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Business, Money and Investing:
- Yahoo Finance,
stock charts, business news
- CNNfn,
business news
- Daily Stocks,
information about stocks
- Morningstar,
fund and stock profiles with star ratings
- Knowledge at Wharton,
business and investing newsletter
- BusinessWeek,
business magazine
- Forbes,
business magazine
- Fortune,
business magazine
- Barron's,
business periodical
- Microsoft Investor,
track investments (uses Active-X components)
- Net Stock Direct,
direct enrollment in stock programs - avoid commission
- StockSite,
Stock information, portfolio tracking from Go2Net
- FinanCenter,
financial calculators and quizzes
- FinAid,
evaluating financial aid for college
- Quicken,
the top personal finance software
- T. Rowe Price,
Investment Services
- Motley Fool,
David and Tom Gardner originally from AOL
- AAII,
American Association of Individual Investors
- Vanguard,
The Vanguard Group, Inc
- EDGAR database,
filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission
- FTC,
Federal Trade Commission
- Ameritrade,
discount broker offers online trading
- e.Schwab,
Charles Schwab online investing
- ZD Interactive Investor,
tech investing info from ZD
- Discover Brokerage Direct,
was once Lombard Institutional Brokerage online investing
- Accutrade,
discount broker since 1975 offers online investing
Science Fiction and Fantasy:
- Lysator,
Computer Club with Linkoping Science Fiction & Fantasy Archive
- Science Fiction Weekly,
Craig E. Engler, Editor
- Fanac,
SF Fan History Archive
- The Dominion,
Sci-Fi Channel
- SFF Net,
Science Fiction and Fantasy newsgroups and web server
- SFWA,
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
- Omni,
suspended magazine
- Event Horizon,
SF edited by Ellen Datlow
- Infinity Plus,
SF, fantasy and horror
- SF/Fantasy Art,
Golden Spirit Gallery
- Glass Onion Graphics,
featuring Michael Whelan
- Worlds of Wonder,
sf art
- SF Art Links,
compiled by Slawek
- Locus,
newspaper of the SF field
- Tomorrow SF,
online SF
- Asimov's,
online SF
- SF Site,
Managing Editor John O'Neill
- Eidolon,
Australian SF magazine with Greg Egan stories
- SFWA resource links,
compiled by Melisa C. Michaels
- Black Hole,
attempt to locate verifiable response time data
- Critters Workshop,
on-line workshop and critique group for SFF writers
- Datlow's links,
SF links selected by Ellen Datlow Fiction Editor of Omni magazine
- Ellen Datlow's Writing Tips,
Tips and Guidelines from the Omni editor
- Market List,
Resource for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
- Lists of SF Classics,
lists compiled by James Wallace Harris
- Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List,
compiled and organized by Tristrom Cooke
- Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase,
ongoing effort to catalog works of Speculative Fiction
- Index to Science Fiction,
index for anthologies and collections from William G. Contento
Computer Related Organizations:
- Gateway,
on demand computer assembler
- Micron,
chip maker and on demand computer assembler
- Dell,
on demand computer assembler
- Hilgraeve,
makers of HyperTerminal - terminal emulator for Win95
- HyperTerminal,
download description page for HyperTerminal Private Edition
- Hitachi Displays,
monitors
- ReCompute,
remanufactured computer equipment
- NetUSA1,
selected links to computer companies
- WorldGate,
cable internet company
- Pine Information Center,
e-mail program
- ACM,
professional and academic society
- IEEE Computer Society,
professional and academic society
- IEEE Opera,
publications from IEEE
- IEEE,
professional and academic society
- Computing Research Repository (CoRR),
database of computer science research reports
- ResearchIndex NECI,
scientific literature digital library
- Qubit,
Oxford University website on quantum theory of computation
- Distributed.net,
coordinating distributed processing tasks
- SETI@home,
distributed processing SETI
- Linux.org,
freely-distributed operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds
- Windows95 Annoyances,
tips for Windows95
Forums, Usenet, Mailing Lists:
- Deja,
search Usenet news archive and create your own forum
- Talkway,
supercommunity forums leveraging Usenet
- Delphi,
Delphi forums
