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Where the Free Things Are

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I am a big believer of open online education. As a child, I was fascinated by the vast amount of information I can freely acquire from the internet and the wide range of creative and nerdy things I can accomplish through it. Here is a list of websites, apps, and other interesting things for the learning-obsessed nerds like me who love free stuff. Happy (free) learning!

Higher Education

edX 

A non-profit online initiative created by Harvard and MIT where you can take free courses on a wide range of topics from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, UTx and many other universities

Coursera 

An education platform where you can take free online courses from top universities and organizations around the world

Open Learning Initiative 

OLI is a group funded by the Carnegie Mellon University offering high-quality courses which seek to innovate learning and higher education

Saylor Academy 

An open educational platform that offers at-your-own-pace courses on various fields such as business and computer science, curated by academic professionals

Poynter News University 

Offers online journalism and media training programs such as free self-directed courses, webinars, and others

OpenIntro 

Provides free open-source statistics textbooks supplemented with educational videos and other instructional materials for R and SAS programming

Stanford Online – Lagunita 

Take open courses from Stanford University

Open Yale courses 

Take free online courses taught by Yale’s distinguished professors

Open Michigan

Provides free educational resources from the University of Michigan

MIT OpenCourseWare 

Provides more than 2,200 open courses including free educational materials used in teaching almost all of MIT’s subjects

NYU Open Education 

Take free online courses on sociology, economics, statistics, calculus, and others

NovoEd 

Take free courses taught distinguished professors from top universities and collaborate with fellow students from around the world

Future Learn

Take free classes from UK’s best universities and cultural institutions

University of Oxford Podcasts

Explore Oxford’s open content

Open2Study

Take free courses from the best universities in Australia

iversity.org

A European platform for online learning enabling students from around the world to take free courses


Other Online Learning Platforms

Code Academy 

Learn coding for free

Data Camp 

Learn R programming and data science


Test Prep

SAT

Khan Academy 

An interactive website that offers a comprehensive collection of instructional videos and practice exercises about math, science, history, computer programming, and more

Free Rice 

A non-profit website established by WFP that lets you get involved in their donation program; for every correct answer that you get, they will donate 10 grains of rice

ACT

Sophia 

Access free ACT practice tests and educational resources for both students and teachers

General

Brilliant 

Enhance your math and science skills by answering challenging questions

College Admission (Philippines)

Academic Clinic 

Access free practice tests for UPCAT and ACET plus tips and articles on college entrance exams, college survival, and scholarships


Technology Tools and Resources

Programming

Mozilla Webmaker.org 

Make your own apps and websites while learning new skills

Mozilla Thimble 

Write and edit HTML and CSS in your web browser

Mozilla X-ray Goggles 

Allows you to see the code behind any webpage and remix the content

Mozilla Popcorn Maker

Allows you to remix multimedia content and embed it in other websites

Mozilla Appmaker 

Free tool that will let you create mobile apps even if you don’t know how to code

Scratch 

Create your own interactive games, stories, and animations

Presentation

Powtoon 

Create animated presentations and videos for class

Haiku Deck 

Create stunning presentations with beautiful photos and typography

Visme 

Create presentations with cool infographics

Prezi 

Make presentations that “zooms into your story” and collaborate with co-workers or classmates

Sway 

A new Microsoft app that lets you present ideas in a creative way

Slides 

Create cool minimalist presentations

Google Slides 

Easily collaborate with classmates in creating presentations

Design

Freepik 

Access thousands of free vector arts and photos

Canva 

Don’t know how to use InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator? Design your own posters and cards here for free

Piktochart 

Create your own infographics for free

Inspirationfeed.com 

Inspirations for the design enthusiasts + freebies!

