MineZone Wiki

Food

• All Recipes -- a great source for recipes, including recipe ratings and reviews
• Recipezaar -- another large recipe site with lots of ratings
• Epicurious -- yet another great source of recipes with ratings and reviews
• RecipeSource -- another very large recipe database, but no ratings or reviews
• Visual Recipes - Community of Cooking Enthusiasts -- recipes with photos
• Google Recipe Search
• Acats Bar Pages -- lots of drink recipes
• Wine Spectator Magazine -- comprehensive wine information
• Slow Food -- an international response to the effect fast food has on our society and life
• eGullet.com
• Chowhound.com -- food information from food lovers
• Restaurant.com -- discount restaurant gift certificates
• Chef Talk -- "A food lovers link to professional chefs"
• Cook's Thesaurus -- food pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions
• The Red Kitchen -- a cooking related group weblog
• Soup Peddler -- soup delivered to your door
• CheapCooking.com
• Frugal Cooking
• FoodieView

Austin

• Austin Chronicle Restaurant Guide
• austinsushi.com -- "The sushi guide to Austin, Texas"
• Austin, Texas Restaurant Review's Journal -- community posted restaurant reviews

Vegetarian

• Veggies Unite -- on-line guide to vegetarianism
• HappyCow -- a directory of vegetarian restuarants and food stores world wide
• Mollie Katzen Online -- a great website by one of my favorite cookbook authors

Places to Browse

• About.com -- useful sub-sites on a variety of subjects
• Suite101.com -- similar to the Mining Company; lots of rated, categorized links
• Webring -- rings of sites with a common theme
• Hot Sheet -- 500+ top sites on one page

Search Engines

• Google
• Gigablast
• IceRocket
• Yahoo
• Clusty
• Grokker - A New Way to Look at Search -- a visual search engine

Creating Web Pages

• Web Design Practices
• Essential bookmarks for web-designers and webdevelopers
• Essential Bookmarks -- more "essential" bookmarks for web designers
• Web Developer's Handbook -- another very thorough collection of links
• Resources For Web Design
• Doctor HTML -- web page analysis tool
• GIF Wizard -- shrink gifs up to 90%
• Pixelsight -- amazing online graphics generator
• ACME Labs -- home of the ACME Label, License, and Heart Makers
• GIF_TEXT: A Graphics Text Generator
• Web Developer's Virtual Library -- how-to articles on web publishing
• Submit It! -- service that spreads the word about your web page
• Return of Design - Color Schemes, Design, Development, and Inspiration
• AllYouCanUpload.com -- free image hosting

CSS

• The Complete CSS tutorial
• CSS Help Pile -- CSS resources
• CSS Generator -- custom CSS generator
• CSS Compressor -- compress and tidy CSS code
• CSS Drive -- cataloged CSS designs
• CSS Formatter and Optimiser/Optimizer
• CssCreator->MVance/Page Layout
• CSS Cheat Sheet
• css-discuss wiki
• CSS Import -- a screenshot gallery of inspirational CSS designs
• CSS Panic Guide

Find Information

• Green Eggs Report -- list of URLs mentioned on USENET
• Index of USENET FAQs -- a huge index of frequently asked questions from USENET newsgroups

Anti-Ads

• Ad Blocking hosts file -- block advertisers using a hosts file
• PopUpKiller -- advanced defense against popups
• Ad-Aware -- spyware removal utility

Miscellaneous

• Search Engine Watch -- search engine information and tips
• Internet Archive -- view websites as they used to be
• Free Shell Accounts
• Low Cost Web Space Services -- a great place to start when searching for a web site host
• 100 Best Web Site and Domain Hosting Services -- reviews and comparisons of web hosting sites
• Poor Richard's Web Site -- advice on building a low-cost web site
• Information Activism -- a manifesto to clean up the web and keep it fresh
• Free Email Address Directory -- index of free e-mail providers
• The List -- comprehensive list of Internet service providers
• ISPcheck -- compare Internet service providers
• Network Solutions -- research domain names
• LinkPopularity -- find out who links to your site
• Topica -- mailing list directory
• Tile.Net -- index of mailing lists, newsgroups, ftp sites, and computer vendors
• Sneakemail -- create and manage temporary email addresses to avoid spam
• spamgourmet -- another source of disposable email addresses
• Disposable Email -- yet another source of disposable email addresses
• PookMail.com
• Metafilter -- daily links to interesting websites
• Boing Boing -- another interesting blog
• blogdex -- index of popular sites listed on blogs
• File Pile -- interesting files that other people have uploaded
• the5k.org -- creative websites in under 5k
• Spyonit -- notification of internet events
• Procmail Quick Start -- great help file for sorting mail on UNIX systems
• eMailman -- email resources
• FreeLists -- a free mailing provider
• Webspeed -- clock your Internet connection
• TinyURL -- create redirecting URLs that are easier to cut and paste
• WebmasterWorld -- information for webmasters
• Email Address Enkoder -- encode email addresses to avoid spam bot harvesting
• Freeware SourceBook -- freeware tools for webmasters
• Free Public Proxies
• Open Source Web Design -- a community of designers and site owners freely sharing designs
• Open Web Design -- more open source designs
• BugMeNot.com -- easy access for site that require accounts
• Stumpers -- a place to discuss obscrure reference questions
• Google Guide -- an interactive tutorial on searching with Google
• PurpleSlurple -- reformats Web pages on-the-fly to create granular addressability
• Fagan Finder -- a website designed to help people find things
• StayInvisible.com -- daily updated list of free public proxy servers, plus proxy related information
• senduit -- send large files quickly and easily (no registration required)
• TestMySpeed.com -- bandwidth tests
• Google Local -- geographic search
• jiwire -- wi-fi hotspot finder
• TinyPic Dedicated Hosting -- free graphic file hosting
• net2ftp -- a web based FTP client
• Coral: The NYU Distribution Network -- part proxy, part cache
• virtualbrowser -- a free online proxy
• SitePoint -- informative web design articles
• I Like Your Colors -- find out what colors are used in a particular webpage design
• Technorati
• Finding information: search engines -- recommends the best search engine for a particular type of search
• Jiwire -- Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder
• Alexa Web Search -- information about websites
• Housing -- google maps + craigslist = cool house hunting tool
• Google Suggest
• Google Guide -- an excellent guide to using Google
• Free Usenet News Servers Database
• SearchGrid
• opensourceCMS.com -- try out various open source content management systems
• Yellow Icon -- freeware icons
• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
• sIFRFonts.com
• PHP Editor Review -- reviews of PHP editors
• CoolText -- online graphics generator
• Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design
• Web Design Tutorials - DesignNewz.com
• email, link and text protector -- twart spammers
• Automatic Enkoderform -- another email obfuscator script
• PHP Freaks!
• FeedShake - Merge , sort and filter RSS feeds
• Goovite: Easy Online Invites -- simple online invitations
• useit.com -- great usability and web design information
• Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen -- compare various fonts
• Internet Health Report
• gada.be -- metasearch
• LiveMarks -- live bookmarks via del.icio.us
• DShield -- stats on compromised computers on the Internet
• Talk Digger -- see who is linking to you lately
• PubSub

