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== Travel == | == Quick Reference == | ||
*[http://radblast.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_composite?centerlat=39¢erlon=-77&radius=100&type=N0R&frame=0&num=5&delay=10&width=1920&height=1080&newmaps=1 Doppler Weather from Weather Underground] | |||
*[https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx National do-not-call registry complaint page] | |||
== [[Travel]] == | |||
=== Search === | |||
*[http://www.orbitz.com/App/PrepareFlightsTab?z=88ux&r=1u Orbitz] | *[http://www.orbitz.com/App/PrepareFlightsTab?z=88ux&r=1u Orbitz] | ||
*[http://www.tripadvisor.com Tripadvisor.com] (search multiple engines to compare prices) | |||
*[https://secure.venere.com/user/index.jsp?lg=en&FuseAction=Report&ref=27047 Venere lodging/flight search] (worked better than Orbitz to find room in Salzburg) | |||
== Phoenix == | == Phoenix == | ||
*[http://www.luke.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6028 Luke AFB Contact Numbers] | *[http://www.luke.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6028 Luke AFB Contact Numbers] | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.luke.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081014-069.doc Luke AFB Medical Contact Numbers] | ||
*[http://phoenix.cox.net/cci/tvlistings Cox TV listings for Phoenix] | *[http://phoenix.cox.net/cci/tvlistings Cox TV listings for Phoenix] | ||
== | === Events === | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.azcentral.com/ent/you/barhop/ azcentral.com events] | ||
*[ | *[http://www.spacefest.info/OVERVIEW.html Spacefest (mid August)] | ||
*[http://www. | |||
== Food == | |||
*[http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lemon-Oil-Pickle Delicious Lemon Oil Pickle] | |||
== Search Resources == | |||
=== Social === | |||
*[http://www.google.com/insights/search/# Google search insights] | |||
=== People === | |||
*[http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Free_Social_Network_People_Search Love to know, list of free search sites] | |||
*[http://http://www.yoname.com/ yoname.com], social networking aggregator | |||
*[http://peoplesearch.lycos.com/? Lycos People Search] | |||
*[http://switchboard.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=34&qf=Timothy&qn=Knauff&qs=NY Intelius Switchboard] | |||
=== Reference === | |||
*[http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ Merriam-Webster Unabridged] | |||
== Tech == | |||
*[http://www.digital-force.net/projects/uc_realtime_kernel/ An Ultra Small Real Time Multi Tasking Kernel for Embedded Applications], from Mario Trams | |||
*[https://www.torproject.org/ Tor], anonymity online | |||
== | === Blackberry === | ||
*[http:// | *[http://everythingberry.com/forum/blackberry-bold/transfer-of-contact-via-bluetooth-business-card-1714.html#post23988 How to receive files on BB], ie vcf for transferring contacts from another phone | ||
*[http:// | *[http://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=mycingular Blackberry Internet Service login] | ||
*[http://www. | |||
== Medicine == | |||
*[http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-a-Cold-or-the-Flu Wikihow on preventing and fighting colds and flu] | |||
:-Elderberry wine? | |||
== Geek == | == Geek, aka stuff I like == | ||
*[http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~barak/rants/stamp-out-air.pdf Barak Pearlmutter's attacks air] | |||
*[http://nathantornquist.com/ Nathan Tornquist], author of Arcis for Android | |||
*[http://www.dafont.com/ttf.d592?page=1 Free True Type Fonts] | |||
*[http://seangourley.com/2009/12/can-there-be-a-mathematics-of-war/ Sean GourleyGourley: " Can there be a mathematics of war?"] | |||
*[http://www.davidgaddy.com/content/2010/05/you-smell-like-outside/ Geosmin, the flavor of dirt] | |||
*[http://iruler.net/ iruler], online ruler | |||
*[http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17339-dispute-finder-web-tool-gives-two-sides-of-a-story.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news Dispute Finder addon for Firefox] (Beta) | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/ Archive.org], open source information including videos | |||
*[http://benfry.com/ Ben Fry, Visualizing Data] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POV-Ray POV-Ray, Photorealistic rendering script language] | |||
*[http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ Icon generator] | *[http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ Icon generator] | ||
*[http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/10/online-converters/ Long list of online converters] | *[http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/10/online-converters/ Long list of online converters] | ||
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*[http://www.walburgcollege.nl/vakken/natuurkunde/ntnujava/electronics/vrlc.html Interesting RLC simulator] | *[http://www.walburgcollege.nl/vakken/natuurkunde/ntnujava/electronics/vrlc.html Interesting RLC simulator] | ||
