Live Car Hire - get the best price on local car rental

Need to rent a car and don't want to overpay? LiveCarHire searches 500+ car rental companies at 30,000 locations in 174 countries to give you the largest selection of competitive car rental rates from the top car rental companies worldwide. 

In addition to the standard worldwide Airport Search, the visitor can imap display cities, train stations, ports, areas or street address for the nearest available car hire deals. Pretty cool.

Here is an example of the search map display, comparing all available car hire/rentals, with each search having the imap zoom facility to widen or narrow the search area:

USA - Los Angeles Downtown

There is also a free iphone app that provides exactly the same Live Car Hire service on ipad, iphone and ipod. 

Barcode Yourself

OK, this is one of the more bizarre sites I've featured on Cool Site of the Day. On barcode art you can create a barcode of...yourself.

Please see it and rate it here on 11/30. After 11/30, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Free The Children - A Must Watch

Learned about Free The Children and the organization's We Day from 60 Minutes Sunday night. Share this one far and wide...and far and wider again. SO inspiring and so GOOD.

 

VERY Cool Wind Map

An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powers my Hobie Cat and energy that powered the first explorations of the world. This map shows you the delicate, real-time tracery of wind flowing over the US.

See it and rate it here. After 11/28, find it in our archive

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100 Must See Interviews With the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

I love stuff like this. You can learn so much from those who accomplish so much at breakneck speed. Sure, it will take a lot of time to view all these interviews but if you just chisel away 10 minutes a day it will be worth your time.

See this list on 11/27 and rate it here (after 11/27 visit the Cool Site of the Day archive).

 

Monitter - a cool Twitter tracking tool

Monitter is an easy-to-use, free tool that helps you track mentions, hashtags and trends on Twitter. Just type in whatever you're ‘monitter’ing and track the data. 

Find relevant followers in your niche, hone in on conversations about your brand, and discover potential customers.

See it and rate it here.

Mike

The Dust Bowl by Ken Burns

Another gem from documentary film maker, Ken Burns.

THE DUST BOWL chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, whereby the wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930 created misery throughout the country. Interviews with twenty-six survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and rarely seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and  incredible human perseverance.

 

Watch Episode 1: The Great Plow-Up on PBS. See more from The Dust Bowl.

Get all the facts about US States

Places of USA is today's Cool Site of the Day. Basic but filled with good info, maps, and photos.

See it and rate it here.

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How to not get crappy gifts

Today's Cool Site of the Day is I Wish For -- an app that let's you show people what you really want. Ah, the holiday spirit.

See & Rate it here

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Support this ex-Marine's walk across the globe

Need inspiration? Read and watch. For U.S. Marine Sgt. Winston Fiore, it was a news article about the International Children’s Surgical Foundation (ICSF) and Dr. Geoff Williams, who provides free facial-reconstructive surgeries for children with cleft lips/palates in developing countries.

For when you need to know the EXACT time

Today's Cool Site of the Day is about TIME. It's that simple. http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/frmindex.html

Will you join the fight against childhood obesity?

Rallying everyone I know to join the fight against childhood obesity. See: http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/frmindex.html

Climate Change & Photography

Today's Cool Site of the Day is for anyone interested in Photography and/or climate change. http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/2012/11/chasing-ice/

Alec Baldwin interviews Billy Joel

If you're a fan of either of these guys and/or grew up in Long Island, this is a must listen.

 

How to send a care package to a college student, camper, etc

Today’s Cool Site of the Day is RedShip.com, a cool, easy way to send a care package to a college student, boarding school student, summer camper, or anyone you want to make smile. Rate it here: http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com

Mother Earth. Do You Care?

The Virtual Barber Shop

Yes, use headphones for this!

Bill Clinton on The Daily Show

via thedailyshow.com

SNL Spoof: iPhone 5 Critics

via mashable.com

Slavery Footprint - How many slaves work for you?

featured on Cool Site of the Day

The Who at The Concert For New York City

via youtube.com

Another truly "once in a lifetime" performance--The Who at the Concert for New York City (shortly following 9/11). Anyone who dreams of getting on stage and doing ANYTHING should watch this 100 times.

What do teacher's make by Taylor Mali

Share this with everyone you know. This will remain one of the coolest videos you'll ever see for the rest of your life.

View and rate it here on the day of this Post. After 11/10/12, click here.

Finally, have a cool site? Please submit it.

Mike

 

What do teacher's make by Taylor Mali

Share this with everyone you know. This will remain one of the coolest videos you'll ever see for the rest of your life.

View and rate it here on the day of this Post. After 11/9/12, click here.

Finally, have a cool site? Please submit it.

Mike

 

Today's Cool Site: Support Campaign Finance Reform

See the full gallery on Posterous

Well, after an absurdly long, unnecessary (media driven) presidential campaigning process where too many millions of dollars were spent, it’s time this whole country starts demanding public funding of campaigns and a constitutional amendment to reverse the vile Supreme Court decision, Citizens United. Two things will happen: 1) politicians will have more time to govern because they will spend less time making ridiculous ads…because they won’t be given buckets of cash from SuperPACs; and 2) politicians will have fewer powerful interests to appease when it comes time to make laws.

It all begins with your online signature.

View and rate it here on the day of this Post. After 11/9/12, click here.

Finally, have a cool site? Please submit it here.

Mike

Get involved in the fight against childhood obesity

Since my chance encounter with Bill Clinton yesterday, I have joined the Clinton Foundation and featured their site on Cool Site of the Day. I'm especially interested in their progress in the fight against childhood obesity. Please get involved.

http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-topic/childhood-obesity.html

Mike