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HamRad: Amateur Radio Resource

HamRad is a resource for Ham Radio enthusiasts. The website organizes the links to various online resources by topic area: Organizations, Events, Manufacturers, Dealers, Personal Ham Sites, Misc. Ham Sites, HamRad Trader, and Buy-Sell-Trade. All of the collections can be searched by keyword (such as organization name, callsign, or location), while the event listing provides a more detailed search...

https://www.qsl.net/hamrad/
HandyFind 2.0.3

Are you searching for Kazakhstan? With HandyFind 2.0.3 you can find the word “Kazakhstan” and any other words you might desire in Word documents, webpages, and many other places. Visitors utilizing this program will find that as they are typing in any of the above (Word documents, webpages, etc.), the application will look for the word or phrase currently being typed, relieving them of the...

http://www.handykeys.com/
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I Love Typography

For fans of design and print, I Love Typography is a delightful, must-read blog. "As I child," writes John Boardly, "I always wondered why the teacher asked us to draw the letter a as an o with a tail, when, in my books, the a's had an extra bit at the top." And so, as an adult, John Boardly publishes a blog called I Love Typography. Written by Boardly and a number of contributing design...

https://fonts.ilovetypography.com
Illustrated Quixote

First published in 1604, the work "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha" (better known in English as Don Quixote) represents the literary apogee of what is commonly referred to the Spanish Golden Age. This remarkable collection from the Brown University Library Center for Digital Initiatives presents a host of illustrations from various editions of Don Quixote from the 18th and 19th...

https://library.brown.edu/cds/quixote//
In the world of social media, Jane Austen has a new group of devotees

Was Jane Austin Edited? Does it Matter? http://www.npr.org/2010/11/15/131335890/was-jane-austen-edited-does-it-matter Jane Austen Fiction Manuscripts http://www.janeausten.ac.uk/index.html The Republic of Pemberley http://www.pemberley.com/ Austenbook http://www.much-ado.net/austenbook/ The Jane Austen Society of North America http://www.jasna.org/ Since the earliest days of...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/1210
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.

In 1975, a group of concerned reporters and investigative journalists met to share personal stories about reporting and writing. After one of their number suggested that what most characterizes the investigative reporter is "a sense of outrage", they agreed to form the group that is now known as Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). On their homepage, visitors can read more about their...

https://www.ire.org
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Journal of Digital Humanities

The Journal of Digital Humanities is a comprehensive, peer-reviewed, open access journal that features "the best scholarship, tools, and conversations produced by the digital humanities community." This endeavor was started by the Press Forward Project and its rigorous evaluation process ensures that interested parties will be exposed to a wide range of talent and subject matter. Arranged by...

http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/
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lettrs

Email, text, twitter, chat. Communication has become fast, easy, and - as the lettrs website would like to remind you - disposable. This app allows you to write and send beautiful letters using a variety of templates. You can post letters publicly, send them privately over text and email, and even, for a small fee, mail them via USPS. This nifty app is currently available for iPhone, iPad, and...

https://lettrs.com
LibraryThing

Books are meant to be shared, so why not share your personal favorites with others around the world? LibraryThing makes it easy to do just this, and visitors can catalog their books online here after creating a profile. After entering their books, visitors can offer their own sage wisdom on each title, and cross-reference their thoughts with others on the network who have read similar titles....

https://www.librarything.com/
Many Books.net

If you have grown weary of newsprint coming off on your hands or just carting around a number of books, Manybooks.net may prove to be quite a handy application. From their homepage, visitors can download literally thousands of works for their PDAs. The titles range from the colonialist adventures of the "King of the Khyber Rifles" to "Julius Caesar". The site also allows visitors to browse by...

https://manybooks.net/
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