Austin, Texas

• Austin City Connection -- the official City of Austin site
• Austin 360
• CitySearch Austin
• Digital City: Austin
• Yahoo! Austin
• About.com Guide to Austin
• Everything Austin Texas
• Austin Community's Journal -- Austin Livejournal site
• Austin weatherunderground forecast
• Austin Weather Channel forecast
• Austin Bloggers Meta-Blog
• Austin Independent Business Alliance

Friends

• Amanda Vance
• Carlos Tronco
• Chris Gronlund
• Cynthia Griffith
• Doug Melamed
• Julia Stavenhagen
• Sam Jones
• Doug Fowler -- follow Doug's travels
• Dudley Fox -- Dudley's live journal
• Bob Apthorpe
• Jeremy Frank
• Nelson Guda -- includes a photography portfolio
• Tammy West -- Tammy's Wildwood Studios exhibit design business
• Shana Merlin -- check out Shana's improv workshops

Juggling

• Internet Juggling Database -- the latest and greatest in juggling information on the web
• Juggling Information Service -- comprehensive juggling resource
• Texas Juggling Society -- the Austin juggling club
• JuggleStay -- short stay accommodations for travelling jugglers and unicyclers
• Micro Juggling -- coin, pencil, and miscellaneous small object manipulation
• Pentrix -- pen manipulation, maybe not technically juggling, but still very interesting

Improv

• Improv Encyclopedia -- improv comedy resource
• Improv Page -- another improv comedy resource
• YESand -- articles and other information about improv
• Austin Improv
• Improv Everywhere HQ

Photography

• Photo.Net -- a great photography resource and incredible over-all site
• photoSIG -- photo critiques
• ImageStation -- a great site for sharing photos (no disk usage limit)
• Amateur Photography
• panoguide -- guide to panoramic photography
• Photo Friday -- a weekly photo challenge
• phototag -- disposable cameras released into the wild
• Mirror Project -- photos of mirrors and what they reflect

Other Hobbies

• Unicycle Page
• Recreational Dancing in Austin
• Four on the Floor -- Austin swing dance classes
• Bicycling in Austin
• Disc Golf
• Austin Disc Golf
• Rock Climbing
• Volleyball World Wide
• WWW Backgammon Page
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
• The Magic Cafe -- a magic bulletin board
• Magic Show -- magic tricks and tips

Learning

• University of Texas at Austin
  • University Extension
• Austin Community College
• St. Edward's University
  • SEU Bookstore
• Learn2.Com -- illustrated tutorials on a variety of subjects
• eHow -- tutorials on a variety of subjects
• Globewide Network Academy -- catalog of Internet-based distance learning
• Mentat Wiki -- exploring ways to become a better thinker

Writing

• WritersWeekly.com
• mediabistro.com -- a useful bulletin board for networking with other writers
• Travelwriters.com
• The Travel Writing Portal
• Media Kitty
• Poynter Online -- "everything you need to be a better journalist"
  • Poynter Online - Fifty Writing Tools
• FreelanceWriting.Com
• Absolute Write
• Writing for DOLLARS! -- includes a large database of magazine markets
• Paying Markets -- another large database of magazine markets
• Worldwide Freelance Writer Markets -- yet another database of magazine markets (available after subscribing to email newsletter)
• The Writer Gazette -- various resources for writers
  • The Writer Gazette: Article Listing -- lots of free articles on writing
• Freelance Success -- a (subscribers only) site for writers
• OrganizedWriter.com -- lots of writing links
• Writing Prompts

Reference

• OneLook Dictionaries -- searches for words in several online dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster -- online dictionary and thesaurus
• Visual Thesaurus -- a graphical thesaurus
• Word Count -- a graphical tool for exploring word popularity
• Biography.com -- includes a searchable database of 20,000 biographies
• Who2 -- more biographies and information about famous people
• FindArticles.com -- search magazine articles
• My Virtual Reference Desk -- lots of reference links
• Wikipedia -- a free content encyclopedia

TV

• Kill Your Television -- anti-television resource
• National TV-Turnoff Week -- join in April 25-May 1, 2005
• MyBestBets -- TV recommendations
• Main Page - The TV IV Wiki
• Yahoo TV -- includes local TV listings for Austin
• TV Tome -- episode guides for lots of shows
• epguides.com -- more episode guides
• Television Without Pity -- recaps of television shows
• Upcoming Guests on Late Night Talk Shows
• Rock on TV -- who's playing on TV today?
• TVNow
• Music From TV Commercials -- find out who plays those catchy songs
• Mr. Hat's Hell Hole -- a comprehensive South Park site
• Chef! Home Page -- a page devoted to the British comedy Chef!
• Build Your Own PVR -- information on building your own Personal Video Recorder
• PVRblog -- news about Personal Video Recorders
• tv-all.net -- world-wide TV broadcasts available via broadband

Directory/Mapping Services

• Google Maps
• myGmaps -- customized Gmaps
• quikmaps -- more customized Gmaps
• gMapTrack -- another enhanced interface for Google Maps
• Mapblast!
• Maps On Us
• Maporama.com -- includes maps of Europe
• WorldPages
• BigBook Directory Search
• Zip2
• MapQuest
• Tiger Map Server
• Map Builder -- DIY Google or Yahoo! maps
• Roadlessland.org -- maps of the lands covered by the 2001 Roadless Rule

