Favorite & suggested links to other sites

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Favorite & suggested links to other sites

Here you will find a set of links separated by various topics that we think are some of the more useful and/or fun places to go to on the internet.

INFORMATION-RELATED LINKS

American Demographics - http://www.americandemographics.com
Ex Libris - http://marylaine.com/exlibris
InfoMine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - http://infomine.ucr.edu
The Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org
Librarians Index to the Internet - http://www.lii.org
Appliance 411 for help on your major appliances - http://www.appliance411.com
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (to check if a service repairman is an authorized technician) - http://www.aham.org
Fark funny news - http://www.fark.com
Flak Magazine (covers a little bit of everything in the news) - http://www.flakmag.com
Onion Magazine for a lighter side of the news - http://www.theonion.com
Invisible Web to find what search engines can not - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html
Kelley Blue Book for selling and trading cars - http://kbb.com
Newsarama for comic book fans - http://www.newsarama.com
The New Yorker Magazine - http://www.newyorker.com
The Online Books Page "Project Gutenberg" for free classic books - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
On-This-Day for fun information about your birthday - http://www.on-this-day.com
Refdesk for online resources, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, ... - http://www.refdesk.com
The Register for the best IT-related news sites - http://www.theregister.co.uk
The Weather Underground for better weather info than other sites - http://www.wunderground.com
Year-end Google Zeitgeist for interesting search stats - http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
World Press Review Online for translated news from around the globe - http://www.worldpress.org

LEARNING-RELATED LINKS

Academic Info educational resources - http://www.academicinfo.com
Bartleby literature resource - http://www.bartleby.com
Blackmask online hosts 10,000 e-books - http://www.blackmask.com
Do It Yourself improvement guide - http://www.doityourself.com
Exploratorium museum of science, art, & human perception - http://www.exploratorium.edu
Footnotes to history (little known lost history) - http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes
History's Women: The Unsung Heroes - http://www.historyswomen.com
The Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience (how fusion reactors work and basics of electricity, magnetism, & energy) - http://ippex.pppl.gov
Legal Affairs teaches the layman about law - http://www.legalaffairs.org
Malaspina Great Books (a survey of great thinkers) - http://www.malaspina.com
Mayo Clinic (consult drug references, research illnesses, learn about healthful lifestyles, ask questions) - http://www.mayoclinic.com
PlumbDesign Visual Thesaurus (visual way to represent relationships among words, useful and entertaining) - http://www.visualthesaurus.com
SoYouWanna.com is a how-to site with quick tutorials - http://www.soyouwanna.com
World Wide Words (Logophiles for origin of words) - http://www.worldwidewords.org
Yahoo! Education (search all sorts of resource books) - http://education.yahoo.com

TRAVEL-RELATED LINKS

FlyerTalk travel information - http://www.flyertalk.com
Roadfood.com reviews of roadside restaurants & food on car trips - http://www.roadfood.com
Roadside America for offbeat attractions - http://www.roadsideamerica.com
Road Trip USA has brief info on 11 x-country trips - http://www.roadtripusa.com
Trip Advisor where you type in a city for great links of info for travel - http://www.tripadvisor.com
Worldisround is a community-rich site sharing travel pics, info - http://www.worldisround.com
Wotif.com has cheaper accommodations for short-term immediate need of occupancy (within 2 weeks) - http://wotif.com

ENTERTAINMENT-RELATED LINKS

AuctionSniper.com allows you to beat other ebay buyers with this - http://www.auctionsniper.com
The Brunching Shuttlecocks is all-around entertainment fun - http://www.brunching.com
Cartoon Bank has favorite New Yorker cartoons - http://www.cartoonbank.com
The Death Clock finds out your death day (& other clocks) - http://www.deathclock.com
Degree Confluence Project for the GPS picture of each lattitude and longitude integer spot in the world - http://www.confluence.org
Emode has all forms of tests (most geared towards matchmaking) - http://www.emode.com
GameGal.com has good games from a female perspective - http://www.gamegal.com
Game Rankings is a supersite for game reviews - http://www.gamerankings.com
Googlism provides opinions for every subject - http://www.googlism.com
Hollywood Stock Exchange allows you to play actors/actresses as stocks that go up or down - http://www.hsx.com
HomestarRunner has goofy cartoons and games - http://www.homestarrunner.com
It's Your Turn lets you play classic games over the web/email - http://www.itsyourturn.com
Movie Review Query Engine for opinions from critics (like www.imdb.com) - http://www.mrqe.com
The Nitpickers Site identifies flaws found from TV shows and movies - http://www.nitpickers.com
Origami paperfolding - http://www.paperfolding.com
PopCap Games (super-addictive little games) - http://www.popcap.com
Seven Wonders links to a new site every day - http://www.penncen.com/7wonders/7wonders.html
Weekly World News supermarket tabloid - http://www.weeklyworldnews.com
Yesterland for memories of old Disney theme park attractions - http://www.yesterland.com/yester.html

