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Reference (Books, Magazines, etc)

Books:
- School textbooks (eg. some classics, some textbooks): DealOz (Buy,Sell) | Half.com (Buy,Sell) | BigAlley.com (Buy,Sell) | Barnes & Noble (Buy,Sell) | BookByte.com (Buy,Sell)
- My favorite "books to read" websites:
  - BookSeriesInOrder (good for lists of books in a series by an author; good for publication dates of books)
- Free books online/Free audio books: Google | Net Library | Bartelby | Project Gutenberg | LibriVox | LearnOutLoud | NoveList Plus
- Bookstores: DealOz | Amazon | Half.com | BestBookBuys | Book Finder | Yahoo | Paperback Swap | Books A Million | Barnes & Noble: Regular site | ABE Books | Find out-of-print books | Bookpool (tech books)
- Searching: Google | Amazon
- Bestseller lists: NY Times
- Library of Congress: LCWeb-Harrigan | LOCIS Home Page
- Religious:
  - Bible: Site #1 (NIV ver) | Site #2 ("The Bible on one sheet of paper")
  - Misc: Religious holidays/calendar | Children's Bible lessons | How to pray the rosary
Dictionaries:
- General: Merriam Webster | Urban dictionary | TheFreeDictionary.com | Atomica | American Heritage | Onelook | HyperDictionary | Voycabulary | YD | Rhyming
- Computer terminology: Acronyms | Webopedia | Atomica | HyperDictionary | Voycabulary | Ultimate Archive | InternetLingo
- Slang: | Online slang dictionary | Yahoo list
- Medical: HyperDictionary | MedicineNet
- Translation/foreign language dictionaries: Google | BabelFish | Spanish | Voycabulary | YD | TravLang
- Text to speech (free online translators): Natural Readers
- Sign language: ASL Pro | ASL browser
- Lists of dictionaries: Yahoo | 1000 Dictionaries
Thesauruses: Roget's Thesaurus | Merriam Webster | HyperDictionary | Voycabulary | YD
Encyclopedias: The Free Encyclopedia | Encyclopedia of Life | Wikipedia.org [S] | Fact-index.com | Yahoo | Encyclopedia.com | Encarta | Britannica
Magazines:
- Lists of online magazines: Yahoo
- Free trial subscriptions: eNews
- PC-related: PC Magazine | PC World | Yahoo Internet Life
- Other: National Geographic | Popular Mechanics | Time
Almanacs: Old Farmer's Almanac
Astronomy/Space:
- Imagine the Universe! (learn about astronomy, the stars, galaxies, planets, etc.)
- Google Sky (explore the universe, see pictures from Hubble telescope, etc)
- Space.com (All about Space)
- The 9 Planets (take a multimedia tour of the planets in our solar system)
- NASA
  - NASA history & anniv's
  - Man-made object sightings(find out when space station, space shuttle, satellites, etc will be visible in the sky)
- The Moon: Google Moon | NasaSite | MoonWatch | Moon phases | Lunar eclipses: Site #1 • Site #2
- The Sun: Solar eclipses: Site #1
PC Virus info:
- ezAntivirus (or get latest signature file updates; my-eTrust antivirus software)
- Free virus scanner software:
  - Articles/reviews: PC Magazine | PC World
  - Downloadable: AVG Antivirus | AVAst | Avira AntiVir Personal | ClamWin | Comodo | Antidote
  - Online virus scanners (run from a website): Housecall | Virus Total | NanoScan
- National Cyber Alert System (sign up for email notification from Homeland Security Dept of new viruses)
- Symantec (latest alerts & hoaxes, from the makers of Norton AntiVirus)
- Computer Associates (list or search for known viruses)
- McAfee (latest alerts, list or search for known viruses)
Tech PC software tips/help:
- Online: FreeAnswers.com | MyHelpDesk | ZDNet #2 | ExpertsExchange(tech) | MicrosoftKnowledgebase | MicrosoftFAQ | IE4 | OutlookExpress
- By email (eg. weekly newsletters): Topica ( Browse online) | Inquiry.com
- Memory scanner: Crucial.com (scans your machine, tells you how much memory you have, how many slots are filled, maximums per slot, system max, etc)
Get advice:
- PC-related: CNet | ZDNet PC secrets
- Appliance repairs: Point & click appliance repair | Appliance411 | RepairClinic.com | Live manuals | DoItYourself.com | Fixing a toilet
- Home improvement/maint/repair: Today's Homeowner | Ask a Builder | Search for bad contractors | All About Home | Links | EnergyQuestions | Home energy saving tips
- Gardening/landscaping: Yard Care [S] | Better Homes & Gardens magazine
- Misc: Ask An Expert | Ask An Expert Site2 | Ask Jeeves general questions | eHow (how-to questions) | How Stuff Works | How Things Work | FAQ #1 | Stain Removal Guide

Movies, Multimedia, Pictures

Movie theaters:
- Specific theaters in Raleigh area: Carmike 15 | Regal North Hills Stadium 14 | Blue Ridge 14
- List all theaters in a city: Raleigh • Raleigh (2nd list) | Cary | NC
- Nation-wide: Movies.com [S] | Hollywood.com [S]
Movie trailers: Jurassic Punk | VideoDetective | Apple/Quicktime | Film.com | MyMovies | iFilm
Movie databases: IMDB | AllMovie | Common sense | Movie Tome
DVD sales: Latest DVD release dates
TV show databases: TV Tome | TV Obscurities
Movie box office info: Box office Mojo
DVD rentals by mail:
- Lists of websites: Yahoo | 1-stop rentals
- Indiv rental websites:
  - Redbox: Find coupons site #1 • #2 • #3 • #4 | Redbox home page
  - Other: Netflix | Blockbuster | Walmart | Hitflix | IntelliFlix | CleanFilms | DVD Avenue | Coreflix
Video game rentals by mail:
- Lists of websites: 1-stop rentals
- Indiv rental websites: Govojo | Gamefly | RedOctane
Cell phone:
- Wallpaper: Pexels
Pictures:
- Collections: Photo Vault [S] | Webshots [S] | Wallpaper Vault | Lycos image gallery [S] | Excite Photo Search [S] | NY Public Library gallery [S] | Pictures Now | Time magazine | Jets/airplanes | Kodak Pix
- Creating your own photo albums: Yahoo
Celebrities: Excite | Superior Pics | Star Pulse

Daily news

Sports:

NFL: Scores (Highlights) • Power Rankings: CBS | More video: CBS • Inside the NFL • NBC • Fox
College FB: Scores (Top25 rankings) • NCSU schedule
NHL: Scores (Highlights)
NBA: Scores
MLB: Scores (Highlights)

» Steelers: Video • News | Post Gazette • TribLive | Draft • Roster • Schedule

» Steelers radio shows: Cook & Joe ✪ PM team ✪ Tunch & Wolf ✪ NFL Show ✪ Steelers Blitz ✪ The Drive ✪ Stan Savran ✪ Bruce Gradkowski

» Other shows level 1: ✪ Ross Tucker ✪ Ed Valentine

» Other shows level 2: Joe Rogan (search) ✪ Alice Cooper ✪ Dr Phil ✪ Disgraceland ✪ Radio Lab ✪ Jerry Lawler

» Other shows level 3: Mike Francesa (or here) ✪ Tiki and Tierney ✪ Boomer Esiason

» Other shows level 4: Accuweather

» Steelers game audio: [1] • [2] • [3]

NFL news • Video
Top News | Video: CNN Live video • CNN • CBSNews • Yahoo • Reuters • Raleigh area video: WRAL • ABC • NBC • News14
Sports news
Weather (Raleigh) | Clouds & radar • site #2 • site #3 | Sunrise & sunset times in Raleigh
What's on TV | Zap2it | TitanTV | TV Guide | TvTv.us | HDTV Guide | TV stations/channels:
Follow news stories:
- (whatever)
Technology | Google newsgroups
Entertainment news
Odd news

