Mathematics portal: http://wims.unice.fr/wims/

Usually, the first step to take when looking for information or online
tools on the internet is to head off to google.

Well, I was looking for a matrix (which is a mathematical object)
calculator the other day, and have stumbled upon this very useful
mathematics portal: http://wims.unice.fr/wims/.

I must admit that I have not yet visited all the portions of this website.
However, I can strongly recommend their different calculators.

Finding a good, free online calculator gets quite tricky once dealing
with tasks more complicated than adding or multiplying.

Their matrix calculator and matrix multiplier, for instance, are easy
to handle, nearly bug-free, and quite comprehensive.

In the site, you will find:

• Lessons and references on various topics.
• Online calculators and plotters : numbers, functions, matrices, curves, surfaces, etc.
• Interactive exercises of various styles and levels.
• Mathematical recreations : puzzles and games.
• Virtual classes and portals to manage scored student works.
• Misc. interactive documents. 

and you can also browse the site.

Cheers!

Israel, Judaism, Middle East Conflict and more: Haaretz.com

One of the topics I find both extremely important and interesting is the
ongoing conflict in the middle east.

We're witnessing the renewal of the peace talks between Israelis and
Palestinians these days, and I guess we can only hope for the best as we
wait and see how things turn out.

Haaretz.com is the English version of the website of one of Israel's
leading newspapers.

It's a site quite rich with content, most of which is closely related, one
way or another, to either Israel, Palestine, Judaism and so on. It's
written (mainly) by some of Israel's leading journalists.

This is stuff about Israel written by Israelis, for good and for bad.
These guys are both journalists and people who live this reality
for years and years.

Anyway, in the site you'll find the daily news, as well as various
opinion columns, and everything else you'd expect to find in a
respectable newspaper's website.

If you're interested in these issues or you wish to get familiar with
them, I daresay Haaretz.com is a must.

The site reflects, in a way, the hot topics for the Israeli public.
Still, don't forget it's a site targeted at non-hebrew speakers.
In that sense, it's also, in a way, the face Israel would want
you to get a view of.

Hope you find it worth your time.

Cheers!

Online Dictionary: Wordreference.com

A while ago me and my friend were wondering what is the word
for "donkey" in French. Well, he casually mentioned that we can
check it out on wordreference.com.

Now this multi-language dictionary seems like that site that everybody
is supposed to already know about and use quite frequently. Well, I
didn't and I kept wondering how come I've never heard of it before.

Either way, wordreference.com offers an easy-to-use interface and
includes 15 different languages.

Naturally, the most popular dictionaries in the site are the Spanish,
French and Italian. Also, the more popular dictionaries often offer
an audio recording of the requested word, so you can get the
pronunciation correct.

So, that's my two cents for the day. If any of you know of a different
useful dictionary, perhaps with some ultra-exotic languages (anybody
knows how to say mayonnaise in New-Guinea tribal language?), I'd
sure like it if you post a link in a comment.

Cheers

Hello and Welcome!

I've been an internet addict for many years now. Every once in a while
I stumble on a site I like. Every once in a while I encounter a problem,
either in my computer or in real life, and very often I find a cool site
which helps me solving it.

This blog is about my internet life, my internet routine, the interesting,
noteworthy virtual locations I run into. I can only hope that some
of you out there will find my posts worth your five minutes now and
then.

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