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Info, Reference, and Search
AfterVote
www.aftervote.com
AfterVote is a search aggregator that com-
bines results from Google, Yahoo!, and
MSN. Each search results page shows you
a particular page’s ranking on each search
site, lets you vote for and rank each result,
and offers quick bookmarking. It also
offers goodies such as Firefox plug-ins,
desktop searchers, Yahoo! widgets, and
more.—Corinne Iozzio
Footnote
www.footnote.com
For genealogists, history buffs, and even
the average Web passerby, Footnote has a
deal with the National Archives to digitize
and upload every document it houses. You
can fi nd anything from handwritten notes
from the Continental Congress to Project
Blue Book UFO sightings. Users can also
upload their own content, so you may be
able to find your own high-school year-
book.—Lisa Ruefenacht
Hard to Find 800 Numbers
www.hardtofi nd800numbers.com
Waiting on hold for customer service or
UNCYCLOPEDIA Lose a few hours laughing at nonsense presented with a straight face.
you, just tell them you read it on the Inter-
net.—WR
Wikisky.org
www.wikisky.org
Much as Google has figured out how
to harness user-submitted content to
improve Google Earth, Wikisky.org turns
the collective wiki-eye on the vast reaches
of space. Check out the draggable space
model with constellations highlighted,
learn more about distant stars, or see a
model of the stars that are above you right
now.—Kyle Monson
Wink
www.wink.com
Wink is a people-search engine that culls
results from social-networking sites
(MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, and more), fol-
lowed by results from other sites where
users keep public profiles, followed by
results from the Web at large. You can craft
your own Wink profi le if you want to shape
what others see when they do a search on
your name, or you can just hunt for long-
lost friends.—KM
Health and Food
Cork’d
www.corkd.com
If you have trouble keeping track of
whether that Château Lafite in your cel-
lar is a 1787 or a 1788, this site can help you
get your corks in a row. If your taste tends
more to the Two-Buck Chuck varietals,
this site also offers user-generated reviews
and recommendations for wines you might
like based upon your tastes.—WR
ExtraTasty
www.extratasty.com
It used to be that a social network for booze
hounds was called “a bar,” but apparently,
there are also Web sites devoted to keep-
ing track of your friends and your drinks.
ExtraTasty lets you search for drink reci-
pes, share drink recipes, and talk to friends
about drink recipes. Get the picture?
—Vicki B. Jacobson
tech support is painful enough, so why
do tech companies also have to make it
so hard to find the toll-free 800 number
to call? With Hard to Find 800 Numbers,
you’ll never have to scramble for contact
information again. The site organizes com-
panies alphabetically and displays phone
numbers and hours of operation.
—Jennifer L. DeLeo
Ninjawords
www.ninjawords.com
Sometimes you need to know the meaning
of a word, and you need to know it two-
tenths of a second faster than any other
dictionary site can get it to you. That’s why
Ninjawords is there. Like a ninja, it’s smart,
fast, and accurate. And fortunately, unlike a
ninja, it is not deadly.—Whitney Reynolds
Uncyclopedia
www.uncyclopedia.org
If the stress of worrying whether a Wiki-
pedia article is factual and accurate is get-
ting you down, take a break and check out
Uncyclopedia; it promises to be content-
free. It’s easy to lose a few hours laughing at
the nonsense presented with a straight face
here. You could even “learn” a few “facts”;
for instance, did you know that a shark,
while atop an elephant, is considered the
deadliest animal ever? If anyone questions
Top 100 Undiscovered Sites
Our picks for the top new or under-the-radar sites of 2007. You may not know
many of these sites, but you should.