Q&A

• Welcome to Wondir -- quick answers to questions
• Answerbag.com -- a user-generated collection of frequently-asked questions
• Internet Public Library
• Allexperts.com
• Ask an Expert
• Ask the Expert
• MAD Scientist Network
• Experts Exchange -- funky point system
• Abuzz -- questions are routed to those most knowledgeable on a particular subject
• Ask Jeeves -- another option if the humans aren't answering

Art

• AusTIX -- Austin theater tickets
• No Shame Theatre -- creative experimentation theatre
• An/Exquisite/Corpse -- collaborative surrealist art via the web
• scottmccloud.com -- a great site by the author of Understanding Comics"
• Sketchbook Sessions -- great cartoon and illustration links and the drawing board/forum is excellent
• Blogs Illustrated -- blogs with regular illustration entries
• J.S.G. Boggs -- money artist
• Shag -- tiki art
• Arthur Ganson -- sculpture meets engineering
• Kurt Wenner -- street painter
• Arborsmith Studio -- tree sculpture
• Jane's Addiction -- a directory of folk art environments around the world
• Lowrider.com
• Haring.Com -- pop artist Keith Haring
• Community Bridge -- trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") mural painting
• RTMark (®™ark)-- intelligent product sabotage
• digitalart.org -- lots of computer generated art
• Stencil Revolution -- examples of stencil art and how to make stencils
• Flounder -- tiki & lowbrow art
• gapingvoid -- business card art

Crafts

• ThriftDeluxe -- learn to make cool stuff
• UniqueProjects -- free plans for a wide variety of unique projects
• craftgrrl's LiveJournal -- more craft ideas
• not martha -- a great blog, including lots of good craft links
• reusablog -- craft projects using recycled materials
• craftster.org
• Sticker Guy! -- a source for inexpensive custom made stickers

Origami

• Money Origami
• Paper CD Case -- origami and technology meet
• OrigamiUSA -- an organization dedicated to the sharing of paperfolding
• Origami -- a great database of diagrams
• Origami Diagrams -- more diagram links

Health

• Dr. Weil -- natural health information
• Healthwise
• Organ Donation -- comprehensive information on organ donation
• Ashtanga Yoga with Sharon Moon -- a great yoga teacher in Austin

Serious Weirdness

• Strange Foreign Objects in Dog Feces
• I Can Eat Glass Project
• Macro Anthropomorphic Animals

People

• Eric Bogosian's Home Page -- actor, playwright
• Kurt Vonnegut -- author
• Michael Moore -- writer, director
• Houdini! -- magician, escape artist
• Penn and Teller -- magicians
• Richard Feynman Online -- scientist

Good Causes

• PledgeBank -- join others in mutual pledges to make the world a better place
• Charity Navigator -- information about many different charities
• Yellow Bike Project -- free loaner bike program in Austin
• Habitat for Humanity
• Austin Habitat for Humanity
• Austin Free-Net
• VoluneteerMatch -- find volunteer opportunities in your neighborhood

Creativity

• Creativity Techniques -- a comprehensive list of creativity techniques
• Map of Creativity -- very cool, flash-based map of creativity sites
• IdeaFlow -- creativity blog
• Innovation Network
• Innovation Tools -- resources for being creative
• Creativity Web
• Creative Think -- creativity tools
  • Creative Whack -- new creativity tip each time you reload the page
• Mind Tools -- includes a great area on improving your memory
• Compendium of idea generation methods

Humor/Fun

• Canonical List of Weird Band Names
• Random Bandname Generator
• Archie McPhee -- novelty catalog
• Rec.Humor.Funny Archive
• Collection of Yo Momma Jokes
• Fade to Black -- one of the funniest websites around
• Dumbentia -- parodies in print
• Answering Machine Audio
• Art of Prank Calls -- RealAudio recordings of prank calls
• George W. Bush's Resume -- funny and scary at the same time

Games

• Card Games Web Site
• BoardgameGeek -- lots of information on board games
• Seattle Cosmic Wiki -- a board game wiki
• Cheapass Games -- cheap and even free games

Comics

• Red Meat
• Sinfest
• Bizarro
• K Chronicles
• Milk and Cheese -- comic book ("Witness the intellectual montage that is Milk and Cheese!")

Google

• Google Weblog -- unofficial Google information and news
• Google Sets -- find sets of items from a few examples
• Googlism -- what does Google think of it?
• GoogleDuel -- compare items and find out which one occurs on more pages on the web

Phone/Fax

• The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service -- free faxing via the Internet
• PhoneSpell -- What does your phone number spell?
• 1-800-555-TELL -- free useful information over the phone
• Phone Scoop -- news and reviews on mobile phones
• Payphone Project -- let your fingers do the walking
• Amabuddy -- comparison shop via your mobile phone
• IYHY.com - Make It Mobile -- makes web pages more usable on mobile phones

Color

• Color Schemer Online -- a useful web page for choosing color schemes
• Color Scheme -- another useful color scheme tool
• colormatch redux
• RGB to Color Name Mapping -- another useful color tool
• ColorBlender.com
• Technicolor Experiment -- another color tool that automatically produces CSS

