Penzu: a free online diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. Students can keep their thoughts / reflections and ideas to themselves and share only if they want to.
AudioOwl: free audio books. Download mp3, iPod and iTunes formats - for use in writing / literature projects, perhaps supported text? -- Suzanne! Here is a place to find more stories to keep you awake and occupied on your travels! 143
Research Software: for making changes in text files whereever certain patterns appear or extracting data from parts of certain lines while discarding the rest.
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