Useful Resources

Search & Explore

Marginalia Search Engine

A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content, open source and privacy-focused.

Internet Search Tips

This is a useful article listing advanced tips and tricks to help improve one's internet research skills, with real-world examples.

2lingual Google Search

2lingual makes it easy to Google Search in 2 languages. Get Google Search Results alongside Google Cross Language Search Results.

RefSeek

It's an academic search engine for better research. it locates relevant academic search results from web pages, books, encyclopedias, and journals.

AlternativeTo

AlternativeTo is a website that helps you find many alternatives to the software and services you love or hate.

OpenSourceAlternatives.To

Want to use similar software to paid ones? This website helps you find open source alternatives to proprietary software products.

Travel

Wiki Voyage

Wiki Voyage is a great resource that is overlooked by many. It has information that you could hardly find somewhere else.

TransitionsAbroad.com

TransitionsAbroad.com is a website with some insightful articles, resources, and ideas that would help with travel planning and experiences.

Numbeo - Cost of Living

Numbeo is a crowd-sourced global database of cost of living and quality of life data in numeorous cities around the world.

Budget Your Trip

Budget Your Trip is a website that lists travel costs from around the world. Another resource with info to help you plan your travel.

Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, drivers and cyclists. It is privacy-focused, and supports 100% of features without an active Internet connection.

VirtualVacation

Can't travel yet? Until the time comes, Enjoy some virtual tours and other fun activities online, and experience the world from home with this website.

Langauges

Omniglot

Omniglot is a comprehensive online resource for learning about writing systems, languages, and multilingualism. It offers profiles, tips, lessons, phrases, numbers, songs, stories, and more for various languages and scripts

Glosbe Dictionary

Glosbe is a community-built platform that offers free dictionaries with in-context translations, phrase illustrations, recordings and more, for so many languages.

Youglish

YouGlish helps you master pronunciation in several languages by listening to real-world clips from various sources. You can choose your language, search for words, and listen to examples of how to say them like a native.

Radio Garden

Radio Garden is a website/app that allows searching for and listening to radio stations across the globe. A good resource to help with your language learning.

Shopping & Products

ManualsLib

ManualsLib is a database that helps to find manuals and documentation of countless products.

CamelCamelCamel

camelcamelcamel is a price tracking tool that helps you to find the best prices on Amazon.

Scam-Detector.com

Sacm Detector is a website that helps learn about the scams that are out there, to help if you need to make sure before making a purchase online.

Ethical Consumer

Ethical consumer is a website that offers ethical and eco shopping guides, for more than 100 products and services. Helping you to buy ethically, and avoid unethical products and companies

iFixit

A product you have needs repair? Don't forget to visit ifixit website. You might find just the type of help you need.

GetHuman

This website could make your experience with customer service less frustrating with the information it shows you, like the best phone numbers to call, along with other tools and options

TV & Cinema

MyDramaList

Discover, and review the best Asian dramas and movies, especially Korean, for your entertainment.

rarefilmm

A site where you can find some obscure, less-known movies and documentaries from around the world

myRetroTVs

with MyRetroTVs! Get ready to step back in time and relive the nostalgia of the past decades through these virtual televisions.

tunefind

Tunefind is an American music search website which helps to find music featured in television series and movies. Users can suggest songs related to TV show or movie.

Games