- Yahoo Clubs,
from Yahoo
- eGroups,
mailing lists
- Netscan,
analysis of Usenet from Microsoft Research
- Realize,
collaborative filtering with Usenet
- ListBot,
mailing lists from LinkExchange
- ONElist,
mailing list system
- ListServ,
mailing list tools from L-Soft
- Liszt,
Directory of discussion groups (E-Mail, Usenet, and IRC)
- Y Forum,
controversial forum
Chat, Shared World:
Zines:
Art:
- WebMuseum ,
Louvre and many museums - mirror at UNC Sunsite
- CultureFinder,
tickets to the arts
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
image database of over 60,000 records
- SITO,
Operative Term Is Stimulate, art gallery, 2ITO
- Art.com,
gallery sales
- Tango Interactive,
photo essays
- World Art Treasures (Berger),
based on 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
- Organic, Genetic, and Evolutionary Art,
information from Andrew Rowbottom
- Mythopoeia,
fantasy/mythology photography digitally modified
- Artcom Museum Tour,
listing of museums with information
Sports:
Gambling:
Games, Puzzles, Fun:
- NetCELL,
Competition solitaire based on Free Cell
- You Don't Know Jack,
net game from Bezerk
- World Opponent Network,
net games and information
- Jeopardy,
on-line version of game show
- Virtual Arcade,
Arcade type games in Java, Shockwave
- PlaySite,
Java-based game site from Go2Net
- Big Network,
collection of games
- Online Gaming Review,
webzine on games
- UGO,
Unified Gamers Online
- Gamasutra,
programmers, designers, musicians, and producers
- Games Domain,
reviews/promos/links - U.S. mirror
- Gamecenter,
game information from c|net
- GameSpot,
gaming information
- GameGuides,
gaming information
- Gamers Extreme,
gaming information
- PGL,
Professional Gamers' League associated with TEN
- Global 100 Charts,
rankings of games and entertainment from Internet polls
- Multiplayer Dot Com,
multiplayer gaming resource
- Duff's Humor Archive,
Mailing List Archive
- Lateral Thinking,
links of Mike Jourard
- Conway's Game of Life Page,
Paul Callahan's Java applet
- Happy Puppy,
game information
- Kali,
multiplayer internet gaming
- Videogames.com,
from Ziff-Davis
- BuyGames.com,
part of BuyComp Buy.com
- Adventure nostalgia,
Colossal Cave Adventure page
- Rubik's Cube,
Java Applet
- Obsolete Computer Museum,
MITS Altair 8800, Apple II and many others - nostalgia
- Puzzle Depot,
puzzles
- duJour.com,
riddles, contests
- Internet Gaming Zone,
from Microsoft
- Yahoo Games,
Java based
- Auditory Perception,
includes Shepard Tones illusion of a continuously rising tone
- Julia transcript,
Bot takes a Turing test
- Chomskybot,
homepage of John M. Lawler with link to Chomskybot
- Internet Millionaires,
obsolete capitalization of internet companies and people
Computer Security
- CERT Coordination Center,
CERT information and advisories
- Security-focus.com,
security information
- Attrition.org,
hacker exploits
- AntiOnline,
hacker exploits
- InfoWar.com,
site of Winn Schwartau computer security analyst
- Fish.com,
site of Dan Farmer computer security analyst
- Privacy Forum,
privacy risks archive - moderated by Lauren Weinstein
- Tera Term Pro,
free software terminal emulator
- TTSSH,
an SSH Extension to Teraterm
- Van Dyke Technologies,
security company
- F-Secure,
security company
- Anonymizer,
Anonymized surf starts here
Extropy and Transhumanism:
- World Transhumanism Association,
trying to turn transhumanism into a mainstream academic discipline
- Anders Sandberg's,
Transhumanist Resources
- Transhuman site,
maintained by Romana Machado
- Extropy Institute,
future-oriented organization
- Transhumanist Times,
future-oriented news
- Extropian mailing list,
archive of postings sorted by date
- Max More,
home page
- Foresight Exchange Prediction Market,
bet on the future
- World Future Society,
nonprofit organization for people interested in the future
- Crit.org,
hyperlinked critical discussions
- Hedonistic Imperative,
philosophical and sociological speculations by David Pearce
- Singularity,
Vernor Vinge's essay
- Alcor Foundation,
World's Largest Cryonics Organization
- Cryonet archives,
maintained by Keith Lynch and the Life Extension Society
WebCams
Prediction:
- Tarot,
tarot reading
- I Ching,
from the I Ching or Book of Changes, one of Confucianism's Five Classics.
