Information

This web page contains dissimilar information on a variety of information. It's my catch all web page and is not organized well - SORRY.

Alternative Fuel, Cars, Etc...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Erense%2Ecom%2F - Air powered cars.
- Runs on compressed air.

Auctions

www.ebay.com - Auctions
www.compusaauctions.com - CompUsa - Auctions

Audio/Video

http://www.real.com - Real Player - plays audio/video.

Background Searches

Books Online

http://www.ibooks.com - (by IBM) Technical (IT) books in digital format available over the internet.

Book Publishers

www.awl.com/cseng - Addison Wesley
www.awl.com/cseng/otseries - Addison Wesley - Object Technology Series home page.
http://www.idgbooks.com - IDG Books web site

Book Stores Online

www.amazon.com - Amazon, one of the most popular online Book Stores.
www.bn.com - Barnes & Nobles
www.booksamillion.com - Books-a-Million
www.fatbrain.com
www.ibooks.com - expert source for on-line digital reference books and offers IT professionals immediate access to critical information by providing a very powerful method for evaluating, purchasing, reading and using reference books from the leading publishers in the industry.
www.bestbookbuys.com - Search several bookstores.

Buy/Sell Knowledge

http://www.hotdispatch.com/IBM/ - HotDispatch is a marketplace where people buy and sell technical expertise one question or project at a time.

Car Titles

http://www.nmvtis.gov/?EXTKEY=AMSCA52 - National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Resources Center - check to see if a car has been totaled in its past history.

Camera - Video

http://www.x10.com - wireless camera's.
http://www.intel.com/pccamera/ - Intel's 3in1 Digital Camera/Digital /PC/

Certifications

http://www.joinwow.org/educationalliance/ - WOW (World Organization of Webmasters) certifications.
- http://www.joinwow.org/educationalliance/books.asp - Self study path.
- http://www.joinwow.org/educationalliance/wow_certifications.asp - List of WOW certifications
  - CSBW - WOW Certified Small Business Webmaster.
  - CPW - WOW Certified Professional Webmaster.
  - CGD - WOW Certified Web Graphic Designer.
  - CWD - WOW Certified Web Developer.
  - CWA - WOW Certified Web Administrator.
  - CSS - WOW Certified Internet Security Specialist.
  - CEMS - WOW Certified E-Commerce and Marketing Specialist.
  - CAW - WOW Certified Apprentice Webmaster.
www.certmag.com - Certification Magazine. Subscribe to their free newsletter.
www.ecertifications.com - IT certification tests.
www.knowledgenet.com - Certification Training
I need to research the following:
- Learning Tree
- Global Knowledge
- http://gocertify.earthweb.com

College Tuition

www.collegeboundfund.com- tax deferred college tuition.

Computer Stores

www.compusa.com - Comp USA Home Site.
- www.compusastores.com - Stores & Products
- www.compusaauctions.com - Auctions
www.1stcompuchoice.com - 1st Compu Choice 800-810-3857. (Use internet to find items. Call in order because prices usually are substantially lower than internet price. Good price on Hardware - I've bought a computer, memory upgrades, etc...)
www.provantage.com - Provantage 800-336-1166. Software, hardware, books, training, etc...
www.buy.com - Buy.com 888.880.1030
www.pcconnection.com - PC Connection 888-213-0260
www.pparadise.com - Programmer's Paradise 1-800-445-7899 (also www.supershops.com - Programmer's Supershop )
www.cdw.com - CDW
www.greenpages.com - Greenpages
www.365usa.com - 365 USA
www.beyond.com - Beyond.com
www.microwarehouse.com - MicroWarehouse 800-378-9082 (7by24)
www.insight.com - Insight USA

Computer Vendors

http://www.seagatesoftware.com/products/crystalreports/ - Crystal Reports. Call (800) 877-2340 or (604) 681-3435 (7am - 5pm Pacific Time, Monday - Friday) http://community.seagatesoftware.com - white papers, reports, sample apps.
http://www.3com.com - 3Com

Corporations

http://www.amerilawyer.com/profit_corporations.htm - setup a Florida corporation for ~ $99.

Credit Report

www.freecreditreport.com - have not used it. Saw a TV advertisement.

Debt Help

Ameri Debt 1-800-972-0300

Divorce Care

Divorce Care's Home Page - www.divorcecare.com

eLearning

http://www.mathtools.net/Learning/index.html - This is an interesting portal to eLearning sites. Books/Tutorials, training, Jobs, newsgroups, newsletters, etc...
Free Online Training with Video
- www.freeocp.com - Oracle Training
- www.freetechnicaltraining.com - Several technical subjects. Free registration. Also information on creating streaming video for training. If you create free training videos, he may provide a link to it.
www.click2learn.com - eLearning Solutions for businesses.
www.ehandson.com - eHandsOn.
www.digitalthink.com - Digital Think. (HTML, JavaScript, XML, etc...)
www.ibm.com/services/learning - IBM Learning Services. (Instructor, eLearning, etc...)
http://www.goventure.net/? - Quote from site: "The GoVenture.NETwork is the leading Experiential eLearning community,
enabling individuals and organizations to learn by doing - through simulated experience."
http://www.mindleaders.com/promo.asp - MindLeaders provides over 500 e-Learning courses for technical, desktop and professional development topics, giving you the personalized, self-paced tools you need for new skills or certification. You will also appreciate real-time, 24/7 access to mentors, using our integrated Instant Mentoring service.

