| Books | |
| Abebooks | abebooks.com; This site allows you to search the inventory of bookstores for new, used, out-of-print, or rare books. You can also search for bookstores by name or by location. |
| Addall | addall.com; book search and price comparisons |
| Alibris | alibris.com; used, new and out of print books |
| Bookase | bookase.com This site provides prices for books by using many web vendors. It provides prices for e-books, rentals, used, and new books. You can enter a search term or browse categories. |
| ISBN Search | isbn.nu; Search for prices of books by entering their ISBN number (or author and title). |
| Online Books | John Mark Ockerbloom's site; This site helps you access books that are freely readable over the Internet. |
| Project Gutenberg | gutenberg.org; free e-books; books that are no longer under copyright protection |
| Wiki Books | en.wikibooks.org This site allows people to contribute articles to online, free, educational books. The concept is interesting but the books I looked at were somewhat brief in the presentation for the various topics. Also, there were few images or graphics to illustrate the topic being discussed. |
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| Browsers | |
| Chrome Extensions | chrome.google.com There are applications, extensions, themes, and collections for the Chrome browser at this site. There is also a link to download Chrome. |
| Firefox | mozilla.com; official site for Firefox and Thunderbird |
| Firefox Addons | addons.mozilla.org; This site has extensions, plugins, and themes for Firefox. You can search for an addon, browse by categories, or look at the list of favorite addons. |
| Internet Explorer | microsoft.com; official site for the Internet Explorer browser |
| Online Bookmarks | del.icio.us; This site allows you to store and share your bookmarks online. |
| Opera | opera.com; official site for the Opera browser |
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| History | |
| Timeline | Hobbes' Internet Timeline; covers up through 2004; events, graphs |
| Wayback Machine | view archives of web pages back to 1996; the site also has archives of movies, music, audio |
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| Journals | |
| Highwire | highwire.stanford.edu; free online full text journals |
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| Maps and Directions | |
| Map Machine | National Geographic; Satellite maps, street maps, and more for locations worldwide. |
| Maps On Us | www5.mapsonus.com; maps, directions, telephone white pages and yellow pages; The locations of facilities (businesses, health care, etc.) near a given address can be displayed |
| MapQuest | mapquest.com; maps and travel diretions |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| Babel Fish | babelfish.altavista.com; This site will translate (e.g. English to Italian) text you enter or translate a web site. |
| Blogger | blogger.com; Google's Blogging site |
| Books (Rare) | rarebookroom.org This site has images of the full contents of rare books. You can perform a search of the site. If the screen is blank after the search, no hits were found. |
| Collective Intelligence | cci.mit.edu; MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. This group wants to help people and computers work together more effectively. |
| Dictionary | Webopaedia; online dictionary of computer and Internet terms |
| Dictionary FOLDOC | Denis Howe's site; Free Online Dictionary of Computing |
| Digital Librarian | digital-librarian.com; A librarian's collection of Internet links, organized by category |
| Fagan URL Info | faganfinder.com/urlinfo; This site lets you enter the address of a web page (URL) and find information the page. Some of the many options you can use related to the page are links, similar pages, Google Cache, whois, translate, blogs and feeds, etc. There is a link to the Fagan Finder home page that has various Internet search options. |
| Farmer's Almanac | almanac.com; The Old Farmer's Almanac; Yankee Publishing Inc.; Weather Prognostications, Sun & moon rise and set times, Gardening Information, etc.; I consider this site to have a mixture of facts and entertainment. There is a cost for some features at this site. |
| FaxZero | faxzero.com; This sites lets you send a limited number of free faxes. The fax will contain an ad for the receiver to read. You can also pay to have unlimited faxes with no ads. |
| Flash Earth | flashearth.com Satellite and aerial photos. Select Microsoft Virtual Earth to start. Drag the earth such that the point of interest is under the center mark. Zoom in to see details. Objects the size of cars are easily seen. For some locations the photos show individuals (top view of course). You can select other image sources. |
| Gizmodo | gizmodo.com This site has up-to-date information on gadgets. |
| Internet Archive | archive.org; This site is a digital archive of images, audio, music, text, and web sites. |
| Internet 2020 Brief | bbc.co.uk; This is a news story on speculation about the nature of the Internet in the year 2020. |
| Internet 2020 Full | http://www.pewinternet.org/2006/09/24/the-future-of-the-internet-ii-2020/; At this site you can view responses to a survey about the nature of the Internet in 2020. |
| Internet Tourbus | Rankin and Crispin explain Internet Technology, you can subscribe to their newsletter, browse the newsletter archives |
| Langa | Fred Langa is senior editor at Windows Secrets Newsletter |
| Listserv Lists | lsoft.com; This site lets you search for Listservs (e-mail based discussion groups). |
