-------------------------------------------------------------------- SCOTT TERESI'S LIST OF POSSIBLY USEFUL WEB RESOURCES http://teresi.us -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO USE THIS PAGE: This is a huge list of web pages organized alphabetically by topic. A search engine probably brought you here because the topic you're looking for is listed somewhere on this page. To find it, search within this page for a bit of text. (E.g. in Internet Explorer, go to "Find..." under the Edit menu, and type in just one or two of the words that you're looking for. You may have to choose "Find Again" in the Edit menu several times.) The list is divided among three topics: General Reference Computers Computers - Macintosh GENERAL REFERENCE 360-degree views of streetcorners in major U.S. cities: http://www.dizzycity.com/ Activism: http://www.grassroots.com http://www.speakout.com Ad spoofs: http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/index.html Airline flight tracking: http://www.trip.com Airline "great circle" flight path mapper: http://gc.kls2.com/ Airline seat info: http://seatguru.com/ Airline tickets: CHEAPEST: NOTE: * check Southwest https://www.southwest.com as they don't sell through aggregators * if you find a cheaper flight after purchase, you have a mandated 24-hour grace period to cancel! * track prices with Google Flights (and it tells you when the flight was historically cheapest) * check single-person tickets or one-way tickets https://www.allegiantair.com https://www.hipmunk.com Note: turn off all cookies, or delete your cookies, or use a new browser when selecting a fair to purchase (so the site doesn't know what fairs you've already seen) also: find a ticket price and call the airline to see if they have cheaper options http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/click-it-and-ticket-booking-a-flight-the-frugal-way/ http://www.cheapoair.com (after checking for coupon codes) http://www.kayak.com http://www.priceline.com You may get more chances if you go through lowestfare.com or use a different credit card http://www.sidestep.com (checks all online consolidators and ticket sites) http://www.hotwire.com http://skyauction.com http://farecast.live.com http://lifehacker.com/5073437/five-best-travel-sites-for-cheap-tickets http://consumerist.com/5256409/use-codeshares-to-find-cheap-summer-flights-abroad http://www.hopper.com/ - When to Fly and Buy Alerts on cheap fairs from your home city: https://faredrop.com/?target=how-it-works (alerts from home city to favorite regions) https://www.google.com/flights https://www.hopper.com/ https://hippie-inheels.com/next-vacay-review/ Show fare prices all over the world from a given airport: https://greatescape.co/ http://www.kayak.com/explore http://www.kayak.com/buzz http://www.skyscanner.com Fare calendars (show a full calendar of the fare over the course of a month, for flexible dates): https://www.skyscanner.com/ https://www.google.com/flights/ History of fare prices for a certain route: http://www.farecompare.com/ http://www.yapta.com (can alert you when fare prices drop, even after buying the ticket) Carry-on rules for all airlines: http://www.luggageonline.com/about_airlines.cfm Check seating arrangements for any flight: http://www.seatexpert.com http://www.seatguru.com/ Check flights' on-time performance history: http://www.flightstats.com/go/Home/home.do Regular-priced tickets: http://www.travelocity.com http://www.expedia.com http://orbitz.com/ http://www.trip.com Seat information for all plane models: http://www.seatguru.com/ Consolidators (check cheaptickets and lowestfare before buying anywhere else): http://www.cheaptickets.com http://www.lowestfare.com http://www.1travel.com http://www.skyauction.com Airfare Savers http://www.air-4-less.com (800-576-1600) for domestic, World Travel Network (800-40-WORLD) for international flights Aggregators (promise to have the lowest fare, but are incomplete): http://farechase.com http://sidestep.com http://www.qixo.com Last-minute offerings/sales: http://www.smarterliving.com http://www.travelzoo.com http://www.11thhourvacations.com http://www.lastminutetravel.com Latest specials: http://www.bestfares.com http://www.trip.com (scans 16 different airline sites) Courier fares: http://www.aircourier.org http://www.courier.org http://www.worldcourier.com/ read Kelly Monaghan's _Air Courier Bargains_ Other couriers: New Voyager in New York: 212-431-1616 Charter Flight Center in London: 44-171-828-1090 Alpha Flights: 44-181-579-8444 Netsaver weekend fares: http://www.smarterliving.com (conslidates all netsaver fares at one place, sorted by city) http://www.bestfares.com/newsdesk/internet_charts/air_internet.htm Sign up for Netsaver mailing lists: http://www.tastg.com/news/NetSaver.htm Online travel agent: http://www.getthere.com Predicts whether your flight will be late or not: http://flightcaster.com/ Other: http://www.biztravel.com http://www.thetrip.com http://www.travelbids.com http://www.previewtravel.com Airline sites: Alaska: http://alaskaair.com American: http://aa.com America West: http://americawest.com Continental: http://continental.com Delta: http://delta-air.com Northwest: http://nwa.com Southwest: http://southwest.com TWA: http://twa.com United: http://ual.com US Airways: http://usairways.com Unclaimed baggage store: http://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/ Solar flare/radiation prediction for before your flight: https://www.uavforecast.com/#/ Airplane questions: Ask the Pilot: http://dir.salon.com/topics/ask_the_pilot/index.html Airplane locations over the U.S.: http://www.planefinder.net/ https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/ Airport codes: ftp://ftp.chicago.com/pub/airliners/airports.txt Airport parking: http://www.airportparkingreservations.com/ Airports' home pages: http://home.multiweb.net/~mdn/namp.html Cleveland Hopkins: http://www.clevelandairport.com/ (info line: (216) 265-6030) Airports near a city: http://www.airnav.com/airports/by-coordinates.html Air quality at your location: https://www.airnow.gov/ Crowdsourced: https://www.purpleair.com/ Everything you need to know: https://tidbits.com/2023/07/02/tracking-air-quality-in-a-wildfire-filled-world/ Almanac: http://infoplease.com Alternative medicine: http://www.nih.gov/ (see studies conducted by NCCAM) http://naturalstandard.com/ http://consumerlab.com/ Animations: http://www.hotwired.com/animation/ Answers: http://www.ExpertCentral.com http://www.about.com Answer auction: http://www.inforocket.com Ant farms: http://www.antcolony.org Anti-hate group information: http://www.hatewatch.org Anti-Defamation League: http://www.adl.org Apartments for rent: Mapped on Google Maps: http://www.padmapper.com/ http://www.rentnet.com http://www.springstreet.com/ http://www.apartmentsource.com San Francisco rental and roommate service: http://www.renttech.com/web/rentals.ixe Using Google maps: http://www.paulrademacher.com/housing/ Art (museums): WebMuseum: http://metalab.unc.edu/wm Olga's Gallery: http://www.abcgallery.com/ Dali: http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/collection/index.html?L+dali+ssch3567+1001289488 http://www.dali-gallery.com/ http://www.highwayone.co/dali/works1.html The WWW Virtual Library, Museums: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html Lesser-known artists from all styles in 19th and 20th centuries: http://www.artmagick.com http://www.aiga.org/ http://www.moma.org/ http://www.metmuseum.org/ http://www.mcny.org/ http://www.si.edu/ http://www.whitney.org/ http://www.guggenheim.org/index_flash.html http://www.artic.edu/aic/ http://www.thinker.org/ http://www.moca.org/ http://www.getty.edu/ http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/ http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/ http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Home.nsf/docs/fhome http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm http://www.cocteau-art.com/cocteau/gb/default.html http://www.sfmoma.org/ http://www.amnh.org/ http://www.photographymuseum.com/ Romantic paintings: http://www.kinkade.com/ Articles from periodicals in electronic form: http://www.findarticles.com http://northernlight.com (costs $1 to $4 to read) (does on-the-fly categorization, too) Artificial Intelligence: http://www.robustai.net/ai/jump.htm CYC: Scientific American article: http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mprince/cycsa2.html More info: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~narayan/proj/doc.html Aaron (creates its own "art"): http://www.kurzweilcyberart.com/ Astronomy: Astronomy Magazine: http://www.astronomy.com Sky & Telescope: http://www.skypub.com Satellites viewable from your location: http://www.heavens-above.com ATMs with no surcharge: http://www.ibaa.org/community_banks.html http://www.surcharge-free-atms.com/surchargefree.html Auction sites: http://www.auctionwatch.com http://www.biddersedge.com/ http://www.eBay.com http://www.amazon.com http://www.ubid.com http://www.stealitback.com/ Audio recording on computers: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/audio/index.html Audio transcription service: http://castingwords.com/ http://www.speechtotextservice.com http://www.portiva.com/services/transcription/ Search transcribed audio content: http://www.podzinger.com/ Aurora Borealis forecasts: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/aurora/index.html About: http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/ Aurora info: finger aurora@xi.uleth.ca, also ...solar@... and ...daily@... Solar flare forecasts: http://www.spaceweather.com/ Autumn leaves - real-time map of when they are changing color in New England: http://www.yankeefoliage.com/foliagemap/ Ohio: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/9584/default.aspx Background noise: Rain simulator: http://rain.simplynoise.com/ White noise: http://simplynoise.com/ Batteries: http://www.radioshack.com/BatteryFinder.asp http://batterywholesale.com/battery-store/search.php3?PHPSESSID=1845dedaa9a1c9e6532d2f70eff8422a http://www.batterybarn.com Battery reference: When to charge: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-23.htm http://data.energizer.com/ http://www.batterycrossref.com/ Battery disposal: Columbus battery disposal (ONLY open Wed/Thu/Fri): http://www.swaco.org/residents/householdhazardouswaste.aspx Call 1-800-8-BATTERY (800 822-8837) to find nearest store which recycles For rechargeable batteries: http://www.rbrc.org Information: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/facts/hhwbatt.html Wal-Mart will dispose of button-type watch batteries; car repair shops will dispose of bigger batteries Beatles song analysis: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.html Beach advisories for Lake Erie: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/06/new_website_lists_ohio_beach_a.html Beck: http://www.whiskeyclone.net/ghost/ Beer: http://beeradvocate.com/ http://ratebeer.com Recipes: http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipes Brewer's Best kits: http://www.ldcarlson.com/public%20catalog/p_a1-a3.htm Better Business Bureau: http://www.bbb.org/ don't just look at company ratings, which may gloss over bad things; look at the number and type of complaints it's had Bible: http://www.worldenglishbible.org/ Birthday search (find almost _anyone's_ birthday): http://www.anybirthday.com/search.htm Find celebrities with same birthday as yours: http://scopesys.com/anyday Bitcoins: Graph of exchange rate: Lots of stats: http://pi.uk.com/bitcoin Graph of transactions per day (volume): Bitcoin block explorer: http://blockexplorer.com/ Graphs of prices: https://bitcoincharts.com/charts/bitstampUSD#rg120ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zvzl https://www.investing.com/currencies/btc-usd-advanced-chart https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/eth/charts/USD?p=3M https://www.tradingview.com/chart/EqlJmgnw/ Market cap stats: https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/#btc-percentage Lending, rates: https://co1n.io/lending http://polobot.net/ratehistory https://www.poloniexlendingbot.com/ Bitcoin Unlimited blockchain statistics: https://coin.dance/blocks https://coin.dance/nodes/unlimited Books: Amazon is biggest seller, Barnes & Noble discounts more than it does in stores http://www.amazon.com (see Books under "Shopping, comparison") Textbooks: http://www.varsitybooks.com http://www.bigwords.com http://www.ecampus.com http://www.efollet.com http://www.bestbookbuys.com (and other meta-book-search sites) Book (literature) summaries (like Cliff's Notes): http://litsum.com/ Boulder, CO: huge list of links to the community: http://www.boulderinfo.com lots of info on everything: http://www.bouldernews.com/insideboulder/downtown/index.html interesting links: http://chamber.boulder.co.us Business credit ratings: http://www.standardandpoors.com http://www.moodys.com Business info: http://www.jjhill.org/Lib_Services/lib_internet_resources.html Campaign organizations who influence elections: http://www.bushout.tv/archives/199.html Campaign media coverage analysis: http://campaigndesk.org/ Call-back service so you don't have to wait on hold: Car audio: see what speakers fit your make/model of car: http://crutchfield.com/whatfits Car-buying: Shopping: http://www.autobytel.com http://www.carsdirect.com http://www.autonationdirect.com http://www.driveoff.com No-haggle price quotes: http://www.carsmart.com http://www.carpoint.msn.com (Microsoft) http://www.autoweb.com http://www.autousa.com (AutoNation USA) Professional car-shopping sites (have a $350-$400 fee, but give a good price): http://www.autoadvisor.com http://www.carsource.com Used cars: Ratings: Consumer Reports Used Car Buying Guide ($13.50) http://www.autotrader.com http://cars.com http://traderonline.com http://carpoint.com Find the right model car: http://www.netscape.com Safety records: http://www.nhtsa.gov http://www.carsafety.org Blue books: http://www.kbb.com (dealer's price shouldn't be more than 2%-8% above invoice price) http://www.edmunds.com http://www.nada.com Auto loans: http://www.bankrate.com Inspect a used car for you for $70: https://wegolook.com/ Five-year cost of ownership of any model car: http://www.kbb.com/new-cars/total-cost-of-ownership/ Depreciation rates: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/11/21/used-car-deal-shop-save/93660520/ Car insurance (see "Insurance"): https://www.thezebra.com/ http://www.insuremarket.com http://www.insweb.com Consumer Reports Auto Insurance Price Service: 1-800-807-8050, costs $12 have make and model of car, annual mileage, amount of insurance needed, and records of drivers ready Does the insurance company have a good credit rating? (See "Business credit ratings") Car parts: http://ThePartsBin.com Car repair answers: http://car.justanswer.com Car rental: Rent other people's cars: https://turo.com/ http://relayrides.com/ http://www.orbitz.com http://www.cheaptickets.com http://www.hotwire.com Car safety: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html Card games: http://www.pagat.com/ Cards, internet ("virtual greeting cards"): http://www.bluemountain.com http://www.FlashCandy.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Virtual_Cards/ Cards, group farewell/goodbye/greeting/birthday: https://www.groupgreeting.com/ Careers, changing: http://www.changingcourse.com/ Career counselors: National Career Development Association: http://www.ncda.org Career Planning and Adult Development Network: http://www.careernetwork.org National Board for Certified Counselors: 800-398-5389 Carpal tunnel syndrome: see RSI Cartalk: http://www.cartalk.com Cartoons: Political: http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/ See "Comic Strips" Celebrity info: http://www.eonline.net/ Cell phones: http://www.decide.com http://www.getconnected.com http://www.telebright.com http://www.buy-cellular-phone.com Reviews per zip code: http://www.cellreception.com/ Towers (and non-tower antennas) near an address: http://www.antennasearch.com/ Compare plans from major carriers: https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Carriers Cell phone radiation measurements: http://reviews.cnet.com/Cell_phone_radiation/4520-6602_7-5020355-1.html Cell phone signal coverage reports: http://www.cellreception.com/coverage/oh/columbus/page1.html Cell phone feature comparison: http://www.mobile-review.com http://www.letstalk.com/product/promo.htm?depId=1&pgId=100 RF shields (shield from cell phone radiation): http://www.lessemf.com/cellphon.html http://www.rfsafe.com/ Mobile phones: LG: http://www.lgmobilephones.com Accessories: Check eBay and Half.com http://eforcity.com http://store.yahoo.com/eforcity http://www.cheaphandsfree.com Motorola T720 accessories: http://www.eprocessingcenter.com/mmw/main.php3?Data=Page=end_user&Mode=pmodel&AM=&Eaccessories=NDEWMJI3VGH1CNNKYXKXMDQ2MZGWOT&BrandName=Motorola&ModelName=Motorola+T720c+T720i+T720g+T722i+T730c+T731c&acc=yes&SessionID=3fb3d31fa3bde3c8408265fd12e3e777 Internet access for Macs through broadband wireless cards: http://www.evdoinfo.com/ Cell tower map: http://www.cellreception.com/towers/towers.php?filter_verizon=1&city=columbus&state_abr=oh http://www.cellreception.com/towers/towers.php?city=columbus&state_abr=oh Cemeteries: http://members.aol.com/tombview/twav.html Census: http://www.census.gov Maps: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer http://www.geographynetwork.com/ Charities: https://www.impactmatters.org/ - charity ratings based on their actual dollar impact (best ratings available!) https://www.givedirectly.org/ - give money directly to people in need (most efficient) https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/ - persuasive argument to help save others, even just one person, Peter Singer https://www.givewell.org/ - charity ratings http://www.give.org http://www.helping.org http://www.GuideStar.com http://www.bbb.org http://charitableway.com Gives to charities when you buy online: http://igive.com Out of business: http://www.GreaterGood.com Chat rooms: http://www.talkcity.com Cheap rates for long distance, electric bills, utilities, etc.: http://www.lowermybills.com Checks (bank): http://www.ChecksUnlimited.com Chess moves, recommended: http://www.chesslab.com Chess, learning: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-best-online-sources-to-play-learn-chess/ Classes, free online: http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/a-master-list-of-1200-free-courses-from-top-universities-35000-hours-of-audiovideo-lectures.html From Ivy League schools: http://www.advantageedu.com/blog/2008/09/100-free-online-ivy-league-courses-you-should-take-just-for-fun/ Classifieds trading security: http://www.trade-direct.com/ Cleveland: Cleveland: http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/index1.html http://www.travelcleveland.com/ Hotel Bruce (blog): http://www.hotelbruce.com Free Times: http://freetimes.com/ Cleveland rapid transit (includes buses): http://www.gcrta.org/ Communities: http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods http://www.cleveland.com/community http://cleveland.about.com/citiestowns/midwestus/cleveland/mbody.htm http://weatherhead.cwru.edu/rei/neoprof/neo_prof.html http://www.placesintown.com/ Neighborhood info: http://www.cleveinfo.net/ Skyscrapers: http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/ Ohio City: http://www.ohiocity.com http://www.ohiocity.org http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods/ohio_city/ohiocity.htm Tremont: http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods/tremont/tremont.htm http://www.tremont.org Cleveland Heights: http://clevelandheights.com Lakewood: http://www.lkwdpl.org/city Yahoo: http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Ohio/Metropolitan_Areas/Cleveland_Metro/Travel_and_Transportation/Local_Guides/ Other communities: University Heights, University Circle, Cleveland Heights, Warehouse District Omnimax (Imax) theater: http://www.glsc.org/geninfo.php3?class1=OmniMax&class2=All&class3=Intro Great Lakes Science Center Omnimax theater: (216) 694-2000 Ticketmaster: (216) 241-5555 Cleveland Plain Dealer: http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer Clip art, photos: Royalty-free: http://www.istockphoto.com Nature, animals: http://www.thepetprofessor.com/ http://www.photodisc.com http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&stype=simage http://www.viewimages.com (may have bigger images than photodisc and corbis) http://www.corbis.com Stock images Freepik: iStockPhoto: stock.XCHNG: Free Digital Photos: Free Range Stock: Flickr: (use Creative Commons attribution license) Fonts: Font Squirrel: The League of Moveable Type: Google Font Directory: FontFont: Textures, Tiles, and Patterns: Tileables: Colour Lovers: Kaliber 10000: Squidfingers: Find similar images or the author of an image: http://jarred.github.com/src-img/ Cloud backup: Backblaze: $6/month unlimited storage backup (upload), expensive to download if you need it College searching: http://www.collegesource.org Color matcher: http://colorexplorer.com/colormatch.aspx Columbus: http://www.columbus.org/community/metro.html http://www.columbusinfobase.org/ http://www.columbus.oh.us/ http://www.columbusrecparks.com Police: http://www.columbuspolice.org Police scanner frequencies: http://radioscanning.wox.org/Scanner/scanner.htm Columbus paper: http://www.dispatch.com Classifieds: http://www.dispatchclassifieds.com/ OSU paper: http://thelantern.com Classifieds: http://www.thelantern.com/classifieds.cfm Road construction: http://www.pavingtheway.org http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist6/ Neighborhoods: http://metro-rentals.com/classifieds.htm Articles on Columbus downtown development and sprawl: http://columbusoh.about.com/library/weekly/aa012198.htm Housing around OSU (off-campus): http://www.osuoffcampus.com Stuff to do: http://www.travelohio.com/central_ohio.html Recycling drop-off locations: http://www.swaco.org/ Recycling center info: Comedians: Track when they appear in any podcast: http://www.laughable.com Comic strips: Life in Hell: http://www.mich.com/~drhanna/Life_in_Hell.htm Dilbert: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/ Calvin and Hobbes: http://www.calvinandhobbes.com/ See "Cartoons, Political" Community bands: http://www.boerger.org/c-m/groups.shtml Community profiles: http://www.homefair.com/homefair/newstool.html?NETSCAPE_LIVEWIRE.src=map Cleveland area: (see Cleveland) Community supported agriculture: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic http://www.localharvest.org http://www.organicconsumers.org http://www.csacenter.org (also see Organic food) Company financial reports (EDGAR): http://www.sec.gov/edaux/searches.htm Compuserve forums (accessible via the web): http://www.jforum.org/access.html Concert info: http://www.pollstar.com Concert tickets: http://www.stubhub.com Congress (connects you to your representative): 1-877-732-2306 Quickly print out letters to your congressmen: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/?id=457&mailid=custom http://congressorg.capwiz.com/congressorg/home/ Call your Congressmen one after another: http://www.committeecaller.com/ Cooking: http://www.recipezaar.com (pays you for the number of people who view the recipes you submit) Thesaurus of ingredient substitutes: http://www.foodsubs.com Recipes: http://roblix.eng.ohio-state.edu/~sridhar/cook2.