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous

• USPS Domestic Calculator -- calculate US postage costs
• nervousness.org -- experiments in Land Mail
• 20 things, 20 people, 20 days -- swap art with people
• MEETUP -- meet people from the Internet face-to-face
• Modest Needs --both a charitable organization and a community designed to help people in need
• postcardX -- send people stuff & receive stuff
• Letterboxing North America -- treasure hunting
• Geocaching -- techno-treasure hunting
• gust of simple -- share your simple pleasures
• Ticketstubs -- read about the stories behind ticket stubs
• metacritic -- combined reviews of movies, music, and games
• The Today Page
• Cirque Du Soleil
• BadAds -- combat pervasive advertising
• humanclock -- photos of the time
• Highly Unofficial alt.fan.dr-pepper FAQ
• Shotgun Decree
• The Original Tipping Page -- how much to tip
• Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide -- "I'll Roshambo you for it."
• Free Site -- great source of free stuff
• Infiltration -- information on urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage
• Urban Legends -- the truth of the matter
• Veggie Van -- bio-diesel powered van
• Strawbale Construction Links -- information on building strawbale structures
• Syracuse Cultural Workers
• Universal Life Church
• Lovingyou.com -- romance tips
• Romancetips.com -- lots of romantic date ideas and romance tips
• Global Ideas Bank -- tons of interesting and innovative ideas
• Brightidea.com -- ideas, but poorly organized and poorly edited
• halfbakery -- a communal database of original, fictitious inventions, edited by its users
• Amanda's Mnemonics Page -- a large collection of memory tricks
• Tacky Postcard Archive
• Human-Languages Page -- comprehensive catalog of language related resources
• BBC - Languages -- online language tutorials
• Language Exchange Community -- practice foreign languages
• Canonical Abbreviation/Acronym List -- every TLA you can think of ('net-based acronyms)
• Acronym Finder -- every kind of acronym
• US Renaissance Festivals
• Where's George -- do you know where that thing's been?!?!
• Anti-Clown Page
• Quotations Page
• Land of Quotes
• Taglines Galore -- more one-liners than you would ever want to read
• Tongue Twister Database
• Grammar Lady Online
• How to Tie a Tie
• Straight Dope
• cartalk.com
• Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
• Practical Jokes
• Cruel Site of the Day
• Progressive Directory
• The Exploratorium
• Useless WWW Pages
• Convert Me -- online unit conversion calculator
• Current Time
• Calendar -- a perpetual calendar
• netLibrary -- a library of ebooks
• RioWorld -- resources for Rio MP3 players
• Zeropaid -- P2P file sharing portal
• After Napster -- more P2P file sharing information
• Slyck -- more P2P file sharing
• Doom9.net -- The Definitive DVD Backup Resource
• Pop vs. Soda Page -- analysis of the "Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy"
• Dr. Weil
• Gizmodo -- gadgets blog
• Engadget -- another blog devoted to gadgets
• Lifehacker -- productivity blog
• kartoo -- visual web search engine
• Creative Commons -- changing the way we think about copyrights
• Creative Commons Search Yahoo! Search
• Common Content -- an catalog of Creative Commons licensed content
• Recomendo -- recommended tools and products from the guy who brought you the Whole Earth Review
• WebSeitz/wikilog -- a blog with lots of interesting info on wikis, blogs, and information
• Mazeguy.net -- ton of smiley icons
• Song Fight! -- weekly battles between many songs all with the same name
• HowStuffWorks -- details explanations of how things work
• Simple Living Network
• Upcoming -- a collaborative event calendar
• Animal Trustees of Austin -- low cost animal spay-neuter services
• Rockbox -- an Open Source replacement firmware for Archos MP3 players
• panoramas.dk -- 360 degree panoramic images
• Japanese Emoticons
• The Random Name Generator
• FreeConference.com -- free teleconferencing
• ideabook.com -- a fantastic resource on graphic design
• St. John Links
• Mediachest.com -- share your media with friends and the Internet
• Rollup.org -- aggregates (rolls up) a number of different RSS sources
• GeoURL -- find out where websites are located
• WhatTheFont -- identify fonts in scanned images
• news search portal -- lots of news links
• Button Maker
• Barbara Sher
• Mayomi -- create mind maps online at this flash site
• Shooting Rubber Bands -- everything you ever wanted to know about shooting rubber bands
• TinyPic -- a free image hosting site
• Threadless -- cool t-shirts
• Made Unique T-shirts -- more t-shirts
• Split Reason -- even more t-shirts
• Syracuse Cultural Workers
• what happens is the news -- weekly hand-written news highlights
• Air America Radio -- "America's Progressive Talk Radio Network"
• TimeBucks -- "trade your own skills and talents for other people’s skills and talents"
• AustinPostcard.com -- an excellent site dedicated to old Austin postcards
• Essential Fonts For Designers -- "300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have"
• ResumeWiki -- "community edited resumes"
• Wordcount -- information about words and their popularity
• Sperling's Best Places -- compare various U.S. cities
• FlyLady.net -- excellent cleaning and organizing tips
• The CSS Playground
• MoneyMutt -- Austin eBay auction drop with low commissions
• Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age
• FreeFlashTutorials.com
• Search Free Fonts -- a searchable database of free fonts
• SuperBorrowNet -- lend and borrow stuff from others around you
• Procrastination Research Group
• Typophile | The Smaller Picture -- a collaboratively designed font
• Guru.com -- a directory of freelancers-for-hire in a variety of fields
• Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists - a free ethics advice/answer service specifically for journalists
• Ourmedia -- free storage and free bandwidth for your media creations
• The Journalist's Toolbox -- useful links for journalists/writers
• ShawGuides -- a directory of learning vacations and conferences
• Buzztracker -- map of world news
• Bicycling in Austin
• Pointment.com -- a tool for setting up appointments
• mambofrog » Color Pallete Tools
• Flashcards -- a large collection of flashcards on a variety of topics
• SYMBOLS.com -- an encyclopedia of signs
• Gefilter Fish -- a collaborative meeting planner
• digg -- user moderated technology news
• gmapPedometer -- a Google Maps application for tracking walking routes
• About CodeCrawler
• GetUsedParts -- used car parts
• Honda Element Owners Club
• idea generation methods -- creativity tools
• IdeaFlow -- even more idea generation methods
• ZabaSearch.com -- excellent utility for finding information about people
• Dontbuyjunk -- compare features of various consumer products
• Online Conversion -- convert just about anything to anything else
• My WikiMap -- a great site for finding low gas prices
• Grid Paper PDFs
• Google Maps Mania -- tons of Google Maps links & tools
• PocketMod -- print free custom one-page organizers
• WikiMatrix -- compare features of various wikis
• Learning Languages -- tips and tricks for learning foreign languages

Money

• Motley Fool
• Gomez.com -- comprehensive reviews of e-commerce sites
• Job Search Engine -- a meta-search engine for jobs
• Virtual Stock Exchange -- free stock market simulation
• Austin MLS -- Austin real estate listings
• austinhomesearch.com -- more Austin real estate listings
• Financenter -- useful financial calculators
• Karl's Mortgage Calculator
• Kelley Blue Book -- new and used car pricing
• Used Car Blue Book
• Trader Online -- classified ads for cars, boats, etcetera
• Travis Central Appraisal District -- property appraisal information for Travis County

Online Shopping

• PriceComparison.com -- Online price comparison search engine
• Consumer Product Reviews -- tons of product reviews
• Audio Review -- audio and electronics product reviews
• Productopia -- more product reviews
• ConsumerSearch -- product reviews compiled from multiple sources
• PriceScan -- price comparisons on a variety of products
• DealTime -- comparison searches, including auctions
• PriceGrabber -- another all-purpose price comparison site
• mySimon -- more comparison shopping
• eBay -- auction site
• Vendio -- auction search and information
• Strong Number -- aggregate auction price tracking
• Amazing Bargains -- links to tons of online coupons
• Froogle -- Google's price search engine
• Coupons & Deals