News, TV stations

Search:
- National news: Google | ABC News | CNN | Yahoo | Northern Light | Excite | NewsTrove | News Index
- Local news: WRAL
- Sports news: News Index
News: CNN [S] | Yahoo [S] | Excite [S] | ABC [S] | MSNBC
Newspapers: AssociatedPress | NY Times | USA Today | Chicago Tribune [S] | Nando (Raleigh) | List of newspapers #1
Free TV stations/TV channels: Locast
TV guides: Zap2it | MSN-TV | Excite | Yahoo | GistTV or MyGistTV | TV Guide | ClickTV
TV stations & video: PeacockTV.com | Find stations | Quicktime TV | WRAL-TV Raleigh | Nasa TV
TV stations (cable TV channels): Showtime | TNT
TV services (eg. available over the internet): CNet comparison/review of Sling TV, DirecTV Now, YouTube TV, Hulu, Philo and Fubo | JetStream
TV channels in Raleigh, NC: 04 (PBS) -- 05 (NBC) -- 11 (ABC) -- 17 (CBS) -- 22 (KidsWB) -- 28 (UPN) -- 40 (WKFT) -- 47 (WRPX/Pax) -- 50 (FOX)
Old & New TV shows:
- Main sites: tv.com look-alike --> epGuides.com | TV.com
- Specific shows: SNL (Saturday Night Live): Classic skits • Transcripts | The Honeymooners | Ultraman | Underdog

Music

Listen to full-length songs (virtual jukeboxes!):
- Favorite: Spotify | Mp3Skull | Last.fm | MP3plate | BeeMP3 | Mog | 100 sites similar to mp3skull | Guvera | iMeem | MySpace Music | Deezer | Songza | FreePlayMusic | Spiral Frog
- Other: eMusic | Pandora
Buy music online / listen to song samples:
- Favorite: AllMusic | MP search #1 | MP search #2 | MP search #3 | MP search #4 | MP search #5 | MP search #6 | MP search #7
- Reviews/list of sites: RuTunes | HubPages
Online radio stations:
- Favorite: Prog Palace Radio (Progressive rock/prog metal) | Hard Radio
- Other: TotalRock | WindowsMedia | SonicNet | NetRadio | Netscape | Yahoo | Spinner | CJ Online | Choice Radio | WKNC (NCSU/NC State)
Find radio stations: Broadcast.com | iHeartMusic
Album reviews: CD Universe | Amazon | Revelationz | Sputnik
DVD reviews: Revelationz | Metal Invader | Heavy Metal
Music videos: Google video | YouTube | Yahoo video (aka Flickr) | Vimeo | Veoh | Joost | iMeem | PutFile | Up your video
Music videos #2: Yahoo (was Launch.com) | GetMusic | Rolling Stone | Yahoo
Interviews: Toazted | RadioMetal | Rock My Monkey | Metal Express | Hairball | Pink Floyd
Song lyrics: Dark Lyrics | Wikipedia lyrics | A-Z Lyrics | Lyrics Mania | Rock Magic | Quick Lyrics | Leos Lyrics | Lyrics.net.ua | Lyrics Download | Lyricz.net | Lyrics Freak | Lyrics Find
Concerts:
- Live concerts (on the Web!): HOB
- Set lists/setlists (find out what songs an artist is playing/played on a concert tour): Setlist.fm
- Concert hotlines: Pollstar
Lookup bands: AllMusic | CDDB search | The Ultimate Band List (UBL) | VH1
Music/band news: Rolling Stone magazine
Order CDs/cassettes: Half.com(U) | Amazon | CDUniverse
(U)-site sells used CDs, (T)-site to trade/swap used CDs
Online music clubs w/free trial offers: RealRhapsody
Misc:
- Tuning your guitar

Video

Watching FULL TV SHOWS:
- Best: TubiTV | Hulu | Clicker | Show-links TV | You Watch TV Online (eg. Glee, Hard Knocks) | Crackle | xFinity | Youtube
- Live streaming: Streamick.com
Watching FULL-LENGTH MOVIES:
- Best: TubiTV | Hulu | Archive.org | Clicker | Show-links Movies | Crackle | Movie Watcher | Watch TV Sitcoms | Ninja Video | MegaVideo
Watching DOCUMENTARIES:
- Best: TubiTV | Documentary Heaven
Watching MISC VIDEO:
- Best: Google video | YouTube | AOL video | Veoh | Joost | Yahoo video (aka Flickr) | PutFile | iMeem
- More: Yahoo video | AOL | Brightcove | Revver | Windows Media | Court TV | Stage 6
- Sports: MLB (baseball)
Recording/downloading:
- KeepVid (paste in URL to download)
- Video Downloader (paste in URL to download)
Watching free video/TV shows/movies/etc from your TV using a device:
- Kodi (free application; recomm by Brian Apr'15)
- Roku (approx. $99; recomm by Billy Oct'11)
Celebrity interviews:
- TelevisionAcademy.com (interviews of celebrities, entertainers, sports announcers)
- Video Seeker (movie trailers, celebrity interviews, etc)
Misc:
- GoPro VR (from the GoPro Youtube channel)
- Discovey Channel (video of National parks, U.S. Cities, landmarks, planet earth, etc)
- National Archives and Records Administration (eg. John Glen story)
- Critical Past (historic video & pictures of items in the news news in the early part of the 20th century)

Audio

My favorites:
- Sports: ESPNews | This American Life | NPR home - news
- News: Paul Harvey news
- Talk radio: Dr Joy Brown
Radio stations:
List of radio stations:
- Tune In Radio (or here; recomm by Billy Jan'15; on his iPhone app, he can 'Tivo' radio programs)
- iHeart Radio
- Live sports stations !!!
- Pittsburgh Steelers radio stations
- Pittsburgh Penguins game audio (NHL)
- Radio stations that carry NFL games: TuneIn.com
- MLB baseball on ESPN radio
- Radio Tuna (hundreds of radio stations)
Pick a radio station:
Sports:
- Live: Sporting News | ESPN live events | Breaking news
- Misc: FoxSports
News: CNN
Police scanners: Raleigh/Cary/Durham/RTP area | Sunset Radio
Fire station scanners: Raleigh/Cary/Durham/RTP area | Charlotte NC
Tech PC stuff: Tech Web Today (HP)
Comedy: Comedy Central Radio | Stupid videos | Comedy Radio | The kid from Brooklyn
Cell phone ringtones: ZEdge | Tones7 | Beepzoid
Misc 2:
- NPR's Politics page (eg. audio from the President's State of the Union addresses/speeches)
- Debates (eg. video from Presidential/VP debates in election years)
RA=Real audio format, WMP=Windows media player format, HP=Home page

Java Programming

JDK API documentation:
- JDK 1.4: Local Web | javax.*, org.* packages
- JDK 1.2: Local Web | JDK 1.2 info
- JDK 1.1.6: Web
JFC documentation: JFC 1.1 | Component Gallery | JFC FAQ | Swing Connection | Accessibility Utilities
JFC tutorials: SunJFCTutorial
Applets help: JavaBoutique
Misc Java help: comp.lang.java FAQ | Sun FAQ | Afu FAQ | SunJavaTutorial | JavaPgmingResources | SunJNITutorial | CodingConventions
Reference:
- Java Developer's Journal magazine (look here or here)
Java source code:
- Java: CodeGuru [S] | SunJavaExamples | AWTGuiControls | GameLan [S] | FreeCode | JavaShareware [S] | GNUProject
- Java Applets: jCentralIBM [S] | JavaPowered | WSAbstract | JavaBoutique
- Java Beans: AlphaWorks | SunBeans [S] | jCentralIBM [S] | TextEntryAndSpinControls
- Layout Managers: LayoutManagers

Technical (PC Programming, etc)

