Don's Other Bookmarks

I appreciate hearing about corrections to links, or about links which point to inappropriate material, so that I may correct them as soon as possible. On the other hand, don't bother emailing me about broken links - I shall periodically scan and either correct or remove them.

Computers and Internet

• Flame Warriors Cartoons
• A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer
• iKeepBookmarks.com - A Web-Based Bookmark Manager.
• PowerPoint in the Classroom
• Mediacom Online sm, powered by LocalToolbox - serving Mediacom,Customers
• TinyURL.com - where tiny is better

Firefox & Mozilla Links

• Mozilla.com
• Firefox Central
• Firefox Start Page
• Firefox Addons :: Mozilla Add-ons :: Add Features to Mozilla Software

Hoax & Virus Sites (Some useful sites for checking emailed warnings…)

Anti-Virus Sites:

• CERT Coordination Center
• F-Secure
• Grisoft AVG Anti Virus Free Edition
• McAfee Anti-Virus
  • McAfee Virus Information Library
  • McAfee AVERT Virus Information Library
• Symantec's United States Homepage
  • Symantec (Norton) AV Center
  • NAV Virus Definition Updates
• Sophos Virus information

Hoax Sites:

• Computer Virus Hoaxes
• F-Secure
• HOAXBUSTERS Home Page
• HoaxKill
• Internet ScamBusters
• McAfee - Virus Hoaxes
• SARC - Virus Hoaxes
• The Truth About Computer E-Mail Viruses
• Truth About Computer Virus Myths and Hoaxes
• Urban Legends Computer Viruses in the Yahoo! Directory

Chain Letter & Urban Legend Sites:

• Chain letters
• About.com Urban Legends and Folklore
• The AFU and Urban Legends Archive
• Urban Legends Reference Pages
• Folklore Urban Legends in the Yahoo! Directory

Netiquette

• A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
• Netiquette Home Page -- A Service of Albion.com
• RFC 1855_ Netiquette Guidelines

Newsletters

• The Internet TOURBUS
• The TNPC Newsletter

Scams

• Internet ScamBusters

Miscellany

• LinkExchange - ListBot
• The Linux Home Page at Linux Online
• OpenOffice.org Home Page
• Episcopal Software Library

Digital Photography

• HP online courses
• MSN Tech & Gadgets - Focus on Photos
• photo.net Learn Photography
• Taking Great Pictures (Kodak)

Entertainment and Literature

Art

• Virtual Tour of Museums
• Claudia“s M.C. Escher Picture-Page

Literature

• Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)
• Internet Public Library
• Library of Congress Home Page
• The Middle English Collection at the Electronic Text Center, UVa

Movies

• Yahoo! Movies
• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

Music

• AMG All Music Guide
• Charlotte Church
• The International Lyrics Server - Find your favorite song lyrics!
• Timecast: Radio/TV Stations Guide
• Harry S. Anchan's favorite RARE hit songs from the 50's to the 80's - Vol. 1
• The Official Charlotte Church Website

Poetry

• In Flanders Fields, poem by John McCrae
  • The Heritage of the Great War - First World War 1914 - 1918
• Luminarium: An Anthology of Middle English Literature
• The Cremation of Sam McGee

Radio

• Minnesota Public Radio
• news.mpr.org, from Minnesota Public Radio
• broadcast.com Home
• WGBH Radio | Listen Live
• The Midnight Special - Folk Music with a Sense of Humor

Science / Magazines

• Analog Science Fiction & Fact
  • Subject index of Alternate View columns by John G. Cramer
• Scientific American
• SPACE.com: space news, games, entertainment and science fiction

Finance

• FAQs About United States Savings Bonds
• U.S. Savings Bond Calculator
• BenefitsCheckUp From NCOA

Games

• Rules of Card Games: Alphabetical Index
• Yahoo! Games
• Official Intellivision Website
• Thinks.com - brain games, puzzles and pastimes
• Cranium - the game for your whole brain
• The Chip's Challenge Page
• Chip's Challenge - Chip's Plus Site
• Netscape Games
• NTN.com | Live Interactive Sports and Trivia Games
• Virtual Bubble Wrap

