Utility Websites

Our friend Russ calls me the world wide Debi (WWD) because of my large e-mail list. ;0) There's anything and everything on the world wide web, but I have found some websites that are so practical, I use them nearly every day.

Quite often I have a large or extra-heavy envelope to mail, and I don't want to make that trip to the post office. I have found it very useful to go to the U.S. Post Office website at http://www.usps.com/. If you have an accurate scale (please admire our antique one shown in the picture - it still works), you can fill in the blanks and find out how much postage you need, as well as an estimation of when it will arrive.

• At http://www.usps.com/, choose "Calculate Postage".
  
• Then choose "Calculate Domestic Postage" (or international, if that is your case)
• Then select the shape of your envelope or package: postcard, letter, large envelope, etc.
• Enter the weight, as in: O lbs., 4 ozs.
• Enter your zip code and the zip code you're sending to
• Optionally, you can enter the shipping date and time
• Click continue
  
• It will give you some other options, and then your postage amount and the approximate day of arrival

There are also other useful services at this website, like looking up the zip code for an address. Quite handy!

Another website I use a lot: http://www.dictionary.com/

• Type in the word you want to look up and hit enter
• Voila! There are entries from several different dictionaries.
  

And a favorite I've been using for years: http://www.biblegateway.com/

• You can type in a biblical reference, as in John 3:16, and it comes up ready to read or copy and paste into a document. You can choose from 22 different versions of the Bible in English, and several in other languages.
  
• You can type in a word or phrase and do a search through the whole Bible or specific parts
• It also has audio Bibles, commentaries, e-books, dictionaries, study tools and reading plans, and a verse of the day.
  
• Very, very useful!
  

What are your favorite utility websites? Let me know and I'll share them with all the readers.