www.google.com - highly recommended Search engine Jim Lewis said.
www.PalmTracker.com - Richard Rollins recommended this site as a compliment to
www.versiontracker.com - keeping track of the latest versions of Mac software or
www.windowstracker.com - keeping track of the latest versions of Windows software.
This latter site is still under Construction.
WebWasher and PopUp Stopper were recommended as utilities to suppress ad pop-ups
www.zoomify.com - Emil Cobb said you can use this site to enlarge your photo graphics.
www.anandtech.com - Recommended as for the hardware junky with reviews and the like.
Jim Huls said, "Check out their Hot Deals Forum." It has a lot
of Hot Tips. Similar to ...
www.tigerdirect.com
www.memoware.com - for Palm users - documents
www.palmgear.com - another site recommended by Emil Cobb.
www.palm-boulevard.com - another site recommended by Emil Cobb.
www.palmguru.com - one added by Emil when I called to check another address.
www.palmquest.com - another one added by Emil when I called to check an address. Had some trouble with this one.
www.rankpeople.com - If you have nothing else to do. Rate People - a masocists wet dream.
www.landoverbaptist.com - Another humor inducer (takes potshots at religious zealots).
WEFT radio - www.prairienet.org/weft/ - check "Shows" Thursday night at midnight
"Snowcraft" do a Google search and you come up with this arcade style game.
Hit the guys twice to kill 'em.
www.macnn.com - Rich Rollins rated this the "Best Mac news site on the web."
www.officeclippy.com - Slagging of Microsoft's Paper Clip character.
www.overclockers.com - For the tech head that want to speed things up.
www.theinquirer.net - IT info and rumors from a renegade of the Register online magazine.
www.theregister.co.uk/
www.sync2it.com - Jim Huls recommended this site as a place to syncronize and maintain your bookmarks over multiple sites.
www.ntfaq.com - Interested in Windows NT?
www.ntcompatible.com - Program compatibility information
www.3dfiles.com - All things video
www.3dcafe.com -
hwb.acc.umu.se/ - The Hardware Book - the Internet's largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions.
www.cyberrebate.com - Bill Zwicky pointed out this site, but it seems to have developed a rather shady reputation recently.
www.retrogames.com - An emulations site for gamers.
www.earthcam.com - Want to look at Times Square at 9:30 pm CST on a Thursday night?
BourboCAM - How about Bourbon Street in New Orleans?
After many years, I'm finally going to miss a meeting. ...
But I did do my homework and hopefully you can pass on to the membership my web site selections. So you don't have to put on your glasses to type the URLs, just go to the CUCUG main page and click on the "Kewl Sites" link in the left-hand margin area.
[Here's what you'll find there: ]
Network Tools - http://network-tools.com/
All the stuff that you'll need to diagnose network problems and just to have a little fun. Ping, Traceroute, Whois, HTTP headers, etc. The great thing is that these tests are done from a network removed from your own so you can compare results and possibly better figure out what in the heck is going on.
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MSN/ZDnet Bandwidth Speed Test -
http://www.msn.zdnet.com/partners/msn/bandwidth/speedtest.htm
DSLReports Speed Test - http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=2
Cable-Modem.net Speed Test -
http://www.cable-modem.net/features/oct99/speed.html
Sympatico HSE Speed Test - http://fastweb.sympatico.ca/test/ontario/en.html
Various speed tests for your broadband connection.
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Shields Up! - https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
Still the best all-purpose in-bound security checker for your Internet connection. Can alert you if you have some obvious holes or vulnerabilities. Click on the "Test My Shields" and "Probe My Ports" buttons to run the tests.
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Practically Networked - http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
If you're a home network or broadband user thinking about networking your connection, this site is a must see. Tons and tons of great networking product info, reviews and product-specific forums. Formerly timhiggins.com.