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A dictionary of every word in every language, including etymologies, declension tables and regional slang.
The forecast as an animated map, with wind, waves, temperature and a dozen models to argue between, free and without an account.
Answers computed rather than retrieved: integrals, unit conversions, orbital mechanics and the nutritional content of a Mars bar.
Renders your text in every font installed on the machine at once, which is the fastest way ever devised to pick one.
A dictionary showing real usage, related words and examples pulled from the wild rather than agreed by committee.
Readings from thousands of air monitoring stations worldwide on one map, colour-coded from a calm green to a genuinely alarming maroon.
Free indicators for every country going back decades, with charts, maps and bulk downloads on each series.
Plain map and flag quizzes covering every continent, aimed at classrooms and quietly excellent for adults as well.
Widely reckoned the strongest reverse image search for faces, places and heavily cropped photos. Worth trying when TinEye finds nothing.
Unicode styling for places that forbid formatting, so bold and italic survive a paste into a profile bio.
The Norwegian met office's forecast, famously accurate across Scandinavia and unusually calm about admitting uncertainty everywhere else.
Satellite imagery refreshed through the day, with storm tracks, wildfire hotspots and rainfall radar layered over the top of it.
Real research that needs human eyes: classify galaxies, transcribe ships' logs or count penguins, and end up in a published paper.
Every entry in Detour is hand-sorted rather than scraped: filed under one category, given one to three moods, and placed in a time band for how quickly it pays off. The practical facts — cost, sign-up, sound, device and whether it is safe at a desk — are recorded per site and shown on every card, so you can rule things out before you click.
397 sites, each hand-sorted by category, mood and how long it takes to pay off. 1 of them is an AltF original that run right here.
380 of the 397 are free and need no account. 3 are paid or freemium, and the card says so.
273 of 397 work on a phone; the rest are desktop only. 397 are safe for work and 371 work with the sound off.
One button, one detour. Press it as often as you like.