My Favorite Places -- Useful Stuff

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As you can see, there are now over 700 links on this page. I do not personally maintain these linked pages, nor do I have the time to make sure they all still exist. Should you encounter a dysfunctional link, please feel free to let me know but please also keep in mind that web sites often disappear as fast as they show up.

News and Information:

News Sources:

• The American Stock Exchange291
• American Journalism Review's NewsLink hot list296
• CNN Interactive.637
• Mercury Mail, Inc provides free customized news via e-mail.638
• The National Review.639
• Stamper's News Nuggets.640

Time and Weather:

• CGI-based Timezone Converter641
• INTELLiCast: San Francisco Weather642

Comics:

• Philadelphia Online's Comics for Joe Larabell643

World newspapers on the Web:

• Philadelphia Online644
• Prensa Libre (Central America)645
• The Jerusalem Post646
• The Saint Petersburg Times (Russia, not Florida)647
• The Daily Record/The Sunday Mail (Scotland)648
• The Daily Yomiuri (Japan, in English)649
• Asahi Newspaper (Japan, in English)650

Web and Internet references:

• Master list of Internet Service Providers44
• Master list of Usenet FAQs45
• Internet Guides651
• Use Reference.com to find newsgroups, mailinglists, etc.652
• Usenet FAQs - news.announce.newusers653
• Master list of newsgroup hierarchies654
• The Internet Tourbus takes you to interesting places on the net.655

The Web-based reference shelf:

• Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk332
• Lookup the latitude and longitude of major cities at the Univ of Michigan656
• The Universal Currency Converter657
• Library of Congress658
• Project Gutenberg Index659

Search Engines:

People search:

• Yahoo! People Page660
• Who? Where?661
• Switchboard662
• Or, if you are really serious, try Find A Friend663
• Register or change information in the Four11 database664
• 555-1212.com665

Subject search:

• The MetaCrawler, DogPile, and MetaFind all submit your search to several different engines at once.35
• The Search Engine Page666
• Reference.com searches for newsgroups, mailing lists, and web forums.667

Getting around town:

• Santa Clara County Transportation Agency668
• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)669
• CalTrain670

Services Accessible via the Internet:

Internet service providers:

• Master list of Internet Service Providers44
• Boardwatch's Internet Service Providers List671

Recommended ISPs:

• Best Internet Communications is one of the providers I use because they allow full CGI and personal 'hit' logs54
• Global Online has the best service in Japan672
• Concentric Network673

Internet Providers to AVOID:

• Ron Newman reports having serious problems with Cyber Access (cybercom.net).674
• Read about censorship and other abuses of power and security problems at America Online675

Other internet-related services:

• Yahoo (the original catalog of the web)676
• Yahoo! Internet Life magazine677
• Welcome to Netscape678
• The Internet Oracle679
• Wired magazine's Net Surf ("We waste our time so you don't have to")680
• The Internet Services List681
• Table of Contents: Internet Resource Center682
• SUBMIT-IT web page submission683
• InterNIC Registration Tool684
• Web Interface to Whois685
• The TOM Conversion Service boasts an incredible selection of file conversion formats.686

Communications:

• Send and receive e-mail for free with HoTMaiL426
• Check out The Anonymizer for a neat way to avoid leaving tracks as you surf438
• An E-mail to FAX gateway can be found at Hasada Communications Services687
• World Wide Web Pager688
• Check out this page if you don't want to receive junk e-mail689
• Geofax: The One-Stop Messaging Service690

Travel:

• TravelClearingHouse And GoingGoingGone Online Travel Auctions and Clearance Deals312
• Find any address with Infoseek Personal Street Maps then use Zip2 to find out how to get there.456
• Internet Travel Network (the BEST web-based reservation system I have found)691
• Easy Sabre or this alternate URL is not so easy (IMHO)692
• Southwest Airlines Home Gate693
• Track commercial flights en-route in real time with Flyte Trax Query System694
• Foreign Languages for Travelers695

Legal and financial:

• Law Journal EXTRA! - The Largest Commercial Web Site for Lawyers451

Shipping:

• Federal Express696
• United Parcel Service697

Jimmy the Geek's Home Shopping Network:

Auction and other listing services:

• AuctionWeb Classifieds is (IMHO) the best.698

Shopping:

• Sigi's guide to Akihabara (Tokyo's Electric Town)299
• The Los Angeles Fraternal Supply Company sells Masonic supplies574
• The Internet Shopping Network699
• NCA Home Page700
• Central Computer Systems (San Jose area)701
• Promise Technology Inc. Home Page702
• Online Used Computer Swap703
• Surplus Software704
• Welcome to Columbia House Online705
• Mystic Fire Video706
• Browse the online bookstore at Simon & Schuster707
• Virtual Florist708
• Also see the Food section of my Fun Stuff page.709

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