Online Deals

• SlickDeals.net -- miscellaneous daily bargains
• Hot Deals Club -- even more bargains
• WiredDeals.com -- ranked deals from various sites
• DODTracker.com -- home of the Daily Deals Master List
• Dealhack
• BradsDeals -- "hand picked" deals
• Ben's Bargain Center
• HeadLine Deals.com
• got apex? -- weird name, but another deal site
• eDealinfo -- more online bargains
• techbargains -- more computer related bargains
• Fat Wallet -- more bargains
• dealnews -- miscellaneous bargains, mostly computer related
• DealCatcher.com -- yet another deal site
• DealsOfAmerica.com
• SalesCircular -- compare prices for retail store sales
• AntiRebate.com
• CurrentCodes.com -- a database of coupon codes
• All Online Coupons
• DealStop.com
• MagazinePriceSearch.com -- find the best deals on magazine subscriptions
• PopDeal -- gathers deals from a variety of sites
• dealsites.net -- consolidates deals from other sites into one place
• DealsPl.us
• SearchAllDeals.com
• Deal Linker -- Digg meets deals
• GottaDeal.com

Miscellaneous

• Austin Gas Prices
• The Occupational Adventure -- a great weblog with career/life advice
• ConsumerSearch.com -- "Product Reviews and Reports"
• Small Business School -- PBS small business show (videos online)
• MetaWishlist.com
• BiGAUSTIN -- small business classes in Austin
• Fat Fingers -- find eBay bargains via misspellings
• Missing-Auctions -- another tool for finding misspelled eBay listings
• Consumer Search.com -- reviews of reviewers

Job Hunting

• WorkZoo.com Job Search
• Indeed.com -- job meta-search engine

Movie Databases

• Internet Movie Database I finally made it through an old printout of the top 100 films (now the top 250 films).
• Motion Picture Database
• All-Movie Guide
• Movie Review Query Engine -- more movie reviews

Movies in Austin

• Austin Chronicle's Movie Listings
• Paramount Theatre
• Dobie Theatre
• Alamo Drafthouse Theater
• Rolling Roadshow -- the Alamo Drafthouse takes the show on the road
• Austin Film Society -- a resource for film makers and film fans

DVDs

• DVD Talk -- great forum on all aspects of DVDs, especially the DVD Bargains forum
• DVD Price Search -- DVD price comparison
• BargainFlix -- another good source for DVD bargains
• MoviePriceGuide -- yet another source for DVD bargains
• DVD Review -- great source of in-depth DVD reviews
• #DVD Channel News -- DVD news
• DVD Tracker -- create an personal online database of your DVD collection
• DVD Tracks -- alternative audio tracks for DVDs

Lists o' Movies

• 100 Most Acclaimed Movies of All Time -- a combination of many top movies lists
• 100 Best Movies of All Time & Readers' 100 Best of All Time (from Mr. Showbiz)
• 100 Selected Greatest Films & Another 100 Greatest Films (from Greatest Films)
• 100 Greatest Movies
• Best Films -- includes the "101 Best Films of All Time"
• Mark and Paul's 100 Favorite Films
• Movieline Magazine's 100 Best Movies Ever Made

*Maxim Magazine's 100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever

• Premiere Magazine's 100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made
• Video Detective's Top 100 Films of All Time
• National Film Registry Titles
• bfi 100 -- British Film Insitute favourite British films of the 20th Century
• Yahoo Index of Best Film Sites
• 100 Best Films - Village Voice
• Top 100 Overlooked Films of the 1990s

Miscellaneous

• Filmaffinity -- rate movies and get rocommendations
• The Movie Spoiler -- movie plots from beginning to end
• Upcomingmovies.Com -- read about future movies
• Fandango -- order tickets ahead of time, over the web
• Cinema Sites
• Film Festivals -- guide to film festivals worldwide
• Film.Com
• Box Office Guru -- statistics on recent movies and useful release schedule
• IMAX Home Page
• Aardman Animations -- makers of Wallace and Gromit
• Silent Movies
• Palace: Classic Films
• Ain't It Cool News -- a fellow Austinite's fanatical film site
• Official Jackie Chan Home Page
• thedocumentaryfilmweblog -- news on documentaries
• FilmAffinity -- movie recommedations
• MashMap -- map + movie times
• Double Feature Finder -- find movies to watch back-to-back
• Spirit of Baraka -- nonverbal films

Austin Music Scene

• SXSW Music Festival -- Austin's world-class music festival

Austin Radio

• KVRX -- UT student radio station
• KOOP -- community run radio station
• KUT -- National Public Radio affiliate
• PublicRadioFan -- listings for public radio stations around the world
• RadioTime -- a program guide for radio
• Radio-Locator -- searchable database of radio stations
• SurfMusic.de -- another online radio station index

Radio Shows

• Fresh Air -- interview show
• The Connection -- interview show
• This American Life -- original radio stories (fiction and non-fiction)
• Morning Becomes Eclectic -- truly eclectic music and interviews

RealAudio

• RealNetworks -- makers of RealAudio
• Broadcast.Com -- lots of RealAudio content
• RealGuide -- a guide to RealAudio programming
• vTuner -- categorized index of Internet radio stations

MP3s

• MP3.Com -- comprehensive listing of MP3 software
• MP3tunes.com -- DRM-free MP3s