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ Copyrighting: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/ Cosmetics database (searchable database of toxicity of lots and lots of chemicals): http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ Country studies: By the Library of Congress: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ Japan: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html The CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html The Economist: http://www.economist.com/countries COVID dashboards/trackers for Columbus, Ohio: Whole state of Ohio, only shows three-week graph: https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/dashboards/current-trends Franklin county, updated less often? https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19OutbreakSummary_15918845768300/COVID19Summaryp2?%3Adisplay_count=y Wastewater data: https://data.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/data/view/covid-19-reporting COVID vaccine information: COVID vaccine for 2023-2024 season became available on 2023.09.11 Milestones in the vaccine: https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccines/index.html (apparently you could get a second dose of the vaccine in the spring if you say you're "immunocompromised") I can get a restricted COVID vaccine if I say I'm "immunocompromised". They don't require documentation: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html Find how/when/where to get a vaccination: https://www.vaccines.gov/ Craigslist: Search all within a certain radius of a zip code: http://www.searchtempest.com/ Get notified when something you want goes on sale: http://heycraigapp.com/ Credit card number formats: http://www.beachnet.com/~hstiles/cardtype.html Credit card number generators: http://www.dark-secrets.com/hackersecrets/credit/ Credit card offers, opt out from the four largest credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, Trans Union & Innovis): https://www.optoutprescreen.com/ (or call 1-888-567-8688) (did this again on Aug. 21, 2007) Credit card search engines: http://www.creditcardsearchengine.com/ http://www.cardhub.com http://www.asapcreditcard.com/ http://www.credit-land.com/ Banks which offer airline miles cards which earn miles good for ANY airline: FirstUSA, Fleet, MBNA? BP VISA (1% of all purchases good toward BP/Amoco gas): http://www.firstusa.com Credit card test numbers: http://www.verisign.com/support/payflow/pro/pfptestprocess.html Credit reports (free), identity theft info: http://www.annualcreditreport.com http://idtheftcenter.org/fraudalerts.shtml Credit score (yours calculated for free): https://www.creditkarma.com/ http://ELoan.com http://www.myfico.com Crime: Plotted on a map, with lots of historical data: http://raidsonline.com http://www.apbnews.com Plotted on Google Maps: http://crimereports.com Criminals: http://www.crimelibrary.com/ Cultural differences: http://www.yforum.com Currency conversion: http://www.oanda.com http://www.xe.net/ucc/ Dancing: http://www.zefrank.com/indexdance.html Dark sky finder: http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/ (find spots with least light pollution) Clear sky finder: http://cleardarksky.com/csk/ Dayton, Ohio: http://www.activedayton.com http://www.downtown-dayton.com/ http://www.daytonclassifieds.com/ http://www.preservationdayton.com/ Demographics by zip code: http://www.zipskinny.com Dictionary: Jargon in any subject: http://www.glossarist.com Doctor information: Online doctor appointments: https://www.plushcare.com/profile/book/method/ http://zocdoc.com: ratings, find a doctor, book an appointment http://www.docboard.org Ohio Health Choice doctors (can get a list of all of them in Columbus, Ohio, area): http://www.ohiohealthchoice.com Dollar bill tracking: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/ Do Not Call lists for telemarketers: http://www.debris.com/journal/296 Report a number: http://www.fcc.gov/complaints https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2 Drink recipes: http://www.epicurious.com/d_drinking/d02_guide/drinksearch.html http://www.webtender.com/ Drum tracks: http://www.synthzone.com/drums.htm Drugs: Firsthand experience with psychoactive plants and chemicals: http://www.erowid.org/ Lots of information: http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/ From Canada: http://pillbot.com http://destinationrx.com Drugs, street terms for: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/streetterms/ Eclipse info: Tons of stuff: http://www.eclipsechaser.com/ Schedule of future eclipses (solar and lunar): http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html Lots of data: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/ Links: http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/eclipse/weblinks.html Economics: http://www.bized.ac.uk/stafsup/options/notes/econ2_c.htm Edible wild plants: in east Bay Area, California: https://forage.berkeley.edu/edible/ Egoscue Method (exercises): http://www.egoscue.com/global/where_pain.php Elder care: https://www.joinpapa.com/papa-pal-qualified-application Electrical power outages: http://www.firstenergycorp.com/outages/ Electronic books (digitized copies of books, and not just the classics): http://www.ipl.org/div/reading/ http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ Internet archive: http://www.archive.org Project Gutenberg: http://www.promo.net/pg English server: http://www.eserver.org http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/vlibrary/journals/index.html Wikipedia, encyclopedia built by user contributions: www.wikipedia.com Electronica genre glossary: http://members.rogers.com/mlomas/2Egg.html Electronics: http://www.hosfelt.com (has lots of adapters, probably cheaper than Radio Shack) Cheap ethernet cables!: http://hosfelt.com/en-us/dept_40.html http://www.radioshack.com http://www.JandR.com http://www.crutchfield.com (see Batteries) Encyclopedia: (see "Reference") Email client compatibility testing: http://litmusapp.com/email-testing Energy companies in your area (gas, electric): http://www.energyguide.com Entertainment: Upcoming events in any city: http://www.upcoming.org Entertainment in big cities: http://local.msn.com Cleveland and Akron music: http://www.localendar.com/public/underground http://ae.ohio.com/entertainment/ui/ohio/musicResults.html http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/editorial/ae_main_new.asp http://www.freetimes.com/arts/ http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf 6th Street Under (216-589-9313): http://cleveland.citysearch.com/profile/7984925/ List of Cleveland jazz clubs: http://www.clevelandmagazine.com/editorial/ae_nightlife.asp Oberlin Can Consortium (steel drum band): http://www.oberlin.edu/~cconsort/f-shows.html Scheduled performances at venues: Night Town: http://ae.ohio.com/entertainment/ui/ohio/venue.html?id=2070 http://cleveland.citysearch.com/profile/7975123/ Barking Spider (live music every night): http://www.barkingspidertavern.com/presentmonth.html Venue search: http://ae.ohio.com/entertainment/ui/ohio/musicSearch.html Cleveland Museum of Art (classical, jazz, lots more): http://www.clevelandart.org/Events/search.asp?cat=30&sd=2%2F8%2F03 Blossom Music Center: http://www.hob.com/venues/concerts/blossom/ "Summer Evening" music (Wed. & Fri.) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: http://www.clevelandart.org/Events/search.asp?cat=41 Cleveland entertainment: http://cleveland.msn.com/ http://www.travelohio.com/northeastern_ohio.html Akron: http://downtownakron.com/calendar.html Movies: Now playing (supply a zip code); http://movies.yahoo.com Zip code 44234: http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=44234&r=sim&m=&t=&a=&dt=0&s=tm&p=4 Now playing (all over northeastern Ohio): http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf Alternative theaters: Cedar Lee Cinema: http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cedarlee/index.asp http://cleveland.citysearch.com/profile/11276377/ Cleveland Cinematheque: http://cleveland.citysearch.com/profile/11278256/ Cleveland Museum of Art exhibits (including photography): http://www.clemusart.com/exhibit/exhibits/exlist.html Photography exhibits (visual arts events): http://cleveland.citysearch.com/search?type=grid&rpp=20&query=photography&flavor_id=14&sort=rank-desc Kent: http://www.kentohio.net/eateries/ Ohio county fairs: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/visitors_guide/2898665.htm Environmental data: http://earthtrends.wri.org Toxic chemical sites from past companies/government use: http://www.ewg.org EPA emissions data on a Google Map: http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do Escher, M.C.: http://www.geocities.com/ty_nay/home.html Evolution, human: http://www.becominghuman.org Vs. Creation: http://www.reasons.org Existentialism: http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist Facebook: how to save a video: open the post in a new window, and change "www." to "mbasic.": https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-download-video-from-facebook-computer-iphone-android Factory tours: http://factorytoursusa.com Fact-checking: https://www.snopes.com https://www.factcheck.org/ https://www.politifact.com Check bias of fact-checkers: https://www.allsides.com/news-source/snopes (rates Snopes as Center, though slightly Lean Left) https://www.allsides.com/news-source/factcheckorg-media-bias (rates FactCheck.org same as Snopes) https://www.allsides.com/news-source/politifact (rates Politifact as Lean Left) Fair trade food: http://www.transfairusa.org/ Fake Amazon review checker: https://www.fakespot.com/analyzer FAQs: http://www.faqs.org http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/ Faxing: Send faxes for free via e-mail: http://www.a2.com/telecom/freefax.html#freefax Receive faxes for $24/year: http://www.maxemail.com/ http://www.a2.com/telecom/freefax.html http://www.maxemail.com/ ($15 per year) File converter (online): http://www.zamzar.com/ PDF to Word document converter: http://pdfundo.net/convert/Default.aspx Financial: Portfolio tracking: http://www.nextcapital.com/ - helps minimize taxes too https://www.sigfig.com/ https://www.jemstep.com https://www.personalcapital.com/ http://www.mint.com http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com http://www.icarra2.com/ http://www.betterment.com http://www.futureadvisor.com http://www.blueleaf.com/ http://www.wikinvest.com/ Banking online: http://www.wingspanbank.com http://www.wellsfargo.com http://www.citibank.com http://www.chase.com http://www.bankofamerica.com http://www.netbank.com http://www.sfnb.com (First Network Bank) Bill payment (electronic): http://www.checkfree.com (behind Yahoo) http://www.bills.com http://www.transpoint.com http://www.paymybills.com ($8-10 a month) http://www.cyberbills ($8-10 a month) http://www.paytrust.com (costs $7.95 per month) Loan interest rates: http://www.bankrate.com (has lots more about banks too) http://www.hsh.com Money transaction sites: http://PayPal.com (see http://paypalwarning.com ) alternatives to PayPal: http://paypalwarning.com/Alternatives/Default.htm http://xoom.com http://www.free-merchant.com http://eCount.com (can use your eCount account to purchase _anything_ online) http://eMoneyMail.com http://PayMe.com Rankings of online banks: http://www.gomez.com http://www.onlinebankingreport.com Certificate of Deposits (CD's): http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/high_ratehome.asp?params=US,416&product=15 blog showing very high rates at regional banks that are otherwise unadvertised: http://bankdeals.blogspot.com/ Treasuries (e.g. I Bonds): http://www.treasurydirect.gov http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sbirate2.htm Stocks: (see Stocks) Financial Aid: Dept. of Education: http://www.ed.gov Financial Aid Search: http://www.fastweb.com Financial Aid Info: http://www.finaid.com Yahoo search: http://www.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid Fixing home appliances: http://www.repairclinic.com Flowers guide for men: http://www.savedbythebud.com/scenarios.html Food, matching for meals: http://www.eatdrinkdine.com healthy food database search: http://aboutproduce.com/produce/commodity_search.asp Freelancing: http://creativepublic.com/ Games, online: http://superdupergames.org/ https://en.boardgamearena.com/ https://zone.msn.com/en-us/home Gardening: http://www.garden.com seeds: http://burpee.com seed superstore: http://www.johnnyseeds.com cheap gardening tools: http://www.amleo.com shrubs and bushes: http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com Garrettsville: http://www.garrettsville.com http://www.garrettsvillehiramarea.com/ http://weeklyvillager.com Gas prices: http://www.gasbuddy.com/ http://gaspricewatch.com Genealogy research: http://www.cyndislist.com http://www.familysearch.org http://ngsgenealogy.com http://www.RootsWeb.com Genetic report, personal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23andme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_genomics#Predictive_medicine_services_already_available Gifts: http://www.surprise.com Glasses (try them on via webcam before you buy): http://itvt.com/story/4764/new-interactive-video-service-lets-users-try-glasses-real-time-webcam Global warming: Answering any skeptical question: https://skepticalscience.com How to solve it: https://skepticalscience.com/global-warming-too-hard.htm https://www.drawdown.org/solutions-summary-by-rank Renewable energy baseload power solutions: https://skepticalscience.com/renewable-energy-baseload-power.htm Golf courses and prices (northeastern Ohio): http://www.wkddgolf.com/ Googlisms (sayings on the web that include your name): http://www.googlism.com/ http://labs.google.com/cgi-bin/webquotes Google Feedback: https://www.google.com/tools/feedback/reports Google Maps mashups: Audio clips plotted on Google Maps across the world: http://aporee.org/maps/ Government (U.S.) portal (huge): http://firstgov.gov Government budget: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/tables.html http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/hist.html http://www.truthandpolitics.org/budget-numbers-intro.php http://www.federalbudget.com/ http://www.fedspending.org/ Government legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov The Senate: http://www.senate.gov The House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov Find and write to your representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ Scorecards: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Legislative_Branch/Congressional_Scorecards/ Taking Names and Keeping Score: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/ State government: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/ Northeast Ohio: http://www.senate.gov/~voinovich/ http://www.house.gov/sherrodbrown/ Government philosophy: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html Government watchdog groups: Citizens Against Government Waste: http://www.cagw.org Taxpayers for Common Sense: http://www.taxpayer.net/ Grand Canyon: http://www.kaibab.org/gc/gc_misc.html Graffiti in New York City: http://www.at149st.com/ Graphs: Converting graph images into data: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converting_scanned_graphs_to_data Great Lakes, living and working on: http://www.greatlakesphotos.com Groceries delivered to your house: http://www.peapod.com http://freshdirect.com http://simondelivers.com http://albertsons.com http://safeway.com Guitar info: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/ Guitar strings: http://www.mostring.net Hallmark: http://www.hallmarkconnections.com/ Hardware stores online: http://www.hardware.com http://www.homewarehouse.com Harmonica playing: http://www.hoerl.com/harmon.html#harmpiano Headphone ratings: http://www.headphone.com/ Health problems: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ http://www.canadian-health-network.ca http://www.webmd.com http://www.surgerychannel.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Health Ratings of most accurate medical web sites: http://www.caphis.mlanet.org/consumer Eczema: http://ei.addr.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Eczema/ Health insurer ratings: http://www.healthchoices.org http://www.ncqa.org/ Health insurance search: http://lowermybills.com http://www.ehealthinsurance.com http://www.ohioinsurance.gov (Ohio Dept. of Insurance, 1-800-686-1526) http://www.insure.com Find your state insurance commissioner: http://naic.org Search for an agent: http://nahu.org Hearing test: https://hearingtest.online/ http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/hearing.html Heatmaps: Of people (where they go for sightseeing, eating, shopping, or nightlife): https://www.avuxi.com/heat-maps-demo https://www.hotelscombined.com/ (search for hotels in a city and then view the map) Of walkability: https://www.walkscore.com/OH/Columbus History lessons for high schoolers: http://historyproject.ucdavis.edu Holidays: U.S.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States#Holidays_most_commonly_celebrated U.K.: https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays Ohio State University holidays: http://controller.osu.edu/pay/pay-holidays.shtm Home buying: http://www.realtor.com For sale by owner: http://www.owners.com Valuation: http://realestate.yahoo.com Research about certain cities (cost of living, crime, etc.): http://www.homefair.com Foreclosed properties (and real-state-owned, REO, properties): http://www.e4close.com http://www.homesteps.com http://www.hud.gov/buyhudhm.html http://www.fanniemae.com Home decoration: http://www.decoratorsecrets.com Home selling: https://www.homelister.com/ (flat $600 fee for selling!) iBuyers: https://www.google.com/search?q=real+estate+ibuyers https://www.zillow.com/offers/ https://www.redfin.com/now Homelessness: http://www.nationalhomeless.org Homeopathy vs. non-homeopathy dilution calculations: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704297 Hostels: https://www.booking.com/hostels/ https://www.hostelworld.com/ https://www.hostelz.com/ - doesn't require dates http://www.iyhf.org/ U.S. hostels: http://www.hiayh.org/hostels/mapindx.htm http://www.hostelplanet.com/ Western U.S. only: http://www.hostelweb.com/ (HI-AYH: Hostelling International - American Youth Hostels) Yahoo hostels: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Travel_and_Transportation/Lodging/Hostels/ YMCA's: http://www.ymca.net (I think it admits women, too) YWCA's: http://www.ywca.org Hotel reservations: http://www.choicehotels.com http://www.bestwestern.