- Runes,
ancient divinatory art
- Stichomancy,
seeking metaphysical insight by reading a random passage from a book
- Bibliomancy,
stichomancy based on holy books
- Silicon Valley Tarot,
tarot reading
Genetics:
Fashion, Taste and Style:
Satellite, Cable, Telecommunications:
- Lloyd's satellite constellations,
information about satellite systems such as Iridium and Teledesic
- Heavens Above,
information on satellites, space stations, flares
- DBS Dish.com,
from John Hodgson
- DirecTV,
DBS provider
- EchoStar,
Dish network DBS
- DirecDuo,
Internet and TV
- Multichannel News,
cable, satellite, broadband information from Cahners
- Cable World,
Division of Cowles Media Company
- tele.com,
telecommunications news from CMP
- Internet Information,
information about the internet
Movies:
- Internet Movie Database,
movie information
- Cinema FreeNet,
movie linkages
- Movie Database,
from TV Guide
- MovieFinder.com,
from E Online
- MovieFone,
where and when movies are playing
- MovieWeb,
info and previews
- Movie Review Query Engine,
search for movie reviews
- Ain't It Cool,
Harry Knowles and spies report on movie previews
- Skinema,
doctor evaluates blemishes, pigmentation
- Mr. Cranky,
acerbic reviews of movies
- Entertainment,
general entertainment information
Television:
Net Audio and Music:
- Broadcast.com,
audio and video on the Internet
- Free World Dialup II,
Jeff Pulver's internet telephony network
- Tunes.com,
many short realaudio clips
- Music of Cyberspace,
MIDI compositions
- Daily.WAV,
daily audio files in wav format. Also some MIDIs
- Classical Midi Archive,
Classical Music files in Midi Format
- RealNetworks,
homepage of RealPlayer streaming media company
- Musicvideos.com,
hundreds of music videos
- Spinner,
over 70 music channels
- BRS Web Radio,
internet radio station list
- Internet Radio List,
internet radio station list from internet.com
- BBC World Service,
AudioNet feed
- NPR,
National Public Radio
- PCWeek radio,
PCWeek radio
- c|net radio,
realaudio format at news.com
- AudioCafe,
audio and music news
- TalkSpot.com,
talk shows on the Internet
- CDnow,
Listen to tracks and buy CD's
- Classical Insites,
Classical Music Site
- MP3.com,
MPEG-1 layer 3 files and information
- MediaFind,
search for media files such as audio
- Scour.net,
search for media files such as audio
- AudioFind,
search for media files such as audio
- MP3 songs.com,
song files and information
- RioPort,
from Diamond makers of Rio MP3 player
- Free Music archive,
freely available MP3 files
- Cool Crescendo Site of the Day,
MIDI music
- IUMA,
Internet Underground Music Archive
- Addicted to Noise,
music news and information
- SonicNet,
music cybercasts and chat
- InterJuke,
sample an album
- Billboard,
music information
- Lyrics.com,
song lyrics and band info
- Lyrics.ch,
commercial song lyrics server
- Misheard lyrics,
mondegreens - kiss the sky
Miscellaneous Politics:
- AllPolitics,
from CNN and Time magazine
- CPT,
Consumer Project on Technology from Ralph Nader
- Progress and Freedom Foundation,
think tank
- WorldNetDaily,
