This time we want to get the celebrations off to an early start as two of our favorite and most used around ResourceShelf HQ prepare to reach and pass milestones.

1) NewsNow
This site will soon offer access to over 30,000 sources. Both mainstream news and hand selected blogs. Each item has a flag next to it showing where the news service/blog originates from. Searching is poor (via the free site) but the ability to browse news via hundreds of categories (what they call feeds) are wonderful and useful. Here’s the feed for the airline industry. Pages (feeds) also autorefresh (if left open) every 5 minutes. If you want to review each item as it enters the database that’s possible by visiting this color-coded ticker. A separate ticker for info tech press releases is available.

2) PublicRadioFan.net
This database that can be personalized (favorite links, time zone, etc) is both a real time directory of what’s airing on PUBLIC radio stations around the globe (WBUR, CBC, etc.) but also an excellent searchable directory of even more stations. What’s also useful is that in most cases you can go directly from PublicRadioFan.net and open the stream of the station you want to listen to. OK, cool but what’s the news? The milestone that soon will be reached comes from another section of the site, their directory of public radio podcasts will soon pass the 1,000 mark. Wow!

Continued success to both sites. Essential tools for web users.

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