New Discoveries!
- Know the best time to buy gas & find the cheapest stations
- GasBuddy.com - Find the cheapest places to buy gas
- Great page for California and San Diego County Disaster Information and Emergency Resources
- Free Conference Calling - Probably the best for this service
- Fantastic training and tutorials for Microsoft Office - all versions!
- "Lame Brain" - Lynn Manning Ross offers her book of 700 computer and technology terms to you for free
- WannaLearn.com - Searchable list of free courses, tutorials and guides
- Peter's Online Typing Course
- I Will Knot! - Learn to tie knots.
- Flag Flashcards - Learn about the countries of the world through their flags.
- The Amazing, Super-Marvelous Poetry Memorizer!
- Music Theory Flash Cards
- Ukulele Lessons
- Online Piano Lessons
- Over 2500 Degree Programs Offered Online
- Online multilingual picture dictionary and interactive learning tools for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners.
- World's Largest Eggplant Recipe Database
- 99 Malls - Online Shopping
- Excellent site to learn about the history of computers!
- UCSD Resources for Computer Ergonomics
- Excellent information about how to use a computer without risking pain or injury.
Note: Classes listed here are only available to UCSD staff, but there are a lot of booklets and brochures you can print.- Dave's Guide to Buying a Home Computer
- Required reading for the "How to buy a computer" class.
- How RAM works
- Recommended reading for the "How to buy a computer" class.
- How Microprocessors (CPU`s) work
- Recommended reading for the "How to buy a computer" class.
- How to Choose a Computer Diagnostic Utility
- Recommended reading for the "How to buy a computer" class.
- Malware Countermeasures - Tutorials and links to download software
- Time.gov - Check the current (accurate) time
- New Honda Ad, Rube Goldberg style (actual video!)
- List of Books about Computer Repair
- (For those of you who asked me for this!)
- Visual Thesaurus - look up alternate words to use in your composition
- Google Earth - Maps, satallite and other geographic information (Awesome!)
- MapQuest - View and print maps and driving directions
- ABC's of Real Estate, including home value search
- Zillow - Home value search and market tracking
- Find a new home - search over 2 million listings!
East County Career Center: Your One Stop Shop for finding employment in East San Diego County. Serving local employers and job seekers in San Diego County
since 1977.
- Common Internet file formats (and links to all the necessary software - both Mac & PC versions!).
- Center for Public Domain Digital Archive
- MyPyramid.gov---Good information regarding dietary recommendations specific to one's age, sex and activity.
- RobertKaye.org - Catalog of movie trailers
- GasBuddy.com - Find the cheapest places to buy gas
- Know the best time to buy gas & find the cheapest stations
Reference and Research
- Webopedia - get definitions for computer and Internet terms
- Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms
- Martindales “The Reference Desk" – Good directory of information
- Just found this one today (5/4/2004) - Check it out. There are a lot of good links here to a wealth of information.
- FreePint - Source of information through invisible Web resources
- The Original FreePint - a much better resource
(This DIRECT LINKS page has been discontinued for quite some time, but I found it in the "Way Back Machine." It consists of search resources to a large amount of "hidden" information that is not easily searchable from general search tools such as Alta Vista, Hotbot, and Infoseek. This is an example of what I call "Deep Search" or "Invisable Search")- Gary Prices “List of Lists”
- LSU Libraries "Internet Ready Reference" - A LOT of links to good Reference information.
- Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms
- Webopedia - get definitions for computer and Internet terms
Free Software that you might need
Fifty Free Software Tools- Download Free AntiVirus Software
- Download Spybot - Search & Destroy
- Download Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE (Spyware/Adware remover)
- Download WebRoot Spy Sweeper (Trial Version) - Works when others fail!
- Download Microsoft's new AntiSpyware software
- Download Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Download Google Chrome
- Download Mozilla Firefox
- Download Apple Safari
- Download Opera Web Browser
- Nvu - Web Authoring for Linux, Mac & Windows
- Trellian Web Page authoring software
- The SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Toolkit includes everything you need to optimize and promote your web pages
- PersonalWebKit - the only software you need to make a web site
- Filezilla - a nice stand-alone FTP client like WS_FTP and Cute FTP
- Download Shockwave Player
- Download Flash Player
- Download Real Audio Player
- Download Adobe PDF Reader
- Free PDF creator like Adobe Acrobat
- Download Apple Quicktime Player
- Download Popup Manager (Block Web Popups)
- Download ZoneAlarm - free firewall protection
- Open Office - Free Office Suite, compatable with Word, Excel, etc.
- PaintDotNet - Fantastic Photo editing software - All versions available at this site.
- Google Picasa graphics management and editing - a keeper!