WinXP:
- Settings: TweakXP
Audio/video:
- MP3: File format | ID3 tags
- DVD: VCD help
Languages:
- XML: IBM tools | Gen help
- DVD: VCD help
Microsoft Windows stuff:
- Windows Secrets (search Windows Secrets-brand articles)
- Google Windows-related site search (search sites Google determined to be an "authority" on Windows)
- Windows Secrets Lounge (database/newsgroup/forum of Windows tips/tricks/tech info)
- Windows annoyances (search for solutions to Windows problems)
- SoftwarePatch (alternative to WindowsUpdate; a way to manually install Windows updates)
PC files:
- Filenames:
  - File Research Center (search for a filename or process name to see if it's spyware/adware)
  - Process Library (search for a process name to see if it's spyware/adware or a security risk)
  - Is This File Safe (find out if specified file on your hard drive is legitimate or not)
  - Windows Startup Online Repository (A-Z list of known startup folder entries)
  - Filename search (Bit9 File Advisor; find out if specified file is legitimate or a virus, trojan, etc)
- File extensions:
  - File extension search (find the meaning of any PC file extension)
- Converting (from one file format to another):
  - FreeFileConvert (conversion is done online, via the website; eg. .ODP files)
  - Media-Convert (conversion is done online, via the website!)
Computer location info:
- MyLocation.org (eg. display what your Geolocation is)
- IPchicken (find out what your current IP address is)
Misc:
- Linux (software, documentation, help, news)
- Jumper viewer (look up jumper settings for any IDE/ATA hard drive)
- Windows Secrets articles (formerly Brian Livingston articles)
- .DLL files(place to search/find/get missing Windows .DLL files)
- Autorun.inf file coding (eg. shellexecute command)
- Make it simple (How-to guides for PC stuff; eg. crossover cables & setting up a P2P network without a hub)
- Whotsit's format (programmer's reference for technical stuff)
- ExtremeTech (one-stop shopping for technical stuff)
- Shields Up (test your machine's file sharing/common ports vulnerabilities & how 'stealth' it is)
- Bootdisk (info on creating Windows' bootable disk's, CDs; recomm by Billy)
- TinyURL (create a small (permanent!) URL to long ones; recomm by Billy)

Weather

My favorite sites:
- NC ozone air quality site (NC Air Awareness Program; good to know for kids with asthma)
- Pollen.com (4-day forecast for pollen count anywhere in U.S.)
- AccuWeather (eg. U.S. SatRad , SE U.S. SatRad)
- Yahoo weather (eg. U.S. satellite , SouthEastern U.S. satellite)
- IntelliCast Weather (eg. US Map of National Temperatures ,Radar ,Satellite )
- Wunderground weather (incl. historical conditions for any city)
- Storm/hurricane sites: WRAL StormTrack | Nat'l Hurricane Center | Weather.com | Accuweather | NBC17
- My snow closing sites: WRAL | WCPSS
Forecasts by City/State:
- CNN Weather (eg. Raleigh | Park Ridge | Portland )
- AccuWeather (eg. PA CA MI NJ MA ME NC CO MD )
- The Weather Channel (eg. PA CA MI NJ MA ME NC CO MD )
- Yahoo
Other sites:
- Raleigh-area weather closings (for schools, businesses, etc)
- NOAA (National weather service)
- WeatherNet (list of 300+ weather websites)

Sports

Main sports table:

Sport

Scores

Audio

Stats

Players

Championship
Results

HOF

Teams

Misc

Football (NFL)

[Scores] [2] [3]

S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6

P1 P2

CR1

HOF

GO STEELERS #1 #2 #3 #4

Salaries

Baseball (MLB)

[Scores] [2]

S1 S2 S3

P1 P2

CR1 CR2

HOF

Yankees

Hockey (NHL)

[Scores]

Audio

P1 P2

CR1 CR2

HOF

Hurricanes Devils

RBC Center

Basketball (NBA)

[Scores]

CR1 CR2

HOF

Hornets

College Football (NCAA)

[Scores]

Top 25 polls: #1 #2 | NC State/NCSU football schedule | News | Apparel (eg. T-shirts)

College Basketball (NCAA)

[Scores]

Top 25 polls: #1

College sports

Gametracker

Other sports:
- Volleyball: AVP | Beach VB database
- Olympics: Scores
- Other: Minor league baseball • Durham Bulls • Carolina Mudcats | PGA golf | Pro Bowling

Sports websites:


ESPN		CNNSI		Excite		Yahoo		CBS Sportsline		FOX Sports

Misc:
- Search for sports information: Profusion

Harris Teeter/HT (job) (eg. Benefits)

Top stuff:
- MyHTSpace.com. Things you can do from this site:
  
  View your paycheck (latest one only?)
  View work schedule
  Get benefits info
  Enroll for Annual health benefits
  Update Direct Deposit info (for paychecks)
  Request a duplicate W-2/W2
- JDA (eg. view work schedule, request days off, etc)

Benefits (medical, dental, etc):

2020:

Medical:
Dental:
Prescription (RX) drugs:
Behavioral (mental health): (whatever)
Vision/eyeglasses:
Misc:

Long-term benefits (that typically don't change year to year):
- Retirement:

Misc stuff:
- TheWorkNumber.com (eg. employment verification using Employer Code 12823)

Other links #1:

Publix (job)

Top stuff:
- Passport (eg. view schedule [via Oasis Wed mornings], request days off, etc)

LIDL (job)

Benefits (medical, dental, etc):

2020:

Medical:
- Carefirst BCBS (PPO?; aka Blue Cross/Blue Shield, BC/BS, BCBS)
- Duke MyChart/My Chart (via Carolina Family Practice & Sports Med) (eg. send an email to your doctor/PCP)
Dental:
- MetLife

Misc stuff:
- ADP (eg. for signing up for health benefits annually)

HTML stuff

HTML references/help:
- Index of tags | .CSS: Index of CSS properties • Pseudo classes • w3schools
- W3.org
- HtmlHelp.com
- Learning HTML by example
- HTML Quick Ref (eg. Browser-safe colors, color charts, )
System symbols/ISO chars: My list | Site #2
Multimedia:
- Animated .gif files: HallyM site
- Clip art/icons: IconsPedia | Google images | Microsoft Office | FresherImage | 1-click Clipart (list) | IconBazaar [S] | Microsoft [S] | IBMSite | 3DTextMaker | ButtonWarehouse | A+Art | Barry's [S] | ClipArtConnection [S] | WebGraphics | ListOfSites
- Emoticons collections: Animated smileys
- Fonts/font collections: Fontx.com | 3DTextMaker
- .mid/.midi files: List of links
- .wav files: WavCentral [S] | WavHounds [S] | Sound America [S] | Scary Halloween sounds
Forms:
- Automatic HTML form generator (build a form using website, then copy & paste to your home page)
- FormMail (create forms at their website, form mail gets sent to you)
My IE Links bar buttons (aka Bookmarklets):
- Resize window (resize your browser window)
Javascript:
- Reference: HtmLite | Javascript Kit
- Source code: JavaScripts.com | JavascriptSource | WSAbstract | ScriptLibrary | Developer.com | JSWorld | Builder.com
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): Reference ( example and explanation) | w3schools | MS-CSS-TOC
DHTML (Dynamic HTML): Free scripts | MS-DHTML-TOC

Games

Online games (played over the internet!):
- Card games: TricksterCards.com | Euchre | 'The Office' Solitaire | GinRummy | Hearts | Poker | Spades
- Board games: Backgammon | Checkers | Chess
- Misc games: Trivia | MyPyramid Blast Off | Artemis Fowl
- Game sites: Zone.com | Yahoo | Excite | SonyEverquest | PlaySite | Riddler.com | ShockRave | ShockWave
Games software reviews: ShardWire | IGN | GameSpot | ESRB.org | Gamepro | Gamezilla | GamesDomain | Allgame | Gamedex
Games software: Download Full Games | Game Hippo | Champ Arcade | Our World | Games Domain | Game Center | Happy Puppy
Games by company: Microsoft | InfoGrames/Atari
PC game cheats:
- Sites: GameExperts | 24hrGamers
- Specific games: Age Of Empires II: Age Of Kings
Misc games:
- Snap (a game you can play with a regular deck of cards)