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/ Humor: Ferret Cam: http://pbob.speeder.com/ferret Microsoft spoof: http://www.microsnot.com Reverse web page text: http://smeg.com/backwards/b2.cgi?url=www.eecs.utoledo.edu/~wlloyd Limericks: finger limerick@bronze.coil.com Humor, satire: http://theonion.com http:/satirewire.com Identity theft: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/general/idtheftfact.htm http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft Image modification (erase part of an image): https://www.magiceraser.io/ Inflation calculator: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ Initiative and Referendum: http://www.iandrinstitute.org/ Insurance: http://www.insweb.com http://www.quickeninsurance.com Complaint finder and other info: http://www.insure.com Business insurance: http://insurancenoodle.com Long-term care: https://www.genworth.com/products/care-funding/long-term-care-insurance/ltc-insurance-calculator.html Interest rates on school loans: http://www.finaid.org http://www.salliemae.com http://www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov International business etiquette: http://www.executiveplanet.com/community (may be defunct) International law: http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.au/intlaw/ U.N. Charter: http://www.un.org/Overview/Charter/contents.html Links: http://www.usc.edu/isd/locations/ssh/vkc/intlaw.htm Internet-based futures trading (predict world events using stock market trading): Iowa Electronic Markets: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/ Tradesports: http://www.tradesports.com Intrade: http://www.intrade.com/ Betfair: http://www.betfair.com/ Internet sleuthing and investigation: http://computerbytesman.com/sleuth/index.htm IRA's for alternative investments: https://grow.altoira.com/referral Jobs in technology: http://www.washingtonpost.com Jokes, pranks: Make an official-looking web site which mentions your friend: http://www.strangereports.com/ Junk fax retaliation: http://www.junkfaxes.org Junk mail opt-out form (helps for spam and telemarketers too): http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html#mail For Canada: http://www.the-cma.org/consumer/donotcall/dnc_service.cfm Karaoke: http://www.rythmica.com Language learning: http://www.duolingo.com/ Language translation (entire sentences): http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate? Lawn/gutter care: https://lawnlove.com/pricing Lawyers, how to find one, and how to tell if you need one: http://LawInfo.org http://www.abalawinfo.org Legos: Buy used from BrickLink stores that ship to USA with highest number of "parts": https://www.bricklink.com/storeResults.asp?sMM=11&sDD=26&sYY=2020&itemNo=&itemSeq=1&breakType=M&sortBy=2&q=&itemType=&catID=&colorID=&itemYear=&invNew=&sellerLoc=C&countryID=US®ionID=3&shipTo=Y&shipCountryID=US&moneyTypeChk=Y&moneyTypeID=1&pmtMethodID= Legos (building animated earth-moving equipment out of): http://www.fhso.ch/~felber-b/ Libraries: Free periodicals search: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/ Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org Hiram College library: http://library.hiram.edu Kent library: http://www.library.kent.edu/ Garrettsville public library: http://www.portagecounty.lib.oh.us/home.htm Online catalog: http://webpac.portagecounty.lib.oh.us Ravenna Reed Memorial Library: http://www.reed.lib.oh.us Akron-Summit Public Library: http://ascpl.lib.oh.us/ Card catalog: http://206.21.189.12/webpacj/ASCPL.html UIUC: telnet://illinet.aiss.uiuc.edu Life on other planets: http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov Light pollution: http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/ Lockpicking: http://home.howstuffworks.com/lock-picking.htm http://www.gregmiller.net/locks/ Logic: http://www.livingweb.com/library/160.htm Logical fallacies: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx http://shell.rmi.net/~mhartwig/falla.htm http://info-pollution.com/fallacies.htm Magic: International Brotherhood of Magicians webring: http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=magicians&id=95&index Yahoo links: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Magic/ Some magic tricks: http://magic.about.com/hobbies/magic/library/tricks/bltrickmenu.htm http://magicland.virtualave.net/beginner.html http://www.magic-interactive.com/Pages/frames/trickcontentsframe.html http://www.conjuror.com/ http://hometown.aol.com/AMagicH/index.html http://www.magic-interactive.com Maps: See sites listed in "Travel" Index of map sites: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Cartography/Maps/Interactive/ http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Cartography/Maps/ http://www.know-where.com World maps: http://www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html Trip route planners (see Trip route planners) Street maps: http://www.mapquest.com U.S. area maps: http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map/ Find latitude and longitude: telnet martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 or telnet india.colorado.edu 13 http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm Of internet usage: http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/ Topographical maps: http://mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=btwn/twn-map_topo_form&uid=u4demuv9m6d1t7ue:rn0fragzz&SNVData= http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm http://www.topozone.com Cleveland area maps: http://www.csuohio.edu/CUT/Clevmaps.htm Map of the world (mercator projection) that lets you compare sizes of countries: http://thetruesize.com The Matrix (the movie): http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/ Philosophy: http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/new_phil_frames.html http://dir.salon.com/topics/matrix/index.html Measurement conversion (including metric): http://www.onlineconversion.com/ http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/units_en.html Mechanical pencils: http://www.easynett.com/landmark/station/office/p72d.html http://www.ubs.utah.edu/supply/quicker.htm Media accountability: http://www.mediachannel.org/ Media experts: Yearbook of Experts, Authorities, and Spokespersons: http://yearbook.com Medicine (prescriptions) available at cost + 15% + small pharmacy fee + shipping (Mark Cuban's company): https://www.costplusdrugs.com/ Medicine/supplements with scientific studies listed that back them: https://medlineplus.gov/ Mercury levels in fish: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html Military deployments (U.S. military): http://deploymentlink.osd.mil/deploy/info/info_intro.shtml Minidisc info: http://www.minidisc.org/ MIT free courses: Mobile phone locator: https://instantlocatedemo.loc-aid.com/ Mobile phone e-mail addresses (e.g. number@vtext.com for Verizon): https://www.macintouch.com/community/index.php?threads/phone-services.920/page-5#post-15960 Money transfer sites: https://www.paypal.com https://www.dwolla.com/ Mortgages: http://www.eloan.com http://www.iown.com Average mortgage rate depending on your credit score: http://myfico.com Moon/sun phases and rise/set times: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html Movie clips (royalty-free): http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/motion/ Movies: Cheapest online rental: All services are similar price, but Google Play and YouTube give you 72 hours to watch https://tidbits.com/2019/04/19/how-to-find-the-best-deal-on-digital-movie-rentals/ Synopses: http://movies.yahoo.com Ebert reviews: http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebertser.html Best of recent releases: Critics.com: http://www.critics.com/ The A-List: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/1197/a-list.html Reviews (slow loading): http://www.hollywood.com/movies/ Buying tickets for: http://www.fandango.com http://www.movietickets.com Now playing near you: http://www.fandango.com/ Ohio Independent Film Festival: http://www.ohiofilms.com Descriptions of metaphors in movies: http://www.metaphilm.com Movies and commercials to download: http://ad-rag.com/ http://www.adcritic.com http://www.adage.com http://www.superbowl-ads.com/ http://www.pocketmovies.net http://www.ifilm.com/ (streamed, can't be saved) http://www.clipland.com http://netbroadcaster.com http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Commercials/ Pixar shorts: http://www.pixar.com/shorts/index.html Apple TV commercials: http://www.quicktimeflix.net/ Movie/television/radio transcripts/screenplays: http://simplyscripts.home.att.net/ Dead Poet's Society: http://simplyscripts.home.att.net/dead_poets.html Moving: Budget Truck Rental: http://www.drivebudget.com/trucks/ Ryder Moving Services: http://www.yellowtruck.com U-Haul: http://www.uhaul.co/customer/ Music (A.I.): https://www.suno.ai/ (will make a song for you, maybe by first recording you singing it) Music (CD's): PriceScan: http://www.pricescan.com/home_music.asp MySimon: http://www.mysimon.com/books_c_music_and_movies/music/index.anml DealPilot: http://www.dealpilot.com Cheap: http://half.com (used or almost new) http://alldirect.com http://wpmusic.com/ (USED CDs too!) http://www.playcentric.com http://www.800.com/MZ/MZ.asp http://www.pentagonmusic.com Used CDs: http://half.com http://www.spun.com http://www.brcds.com Ebay: http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category1049/index.html Huge selection: http://rasputinmusic.com CD subscription to independent music (tired of what's on the radio?): http://www.inradio.com Big companies: Buy.com: http://www.buy.com Shopping.com: http://www.shopping.com/dyn/nav.sdc?n=4 WorldWideMusic: http://www.worldwidemusic.com Digital albums: http://www.atomicpop.com AllMusic (discography and other info on tons of artists): http://allmusic.com Musical Web: http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~hauben/music/ MP Music Previews: http://www.mpmusic.com/ Movie sounds page: http://www.moviesounds.com/ Effects pedals: http://www.buena.com/software.html Free MP3's: http://www.HeardOn.com http://www.mp3.com Pay-to-download MP3's: https://mp3panda.com/ https://www.emusic.com/ http://www.apple.com/itunes http://www.amazon.com http://www.goodnoise.com E-music: http://emusic.com/ may sell Tom Waits as MP3 under Epitaph label has Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong: http://www.emusic.com/1f3815ca3807aa8a/features/top99/index1.html Musicmaker.com: http://www.musicmaker.com Internet Underground Music Archive: http://www.iuma.com Local music (Alex Bevan): http://www.ncweb.com/ent/alex/ VQF sound format information: http://www.vqf.com Swing music list: http://www.jitterbuzz.com/record.html RIAA subpoena list: http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/ Music archives: Ultimate Band List: http://www.ubl.com http://music.lsds.com/archives.shtml http://www.leo.org/archiv/music/music_e.html Various lists of top songs: http://www.alaskajim.com/charts/alltimesingles/alltimesingles.asp Sheet music for sale: http://www.net4music.com Tablature: Best OLGA (as of 4/20/01): http://www.olga.net/ http://www.weboshawa.com/music/guitar/guitartab.html http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab.html OLGA: http://www.smallbusiness.net.au/~wynwood/guitar_tabs.html mirrors of OLGA: http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab.html guitar tab search: http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Tablature/ guitar sites: http://www.top100guitarsites.com/index.php3 http://www.execpc.com/~billp61/tab.html more OLGA mirrors: http://www.olga.net/ OLGA: http://www.renegadeolga.com/olga/index.shtml viewing programs (Mac and PC): http://www.banjohangout.org/links/browse.asp?m=bytopic&v=Tablature+Editors%2FViewers Bluegrass banjo tablature: http://www.bluegrassbanjo.org/a-d.html http://www.banjohangout.org/ Lyrics: With discussion: http://www.leoslyrics.com/ http://www.lyrics.net.ua/ http://www.songlyrics.co.nz http://getlyrics.com http://www.ubl.com/ http://www.reallyrics.com/ may no longer exist: ftp.uwp.edu, ftp.nevada.edu, ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de Song discussions: http://www.songfacts.com Lots of stuff (guitar, keyboard, drums, etc.): http://www.harmony-central.com/ Acoustic bass lessons: http://baumgarten.nl/basslesson1.html Violin playing tips: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_play_the_violin Music artists: Tom Waits digest: http://www.nwu.edu/music/waits/index.html Tom Waits links: http://weber.ucg.ie/waits Jazz standards (MPEG-3 clips): http://www.pastperfect.com/sounds/index.html Classical music info: http://www.classical.net/ Music accessories: http://www.mostring.net/ Music: drum tracks: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/top20/ 70's music archive: http://70traveler.com/ Musicians: http://reverbnation.com http://www.bandmix.com/ Music equipment: USED: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=nord%20stage%20ex http://www.musiciansfriend.com http://zzounds.com/ http://www.fullcompass.com http://www.sweetwater.com/ http://www.macmidimusic.com/ http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ Sheet music: http://www.musicianstore.com Price lists: http://www.princeton.edu/~casey/newgear.html http://www.midiwall.com/usedgear Woodwinds (band instruments): http://www.wwbw.com/ http://www.prowinds.com/ Information: http://www.saxontheweb.net/ Music festivals near Columbus, Ohio: https://www.jambase.com/festivals?search_query=&mode=all&start=20170222&address=Columbus®ion=US-OH&country=US&radius=250 Music recording: http://homerecording.com http://www.musiciansfriend.com/j.pl/6016203 http://GetSigned.com http://Guitar.com http://ProRec.com http://www.musiciansfriend.com Music sheet music transcriptions (for pay): https://www.tunescribers.com/ Name generator: http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm NASA: (see Space) National parks, national forests, national monuments, state parks: Clickable state maps: http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/us/us.htm National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov USDA Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/links/forests.html Scenic drives: National Scenic Byways Online: http://www.byways.org State parks: http://www.stateparks.org Alphabetical lists by state: http://sports.yahoo.com/parks/index.html http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Outdoors/Parks_and_Public_Lands/United_States/ Nature pictures: http://www.steveweb.com/FreeDTP/ News, daily: RSS feeds even of sites that don't offer it: http://newsisfree.com/ U.S.: http://nytimes.com http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ http://www.cnn.com http://www.msnbc.com http://www.abcnews.com http://www.usatoday.com http://www.salon.com U.K.: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.ft.com http://www.reuters.com/ http://www.independent.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/ http://www.mirror.co.uk/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ Local news search: http://topix.net Elsewhere: http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ Al Jazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage Middle East: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ Europe: http://www.iht.com/ (International Herald Tribune) Moscow: http://www.moscowtimes.ru Toronto: http://www.thestar.com/ Kenya: http://www.nationaudio.com Japan: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/ India: http://tehelka.com/ Iran: http://www.iranian.com Aggregated: http://news.google.com/ Customized: http://www.moreover.com Financial: http://cbs.marketwatch.com http://cnnfn.com http://smartmoney.com http://www.bloomberg.com http://www.thestreet.com (paid subscription) Specials: http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999 (e.g. year in review) Technology: http://www.thestandard.com http://www.wired.com Local: Record Courier (Ohio): http://www.recordpub.com/rc Year in review from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012 News, alternative (editorials): I'm looking for a progressive DAILY news source on current events (like the N.Y. Times headlines)... know of any? This may be it!: http://www.commondreams.org/newswire.htm http://newstandardnews.net Summary of the news that happened during the last week: http://harpers.org/WeeklyReview.html Culled from the blog universe: http://www.blogstreet.com/search.html http://www.blogwise.com http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/currentevents.html http://blogdex.net/ http://metafilter.com http://www.zmag.org ZNet: http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm ZMag magazine online version: http://www.zmag.org/ZMagSite/curTOC.htm Chomsky: http://www.chomsky.info/ Chomsky Archive: http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/index.cfm Chomsky Archive (newer, unofficial supplement, taken offline): http://monkeyfist.com/tmp/BN/ http://www.zmag.org/content/AllByAuthor.cfm?lname=Chomsky&fname=Noam&SectionName=Foreign%20Policy&startrow=1 See Chomsky's answers to people's questions (forum): http://www.zmag.org/forums/forumarchivelinks.htm Chomsky's blogging: http://blog.zmag.org/ Apparently no longer used: http://blogs.zmag.org/ttt/ Chomsky criticism: http://www.leftwatch.com/FAQ/People/noam_chomsky.html Correcting the exaggerations of the right-wing media: http://www.mediamatters.org Leftist videos available online: http://www.independentmediasource.com/video.htm http://www.commondreams.org/ http://www.democracynow.org http://indymedia.org/ http://aan.org http://www.busybusybusy.com http://newstandardnews.net/ http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk http://www.plastic.com http://www.monthlyreview.org/ http://www.villagevoice.com http://www.newcity.com Alternative local media: http://www.newcity.com/newcity/services/stations/links.html http://thenation.com/ http://truthout.org http://www.cursor.org/ http://www.alternet.org/ http://fair.org http://www.crisispapers.com http://www.reason.com/ http://www.unobserver.com/ http://www.rumormillnews.com/ http://www.silicongod.com/ http://www.freedomforum.org/about/today.asp http://www.feedmag.com (currently offline) http://www.MichaelMoore.com (rambling opinions) Forgotten news items: http://www.thememoryhole.org/ Future of Freedom Foundation (libertarianism): http://www.fff.org/freedom/1299v.htm Editorials: http://www.fff.org/main.asp?page=editorials News on freedom of expression, cryptology, privacy, national security: http://cryptome.org http://www.suck.com http://www.salon.com Cleveland: http://cleveland.indymedia.org/ Right wing: http://www.freerepublic.com/ New York Times link generator (generates links that don't require you to pay for the article to see it after a week): http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink Nutrition data: http://www.nutritiondata.com food/supplements research: http://examine.com/ OCR (Optical Character Recognition): https://www.onlineocr.net/ Ohio license plates: http://www.oplates.com Ohio E-check: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dapc/mobile.html On this day in history (also see Birthday search): Http://dmarie.com/timecap/ http://www.historychannel.com/today/ http://www.onthisday.com/ Organic products: http://www.eatwellguide.org/ Eco-friendly products: http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4204 Outdoors: http://www.wildernet.com Trip packages: http://www.gorp.com Outsourcing programmers: http://www.freelancers.net/ http://www.solvate.com/ http://www.guru.com/ http://www.elance.com/ http://www.odesk.com/ http://99designs.com/ http://www.designcontest.com/ Paranormal debunking: http://www.randi.org/ Skeptical Inquirer: http://www.csicop.org/si/ http://www.debunker.com/ Topics cross-referenced with magazine articles: http://www.hutch.demon.co.uk/lewindex.htm Payphone location lookup: http://payphone-project.com/ Pedometer using Google Maps: Periodicals (academic journals), free search: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs Personality tests (Myers Briggs): Tests: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~cusumano/MBTest.html http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/8202/pp/personparlour.html http://www.od-online.com/app/profiler-intro.asp Profiles and suggested careers: http://www.personalitypage.com/portraits.html http://keirsey.com/ Emotion and religion surveys: http://beliefnet.com/features/quiz/index.html Other: http://emode.com http://hiredimensions.com/ Philosophy: Marxism: http://www.marxists.org/ Phone: see "Telephone" Photos, remove background from: https://www.remove.bg/ Photographs, searchable: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ http://www.joocbox.com/14-free-stock-photo-sharing-websites/ http://www.sxc.hu/ http://search.creativecommons.org/ http://yotophoto.com/ http://www.photostogo.com/ http://www.photodisc.com http://www.photosphere.com/ http://www.tssphoto.com/search/index.html http://desktoppub.about.com/compute/desktoppub/msubmenu22.htm Photography links: http://photo.net Placing your photos on the net: http://www.flickr.com/ Cheap photo scanning service: http://www.dirtcheapscans.com/ Digital cameras vs. film: http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF7.html Make your picture into a 3-D image: http://make3d.stanford.edu/ Digital photography printing services: Info: http://www.drycreekphoto.com/ Comparisons: http://www.olegkikin.com/onlineprinting.php http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/photo/albums.html Stores: http://www.winkflash.com/ http://www.bestbuy.com http://www.ritzpics.com/ Pricing: http://www.ritzpix.com/personality/help/pricing_popup.asp http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/promotion?pid=5634 http://walmart.com Services which scan your negatives: http://www.imagers.com/ Digital camera buying guide: EXCELLENT: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp Has stats on all models going back several years; has glossary, timeline, side-by-side feature comparison, prices http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/cameraList.php (has links to reviews on most major digital camera sites; has forums) http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/ Accessories reviews: http://www.steves-digicams.com/digi_accessories.html For professionals: http://www.dcresource.com/specials/PMA2000/index.html http://www.photo-i.co.uk/ Short course in choosing a digital camera: http://www.shortcourses.com/choosing/contents.htm Digital camera comparison guide: http://www.mycamera.com/index_digcompare.cfm WNEA digital camera web links: http://wneo.org/hotlists/digcam.htm Good prices on digital cameras: http://goodguys.com (go through ebates.com first) http://dbuys.com High-speed photography of blink-of-the-eye events: http://192.154.43.167/gallery/collections/eastman/hspexhibit.htm http://courses.ncssm.edu/hsi/pacsci/ Sell/license your own photographs: http://dotphoto.com Physics: Simple physics facts: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/index-topics.shtml How stuff works: http://www.howstuffworks.com Physics FAQ: http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/faq.html http://www.fearofphysics.