Gap Minder – A Fact-based Worldview

If you haven’t heard of Gap Minder, be sure to check out this very cool online tool. Gap Minder helps you visualize various data sets to better understand the world around you. In their words, “We are a modern museum that helps to make the world understandable, using the Internet.” …

Duck Duck Go Search Engine

Recently, some of the big search engine companies, have started removing certain websites they deem inappropriate from their search results…essentially filtering the web. Well, I came across a search engine that prides itself on its user privacy and unfiltered results. It’s called Duck Duck Go and you should give it …

Norse IPviking – Real-time Visualization of Global Internet Attacks

Norse IPviking is a free online tool that displays a real-time visual map of global attacks with information such as, the attacking country, the target country, and the type of attack that is being carried out. No surprise, but you will see most of the attacks originating from China. This stuff …

My Top Picks for Infant/Baby iPad Apps

The iPad has been and continues to be a truly useful consumption device. Sure, most users use it to simply play games and watch movies/TV shows, but it can do so much more. It’s a great educational device. Seeing that I have recently become a father, I have been researching some …

Dropbox.com – Your Free Secure Data Backup and Sharing Solution

So what is Dropbox.com? Dropbox is an online software that allows you to set up a share folder on your computer that is securely stored on the Dropbox servers in the cloud. This folder appears by default in your my documents folder. Drop whatever you want in this folder (free …