ATM Locator
Provided your butt's parked somewhere in
America, this will find the three closest ATMs. You can also do a world search, thanks to
Visa.
The CIA World
Factbook
Pull up the full dossier on any country:
its size, population, birthrate, government, transportation, and communications.
Take over the world!
Federal Express Tracking
Track any package or letter shipped by
Federal Express.
Local Times Around the World
This guide attempts to list all the
world's countries, and many of its islands, with a pointer to the local time in the
region.
Measurement
Conversion Calculator
Entisoft's friendly Web interface provides
conversions between different unit systems. Just plug in the amount, the unit, and how you
want to convert it. For example, type in "10 kilometers" to get the distance in
miles. A new trivia fact will appear under the conversion each time you load the page.
O&A's Currency Converter
Olsen and Associates lets you convert
currency between 164 different countries. You can even look up rates for any day in the
past seven years.
Periodic
Table of the Elements
The graphical periodic table at Los Alamos
National Laboratory. For each element, you get atomic number, atomic symbol, atomic
weight, and electron configuration. Background info is also provided.
Statistical Abstract of the
United States
Includes state rankings, state and county
profiles, monthly economic indicators - even tables that address your woes about the
federal budget.
STO's Internet Patent
Search System
The Source Translation &
Optimization's Internet Patent Search System. "A way for people around the world to
perform patent searches and access information on the patenting process."
Traveler's Manual
Includes airport, train, and bus info,
currency conversion (the given rates are provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
via the University of Michigan's gopher server), and atlas stuff.
US Census Bureau
The Factfinder for the Nation
online. Includes data for population and housing, economic growth, and geography. Enter
words or phrases, separated by commas.
The US Patent and Trademark Office
The Patent Office keeps all its records
since 1976 on the Web for your perusal. Search for abstracts of patents with the forms
below. One caveat: Chances are, someone's thought of your ideas before.
Search by keyword:
Search by patent number:
(Examples: Utility: 5,146,634; Design:
D339,456; Plant: PP8,901; Reissue: RE35,312; Def. Pub.: T109,201; SIR: H1,523; where all
that you should type in for a design patent would be
"D339,456", for instance.):
Zip Codes
The US Postal Services zip code look-up.
Punch in city and state - get back full zip+4 code; punch in zip code - get city and
state.
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