Software: Freeware, Shareware, Software

Remote control software:
- Anydesk.com
- Go To Meeting
Software:
- My favorite freeware sites: Windows Secrets website | Best-ever freeware utilities | PC Magazine's Best Free Software (by year)
- Freeware: Yahoo Widgets [S] | FreewareHome [S] | FreewareWeb [S] | Freeware Find | Moochers | NoNags [S] | Freebyte [S] | Gratis [S] | TuDogs | IntraStar | PCMagUtils | ZDHelp | ZDNet100MostPopular | ZDNetFreeDownloads [S] | ZDNetMembersFreeware [S] | List #1
- Freeware & Shareware: ZDNet [S] | Softseek [S] | PCWorld | TopSoft | Freeware32 [S] | Download.com | Winfiles.com [S] | OldVersion.com | PCMag [S] | FileLibrary [S] | Filez [S] | Filemine [S] | DaveCentral [S] | DrDownload | WindowsGuide
- Shareware: Shareware.com | JumboShareware | SoftwareShak | Winsite | Galt
- Commercial software reviews: Yahoo [S] | ZDNet [S]
- Commercial software: Dirt cheap software | Parsons Tech
- Device drivers: DriverZone | WinfileDrivers | Windows95&NT | IBM
- Browser plug-ins: Browser Watch
- Winsock freeware+shareware: Stroud's | TuCows#1 | TuCows#2 | TuCows#3
Software for kids:
- Freeware: TuKids | KidsFreeware
- Shareware: TuKids
- Commercial software reviews: ZDNet [S] | KidsDomain
Support (for various software):
- Sierra (Sierra products customer support)
- Symantec search (eg. search for "drive image" "error 1805" to look up a specific error msg)
- Symantec Knowledgebase (eg. Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition)
Microsoft:
- FreeAnswers.com (ask Microsoft, Adobe, Intuit questions in plain English!)
- Home page (eg. search Knowledgebase for answers to your questions)
- Download center (eg. Search for 'vbrun' for Visual Basic runtime files)
- Template Gallery (MS Office template files; eg. sample resumes for Word)
- Microsoft Word: Keyboard shortcuts | Word document templates

Geography & Travel

Street maps (driving directions): Local Live | A9 | Yahoo | MSN | MapsOnUs | MapQuest | AOL | Risky Roads
Tolls (calculate the cost of tolls in a specific state on a specific road): TollGuru (MUST USE IN CHROME!) | TurnpikeInfo.com
US maps: County maps & info | State capitals
Free state maps by mail:
- Any: To order a state map for any state, click here (or go to one of the sites listed below).
- North: NC | VA | WV | MD | PA: 717-787-2838 (was call 800-847-4872) | NJ | OH: call 800-282-5393
- South: SC or SC #2 | GA or GA #2 | FL
World maps: Google maps • Your location history | About.com | UTexas maps
Aerial photography maps: Globexplorer | Terraserver
Finding latitude/longitude: GPS coordinate converter | Getty Thesaurus of Geog Names | AirNav | US cities
Museums:
- In Raleigh/Durham area: Natural Sciences | History | Art | Exploris | Prarie Ridge | Raleigh City Museum | Museum of Life and Science (Durham): B1G1F coupons | Home page
- Other locations in NC: Natural Science Center of Greensboro | NC Railroad Museum | NC Transportation Museum
- In Washington DC: List of museums | Metro maps | Hazy Center | National World War II Memorial
- Others: Locate any museum in U.S. | Aviation museums in U.S. | Exploratorium | Vatican
Aquariums:
- Locations in NC: Fort Fisher
Planetariums:
- Locations in NC: Morehead Planetarium
- Others: Hayden Planetarium
Things to do in Raleigh area (Raleigh area info):
- Anytime:
  - Walking/cycling/biking/bike trails: Greenway trail system | Trail closures, detours and alerts
  - Event calendars: Calendar #1 | Calendar #2
  - Kids: Adventure Landing | Frankie's
  - Sports: Golf
  - Comedy: Charlie Goodnights | Comedy Worx
  - Misc: R U A Gamer (in Cary) | Poyner Place | Raleigh Trolley | R-Line bus rides (aka "rline" or "r line") | Raleigh Ringers
- Annually:
  - NBC17 Health and Fitness Festival (usually in May at Fairgrounds; keyword=ANN_HF_EXPO)
  - Auto Expo/car show (usually in Feb.; keyword=ANN_AUTO_EXPO)
  - St Patrick's Day parade (usually the Saturday before March 17th)
  - Christmas parade (usually weekend before Thanksgiving)
  - Waterfest (held first FULL WEEK of May)
  - Fire Safety Demo (usually in May, incl Falls Fire Dept; keyword=ANN_FS_DEMO)
  - Ice cream: Ben & Jerry's | Cameron Village Baskin Robbins (keyword=ANN_ICECREAM_CVBR) | Cold Stone Creamery
  - Donuts: Krispy Kreme (keyword=ANN_KRISPY_KREME)
- Summertime:
  - Raleigh Convention Center (eg. Movies at Moore Square in the summer)
- City of Raleigh: Home page | Downtown info | Public transportation | CitySearch | Leaf pickup schedule | Water/sprinkler/lawn watering restrictions | Rain barrels
- Swimming pools: Hours & list of pools | Seach results for Raleigh pools
- Parks/recreation: Home page | Community/rec centers | Local parks | State parks
- Camping: Umstead State Park
- Ice skate/skating: Polar Ice House (in Cary or Garner) | Ice Plex
- Malls:
  - Triangle Town Center (TTC)
- Rollerblade/skate/skating: Jellybeans | Skate Ranch
- Rock climbing: Rock Yard | Vertical Edge Climbing Center
- Churches: St Raphael | Our Lady Of Lourdes (OLL) | St Francis | Cathedral | St Luke the Evangelist (map) (Steven DiMassimo's office)
- Misc:
  - Tower Hobbies (Remote control airplanes club locations)
  - L&E Research (Get paid to participate in research studies)
  - Teen Court (volunteer to serve on jury for teen court cases (eg. for Steven Aug 2008) )
Things to do OUTSIDE of Raleigh (North Carolina/NC info):
- NC Zoo (in Asheboro, NC) • Join the Zoological Society for 1 year!
- Waterfowl Park & Eco-Center (in Scotland Neck, NC)
- Emerald Pointe water park (aka "Wet 'N Wild"; in Greensboro, NC; check on special events (eg. Drug-Free Celebration))
- Duke Gardens (in Durham, NC)
- Mountains: Craggy Gardens | Blue Ridge Parkway: Site #1 Site #2
- Carnivore Preservation Trust (in Pittsboro, NC)
- Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base (AFB) Site #1 Site #2 (in Goldsboro, NC; annual air show, usually in May)
Other state parks:
- WV | NJ
Myrtle Beach, SC:
- Resorts/lodging:
  - Vacation rentals by owner (avoid realtor/property mgmt fees!; eg. Myrtle Beach)
  - Bay Watch (Myrtle Beach; where we went May 2006)
  - Towers On The Grove (Myrtle Beach)
  - Sands Ocean Club Resort (where Uncle Dave & Aunt Irene stayed 2012-2013)
- Restaurants:
  - Basil's Pizza
- Misc:
  - Rent mopeds/scooters/golf carts (Eric - guy we first rented from in Mar'13)
  - Beach tides
Facts:
- General facts: Answers.com
- American facts: American History
- World facts: Info Please [S] | History Channel [S] | WorldHistoryAtlas | WorldFactbook | Population info | World flags | National Anthems
- Cities:
  - U.S. cities (U.S. city facts, population, etc)
  - Historical sites/cities (info & pictures of historical places)
  - Excite's City.Net travel (world cities info)
Misc:
- CN Traveler (eg. get travel brochures)
- GreatBuildings.com (facts on buildings around the world, eg. which is the tallest)
- How far is it? (gives distance between cities "as the crow flies")
- Sunrise/sunset times (for any city in the U.S.; give's a year's worth)
Travel agencies: Travelocity | YahooTravel | Expedia | Travel Explorer | Trip.com | PC Travel | 1Travel.com
Airline:
- Reservations/tickets: American Express (pswd=corpvac) | Savvio | IntelliTrip | LowestFare | Excite | PriceLine | Reservations.com | PCTravel | CheapTickets
- Carriers: Independence | American Airlines | Delta | US Airways
- Flight arrival info: FlightAware.com | Trip.com | NBC Flight Tracker
Bus:
- Megabus (eg. cheap travel between many major cities, like Charlotte, Raleigh, Washington DC)
Hotels:
- Coupons: MoneyMailer.com | ValPak.com | CouponSurfer
- Reservations: Trivago | PriceLine | RoomSaver | Choice | Marriott | Residence Inns | Holiday Inn

Buying & Selling Goods (eg. Online ordering)

