• MySpace -  A great site to meet people.  Also has lots of discussion groups and is highly customizable with built-in blogs.

• Meet-Up -  Another way to make friends.  Hook up with people who have similar interests.

• Yahoo! -  Good indexed search engine.  Use the indexes, not just endless keyword searches.

• Hyperdictionary -  Great in-line reference.  It gives the results for several dictionaries (English, Computer, Medical, and even a Dream dictionary) as well as a Thesaurus.

• Craig's List -  The best free classifies on the web.

• AddALL -  Looking for a used book (especially textbooks!)?  Compares prices across many sites, new and used and figured in the shipping besides!

• eBay -  What?  You've never heard of this?

• Findsounds.com -  Search the web for sound effects.  Really, really useful.  And better designed than I have time to describe.

• The Internet Movie Database -  The best source for movie trivia and answering the question "What was the name of that movie with what's-his-name?"

• Wikipedia -  A "homemade" encyclopedia constantly under construction and revision.  The closest thing I've ever seen to the Encyclopedia Galactica.

• Project Gutenberg -  Several thousand texts from classical literature and historical documents, all 100% free.

• Do Not Call List -  Sign up just once and no longer receive endless calls from the satellite dish installers.

• Register to vote -  Please!  What have you been waiting for?

• Stop junk mail! -  Go to the Direct Marketing Association's website and follow the simple instructions.

• The search for the biological basis of sexual orientation -  An interesting look at some things you take for granted.

• Douglas Adams -  Probably the richest collection of ideas per page I've ever read, yet immediately comprehensible and absolutely hilarious.

• Transhumanism -  Entry in wikipedia.  Definitely a concept to be aware of and one of the areas I am intensely interested in... even though I never knew there was a name for it.

• The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime -  A terrific, well-designed study that makes some surprising connections.

• George Carlin's Seven Dirty Words -  A transcript of the classic stand-up routine.  See also below.

• How George Carlin Made Legal History -  A very witty and intelligently written article by Robert Anton Wilson analyzing the semantics behind the points Carlin makes in the above routine.

• Steno Key Layout -  I always wondered how these things worked.

• Columns by Martha Brockenbrough -  Thorough, down to earth pieces about things you never bothered to wonder about.

• Caving -  A well-written piece about exploring caves.  Very suspenseful and not for those with heart conditions.

• Bank Error In My Favor -  The true story of how Patrick Combs collects $95,000... or maybe not.

People I know with their own pages.

• Jonatron -  Electronics and stuff, including a home-made electric violin.

• Dom -  Random stuff.

• Don and Kelly's wedding -  Definitely check out the King's Journal.

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