*[http://www.falstad.com/ Paul Falstad] | *[http://www.falstad.com/ Paul Falstad] | ||
*[http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html | *[http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html Paul Falstad's Java applets] | ||
*[http://www.dspguide.com/swsmith.htm Steven W. Smith, digital image processing, free book on DSP and Human Consciousness] | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=at+last+the+1948+show At Last the 1948 Show on Youtube] | |||
*[http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/misc/funny/longestpath.mp3 ''Find the Longest Path'', Algorithm song] | |||
*[http://homepage.tinet.ie/~ei9gq/pcb.html] [http://max8888.orcon.net.nz/pcbs.htm] How to make your own PCBs using a laser printer | |||
*[http://im-possible.info/english/index.html Impossible World], impossible figures | |||
*[http://www.lamport.org/ Leslie Lamport], Computer Scientist | |||
*[http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~akd/index.html A. K. Dewdney] (of ''The Planiverse'' fame) | |||
*[http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/index.html Silicon Graffiti], Florida State | |||
*[http://www.quantcast.com/ Quantcast, web site profiling] | |||
*[http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/pi/ Calculating pi thanks to Bellard] (with source code) | |||
=== [[Spirit Videos]] === | |||
=== Crows === | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy4mKYvbvt8 I love crows] | |||
=== Creepy Robots === | |||
*[http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/250377,robotech-the-worlds-creepiest-real-life-robots.aspx Collection from pcauthority] | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJJQ0zNNOM&feature=player_detailpage Boston Dynamic's supremely creepy BigDog] | |||
=== Mike Bakers === | |||
*[http://usaprogmusic.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=34 Usaprogmusic.com, Michael A. Baker memorial] | |||
=== Software === | |||
*[http://www.mbeckler.org/software.php Convert a Cadence Virtuoso Layout to an SVG / PDF / PNG image file.] | |||
*[http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~ywang/Research/VisGenie/instant.html VisGenie video analysis tool] | |||
*[http://www.opensourcewindows.org/ Opensourcewindows.org] | |||
*[http://www.stampersite.com/wordpress/20070803/favorite-windows-xp-open-source-and-free-software/ List of opensource software for Windows] | |||
*[http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/ INTERCAL: "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym"] | |||
*[http://cd.textfiles.com/directory.html Textfiles.com], increadible amount of information uploaded from cd to ftp | |||
=== The Game of Life === | |||
*[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627653.800-first-replicating-creature-spawned-in-life-simulator.html Gemini], "Self-replicating structure" | |||
:-First published [http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=399&start=0 here] | |||
*[http://www.quinapalus.com/wi-java.html Wire World computer], programmable computer designed using cellular automata similar to the game of life | |||
=== Blackberry === | |||
*[http://www.port3101.org/featured-blackberry-kb-articles/1672-kb19240-how-merge-multiple-calendars-into-one-calendar-blackberry.html How to move all calendar items to a different calendar], i.e. to the default calendar email address | |||
=== Web Browsers === | |||
*[http://www.acidtests.org/ Browser standards compliance tests], Web Standards Project | |||
=== Technology === | |||
*[http://www.ushistory.org/more/eniac/ ENIAC on Trial], the revocation of the ENIAC patent in 1973 | |||
*[http://www.phonescoop.com/ Phonescoop, phone reviews and information] | |||
*[http://www.mayofamily.com/RLM/txt_Clarke_Superiority.html Arthur C. Clarke on technological superiority] | |||
== Culture == | |||
=== Human Heritage === | |||
*[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mystery-of-the-mummys-chinese-travel-ban-2205033.html The beauty of Xiaohe], Caucasian mummy from western China | |||
*[http://www.mrlincolnandnewyork.org/inside.asp?ID=27&subjectID=2 Abraham Lincoln's visit to West Point] | |||
=== Language === | |||
*[http://webgerman.com/ Web German] | |||
*[http://www.dliflc.edu/products.html DLI Resources] | |||
*[http://www.german-flashcards.com/ German-Flashcards.com] | |||
*[http://www.dw-world.de Deutsche Welle] | |||
*[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2547,00.html Learning German], Deutsche Welle | |||
=== [[Quotes]] === | |||
=== Heroes === | |||
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/02/09/db0901.xml Charles Fawcett, Spaghetti Western Actor, Liberator, Legionaire . . .] | |||
=== Geeks === | |||
*[http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/27/clifford_stoll/ Clifford Stoll] | |||