Classified ads:
- Best: Craig's List (NC) | Nextdoor
- Other: Raleigh/Triangle classifieds | Classifieds2000 | Postaroo | Yahoo | InfoSpace | ShopFind | FreeClassifieds | AutoTrader
Place a 'Wanted' ad: eWanted
Product reviews: CNet | ReviewFinder | ePinions
Cars/autos/automobiles/automotive/vehicles:
- Auto parts: Rock Auto
- Buy used cars: Craig's List | AutoTrader.com | State Surplus (NC) (or see home page) | Cars.com | AutoTrader
- Determine blue book value: Kelley's (KBB)
- Reviews on new/used cars: Kelley
- CarFax (given a VIN#, check a used car's history)
- Fuel economy/gas mileage/miles per gallon/mpg: EPA
Recalls:
- My vehicles (keyword=ANN_VEH_RECALLS):
  - '01 Civic -- Check Honda Ownerlink -OR- q ph* ANN_VEH_RECALLS
  - '02 Villager -- Check NHTSA -OR- q ph* ANN_VEH_RECALLS
- Other vehicle/car/automobile recall websites: | Recalls.gov | AllData | Consumer Reports | RoWriter
- Other items: Recalls.gov | Safety alerts | Safekids.org
PC's:
- PC's: Used IBM PC's | iDot | CyberianOutpost | Dell | Gateway | ComputerShopper | SurplusDirect
- PC equip/supplies: NewEgg.com [S] | Dealnews | PC Part Picker (eg. 240GB-1TB 2.5-in. SSD HDD drives • 1-4TB Hard drives/HDD • Power supplies ) | Cyber Guys [S] | ComputerShopper [S] | Frys.com [S] | PriceWatch [S] | PriceShock [S] | Outpost [S] | BuyComp [S] | PCConnection [S] | PCToday [S] | Shopper.com [S] | KillerApp | PriceWatch | CompUSA | Office Max
- External USB antenna/antennas: Wi-fire
- PC inkjet printer/toner cartridges: 123Inkjets | FreePrinterInk | PremiumInk | KingInk | FreewareWeb
- Hardware reviews: CNet | ZDNet | ReviewFinder | Compare.net | PCWorldTop100EquipList
- Buying software: Dirt Cheap Software | Chumbo | Beyond
New/used items: EBay | Half.com | Amazon | Yahoo | Froogle (from Google) | iOffer
Misc shopping: BizRate* | Webdata* | Dealtime* | PriceShock [S] | UPCLookup* | Yahoo | ConsumerWorld | ShopNow | FatWallet
(*) - you can search for best prices at this site!
Stores:
- BEST Weekly ads:
  - Harris Teeter eVic specials (or link 2b or link #2a or link #1c or link #1b or link #1a )
  - Lidl
  - Food Lion
  - Aldi
- OTHER Weekly ads: Walgreens | Staples | Office Depot | Michael's coupons
- Staples:
  - Staples Easy Rebates (fill out Staples "EasyRebate" items online (nothing to mail in!) -- Check rebate status, or chat w/online help agent
  - Staples Rewards program (earn 10% by purchasing certain items)
- Harbor Freight:
  - (1) Latest Harbor Freight coupons • (2) 20% off coupon • (3) New site
  - Home page
- Shoes/sneakers: Merrell | Propet | Zappos
- Black Friday websites: BFads | GottaDeal
- Raleigh: AC Moore (weekly 40% - 50% off coupon) | NC State Surplus
- Other: Crenshaw TV+Appliance | Service Merchandise | WalMart
Electronics:
- Mostly PC stuff: MeritLine | NewEgg | MonoPrice | Frys | CellularFactory
- Stereo stuff: Crutchfield | JR.com
Clubs/memberships/coupon cards/coupon books:
- Firestone (eg. one-time coupons, sign up for coupons by email, etc)
- Great American Savings Card (coupon card; see below for Firestone coupon!)
  - Partners Plus Auto Care Savings Plan (for Firestone coupon; used Signup code number 34667157 Oct'15)
- Entertain Book (eg. Raleigh Entertainment Book)
Coupons:
- Search: RetailMeNot | FlexDeals
- Specific stores: RetailMeNot | Nando coupons (aka "My N&O Zone") (eg. CiCi's Pizza, Jellybeans, Wet 'N Wild Water park, Durham Bulls, NC Zoo, etc)
- Golf: First Tee discounts/coupons
- Misc: Money Mailer | Save.com | CouponSurfer | RetailMeNot | Coupons.com | Coupons via email! | Supermarkets | Hot Coupons | Quick Coupons | ValPak | EverSave
NFL tickets/NFL game tickets:
- VividSeats.com (as of Oct'18, use promo code LOCKEDON to get $20 off a $200 order)
- Stubhub
Misc items:
- Digital VIDEO cameras: Aiptek R-ISDV3G (Billy has & recommends)
- House/TV antennas: Antennaweb
Misc:
- Tax-free/taxfree/tax free weekend (no sales tax on school supplies)

Government

Libraries:
- Wake County public library (WCPL) card catalog (or alternate site) | e-book Download site | List of libraries (eg. GREENRD/Green Road , NREG/N Reg/North Regional) | ILL (Inter-library loans) | Other info
- Other libraries: Berkeley public
Government agencies:
- City (Raleigh):
  - Recycling schedule (ie. Wednesdays) (came from the My Raleigh Services page)
  - Garbage collection (Recycle/recycling info)
- State (NC):
  - Working papers/work permit (for kids under 18 years old)
  - Lookup your voter/voting registration date (eg. needed on college applications)
  - NC sex offenders: Site #1 | Site #2
- Federal:
  - BBB (Better Business Bureau)
  - Consumer Product Safety Commission (eg. Recall info, child safety product recalls)
  - Dept of Transportation (eg. FAA, FTA, NHTSA, etc)
  - Dept of the Treasury (eg. Savings Bonds info)
  - FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  - FDA (Food & Drug Administration) (eg. PPA recall May '05)
  - FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
  - IC3 (Internet Crime Complaint Center)
  - IFCC (Internet Fraud Complaint Center)
  - NCMEC (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
  - NIH (National Institute of Health)
  - NFSD (National Food Safety Database)
  - SSA (Social Security Administration) (eg. your Social Security statement)
  - USDD (U.S. Dept of Defense) (images using HTML frames)
  - U.S. Mint (coins) and Bureau of Engraving and Printing (bills)
  - U.S. Postal Service/Post office (eg. order stamps, send postcards, county lookup, postage rates, etc)
  - Zip code lookup
  - List of govt sites
Child booster seat/car seat safety:
- BoosterSeat.gov (NHTSA site; explains laws for when children/kids should ride in booster seats in cars)
- BuckleUpNC.org (child safety seat & seat belt info; incl. Booster Seat Law)
Income taxes (eg. Federal Income Tax forms, State Income Tax forms):
- Where's my refund?
  - Federal (or go here and search for "refund status")
  - State (NC) (or look here)
- Income tax forms:
  - Federal: TurboTax website | IRS website
  - State: NC website
- Filing (Federal): IRS Free File | EFTPS
- Software: Tax Act
- Misc:
  - Check payment amount for Advance Child Tax Credit
  - General tax info
Email:
- Congress (email your Senator, Representative, etc)
- House of Representatives (email your state's member of the US House of Representatives)
Stop telemarketers from calling you on the phone:
- Do Not Call Registry (free signup to stop telemarketers from calling you; effective for 5 years; click here to report telemarketers that call you!)
- Opt Out Registry (free signup to stop credit card & insurance telemarketers from calling you; effective for 5 years)
- NoMoRobo.com (free service that helps block pre-recorded "robocalls"; recomm by Billy)
Misc:
- Consumer Information Catalog (from the GSA-General Services Administration)
- Whitehouse tours (video tours of rooms in the Whitehouse)
- Digital TV coupons (for ordering $40 TV converter box coupons, 2 free per household)
- Federal health care program (aka the Health Insurance Marketplace)
- Social Security/SocSec (or here) (aka SocialSecurity; Get your annual social security statement, get a replacement SocSec card, etc)