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/eric_baird/ http://www.npl.washington.edu/AV/av_index_sub.html See "Science" Piano playing: Jazz: Jazz primer (very in-depth): http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html Lessons, with sample music: http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/ Jazz lessons (and beginning piano): http://www.pianonanny.com Gospel: http://hometown.aol.com/revepete/GMBEPhaseIII.html Piano information: http://www.unm.edu/~loritaf/pnolinks.html Free sheet music: http://www.free-scores.com/index_uk.php3 http://www.8notes.com/piano_sheet_music.asp http://www.free-piano-music.com/pages/Classical/ Sheet music: http://sheet-music.com http://musicroom.com http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/index.ihtml?affiliate=45877 Downloadable: http://www.musicnotes.com Piano internet resources FAQ (old): http://arch.cs.ucdavis.edu/~chong/Isako/internet.src.html Band-in-a-Box: http://www.pgmusic.com/ Piracy (ocean), live map: https://icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-map Plagiarism (finding sites who are stealing your content): http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/03/27/whos-using-your-content/ http://www.fairshare.cc/fairshare/homepage Plastics, custom-designed: http://www.tapplastics.com/ Police, fire, railroad radio audio feeds: Political donations: To races that need it the most: https://app.oath.vote/donor https://www.bluetent.us/top-recommendations By street address: http://www.fundrace.org/ Politicians' stands on the issues: http://www.ontheissues.org/ Polls: http://www.pollingreport.com/ Polling online: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/ Pollution: Air pollution by county: http://scorecard.goodguide.com/community/cmy-submit.tcl Global warming emissions by county: http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do Postage (USPS shipping) table: http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/ratesandfees.htm#wp3804548 Postcode (Zip code) info: Zip code lookup, given city: http://www.usps.com/zip4/ City lookup, given zip code: http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm For all different countries: http://www.execulink.com/~louisew/postal-links.htm http://www.grcdi.nl/linkspc.htm Zip code tools online: http://www.redclaymedia.com/zipcode.php http://www.uspswebtools.com/ http://usps.com/zip4/zipfaq.htm U.K. postcode explanation: http://www.evoxfacilities.co.uk/evoxps.htm Post office locator: http://mapsonus.switchboard.com/db/USPS Poverty help: https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/columbus_rent_assistance.html https://freshtrak.com/events/list/43085 https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/overcome-poverty/ Blessing Boxes around Columbus (like free libraries for food): https://columbusblessingbo.wixsite.com/website Free Food Soldier: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeFOODSoldier/ Columbus reaches out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/147205967190783/ Power inverters: http://www.donrowe.com Prescriptions filled online (or in combination with the store): Costco: http://www.costco.com/Pharmacy/Prescription.aspx (legally, they can't require Costco membership for purchasing drugs in Ohio) Presidential election predictions: https://kalshi.com/ https://www.predictit.org/ set alerts on PredictIt prices: https://elicit.org/predictit https://ftx.com/trade/TRUMP Analysis: https://mobile.twitter.com/rainbow_jeremy_ https://predictingpolitics.com/ Presidential election results (historical): http://www.uselectionatlas.org/ Presidents: http://www.presidentsusa.net/presvplist.html Price of oil: http://www.nymex.com/jsp/markets/lsco_fut_cso.jsp http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/ Privacy: Center for Democracy and Technology: http://cdt.org Opt out of lots of targeted ads: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ How to get off targeted marketing lists: http://junkbusters.com How to opt of out DoubleClick's targeted ads: http://privacychoices.com Ratings of web sites' privacy policies: http://privacyratings.org Private web surfing: http://www.safeweb.com Psychedelics: Ketamine: https://www.joyous.team/ Mushrooms: https://www.schedule35.co/ Support line: https://firesideproject.org/psychedelic-support-line Questions and answers: http://www.askme.com/ Quicktime VR panoramas from around the world: http://www.panoramas.dk/ Race, racism, and the law: http://academic.udayton.edu/race/ Radiation levels in the U.S. (real-time): http://radiationnetwork.com/ Radio frequencies (police, fire, school, etc.): https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=2064 Radio stations online: http://www.internetradioindex.com/i-probe/ip_radio_us_ohio.html Public radio stations: http://publicinteractive.com/network/aff_by_state.html Alternative media stations: http://www.commondreams.org/ http://audiohighway.com http://live365.com http://netradio.com Radio stations by region (costs money): http://www.100000watts.com/radio/ What was the song you just heard on the radio? http://yes.com/ (catalog of all songs played on all stations!?) Recording studio magazine (including synthesizer reviews): http://www.sospubs.co.uk/ Recycling everywhere: http://earth911.org Recycling in Ohio: http://www.ohiodnr.com/Home/where/tabid/9398/Default.aspx Reference (search several encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, etc.): Google Answers: http://answers.google.com Ask Metafilter: http://ask.metafilter.com http://www.xrefer.com/ http://bartleby.com/ Columbia Encyclopedia: http://www.bartleby.com/65 Religion: http://www.killingthebuddha.com/ Restaurants: Reservations: http://opentable.com Reviews: http://zagat.com Amateur: http://addyourown.com http://citysearch.com Resumes, interviewing tips: http://www.all4resumes.com/ Retailers: http://www.amazon.com http://www.target.com http://www.jet.com http://www.newegg.com Rhyming dictionary: http://rhyme.lycos.com/ RIAA Radar (see if a record label is a member of the RIAA): http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/ Road construction info: http://www.randmcnally.com/rmc/tools/roadConstructionSearch.jsp Ohio only: http://www.odotonline.org/otis/otis_search.asp Ohio Turnpike: http://www.ohioturnpike.org/ Roadside assistance: http://aaa.com https://www.honkforhelp.com/ https://www.driveroadside.com/service/emergency-roadside-assistance https://www.mach1services.com/ Rock climbing walls in Ohio: http://www.ohioclimbers.org/OCA/clinks.htm http://www.indoorclimbing.com/ohio.html Roller coasters: American Coaster Enthusiasts: http://www.aceonline.org/ (get "exclusive ride time" at special events!) http://users.sgi.net/~rollocst/amuse.html http://thrillnetwork.com/ http://www.danimation.com/ Route planner: https://maps.google.com Round-trip, scenic routes of specified distance: https://trailrouter.com/# Royalty-free images, graphics music, etc.: http://creativecommons.org/ (shared contributions, with no copyrights) RSI: http://www.tifaq.com/ Handeze gloves: http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=02372 Harvard info page, cheap gloves: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/rsi/ Finding a good doctor: http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/findadoc.html CTD Resource Network in California: http://www.ctdrn.org/ Rubik's Cube solution: http://www.chessandpoker.com/rubiks-cube-solution.html http://www.solvethecube.co.uk/ Rush Hour puzzles online: http://www.puzzles.com/products/rushhour.htm#Introduction http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/rush/rushHour_test.html RV Rentals: https://rvshare.com https://www.outdoorsy.com/ Salaries in different cities: http://www.salary.com Sales - check for store promotions happening now (don't need to be a member like Groupon or enter coupon codes): https://www.dealnews.com/editors-choice/ San Francisco information (jobs, apartments, lots of stuff): http://www.craigslist.org/ Hiking in the Bay Area: http://www.bahiker.com/index.html Photos of everything in San Francisco (almost!): http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/sfhistory/browse.htm Satellite photos: http://maps.google.com http://terraserver-usa.com/ http://www.mapquest.com/ Near real-time satellite photos: http://miravi.eo.esa.int/en/ Science: Scientific American's Ask the Experts: http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/ Skepticism about paranormal: http://www.csicop.org/sb/ See "Physics" Scientology criticism: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/index.html School ratings: Screen readers: http://www.iso.gmu.edu/~swidmaye/portfolio/edit797assistivetech.htm Scuba diving trip packages: http://gorptravel.gorp.com/search_view.asp?DestRegion=7&Activity=7 Search Engines: Search engines for the invisible web (dark web): http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/ Google: http://www.google.com Google info for webmasters: http://www.google.com/webmasters/ Google ranking info: PageRank explained in detail: http://webworkshop.net/pagerank.html http://www.technorati.com/juice.html Securing a good position on Google: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm Forums for discussing Google: http://searchengineforums.com/bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Google&number=28&DaysPrune=20&LastLogin= http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/ Retrieve Google's cached copy of a site: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.sitename.com (fill in "sitename.com") Meta-search engines: http://ixquick.com Metacrawler: http://www.metacrawler.com Minicrawler (loads FAST!): http://www.metacrawler.com/tools/minicrawler/minicrawler.html Inference Find: http://www.infind.com Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com Profusion: http://www.profusion.com Other search engines: Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com Teoma: http://www.teoma.com Aeiwi: http://www.aeiwi.com Vivisimo: http://www.vivisimo.com Lycos (uses Cyc common-sense A.I. engine?): http://www.lycos.com SavvySearch: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html AltaVista: http://www.altavista.digital.com Excite (concept-based search engine): http://www.excite.com Internet Search: http://home.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html Webcrawler: http://webcrawler.com Expert advice search engines (questions answered): http://Abuzz.com http://Askanexpert.com http://Expertcentral.com http://Keen.com http://Knowpost.com http://Xpertsite.com About search engines: http://www.searchenginewatch.com http://northernwebs.com/set/ Search engine report: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/sereport/ See what your page looks like to a search engine: http://www.gritechnologies.com/tools/spider.go http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/ Submitting to search engines (several at once): http://www.verysimple.com/submit/ http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/060398I.html Common search phrases (include these keywords somewhere on your site): http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ http://www.wordtracker.com/ Placement and optimization: Keyword density test: http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/kwda.cgi http://www.webmasterworld.com/ http://www.rankwrite.com/ http://www.ixquick.com/ http://www.jimtools.com/position2.html Free submission into Yahoo (through a back door): http://www.joepetrow.com/?PAGE=yahoofree Noted in http://fantomaster.com/fafnissue0013.html Checking your link popularity: http://www.linkpopularity.com/ Search audio content!: http://www.podzinger.com/ Scarfs, how to tie: Men: http://www.gq.com/video/gq-rules/2008/scarfs-how-to-wear-mens-scarfs-domenico-vacca Women: http://www.scarves.net/how-to-tie-a-scarf/neck-scarves.htm Seinfeld sound clips: http://www.berrysmediahut.com/seinfeld/seinfeldr.htm Sewers: Storm sewer software: http://www.ssgsoft.com/storm_sewers_overview/storm_sewers_overview.html Blacksburg, Virginia, sewer mapping project: http://www.andassoc.com/projects/bbsewer.htm Cleveland sewer company: http://www.delbrocco.com/ Search under public works, sanitary sewers, surveying and mapping Shopping: http://catalogs.google.com/ http://froogle.com/ The best time of year to buy different things: http://lifehacker.com/5440376/the-best-times-to-buy-anything-all-year-round Pre-rebates: Ebates (get a 2% rebate on stuff you buy from _other_ sites, through ebates.com): http://www.ebates.com http://butterflymall.com http://fatwallet.com http://rebateshare.com List of discount codes or coupon codes and sales currently running: http://lifehacker.com/5109289/five-best-sites-for-finding-deals-online?skyline=true&s=i http://www.retailmenot.com/ http://www.slickdeals.net/ http://www.myhotcoupons.com/computers.htm http://www.a2zdeals.com/discount-codes-d2f.html http://www.futureshop.ca (Canadian store; exchange rate could be around 65 cents to the U.S. dollar) http://www.half.com http://www.ebay.com http://www.ecost.com ("items at or below cost") http://www.refurbdepot.com http://www.compuplus.com http://www.computers4sure.com http://www.buy.com http://www.onsale.com http://www.jango.com http://www.classifieds2000.com http://www.accompany.com (discounts for collective volume of its users) Police auctions: http://www.stealitback.com/ Electronics, audio equipment: http://www.crutchfield.com http://www.jandr.com Shopping for things on sale: http://slickdeals.net http://fatwallet.com Shopping, auctions/classifieds: http://ebay.com http://www.recycler.com Shopping, bartering: http://intellibarter.com http://mrswap.com http://swap.com http://webswap.com http://swaprat.com http://tradeaway.com http://trade-n-swap.com Shopping, comparison: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/04/technology/04ecom.html?ex=1322888400&en=3fd8fae2b940d9fb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland http://www.froogle.google.com http://www.mysimon.com (includes shipping charges?) (Money magazine: best site for music) http://www.pricescan.com (includes shipping charges) http://www.dealtime.com http://www.streetprices.com http://www.epinions.com http://www.resellerratings.com http://www.nextag.com http://www.consumerworld.org (links to individual retailers) Computers: http://www.pricegrabber.com http://www.shopper.com http://www.killerapp.com http://www.nextag.com (bid your own price) http://www.pricewatch.com http://www.streetprices.com (graphs prices over past year) http://www.pricepulse.com Books: http://www.half.com http://www.bookpool.com http://abebooks.com/ http://www.bestbookbuys.com (includes shipping charges) http://addall.com http://www.mysimon.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Books/Book_Search_Services/Price_Comparisons/ Search Music Boulevard, Amazon, AND CDNow: http://www.recordstore.com (without shipping) C2B, Junglee RATINGS of online retailers: http://www.bizrate.com http://www.epinions.com http://www.resellerratings.com RATINGS of products: http://www.consumerreports.org http://www.reviewed.com http://www.wirecutter.com http://thesweethome.com/ http://www.consumersearch.com/www/ http://www.epinions.com http://www.resellerratings.com REVIEWS: http://consumerworld.org/ http://www.epinions.com Shopping, delivered to you: http://www.webvan.com http://www.kozmo.com Shopping, department stores: J.C. Penney: http://jcpenney.com Sears: http://sears.com Kaufmann's: http://www.kaufmanns.com Target: http://www.target.com Kohl's: http://www.kohls.com/ Gift registries: J.C. Penney: http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/registry_all_purchase.asp?event=W Target: http://www.target.com/target_group/gift_registry/club_wed/club_wed.jhtml Kaufmann's: http://www1.mayco.com/bridal/BRsearch.jsp?divCode=KF&upDate=0&divCode=KF&status=GoingDown Sears: http://www.wishbook.com (apparently not at all like a registry) Kohl's: (apparently not searchable online) Shopping, discounts: http://www.dollardiscounter.com (gives you 5% off any purchase through its site) http://www.mypoints.com (earn and redeem points) Others: http://beenz.com http://clickrewards.com http://cybergold.com Deals: http://dealofday.com http://fatwallet.com Shopping, from fair-trade sources: http://www.fairtradefederation.org/ Shopping, graphs of price trends (streetprices.com used to but is now defunct): https://us.bidvoy.net/ Shopping, government auctions: U.S. Postal Service: http://www.usps.gov (click on News & Events for eBay usernames selling items lost in the mail) Customs seizures: http://www.treas.gov/auctions/customs Military auctions: http://www.drms.dla.mil Cars, personal property: http://www.gsaauctions.gov Real estate: http://www.propertydisposal.gsa.gov/property Shopping, opinions: http://www.epinions.com (has customer reviews of lots of products) http://www.productopia.com (product reviews by professional reviewers; not as many products) http://deja.com http://consumerreview.com Shopping, reverse auctions: http://NexTag.com (computer stuff) http://eWanted.com http://Respond.com http://Imandi.com (bigger stuff, services too) http://MyGeek.com (see Reverse Auctions file) Shopping site certification: TRUSTe, BBBOnline, WebTrust, BizRate.com Shopping, volume discounting: http://www.accompany.com http://www.mercata.com Simpsons TV show: The Simpsons Archive: http://snpp.com/ Episode Guide: http://snpp.com/episodeguide.html http://www.lardlad.com/ ET's big archive: http://www.nohomers.net/ The Simpsons Top 100 Sites: http://simpsons100.com/cgi-bin/50.cgi Simpsons web tree: http://www.lardlad.com/tree/ Simpsons sound clips: http://www.wavking.com/ Six degrees from knowing everyone in the world: http://www.sixdegrees.com Ski resort data/info: http://www.ski-guide.com http://www.goski.com http://www.skiodyssey.com/ Ski clubs, groups: http://www.snowlink.com Boston Mills/Brandywine ski resort: http://www.bmbw.com Skyscrapers (and skyline photos): http://www.skyscraperpage.com http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com Small business info: http://www.score.org/ Working at home: http://www.workingsolo.com/ SMS (send SMS messages to cell phones): http://www.munsoned.com/text.cfm Other free sites which let you send SMSes: http://www.textmefree.com Social networking: http://Friendster.com http://Tribe.net http://LinkedIn.com Socially-responsible clothing manufacturers: http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ Social Security: http://www.ssa.gov/ Social Security Number privacy: http://www.epic.org/privacy/ssn/ Songwriting: Buy song lyrics: http://itsonlywords.com/ http://www.musesmuse.com/ http://www.researchbuzz.com/news/2003/aug28sep303.shtml#linksfor Sound effects, music clips: http://www.apple.com/imovie/freestuff/macosxaudio.html http://www.flashkit.com/ http://www.UltraShock.com/ http://flash-sounds.com/ South Park create-a-character: http://www.southparkstudios.com/games/create.html Soviet Union revisionist history: http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/commissar_vanishes/ Space: http://www.nasawatch.com Mars rovers: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html http://www.spaceref.com http://www.space.com NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/ Space flight: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/index-n.html Planetary probes: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov Spacelink, planetary probes: http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Planetary.Probes Galileo home page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo Galileo images: http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Planetary.Probes/Galileo/Images.From.Galileo/ Public Affairs, NASA Ames Research Center: http://george.arc.nasa.gov/dx/ finger nasanews@space.mit.edu Interstellar travel at NASA: http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/warp.htm current practical research: http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/ Spring, when does it arrive (maps) http://data.usanpn.org/vis-tool/#/ Stargazing: constellations: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/java/Cassiopeia.html Star-Spangled Banner (with extra verses): http://members.aol.com/Jasshep75/star.htm State two-letter post office abbreviations: http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/abbreviations.html#states Stationery (printable): http://h10050.www1.hp.com/activitycenter/us/en/dir_crds_invits_statn.html Stereo hook-up how-to: http://www.hifi.com Stocks: (last updated: Feb. 2000) Advice: http://www.streetadvisor.com Analysis and data: http://www.dailystocks.com Company analysis: http://www.hoovers.com From Taylor Larimore: http://www.morningstar.com http://www.vanguard.com Behavioral finance research: http://www.undiscoveredmanagers.com Betting on indexes (rather than investing directly in them): http://www.IndexTrade.com Bonds: http://www.investinginbonds.com Treasury Direct: http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sec/sectrdir Buying and selling them: E-Trade's Bond Center Charting: http://bigcharts.com Meta-charting site: http://www.stockwiz.com/ CBS MarketWatch interactive chart: http://www2.