Flat Icon 

Access a large collection of free vector icons

Butterick’s Practical Typography

Learn typography for free

Font Squirrel

Handpicked free fonts for designers

Creative Bloq

For your daily dose of creativity

Love Design Logo

A website about logo design and brand identity

Behance

Explore creative work and portfolios

Animation and video post-processing

Free Stock Music

Download free stock music for your video post-processing

Stupeflix 

Create a stunning video through their free trial

Go Animate 

Make an animated video through their free trial

Lightworks

Free version of Lightworks (a professional video-editing software) is available here supplemented with tutorial videos and demos


Learning Music

Music Theory

Learn Free Music Theory by Lypur 

A full and in-depth music theory course in Youtube

Basic Music Theory

Free Music Theory ebook by Jonathan Harnum

General Sheet Music Collection (Wide range of instruments, Public Domain Music)

Making Music Fun 

Free music resources for teachers and kids

IMSLP Petrucci Music Library

Access public domain music

The Mutopia Project 

Access thousands of classical sheet music

Anime Sheet Music Collection (Piano, Violin, etc.)

Josh’s Anime Sheet Music Collection 

Download anime sheet music transcribed by Josh Agarrado

Ichigo’s Sheet Music 

One of the largest collections of free anime sheet music for piano, violin, voice, and others

Joyce Sheet Music 

Download sheet music of popular songs and learn how to play it through Youtube tutorials

Ukulele

Ukucafe 

Free ukulele tabs and sheet music

Got a Ukulele 

Free ukulele chords

The Ukulele Teacher 

Learn to play popular songs in the ukulele through this Youtube channel

Ukulele Hunt 

Learn how to play the ukulele + free tips and tabs!


Learning Foreign Languages

Duolingo 

Learn Spanish, French, German, and others for free

CultureAlley

Get free lesson on Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, and others

Open Culture 

A comprehensive list of where to learn 48 languages online for free

FSI Language Courses

Public domain courses developed by the US government

The Polyglot Project

A library of foreign language content


Ebooks

Classics and Public Domain

Read and download public domain ebooks in various formats:

Project Gutenberg 

Open Culture 

The Library of Congress 

Feedbooks 

ManyBooks.net 

Planet Ebook 

General

Open Library 

Borrow Adobe DRM ebooks for free and read it in Adobe Digital Editions software or in your browser

Textbooks

Bookboon 

Free textbooks on a wide range of topics

Free Programming Textbooks

Download free textbooks on PHP, Ruby, Python, C++, Java, etc.

Textbook Revolution

A student-run site dedicated to free educational resources

Other

Idiots’ Books 

Read the illustrated books of Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr


Audiobooks

LibriVox

Free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world


Softwares and Apps

PC/Mac

SAS University Edition 

Access an advanced statistical software for free

R 

Free software for statistical computing and graphics

7 Stikcy Notes 

A free desktop sticky notes app that lets you customize the color and font of your notes

Notepad ++ 

Free source code editor and notepad replacement

Libre Office 

Free office suite alternative to MS Office

Spotify 

Listen to music online for free

Calibre 

Organize your ebook collection: convert ebooks to various formats, sync to devices, and read in your computer

CDisplay Ex 

The most popular comic book reader

Adobe Digital Editions 

Read ebooks in your PC or Mac, download, buy, or borrow ebooks

VLC 

Open source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most file formats as well as DVDs and CDs

Readcube 

The ultimate researcher toolkit: manage articles, cite references, get recommendations, and more!

DeSmuME 

Free Nintendo DS emulator

Web

Trello 

A visual way to organize to-do lists for both personal and organizational purposes

Bucketlistly 

Create your online travel bucket list, share it to the world, and be inspired by others

HabitRPG 

A free to-do list and productivity app that makes your life like a game

Grammarly 

Free grammar checker

WolframAlpha 

Search for what you want to calculate and know about

Make Your Own 2048 

Create a customized 2048 game

Flappy 2048

2048 merged with Flappy Bird game

Adobe Color CC 

Create your own color palette and export it to Adobe Photoshop

Type Genius 

Find the perfect font combo for your next project

Create Your Own Civilization

The title says it

Weave Silk

Cool interactive generative art

Create a Nebula

Another cool interactive generative art

E-sim

Free strategic browser game 

Android

Trivia Crack 

Play a trivia game with Facebook friends or with random strangers from the internet

Kobo 

Read ebooks in your Android device, highlight text, create notes, and search definitions in the built-in dictionary

Kiwi Camera

Enhance your photos with real-time filters

Pocket

Save articles for later reading

Atomas

Addicting elements puzzle game  (also available for iOS)

iOS

MindSnacks

Games for your brain for free


Websites

Inspiration

Brain Pickings 

A weekly “interestingness” digest by Maria Popova

TED

A non-profit which aims to spread ideas; watch TED talks, read about ideas, and be inspired

99U

Get insights on making ideas happen

Book Mania!