Family & Friends

Family (krahe.org stuff):
- Public pages: Billy | Marty | Chris • Chris's blog on heart health • Chris's Delicious.com bookmarks
- Private pages:
  - Marty's home page: Local copy | On the web
  - Misc General family page | KBW | Family phone numbers & addresses | Birthdays & anniversaries
- Website maint:
  - Hosting site: GoDaddy.com
- Video:
  - Misc: Indiv. family's videos from 1995
- Kids' stuff:
  - Brian:
    - Brian's home page • home page #2 | Brian's Youtube channel | Brian's Photography site | Brian's Nordstrand page
    - Krosis (Brian's band since approx Mar'16):
      - Band pages: UniqueLeader page | Bandcamp page | Facebook page
      - Albums: A Memoir of Free Will (2020)
      - Songs: An Elegy For A Man Alive (bass playthrough) | To Persist Or Adhere (bass playthrough) | Duplicity (bass playthrough) (or here) | Duplicity (music video) (or here) | God Rays | Apathos Vacant | Immolation Fist | Feed
      - Misc: Band merchandise
  - Paul:
    - 42nd Fire Academy (2017 class): Training video | Training photos | Graduation video | Graduation photos
    - Video: Raleigh Fire Department (2013)
    - Raleigh Fire Department: Twitter Wake dispatch calls | Home page #1 | Home page #2 | Raleigh fire stations map (map #2)
  - Steven: Steven's song 'WhyYouGottaBeDarude Sandstorm'
- temp dir: private | public
- email addresses: Local copy | On the web
- Family medical info: Local copy | On the web
- KFC Recipes: Local copy | On the web
- Holiday fun pages: Local copy | On the web | Clause.com | Printable BINGO cards (eg. for Christmas)
- Author's corner: Local copy | On the web
- Driving directions: Local copy | On the web
- Misc: 920 list | Private forums/newsgroups | Family movie lists
Friends: Gerry Egan | Vic Sofras' (Vic Stefanu) Youtube page

For

Brian's sites:
- Online games: Lost Vectors | Deviant Art | TeaGames.com | One More Level | Shockwave | Flash Games | Slime Athlete | HomestarRunner | Lego | Zelda
- Videos: StickPage | FlowGo | Atom Films
Paul's sites:
- Cars: Tarheel SCC | Corvette museum | SCCA | Speed TV | VIR
- Misc: Millsberry recording studio
Steven's sites:
- Online games: Runescape | Yahooligans | Energy hog
Erika's sites:
- TV shows: The Saddle Club
- Online games: New Moon | PBS Kids | E-Learning | Fun Brain | Curious George games
- Virtual pets websites: Webkinz | My ePets | Shining Stars | Build-A-Bear
Online games:
- Educational: Koreus | GameQuarium | Fun Brain
- Misc: Try Science | Zone.com | Blues Clues | Nick Jr | Sesame Street Playground | Theodore | Animal Parade | Jumpstart games | Dr Seuss | Mix + match | BillyBear 4 kids | Discovery Kids | Jigsaw puzzles | CandyStand
Coloring books:
- Online: Coloring.com | TheodoreTugboat | Trippy | KidAlex | KidSites
- Print & color: ArthurPBS | Dinosaurs | KidSites
Fun:
- Puzzles: Puzzle maker (eg. word search)
- Holidays: Billy Bear | Printsville | Bingo cards (eg. Thanksgiving Bingo)
- Music: SFS Kids
- Origami (paper folding & making paper airplanes): Paperfolding.com | Paper airplanes | Paper cutouts
- Misc: First Lego League | Funology | Neopets | Fox Kids | PMK | Pokemon | Digimon | Lemur fun | PBS's CTW online games | Personal storybook | Family.com | BurgerKing (pswd=urule)
Educational:
- Animals: Kratts Creatures | Discovery Kids | Photo Vault | Encyclopedia of Life | Sunet animal pictures | Electronic zoo | Animal web | Kidsites | ALA list
- Art: Kidsites | ALA list
- Astronomy: Worldwide Telescope | Space, planets & the solar system | Earth + sky | Space Kids | Astronomy for kids | Solar/lunar elipses | ALA list
- Dinosaurs: All about dinosaurs | Discovery Kids | Kidsites | ALA list
- History: Discovery Kids | Kidsites | ALA list
- Homework help: StudyBuddy (homework search engine!) | About.com | National Geographic | Science Buddies
- Language: Spanish words/vocabulary review | German words/vocabulary review
- Math: Ask Dr Math | Kidsites | ALA list | Rain Forest | Practice multiplication/times tables
- Music: Kidsites | SF Orchestra
- News: News Currents
- Physics: ALA list | Amusement Park rides
- Pictures: NY Public Library gallery [S]
- Poems: Giggle poetry/poems | Robert Pottle poems
- Reading: Find books on child's reading level | Books for boys
- Science: Bill Nye the science guy | Science experiments | Extreme Science | Kidsites | Mop Top Shop | ALA list
- Space: Discovery Kids | Planet Earth | Kidsites | ALA list
- Worksheets: edHelper
- Other: Discovery Kids | Ask Jeeves | The Free Encyclopedia | Kid's encyclopedia | PBS | Magic School Bus
Video: United Streaming
Lists of links: ALA list | Net Guide
Software: CTW Games | KidSoft
Misc links:
- NetSmartz (internet/surfing safety for kids; activities for kids, guides for parents)
- WiredSafety.org (tips for safer children's web browsing guides for parents)
- Parental Filter (inappropriate websites filtering software, to protect kids for safer surfing)
- LimitTV.org (explains why watching too much television hurts a child's ability to learn)
- Chore charts (print charts for chores; orig from here)

Schools in Raleigh

For info on our kids' schools:
- View: Local copy | On the web

Free stuff

Free birthday clubs (for kids and/or adults):
- Meals: Red Robin | Bob Evans | Burger King | Denny's | Firehouse Subs | Lone Star Steakhouse | Houlihan's | Sonic | Subway | Boston Market | California Pizza Kitchen
- Desserts: Baskin Robbins | Cold Stone Creamery | Marble Slab Creamery | Maggie Moos | Cake Mate
- Lists of websites with free offers: I Love Freebies | Pumpkin Two | Free Birthday Treats
Free items: FatWallet | Top50FreeSites | Gratis | TotallyFreeStuff | Freeshop | FabFreebies | Volition | FreeCenter | PhoneFreebies | ZDNETDailyFreebies | ListOfLinks
Free fax services: FaxZero | eFax | K7 | FaxAway
Frugal, money-saving idea websites:
- Frugal Living (eg. costs of running some appliances)
- The Dollar Stretcher
- The Simple Living Network
Create online forms: BraveNet | Response-o-matic
Misc:
- BraveNet (free web page for forums, email forms, web polls, webpage password protection, Web2Phone, site search, photo storage, etc)
- Eyecare America (free eye care/eyeglasses for seniors)
- Wake County FreeCycle (free-stuff want ads; from main Freecycle website)
- Free conference calls (recomm by Peter Sep'16)
Rebates:
- Indiv stores/mfg'ers:
  - Ace Hardware rebates: Submit a new rebate | Track status of existing rebate
  - BestBuy rebates (fill out Best Buy rebates online (nothing to mail in!)
  - CDW (lists various manufacturers' computer-related rebates)
  - CyberRebate
  - Rebates center (get info on rebates on Microsoft products)
- Buy items that come with rebates:
  - Rebate Place (electronics items & more)
- Misc:
  - Rebate Tracker (track your own status of rebates, send yourself email reminder when they're due)
  - Planet Feedback (newsgroup to see which mfg'ers are good or bad)
Get paid to read email: MyPoints | e-Rewards/eRewards | Yahoo Points
Get paid to surf the web: All Advantage | Cyber Gold | Utopia
Send free electronic greeting cards: Pacific Products | Inspirational flash movies | Yahoo | Greeting-cards | iTarget | Card 4 You | eGreetings | Angel Winks | Blue Mountain | Greetings Online | Electric Postcard
Free vision test for kids (materials to do it yourself): Prevent blindness website

