Sites

http://www.allrecipes.com/ Great recipes! Check out the Absolute Mexican Cornbread and the Scottish Oat Scones.

http://www.switchboard.com/ Telephone numbers and addresses

http://www.lowermybills.com/ Compare rates in your area

http://maps.google.com/ Map service

http://sidestep.com/ One search site for airline, hotel & car rentals

http://www.pcmagazine.com/ PC Magazine's website

http://www.webmd.com/ Medical information and news

Media

http://www.nytimes.com/ The New York Times

http://www.adcritic.com/ The latest Ads

http://www.Go.com/ Links to networks

http://www.epitonic.com/ Directory site for legitimate MP3s and Music Videos

http://www.hob.com/ House of Blues

http://commentarytoday.com/ Political columnists

http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm Links to local newspapers

http://www.cameraworks.com/ The photo section of the Washington Post

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/index.jsp Trade magazine for professional photographers

http://underheard.org/home.shtml The best of independent and community radio

Search Engines

http://www.info.com/ The best results from the world's leading search engines

http://www.google.com/ Google search

http://www.a9.com/ Metasearch engine

http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/how/default.htm Worldwide library cooperative

http://www.auctionoctopus.com/ Search tool covering more than 350 online auctions

http://www.ancestry.com/ Genealogy research site

http://www.webopedia.com/ Online dictionary and search engine

http://www.about.com/ All you ever wanted to know about everything

http://dictionary.reference.com/ A reference desk on your desktop

http://www.firstgov.gov/index.shtml The U.S. Governments web portal

http://www.loc.gov/ The Library of Congress

http://www.internetarchive.com/ What you need, when you need it

http://www.IMDb.com/ Internet movie database

http://www.tvtome.com/ What's on, what's next, what happened on last night's episode?

http://www.citysearch.com/ Your guide to everything local

Shopping

http://www.woot.com/ Deal of the day -- offered at midnight, CST

http://www.overstock.com/ Good deals

http://www.cairo.com/cairo/index.jsp Shop every advertised sale in your town all at once!

http://www.mysimon.com/ Price Comparisons

http://biddingfortravel.com/ Advice on the lowest price to bid

http://www.myrateplan.com/ Check this for the best prices on cell phones and service plans

http://www.autonationdirect.com/ Research tools, financing, calculators, reviews, insurance, new and used cars, franchised dealers

http://www.e-loan.com/ Mortgage, refinancing information

http://www.expedia.com/ Full featured travel site

http://www.kayak.com/s/index.jsp Real time travel prices and itineraries

http://www.eppraisals.com/ Have any item appraised for $20

http://www.tucows.com/ Type "auction tool" into site's search engine to get 40 tools

http://www.consumerreview.com/ Research product reviews

http://www.winebid.com/ Auction site for connoisseurs of fine wines

http://www.gizmodo.com/ Gadgets weblog

http://www.freeafterrebate.com/ Free after rebate websites

http://www.vendio.com/ Automatic auction minder

http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com $3.95 per title

http://www.designerexposure.com Designer clothing - at the right price

http://www.complaints.com/ Consumer complaints database

http://www.techbargains.com/ Targeting the best deals in tech

http://www.become.com/ Web's largest search engine for U.S. shopping information

http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg: Free books online

http://www.ipl.org/ Internet Public Library

Technology

http://www.answersthatwork.com/ Clearinghouse for computer troubleshooting

http://www.dll-files.com/ 400 common .dll files available for free download

http://dnsstuff.com/ Web wizard tools

http://www.theeldergeek.com/ The elder geek on windows XP

http://generation.net/~hleboeuf/messages.htm/ 300 Error messages, along with links to help correct errors

http://malektips.com/ Computing tips

http://www.pdaportal.com/ PDA Friendly web sites

http://www.palmgear.com/ Palm programs

http://www.avantgo.com/frontdoor/index.html Web to go sites packaged for your PDA

http://www.processlibrary.com/ Describes processes running on your PC

http://sysinfo.org/ Defines registry entries

http://www.astalavista.com/ News, tips, cracks and hacks

http://spywarewarrior.com/ This site can help you defeat the menace

http://answers.com/ Answers to web questions

http://www.avsforum.com/ Audiovisual science forum

http://www.howardforums.com/ Mobile phone community and resource

http://www.vindigo.com/ Easy to use, helpful and fun applications for your phone

http://www.partstore.com/ 7 million parts and accessories

http://www.devx.com/projectcool Web design and development demonstrations

http://www.w3schools.com/ Largest web developers site on the net

http://www.earthweb.com/ IT information, news and resources

http://www.homestead.com/ Web site building tools

http://softwarepatch.com Patches, upgrades, service packs and hardware drivers

http://www.pcpitstop.com Free analysis of computer components

Miscellaneous

http://www.mail2web.com/ Check nearly all e-mail accounts from almost anywhere

http://www.amnh.org/ American Museum of Natural History

http://americanrhetoric.com/ Famous speeches

http://www.buzzwhack.com/ Buzzword glossary

http://www.apple.com/trailers/ Movie trailers

http://livescience.com/ Takes (sometimes irreverent) on current science

http://www.opensecrets.org/ Who's funding who?

http://topteachingresources.com/ Merit Software links to online resources for educators

http://whyfiles.org/ Down-to-earth science site

http://word-detective.com/ Word and expression origins

http://www.retrosheet.org/ Play by play accounts of pre-1984 games

http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/ Practical advice on ways to clean & organize

http://www.manybooks.net/ Free e-books for PDA's

http://www.funny2.com/ Jokes

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ Adorable web games

http://www.playwithyourmind.com/ Original mind games and IQ tests

http://www.moma.org/ Museum of Modern Art

http://www.seatguru.com/ An enlightened guide to airline seating

http://www.shutterfly.com/ Printing and sharing photographs

http://www.nasa.gov/ The official website of NASA

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Find our how nearly everything works

http://www.ifilm.com/ Short films, movie clips and trailers

http://www.murphys-laws.com/ The origins and corollaries of Murphy's Law

Bridge

http://acbl.com/ "Learn to Play Bridge" program to download free

http://www.greatbridgelinks.com/ Great links, free software to download, many lessons

http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/ A favorite site; answers to questions, all levels - beginning to advanced

http://www.swangames.com/ Free play. Pay for tournaments. For $60 per year, play all tournaments

http://www.bridgeclues.com/ Extremely good site. A hint on bidding first, then play two hands. A bidding and play problem. New hands every day.

http://www.OkBridge.com/ Play bridge with players from all over the world. Pick your own level of players (many rate themselves as better than they are). Lots of experts to watch any time of day or night, lots of tournaments to play. Pay $99 a year, which includes all tournaments. There is a free 7 day trial membership. Free Fireside bidding lessons for beginning and intermediate players twice a day at 1:30 and 7:30. Warren Buffet plays here.

http://www.e-bridgemaster.com/ Site sponsored by ACBL, you can win masterpoints. Free trial.