Government

• Government Web Resources
  • Official US Executive Branch Web Sites
    • NOAA's National Weather Service
    • Social Security Online
    • USPS - Hold Mail - Service Availability
    • USPS - Zip Code Lookup
    • USNO Master Clock Time
    • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • The U.S. Legislative Branch
    • Library of Congress Home Page
    • THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
    • United States Code
  • The Federal Judiciary
  • IRS - The Digital Daily

Health

• MayoClinic.com
• Mayo Clinic Health Letter
• WebMD - Health has a homepage

History

• Ancient Classical History
• Mr Donn's Ancient History Page
• Doug's Archaeology Site: Skeptical views of fringe archaeology
• EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
• HISTOS
• Images from Roman and Sub-Roman Britain
• Latin and Greek Language, and Classical Studies, and Ancient History Books
• Myths and Legends
• ORB -- Sub-Roman Britain: An Introduction
• Oriental Institute
• RESOURCE -World Civilizations
• The Xenophile Historian, general world history pages

• Crackpot index
• The Debunker's Domain, by Robert Sheaffer

Medieval History

• The Norman Conquest
• Medieval Britain - Medieval History Net Links
• King Arthur: Timeline of Arthurian History & Legend
• Medieval Links - Resources

Roman History

• LacusCurtius • A Gateway to Ancient Rome
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review 00.02.23
• Standard Roman Male Sexuality - Ancient/Classical History
• Roman Legions
• Maps of Rome
• The Roman Empire

Humor

• THE BUREAU OF MISSING SOCKS
• DIGITAL CLOCKTOWER
  • A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer
  • Oh, The LINKS you can Link!
• The Hampster Dance
• Neferchichi's Tomb at neferchichi.com
• Another Tacky and Pointless URL (note: you may regret clicking on this one)
• The Cartoon Bank
• The Onion - America's Finest News Source
• The Onion Dome: Orthodox News with a Twist

Local and Regional

• City of Spirit Lake, Iowa
• City of Milford, Iowa
• City of Arnolds Park, Iowa
• City of Okoboji, Iowa
• City of Wahpeton, Iowa
• City of Spencer, Iowa

• Explore Okoboji
• IowaGreatLakes.com - Your Guide to Okoboji, Spirit Lake, Spencer, Milford and surrounding communities
• The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation
• Iowa Lakes Community College
• Okoboji Online

• Arnolds Park & Arnolds Park & Maritime Museum at Lake Okoboji

• Estherville, Iowa
• Welcome to the Estherville Lincoln Central High School!

• Clay County Fair! - Spencer, IA

• SpiritNet Main Page (Spirit Lake Community Schools)

Names

• Elizabethan Names
• Scottish Gaelic Given Names
• Italian Renaissance Women's Names
• Family Chronicle - The Agincourt Honor Roll

News

• Yahoo! News Full Coverage
• BBC News | Americas
• Dickinson County News
• The New York Times on the Web
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
• PioneerPlanet: News
• Iowa Farmer Today Online--Farm News, Information
• Post-Bulletin Online Rochester, MN USA
• SF Gate - sfgate.com
• CNN.com
• Salon News
• Los Angeles Times
• washingtonpost.com - News Front

Reference

• Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
• Bartlett, John. 1901. Familiar Quotations, 9th edition
• Clockworks: From Sundials to the Atomic Second
• A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia
• The Debunker's Domain, by Robert Sheaffer.
• Encyclopędia Britannica Online
• Online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Gregorian (Christian) /Hijri (Islamic)/ Julian Calendar Converter
• Home @ nationalgeographic.com
• Langenberg -- Search and Get There Faster
• Miscellaneous Mathematical Utilities
• Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
• Readability Scores, Grades, Sentences, Paragraphs, Word Usage, English Usage and Grammar Analysis for Web pages and Microsoft Word documents in a flash!
• The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Guide for the New Millennium

Languages

• European minority languages
• Language Families and Indo-European

Encyclopaedias

• Welcome to Britannica.com
• Encyclopaedia of the Orient
• Encyclopedia -- Smithsonian, Comptons, History Channel, PBS, Encarta & US Dept of Education
• Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
• Facts and Reference: Best Source for Facts on the Net - Refdesk.com
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Dictionaries

• Bible Basics Words - Pronunciation
• The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
• Dictionary, Rhyming, Crossword Puzzle Solver, Scrabble, Thesaurus, & Quotations
• Facts and Reference: Best Source for Facts on the Net - Refdesk.com
• List of Dictionaries
• Merriam-Webster OnLine
• yourDictionary.com