Web-related stuff

My home pages:
- Crosswinds: MyHomePage | MyHomePage#2 | AcctInfo
- Xoom: MyHomePage | AcctAdmin
- Bounce.to: MyHomePage | EditProfile
My email accounts:
- SoftHome (laptop): MemberServices
File share/sharing/storage/disk space sites (eg. upload large files/big files):
- Secure: Files Anywhere (recomm by Peter)
- Tried: Google Drive | Box.net | MediaFire | MegaUpload
- Not yet tried: BayFiles | Swoopshare | Rapidshare | GigaSize | Sky Drive | 4shared
ISP's (Internet Service Providers):
- Best ISP's:
  - Google Fiber
- Choosing an ISP:
  - Various: ISP free trials | Barkers Comparisons | ISP Check | The List | FreeWeb | ISP User | GIS.Net
  - DSL: DSL Reports
- Cheap/free ISP's:
  - Dial-up: NetZero | BlueLight (from KMart) | WalMart | Access4Less | MyFreeI
  - Lists of providers: "The List" | Freebies2Go | FreedomList | Yahoo
  - DSL broadband: Verizon | SBC Communications & Yahoo | Reviews of providers | Covad
Wifi/wi-fi/wireless locations/hot spots:
- Free wifi: jiwire | WiredFreeSpot | WifiFreespot
Best web sites: 100Hot | ZDNetTop100 | HitboxTop1000 | IncrediblyUsefulSites
Free email accounts:
- POP3: GMail | InMail24 | Crosswinds | Lycos | Subdimension | ListSites#1 | ListSites#2
- OE-accessible: HotMail
- Disposable/temporary email addresses: Spambob
- Web-based: Softhome | Yahoo | Google | AOL | TheGlobe | Switchboard | BellSouth | RocketMail | NetAddress | HotMail | MyWorldMail | ProntoMail (for kids)
- Other: Juno
- Lists: Guide to free email on the web
Free home pages: GreatListOfSites! | Homestead | Geocities | Freewebs | Xoom | TheGlobe | Tripod | IntelCities | FortuneCity | Switchboard | Crosswinds | ForFree | FreeHP | AtecSecure | FortuneCity | FreeHomePages
Free disk space on web: FreeDiskSpace(300MB) | iDrive | iDrop | Crosswinds | MyDocsOnline | FreeDrive | FreeBack | SpaceForFree | Driveway | Atrieva
Web hosting sites:
- Free!: Catalog.com | VirtualAve
- Other: Concentric (was 9netave)
- Lists: WebHostList | HostSearch | InternetList
Website ratings/reviews (eg. consumer watchdog sites):
- BBB (Better Business Bureau; eg. find out if a given website is legitimate or not)
- Site Advisor (check a website to see if it's safe to use; avoid online scams, spyware & viruses)
- BizRate (rates other online businesses)
- PublicEye (rates other online businesses)
- Fraud.org (check if a website is fraudulent)
- Cancel-it (they help you cancel online orders & services)
- uGetHeard (send complaint or applause letter to any company)
Newsgroup sites:
- Searching: Google | Newzbin (see also Easynews) | CNet | Lycos | Mail & news | NewsOne
- Free newsgroup servers: Freenews
- Misc:
  - My Message Board (like a newsgroup; free from InsideTheWeb)
Spam:
- FTC website (eg. how to to report spammers)
Webpage broken link checkers: MantaDB | NetMechanic
Website search tools: Pinpoint
Send email anonymously: Anonymizer email | Publius site #1 | Publius site #2
check how secure is my web surfing/anonymous/what is my IP address/cloak/private/privacy: Site #1 | Site #2
Chat websites: YahooChat
Webcam sites:
- Eagle cam (American Bald Eagle's nest in a tree on Hornby Island)
- Grizzly bears (American Bald Eagle's nest in a tree on Hornby Island)
Firefox browser-related sites:
- Firefox support (online help w/search!)
- Keyboard/keybd shortcuts (for Firefox, Internet Explorer & Opera)
Product support sites:
- TuneUp (from Quarterdeck/Symantec)
- Symantec technical support (eg. Norton Utilities)
Film developing:
- SnapFish (cheap processing; free online photos, pay for prints)
- ShutterFly (free processing; free online photos, pay for prints)
- eMemories (free processing; free online photos, pay for prints)
- oFoto (get prints & online photos)
- Photo Works (developing: get prints & online photos)
Misc web stuff:
- Holidays (calendar of national holidays, by country/year)
- Internet speed tests (see how fast/slow your internet connection is): SpeedTest.net (speedometer testing) | Google Fiber | Testmy.net
- NetMind (get email notification when specified web pages change)
- SmartReminders (get email reminder on specified date(s) (eg. birthdays)
- CyScape (browser test: detects what browser you're running, if it supports frames, etc)
- MessageMates (funny cartoons, mostly for holidays)

Searching the Web

Search for people: Fast People Search | True People Search | RadarIs | White Pages | Anywho | Area code lookup | Email addresses | Wake County NC residents
Yellow Pages: Free411 | Yahoo | Google SMS | Triangle 411 | The Ultimates | Anywho | Verizon Superpages | Local Google | Bell South (Raleigh)
Other phone books: Blue Pages
800-number lookup: Internet 800
Search engines: DuckDuckGo | Google | AllTheWeb | Profusion | Intelliseek | DirectHit | MetaCrawler | Mamma
More search engines: Hotbot | Northern Light | Yahoo | Excite | Lycos | Alta Vista | CNet | InfoSeek | InfoPlease(Facts) | SearchItAll | AOL
Good 1-page references to many links: Hotsheet | RefDesk
Submit a URL (submit URL to 300 search engines from one page!)
Domain name (URL) lookup:
- Google: Google (search term in format: inurl:krahe)
- Others: CheckDomain | WhoIs | ZDNet
Misc searches:
- Urban legends (lookup hoaxes/fake stories/old wives' tales/misconceptions; see if stories are legitimate or not): Snopes | Truth or Fiction
- Criminal check (search for sex offenders in your area): Family watchdog | Criminal check
- Web archive (archive/history/backup of 10 years of past web site pages)

Financial stuff (pay bills, etc)

My banks:
- Colts/CFCU (incl BillPay) or monthly bank statements (Coastal Federal Credit Union; Rates, home page)
Pay bills (eg. pay my bills, local utilities, etc):
- Monthly bills:
  - (CC): Fidelity VISA Pay bill (aka Fidelity website; incl. HSA account; keyword=FIDELITY_WEBSITE)
  - (CC): Quicksilver VISA Pay bill (CapitalOne/Capital One QuickSilver VISA)
  - (CC): Chase Unlimited VISA/Chase VISA Pay bill or Pay by phone (see also the BP gas rewards calculator)
  - (CC): BankAmericard VISA Pay bill (Bank of America/BankAmericard VISA)
  - (INTERNET): Google Fiber Pay bill (Internet bill)
  - Cell phone (H2o): View acct info
  - City of Raleigh (water): Pay bill | Home page
  - Duke Energy (elec): (Auto-drafted on due date) | View acct info (formerly Progress Energy/CP&L)
  - PSNC (gas bill): Pay bill | PSNC website
  - Voipo (VOIP): View acct, get telephone messages, send a fax online, block/blacklist specific phone#'s from calling you, etc
- Annual/semi-annual bills:
  - Travelers (auto insur & HO insur): Travelers insurance (Auto insur & HO insur)
  - NCDMV (auto. regis+proptax): Pay bill or via main site (annual vehicle/automobile registration & property taxes)
  - Wake Co Rev Dept: Pay bill (or via here; proptax on vehicles & NC Home)
- Other bills:
  - American Express: Pay bill** or via American Express website
  - Discover Card Pay bill
  - Kohl's card: Pay bill (Kohl's charge card)
  - Sears card: Pay bill (Sears charge card)

** Pay via Webpay Checkfree (free bill paying service)

Other banks:

Pay bills online (bill pay services): Yahoo BillPay (more info)
Online banks (with online banking): Ally Bank (recomm by Billy) | CompuBank | FirstUnion | DCU.org
Misc banks: CCB Bank

Credit cards:

Best offers: CompareCards.com

Mutual funds:

Performance: My portfolio (Morningstar) | IndivFunds | NetWorthPortfolio
NAV charts: CLMBX | FGRIX | FMAGX | NGUAX | PBHGX | PRFDX | PTACX | SAFQX | SCDGX || PRSCX | ACEMX | ACSWX | CSQBX | POGAX
MF acct websites: Columbia | Fidelity | Scudder
Misc: StockSmart

Insurance:

Get quotes for various types of insurance: eSurance
Life insurance: Select Quote

Misc links #1:

Stocks: eTrade | Galt | Yahoo | Yahoo | JustQuotes.com | NY Times
Currency/money/monetary converters: Yahoo | UniversalCurrencyConverter
Financial calculators: Savings goal calculator | American Century
Obtaining a credit report: Get a free credit report! | Experian (formerly TRW) | Equifax | Trans Union