| Nerd TV | PBS; Interviews with notable people in the world of computing (e.g. Andy Hertzfeld, Dan Bricklin, Doug Engelbart); 13 total interviews as of September 2006. Download Quicktime video file (muddy audio) or view transcript. |
| Netcraft | news.netcraft.com; News and statistics about domains, servers, hosting services, and more. |
| Net Squirrel | Patrick Crispen's site; articles, PowerPoint presentations, The Internet Tourbus newsletter |
| Netiquette | Albion.com; articles on acceptable behavior on the Internet |
| Network Tools | network-tools.com; ping, trace, lookup, and more |
| the Pocket | thepocket.com; 1)links grouped by category, 2) executables, 3) .wav files, 4) downloads, 5) computing tips, 6) humor, more |
| Quote DB | quotedb.com; The quotes can be found from a category or my browsing a list of the source of the quote. |
| Radio | live-radio.net; Listen to radio stations that stream over the Internet |
| Sounds | findsounds.com; This site lets you search the Internet for sounds by keyword, file format, resolution, sample rate and file size. |
| Internet Statistics Demographics | www.cybergeography-fr.org/statistics.php; Links to statistics and demographic information about the Internet. |
| Think Geek | www.thinkgeek.com Interesting, if pricey, gifts and gadgets for the geek. |
| Time History | physics.nist.gov This site provides a history of how we have kept track of time from about 5000 years ago to the present. It discusses calendars, methods of time keeping, time zones, and provides a bibliography. |
| Time | Office U.S. time; click on timezone, accurate to a few tenths of a second, displays a map of the sunlight portion of the earth |
| Time from Navy | tycho.usno.navy.mil; A simple display that gives the current time at Greenwich England (Universal Time) |
| Time Resources | tycho.usno.navy.mil; Time Service Department of the U.S. Navy; This site has several links that explain the timekeeping process and the uses for timekeeping. |
| Top 101 Sites | pcmag.com; 2006 Top 101 web sites |
| Undeniable Facts | undeniablefacts.blogspot.com; Dan Serena's site. This site has videos of situations that do not occur. The videos are purposely faked as an exercise in humor. |
| Urban Legends | about.com; you can search at this site to see if the topic discussed in an e-mail or story told to you is a hoax |
| Urban Legend Search | snopes.com; You can search for a keyword in your Urban Legend at this site. |
| Virtual Library | vlib.org; links to web pages on specific topics |
| Web Ring | webring.com; Search for a web ring based on keywords you enter, or browse through the categories |
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| Wiki Commons | commons.wikimedia.org This site has free text, images, video, etc. Please read the requirements for use of each item on its page. |
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| News | |
| Daily Rotation | dailyrotation.com; This site list headlines that are links for a large number of news sources.; searchable |
| MagPortal | magportal.com; News headlines organized by categories. This site can be used to provide news headlines to your web page. |
| MSNBC | msnbc.msn.com; General News, You can browse the news by categories (e.g. USA, Politics, World, Business, Sports, Weather, Travel, Tech, etc.). |
| SurfWax | news.surfwax.com; News accumulator; As you type in a topic, the list of available matching topics is shown. |
| Tech Crunch | techcrunch.com; This is a weblog with reviews of new Internet technologies and companies, and related news items. |
| USA Today | usatoday.com; General News, You can browse the news by categories (e.g. Travel, Money, Sports, Life, Tech, etc.). |
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| Reference | |
| Acronym Finder | acronymfinder.com; You enter the letters of the acronym and a list of possible meanings is returned. |
| Bartleby | bartleby.com; Free access to reference, verse and literature books. The site has a search feature. |
| Free Dictionary | thefreedictionary.com; Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, news |
| InfoPlease | infoplease.com; almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, Thesaurus, more |
| Library Spot | libraryspot.com; a free online library; links to libraries and reference sites |
| RefDesk | refdesk.com; A free online set of reference tools, Internet search, news headlines, yearly calendars, time of day, and MUCH more. |
| Smithsonian | siris.si.edu; Smithsonian Research Information System |
| Virtual Learning | virtuallrc.com; Virtual Learning Resources Center; Search selected academic web sites |
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org; Free online encyclopedia with articles contributed by users. |
| Wiktionary | en.wiktionary.org; Free online dictionary with content contributed by users. |
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| Search | |
| A9 | a9.com; You can specify a category for your search (e.g. books, movies, news, people, yellow pages, etc.) |
| Alpha (Wolfram) | www63.wolframalpha.com The Alpha search engine by Wolfram. This search engine provides answers for specific questions. It is a computational engine rather than a search engine. |
| Altavista | altavista.com; web, images, audio, video, news; babelfish translations |
| Anywho | www.anywho.com/whitepages; Search for phone numbers, yellow page listings, reverse phone number lookup |
| Ask | www.ask.com/; |
| Ask Scott | askscott.com; Help in selecting a search strategy |
| Bing | bing.com Microsoft's Search Engine It also has tools for travel, shopping, health, local businesses etc., and more. |