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/javachart.asp?symb=$compq&sid=&intflavor=javachart&siteid=mktw http://www.stockwatch.com Dividend reinvestment plans: http://www.netstockdirect.com Economic indicators: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html National Bureau of Economic Indicators: http://www.nber.org Definitions and insight: http://www.dismal.com Federal Research economic data: http://www.stls.frb.org/fred Business Cycle Indicators: http://www.globalexposure.com Consumer Price Index: http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/surveymost?cu http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/data/cpi/cpiaucns http://cpcug.org:80/user/invest/datahist.html (links to historical data) http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/index.html (some technical stuff) Economic release calendar: http://dismal.com/tools/calendar/calendar.asp?m=10&y=2001&p=dismal_new FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/investment-faq/general/part1/ Forecasts by Doug Fabian (red-yellow-green flags): http://www.fabianlive.com/benchmarks.html Fund correlation tool (free): http://www.low-risk-investing.com/ Historical stock quotes: http://host.wallstreetcity.com/wsc2/Historical_Quotes.html?Button=NEW+REQUEST&template=hisquote.htm&Symbol=SPX Links to LOTS of stuff: http://www.investorguide.com/Historical.htm (Historical quotes, not as good: ) Historical trends: http://cpcug.org/user/invest/bigpic2.html (see separate file called "Long Term Market Trends study") Four-year cycle on the message boards: http://boards.fool.com/Messages.asp?id=1020043000648000&sort=postdate History: http://www.nyse.com/public/thenyse/1c/1c2/1c2ix.htm Indexing: http://www.indexfunds.com Insider and institutional trading: http://www.thomsoninvest.net/iwatch Interest rate futures: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem (bet on the Fed) Investment newsletter samples: http://www.investools.com Message boards: http://www.siliconinvestor.com http://www.ragingbull.com/ (more intelligent?) http://boards.fool.com/ http://messages.yahoo.com/yahoo/Business_and_Finance/index.html (has the most junk postings) http://www.gomez.com/finance/community (discussion about online brokers) http://www.armchairmillionaire.com/messageboards (beginner's investing forum) http://www.fundsinteractive.com/wwwboard (mutual fund discussion) http://www.morningstar.com Meta-info (directory): http://www.superstarinvestor.com http://www.businessdirectory.com (good for banking comparisons too?) Mutual fund info: http://www.fundsinteractive.com http://www.brill.com Market timing with mutual funds: http://www.investormap.com/forums http://www.fundadvice.com Mutual Fund Cafe: http://www.mfcafe.com Vanguard fund info: Daniel P. Weiner's Independent adviser for Vanguard Investors: http://www.adviseronline.com Holdings of the OpenFund (updated DAILY, unlike other mutual funds): http://www.openfund.com News and commentary: http://www.marketwatch.com http://www.cnnfn.com Oil (crude): http://www.nymex.com/jsp/markets/lsco_fut_cso.jsp ETF of oil crude (the first one available; very new): USO http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$WTIC&p=D&b=5&g=0&id=p46116969843 Options: http://cboe.com/ http://www.optionsxpress.com Pre-Market Futures (S&P futures, before the market opens): http://money.cnn.com/data/premarket/ Portfolio X-Ray: Morningstar's free Instant X-Ray: http://portfolio.morningstar.com/NewPort/Free/InstantXRayDEntry.aspx?dt=0.7055475 T. Rowe Price's copy of Morningstar's much better Portfolio X-Ray!: http://www.troweprice.com/common/index3/0,3011,lnp%253D10002%2526cg%253D1270%2526pgid%253D8283,00.html?scn=Looking_for_an_Answe&rfpgid=8277 (Available at Home -> Investment Planning & Tools -> Tools & Calculators) Prime rate (loans): http://www.nfsn.com/library/prime.htm Quotes: http://quote.yahoo.com Free real-time quotes (with MSN Passport account): http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/quotes/pprtq.asp?Symbol= After-hours stock trading quotes: http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/MasterDataEntry.asp?page=After%20Hours%20Market http://www.island.com Research: http://quote.yahoo.com http://www.hoovers.com Related industries to a company: http://www.personalwealth.com Primary competitors: http://www.ml.com (Merrill Lynch) Latest developments with a company: http://www.companysleuth.com Latest developments in the market: http://www.theonlineinvestor.com/stock_research.shtml Screening: Basic: http://www.quicken.com More complex: http://investor.msn.com (sample screens in Sept. '99 _Money_, p. 152) SEC filings: http://www.freeedgar.com http://www.edgar-online.com/ Short selling: http://www.financialweb.com/beartracker Socially-responsible and ecologically-minded companies: http://www.greenmoney.com http://www.calvertgroup.com/kwyo http://www.greenmountain.com http://www.socialfunds.com Spiders: http://www.amex.com/ http://search.fool.com/portfolios/RuleBreaker/Positions/RuleBreaker_spy.htm Stock market simulations: http://stocktournament.money.com http://www.marketplayer.com Stock picks by regular people: http://www.iexchange.com/ Stock warnings: http://www.stockdetective.com Tax help: http://www.fairmark.com Technical analysis (prediction by charts): http://www.stockconsultant.com/consultnow/basic.cgi?symbol=csco&sn=1310 http://www.stock-reports.net/ Terminology: http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/ Whisper forecasts: http://www.whispernumber.com Worldly investing: http://www.worldlyinvestor.com Stock quotes (historical): http://www.tscn.com/wsc/Historical_Quotes.html?Button=New+Request&PH=2&Symbol=SPX&hdr2=3&hdr3=0&hdr1=SPX http://www.financialweb.com/StockTools/history.asp Stories from people living abroad: http://www.khiruna.com/ Streaming media (radio/TV): Worldwide: http://VirtualTuner.com http://www.macstreams.com/ Political news: ABC Newsradio from Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/ Counterspin: http://www.webactive.com/cspin/ Liberal commentaries and news: http://www.webactive.com/ WBAI Pacifica ("peace and justice" radio): http://www.wbai.org Atheism, freedom, and liberation: http://aflshow.cjb.net/ Several political channels (most listed above): http://www.zmag.org/altmediaresources.htm#Listen Street-based business search: http://www.metrobot.com Studio recording at home: http://tweakheadz.com/guide.htm Sunrise/sunset times: (See "Moon/Sun sunrise/sunset times") Sunscreen info: http://www.consumersearch.com/sunscreen/review http://www.smartskincare.com/skinprotection/sunblocks/ Superbowl: Free (2021): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/superbowl/live/ Suppressed books/media: http://www.rumormillnews.com/ Surf wave reports: Surge protector guide: http://arstechnica.com/guide/ups/ups-2.html http://www.zerosurge.com/ Surnames: All surnames used in U.S., ranked: http://placesnamed.com Highest concentration of surnames: http://hamrick.com Survival: http://www.equipped.com/fm21-76.htm Swimming pools around the world: http://www.swimmersguide.com/ Franklin County in Ohio: http://www.swimmersguide.com/query/Search3.cfm?CountyID=1798 Symphonies (northeastern Ohio area): http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/ http://www.cim.edu/concertsevents.asp (concerts at Cleveland Institute of Music) http://www.akronsymphony.org/ http://www.cantonsymphony.org/ http://www.youngstownsymphony.com/home.htm http://www.clevelandart.org/ Taxes: http://www.irs.gov Tax brackets: http://partners.financenter.com/abcnews/learn/guides/itaxbasics/itaxbracket.fcs Income tax tables (PDFs): http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf State tax info: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/ind_inc.html Ohio tax forms: http://www.state.oh.us/tax/global_forms.html Withholding calculator: http://www.hrblock.com Intuit tax estimator: http://www.turbotax.com/taxcenter/freeestimator/start.htm Help and information: http://www.taxplanet.com Free electronic filing: http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html If that doesn't work, go to this page and click on Free File: http://www.irs.gov/efile/index.html Wealth tax simulator: http://wealthtaxsimulator.org/simulator_app/ Teacher/professor ratings: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/index.jsp Telemarketing do-not-call list (national): http://www.donotcall.gov/ or 1-888-382-1222 Get off of regular snail mail mailing lists: http://www.catalogchoice.org/ http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html https://www.dmachoice.org/MPS/ For Canadian sources: http://www.the-cma.org/consumer/donotcall/dnc_service.cfm Telephone area codes: http://www.verizon.com/areacodes/ http://decoder.americom.com/cgi-bin/decoder.cgi Area code map: http://www.nanpa.com/ Country calling codes: http://countrycallingcodes.com http://www22.verizon.com/longdistance/worldcaller.jsp Telephone books online: http://www.anywho.com http://www.whowhere.com http://www.bigbook.com (yellow pages) http://www.people.yahoo.com http://www.athand.com/ (searches lots of yellow pages) Telephone calls, how to bypass automated systems on: http://gethuman.com/us/ Telephone 800 numbers (hard to find): http://www.hardtofind800numbers.com Telephone infrastructure information: http://www.hwcn.org/Information/NEST/technol/communic/lca/other.html Telephone: international calls: How to: http://www.strive4impact.com/callingadvice_files/how_do_i_call_europe_asia_internationally.html (from the U.S., try dialing 011 plus the number that starts with a "+") Telephone long distance rates comparisons: http://10-10phonerates.com/ http://www.omnichoice.com http://ld.net/?bendiksen (cheap satellite TV, internet, other telecommunications services) http://abelltolls.com/ http://www.trac.org/ http://www.teleworth.com/ Telephone number directory assistance: Dial on your phone: 1-area code-555-1212, 1-800-555-1212, 411, 10-10-9000 http://www.switchboard.com http://www.infospace.com http://www.whowhere.com http://www.bigfoot.com Trace a number to an address: http://www.anywho.com/telq.html Telephone number reverse search (give a phone number, find the person): http://www.infospace.com/info/redirs_all.htm?pgtarg=reve http://switchboard.com/bin/cgirlookup.dll?LNK=3:161&MEM=1 For cell phones: Just tells you the cell phone provider: http://www.primeris.com/fonefind/ Private Investigator service, gives you the address, charges $85: http://www.cell-phone-numbers.com/ Telephone number words: http://www.phonetic.com/ http://www.phonespell.org Telephone: Voice-Over-IP: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/support/quick_start_guide (may be only 1c/min., without any additional fees) http://www.gossiptel.com/ (may require purchase of a $100 phone) Television, TV: Watch all local TV stations on your computer (in some markets): DEFUNCT: https://www.locast.org/ Watch local TV stations AND sports: https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/ ($65/month) https://www.hulu.com/start ($65/month) https://www.fubo.tv/welcome/channels ($65/month) https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-stream-super-bowl-puppy-bowl-2022/ Text summarizer: http://search.iiit.net/~jags/summarizer/index.cgi Thesaurus sites: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/w3wn.old.html http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html http://www.thesaurus.com/ try http://www.dictionary.com/ 3-D glasses, free: http://www.swell3d.com/2008/06/free-3d-glasses-from-rainbow-s.html Time: http://www.time.gov Tire-rating sites: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/testing/tirerate (look for tread-wear ratings > 400, traction ratings of A or AA) http://www.discounttiredirect.com http://www.tirerack.com Toxic chemicals: Toxic chemicals encountered in various occupations: http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/ Chemicals being dumped at a given zip code: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?TRI Traffic alerts and video (from computerized data collected in major cities): http://www.traffic.com For Ohio: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/oh.htm Train (locomotive) horn signals: http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/signals.shtml Travel: Roadside attractions: http://www.roadtripusa.com (philosophy: getting there is half the fun) http://www.roadsideamerica.com Sights to see: http://www.kasbah.com http://www.traveltidingsusa.com Outdoor places to go: http://www.gorp.com Sleeping in airports, on a budget: http://www.sleepinginairports.net/airports.htm Motels/hotels: https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/819303-best-and-worst-hotel-booking-sites-for-2022 https://www.google.com/travel/hotels - lists the neighborhoods of the city under "Where to Stay" filter https://www.hotelscombined.com/ http://priceline.com http://expedia.com http://hotels.com http://travelocity.com Search, with rates and availability!: http://lodging.yahoo.com http://travelhero.com Better sites are probably here: http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Travel_and_Transportation/Lodging/Directories/ Mom and Pop motels: http://www.motelamericana.com Common cities: http://www.citysearch.com Guides: http://wikitravel.com http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/ http://10best.com http://www.americantowns.com http://www.lonelyplanet.com http://www.fodors.com http://www.roughguides.com Last-minute vacations: http://www.site59.com Ghost towns: http://www.ghosttowns.com Canada: http://www.attractionscanada.com Utah: http://www.sidecanyon.com/attraction/utah1.htm Health concerns for various parts of the world: http://www.iamat.org Packing light: http://www.onebag.com/ Preventing wrinkles: http://www.onebag.com/pack.html#bundle Trip route planners: http://maps.yahoo.com http://www.delorme.com/cybermaps/route.asp http://www.freetrip.com/ Europe: http://www.viamichelin.com/ TV shows (watch streaming online): http://www.surfthechannel.com http://joox.net/ http://www.zeropaid.com http://www.hulu.com/ iTunes Music Store sells many episodes for $2/apiece or go to the network's web site, and popular shows are available through realtime streaming TV shows, how to discover good ones across all streaming services: https://www.justwatch.com/us https://reelgood.com/ UFOs: http://www.ufoevidence.org/ Unclaimed money: http://www.unclaimed.org/ http://www.missingmoney.com University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: eCurrent calendar: http://ecurrent.com/ecurrent.shtml Arborweb calendar: http://arborweb.com/eventindex.html Univ. of Michigan Visitors: http://www.umich.edu/UM-Visitors.html U.M. Events: http://events.umich.edu School of Music: http://www.music.umich.edu/ Arts at Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~arts/calendar/artsinfo.html Saturday Morning Physics: http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/nea/ Physics seminars: http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/seminars/ The Ann Arbor Ark: http://a2ark.org/ Urban exploration: Infiltration: http://www.infiltration.org Jinx magazine: http://jinxmagazine.com/projectx/urbanex.html Urban Explorers Network: http://urbanexplorers.net/ Great alphabetical list of cities: http://www.urbanexplorers.net/indices.html Urban Adventures: http://www.urbanadventure.org/ (tons of links, search engine) College Tunnels page (no longer updated): http://members.tripod.com/~tunnels/old.html Big list of college tunnels: http://members.tripod.com/~tunnels/ctunnels.html Webring: http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=draining National Geographic underground photos: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/nyunderground/docs/nymain.html Ohio: http://www.ohioexploration.com/ Columbus: http://www.forgottenoh.com http://www.geocities.com/illicitohio/index2.html Under OSU: http://209.157.133.147/underosu/ Newsgroup of college tunnels: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.college.tunnels See also: Sewers Urban foraging map (local fruit and vegetable plants in Columbus): http://tinyurl.com/mtnfcs http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/urban-foraging Urban sprawl: http://sprawlcity.org/ http://www.sierraclub.com/sprawl/ UV index by hour for any location: Vacuum cleaner bags: http://www.vacuum-bags.com/ Video tape release dates for movies: http://videoeta.com/ Voicemail downloaded to your computer: http://gotvoice.com/ http://www.grandcentral.com/howitworks/mobile_inbx Volunteering: http://www.volunteermatch.org/ https://www.justserve.org/ Voting: See my ballot (Franklin County, Ohio): https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/search/ http://www.MyOhioVote.com Request absentee ballot: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/absentee-voting/ then track it at: https://voteohio.gov/track https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/absentee/ Lots of ballots: http://www.ballotpedia.org See where all major candidates stand on the issues: http://www.ontheissues.org Stonewall Democrats of Ohio voting guide: http://sdco.co/ http://www.vote-smart.org http://www.smartvoter.org http://www.electionohio.com/ League of Women Voters Ohio (nonpartisan analysis of ballot issues): http://www.lwvohio.org/ League of Women Voters candidate info: http://www.lwvcra.org/ Big industry donations to candidates: http://www.opensecrets.org/ http://www.politics.com Campaign finance database: http://www.statesecrets.org Getting an absentee ballot: http://electionimpact.votenet.com/yourvotematters/ http://lonseidman.com/voteinfo.html Register to vote: https://www.workingforchange.com/vote/vote_center.cfm?itemid=15625&ms=CRG001 Tracking electoral votes: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://votamatic.org/ http://www.electoral-vote.com http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/ Washington, D.C.: http://www.american.edu/dccampus/ Weather: Forecast: http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/Cleveland_OH_US_f.html http://www.weather.com Long range forecasts, for each day up to a year in the future: http://www.weatherplanner.com Current temperature and wind everywhere on earth: https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp Historical weather (last couple weeks): https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/columbus/historic Past days' weather: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/USOH0037?from=_topnav_undeclared (get the day's detailed forecast, then at the top you can click on yesterday, today, tomorrow, etc. and previous days) Historical graphs of average weather: http://weatherspark.com/ Wind report: http://haifung.jpl.nasa.gov/images/daily_nepac.mov Radar/satellite: Animation: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p19r0/si.kcle.shtml http://wwwa.accuweather.com/radar-local.asp?partner=rs_cleveland&myadc=0&traveler=1&zipcode=&level=local&anim=LOOP&site=kcvg http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=CLE http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/ http://weatherimages.org/ Lots of maps: http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/coriolis/radarseverewth.html http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kcle&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=Radar&prodnav=none http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kcle&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=SevereWeather&product=RadarSummary&prodnav=none Web page change monitoring (all have $10/month plans but also free plans unless noted): https://app.changetower.com/ https://distill.io/ https://visualping.io/ (can check once per day for free) Not free: https://sken.io/ Web site archive: Wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/ (tries to archive as much of the internet as possible, back to 1996; has 100 terabytes as of 10/2001; whole web growing at 10TB/mo.) Weblogs (blogs): http://www.bath.ac.uk/~cs1spw/blog/ http://www.metafilter.com/ http://www.kottke.org/ http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/ White pages (people search): http://www.whitepages.com http://www.switchboard.com http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Phone_Numbers_and_Addresses/ http://www.ussearch.com (costs $10 per search, but probably very detailed) Wills (do-it-yourself): http://www.doyourownwill.com Wireless phone info: http://www.wirelessdimension.com Writing: Post articles yourself, earn 10 cents per view: http://www.themestream.com Writing, produced by artificial intelligence: https://twitter.com/heykahn/status/1549379680402153472 Writing styles and formats (MLA, APA, etc.): Writing handbook (MPA and ALA styles, grammar): APA: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ Grammar and punctuation: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/GramStyPunct.html Bibliographies: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html#bibliography MLA: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html#book APA: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref73.00.00.html Capitalization (and other grammar rules): http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/caps.html http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/capitals.htm From Apple: "Capitalize every word except articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (e.g. and, or), and prepositions of three or fewer letters (except when a preposition is part of a verb phrase)." http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm Chicago Manual of Style: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html English FAQ: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue.html Grammar handbook: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm http://communications.iit.edu/styleguide/toc.html Yoga: http://www.myyogaonline.com/ Zip code look-up: http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html COMPUTERS Ad blocking: Using Hosts file: http://remember.mine.nu/ Newer Hosts file: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/hostsformac.html Another Hosts file: http://www.smartin-designs.com/ Older Hosts file: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/spam/adblock.shtml MacOS X hosts file: http://www.macwrite.com/criticalmass/mac-os-x-hosts-revisited.php Opting out of DoubleClick's tracking: http://www.doubleclick.net/optout/default.asp Adobe Flash version checker: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ Affiliate advertising programs: Recommendations/advice: http://www.affiliateadvisor.com http://www.affiliatetips.com Lists: http://www.associateprograms.com http://www.referralmadness.com Direct link programs: BeFree, Nexchange, ePod, iMediation, LinkShare, Link-Box Affiliate Potential Meter: http://geekbooks.com Anonymous web browsing (hides your IP address): http://behidden.com/ http://www.the-cloak.com/anonymous-surfing-home.html AOL Instant Messenger over the web: http://aimexpress.aim.com AND Yahoo AND MSN too!: http://www.meebo.com/ Backlink checker (see sites that link to yours): Bandwidth tester: Upload and download: http://www.speedtest.net/ http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ http://www.wugnet.com/myspeed/speedtest.asp Download only: http://webservices.cnet.com/Bandwidth/ BitTorrent search engines: http://torrentz.com/ http://yotoshi.com/ http://www.torrentspy.com/ http://www.btbot.com/ http://www.tv-swarm.com/ http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/f/torrentsearch.htm Bookmarks (or Favorites), converting between Mac/Win and Netscape/Internet Explorer: http://backflip.com and similar services Broadband internet access (cable, DSL, etc.): DSL: Mac friendly: http://www.sorenson-usa.com/dsl-mac.html http://www.dslreports.com/ http://www.macdsl.netopia.com/ DSL and cable modem info: http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/ Cable modem info: htt://www.catv.org/modem High-speed internet ISP locators: See entry for ISP's below Blog commenting systems, better: http://www.intensedebate.com/ http://disqus.com/ Camcorders: http://camcorderinfo.com CD-R: Tons of info: http://www.cdmediaworld.com FAQ: http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ CD-R primer: http://resource.simplenet.com/primer/primer.htm and other resources: http://resource.simplenet.com/ Reviews: http://www.hit-now.