able to help our customers choose the software programs that meet their needs."
OAK Software Repository
"The OAK Software Repository is a public service of Oakland University's Office of Computer and Information Services."
CNET Download.com
All sorts of software for Windows, Mac, and mobile. Also, Webware.
Hungry Frog
"PC & Online Flash/Java Games". Online manuals, teacher resources, download now, play now, amazon shop, Latin Language, Greek language, Spanish/French, German/Italian, math, chemistry, Homeschool Online Program Website, online program/teacher resources.
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More Education and Learning
Museums
Exploratorium
In San Francisco. "Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. We currently serve 20 million visitors a year."
Franklin Institute
"In the spirit of inquiry and discovery embodied by Benjamin Franklin, the mission of The Franklin Institute is to inspire an understanding of and passion for science and technology learning."
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Online exhibitions. "The Canadian Museum of Civilization invites you to explore the thousands of objects, papers and other items in our collections representing Aboriginal heritage, immigration history and French Canadian culture."
Liberty Science Center
"Liberty Science Center is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation dedicated to offering exceptional science learning experiences onsite, offsite and online. Located in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, we engage learners of all ages in science excitement, provide professional development for teachers, and actively connect people of all backgrounds to pivotal science and society issues."
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General Information
Directories of Businesses and People
Switchboard.com
"Your Digital Directory".
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News
Mother Jones
"Smart, Fearless Journalism".
Philadelphia Tribune
"The Philadelphia Tribune, founded in 1884 by Christopher James Perry, Sr., is America’s oldest and the Greater Philadelphia region’s largest newspaper serving the African-American community."
Philly.com
"Anything & Everything Philly".
Eclectic Esoterica: Newsroom
"Serving the Internet Since 1994". News links leading to various sources from the Associated Press to Al Jazeera.
InfoTech+Telecom News
"A monthly national newspaper on information technology issues sent to every state and national elected official and public utility commissioner in the U.S. and nearly 1,000 allies, journalists, and reporters."
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Search Tools
Google
Popular search engine.
Yahoo!
Web portal with search engine.
AltaVista
Popular search engine.
Disinformation
"Everything You Know Is Wrong".
HotBot
Popular search engine.
InsiderInfo
"Create new copy or send us material from your existing blog or website. We'll give you credit for the post as well as a link to the URL of your choice. Click here to see a sample submission."
Northern Light Strategic Research Portals
"Northern Light provides strategic research portals for market research, competitive intelligence, business analysis, product development, and technology research."
Excite
Web portal.
Go
Web portal with search engine.
All One Search
"AllOneSearch now offers hand selected links to specialised resources as well as the option of using the search function for a broader selection of results. Browse our categorised selection of most popular searches, use the specialist search tabs or simply search the internet using the search box."
Best of the Web
"'The Internet's Oldest Directory'. The original 'Best of the Web' got its start in 1994 when Brandon Plewe, then a student at State University of New York, Buffalo, created a platform enabling the burgeoning online community to nominate and vote for best-of-class websites in a variety of categories. From the initial concept of Web Awards, Best of the Web transformed into a comprehensive directory categorizing content-rich, well designed websites."
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Subject Guides
Infinite Ink
"[W]riting and publishing about computing, mathematics, science, and philosophy".
About Infinite Ink
"Infinite Ink focuses on writing, teaching, and promoting public discussion about: Foundations of Mathematics and Science including logic, set theory, physics, and the uses of infinity. Computing including the Internet, intranets, group work, groupware, Unix, and Unix philosophy. Philosophy of science, mathematics, religion, and the infinite."
Infinite Ink's Finding Periodic Postings
"FAQs or 'Frequently Asked Questions' and PIPs or 'Periodic Informational Postings' started out in news groups as a way to try to keep groups focused on new and interesting issues rather than on issues which had been discussed over and over for years and years. ..."
FedWorld
"A program of the United States Department of Commerce. FedWorld makes it easy to locate government information."
Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
"The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in selected case categories across the United States. Currently, the categories include: Child Welfare, Criminal Justice (Other), Disability Rights-Pub. Accom., Education, Election/Voting Rights, Equal Employment, ..."
Usenet Info Center Launch Pad
"Welcome to the Usenet Info Center, your source for Usenet Information. This service contains pointers to many useful Usenet FAQ's and the Newsgroups Info Center -- what the project is really about."
Macrocosm USA
"[A] non-profit educational clearinghouse emphasizing environmental, justice, peace, health issues & solutions for progressives".
Academic Resources by Topic
At the University of Maryland.
World Wide Web Consortium
"The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community that develops standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web. Join groups, and participate in W3C blogs and other discussion. We welcome your help to fulfill the W3C mission: to lead the Web to its full potential."
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Community
Community Partnerships
Netter Center for Community Partnerships
"The Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships is Penn’s primary vehicle for bringing to bear the broad range of human knowledge needed to solve the complex, comprehensive, and interconnected problems of the American city so that West Philadelphia (Penn’s local geographic community), Philadelphia, the University itself, and society benefit."