news and opinion
- Center for Democracy and Technology,
non-profit public interest organization
- CovertAction,
quarterly
- Reason,
libertarian magazine - free minds and free markets
- Communist Party U.S.A.,
homepage for the Marxist-Leninist working-class party
- Philanthropy Journal,
news and information about the nonprofit sector
- Cato Institute,
libertarian think tank
- The Brookings Institution,
nation's oldest think tank
- Town Hall,
conservative politics
- Critiques Of Libertarianism,
compiled by Mike Huben
- Censor bait,
from the Student Association for Freedom of Expression
Over the Edge and Skepticism:
- Urban Legends and Folklore,
information about hoaxes and rumors from an About.com guide
- Snopes.com,
information about hoaxes and rumors
- The Kooks Museum,
Founder and Curator: Donna J. Kossy
- Conspire.com,
70 or More of the Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
- TranceNet,
criticism of meditation/gurus/cults
- Bad Astronomy,
myths and misconceptions in astronomy
- National Enquirer,
tabloid
- Ghost Web,
from International Ghost Hunters Society
- Enterprise Mission,
from Mars face exponent Richard Hoagland
- Strange Magazine,
sometimes skeptical magazine analyzing strange phenomena
- Skeptic's Dictionary,
by Robert T. Carroll
- Skeptics Society Web,
publishers of Skeptic magazine
- Skeptical Inquirer,
from CSICOP
- Randi.org,
James Randi educational foundation
- Talk.origins,
archive
Science:
- Nature,
science magazine
- Science,
science magazine from AAAS
- The Why Files,
NSF supported science outreach
- SciCentral,
science news aggregator
- UniSci,
Research News From American Universities
- What's New,
by Bob Park for American Physical Society
- LA Times Science,
Los Angeles Times Science section
- ScienceNOW,
online news service of Science magazine
- Bioscience News,
from Frontiers in Bioscience
- Today@NASA,
News from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mars Pathfinder,
mirror at SGI
- Technology Review,
from MIT
- Scientific American,
science magazine
- National Academy of Sciences,
also National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.
- The Scientist,
the newspaper for the Life Sciences professional
- Discover,
science magazine
- American Scientist,
magazine of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- NSF,
National Science Foundation
- ISI,
Institute for Scientific Information
- Science Daily,
science press releases
- MIT Biology Hypertextbook,
developed by the Experimental Study Group
- Astronomy Hypertextbooks,
hyperlinked course notes, figures, movie clips
Jobs and Help-Wanted:
Travel:
- Preview Travel,
book airline, hotel and car reservations
- Travelocity,
book airline, hotel and car reservations
- Expedia,
Microsoft's travel site
- Epicurious Travel,
travel magazine
- TheTrip.com FlightTracker,
flight arrival and departure times
- Bill Dell's favorite travel sites,
travel oriented links
- David Kirby's favorite travel sites,
travel oriented links
- Excite Travel by City.Net,
guide to communities around the world.