Miscellaneous Music/Audio Sites

• GEMM -- a great resource for tracking down hard-to-find music
• Audioscrobbler -- music recommendations via collaborative filtering
• GenieLab -- music recommendation system, XML/community features
• MusicStrands -- another music recommendation system
• liveplasma -- find artists similar to ones that you already like
• Gnoosic -- discover new music
• UpTo11.net -- music recommendations and information
• Audioscrobbler Browser -- combines the Audioscrobbler database with a visualization tool similar to musicplasma
• Musicmobs -- another music collaborative filtering site
• The Ultimate Band List -- comprehensive database of artists on the web
• Music City -- collaborative artists and music DB
• All-Music Guide -- comprehensive artist and album database
• Musi-Cal -- nationwide live music listings
• Pollstar -- worldwide live music listings
• CDDB Server -- huge database of CD track listings
• Second Spin -- used music and movie store
• Tapetrading.Com -- trade concert tapes
• Tape Trader Network -- more tape traders
• Klezmer Shack -- all about klezmer music
• NPR -- national public radio
• Covers Project -- a database of cover songs
• PeerCast -- free peer-to-peer broadcasting software
• Disc-Cover Online -- create CD covers online
• Ukulelia -- a blog all about ukuleles
• RootsWorld -- a great site devoted to world music
• digital audio player review -- in-depth reviews of MP3 players
• Hydrogenaudio Forums -- bulletin board about digital audio
• FestivalFinder.com -- music festival information
• Magnatune -- MP3 music with open minded licensing
• Classic Cat -- free classical music directory

Ska Pages

• alt.music.ska -- Usenet newgroup devoted to ska
• Ska-T-Boy Discs -- source for lots of ska CDs (though quite out of date as of 04/03)
• Jump Up! Records -- a great source of ska, still going strong
• Texas ska

Ska Bands

• Adjusters -- soul ska
• Bim Skala Bim
• Cherry Poppin' Daddies
• Dance Hall Crashers
• Deal's Gone Bad
• Eastern Standard Time
• Let's Go Bowling
• Los Fabulosos Cadillacs -- Argentinian ska
• Maroon Town
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Monkey -- this band definitly deserves more recognition
• No Doubt
• Pilfers
• Save Ferris
• Secret Cajun Band
• Skatalites
• Slackers
• Stubborn All-Stars
• The Toasters
• Voodoo Glow Skulls

Other Music

• 17 Hippies -- huge German band playing world music
• Austin Lounge Lizards -- humorgrass
• Asylum Street Spankers -- vaudeville house band
• Babaloo -- punk mambo
• Bad Livers -- bluegrass with attitude
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy -- horn driven swing
• Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys -- western swing and rockabilly
• Brave Combo -- nuclear polka
• Junior Brown -- rockin' country guit-steel
• Manu Chao -- energetic world music
• Dirty Dozen -- New Orleans brass band, formerly The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
• El Orbits -- mellow lounge sounds
• El Vez -- the Mexican Elvis
• Gomez
• The Gourds
• Hamell On Trial -- speed driven accoustic guitar rock
• Hypnotic Clambake -- folk/humor/rock
• Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks -- acoustic neo-cabaret from Denton, Texas
• Los Lobos -- multi-talented band from East Los Angeles
• Lyle Lovett -- excellent singer/songwriter from Texas
• Macumba -- scottish pipes with Brazilian samba rhythms
• The Mollys -- Irish and Mexican influenced folk-rock
• Moxy Fruvous -- folk-rock band from Toronto
• Nuclear Whales -- saxophone orchestra
• Public Enemy -- rap with style
• Rebirth Brass Band -- ball-o'-energy New Orleans brass band
• Reverend Horton Heat -- psychobilly from Dallas
• Royal Crown Revue -- rough and tough California swing band
• Rubinchik's Orkestyr -- klezmer band from Austin
• Rusted Root -- lively hippie rock
• Raymond Scott -- frenetic 30's jazz composer you'll recognize from cartoons
• Southern Culture on the Skids -- funky southern rock
• Squirrel Nut Zippers -- retro swing jazz
• Those Darn Accordians -- music for the accordian fanatic in everyone
• Tito & Tarantula -- moody guitar rock
• Trout Fishing in America -- folk/rock guitar/bass duo
• YoungBlood Brass Band -- New Orleans-style brass band meets hip hop

Reading

• Austin Public Library
• netLibrary -- check out ebooks through the Austin Public Library
• BookWire
• Internet Book Information Center
• Project Gutenberg -- "Fine Literature Digitally Re-Published"
• Read Print -- more free books
• The Online Books Page -- a database of free ebooks
• DigitalBookIndex -- 90,000 etexts
• whichbook -- pick the specific characteristics of your next book
• BookSense -- book recommendations from independent bookstores
• Public Libraries.com -- a database of public libraries in the U.S.
• Telltale Weekly -- selling inexpensive audio books to help fund a free audio book library
• Bookshelved -- book information wiki
• Books We Like -- book recommendations, price comparisons, and more
• All Consuming -- what books are being discussed on blogs

Bookstores

• Amazon.com Books
• Barnes and Noble
• Bookpool -- discount technical books
• Advanced Book Exchange -- search for out-of-print, used, rare, and antiquarian books
• AddAll -- compare book prices
• Books Price -- yet another price comparison search engine
• BookFinder -- another comparison book shopping service
• Chambal -- compare prices of books across major online booksellers in real time

Newspaper Related Resources

• Austin Chronicle
• Austin360.com -- runs some Austin American Statesman stories
• CRAYON -- Create Your Own Newspaper
• United Media -- Dilbert, Peanuts, etc.
• UExpress -- Bizarro, Calvin and Hobbes, Fusco Brothers, etc.
• Comics I Don't Understand
• The Annotated New York Times

Multiple Magazine/Newspaper Sites

• Arts & Letters Daily
• ArtsJournal
• SciTech Daily -- media links on Science and Technology
• TechWeb Publications
• ZD Net
• Pathfinder

Computer/Internet Related

• InfoWorld
• NetSurfer Digest

Miscellaneous Magazines

• Texas Monthly
• Fast Company
• The Atlantic Online
• Utne Reader
• Salon
• The Onion
• McSweeney's

Miscellaneous

• BookCrossing.com -- track books that you read and who reads them next
• NaNoWriMo -- celebrate National Novel Writing Month by writing a book
• Positive Press -- "Good News Every Day"
• Amazon API -- applications that use the Amazon API
• Reading Frenzy -- a great 'zine store in Portland, OR
• What Should I Read Next?
• Radio Reader -- a daily radio show of books being read on the air

Hardware/Software Companies

• Microsoft Corporation
  • Support Newsgroups
  • Knowledge Base
  • TechNet
  • Security Advisor Program
• Hewlett-Packard Company
• Dell Computer