An inspirational book blog for book lovers

Introvert, Dear

Online publication for introverts

Fun

Domics 

Fun Youtube videos by a 24-year old animator from Toronto

StumbleUpon 

Discover something of your interest

Learn

Science Buddies 

Science project ideas

CrashCourse

Learn with John Green, Hank Green, Phil Plait, and Craig Benzine through their awesome videos

Personality Tests

The 5 Languages of Love

Discover your love language and understand your relationships better

Praditus

Take the Big Five Personality Test, Personal Archetype Test, and many more

HumanMetrics

Discover your MBTI personality type

16Personalities

Another MBTI personality test with detailed explanations and cool graphics

Talentoday

Access your own personality radar and know your motivations

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toplad:
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toplad:

THISS IS SO FUNNY TO ME

  #NICE  

daleharry:

vivarockvegas:

thegestianpoet:

cinemphatic:

Wet Hot American Summer (2001) dir David Wain

stop this makes it look like a lynch movie

what episode of twin peaks is this

@urbandirt

  #lmaooo    #david lynch aesthetic  

learningftw:

chromalogue:

runtime-err0r:

itsvondell:

you can take one man’s trash to another man’s treasure but you can’t make it drink

Fun fact: the blending of idioms or cliches is called a malaphor.

My personal favorite is “We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it.”

I’m rather fond of “It’s not rocket surgery” and “not the sharpest egg in the attic,” but my all-time favourite is, “…until the cows freeze over.”

why is my father on tumblr

  #linguistics    #not the sharpest egg  
  #incredible    #its me  

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you-tit:

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somalang:

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polyglottica:

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sprachtraeume:

languageoclock:

af-hverju:

littlenerdygirlwithwings:

af-hverju:

me: why are you destroying earth!!!

aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak

me: thats fair i understand

For some reason I find this all the more amusing because it’s written in English

moi: pourquoi vous détruisez le monde!!!
l'extraterrestre: parce que il y a des gens qui pensent que l'anglais est le seule langue pour parler
moi: ah ça c'est bien

ich: warum zerstört ihr die erde!!!

aliens: weil es leute gibt die glauben dass englisch die einzige sprache ist die sie sprechen müssen

ich: das ist fair ich verstehe

ég: af hverju eyðileggið þið jörðina!!!
aliens: af því að það er fólk sem finnst að enska sé sú eina tungumál sem þau þurfa að tala
ég: oh, það er vit í þessu. ég skil.

ik: waarom vernietig je de aarde!!!

aliens: omdat er mensen zijn die denken dat engels de enige taal is die ze hoeven te spreken

ik: oh zo, ik snap het

minä: miks te tuhootte maapalloo?

alienit: koska tääl on ihmisiä joitten mielestä englanti on ainoo kieli jota niitten täytyy puhua

minä: toi on reilua, ymmärrän

私: どうして地球を滅ぼしているんですか?

宇宙人: 英語しか喋る必要がないと思う人がいるからです

私: なるほど、わかりました

me: Wosück maakt ji de Welt twei!!!

aliens: wieldat dat Lüüd gifft, de dinkt dat Engelsch de allenige Spraak weer, de een snacken mütt

me: jo, daar seggst wat. Nu versta ik’t

aniga: dhulka maxaad u burburinaya !!!

shisheeyaha: dadka intiisa badani u malaynayaan in Ingiriisidu tahay afka oo kaliya ay u baahan yihiin inay la hadlaan

aniga: waxaan fahamsanahay. waa wax cadaalad

我:你们为什么在毁灭地球?!!