:-[http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/02/27/newsweek-1995-buy-books-newspapers-straight-intenet-uh/ in 1995 on why the internet will fail] | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wallace_and_Ladmo_Show Wallace, Ladmo, and Gerald], Ran on KPHO in Phoenix from 1954-1989 | |||
=== Geek Heroes === | |||
*[http://www.ctmu.org/ Chris Langan] | |||
=== Radio === | |||
*[http://www.shoutcast.com/ Shoutcast source for streaming radio] | |||
*[http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/ The Stream Center] | |||
*[http://www.radio-locator.com Radio Locator] | |||
*[http://kknt960.townhall.com/ KKNT 960], Phoenix | |||
*[http://www.kfyi.com/main.html KFYI 550], Phoenix | |||
*[http://www.kxam.com/ KXAM 1310], Mesa | |||
*[http://www.ktar.com/ KTAR 92.3], Glendale | |||
*[http://www.540wfla.com/main.html 540 WFLA], Pine Hills, FL | |||
*[http://wdbo.com/ WDBO 580], Orlando, FL | |||
*[http://worl660.townhall.com/ 660 WORL], Altamonte Springs, FL | |||
*[http://www.1190wamt.com/ 1190 WAMT], Orlando, FL | |||
=== Video Broadcasts === | |||
*[http://espn.go.com/broadband/espn360/channels?channel=3577604 ESPN streaming games] | |||
=== Podcasts === | |||
*[http://www.epnweb.org The Education Podcast Network] | |||
=== Music === | |||
*[http://www.milktoastintolerant.com/ Milktoast Intolerant] | |||
*[http://www.kitchenmusician.net/pages/kmmusicalpha.html The Kitchen Musician] | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/RyanDunsSJ Tin whistle lessons on YouTube], | |||
==== Irish Set Tunes ==== | |||
*[http://www.siamsa.org/news/news.htm Siamsa] (Montreal) | |||
*[http://music.gordfisch.net/oregans/ O'Regan's] (Montreal) | |||
*[http://www.blackflute.com/music/tunes.html Wild Dismay] (Ohio) | |||
*[http://www.fluteinfo.com/Music Flueinfo.com] | [http://www.fluteinfo.com/Music/Irish-Jig/Kesh.html Kesh Jig] | |||
=== Photography === | |||
*[http://memory.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokback.html#formats Color photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944)], Using emerging technological advances in color photography, he made numerous photographic trips to systematically document the Russian Empire in the first part of the 20th century | |||
=== Poetry === | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cory_(poem) ''Richard Cory''], Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1902 | |||
=== Media === | |||
*[http://valleywag.com/tech/drew-curtis/farkcom-founder-tells-how-to-distinguish-news-from-crap-298677.php Drew Curtis (Fark) on the media] | |||
*[http://pajamasmedia.com/ Pajamasmedia, a blooming blog portal] | |||
=== Kə•'kä === | |||
*[http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2147757/John_Galt%27s_radio_speech Wordle!], John Galt's speech | |||
*[http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/12-01-2010/111621-sheep_human_face-0 Pravda article: baby sheep has man-face], very disturbing | |||
*David Mazi and Eddie Kohler. [http://www.thebooge.ca/stuff/remove.pdf Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List]. New York University, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.mailavenger.org/ | |||
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TY8-4N987X7-K&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2f32e7e7caacf32704c05c2d0d6cd13a Computer generated paper removed from Elsevier] | |||
*[http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/home Simply Hired salary data] | |||
*[http://www.garthmarenghi.com/my_news.htm Garth Marenghi] | |||
*[http://ididnotknowthatyesterday.blogspot.com/ I did not know that yesterday!] | |||
*[http://www.i18nguy.com/driver-side.html Which side of the road to drive on] | |||
*[http://meopedia.com/en/User:Chad_Vader Chad Vader] | |||
*[http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ The Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Contest] | [http://denisdutton.com/language_crimes.htm Great Article on "Language Crimes"] | |||
*[[Fark]] | |||
*[http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Company/celebrity-collage.php OMG Celebrity collage!] | [http://storage.myheritagefiles.com/H/storage/site1/files/18/83/01/188301_121616ad273c64bkpaz031.JPG Mike] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:52, 6 January 2017
Quick Reference
Travel
Search
- Orbitz
- Tripadvisor.com (search multiple engines to compare prices)
- Venere lodging/flight search (worked better than Orbitz to find room in Salzburg)
Phoenix
Events
Food
Search Resources
Social
People
- Love to know, list of free search sites
- yoname.com, social networking aggregator
- Lycos People Search
- Intelius Switchboard
Reference
Tech
- An Ultra Small Real Time Multi Tasking Kernel for Embedded Applications, from Mario Trams
- Tor, anonymity online
Blackberry
- How to receive files on BB, ie vcf for transferring contacts from another phone
- Blackberry Internet Service login
Medicine
- -Elderberry wine?
