| Historical and Educational |
| F.B.I. |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation - history, organization, job offerings,
and
The 10 Most Wanted List |
| C.I.A. | | Central Intelligence Agency FAQ's, intel links, employment, CIA Kid's page |
| E.A.A. |
| Experimental Aircraft Association - new and unual aircraft, the warbirds |
| U.S.C.F. |
| U.S. Chess Federation... last time I "checked"  |
| Library of Congress |
| the reference collection Bill Gates hasn't bought... yet |
| Bartleby.com | | Bartlett's Familiar Quotations |
| Merriam-Webster | | Dictionary with help features if you aren't sure of the spelling |
| Babelfish | | translate French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian text and web sites |
| Google Language Tools | | translate text and web sites - less advertising than Babelfish |
| solar system models | | Mitchell N. Charity's page - the scale of the solar system understanding magnitudes |
| Snopes urban legends | | look up bogus e-mails before passing them on to anyone |
| about.com urban legends | | another site - find out about the bogus $250.00 cookie recipe story and the hoax that the Post Office is going to charge people for sending e-mail |
| Beloit College Mindset List | | historical perspective from viewpoint of Freshman class Class of 2014 |
Helpful and Useful |
| Red Cross | | South Central Wisconsin Chapter National Organization |
| Any Soldier | | send a care package to a soldier in Iraq |
| Fisher House | | homes built at VA hospitals for soldier's visiting familes |
| Netscape unofficial FAQ | | Helpful Information about Netscape Software |
| Wis. Job Service JobNet |
| a big improvement from those old microfiches |
| State of Wisconsin |
| state gov't. websites, tourism, local gov't. links |
| Wisconsin No Call List | | or call 1-866-966-2255 toll-free in Wis. for telemarketer-blocking |
| Fetch Me a Job | | WI, IL, OH, MI, IN job searchs, post resumes, career assistance |
| Windows Annoyances |
| how to fix Win 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP bugs and fine-tune the OS |
|
| Ebay | | "your personal trading community" |
| OANDA - Olsen & Assoc. |
| 164 currencies converter - got a "yen" to exchange $? |
| U.S. Dept. of Labor - Inflation Calculator | | How much some money in years past would be worth today |
| Speedtrap.org | | "scenic roadside vistas", slow down to view |
| Joke.Wallpaper.com | | change your PC or Mac background & start screens |
| FILExt.com | | identify which program that file .extension goes with |
| Abuse.net | | decode those 'goofy number' websites |
Food |
| Coca~Cola |
| the beverage of champions (make mine Diet Coke) |
| Jelly Beans |
| Not just for breakfast anymore |
| Odd Munchies |
| ecological snacks you can make |
Online Games |
| Lycos Games | |
you can win cash playing games |
| Yahoo Games | | board games, card games, crosswords and mahjong |
| GameZone Online | | simulation, role-playing, arcade, strategy, sports, classic |
| Quizland | | quizzes, puzzles, trivia games |
| Netives.com | | a lot of online games with high score tables, including marbles, mahjongg, and plumber pete which I recall playing a CGA 4 color version back in DOS days |
And now for something
completely different... |
| Monolithic Dome Institute | | forget those 2x4 & plywood kits, these dome homes are tornado and quake-proof! |
| Model Warship Combat | | naval combat with scale models |
| "You can't do that on Star Trek" | | interesting image editing with Star trek theme |
| Boycott Micro$oft Page | | note sub-pages bugs, dirty tricks and public forum |
| Starfire Swords | | Need a good blade? This is the place! |
| Bristol Renaissance Faire | | Summer Weekends Faire, locations, by state and by date, overview of faires |