Shareware/Freeware Sources

• Links to Freeware -- a site with links to many other freeware sites
• Software Directory Directory -- a directory of software sources
• File Hippo - Free Software Downloads
• SnapFiles -- good coverage of freeware and shareware (including reviews)
• NoNags -- lists freeware programs
• Pricelessware -- best of alt.comp.freeware (2006 version)
• Freeware Home -- another large source of freeware
• Shareware.Com -- fairly comprehensive multi-OS shareware site
• Download.Com -- comprehensive PC shareware site
• WinSite -- Windows shareware
• WinFiles.com -- shareware for all flavors of Windows
• Slaughterhouse -- more 32-bit Internet related shareware
• ZD Net Windows '95 Shareware Library -- small Windows '95 only site
• WebAttack.com -- shareware and freeware
• OSDir -- stable, open source apps
• The Great Software List
• CleanSoftware.org
• The OSSwin project
• Open Source Alternative -- find open source equivalents to commercial software

Windows NT/2000 Resources

• Windows NT Magazine
• Windows NT Systems -- another NT magazine
• ENT Onlines -- Enterprise NT magazine
• Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine -- free magazine for MCPs
• SearchWin2000.com -- a search portal for Windows 2000 information
• LabMice.Net -- Windows NT/2000 resource index
• Windows NT FAQ -- a huge list of NT Q&As
• Windows NT Tips -- huge list of tips and registry edits, but not well organized
• NT Resources -- more NT tips
• RegEdit -- answers to all your windows registry questions (95, 98, and NT)
• EventID.Net -- a database of Windows Event IDs and associated information
• ntbugtraq -- mailing list for discussion of security exploits and security bugs
• NTWare.com -- a well organized source of NT shareware
• BHS Windows NT Resource Center -- useful site, but one of the worst use of frames around
• NTInternals -- systems administration utilities
• Focus on Windows NT -- About.com forum on NT
• Sunbelt Software -- Windows NT Management Software & host to several useful mailing lists
• NT*PRO -- find local Windows NT user groups
• Open Source Software in a Windows Environment -- open source software projects for Windows
• Shell Extension City -- shell extensions for Windows

BackOffice

• SWYNK.COM -- information on all BackOffice products
• Microsoft Exchange Forum -- Exchange mailing list and other resources
• Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center -- more Microsoft Exchange resources
• Microsoft Proxy FAQ
• IIS Answers -- information about Microsoft Internet Information Server

MCSE Information

• MCSE Braindumps
• Microsoft Certified Professional Program -- the official site
• MCSE Directory -- links to resources useful to aspiring MCSEs
• Cram Session -- concise study sheets and references

Windows '95

• Windows Annoyances -- how to fix a lot of those pesky "features"
• 32bit.com -- comprehensive 32-bit Windows resource
• PCWin Resource Center -- tips & large file area

UNIX

• Rosetta Stone for Unix
• Unix command cheat sheet
• Root Prompt
• Unix Guru Universe
• UNIX Reference Desk
• SunHELP
• unixtips -- short UNIX tips and tricks
• System Administrators' Guild -- professional organization for system administrators
• dotfiles.com -- examples of a variety of UNIX configuration files

Linux

• freshmeat.net -- largest index of Linux software on the Web
• Linux.com
• Linuxnewbie.org
• CheapBytes -- very cheap Linux CDs
• Linuxiso.org -- download CD images of Linux distributions
• DistroWatch -- information about a huge variety of linux distributions
• Central Texas Linux User's Group
• Austin Linux Group

Palm Pilot

• 1src -- palm news, forums, and software
• PalmGear H.Q. -- lots of pilot applications and resources
• FreewarePalm -- freeware for the palm pilot
• Freeware For Palm -- more selective links to palm freeware
• Palm Open Source -- open source software for the palm pilot
• MemoWare -- PDA document repository
• Palm Tipsheet -- palm pilot newsletter
• No So FAQ's -- "Solving Not So Common Palm Series Problems"

Macintosh

• MacSlash
• macosxhints
• Mac OS X Apps
• Native OS X Applications
  • OS X Links
• SecureMac.com

Hardware Information

• Ars Technica -- high performance hardware information
• AnandTech -- another hardware information site
• BonesReview.com -- links to hardware review websites
• Storage Review -- exhaustive hard drive reviews

Software/Hardware

• ComputerESP -- hardware and software price comparisons
• Price Watch -- hardware price comparisons
• dealram -- RAM price comparison

Bookmarklets

• Bookmarklets -- the page that started it all
• Jesse's Bookmarklets Site
• Bookmarklets category in the Open Directory Project
• Shantanu Oak's bookmaklet page
• Favelets
• slayeroffice -- web development favelets
• Bookmarklets/Favelets that work in Safari
• Milly's Bookmarklets for Internet Explorer
• Milly's Bookmarklets for Mozilla or Phoenix or Netscape
• HTMLSource Bookmarklets
• LibraryLookup homepage
• Favlets.com
• HubLog: Bookmarklets

Creating Bookmarklets

• WebRef bookmarklet tutorial
• Write Your own Bookmarklets
  • Bookmarklet Builder
• Ugly Variables and Encapsulation
  • Ugly Variable Generator