- Map Information,
dynamically created digital maps
Car Price Information:
- Kelley Blue Book,
Prices from an Automobile Buyer's Guide
- Edmund's Guides,
Prices from Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
- CarPoint,
car buying information from Microsoft
- Cars Direct,
car buying information
- Autotrader.com,
car buying information
- IntelliChoice,
car buying information
- Auto-By-Tel,
car-buying service
- AutoVantage,
car-buying service now part of netMarket
- Auto by Internet,
car-buying service
- AutoWeb.com,
car-buying service
Internet Service Providers:
- Erols,
Erols Home Page
- ATT,
ATT Home Page
- WURD,
Worldnet User's Reference Desk
- @Home,
internet access through cable
- MindSpring,
ISP
- DIGEX,
Washington D.C. based Nationwide ISP
- Bell Atlantic,
telephone company and ISP
- The List,
list of over 3,000 Internet Service Providers
- BudgetWeb.com,
information and pricing for hosting and virtual hosting of web sites
Internet Information:
- DNS Lookup,
from bankes.com
- 100hot,
100 websites ranked using web traffic (secret methodology)
- Nielsen NetRatings,
internet audience measurement
- CyberAtlas,
overview of the WWW and Internet marketing
- Internet2,
alliance to design and build the next Internet
- W3C,
World Wide Web Consortium
- Cook Report On The Internet,
information on the Internet infrastructure
- xdsl.com,
from Telechoice
- ICANN,
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- UAWG,
Universal ADSL Working Group - heavyweight alliance
- Netscan,
analysis of Usenet from Microsoft Research
- Cybergeography.org,
exploring the geographies of the Internet
- VON - Voice/Video On the Net,
Maintained by Jeff Pulver
- George Gilder,
official home page at Discovery Institute
- Cringely,
commentator from PBS
- NTKnow,
weekly sarcastic scribblings from the UK
- Useit.com,
Jakob Nielsen's column on web usability
- MIDS Internet Information,
Internet traffic flow measurement from Matrix Information and Directory Services, Inc.
- Network Wizards,
company that runs an Internet Domain Survey
- Netcraft,
web survey of hosts and server software
- Realtime Blackhole List,
anti-spam group MAPS (the Mail Abuse Protection System)
- MAE Internet Exchange Points,
status information from MFS Communications
- MAE East,
information and links to composite statistics
- IPMA,
Internet Performance Measurement and Analysis from Merit
- NetNames,
register your name in over 190 domains
- Internet Weather Report,
attempts to monitor flow of data - provided by Clear Ink
- Internet Traffic Report,
attempts to monitor flow of data - provided by Andover.net
Shopping and Consumer:
- Epinions.com,
product reviews by random people
- Bottom Dollar,
search web for prices
- PriceScan,
price comparisons on selected goods
- Dialpad.com,
internet telephone calls
- Mediaring.com,
internet telephone calls
- mySimon,
price comparisons on selected goods
- Shopfind,
price comparisons on selected goods
- R U Sure,
price comparisons on selected goods
- Dash,
price comparisons on selected goods
- E-compare.com,
price comparisons on selected goods
- Yahoo Shopping,
online mall
- PersonaLogic,
product guide
- E-Town,
consumer electronics information
- The Gadgeteer,
consumer electronics gadgets
- Mercata,
buyer grouping
- CompareNet,
product comparisons
- OnSale,
online auctions
- eBay,
online auctions
- Internet Shopping Network,
computer goods
- Computer Shopper,
sales of computer goods
- CNET Shopper,
guide to computer goods
- Insight,
computer supplies for sale
- Egghead,
computer goods including surplus goods
- DisksDirect,
CD-R, CD-RW, DVD
- netMarket,
CUC International online discount store
- Shoppers Advantage,
CUC International catalog online discount store
- CDnow,
sells music CDs and movies
- Realtor.com,
over one million new and resale homes
- Home Advisor,
real estate information from Microsoft
- Rent Net,
apartment hunting - a Cendant company
- Utility Consumers' Action Network,
watchdog organization
Weather:
Uncategorized:
- Hopkins Shuttle Info,
Medical Center info
- Maryland MVA,
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
- Gradschools.com,
Graduate school information
- Ancestry.com,
genealogical information
- US Surname Distribution,
genealogical information from Hamrick software
- Science Connection,
connection service
- KnowX,
Public Records on the Web
- Gallery of Interactive Geometry,
from The Geometry Center University of Minnesota
- Chemical Scorecard,
geographical database of toxic chemicals released
- Clip Art Connection,
some public domain images
- Public Domain Images,
public domain image search company run by Scott Tambert in Washington, DC
- Andy's Art Attack,
graphics for use on web pages
- MediaBuilder Image Library,
public domain images
- PBS,
Public broadcasting info
- Archaeology links,
from Archaeological Institute of America
- Egyptology Resources,
from University of Cambridge
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