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.htm http://www.emediapro.net/bguide/bgsearch.lasso Censorship (sites that let you get around censored or blocked sites, like using a proxy): http://anonymouse.org http://psiphon.civisec.org/ Chain letters (hoax or not?): http://www.purportal.com http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/ http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm Computer games (classic): http://www.casema.net/~twgoosen/ Computer games (meta-index): http://www.gamestart.com Computer-generated documentation: http://www.snoot.com/factory/knowledge.shtml Computer jargon dictionary (the Jargon File): http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ C programming: C reference: http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc.html#SEC_Top Function reference: http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc_710.html malloc command: http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc_22.html C++ programming: commands: http://www.cppreference.com tutorials (and basic commands): http://www.strath.ac.uk/IT/Docs/Ccourse/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html searchable database of source code: http://csourcesearch.net/ FAQ lite: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/#table-of-contents FAQ: http://isc.faqs.org/faqs/C++-faq/ string functions: http://www.msoe.edu/eecs/ce/courseinfo/stl/string.htm I/O functions: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~geoff/classes/hmc.cs070.200209/notes/io.html simple C++ program: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html#simple-program Cracked web site archive: http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/ Data repository for machine learning (UC-Irvine): ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/machine-learning-databases Digital video: http://desktopvideo.about.com/compute/desktopvideo/mbody.htm http://www.steves-digicams.com/diginews.html DV and Firewire (not recently updated): http://www.dvcentral.org/ Directory services (tie you and your e-mail address together): http://www.four11.com, http://www.accumail.com, http://www.switchboard.com, http://www.iaf.net http://whowhere.com http://bigfoot.com http://pc411.com Distributed computing for pay: http://www.popularpower.com/ http://www.distributedscience.com/ Domain Name registration: http://www.dotster.com http://www.godaddy.com http://gandi.net http://www.domaindirect.com/ (provides e-mail forwarding) Free: http://soa.granitecanyon.com/ http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Domain_Registration/Free_Name_Registration/ http://www.ml.org/ http://site.register.com/ Help with InterNIC's DNS application: http://www.colossus.net/manus.html http://rs.internic.net/ NOT free, but cheaper: http://tabnet.com Free registration, cheap hosting: http://hostandsave.com http://www.doteasy.com .name registration: http://theglobalname.org Domain Name generation tools: http://www.nameboy.com/ http://www.networksolutions.com/purchasing/nameGen.jhtml http://www.e-gineer.com/domainator/ Doom: http://www.gamers.org/docs/FAQ/doomfaq/ http://www.newdoom.com/ Download old versions of software: http://www.oldversion.com/ DV (Digital Video on camcorders) FAQ: http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-tech.html DVD/CD compatibility chart: http://www.proh.com/DVD_and_CD_compatibility_chart.shtml DVD info: How to copy them to DVD-R: http://www.doom9.org/ http://www.divx.com http://www.3ivx.com FAQ: http://www.videodiscovery.com/vdyweb/dvd/dvdfaq.html http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html http://www.thedigitalbits.com/officialfaq.html Primer: http://www.sonic.com/html/dvd/PDF/primer.pdf DVD news: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ DeCSS Gallery (CSS descramblers): http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/ Mac info: http://www.macdvd.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/?action=intro Dynamic DNS services: http://dyndns.org/ http://www.easydns.com/ http://dynip.com http://dns2go.com http://DynoDNS.net http://www.no-ip.com/ For pay: http://tzo.com Mac client program (some provide admin. through a web page, instead): http://www.sentman.com/dyndns/ E-mail address encoder: http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html (keeps addresses on public web sites safe from spammers) E-mail checking via the web: https://www.mail2web.com/sindex.html Unsecure version: http://www.mail2web.com Mac.com account access only: http://www.macmailer.com http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/technology/23NECO.html http://mail.yahoo.com (can check external POP accounts) http://www.elvismail.com/ http://www.emailplanet.com/ http://www.readmail.com Through POP: http://bstar.net/panda/mailman.cgi http://www.mailstart.com http://readmail.com E-mail forwarding: http://www.worldpost.com http://pobox.com E-mail newsletter info: http://www.ossweb.com/ez-ezine-template.html http://www.ossweb.com/ez-ezine-tutorial.html E-mail outgoing mail server: http://www.smtp.com/ Ergonomic keyboard: http://www.alimed.com/cgi-bin/catalogpage.cgi?page=e122#produndefined http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/ Facebook privacy: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/dragonfly/2010/05/11/online-privacy-in-the-news/ Fax receiving through the web: http://www.k7.net/ http://www.payperfax.com http://www.maxemail.com http://www.efax.com/ http://www.callwave.com/ http://www-usa.tpc.int/tpc_home.html http://www.excite.com Fax sending through the web: http://faxzero.com/ http://www.a2.com/telecom/freefax.html#web http://www.savetz.com/fax/ File conversion (all different types): http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php PDF-to-Word file conversion: http://www.pdftoword.com/ PDF-to-Excel file conversion: http://www.pdftoexcelonline.com/ Filename restrictions for MS-DOS and Windows 95: http://www.delanet.com/~pparish/filename.htm File sharing online: Finger anybody: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/finger.pl This one didn't work last I tried: http://ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/finger?steresi@uoft02.utoledo.edu Firewall network intrusion test site: http://grc.com/default.htm Firewire home networking!: http://www.havi.org/home.html http://www.digitalharmony.com/ and Macs: http://www.macrocks.com/firewatch/index.html Flash (Macromedia): http://www.flashkit.com Flash video conversion to Quicktime: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070427202842692 Fonts: example uses of typefaces: http://www.ideabook.com/typepale.htm Identification of unknown fonts/typefaces: http://www.identifont.com/ Installed on most Windows/Mac computers: http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp http://www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/ Fracking: http://www.neogap.org/ http://www.strongerinc.org/ http://www.iadc.org/about-iadc/ http://www.cantonrep.com/fracking Free e-mail: http://www.yahoo.com http://www.mac-email.com E-mail forwarding: http://www.bigfoot.com Free POP3 e-mail!: http://www.myrealbox.com/ http://www.hotpop.com Free internet access, e-mail, web hosting, web counters, etc.: http://www.emailaddresses.com Free internet services: http://www.freeinternetservices.com Free ISPs: http://www.nzlist.org/ Free web space: http://www.freewebspace.net/ Free shell accounts (telnet/SSH): http://www.ductape.net/~mitja/freeunix.shtml http://www.leftfoot.com/freeshells.html http://www.nyx.net/ telnet://m-net.arbornet.org (no access to outside internet from shell) Freenet (decentralized network): http://freenet.sourceforge.net/ FTP access (and file editing) through a web browser: http://www.omniedit.com Game emulators: http://starroms.com Get paid for web surfing: http://getpaid.computer.webjump.com Glue, advice on how to glue anything together: http://www.thistothat.com/cgi-bin/glue.cgi?lang=en&this=Wood&that=Plastic Gnutella: http://gnutella.wego.com/ Unix Gnutella client: http://mutella.sourceforge.net/ gnut: ? Google Photos helper links: https://photos.google.com/foryou https://photos.google.com/unsaved Google only for pages in the past year: add this to end of the search URL: &tbs=qdr:12m Graphics file formats: http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/3d-lo.html http://www.cica.indiana.edu/graphics/3D.objects.html Graphics tablets: http://macweek.zdnet.com/mw_050895/sol1.html Hacking: http://www.computercops.biz Cable modems ("uncapping"): http://www.CableModemHack.com/ http://www.hackinthebox.org Hard drive recovery: ($250 for software recovery) Hazardous waste collection by SWACO (e.g. batteries, fluorescent bulbs, etc.): http://www.swaco.org/CmsData/Site/Documents/Web-John/2010hhwflyer.pdf Hotline: Download: http://www.BigRedH.com Servers: http://www.hotlinecentral.com Hotline tracker search: http://www.tracker-tracker.com/hotline/ Unix Hotline clients: http://www.dfbills.com/portfolio/ni/download.html hx: http://www.hotlinex.org/ Hot to use "hx": http://www.hotline-resource.com/hltexts/hxd-how-to.html Image (picture) archives: http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=04916 Inkjet printers: Ink, paper, and supplies: CHEAP: http://www.eforcity.com http://inksupply.com http://mediastreet.com (good paper?: Glacier--archival, acid-free) http://www.free-printerink.com/ (haven't tried this) Empty cartridges (refilling, or selling them back): http://www.empties.com Head cleaning: http://www.weeno.com/art/0899/140.shtml http://www.inkjetart.com/tips/cleaning/ http://dealmac.com/forums/read.html?f=1&i=434891&t=433581&sess=b909ae7d924e01a03de22c3512168443 Cleaner cartridges/solutions: http://inksupply.com http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/kea0.html Instructional videos: http://www.lynda.com/ Interface design: http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/resources.html Internet cafes: http://www.cybercafes.com/ Internet history: http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.html http://www.internetvalley.com/intval.html http://www.geocities.com/FuzzymanCT/ http://members.magnet.at/dmayr/history.htm Timeline: http://www.isoc.org/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html Links to internet history sites: http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/ http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_web.htm Internet speed tester: http://startrinity.com/InternetQuality/ContinuousBandwidthTester.aspx#run_in_browser For high-speed connections: http://www.speedtest.net For 56K modems: http://56k.com/trouble/#testline http://x2.usr.com/connectnow/linetest.html Internet telephony: http://www.skype.com http://www.sipphone.com/ http://www.dialpad.com (Macs not supported, as of Feb. 20, 2000) http://www.net2phone.com http://www.go2call.com/support/sysreqAns.jsp?ansID=1 http://mac2phone.com (MacOS X! not Mac OS 9, though) http://WebPhone.com http://deltathree.com Internet traffic reports: http://dc.ihr.daze.net/ http://www.internettrafficreport.com/ http://www.noc.ucla.edu/networking/weather.html Internet usage statistics: http://www.waller.co.uk/web.htm IP address of the machine you're on (good for dynamic IP's): http://ipid.shat.net:80/iponly/ IRC (Internet Relay Chat) sites: http://www.undernet.org http://DAL.net EFNet IRC search scripts: SPR Jukebox: http://www.surf.to/spr ISPs (Internet Service Providers), including broadband: Shows prices: http://www.findanisp.com/c/ohcities.php http://www.cnet.com/internet/0-3762.html http://www.herbison.com/herbison/iap_meta_list.html http://thelist.internet.com/ http://www.ISPcheck.com https://broadband.msn.com/ Actual companies: http://www.localnet.com ($10/month) http://netpenny.net ($5 - $15 per month) Java: Check current Java version: https://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp (plug-in no longer allowed in Chrome and Firefox; check System Preferences if you have Java installed) Sun's stuff: http://java.sun.com/ Entire JDK 1.1 Core classes: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/api/packages.html Sun JDK documentation: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/index.html Java keyword index: http://www.cs.umb.edu/java/keywords/ Tutorial of entire language: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/l/doc/java/elharo/javatutorial.html FAQ: http://www.uni-ulm.de/~s_wzimme/javafaq.html http://www.nmia.com/~jjm/java.html Java 3D: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html Swing (Java Foundation Classes): http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/ (available for MacOS too) Documentation: http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/swingdoc-api-1.1.1/ Online Java book: http://www-ad.fsl.noaa.gov/asdd/reference/Thinking_in_JAVA/Frames.html Java Messaging Service (JMS) usage and design patterns: http://www.enterpriseintegrationpatterns.com Keyboard shortcuts (magic key sequences): http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html Keyboard "ghosting" and "N-key rollover" explained: https://tidbits.com/2021/02/17/new-model-m-is-an-american-made-keyboard-that-puts-a-spring-back-in-your-typing/ Kerberos distributions: http://web.mit.edu/network/kerberos-form.html KHTML (Konqueror) for Windows: http://khtml-win32.sourceforge.net/ Learning: http://www.memrise.com/ (good for learning languages in bits and pieces) Links to your web site: http://www.cio.com/WebMaster/wm_previous_tips.html#links Linux for the Palm Pilot: http://www.scsn.net/users/mcduffie/pilot/pilot-linux.html Linux within Windows: http://www.cygwin.com/ Logo design inspiration: http://www.coolhomepages.com/newstatic/Logos/1.html http://www.typedesign.com/index.html http://www.logoed.fsnet.co.uk/index2.html Lorem Ipsum ("Greek text") generator and info: http://www.lipsum.com/ Lynx help: http://reseau.chebucto.ns.ca/Help/Browser/Current/Lynx_users_guide.html MacOS interface for Windows: do a search for it at http:/www.softseek.com/ Mailing lists: Google Groups (newsgroups): http://groups.google.com Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com http://www.liszt.com http://www.taronga.com/cgi-bin/paml_search/ http://www.tile.net/lists http://www.abacon.com/compsite/conversation/lists.html Archives: http://listserv.tamu.edu/archives/ Developer mailing lists archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com Mail open-relay info: Test for an open relay (without turning you in): http://www.paladincorp.com.au/unix/spam/spamlart/ http://abuse.net/relay.html Test for an open relay, but you'll get added to their database if you fail: http://www.ordb.org/ How to fix an open relay: http://www.mail-abuse.org/tsi/ar-fix.html Memory card (CompactFlash) comparisons: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/ MIME types: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types Minidisc player info: http://www.macalester.edu/~nfagerlund/tlb/nmd-use.html Mobile browser emulator: http://mtld.mobi/emulator.php Modem (56K, comprehensive) info: http://www.56k.com Monitors: Reviews: http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-1041.html http://www.zdnet.com/products/filter/guide/0,7267,1500121,00.html http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,44625,00.asp Specs: http://www.griffintechnology.com/monitor.html http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/ Apple monitor specs (lots of info): http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/vid-mon-matrix.html Adapters (PC monitor to Mac computer): http://www.griffintechnology.com/video/ About.com: http://peripherals.about.com/compute/peripherals/msub_monitor_top.htm Moving (relocating): https://moversguide.usps.com/ MP3 info and music: MPEG2-AAC (better than MP3 in 70% of the size, encoder is heavily licensed and not available): Compared to MP3: http://recordstorereview.com/misc/aacmp3.shtml http://www.research.att.com/~gjm/imusic/mpeg2aac.html http://www.execpc.com/~real/aac/index.html And other formats, too: http://www.mp3-tech.org/ Napster: http://www.napster.com Search: http://mp3.lycos.com http://www.mp3board.com http://www.raum.com/mpeg/ http://www.iis.fhg.de/amm/ http://www.mp3.com/ http://www.dmusic.com http://www.epitonic.com/ http://www.tunes.com http://www.riffage.com http://www.garageband.com http://www.farmclub.com MP3 encoder comparison: http://www.raum.com/mpeg/reviews_quality.html MP3 comparison with other audio formats (OGG, LAME MP3, etc.): http://www.mp3-to-wav.com/comparing.htm MPEG audio/video standard reference: http://www.vol.it/MPEG/ MPEG FAQ 4.1: http://www.mpeg1.de/mpegfaq/index.html (click on "What is MPEG-2?") Berkeley MPEG-2 FAQ: http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/mpeg2faq.html MS-DOS commands: http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm Napster: http://www.napster.com Open-source versions: http://opennap.sourceforge.net/ Alternative peer-to-peer file sharing programs: http://www.zeropaid.com/ Netscape's "about:" URLs: http://help.netscape.com/kb/client/970513-4.html Networking! All you need to know: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/ Protocols explained: http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Protocol.htm News, PC, in depth: http://www.ars-technica.com/ Newsgroups (browing and searching): http://www.liszt.com/news/ Google: http://groups.google.com Microsoft newsgroups: set your news reader to the news server "msnews.microsoft.com" Noise reducing insulation for computers: http://dynamat.com/computer_faq.htm Open-source developing: http://www.freshmeat.net http://www.andover.net/ Optical character recognition (OCR): http://www.free-ocr.com/ Panoramic picture info: http://www.