Miscellaneous

• DriverGuide -- a great resource for tracking down device drivers
• Daily Rotation -- aggregated technology news
• Austin Technical Events Calendar
• Geek Austin -- slashdot-like site for the Austin area
• Central Texas Lan Association -- local network user group
• Free Wireless Internet Access Points in Austin
• MyHelpdesk.com -- computer help portal
• Desktop Engineers Junk Drawer -- resource site for desktop engineers
• AppDeploy.com -- tools and resources for application deployment
• Bookpool -- excellent source for technical books; great discounts
• WinDrivers.Com -- great source of drivers for all flavors of Windows
• BrainBuzz -- large number of forums for technology discussion
• PC World Online
• NT Toolbox -- Windows NT hacking/security tools and resources
• L0pht Heavy Industries -- security from the hacker perspective
• Hacker News Network -- "news from the computer underground for the computer underground"
• Woody's Office Watch -- resource dedicated to Microsoft Office suite
• Slashdot -- mostly Linux news
• Geek.com -- wide ranging computer news
• geeknews.net -- computer news
• PC Webopaedia -- huge glossary of computer terms with links to related websites
• whatis.com -- a slightly smaller computer terms glossary
• TechWeb
• Lockergnome -- newsletter with interesting stuff, despite sappy writing
• TinyApps.Org -- a guide to very small software for your PC
• sweetcode -- innovative free software (mostly unix-based)
• c|net -- all around computer resource site
• Hacking FAQs
• WebMaster's Notebook
• Webmaster Reference Library
• Web Review
• Symantec Security Response -- comprehensive computer virus information
• Free SSH Programs -- free ports of ssh clients and servers for multiple platforms
• Stroud's Consummate Winsock Apps List
• FreeAnswers -- search several large knowledge bases
• Bookmarklets -- simple tools that extend the capabilities of browsers
• DeskMod -- "Your source for desktop modifications"
• VisualRoute Server -- find the physical location of a server
• Archive Comparison Test -- archive/compression program comparison
• WhatIsMyIP.com -- a website that returns the IP address of your Internet connection
• FILExt -- "a detailed database of file extensions and programs that use them"
• Just Say No to Microsoft -- alternatives to Microsoft's products
• Syntax at a Glance -- basic code examples in a variety of programming languages
• BenchmarkHQ -- benchmarking software
• Broadband Wireless Exchange -- includes a directory of wireless broadband providers
• Broadband Reports -- lots of broadband information, including useful forums
• Wiki Engines -- a listing of the many different wikis
• The Screen Savers -- computer information via TechTV
• OldVersion.com -- previous versions of software
• Bootable CD-Roms
• GNUWin -- a free software compilation for Windows
• TheOpenCD -- a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software
• VideoHelp.com -- make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs; playable on a standalone DVD Player
• Nationwide Fast Response On-Site Network
• JavaScript Password Generator
• Password Generator
• DIYParts.org -- exchange spare computer parts with others
• Windows Live Safety Center -- online virus scanner

Online Reservations

• Expedia
• Travelocity
• Internet Travel Network
• Orbitz -- recommended for car rentals
• Qixo
• Mobissimo -- searches multiple booking sites, especially good for hotels
• Farecast -- fare monitoring and predictions
• FareChase
• Kayak.com
• SideStep
• dohop
• FareCompare
• LowesTravel.com -- recommended for international airfare
• Hotwire.com -- recommended for car rentals
• Priceline -- recommended for hotels (see my Lifehacker article for more details)

Reference Information

• Lonely Planet Travel Centre
• Rough Guide
• Frommer's Budget Travel Online
• tripadvisor -- "Unbiased reviews, articles, recommendations and opinions"
• Rec.Travel Library
• World66 -- an open content travel guide
• Wikitravel -- another open content travel guide
• New York Times Travel -- archives of the New York Times travel section
• VirtualTourist.com

Airlines

• American Airlines
• Continental Airlines
• Delta Airlines
• Northwest Airlines
• Southwest Airlines

Hospitality Exchange (free reciprocal accommodations for travelers)

• Hospitality Clubs -- an open directory project listing of Hospitality Clubs
• TRAVELHOO! -- a great free Internet based database
• Global Freeloaders -- another great free Internet based database
• Hospitality Club -- another great hospitality site
• CouchSurfing.com
• Stay4Free -- Internet based and free
• World Homestay Friends -- cumbersome, but free homestay "ads"
• HOSPEX -- Internet based, but very slow at updating the database
• World for Free -- charges an annual fee to join, despite the name
• Hospitality Exchange -- annual fee to join
• Free-Stay -- annual fee to join
• Travelroomers -- annual fee to join, small number of listings
• Welcome Travller -- no fee to join, but small fee to stay
• SERVAS International -- lots of requirements and fees
• The Guestroom Network
• Be Welcome -- the newest hospitality exchange site, launched in late 2006

Other Accommodations

• Hostelz.com -- information on hostels around the world
• VRBO -- Vacation Rentals by Owner
• ReserveMy.com -- search hotels by location
• HomeAway -- condos and rental houses
• Park Sleep Fly -- book hotels that include free parking near airports
• Late Rooms -- last-minute hotel deals, especially good for UK hotels

Miscellaneous

• Mobissimo.com -- a airfare search engine
• BiddingForTravel -- lots of information on online travel bidding
• BetterBidding.com -- another site with information on travel bidding
• Johnny Jet -- lots of travel links
• Travellerspoint -- a database of locals around the world willing to answer your travel questions about specific destinations
• WebFlyer! -- information on various frequent flyer programs
• Deal Watch -- weekly list of Internet-only travel specials
• Smarter Living -- another budget travel resource with weekly newsletter of Internet airfare specials
• Foreign Languages for Travellers
• Savvy Traveler -- NPR travel radio show
• Roadside America -- offbeat travel attractions
• Hidden Ladnmarks -- more offbeat attractions
• Factory Tours USA -- information about factory tours around the U.S.
• World Climate
• Adventurous Traveler Bookstore -- huge selection of travel books
• Conde Nast Traveler
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
• Big World -- travel magazine
• MuseumSpot -- museum information
• Show Caves of the World -- caves around the world
• U.S. Show Caves Directory -- caves open to the public
• Auto Rental Guide -- discounts and links to car rental sites
• Europetrip.com -- lots of European budget travel tips and reviews of European hostels
• Europe Through the Back Door -- Europe information
• SkyScanner - search budget airlines in Europe & Australasia
• Air Miles Reward -- keep up-to-date on airline mileage promotions
• Mileage Workshop -- earn miles without flying
• Travel Home -- check out the Free Frequent Flyer Miles frame for more ways to earn miles
• Airline Toll-Free Numbers and Websites
• Auto Driveaway -- cheap transportation
• Trip.com -- the FlightTracker feature is especially useful for checking flight arrival times
• Igougo -- travelers journals
• Maporama -- dynamic world maps
• World Timezones -- a map of the current time around the world
• World Time Zone -- list of current time around the world
• PCL Map Collection
• SeatGURU -- information on what airline seats are best and worst
• MileMarker -- calculate frequent flyer mileage
• FlyerTalk -- frequent flyer discussion board
• Universal Currency Converter -- get up-to-date currency conversion rates
• Vacation Book Review -- "Books About Places and Travel"
• Festivals.com -- a database of festivals around the world
• Smoke Free World -- a database of smokefree establishments
• Flight Tracker -- real-time graphical flight tracking
• 2camels.com -- "Festivals and Events"
• Multimap.com -- "Online Maps to Everywhere"
• TrekEarth -- travel photography
• BreezeNet.com -- rental car discount specialists
• World Hum
• eRideShare.com
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre -- list of world heritage sites around the globe
• Not For Tourists
• fit for travel -- health information for travelers