Home Pages

Homes for people and orgs on the web that are not specifically for the technical side of the Internet.

1. Home Pages Associated With The World Wide Web

1.1 Personal
1.2 Commercial Services
1.3 Consumer Information
1.4 Information
1.5 News, etc.
1.6 Organizations - privacy & public interest
1.7 E-Mail
1.8 General

2. Manufacturers

3. Maps

4. Organizations - Non-Internet

5. Humor Sites

6. Language

7. Language Translation

8. Legal Links (use at your own risk)

9. Phone Directory Services

9.1 White/Yellow Pages

10. Rumor Control Sites

11. Search Engines

12. Services

13. Starting Points

14. References To My Web Pages

14.1 The Best Of Dates, The Worst Of Dates
14.2 British Calendar Act
14.3 Web Page Construction
14.4 Open Source and Other Contributions Currently On The Web
14.5 Other

15. Space, Technology, and Computer Science

16. Weather

Hits since 2002-09-10: [unavailable]

1. Home Pages Associated With The World Wide Web
- 1.1 Personal
- Linus Torvalds Home Page [2001-11]
- 1.2 Commercial Services
- MicroSoft Network [2000-05]
- New Mexico Internet Access
- The Gallup Organization official WWW server [1995-02]
- 1.3 Consumer Information
- Selecting a Credit Card [2007-10]
  A Self-Learning Resource from MSU Extension
- Consumer Reports [2000-10]
- 1.4 Information
- Project Guttenberg [2008-02]
  A great, and the original, library of E-books. Very download friendly.
- Internet Public Library [2002-02]
  a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information
- Pathfinders [2002-02]
  Home-grown guides written by IPL staff which are intended to help you get started doing research on a particular topic, both online and at your local library.
- Online Literary Criticism Collection [2002-02]
  Contains 4745 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period.
- Surfable Books [2001-08]
  Making the web an open book
- 1.5 News, etc.
- CNN [2001-12]
- Slash Dot (/.) [2001-05]
  News for nerds, stuff that matters
- Wired News [1999-05]
  Online news for the online community
- 1.6 Organizations - privacy & public interest
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation [1995-05]
  A non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to online resources and information.
- Center for Digital Democracy [2001-11]
- 1.7 E-Mail
- Spam Busters
- 1.8 General
- Robotic Tele-Excavation at USC [1995-05]
2. Manufacturers
Products and Manufacturer search [2006-09]
Powered by ThomasRegister® and ThomasRegional®
3. Maps
Map Quest [1995-03]
Maps and driving directions
4. Organizations - Non-Internet
Independent Computer Consultands Association (ICCA) [2001-08]
national not-for-profit association provides professional development opportunities and business support programs for independent computer consultants.
Contractor Guide [2001-05]
National Directory of contractors
Software Contractor's Guild [2002-01]
Jobs, resumes, programmers, consultants
5. Humor Sites
Darwin Awards [2007-08]
A Chronicle of Enterprising Demises Honoring those who improve the species...by accidentally removing themselves from it!
- Bizarre Death - 1994 Urban Legend
Murphy's Laws [2007-04]
All the laws of Murphy in one place
- The origin of Murphy's Law (a.k.a.k Sod's Law) [2007-04]
Museum Of Hoaxes [2007-03]
(name says it all)
- Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes OF All Time [2007-03]
America's Pickle Crop [2007-03]
The Great Sunday Comic Switcheroo [2007-03]
The Manbottle Library [2001-10]
Arcane Knowledge And Questionable Humor
- Computer Upgrade (picture) [2001-10]
- Count only the black balls (picture: illusion) [2001-10]
- Florida Voters Guide [2001-10]
- Making America Safer (picture) [2001-10]
- Management [2001-10]
- Santa [2001-10]
The Onion [2001-12]
News with a twist.
Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics [2004-03]
Other humor references in my bookmarks:
