Environment: Three great websites

In the past year I’ve been exposed to a number of great websites/programs that you should definitely check out. I thought since I’ve got the blog back up and running, I would post 3 of them up and let you try them out for yourself. I wouldn’t have come across them if it wasn’t for LifeHacker.com, so please give them a visit as well.

– A search engine with a twist. While most search engines make a pile of money buy exposing YOU to advertising, GoodSearch takes 50% of its advertising revenue and donates it to the charity of your choice. All you do is punch in the URL, type in your search words, type in your charity and search away. Its powered by Yahoo, so you’ll get the same high quality search results you’re used to… and its good to get away from Google for a change.

– As their website puts it “Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.” Its funded by UC Berkeley and allows you to choose what project your computer works on. Boinc uses your computer’s idle time to crunch numbers and do simple forms of analysis on projects in an area of research that you care about. It doesn’t slow down your computer and makes great use of all the times you accidentally leave it on. Works a treat on my Linux box.

– I just recently found out about LocalCooling.com. Yes, I do realize that it sits in conflict with Boinc, but it is good none the less. Download LocalCooling and watch as it reduces your computer’s energy consumption… really quite fascinating.

Thats it for now. I’m going to try and post links to interesting energy saving websites / software more often. If you have any sites that you’drecommend, please let me know.