Firewalls

ZoneAlarm
- http://www.zonelabs.com/products/za/index.html - Personal firewall package - free to individual users and non-profit companies.
- http://www.zonealarm.com - ZoneAlarm - basic firewall is free.

Forums - Computers

www.computerworld.com/forums/ - Several computer forums.
www.dvnote.com - by Jason Huh. Looks like a new site that has forums and access to programming code.

Gravel

General Info
- 2" Thick - most projects.
- Coverage - Sq/ft per Ton.
  - Granite (Crusher-Run, 57, Granite #6) - 80 sq/ft per ton.
  - Decorative - River Gravel (Pea & Medium), Marble Chips, Slate Chips - 100 sq/ft per ton
  - Decorative Lava - 180 sq/ft per ton.
- River Gravel
  - Landscaping Project.
  - Driveways - only if driveway is level.
- Crusher-Run - use to build a base. Apply Granite (57 or #6) on top. Very dusty, but you can build a road bed to place gravel on top.
http://www.georgialandscapesupply.com/calc/calculator.html - Calculator (Yards or Tons).
http://www.georgialandscapesupply.com/products/gravel.asp - GA Landscape Supply - information about different types of gravel.

Home Loans

www.eloan.com - E-Loan, 1-888-eloan22
www.lendingtree.com - Lending Tree - Home loans.
- www.lendingtree.com/cec/tools - Mortgage Calculator.
Country Wide Home Loans

Homes (Real Estate)

http://www.homesinview.com - Canton, GA (by Atlanta, GA)
http://www.realestatebook.com - Nationwide.
http://www.choicehomes.com

Information Resource Sites

www.ceoexpress.com - CEO express. Massive list of links found on one web page. Great!

Internet Phone

www.phonefree.com -Call PC to PC, free.
www.net2phonedirect.com - looks like this might not involve the internet phone.

IRS - Federal Tax

http://www.irs.gov - IRS Home Page
- Search:
  2007 Federal Tax Rate Schedules - for Tax Tables

ISP - Free Internet Access

Free ISP's - This is a link to a list of free ISP's.

ISP - Satellite Internet Service & DSL

Speed Check (or Bandwidth check) - check the real speed of your current connection. There is a download & upload speed.
- www.speedtests.net - quick and easy.
- www.speakeasy.net/speedtest - has option for nearest city hub.
- www.bandwidthplace.com
www.starband.com - Quote from site: "America's 1st consumer two-way, always-on, high-speed satellite Internet service." (on 3/01 - $399 Equipment, $199 Install, $39.99 Shipping, $69.99 a month). 1-800-4STARBAND.
- Bandwith goal 500k down, 150k up (varies on usage of network). Satellite has a send and receive cable running to a Satellite Modem in the house which is connected via USB port to the computer.
- http://www.starband.com/faq/starbandfacts.htm - Q&A on their Satellite system.
Satellite DSL (??? My Notes ???)
- www.directway.com
  - Sales & Technical Support: 866-347-3292
- www.americansatellite.com/directway
  - Sales Support: 1-800-211-2575
- DirectPC 1-800-347-3272
MyBlueDish - http://mybluedish.com - 800-521-1435

Lawn Care

scotts.com
- South Region - Bermuda
  - When winter is over - Scotts Turf Builder (halts, crabgrass preventer).

Language Translators

http://babel.altavista.com/tr - You can enter a phrase and translate right on the their web page. You can pass a URL and they will translate for you.
- babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn - Same site.

Language - Learn a New Language

Rosetta Stone - www.rosettastone.com - 800-660-1283 - ~28 Languages.
I've seen this software in airports and advertised on CNN's news channel. You can get a free demo cd.

Music - Radio

www.akoo.com - Over 5000 internet radio stations and more.

Newspapers Online

www.bcstandard.com - Macclenny FL newspaper "The Standard"

Open Source Initiatives

The code for the software is made publicly available.

www.opensource.org - Organization for Open Source.
www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html - GNU (General Public License)
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/ - IBM's initiatives.