| Internet Tips | www.gcflearnfree.org/internet; How to use browsers, Intenet safety, e-mail, computer basics, etc. |
| Internet Beginner's Guides | www.refdesk.com/factbeg.html; Tips on using the Internet. |
| Finding Evaluating Info | U. Berkeley Library; search tools; evaluating information; citing sources, etc.; Handouts and PowerPoint presentations are available for non-profit instructional use. |
| Freeality | freeality.com; This site has a variety of searches and web sites organized by categories. |
| Google Code | code.google.com; free source code and lists of Google's API services |
| Info Grid | infogrid.com; This is a portal where you can search for news and information |
| Information Please | infoplease.com; Almanac search |
| Langenberg | langenberg.com; This site has a variety of search categories (search engines, maps, phone books, reference works, etc. |
| Search Engine Showdown | searchengineshowdown.com; This site has news about search engines, lists of features, comparison of freshness of links, etc. |
| Search Engine Watch | searchenginewatch.com; Information, news, ratings, tips, blogs, etc. concerning search engines |
| Vivisimo | vivisimo.com; This site allows you to select the search engine or group of search engines for your search. The results are clustered into groups that have some commonality. You should use the Help feature at this site for more details on how to best use this search facility. |
| Wolfram Alpha | wwwt3.wolframalpha.com This site has the goal of being the definitive source for factual queries. At this point I am getting faster results using Google. |
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| Security | |
| Shields Up | grc.com; This site has, among other offerings, a free Internet Vulnerability online test, Shields Up. This site is provided by Gibson Research. I have used the site for over 10 years. |
| Vulnerability Database | nvd.nist.gov; National Vulnerability Database; This site has information on vulnerabilities in computer systems. You can enter a search term (e.g. Internet Explorer) and find known vulnerabilities. |
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| Social Networking | |
| Please use the following sites with caution. Remember, current and future employers, relatives, friends, and people unknown to you may view the material you post on social networking sites. | |
| facebook.com; "Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them." You can share photos, videos, links, etc. | |
| MySpace | myspace.com; This site lets you share photos, journals, videos, interests, etc. with friends. |
| Skype | skype.com Skype offers free computer to computer video calls and low cost computer to phone calls (that I have not tried). |
| Stumble Upon | www.stumbleupon.com/; (bought by eBay in 2007) This site lets you share and find websites, photos, and videos, etc., based on your interests. |
| Vimeo | vimeo.com This site lets you upload and download videos. |
| Wikipedia List | Wikipedia has a list of social networking websites. The table lists the sites in alphabetical order. A short description is given along with a count of users and an indication if the registration is open |
| YouTube | youtube.com; This site (bought by Google in 2006) lets you share and find videos. |
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| Speed Test | ||
| Broadband | dslreports.com; speed test of your connection, reports from users of good and bad experiences that you can browse by state, news about broadband, forum | |
| Cox.com | cox.com; Residential Internet connection speed test | |
| Internet Traffic Report | www.internettrafficreport.com This site reports the relative speed of the Internet by continent, | |
| Speed Test | speedtest.net; Free speed test for download and upload. You select the location of the server (from around the world) that delivers the speed test. The site has a nice graphical interface. | |
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| Tutorials | |
| eHow | ehow.co.uk This site is a user community effort to provide answers on how to accomplish a wide range of tasks. The answers are not restricted to how to use the Internet or computers. |
| Jan Smith | Jan Smith's Computer Literacy 101; tutorials for novices; Computer Basics, Windows, Word, Excel, Internet, Presentations; free for personal use, free right now for classroom use but you must get prior permission for use |
| Office Experts | Instructions for cleaning your PC, performing tasks in Access, Excel, FrontPage Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, VBA; free downloads |
| RSS Tutorial | www.feedforall.com "Learn the intricacies of RSS feeds and podcasting with RSS and Podcasting Videos" |
| WOOPID | woopid.com This site has technology training videos that include these topics: Hardware (smartphones, game systems, etc.), Internet (major sites), Mac, Ubuntu, Windows. Beginners will find these useful. I have only listened to a few tutorials. If you have doubts about their suggestions be sure to ask someone more knowledgeable on the particular subject. |
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| WebCams | |
| WebCam EarthCam | earthcam.com; Internet web cams from around the world |
| WebCam Search | webcamsearch.com; You can search for a web cam or browse through the categories listed on the site. |
| Hawaii, Maui | www.tiki.net |
| Lincoln, Nebraska | http://www.starcitywebcam.com/ |
| Paris, France | www.paris-live.com |
| Salt Lake City, Utah | web.ksl.com/TV |
| Salt Lake City, Utah, Alta etc. | saltlakecity.about.com |
| Trafalgar Square, London, UK | earthcam.com/uk |
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