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ Passwords: Random password generator (not completely random): http://www.randpass.com/cgi-bin/randpass Pronounceable password generator Java applet: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/otpw.html Secure login method over unsecure telnet client: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/otpw.html List of default passwords used in hardware and software devices: http://www.phenoelit-us.org/dpl/dpl.html Passwords, list of hacked (has your username or email address been hacked by anyone on any site?) https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (does not reveal passwords or whether passwords have been stolen?) https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords (lets you check if your particular password is in any database) https://www.leakedsource.com/ (DEFUNCT) Password managers: LastPass vs. 1Password: http://thewirecutter.com/blog/password-managers-are-for-everyone-including-you/ http://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/1password-vs-lastpass/ http://www.howtogeek.com/240255/password-managers-compared-lastpass-vs-keepass-vs-dashlane-vs-1password/ http://tidbits.com/article/12177?print_version=1 Google SmartLock vs. 1Password: http://lifehacker.com/googles-new-smart-lock-is-the-password-manager-for-the-1710352668 https://www.wired.com/2016/08/browser-password-manager-probably-isnt-enough/ PC file suffixes: http://www-f.rrz.uni-koeln.de/themen/Graphik/ImageProcessing/fileext.html No longer works? http://www.chesworth.com/pv/vault/file_format/filex/extensio.htm PGP info and software: http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html http://www.pgp.com http://www.arc.unm.edu/~drosoff/pgp/pgp.html Photoshop plug-ins: http://www.eskimo.com/~pristine/photoplug.html http://pluginparty.i-us.com/party.htm Photoshop tennis: http://coudal.com/tennis.html PICO editor available at: ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/pine/ http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/pico/#download Pine information: http://www.washington.edu/pine/ Mailing list: http://www.washington.edu/pine/pine-info/ Power Pine: http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/ Setting it up for multiple e-mail accounts: http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/imap/isps/ Changing your "From" header: http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/changing_from/ .pinerc: http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/doc/pine/config.html Piracy: Hotline: http://www.bigredh.com http://hotlinecentral.com/ Napster: http://www.napster.com GNUtella: http://gnutella.wego.com/ For Mac: FURI: http://www.jps.net/williamw/furi/mac_readme.html MacTella: http://www.cxc.com/ PNG images: http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngs.html Podcasts through your phone (dial a phone number): http://www.podlinez.com/ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me: http://www.podlinez.com/details.php?number=5102480312 Car Talk: http://www.podlinez.com/details.php?number=5098952540 http://www.phonecasting.com Police scanners online: http://www.radioreference.com/ Port list: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Simpler: http://www.iss.net/security_center/advice/Exploits/Ports/default.htm Ports used by Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439 PowerPC hardware info: http://til.info.apple.com/ http://www.primenet.com/~ericy/MacEvolution.html Programming See Web Development Learning via online courses (2018): https://www.sololearn.com/ Excel: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/program/excel/2003/reference/ Programming with Mac look and feel: http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/alt.sources.mac/macintosh-c/ Protocol descriptions: POP3 commands (incoming mail protocol, port 110): http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/pop3telnet.htm ("telnet mail.server.com 110", "USER username", "PASS password", "STAT" "LIST" "RETR messagenumber") SMTP commands (outgoing mail protocol, port 25): http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/telnet.html Example: telnet targetdomain.com 25 HELO originatingdoman.com MAIL FROM: me@me.com RCPT TO: you@you.com DATA test message . quit HTTP command examples: http://www.groovyweb.uklinux.net/index.php?page_name=Using%20http%20commands%20through%20telnet HTTP eavesdropping: http://webtools.mozilla.org/web-sniffer/ lynx -head -dump http://foo.bar IMAP (port 143) and POP3 commands and installation: http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/aixbman/commadmn/ml_imap_pop.htm Quake: Quake servers: http://gameaholic.com/servers/quake/ http://www.quadquakers.com/servers.html http://planetquake.com/ http://guides.barrysworld.com/quake3/faq/ Bots: http://www.jumbo.com/pages/games/quake/quakec/bots/ Question and answer site: http://stackoverflow.com/ Recycling old computers: http://search.earth911.com/ Goodwill: http://search.earth911.com/location/Q1RQNVVRU11HXQ/ http://www.ohiodnr.com/Home/where/tabid/9398/Default.aspx http://epawebapps.epa.state.oh.us/Recyclers/jsp/search.jsp http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/ http://www.computertakeback.com/the_solutions/recyclers_map.cfm Office Depot sometimes runs a free program (one ended Labor Day 2004) Donating: http://www.freecycle.org/ Remote control devices for computers: http://www.remotecentral.com/ Reviews of hardware: http://anandtech.com http://www.zdnet.com/reviews/ http://cnet.com/hardware/0-1016.html?tag=dir http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/ Mac reviews: http://www.macworldpricefinder.com RFC's and other internet documents: http://info.broker.isi.edu/in-notes/ RSS: Send out your own RSS syndicated feeds: http://myst-technology.com RSS feeds created from web pages: http://fivefilters.org/content-only/ RSS feeds created from Twitter feeds: http://twitrss.me/ https://rss.app/blog/how-to-create-twitter-rss-feeds RSS feeds converted to e-mail: http://rss2email.infogami.com/ http://www.rssfwd.com/ Scanning service for books and documents ($1 per 100 page book): http://1dollarscan.com/ Screensavers: http://www.screensavergallery.com/screensavers/ http://www.macscreensavers.com/big_list.html http://www.screensavergallery.com/screensavers/ Scripting the internet: If this then that: http://ifttt.com/wtf SCSI cables: http://www.scsipro.com Security: Security test: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym For your own server: http://www.securityfocus.com Top ten issues for the internet: http://www.sans.org/topten.htm Send large files: http://www.filedropper.com http://yousendit.com/ Shipping/freight mapper (shows all shipping vessels on the ocean!) https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000 Skype: System status (heartbeat): http://heartbeat.skype.com/ Forum: http://forum.skype.com Sound effects: http://www.wavplace.com/sounds.htm Sound file format info: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/formats.html Spam: (see separate Spam Info file) Send your spam to the FTC: mailto:uce@ftp.gov Spam FAQ: http://www.claws-and-paws.com/spam-l/tracking.html Spam newsgroup (NANAE): http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=news.admin.net-abuse.email Spyware registry (check and see if you're downloading spyware): http://www.spychecker.com SSL certificate test: http://www.ssltest.net/ Statistics: Binomial distributions: Stolen computer registry: http://www.stolencomputers.org http://www.itsbeenstolen.com Support questions asked and answered: http://stackoverflow.com/ http://superuser.com/ Syquest drives: http://syquestsupport.com Telephone calls - receive them while online: ICM: http://www.internetcallmanager.com/CustomerService/faq.shtml All you need is their software and a phone company which provides "Call Forward Busy" and "Call Forward No Answer" services. This costs $2 per line for me through Alltel. ICM charges you $6 a month, PLUS about 10 cents/min. for all calls received while online! Time servers (NTP): http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm Transfer large files: http://www.2big2send.com Twitter (find people to follow): http://justtweetit.com/ http://www.twollo.com/ http://mrtweet.net/ Find top ten tweets for someone: https://favstar.fm/users/[usernamehere] Unix: Unix commands (overview of most common ones): http://mally.stanford.edu/~sr/computing/basic-unix.html Unix commands! A big page full of them! And their man pages: http://www.rt.com/man/ Man pages: http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/man GNU documentation: http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/ Unix and common executables: http://www.geek-girl.com/unix.html C help: http://www.cs.utah.edu/csinfo/texinfo/glibc-manual-0.02/library_toc.html Editors for unix: ftp://ftp.std.com/src/editors/ Joe editor introduction: http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/Joe/NotesJoe.NM.html Security breech or denial of service attacks: http://www.sans.org/y2k/DDoS.htm History: http://www.levenez.com/unix/ Redirection, pipes, etc.: http://unix.about.com/library/weekly/aa110600e.htm Shell scripting: Bourne (BASH): http://user.it.uu.se/~matkin/documents/shell/ http://www.injunea.demon.co.uk/pages/page205.htm awk users guide: http://www.gnu.org/manual/gawk-3.0.3/html_node/gawk_toc.html sed users guide: http://www.gnu.org/manual/sed-3.02/sed.html sed FAQ: http://www.ptug.org/sed/sedfaq.htm regular expressions: http://www.regular-expressions.info/ http://www.gnu.org/manual/gawk-3.1.1/html_node/Regexp.html#Regexp http://php.net/pcre interactive RegExp editors: http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/ http://python.net/~gherman/RegexPlor.html other GNU utilities users guides: http://www.gnu.org/manual/ securing your server (links to most of the software you'll need!): http://relays.osirusoft.com/mtafix/ beginner's guides to unix: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/Help/get_started/begidx.html http://www.carleton.ca/CCS/docs/chat_docs/unix.html sendmail: http://www.sendmail.org/ Uptime service (checks the accessibility of a site): Free (uses HTTP, so will show up in your web logs): http://www.internetseer.com/home/index.xtp;jsessionid=aOW_4ONNA8x5 http://uptime.openacs.org/uptime http://www.internetseer.com (sends you an ad once a week or so) Usenet: Usenet groups list and info: http://metalab.unc.edu/usenet-i/ Archives: http://www.pitt.edu/~grouprev/Usenet/Archive-List/newsgroup_archives.html Search: http://groups.google.com/ VAX shell accounts (free): http://deathrow.vistech.net/ (nearly full-functioning demo account available without signing up) http://www.polarhome.com/ Vimeo video downloader: http://savevideo.me/ http://www.videograbber.net/free-vimeo-downloader Virus info: http://sarc.com/avcenter/ Visual BASIC: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon98/html/vbconprogrammersguide.asp Wallpaper (desktop pictures): http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Desktop_Customization/Wallpaper/ Web advertising opt-out: http://www.debris.com/journal/134 Web-based telnet client: PHP: http://www.gimpster.com/wiki/PhpShell Java (couldn't get it to connect): http://www.first.gmd.de/persons/leo/java/Telnet/ Web browsing, anonymous: http://tor.eff.org Web counters: List: http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_counters.htm http://www.nedstat.com WebDAV: http://webdav.org/ Unix WebDAV client (makes it seem like FTP!): http://www.webdav.org/perldav/ WebDAV server-side scripts for web sites: http://www.hotscripts.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?bool=AND&query=webdav&catid=all Web design: http://desktoppublishing.com/webparadise.html http://www.wpdfd.com http://www.webreference.com/dlab/ http://webreview.com/wr/pub/Web_Design http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdhome.htm http://www.oswd.org/ Accessibility: Guidelines: http://tntluoma.com/sidebars/section508/ Test your site as if you were colorblind: http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php Site design guide: http://www.webstyleguide.com/ Older first edition: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html Site design examples: http://cssbeauty.com/ http://cssvault.com/ http://www.thebestdesigns.com/ http://www.runwithscissors.ca/concepts/ http://www.coolhomepages.com/ http://www.linkdup.com/ http://www.coolestdesigns.com/ http://www.nolimitmedia.com/ http://www.netdiver.net http://www.k10k.net/ http://www.newstoday.com/ http://www.australianinfront.com.au/ Web development (HTML, web applications, dynamic scripting, e-commerce apps, ASP, CGI, PHP, SQL, dynamic site stuff, etc.): Ready-made sites: http://weebly.com http://www.webs.com http://wix.com http://www.webnode.com/ http://www.squarespace.com/ (review: ) https://about.me/ General info: http://www.webreference.com/ http://www.wdvl.com/ http://w3c.org Tutorials, help: http://www.devshed.com/ Mailing lists: WebDesign-L: http://webdesign-l.com The List: http://lists.evolt.org/ Articles: http://zeldman.com http://alistapart.com Software Development magazine: http://www.sdmagazine.com/articles/ Pre-built scripts: http://www.hotscripts.com http://www.refdev.com http://www.scriptsearch.com/ http://www.downloadfreetrial.com http://www.phpbuilder.com/snippet/ http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/ http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=92 Discussion boards (free): http://www.sitepowerup.com Hit log, meter: http://sm6.sitemeter.com/default.asp Content Management Systems: Comparison table of a hundred CMSes! http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ Sample installations of dozens of CMSes: http://www.opensourcecms.com/ http://www.la-grange.net/cms http://www.cmsarchive.com/ Try out any popular PHP/MySQL CMS system, already installed: http://www.opensourcecms.com Language reference: http://devguru.com/ Microsoft Development Centers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/developercenters/ Perl: Documentation: http://www.rocketaware.com/perl/ http://www.perldoc.com/ Operators (e.g. punctuation): http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlop.html List of Perl functions: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlfunc.html#Alphabetical-Listing-of-Perl-Functions http://kobesearch.cpan.org/ Language resources: http://cpan.org/ Compared favorably over PHP: http://tnx.nl/php PHP: http://www.php.net/ On Mac OS X: http://phpmac.com/ Command help: http://www.php.net/"COMMAND NAME" Introduction: http://1.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin1/flo?y=eps0BbPsU0k0DW4x PHP IDE test/comparison: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/11/the-big-php-ides-test-why-use-oneand-which-to-choose/ PHP scripts: http://www.zend.com/apps.php http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/ .htaccess front-end: http://www.phpbuilder.com/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=110 Code exchange: http://px.sklar.com/ PHP tutorials: http://www.phpbuilder.com PHP/MySQL tutorial: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/tutorials/tutorial4.html PHP mailing lists: http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php PHP predefined global variables: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php Rapid application development (RAD): http://www.dadabik.org/ http://www.phormgen.com/ http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/16010.html Jobs bidding/contract: http://www.search4scripts.com/ http://www.rentacoder.com http://www.php.net/links.php MySQL: http://www.mysql.com MySQL tutorial: http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq/faq.html#ch4_1_0 MySQL manuals: By command: http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/MySQL/manual_Function_Index.html By topic: http://www.mysql.com/doc/ Simple reference: http://www.baycongroup.com/tocsql.htm Explanations of commands: http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-commands.html PosgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/ CGI scripting: http://www.howstuffworks.com/cgi.htm http://snowwhite.it.brighton.ac.uk/~mas/mas/courses/html/html3.html http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/CGI___Common_Gateway_Interface/ Free scripts: http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/ http://webdeveloper.com/ Links: http://webdeveloper.com/cgi-perl/cgi_links.html FormMail.pl: http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html JSP overview: http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/jsp/ Ruby: http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/examples.html ASP: Comprehensive tutorials, classified by topic: http://msconline.maconstate.edu/tutorials/ASP/default.htm http://www.aspfaqs.com/aspfaqs/ (FAQ-style) Help: http://aspadvice.com/ http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp Command reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/ddfa5183-d458-41bc-a489-070296ced968.asp http://www.devguru.com/technologies/vbscript/home.asp http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/asp/quickref/asp_intro.html More command reference sites: http://www.hotscripts.com/ASP/References/index.html JavaScript reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects.asp http://devedge.netscape.com/central/javascript/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/ http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/JavaScript/ Overview: http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/DHTML/DOM/ FAQ: http://developer.netscape.com/support/faqs/champions/javascript.html http://developer.irt.org/script/script.htm Scripts: http://www.javascript.com/ http://javascript.internet.com/toc.html http://webdeveloper.com/ http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/index.htm Newsgroup (closest I know to a mailing list): http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.lang.javascript Handbook/reference: http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/javascript/index.html List of resources: http://www.webniche.com/jscript.html http://www.irt.org/links/JavaScript_Resources/index.html FAQ: http://www.irt.org/script/faq.htm Mailing list: https://lists.latech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript Java applets/applications: http://www.jars.com http://javaboutique.internet.com HTML: The World Wide Web Consortium: http://www.w3.org/ HTML writer's guild: http://www.hwg.org/ Programming mailing list (includes JavaScript and PERL): http://www.hwg.org/lists/mailinglists.html HTML and CGI overview/reference: http://snowwhite.it.brighton.ac.uk/~mas/mas/courses/html/html.html HTML commands: http://www.eskimo.com/~bloo/indexdot/html/tagindex/a.htm Bare Bones HTML Guide: http://werbach.com/barebones/barebones.html HTML and CSS tutorials From Alison's class: http://intel.si.umich.edu/weymouth/dtk/DTK2002/AdvancedHTML/AdvancedHTML_DTK_files/frame.htm http://www.w3schools.com http://www.weballey.net/ HTML primer (covers the basics very clearly): http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/html HTML entities: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/ Most common entities: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/special.html All Latin entities: http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/latin1.html Another list: http://www.kerryr.net/pioneers/html4.htm http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/entities.html Entity converter (no longer works): http://www.saila.com/usage/tips/examples/special_characters.html URL obfuscator/encoder using entities: http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html http://www.keyone.co.uk/tools-text-obfuscator.asp HTML error codes: http://www.pcin.net/help/articles/htmlerrorcodes.shtml HTML validator: http://validator.w3.org/ Tips for web pages: http://www.chami.com/tips/ http://205.252.97.159/nutsbolts/html.html CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): Ten best CSS sites: http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2005/july/20.html Mailing list: http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/css-discuss Reference: http://www.eskimo.com/~bloo/indexdot/css/index.html http://webreview.com/style/ http://www.htmlreference.com/htmlref66.html http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/properties.html http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/all-properties.html http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FrontPage CSS2: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/css2tests/intro.html http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/ http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1/ Selectoracle: http://gallery.theopalgroup.com/selectoracle/ CSS-Discuss mailing list: http://www.css-discuss.org/ Hiding CSS from buggy browsers: http://pixels.pixelpark.com/~koch/hide_css_from_browsers/ Web site templates: http://demo.truethemes.net/Karma-Site-Template/ http://creattica.com/ http://www.sitexpress.internetplanners.com/small_business.html DNS diagnostics: http://DNSReport.com WAP emulator: http://www.waptiger.com/waptiger/ Browser compatibility: http://www.webreview.com/style/index.shtml http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/css2tests/ Browser testing: https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools (IE virtual machines for Mac) http://www.browserstack.com/ http://browserling.com/ Browser screen captures: for free: http://browsershots.org/ for a modest fee: http://browsercam.com/ http://browserlab.adobe.com http://www.url2image.com/ http://www.danvine.com/icapture/ http://www.danvine.com/iecapture/ Mac IE problems: http://www.l-c-n.com/IE5tests/ Browser usage statistics (by browser, platform, screen size, etc.): http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm http://www.thecounter.com/stats Google Zeitgeist (browser and platform usage of Google): http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html Browser developers' blogs! Safari: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/ Internet Explorer: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/ Issues and problems: Link checker: http://validator.w3.org/checklink Archive of old browser versions: http://browsers.evolt.org/ Check for handicap accessability: http://www.cast.org/bobby/ Cache test: http://www.procata.com/cachetest/tests/pragma/index.php Forcing images to preload: http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/010897I.html Server-side includes: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/ssi.html http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/includes.html#Format http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssi Web server platform detector: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/ PNG transparency on Internet Explorer 5.5+ for Windows: http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html Page load size analysis: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ Web access log analysis programs: http://homemediakit.com/internet-marketing-guide/web-log-analysis/ very full-featured, includes path analysis, unlimited free trial: http://www.sawmill.net Robots.txt Guide: http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion-admin.html Tutorial: http://www.searchengineworld.com/robots/robots_tutorial.htm Validator: http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/robotcheck.cgi Blocking robots who ignore robots.txt: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/02/26/how_to_block_spambots_ban_spybots_and_tell_unwanted_robots_to_go_to_hell.html MacOS X server software: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/ http://serverlogistics.com/ Server monitoring and performance metering: http://internetseer.com http://www.montastic.com/ http://www.kernel.org/software/mon/ http://www.netmechanic.com Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/ .htaccess usage: http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html http://apache-server.com/tutorials/ATusing-htaccess.html Rewriting URLs (mod_rewrite): http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/23/1.php Beginner's Guide: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting Apache's