YCharts.com - see performance of funds in the same category

 YCharts.com

Link to VUG ETF on Ycharts

Periodic total return (including 5, 10, and 20 year percentage returns).

Cumulative Total Returns Versus Peers

Yearly Returns and YTD Versus Peers

Windows Clipboard keyboard shortcut

Open the Windows Clipboard by pressing Windows Key + V.

"To get to your clipboard history at any time, press Windows logo key  + V. From the clipboard history, you can paste and pin frequently used items by choosing an individual item from your clipboard menu. Pinning an item keeps it from being removed from the clipboard history to make room for new items."

The Best BookZZ Alternatives - What to Use After BookZZ has disappeared

RIP BookZZ, you helped many netizens find Kindle, PDF, and iPad format books to read without having to rely on a limited selection from the local library.

Library Genesis libgen.lc
While the interface is about as exciting as a search engine circa 1997, the search does have several options to hone in on the exact book you're look for.  The search results pages also show the format and size of the book, saving valuable time when you only want books in a preferred format, like mobi for Kindle.

Search tricks, like combining one keyword from the title and the author's last name can provide very accurate search results.  The example below was to find the book "The Art of Creative Thinking" by John Adair.  Other searches with just keywords from the title created a huge pile of irrelevant search results that too broadly matched the keywords.

Z Library - https://b-ok.cc

The interface of Z Library is nearly identical to the late BookZZ website.  The homepage features a visual splash with the most popular book downloads.

The Single book page on Z Library includes the cover image, publication year, edition (important for academic and college books), the book file format, and book file size.

The download menu provides multiple native options for many books, like PDF, Mobie (Kindle), or ePub (iPad).  There's also an integrated conversion menu if you need the book in a different format.

Book recommendation engine seems to be pretty smart.  These were books recommended while viewing the "5am Club" book by 

Sync Files on Windows Folders and Hard Drives

Lifehacker covered the Five Best File Syncing Tools and within the article they mentioned two programs that can synchronize two local folders (not Dropbox style cloud-syncing).

SyncBack (free version and paid version)

SyncToy (free)

Get the total number of working days in each month or year [Cool online tool]

Calculate the number of working days (with or without federal holidays) with this online tool:
Working days - Calendar-12.com

Printable Wall Calendars

Many professionals use year (or quarter at a glance) to see when bookings are happening.  This allows them to give accurate information about availability without having to rely on any devices.

Wedding industry professionals (and consultants) can use a 3-month calendar that can be put on a wall or cork board to see all bookings for the year.

CalendarLabs.con has a great selection of monthly and 3-month calendars that can be customized and printed free.

A few of the templates I may use for my photography and videography booking:

2016 calendar with two months in a page template.  This would be great for summer bookings, because June and July could be printed on one page and August and September could be printed on another.

2016 calendar with three months in a page template.  Also good for seasonal bookings, especially if it can be customized to show specific months and not just the quarterly months.  (It's a Word document format that can also be downloaded as a PDF.)

Amazon price charts for video games and movies

CamelCamelCamel.com provides price charts of Amazon.com items, including their 3rd party used value.  I use this to track video game and movie values like stocks, by using price charts.  Here's a price chart for Mario Party for Nintendo 64.  It had a lifetime high used value at $47.40 on March 6, 2015.  PriceCharting.com is also a great resource, but since I primarily do my selling on Amazon, I only find that useful to see if someone has listed something on eBay or Half.com for noticeably lower price.

If the stock market has a likely 15-20% correction soon, it may affect video game prices too.

Knife Sharpener - Cool Tools Roundup

Cool Tools – Work Sharp WSKTS Knife and Tool Sharpener

Belts available in different grits for repair, sharpening, or adding a smooth polish.
$69 available on Amazon

A commenter recommended this $35 knife sharpening kit instead.  It has a great 4.3 out of 5 star rating on Amazon.com

This $5 ceramic, safety-enhanced scissors sharpener by Fiskars also fared well with customers, racking up 3.8 out of 5 star reviews.  For a measly $5, I think most people would be willing to give the product a try.

Amazon Cloud storage plans

As of July 2012, Amazon Cloud storage prices are competitive with other online backup services like Carbonite and Mozy.

Amazon customers get 5GB of free storage and MP3 songs purchased from Amazon don't count against this limit.

20GB - $20/year
50GB - $50/year
100GB - $100/year

 

Project Management Tools

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* Alternatives organized by category and features

Project2Manage - Tour
$4/month for 12 projects
$10/month for 25 projects

Online project collaboration, management software: Zoho Projects

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