ODDITIES-RELATED LINKS

Dancing with Cats - http://www.monpa.com/dwc/index.html
The Jim Louderback Teeth Appreciation Page - http://members.tripod.com/jims_teeth
Web Ouija - http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/WebOuija.html
Zapatopi Products Interdimensional - http://zapatopi.net

LIFESTYLE-RELATED LINKS

BenefitsCheckUp make the most of the benefits available to you - http://benefitscheckup.org
Calorie Counter tells the energy used for a range of activities - http://caloriesperhour.com
E-Wedding wedding info site - http://www.e-weddingsite.com
FitDay allows you to create graphs and indicate whether you're meeting goals - http://www.fitday.com
Luminous Landscape for photography tutorials - http://www.luminous-landscape.com
Primitivism for pursuit of ways of life running counter to the development of technology... interesting essays - http://www.primitivism.com
Project Vote Smart has info to help voters see beneath the hype of campaigns - http://www.vote-smart.org
Saute Wednesday has food info - http://www.sautewednesday.com
Soup of the Evening beautiful soups - http://www.soupsong.com
Spiedies (spee-deez) are cubes of pork, lamb, or beef marinated, skewered, grilled, & placed on soft Italian bread - http://www.spiedie.com
Soda shop - http://www.popsoda.com or www.ifsandbutts.com
Coffee milk - http://www.autocrat.com
Hometown favorites - http://www.hometownfavorites.com

KIDS-RELATED LINKS

Big Fun Toys has cool toys and games - http://www.bigfuntoys.com
Internet Public Library KidSpace points kids to info they need (go to TeenSpace for 13-and-up age group) - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
KidsHealth for Kids explains in kid language everything from bedbug bites to strep throat to the importance of breakfast - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid
SafeChild.net takes neurotic parenting to a new level with safety tips - http://www.safechild.net
Windows to the Universe has info on space and the planets in which you can change the detail of the content to make it simpler for a grade-schooler - http://www.windows.ucar.edu

REAL ESTATE-RELATED LINKS (from Money Magazine)

Discounters charge 2% commission vice normal 6% real estate commissions... like these - http://Foxtons.com, http://BlueEdge.com, ZipRealty
Remodeling info at www.nahb.org and www.improvenet.com
Order a CLUE report for insurance info on your house (Comprehensive Trust Underwriting Exchange) - http://www.choicetrust.com
Home values around you - http://www.domania.com
Loan rates - http://www.bankrate.com
Pressure-treated wood (decks, picnic tables, playsets) will be banned
Polybutylene plumbing (leaky plastic pipes)... may qualify for free re-piping if you contact the Consumer Plumbing Recovery Center - http://www.pbpipe.com
Synthetic Stucco late 80's siding has no internal drainage system, so often traps water which leads to toxic mold and wood rot. Class action suit against major manufacturer Dryvit Systems, go to - http://www.stuccosettlement.com
Order credit report from all three agencies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) for $39.95 - http://www.myfico.com
Sell home by yourself (FSBO - For Sale By Owner) by putting house in the multiple-listing service (MLS)... note: only 16% of homes are sold without their listing on MLS - http://www.fisbos.com, www.forsalebyowner.com, www.getonmls.com
Property tax pain: roughly 60% of taxable property is overassessed, and half of homeowners who appeal assessments win at least a partial victory. To locate you assessor, go to www.naco.org (website of National Association of Counties) if there's a mistake in your property record. Also, try showing your assessment is higher than the recent sales prices of similiar properties in your neighborhood (those records are at www.domania.com). For general info, go to the National Taxpayers Union at www.ntu.org and order booklet "How to Fight Property Taxes" for $6.95. Seniors or the disabled can get tax relief.
Reverse Mortgages, when needed - www.reversemortgage.org
Buying and selling news and advice - www.realtytimes.com

COMPUTING-RELATED LINKS

Fred Cohen and Associates for internet security info - http://www.all.net
Inside Outlook Express - http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com
KbAlertz for comprehensive Microsoft Knowledge Base info - http://www.kbalertz.com
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center - http://www.slipstick.com
Qualys's Free Browser Checkup to check for security - http://browsercheck.qualys.com
The Risks Digest for privacy and security - http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks
Search Engine Watch for latest search engines - http://searchenginewatch.com
TechBargains for great deals - http://www.techbargains.com
ThinkGeek for geeky products - http://www.thinkgeek.com
VCD Help for info on burning vcd, svcd, dvds - http://www.vcdhelp.com
Vmyths.com to see if viruses are a hoax - http://www.vmyths.com
Whatis?com for the latest technologies - http://whatis.techtarget.com
CrackZ Reverse Engineering Page for the Millenium to understand programming techniques - http://202.114.22.131/mirrors/www_litespeed_org/index2.htm
Dynamic Drive DHTML development and great scripts including CSS and Javascript info - http://dynamicdrive.com
Light Reading for optical networking info - http://www.lightreading.com
32bit-Serverfiles.com has software for servers and network admin - http://www.32bit.com

SHOPPING-RELATED LINKS

Amazon.com online outlet store for factory reconditioned products - look for it at the http://www.amazon.com website