docs: http://www.apacheref.com/ref/mod_rewrite.html When your old files move to new places: http://www.freebsddiary.org/rewrite.php 404 Error pages (customizing them): http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp Nice/funny pages: http://www.404lounge.net/index.php3 http://www.plinko.net/404/blah http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/zzzz Doctype setting: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype/ Adobe GoLive resources: http://realworldgolive.com/rwgl4/modlist.html Adobe Studio Exchange (big library of scripts for Adobe programs): http://share.studio.adobe.com/ Creating favicons: http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Images/Favicon/ SOAP, web services: Web services FAQ: http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2002/02/12/webservicefaqs.html?page=1 http://soapclient.com/SoapServices.html http://www.xmethods.com/ Network tools (ping, traceroute, dns lookup, etc.): http://www.dnsstuff.com/ PDF conversion (convert from PDF to HTML): http://access.adobe.com/perl/convertPDF.pl SSL certificates: http://www.rapidssl.com/index_ssl.htm Grep help: http://www.anybrowser.org/bbedit/grep.shtml Web hosting: Info: http://www.tizag.com/webhost/ CNet reviews, advice: http://www.cnet.com/internet/0-3799.html?tag=dir Check to see what web server & scripting languages a server is running: http://www.port80software.com/tools/headercheckreport?url=[xxx] Meta-sites: Top 10 list (with reviews): http://www.webhostinginspector.com Impartial ratings: http://www.webhostingratings.com/ http://www.webhostingjury.com/ http://www.hostcompare.com/advancedsearch.htm http://www.webhostdir.com/ http://www.hostindex.com http://www.tophosts.com/ http://webhosts.thelist.com/ http://www.findahost.com/ For the U.K. market: http://www.whichhosts.com These miss many major U.K. hosting providers (not very thorough): http://yournexthost.co.uk http://hostsearchuk.com http://www.findmyhosting.com Some major U.K. hosting providers: UK2, HostEurope, FastHosts, Easily, Demon, Gradwell, Cyberstrider, Hostroute/Nameroute More hosting meta-sites: The Web Host Industry review: http://www.thewhir.com/ Host Review: http://www.hostreview.com/ Epinions Web Host Reviews: http://www.epinions.com/inet-Web_Hosting-All/ Web Hosting Village: http://www.webhostingvillage.com/ Web Host Directory: http://www.webhostdir.com/ Host Search: http://www.hostsearch.com/ Web Hosts Online: http://www.webhostsonline.com/ Discussion forums: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&group=alt.www.webmaster Web Hosting and Domain Names forum: http://www.sitepointforums.com/ Meta-sites for free hosting: http://www.100best-free-web-space.com/ http://www.clickherefree.com/ http://emailaddresses.com/ Actual hosting companies (high quality): http://www.pair.com http://www.pairlite.com http://www.dreamhost.com (Linux; $8/month paid yearly) Great, but don't allow SSH access: http://www.lunarpages.com (Linux; highly rated, $8/month paid yearly) http://www.powweb.com (Linux; highly rated, $8/month paid yearly) Actual hosting companies (cheap): http://www.esphinx.net/features1.php ($36/yr. for PHP, MySQL, SSH, 300 megs) $12/year, 250 megs: http://l40.net/ap/step_one.php?gid=5 http://www.catalyst2.com/hosting/windows/megadeal.asp?cifmh=233621 http://www.ultrasurge.com/specials/plesk5.html?source=findmyhosting.com http://www.hostdepartment.com/ps_sharedwebhosting-linux.htm ($7/mo. for PHP/MySQL and shell; probably a reseller) http://jtlnet.com/pkg_linux.html ($7.50/mo. for PHP/MySQL and shell, only 10 megs of space) http://34sp.com/hostingfeatures.shtml ($1.75/mo. for PHP/MySQL, but shell access is iffy) http://f2o.org/ (free hosting, probably no shell; free hosting may be disabled) http://alwayswebhosting.com http://www.hostway.com $2/year hosting: http://www.fortunespace.com/index.htm http://www.catalog.com http://www.doteasy.com http://www.hostandsave.com http://www.pehosting.com/light/sharedhosting/ http://www.globat.com/ http://www.icdsoft.com/hosting.php With WebDAV and SSH for $10/month: http://www.dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html Cheap unix hosting with PHP, SQL, and shell access: http://www.1uhost.com/compare.htm http://www.dot5hosting.com http://www.eryxma.com/sharedserver.shtml http://www.deserthosting.com/english/hostingplans.html http://www.affordablehost.com/hosting.shtml (SSH possibly available grudgingly, by request) JSP hosting, $10/mo.: http://www.imagineis.com/services/sharedServicesComparison.jsp Web loggers (blogs): List of them: http://www.blogroots.com/resources.blog http://www.movabletype.org/ (free, no ads) http://www.cafelog.com http://www.blogger.com/ (has ads?) http://wordpress.org/ (create a WordPress theme here: ) Good list of themes here: http://manila.userland.com/ (not free) List of web loggers and CMS (content management system) apps: http://www.la-grange.net/cms (See Content Management Systems under Web Development) iBlog (Blogger message posting client for MacOS): http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=12359&db=mac Web pages sent via e-mail: http://www.web2mail.com/ (sporadic) http://www.pagegetter.com/ (subscription fee required) http://www.quickbrowse.com/ (subscription fee required) E-mail notification when a web page changes: http://mindit.netmind.com The Well: telnet://well.com http://www.well.net/ Whois database: http://www.geektools.com/whois.php http://whois.bw.org/ http://betterwhois.com .us domain names: http://whois.us Windows DLL files! http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/ Windows NT: http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm Windows SSH clients: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,001722,.html http://vandyke.com Windows technical help: http://www.halcyon.com/cerelli/ http://www.pcguide.com/index.htm hardware guide: http://sysdoc.pair.com/ Wireless networks: http://nocat.net http://www.nodedb.com http://wifimaps.com http://www.cheesebikini.com/blog/archives/000234.html#000234 http://www.nodedb.com/unitedstates/ca/sanfrancisco/ http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/WirelessCommunities Wireless standards: http://www.farallon.com/products/wireless/skyline_comp_matrix.html WML: Convert HTML to WML: http://www.html2wml.org/ View WML pages: http://www.opera.com WordPerfect tech. support: wpsupport@aol.com bug reports, enhancement requests, info: mactalk@corel.com YouTube audio converter: https://www.pcmag.com/feature/362854/how-to-convert-youtube-videos-to-mp3-files/5 http://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/mp3-converter YouTube video converter: https://ssyoutube.com/en16/youtube-video-downloader http://downloadyoutubevideo.org/ COMPUTERS - MACINTOSH Accelerators: (see separate file on Mac accelerators) Airport base station setup: http://www.roadstead.com/weblog/Tutorials/airport.html Airport troubleshooting: http://www.apple.com/support/airport/ AOL Instant Messenger video chat help: http://www.mvldesign.com/video_conference_tutorial.html#xpfw http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050701045215196&query=ichat+aim+video Apple discussion groups: http://discussions.info.apple.com/ Apple financial information and stock watch: http://www.appleinvestors.com http://www.macobserver.com/columns/appletrader/ Appple hardware documentation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/AppleHardware-date.html Apple history: http://www.apple-history.com/ http://library.stanford.edu/mac Apple mailing lists: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/ Apple patents (recent): http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ilist4?ENG+PATBIB-1998-1999+0+973513+438+OF+1+4+AN%2f%22apple+computer%22 Apple product information: http://support.apple.com/specs/ http://support.info.apple.com/info.apple.com/applespec/applespec.taf Apple spec sheets: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html Power Mac G4 specs: http://www.macopz.com/buildamac/models.html Older machines: http://www.info.apple.com/usen/legacy/ Apple refurbished store: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?family=SpecialDeals Applescript info: http://macscripter.net/ http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macos8/InterproCom/AppleScriptScripters/applescriptscripters.html http://www.AppleScriptSourcebook.com/contents.html http://www.pass.wayne.edu/~eric/aslinks.html http://bbs.applescript.net http://www.scriptweb.org/ http://www.mindspring.com/~i_automate/lessons/contents.html Obfuscated AppleScate contest: http://www.jaral.org/applescript/ Apple's beginner tutorial: http://www.apple.com/applescript/begin/pgs/begin_00.html Apple software updates: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75150 http://asu.info.apple.com/ Apple System software (7.5.3 available in "Older System" directory"): ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/ slow connection for System 7.5.3? maybe try here: http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11258 MacOS 9.1/9.2 updates: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75288 Apple WWW and FTP sites: http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/apple2/a2ftp.html Apple II and early Mac clones: http://www.applefritter.com/ Apple II emulators: http://www.emulation.net IIgs emulator "Bernie ][ the Rescue": http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/ ATA/IDE cards reviewed: http://people.a2000.nl/pdehaan/acard/acard.html Audio inputs over USB: use the Griffin USB audio adapter, http://www.griffintechnology.com Batteries for Macs: For sale at OWC: http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Column=Description&Criteria=pram+battery Old Macs: http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/ Bus speeds of MacOS computers: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=17121 Cables: http://members.aol.com/maceasy/ Cell phone compatibility: http://macintouch.com/macphones.html Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maccellphone/ Code names for Apple computers: http://www.appleinsider.com/codenames.shtml Connecting to the internet, a How-to for Remote Access and TCP/IP: http://www.macinstruct.com/tutorials/modem/tcp/ Control Strip info: http://www.controlstripoutlet.com/ http://www.windspirit.com/flux/ware/float.html http://www.kezer.net/csm.html Data center map: https://baxtel.com/map Dogcow lore (on Apple's site): http://developer.apple.com/products/techsupport/dogcow/ Drivers (older Macs): http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/ DVD playback without a DVD drive: http://www.macinstruct.com/tutorials/movie/ind DVD utilities: http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/links.html Easter eggs: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~davidnf/egg.html http://members.aol.com/ixist/apple.html 8500/8600 info: http://www.bigfat.com/mac8500-l/ E-mail programs: http://www.emailman.com/mac/clients.html http://www.macemail.com E-mail, encrypted: http://www.hushmail.com http://www.privacyx.com Extensions information: http://www1.pt.com.my/~tkting/thchome/eo/ Extension conflicts: The Complete Conflict Compendium: http://www.quillserv.com FileMaker Pro mailing list archives: http://www.ironclad.net.au/lists/fmpexperts/archives/index.html File metadata: http://code.google.com/p/understand/wiki/MacOSMetadata http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2011031022342321 Firewire: http://www.allfirewire.com Fonts: With samples to peruse: http://www.erik.co.uk/font/ http://www.printerideas.com/fontfairy/webfonts.html Tons of links to other free font sites: http://hometown.aol.com/mmqchome/fonts/fonts.htm http://www.macfonts.com/index.html Retro fonts: http://www.fontdiner.com Font tools: http://fonts.apple.com/tools/ Funny Mac problems: http://www.mikka.net.au/~agony/ FreePPP: ftp://members.aol.com/freepppgrp/ Games: Mac Games Finder: http://www.gamedb.com/ Play It Again Mac: http://www.pht.com/macpages/pam.html Good games: http://www.CajunGames.com/favorites/ Happy Puppy Games: http://www.happypuppy.com Gamer's Ledge: http://gamepen.com/ledge/mac http://www.macledge.com/depts/survey.html Games Domain: http://www.gamesdomain.com Inside Mac Games magazine: http://www.imgmagazine.com 68K games: http://www.gomac.to/Mac68kgGames Electric Games-MacAttack: http://electricgames.com/macgames.html Graphics card info: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/video.html Graphing Calculator hidden extended features: http://www.pacifict.com/Secrets.html Hard drive (internal) mounting kit for 8600--FOUR drives!: http://www.macgurus.com/shoppingcart/obj_show_page.cgi?mgscsibezelsandsleds.html http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/RAID/8600/index.html HFS Plus (how it works): http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1150.html Icons: IconFactory: http://www.iconfactory.com/ware.asp IconFactory Pixelpalooza winners: http://www.iconfactory.com/pixelpal1.asp Apple icon links: http://www.theapplecollection.com/various/icons/index.shtml http://www.iconfactory.com http://www.perfectyosemite.com http://theapplecollection.com http://www.iconmaniac.com/ http://www.iconbazaar.com/ http://www.EpochIcons.com/ iMac upgrading: http://www.theimac.com/drive_steps.shtml Internet Explorer AppleScripts: http://www.apple.is/ie5/ iPod tutorial: http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/ iTunes visual plug-in info: http://55ware.com/ Java development on the Mac: http://outlawcafe.org Apple's Java site: http://devworld.apple.com/java/ Sun's Mac Java documentation: http://java.sun.com/docs/mac_format/index.html Linux on the Mac: http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html#UnixOnMac Logo command reference: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/usermanual Mac advantages (huge list): http://www.13idol.com/mac/macfacts.html Mac IIci page: http://members.macconnect.com/users/s/shobaffum/MacIIci/iici.spml Mac disks (CD's, Zip disks, floppies, etc.), program to read them on a PC: http://www.macdisk.com/mden.php3 Macintosh technical discussion: http://arstechnica.com http://xlr8yourmac.com/ Forums: http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=cfrm&s=50009562 (includes "Battlefield" platform comparisons, and "Mac Achaia" discussions on Mac technical specs) Mac Achaia FAQ (all things technical about Mac): http://faq.arstechnica.com/?s=11 Mac models currently in production (feature comparison chart): http://qmug.org/LA/Desktop_Folder/Documents/Current_Macs--02-05.html Mac models, how to differentiate between them: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418 Mac model release schedule: https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Inc._products Mac OS discussion forum (by Apple): http://discuss.info.apple.com/boards/MacOS.nsf/Web+Search+Simple?OpenForm Mac OS X administration: http://macadmin.org/ Mac OS X help: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/macos/macosx/ http://www.macosxhints.com/ http://www.osxfaq.com/ Startup troubleshooting: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464 Security updates: http://www.info.apple.com/usen/security/security_updates.html Mac OS X kernel layers: http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Darwin/General/KernelProgramming/scheduler/index.html Mac programming: http://www.dylanpro.com/outline.html Mac speed tests and benchmarks: (do a search within the page) Manuals for Apple computers: http://www.info.apple.com/manuals/manuals.taf Memory info: http://gurulounge.net/ http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Utilities/memguide.pdf Microsoft Entourage/Outlook: Help and resources: http://www.entourage.mvps.org Microsoft's site: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/oe/ AppleScripts: http://www.macemail.com/oe/pages/applescript.shtml Miscellaneous (lots of Macs sites): http://www.macaddictnetwork.com http://www.everythingmac.com Modem scripts: http://www.taniwha.org.uk/ Monitors: http://www.c-computer.com/categories/monitor.html Music programs info: http://www.macmusic.org/ Networking: http://threemacs.com News sites: http://www.macintouch.com http://www.macfixit.com http://www.maccentral.com http://www.macnn.com http://www.macresource.com/ MacWeek: http://www.zdnet.com/macweek C|Net: http://www.cnet.com The Mac Orchard: http://www.macorchard.com Rumors: http://www.macosrumors.com Software updates: http://www.versiontracker.com http://www.macresource.com http://www.softwatcher.com See "Apple software updates" Old Mac stuff: http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/oldmac.html Tons of links: http://www.eden.com/~arena/jagshouse/classic.html Mac Driver Museum: http://members.xoom.com/macdrivers/ Apple's older System software: ftp://mirror.apple.com/mirrors/Apple_SW_Updates/US/Macintosh/System/Older_System/ Old System software: http://www.sunrem.com -- Sun Remarketing (800) 821-3221 Open Firmware info: http://www.imaclinux.net/gh.php?single=76+index=0 OpenGL for Mac: http://valerie.inf.elte.hu/~boga/Mesa.html OpenGL for Java: http://members.home.net/gziemski/pages/projects/GL4Java.html Partitioning thoughts: http://sciencequest.org/support/computers/mac/topics/partitioning.html PC advantages over Mac: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/9295/pc-advantage/50-pc-advantages-list.html Powerbook info: http://powerbookcentral.com http://pbsource.com http://pbzone.com http://powerpage.org Processor benchmarks and comparisons: http://infopad.eecs.berkeley.edu/CIC/summary/local/ http://infopad.eecs.berkeley.edu/CIC/ Product spec database: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html Quicktime: Full installer: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/support/ QuickTime 3.0 codec examples: http://www.terran.com/video/index.html Quicktime APIs: http://qtj.apple.com/pub/doc/packages.html http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/RM/frameset.htm http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/REF/refFileFormat96.htm http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/REF/refQTFileFormat.htm Replacement for Quicktime Pro 7 (Handbrake for converting videos, VLC for playing them): https://www.macintouch.com/community/index.php?threads/macos-10-15-catalina.2054/page-6#post-20194 Replacement Mac SE CRT's for cheap: http://www.macresq.com ResEdit tricks, programming info: http://www.resexcellence.com Resources: http://www.macnn.com/resources.shtml Reviews of products: http://www.macworldpricefinder.com Rhapsody: http://www.stepwise.com/index.html http://home.earthlink.net/~mickelsn/rhapsodic SCSI info: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/gfield/gary/scsi.html http://www.macgurus.com/ Security for Macs: http://www.securemac.com Check your machine's security: http://hackerwhacker.com:4000/startdemo.dyn?answer=free Shareware: Versiontracker archives: http://www.versiontracker.com MacUser software central: http://www.zdnet.com/mac/download.html File metasearch: http://www.filez.com Latest program versions: http://www.versionmaster.com/ InfoMac Hyperarchive: http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html http://www.shareware.com/ http://www.download.com IBM F-Prot virus program: http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos.html Sherlock plug-ins: http://www.apple-donuts.com/sherlocksearch/index.html Shopping: (see separate file on mail-order web sites) Lots of dealers: Low End Mac's dealer links page: http://lowendmac.com/dealers/index.shtml Used Mac dealers: http://lowendmac.com/dealers/index.shtml WAY too many dealers: http://www.macinfind.com/ More dealers at the end of this page: http://home1.gte.net/mcorphan/system6.html RAM comparison site: http://www.ramseeker.com Specials: http://www.deal-mac.com SCSI info: http://www.macgurus.com Software downloads: http://www.info.apple.com/support/downloads.html Startup keys for Macs: http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/mac/Mac_startup_keys.html System software, Old: http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html Old versions back to version 0.97!: http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/syslist.html Links to support info: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=26181 Tech Info: http://gemma.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/ http://til.info.apple.com/ Technotes (in-depth info): http://developer.apple.com/technotes/ Tech support (for free!): http://www.nowonder.com/support/ 3-D Mac games: http://www.gwi.net/~finn/games.html 3-D modeling: http://www.MacWeb3D.org/ VRML: http://home.telia.no/mlouka/vr/mac/dxf2vrml/ Type/creator database: http://www.angelfire.com/il/szekely/ Mirror: http://tcdb2000.tripod.com/index.html Unix (Apple-flavored): http://web.espy.org/apple-flavored-unix/ USB: http://www.allusb.com Video information: about codecs: http://www.terran.com/codeccentral/codecs/ same as: http://www.CodecCentral.com about making movies: http://www.el-dorado.ca.us/~dmnews/dmn_toc97.html http://www.el-dorado.ca.us/~homeport/edit26/analyze/ Virus list: http://securityportal.com/virus/mac VPN's: https://www.tunnelbear.com/ https://tacticalinvestor.com/be-wary-vpns-are-purposely-leaking-your-ip-address-personal-data/ Webcam info: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/ichatusbcam/ http://www.adnx.com/videocapture.html Web page creation software: http://www.dori.com/budgetwebstudio.html Windows filename extensions: http://filext.com Windows/Mac cross-platform info: http://www.macwindows.com http://peccatte.karefil.com/Software/Software.html Windows/Mac OS comparison: http://www.xvsxp.com/ Windows info: http://www.winsupersite.com/ http://arstechnica.com/ Wireless networks, find ones nearby your computer: http://www.macstumbler.com Year in review (MacFixIt): http://macfixit.com/extras/margin-notes/2001review.shtml