- Computers: less-technical humor [2001-07]
6. Language
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age [2007-03]
A Dictionary of Latin and Greek Words used in Modern English Vocabulary, and more.
- Blind Men and the Elephant (a.k.a., "Blindmen") [2007-03]
  by John Godfrey Saxe: good warning about how our sensory perceptions can lead to misinterpretations.
7. Language Translation
8. Legal Links (use at your own risk)
Law Depot [2005-08]
- Disclaimer and terms of use [2005-08]
  - (as HTML) [2005-08]
9. Phone Directory Services
- 9.1 White/Yellow Pages
- Any Who By AT&T [1998-04]
  White and yellow pages
- Infobel World
  All the telephone books in the world
- Switchboard [1998-04]
  White and yellow pages
- Toll Free Numbers [2002-02]
  Your source for absolutely everything about toll free 1-800 numbers
10. Rumor Control Sites
Hoaxbusters [2009-02]
A public service of little web wagon Internet Web Design.
Purportal.com [2002-03]
The bunk stops here
(searches multiple rumor sites)
Excellent list of links to other hoax-buster sites
Truth Or Fiction [2001-05]
Your email reality check!
Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Pages [2009-01]
- Urban Legends Religious Myths [2001-05]
BreakTheChain.org
Question everything! E-mail is an unreliable medium for sharing information.
Internet Hoaxes [2001-09]
How to test E-mail if it is a hoax or not
11. Search Engines
12. Services
Ray Ritchie's Lettering and Graphic Arts Site [2003-12]
13. Starting Points
About.com [2001-03]
Expert guidance from real people searching for the best the Internet has to offer in games music travel maps jobs free stuff books news chat strategy auctions airlines gifts weather links cds movies and more.
UC Berkeley
Webaholics Delight [2001-05]
Twenty ways to watch your life slip away.
14. References To My Web Pages
These references reflect some of my impact on the web at large... not that much, but it is there. Grouped by major areas.
Also, search the latest references
(As is usual, old/dumb posting show up along with postings gathered by even dumber web crawlers dedicated to specific topics)
- 14.1 The Best Of Dates, The Worst Of Dates
  Includes information on ISO-8601, a great way to date web pages
- A long, interesting for software developers, discussion [2002-11]
- PCTV Central [2002-10]
- LinuxSA Mailing List [2000-10]
  Comments about article
- 54 Weeks in 2000: Another Y2K Problem! [2002-02]
- In the Internationalization section [2001-10]
- Surfable Books [2001-08]
  WorldBook General Reference Encyclopedia > Physical Science Maths > Astronomy > Time...
- Y2k Technical Firefighting Symptoms/Causes/Fixes [1999-08]
- Date Links by J R Stockton [2002-01]
- Y2k References [2002-01]
  Links to Y2k sites
- Jahr-2000-Problem: Archiv Woche 18/1999 [1999-05]
  (translate this page)
- Unregistered copies (likely not up to date)
- 14.2 British Calendar Act
  to search latest references
- British Calendar Act for 1752 [1998]
  This is my posting that started the references and copies
- British Calendar Act of 1751 [2002-05]
  (mostly a direct copy)
- 14.3 Web Page Construction
- Screen Reader Access [2001-05]
  Site dedicated to offering assistance to persons with disabilities accessing the WWW and implementing the most innovative and to the extent possible
- 14.4 Open Source and Other Contributions Currently On The Web
- 14.5 Other
- Start Dust Project [1999-05]
  NASA's comet sample return project
  - Actual registration [2003-01]
15. Space, Technology, and Computer Science
Fourmilab [2001-05]
A variety of documents, images, software for various machines, and interactive Web resources are available here
- North american mirror [2001-05]
  - Site Map [2001-05]
16. Weather
Landings: Every Weather Link Known... Aviation Weather for Pilots [2001-10]
Technical FAQs [2006-09]
- Cordless phone frequencies [2006-09]