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Community Responsibility
Religion and the Post-Welfare State: An Untold Story
"Over the past quarter century, deep changes in religious life and public policy have converged in ways that have transformed both. But aside from some attention to the increasing significance of spirituality and the growing political activism of religious conservatives, the news media have generally failed to grasp the scale and scope of what may be the most important and fundamental alteration in the character of American public life since the disestablishment of religion in the first quarter of the nineteenth century."
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Community Capacity Building
Asset-Based Community Development Institute
"Is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future."
A Guide to Creating a Neighborhood Information Exchange
"This book presents a simple, inexpensive method for discovering untapped local resources that can be shared among community members. It shows how to design and operate a capacity-listing-and-referral service utilizing volunteers, donated space, and a minimal budget. This model can be modified and expanded for larger groups with greater resources."
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Social and Human Capital
Learning for Sustainability
"This site aims to provide a practical resource for those who work with communities (in the wider sense of the term) to help them identify and adopt more sustainable practices."
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Community Development
HUD USER
"Our goal at HUD USER is to contribute to a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the issues facing our housing communities and urban markets. Together we will help support the healing of the nation's housing markets and promote the flourishing
of its urban areas."
Planning for the Future: A Handbook on Community Visioning (PDF)
"The purpose of this handbook is to help communities like yours begin thinking and planning for the future. It is not, however, a cookbook on community visioning. Every community in Pennsylvania is unique, so it must develop its own vision and plan for the future. On the other hand, many of the same principles and activities that are included in the process may be useful to many communities."
Center for Urban Transportation Research
"With emphasis on developing innovative, implementable solutions to transportation problems, CUTR provides high quality, objective transportation expertise in the form of technical support, policy analysis, and research support that translates directly into benefits for its project sponsors."
Community Development Society
"To encourage and facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and expertise among individuals and organizations engaged in, or concerned with, community development as a vehicle for change in a constantly evolving world civilization."
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Community Computing Support Services
Groundwire Blog
"Here you'll find good thinking about online organizing and civic engagement, content strategy, insider tips on technology, and success stories featuring the environmental groups we work with."
Philadelphia Area Computer Society
"The Philadelphia Area Computer Society meets monthly at the Giant Food Store in Willow Grove, PA. PACS is a computer user group where members fix problems, share knowledge, and learn from each other. All platforms and levels of experience are supported. Guests are welcome to attend."
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Other
Philosophy of Communication
Xanadu
"We need a way for people to store information not as individual 'files' but as a connected literature."
Murray Turoff
Distinguished Professor Emeritus (July 2007), Information Systems Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Costs for the Development of a Virtual University
A paper by Murray Turoff.
How I Invented Online Conferencing
By David R. Woolley.
Howard Rheingold
Internationally syndicated author of the weekly Tomorrow column, author of best-sellers Virtual Reality and The Virtual Community, editor of best-seller The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog.
Pattern Research
"Pattern Research, Inc. offers research, consulting and training for innovators in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. We have provided 'Tools for Explorers' since 1975."
Workshop on WWW and Collaboration
"The goal of this [1995] workshop is to establish a context for the WWW Consortium as it proceeds to recommend protocol changes that will address collaboration requirements."
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine
"Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine is now published continuously on the Web and covers the latest news in the online world, including information technology, knowledge management, and e-business."
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Social Network Analysis
The Vancouver Network Analysis Team
"Specialists in social network analysis software".
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Articles of Interest
Transaction Based Economics (Michael Phillips)
"When transactions are the fundamental unit of economic theory, the deductive consequence leads to a focus on cooperation, market niches, economic infrastructure, and social concerns."
How Families that Left Welfare are Doing (Pamela J Loprest, 8/99)
"The dramatic drop in cash assistance caseloads since the passage of federal welfare reform has been hailed as proof that job preparedness, work, and marriage ended the dependence of needy parents on government benefits. However, little is actually known about how, and if, former welfare families are making ends meet."
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Gardening
KinderGarden
"There are many opportunities available for children to become involved with plants, gardens, or the outdoors in general. Some of these opportunities include children's programs at school gardens, botanic gardens or community gardens. This site contains ideas for gardening with kids."
American Community Gardening Association
"The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities."
Flower Delivery
Information and links to more: Flower Resources, Photosynthesis, Flower Classification, Gardening for Kids, Herb Gardening, Flower Life Cycle, Poisonous Plants, Gardening Safety, Mycology, and Plant Pathology.
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Kids' Interests
Boston University's Interactive WWW Games
Pegs, Multiplayer Hunt the Wumpus, Minesweep, Triple Quintzee, Armada, Cafe Sweeper, 9-Piece Puzzle.
Kidland
"Leap with Webbie [the Frog] from site to site!" A Web portal for kids.
The Kids on the Web
"This is an on-going list of sites that offer information for and about kids. Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for them to play with, information for adults, and info about schools and education. ... The goal of this page is to collect, in one place, a body of information that people can use either to let kids play with stuff on the Internet, or to find the things they need for their work related to the care and education of children."
A Gallery of Interactive Geometry
Web Pisces, Build a Rainbow, Quasi-Tiler, Kali, Cyberview, Projective Conics, Orbifold Pinball, etc.
Coloring.com
"Over 60,000 pictures are colored a day" here. Registration (free) is not necessary, but it does allow you to save your pictures to a gallery.
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