links
The following is a list of web sites that I have found generally interesting and/or useful. Linking to these sites does not necessarily imply my endorsement of their content.
God
- Boundless – a weekly Christian web-zine. The articles on this site are not only relevant but highly intelligent and thoughtful as well. This is one of my favorite sites.
- Bible Gateway – the full text of the entire Bible.
- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
- Plugged In – Christian reviews of mainstream media
- DiscipleMakers
news
- Google News
- Slashdot – the Internet's best "nerd news" site, and one of my favorites.
educational resources
- How Stuff Works
- ThinkQuest
- yourDictionary.com – lots of dictionaries in different languages
- Online Dictionaries and Translators
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus Online
- Writing Accents on the Computer
- FreeTranslation.com
- The Math Forum
finding information
- Google Image Search
- Ditto
- The Stalker's Home Page -- No More Privacy!
- Yahoo! People Search
- MIDI Explorer – search the Internet for MIDI files
computing
- VersionTracker
- Spybot Search & Destroy – the best free software for keeping your Windows computer clean of spyware
Macintosh
- Apple Computer
- Deal-Mac – watches for the lowest prices on an assortment of products for the Mac.
- History of Apple Computer
- Macintosh Museum
- ATPM: About This Particular Macintosh
- MacAddict
- Jag's House - Where Older Macs Still Rock
- This Old Mac
- The Macintosh Emulation Station
the Internet
- Anonymizer.com -- Online Privacy Services
- Current Internet Hoaxes, Urban Legends, and Folklore – an extremely useful site to check before forwarding chain emails.
- Mail2Web – check your POP email from the web
- Pop3Now – does the same thing as Mail2Web
- Multiple DNS Lookup Engine
web site development
- HotScripts.com – an enormous archive of scripts written in PHP, Perl, and other languages, many of which are free, as well as other scripting resources.
- Free Web Space Comparison Searcher – this site does exactly what it says and does it very well.
- ZoneEdit Free DNS Service – if you want to manage the DNS entries for your domain name rather than trusting your web host to do it for you, this service works really well.
- Non-Dithering (Web-Safe) Color Palette
- FreeFind Site Search Engine – I used to have one of these on my web site, and it worked great.
- NCSA's Beginner's Guide to HTML
- HTML Help
- W3C HTML Validation Service
- W3C CSS Validation Service
- Website Abstraction: The JavaScript technology center – free JavaScripts for your web site to do all sorts of fun and useful things.
- Quality Host Online – my current web host, which has been both cheap and reliable.
- PHP Manual
- PHPBuilder.com - The Resource For PHP Developers
Bolo
the environment
humor
- TechTales
- Ph.D Comics
- This is True – bizarre but true items from the news.
friends' and family members' pages
- Chris Hollenbeck
- Shawn Porter
- Dheera Venkatraman
- Sijia Yang
- Felicia Ledogar and Ken Stillwell
- Rebekah Porter
- Jason's Blog
sites that don't fit in any other category
- Car Talk
- Keirsey Temperament and Character Web Site
- The Free Site
- Google Maps
- The Hunger Site – click to donate free food