Geek, aka stuff I like
- Barak Pearlmutter's attacks air
- Nathan Tornquist, author of Arcis for Android
- Free True Type Fonts
- Sean GourleyGourley: " Can there be a mathematics of war?"
- Geosmin, the flavor of dirt
- iruler, online ruler
- Dispute Finder addon for Firefox (Beta)
- Archive.org, open source information including videos
- Ben Fry, Visualizing Data
- POV-Ray, Photorealistic rendering script language
- Icon generator
- Long list of online converters
- Valuable information on every number from 0 to 9999
- Goofy-ass online circuit simulator
- Animated Circuit Simulator
- Interesting RLC simulator
- Paul Falstad
- Paul Falstad's Java applets
- Steven W. Smith, digital image processing, free book on DSP and Human Consciousness
- At Last the 1948 Show on Youtube
- Find the Longest Path, Algorithm song
- [1] [2] How to make your own PCBs using a laser printer
- Impossible World, impossible figures
- Leslie Lamport, Computer Scientist
- A. K. Dewdney (of The Planiverse fame)
- Silicon Graffiti, Florida State
- Quantcast, web site profiling
- Calculating pi thanks to Bellard (with source code)
Spirit Videos
Crows
Creepy Robots
Mike Bakers
Software
- Convert a Cadence Virtuoso Layout to an SVG / PDF / PNG image file.
- VisGenie video analysis tool
- Opensourcewindows.org
- List of opensource software for Windows
- INTERCAL: "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym"
- Textfiles.com, increadible amount of information uploaded from cd to ftp
The Game of Life
- Gemini, "Self-replicating structure"
- -First published here
- Wire World computer, programmable computer designed using cellular automata similar to the game of life
Blackberry
- How to move all calendar items to a different calendar, i.e. to the default calendar email address
Web Browsers
- Browser standards compliance tests, Web Standards Project
Technology
- ENIAC on Trial, the revocation of the ENIAC patent in 1973
- Phonescoop, phone reviews and information
- Arthur C. Clarke on technological superiority
Culture
Human Heritage
- The beauty of Xiaohe, Caucasian mummy from western China
Language
- Web German
- DLI Resources
- German-Flashcards.com
- Deutsche Welle
- Learning German, Deutsche Welle
Quotes
Heroes
Geeks
- Wallace, Ladmo, and Gerald, Ran on KPHO in Phoenix from 1954-1989
Geek Heroes
Radio
- Shoutcast source for streaming radio
- The Stream Center
- Radio Locator
- KKNT 960, Phoenix
- KFYI 550, Phoenix
- KXAM 1310, Mesa
- KTAR 92.3, Glendale
- 540 WFLA, Pine Hills, FL
- WDBO 580, Orlando, FL
- 660 WORL, Altamonte Springs, FL
- 1190 WAMT, Orlando, FL
Video Broadcasts
Podcasts
Music
Irish Set Tunes
- Siamsa (Montreal)
- O'Regan's (Montreal)
- Wild Dismay (Ohio)
- Flueinfo.com | Kesh Jig
Photography
- Color photography of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944), Using emerging technological advances in color photography, he made numerous photographic trips to systematically document the Russian Empire in the first part of the 20th century
Poetry
- Richard Cory, Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1902
Media
Kə•'kä
- Wordle!, John Galt's speech
- Pravda article: baby sheep has man-face, very disturbing
- David Mazi and Eddie Kohler. Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List. New York University, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.mailavenger.org/
- Computer generated paper removed from Elsevier
- Simply Hired salary data
- Garth Marenghi
- I did not know that yesterday!
- Which side of the road to drive on
- Chad Vader
- The Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Contest | Great Article on "Language Crimes"
- Fark
- OMG Celebrity collage! | Mike