Translation

• AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation
• Google - Language Tools
• Translation Services Online - a Service of WorkingDogWeb

Search

• Google
• kartoo les cartes de recherche (kartoo research cards)
• AltaVista: Main Page
• AV Translation
• The Mining Co. - Professional expert guidance from hundreds of Guides for thousands of topics
• NoodleTools - Smart Tools, Smart Research
• Ask Jeeves!
• Anglicans Online Search
• Ixquick Metasearch
• Dogpile. All results, no mess.
• Search Engine Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission

Directories

• Google Directory
• Yahoo!
• Yahooligans!

Special

• Hunger Site and related sites

Telephone Books / People

• Telephone Directory - Switchboard Internet Yellow Pages and White Pages - Maps
• Yahoo! People Search
• AnyWho: Find Telephone Number, Email, Home Page URL, FAX, Toll Free Number, and Address
• Netscape People Finder
• Netscape White Pages
• DexOnline.com Internet White and Yellow Pages
• superpages.com's BigBook
• Telephone Directories on the Web - Guide to Worldwide Online Phone Books
• WhoWhere?!
• Yahoo! Yellow Pages

Travel and Leisure

• Insiders' Guide | Travel Guide Books to the Best Places.
• Roller Coaster DataBase
• Savvy Traveler Web Site
• Universal Currency Converter(tm)
• Yahoo! Travel

Airlines

• Allegiant Air
• American Airlines
• Northwest Airlines
• Southwest Airlines
• United Airlines

Airport Codes

• IATA Codes
• Mapping The World By Heart: Airport Codes

Cruises, etc.

• Cruise 4 Me
• Holland America
• Princess Cruises

Elderhostel / Saga / AAA

• AAA Minnesota-Iowa
• AAA Fuel Cost Calculator
• Elderhostel adult education senior travel opportunities
• Saga Holidays

Lodging

• Best Western International Inc.
• Fodor's Travel Online
• Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
• Microtel Inn & Suites
• Super 8 Motels, Inc.
• Motel 6

Map Generators

• CityLink - Linking Cities Around the World
• Excite Travel
• Google Maps
• Lycos Roadmaps
• MapQuest!
• Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions

Norway

• Norway
• The Svalbard Pages - Information and links for the Svalbard Archipelago
• Spitsbergen Travel AS
• Lofoten Art - Paintings from the Lofoten Islands in Norway
• Myths and Legends
• Yahoo! Travel (Norway)

• Hotell Bondeheimen
• Thon Hotels
• Frommers - Oslo

Regional

• Greater Des Moines Convention And Visitors Bureau
• Rochester MN: Home of the Mayo Clinic

San Diego

• sandiego.com
• sandiego.citysearch.com Home

Travel Deals

• Cheap-AirTicket.com
• Cheap Tickets
• Expedia Travel -- discount airfare, flights, hotels,
• GasBuddy.com - Find cheap gas prices in your city
• hotels.com - Home
• Hotwire.com
• LowestFare.com
• Orbitz Airline Tickets, Hotels, Car Rentals, Travel Deals
• Priceline.com
• Travelocity.com
• WebFlyer The Frequent Flyer Authority

Vision Assistance

• Allied Technologies: Low Vision Aids
• Blindness Related Resources
• Clarity Solutions
• Iowa Department for the Blind
• VideoEye

Weather/Roads

• Weather Underground
• Weather Underground: Spirit Lake, Iowa Forecast
• GOVERNMENT SITES (Road Conditions)
• Iowa Road Work Report
• Iowa Road Conditions
• Minn Road Conditions
• The Weather Channel

Miscellany

• Crank Dot Net
• Break the Chain: Stop Junk E-Mail and Misinformation
• The British Museum
• Ghirardelli Chocolate!
• The Debunker's Domain, by Robert Sheaffer.
• CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) On-line
• Demotivators
• Free After Rebate - The best things in life are free
• House of Tartan
• Find A Grave
• Flag Etiquette 

• The Association of 3rd Armored Division Veterans

• Smileys and Emoticons for Effective Communication
• Kooks Museum Lobby

This page last edited on November 20, 2007