Online Resources (Dictionaries, etc...)

www.m-w.com/dictionary - Merriam-Webster
www.onelook.com - Special purpose dictionaries.
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html
www.encyclopedia.com
www.webopedia.com
www.thesaurus.com
www.acronymfinder.com

Parks: Theme Parks

http://weather.yahoo.com/ - Check your weather first.
www.silversprings.com - Silver Springs by Ocala, FL.
www.wildadventures.net - Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA.
www.wildwaterspark.com/ - Wild Waters Water Park by Ocala, FL phone: 352-236-2121
Disney World: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/waltdisneyworld/index
- Magic Kingdom
- Epcot
- Disney's Animal Kingdom
- MGM Studios

Programming

http://www.freecode.com - FreeCode software archives.
- Free for personal and commercial use.
- Compatible with Unix and/or Windows.
- Written in C/C++, Java, Perl, or Visual Basic
http://nav.webring.org - Web Ring (Free). Click on "Directory", then "Programming", then choose a category.
http://www.itknowledge.com - Looks like some free services and a free newsletter. Haven't had time to look at.

Programming - Free Text Editors

See this link

Programming - Utilities

http://members.nbci.com/mbjorklu/file_splitter/download.html - Software used to compress and split a big file into smaller files, then you can later assemble the smaller files back into a larger file.
??? Stuff It - slice & dice files.

Programing - Vendor/Product Research Tool

http://www.technologyevaluation.com/TechnologySelection/WebTess/webtess.asp - WebTESS is a free vendor/product selection research tool designed to assist IT professionals through a technology evaluation process.

Professional Organizations

http://www.ispi.org - International Society for Performance Improvement.
http://www.stc.org - Society for Technical Communication.
http://www.upassoc.org/ - Usability Professionals Association.
http://www.astd.org - American Society for Training and Development.

Paying Bills

http://www.paymybills.com

Parts - Electronics

Vendors

http://www.jvcservice.com - JVC Service Department (800-882-2345)

Parts Houses

www.globalsemi.com - electronic parts and accessories.
http://www.electronix.com/crequest.html
http://www.repairworld.com/

Marketing

Remove yourself from Marketing Lists
- https://www.donotcall.gov - National Do Not Call Registry - remove your phone # from marketers. Active for 5 years.
- 1-888-5opt-out - Remove yourself from Credit Card offers.
- www.the-dma.org - Direct Marketing Association - remove yourself from marketing via mail.
  - Click on the "Consumer" tab, then "Remove My Name from .....".
  - "do-not-mail"

News

www.zdtv.com/radio - Radio news.

Newsletters

http://www.cwrld.com/nl/sub.asp - Free eMail newsletters from Computerworld. I like the career newsletter.
http://www.freetechmail.org - IT related e-newsletters

Satellite Systems

www.dishnetwork.com - Dish Network Satellite Systems
Click here - for satellite systems to access the internet.

Screen Grabs/Screen Captures

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic7.htm - Screen Capture information and resources.
http://www.techsmith.com/ - Snagit - screen capture software.
http://www.flashjester.com/software/jtools/jprintor.htm - Flash print tool of the screen.

Shopping Portals

www.ishophere.com - Portal to many shopping sites.

Sports

http://www.atlantabraves.com - Atlanta Braves
http://www.jaxsuns.com - Jacksonville, FL Suns - AA for Detroit Tigers.
http://www.decals4pros.com - Decals for sports gear (ie: football helments, etc...)
Sports Networks
- www.espn.com
  - ESPN
- www.foxsports.com
  - Fox Sports
- www.sportserver.com
  - Nando Sports Server
- www.abcsports.com
Sports Statistics
- www.nba.com
  - National Basketball Association
- www.wnba.com
  - Women's National Basketball Association
- www.majorleaguebaseball.com
  - Major League Baseball
- www.nfl.com
  - National Football League
- www.majorleaguesoccer.com
  - Major League Soccer
Official Baseball Rules
- http://www.amherst.edu/~baseball/rules.html - 1999 rules
- http://www.eteamz.com/baseball/rules/obr/ - Baseball rules finder.
Official Soccer Rules
- http://www.fifa.com/fifa/handbook/laws/index.laws.html - download a .pdf document.
- http://www.historicbaseball.com/baseball-info/soccer-rules-of-play.html
- YMCA
  - http://mccarthy.marshall.edu/soccer/rules.htm - YMCA's modification for U-6 ( 3 on 3 ) soccer.

Standards Organizations - IT

www.rosettanet.org - RosettaNet is the computer and electronic components industries' nonprofit effort to develop and deploy standard electronic-business interfaces.

Surf, and get Paid

www.alladvantage.com

Technical Information, Tech Shows etc...

www.informit.com - InformIT is an online community and technical solutions source for information technology pros. Free membership.
http://www.techshows.com - Technical Shows and Events.

Travel & Vacation

See my Travel Link - my information on Travel & Vactaions.

Virtual Tours

http://www.starhostmedia.com/sterlinghotel/tour2.htm - Really cool virtual tour of a hotel.

Voting - Vote - Ballot

http://www.gagop.org - Georgia (GA) GOP (Republican)
www.bartowga.org - Bartow County Georgia - sample ballots. Click on "Elections/Registrar" on the left under "Administrative Services".

Web Casts

http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts - MSDN web casts of IT technical subjects.

Work from Home

http://www.careersfromhome.com - Quote from site "CareersFromHome.com provides progressive companies & organizations with the ultimate job board for locating individuals determined to gain a career working from home."