Misc links #2:

The Automatic Millionaire (FinishRich.com; includes financial advice, mutual fund advice, etc)

Misc

Display a map of US Mailboxes near me
Exercise/fitness:
- Counting calories/calorie counter: Site 1 [S] | Site 2 | Site 3
Car rental/renting:
- Turo
Telephone:
- Prepaid phone cards: Clark Howard list | PennyTalk
- Long distance telephone companies: Clark Howard list | AT&T | MCI | Sprint | Verizon | Americom
- Phone calls over your internet connection:
  - VOIP (Voice over IP) phone services (local & long distance over your internet connection): Vonage | CallVantage
  - Other: MagicJack (read a review on it here) | Skype
- Cell phones: Scratch Wireless | FreedomPop | MetroPCS | ClarkHoward | Parts/accessories
- Free stuff: HotCaller (view ads to earn free calling minutes) | CallRewards (earn points to get free calling minutes)
- How to get a live person/human when calling a IVR/VRU computerized answering machine menu: IVR Cheat Sheet
- Phone scam information: Common scams | What to do about slamming
This day in history:
- Scope Systems (gives historical events on any given month & day)
- History Channel (gives historical events on today and any given month & day)
Time & date stuff:
- What time is it? My Java list of city clocks, Quick list of U.S. time zones, Search anywhere in world (from the USNO Master Clock page)
- Clocks for cities around the world
- U.S. Time zones: U.S. Time zones | By state
- Time & date functions (date arithmetic, world clocks, etc)
- Create printable calendars: Print month-at-a-glance, year-at-a-glance calendars, etc
- Online calendars: Yahoo Calendar | Religious calendar
- Deathclock (tells you #seconds you have left to live)
Magic:
- Magic tricks: About Magic
- Magicians/illusionists: Criss Angel | David Blaine | David Copperfield
Typing skills:
- Online typing tests: 10fastfingers.com
- Improving your skills: Learn2type game
Best gas/gasoline prices:
- Raleigh area gas: Gasoline in entire Raleigh area (or list) | Gasoline in North Raleigh | Gasoline in various Raleigh zip codes
- VA: South Hill • Chester • Ruther Glen
- NC: Archdale • Mebane
- VA/WV/OH: Wytheville, VA • Buffalo, OH • Dover, OH • North Canton, OH
- Nationwide: Gaspricewatch.com | Gas Buddy
Misc:
- 911 sites: Scholars for truth | Debunking Conspiracy Theories
- Real estate sites:
  - Zillow (get latest market prices/value of your house/home)
- Appliance Cost Estimate Calculator (enter watts, and it tells you how much electricity cost is) KEYWORDS=kilowatts
- Measurement websites (converters, estimators, calculators, translators, etc)
- CPR:
  - New type of CPR (triple the success rate!; on Billy's page)
  - How to do CPR (learn everything you wanted to know about CPR)
- SpeedingTicket (find an attorney/lawyer if you get a speeding ticket)
- Determine the sex of your unborn baby! (gives likelihood of having a boy vs. girl)
- Predict your child's height! (predict how tall your kids will be when they grow up)
- Family search (search your family tree roots, relatives, ancestors, geneology, etc)
- Where's George (track the travels of a $1, $5, $10, etc bills!)
- Morse code translater (have text converted to dots-and-dashes)
- Computer stupidities (collection of stories from tech support customer calls)
- Crime Library (facts & stories about criminal cases, famous murders/homicides/serial killers, etc)
- Crime reports (Google map with 'mashup' of crimes reported in your neighborhood)
- Lighthouses (maps & info on lighthouses in the U.S.)
- Ellis Island (lookup relatives/ancenstors/immigrants that came to the U.S.; eg. Grandpa)
- Track mailed packages (track packages mailed via USPS, UPS, FedEx, Airborne/DHL)
- Lap-Band weight loss surgery (another way to lose weight without dieting; a safer alternative to gastric bypass surgery)
- North Carolina Voices (aka NC Voices; get paid $5 for each survey filled out)

Not used much

Career lab (239 free job seeking letters)
Finding jobs online:
- Various: Monster.com | HotJobs | FlipDog | JobFind | VirtualJobFair | WallStreetJournal | ListOfLinks
Lists of Colleges and Universities: Yahoo | Clas

Test section

My printer test pages:
- TEST: Standard test | Black ink | Color ink
Span text:
- Here is some text in a SPAN tag with a border
Tests with text:
- Open separate window! (test opening of a new/separate browser window; FMI, click here)
- Here is an example of ~~strike-through~~ text (using the <del> tag)
- Here is a 2nd example of strike-through/strikethrough text
- Here is a 3rd example of strike-through text
- Here's some hidden text (hopefully this will hide my last name): Marty Krahe
- Here's some ^{superscript text} (eg. used for footnotes)
- Here's some text using bold tags vs. strong tags
Here are some plain-text URL's (eg. to test Linkification tool): www.krahe.org || marty.krahe.org/index.html || marty@krahe.org || http://www.yahoo.com/index.html
Here's an unordered list with UN-dented/UNdented/UN-indented/UNindented bulleted items (I call it a 'compact list'):
- Line 1
- Line 2
Here's an unordered list with square bullets:
- Line 1
- Line 2
Here's an unordered list with my own bullet images:
- Line 1
- Line 2
Here's an unordered list with www.Megadeth.com background coloring & bullet images:
- Line 1
- Line 2
Here's an unordered list with no bullets:
- � Line 1
- � Line 2
Here's a Definition List (demonstrates <dl>, <dt>, <dd> tags):

TITLE:
Animal House
STARRING:
John Belushi
NOTES:
This is, of course, one of my all-time favorite movies. It is also the one that Billy saw about 20 times in the movie theater when it came out back in 1978!
Hover stuff:
- Hover help without hypertext:
  - Hover #1: With default text decoration (looks like hypertext, but isn't) ---> Hover over this (contains very long/lengthy hover text)
  - Hover #2a: Hypertext looks like plain black text, with mouseover showing highlighting ---> Hover over this #2a
  - Hover #2b: Hypertext looks like plain black text, with mouseover showing highlighting ---> Hover over this #2b
  - Hover #2c: Hypertext looks like plain black text, with mouseover showing NO highlighting ---> Hover over this #2c
  - Hover #3a: Lightly-decorated hover text (looks like hypertext, but not a link to click on): Hover over this #3a
  - Hover #3b: Attempt at a new design (from here) of what the hover text looks like (looks like hypertext, but not a link to click on):
    Hover over this #3b
- Hover text that handles a lot of text: Here is a bunch of hover text. Using this method of coding hover text has several advantages over using the 'title' attribute of the anchor tag:
  1. Allows use of embedded HTML tags (so can do bold text, hypertext links, ordered lists (like you see being used here), etc)
  2. Allows user to copy hover text to clipboard (same as you do on any HTML page)!
  Example #1 OR This takes you to Google.Example #2
- Hover text with question mark on mouse pointer/cursor: Hover over this!
- Different colors of hover text: red | green | yellow
Test javascript functions:
- TEST: get_curr_date()

Different fonts:

All caps font with first letter bold (eg. for instructions):
- Running the Synergy program
- Step 1 - Choose a server
- Step 2 - Install the software
- Step 3 - Configure and start the server
- 2001/10/20 - This is nice text (font & color) for captions for photos/pictures.
- 2001/10/20 - This is nice text (font & color) for captions for photos/pictures.
- FONT-FAMILY: serif;
- FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif;
- FONT-FAMILY: cursive;
- FONT-FAMILY: fantasy;
- FONT-FAMILY: monospace;

Nice title font with a shadow:

Inside an 'h2' tag:
Nice title font
Inside a 'span' tag:
Nice title font
Change text size/font size for a certain section (DIV) of text on page
- Smaller text below Larger text below
  
  Here is the text that will change size when clicking on above links.
Here's a multi-select listbox:

Assigned locid's

Here's a horizontal bar chart using 'spacer' tag:

Goalie Stats/Penalties

Saves %

.924

.882

Legend

Devils

Blues

Here's a sample textarea (keyword=text area)
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Running the Synergy program

Step 1 - Choose a server

Step 2 - Install the software

Step 3 - Configure and start the server

Nice title font