外星人:因为有人以为他们只会英语就可以了

我:懂了,说得有道理

ako: bakit niyo sinisira ang mundo!!!

taga-ibang planeta: kasi merong mga taong akala nila Ingles lang ang kailangan nilang matutunang lenggwahe

ako: ah, sige naiintindihan ko

Aku : kenapa kau hancurkan bumi!!!
Alien : karena masih banyak orang berpikir hanya bahasa inggris satu-satunya bahasa yang terpenting
Aku : oh, oke lah..

tôi: tại sao các người hủy diệt trái đất!!! người ngoài hành tinh: bởi vì có người nghĩ rằng tiếng Anh là thứ tiếng duy nhất mà họ cần biết tôi: ồ thế thì tôi hiểu

Eu: Por que vocês estão destruindo a Terra?!
Aliens: Porque há pessoas que pensam que o inglês é a única língua que eles precisam falar.
Eu: Isso é justo, eu entendo.

jag: varför förintar ni jorden!!!

utomjordingar: för det finns folk som tror att engelska är det ända språket de behöver kunna

jag: rimligt, jag förstår

Já: Proč ničíte Zemi?

Mimozemšťani: Protože tu jsou lidé, kteří si myslí, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, který potřebují znát

Já: To je fér, to chápu.

ja: dlaczego niszczycie Ziemię?

kosmici: ponieważ są ludzie, którzy myślą, że angielski to jedyny język, którego potrzebuję

ja: rozumiem, w porządku

io: perchè state distruggendo la terra!!!

alieni: perchè ci sono delle persone che credono che l’inglese sia l’unica lingua di cui hanno bisogno

io: capisco, mi sembra giusto

Yo: porqué estás destruyendo la tierra!?!?

Extraterrestre: porque hay personas quienes creen que inglés es la única lengua que se tiene que hablar.

Yo: te entiendo, es justo.

Я: Почему вы уничтожаете Землю?!?!
Инопланетяне: Потому что есть люди, которые считвют, что им нужно новорить только по-английски.
Я: А, ну понятно, тогда ладно!

This is going to be the rosetta stone of our time.

fi: pam wyt ti’n dinistrio’r ddaear!!!

estron: oherwydd mae rhai yn meddwl Saesneg yw’r unig iaith mae angen i nhw siarad

fi: digon teg 

ja: zasto unistavate zemlju!!!

vanzemaljci: zato sto postoje ljudi koji misle da je engleski jedini jezik koji moraju da znaju

ja: to je fer razumem

ben: neden dünyayı yok ediyorsunuz!!!

uzaylılar: çünkü ingilizcenin konuşmaları gereken tek dil olduğunu düşünen insanlar var

ben: bu adil, anlıyorum

  #linguistics    #aliens    #nice  

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Do it! Her stuff is magic and she’s coming out with highlights. Support her dream.

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areistotle:
“ hello pals!!! school is tough, life in general is tough + we all need a break sometimes. remember to take a day off at least once a week or take frequent breaks + take time to care for yourself because you deserve it!! this is a...

areistotle:

hello pals!!! school is tough, life in general is tough + we all need a break sometimes. remember to take a day off at least once a week or take frequent breaks + take time to care for yourself because you deserve it!! this is a masterpost to help you out if you’re stuck + don’t know what to do <3

for your ears

for your body, hair + face

for your eyes

for your tummy

for your mind

other stuff

+ my masterposts

hope this helps you guys be stress-free for a while!!! take care of yourself, i love you <3

-helena xx

  #long post  
Hi John, A few years ago in an episode of "Dinner with the Band," you mentioned that you subscribe to a "cookie of the week club." Several google searches have failed me, and I have to ask: where might one find such a magnificent organization? I need to get in on this cookie action. -Daniel


johndarnielle:

Ha, no, this is a little quainter than all that. The Cookie of the Week club was something Lalitree and I did for a good long while. Once a week, during the workweek, we would choose cookie from cookbook or find a recipe online. That cookie would receive the coveted Cookie of the Week designation! To be cookie of the week, you only had to be the cookie we baked that week. As you can see, my family chooses to live on the edge. The Cookie of the Week club no longer meets weekly, but the What Do Yall Want To Eat club meets two or three times a day when I’m not on tour and is still my favorite club, I was born to be in the kitchen rustling up food for the people I love. 

  #thank you    #john darnielle  
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Song: The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)
Artist: 2004 The Actors' Fund of America Benefit Cast
Album: Hair (The Actors' Fund of America Benefit Recording)
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fuckyeah-musicals:

The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)

I’m not entirely sure of the cast on this track, but Norm Lewis sings the beginning. 

  #welp    #hair: the american tribal love-rock musical    #music    #norm lewis