- Microsoft Photo Story 3 - Create movie files by combining text, music, photos and transitions
- WinZip (Trial Version)
- 7-Zip - A free WinZip alternative
- Audacity - Digital multitrack recording software for podcasts and music/audio editing
- VideoLan - Nice freeware alternative to Windows Media Player
- Use uTorrent program to download files, music, video, software, etc. from popular Bit Torrent sites. (Use at your own risk!)
- Download Free AntiVirus Software
Discount Software for Students, Teachers & Staff
- JourneyEd
- Lowest prices for students of participating colleges only.
- CollegeSoftware.Org
- Savings of up to 80% for students of participating institutions only.
- Gradware
- Save up to 80%. Must have student or staff ID.
- CollegeSoftware.Org
- JourneyEd
Consumer Research Sites (Do your homework before you buy!)
Resources for PowerPoint Presenters
Internet resources for anti-virus information and software
- How Stuff Works - Good Explanation of how viruses work
- Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus) - Good Virus Encyclopedia plus free virus removal software
- McAfee (Antivirus software company) - Excellent source of information)
- Trend Micro (A Software Company) - Good source of Virus Information
- Vmyths.com - Truth about Computer Viruses and Hoaxes
- Truth or Fiction - Information about viruses, rumors and hoaxes
- Korova Multimedia - Virus hoax information
- Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus) - Good Virus Encyclopedia plus free virus removal software
- How Stuff Works - Good Explanation of how viruses work
PC Security (Identity theft, phishing, spyware, virus, transactions, data backup, parental restriction, etc.)
- "Protect Yourself" - 14 tutorials on PC security from Learn-The-Net
- Microsoft's PC Security site - Excellent source of valuable information!
- “Secure your home computer” (TomCat Internet Solutions)
- Microsoft Tech Net Security Page
- Microsoft’s 3 Steps to Protecting Your PC
- CERT Coordination Center “Home Network Security”
- Microsoft's PC Security site - Excellent source of valuable information!
- "Protect Yourself" - 14 tutorials on PC security from Learn-The-Net
Portals (Home / Start) Pages
- My Yahoo
- Excite (My favorite!)
- NBCi (Portal & News)
- MSN (Microsoft's Portal)
- Netscape Network
- ZD Net - Ziff-Davis Technology News & Updates
- Cox.net
- Home Port San Diego
- Excite (My favorite!)
- My Yahoo
Search Engines (Some of the best I've found!)
Troubleshooting Resources
- O'Donnell on Technology
- Intel Support
- PC Hell - Links to fix a lot of problems
- Top 10 Tips for Troubleshooting PC Problems
- Knowledge Base Links to Troubleshooting Strategies
- Troubleshooting Windows
- Intel Support
- O'Donnell on Technology
News
- SignOn San Diego (Union Tribune)
- CNN Interactive
- MS-NBC
- Associated Press
- Local Traffic reports from Traffic.com
- CNN Interactive
- SignOn San Diego (Union Tribune)
Weather
Earthquakes & Disasters
- Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada (Updated within 5 min. of an earthquake!)
- Internet Disaster Information Center
- InciWeb - Incident Information System
- Internet Disaster Information Center
- Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada (Updated within 5 min. of an earthquake!)
Travel & Local Info
- The Official City of San Diego Homepage
- San Diego County Homepage
- Port of San Diego (Good source of local information)
- 211 San Diego - Local Information
- Real-Time Traffic Report for San Diego
- Yapta - Supposedly one of the cheapest sources of airline tickets
- Expedia Travel Agent
- Travelocity
- LowFares.com - Search over 40 travel sites
- Orbitz
- Priceline - Not my favorite, but you gotta love William Shatner!
- San Diego County Homepage
- The Official City of San Diego Homepage
Music
- CD Now (Music store)
- CD Baby - Distributor of independent music lables. Some great tunes!
- Half.com - My favorite place to buy new and used CD's, videos and books.
- Amazon.com - My second favorite place to buy new and used CD's, videos and books.
- CD Baby - Distributor of independent music lables. Some great tunes!
- CD Now (Music store)
Microsoft Windows
Some recent favorites!
- Get a free counter for your web page from LE FastCounter
- Comics from Yahoo! Come on, laugh a little!
- Sea World
- San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
- Gateway to every radio station broadcasting on the Web
- Presenter's University - Tips, templates, pix, sounds, etc.
- Looking for a long-lost friend or relative?
- Search San Diego - Good starting point for local information.
- Currency Converter
- The Clip Art Collection
- Actors & Actresses (Look up movie info)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- San Diego Hysterical Society (Interesting satire)
- Comics from Yahoo! Come on, laugh a little!
- Get a free counter for your web page from LE FastCounter
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