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Search Engines
Beaucoup.Com: a search engine that indexes indexes.
Direct Hit ranks sites by user votes.
Google is a search engine that ranks relevance by numbers of links on related pages.
WhoWhere helps you find specific web pages and email addresses.
News Sites
Congressional Quarterly Keep up with Washington, plus some excellent nonpartisan analyses.
The Economist Want to learn how the world works? Read The Economist. The online version is free to print subscribers.
Electric Library: database of a zillion newspapers, books, magazines, etc.
The National Journal Excellent coverage of national politics. Some free, pay for the good stuff.
The New York Times The newspaper of record. You need to register, but it's free.
Public Agenda Online Nonpartisan discussion of public policy issues.
Public Broadcasting System Newshour
San Jose Mercury News The daily paper with the best coverage of what's happening in Silicon Valley etc. etc.
USA Today: What's up in McPaper today?
Wall Street Journal Free for two weeks, then they sock it to you.
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison's morning paper.)
Capital Times (Madison's afternoon paper).
Isthmus (Madison's weekly paper).
Computing Sites
Before you go any further, Mcafee and Symantec are the two leading purveyors of virus protection software. Practice safe computing!
Absolute Web Graphics Want to spice up your website with some nice buttons, or just a splash of color? This site has a ton of gifs etc. you can use. But use sparingly!
C|Net Online is a little splashy, but lots of info on technology, including shareware.
Inquiry.Com is a rich resource for programmers and IT professionals.
Nerd World -- Got to love it, if just for the name.
Domain Names Data Interesting data on the geography of domain names. Where is the world wired?
How Do They Do That With HTML?
WebReference.Com : PC Magazine calls this "must read for the Web population."
Web Pages That Suck -- In Real Estate 631, Professor Malpezzi rails against overly complicated web pages, gratuitous use of three-D and animation. Check these sites to find out why.
Widearea Designer This site has a lot of useful info about web graphics. I'm not a big fan of javascript; but I love the clean look of this site.
Windows 98 Annoyances What annoyances? Is it possible?
Workz.com Tips on developing commercial sites, accessible by beginners and intermediate users.
Walter Mossberg's Personal Technology Site. Mossberg is the technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
Microsoft - love em or hate em, we can't escape them.
HelpDesk.com contains links to a zillion PC related vendors for tech support, etc. Go here if you've lost your manual and it doesn't work.
ZD Net. Ziff-Davis publishes PC Magazine and many other computer magazines and newspapers.
Security Resource Net Keep up on Melissa, and so on.
ARGUS lease analysis software.
Quantra: Pro-Ject lease analysis, Skyline property management software, etc.
Dyna: lease analysis and more.
Realogic Analytics, Inc. A firm that specializes in lease analysis using ARGUS, Pro-Ject, etc., and also runs training courses.
Reference
Travel
City Net Info on 50 large cities.
CyberAtlas: Data on some large cities.
Xenon Laboratories Foreign-currency converter.
Just for Fun
Internet Movie Database, an amazing reference on old and new films.
MovieLink includes the usual chat and movie times in your area.
The Onion. Madison's own satirical news(?) paper. Don't read if you're easily offended. In fact, I only agreed to add it after they dropped the "drunk of the week" feature.
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