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BLOGS & COMMUNITY

BLOGS:

BoingBoing, Fark, Dilbert, Plastic, Davenetics, Wonkette, Gawker, Dave Berry

WEB2:

Picasa, Flickr, MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter Links: Technorati, Digg, Delicious Refs: Chowhound
Videos: YouTube, MetaCafe, DailyMotion

MEDIA

NEWS:

Yahoo, Google, Reuters, AP, TGDaily, C/Net, MSSlate
Papers: NYTimes, WashPost, BostonGlobe, USAToday, SFGate, Guardian, PPG, NCNews
TV: CNN, BBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox
Mags: Time, USNews, MSNewsweek,

Columnists: Maureen Dowd, Ellen Goodman, Dave Barry,

Podcasts:

NPR, Alley, Pickle
Sites: Science Friday, Living on Earth, TWiT, This American Life,

Music:

CD Baby, DMusic, MP3Tunes
Download-noDRM: PhillyOrch, DeutscheGrammaphon, Magnatune, Records On Ribs, Jamendo, AudioLunchbox, Bleep, LiveDownloads, GarageBand, LiveMusicArchive
RIAA(ugh!): RIAA vs People, RIAA Radar, Boycott: RIAA member list
Videos: Yahoo!

Radio:

NPR, WSAJ SatLightBrigade, WCLV 104.9, WDUQ 90.5, WYSU 88.5, WKSU 89.7
NetCasters: SkyFM, Pandora, WholeWheatRadio, Bluegrass Country, Shoutcast, Accuradio
Shows: Prarie Home Companion

Magazines:

Time, Life, Slate, Wired, National Geographic, PCMag, Audubon, IEEE Spectrum, Consumer Reports, Sky and Telescope, salon

TV: PBS, CurrentTV, BBC, C-SPAN, PCN, ESPN Sports, David Letterman, Comedy Central,
Movies: IMDB, Netflix Hacking, Lonard Maltin, TCM, IFC, AMC, Bravo, HBO, Starz/Encore, PPV
Books: Project Gutenberg, FeedBooks, Harry Turtledove, Stephen King, Amazon, Barnes&Noble

POLITICAL

Nonpartisan:

OpenCongress, CommonCause, Elect Votes, IowaEM FactCheck, OpenSecrets, Center for American Progress, Center for Media & Democracy Real Clear, JibJab
Blogs: The Cunning Realist, Blog of Blogs,
PA: DemocracyRisingPA

Left:

DNC, Democracy Corps, Tom Paine, MoveOn, Michael Moore
Blogs: Talking Points Memo TPMCafe TPMMuckraker, David Corn, Oxblog, DailyKos, DemocraticStrategist, Brad DeLong, Wash Monthly,

Right:

RNC, Progress For America, HumanEvents, Rush Limbaugh
Blogs: Instapundit, Drudge Report, Belgravia Dispatch, Polipundit, Ann Althouse, Election Projection, Powerline

YouTube Hubs:

House, Senate

MISCELLANEOUS

Google streetview global genie, TED:Videos, BigThink, Clean Your Screen, Optical Illusions, Rules of Thumb, Tower sites, Flying Spaghetti Monster, badger, Hist Place Registry, Virtual Bubblewrap, Letter Boxing, CMU Darpa Red Team, MIT OpenCourseWare, Degree Confluence Project, LockPicking forum, Cool Periodic Table, HomeStarRunner, NEX episode guide, Free stuff, City Guides

Art:

Photography, Photoart Kalmar, UK National Museum Photo Film TV, Lib Of Congress, National Gallery OfA rt, Metropolitan Museum, WebMuseum Paris, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Shakespeare's Plays

Sky:

SETI, Abrams Planetarium, Aurora Pics, NASA ISS visibility, Heavens-Above satellites, NinePlanets, Spacesounds, Celestia, NASA Solar System Sim

Birds:

WhatBird, Birder(RBA), Audubon PA WestPA Susquehannah, National Aviary OhioDNR, Cornell: AllAboutBirds, WAWildwatchCams, Patuxent WRS Bird ID, Blackwater NWR, BirdWatchersDigest, Wild Birds Unlimited, eNature

Knots:

NetKnots, AnimatedKnots, Wikipedia, Ropers Knots Page, IGKT, Shoelace Knots, Knots on the Web 404: Knot Knowledge, rec.crafts.knots FAQ,

Puzzles: WebSudoku Solution, Rubik's Cube solution & &
Credit protection: OptOutPrescreen, CUAdvocacySite, GetAnnualCrteditReport
Recycling: PACleanways, A greenSpan (Pittsburgh), EIA, Earth911, SWPA hazardous waste, Batteries
Jokes: Quotes, database, Political, Laugh-of-the-day
College Football: NCAA Sports, D3football: conferences Mount Union, Mount Union: football broadcasts
Far out: French UFO Reports, Weird Phenomena, UFO Black Vault
Buy: Cat Calendar, Rubberstamp Shop, Compasses, LockLaces, EdmundScientific

COMPUTER RELATED

Misc: EFF, FreeSoftwareFoundation, Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, Groklaw, Hivelogic
Media: PC Mag, slashdot, WindowsSecrets, PC World, ExtremeTech, ZDNet

Specifications: W3 Consortium, Internet Engineering Task Force, ECMA
Development: MSDN Library HTML+CSS Scripting, DevX, Scripting Tips, Batfiles, Techtorials, builder.com
Web Programming: Dan Tobias, BrainJar, Project Cool, Web Reference, HTML Help, Joel On Software

GNU/Linux: GNU, linux.org, linux.com, LinuxDevices, Doc, Printing, LinuxLookup
Linux Distros: Ubuntu: doc wiki forums, Debian: blogs Installation, NewbieDoc
Unix: FreeBSD, FreeBSD Mall, OpenBSD, Cheap Bytes

Developers:

Mozilla zine, OpenOffice: docs API Forums, PSPad, Notepad++, VLC Media Player, winamp, CDBurnerPro, MyDefrag(wasJKDefrag), CCleaner, SysInternals(TCPView), MS PowerToys, AgentRansack, MB-Ruler, Screen Ruler, IrfanView, BootItNG
SourceForge: axcrypt, KeePass, pnotes, ditto, FileZilla, 7-zip, truerypt, audacity, UBCD
Other: Nifty Little Programs, MetaPad, UBCD4Win, Free Installer, KarenWare, Opera, PEBuilder

Download Collections:

PortableApps, PortableFreeware, Gizmo's Freeware, Pricelessware, FreewareArena, Simtel, Winsite, Shareware, Jumbo, C/NET, ZDNet, Free/Shareware, Sofotex, $$PCMag Utilities

Help:

Google groups, TechSpot, 5StarSupport, D-A-L, KellysKornerXP, file exts, AnswersThatWork, MyTechSupport, ComputerHope, Expert Exchange ZDNet, help.com

Hardware:

Toms Hardware, AnandTech, HardOCP, Tech-Report, PC Mechanic, ExtremeTech, DVD Firmware Patches, Tech Guide

Networking:

Practically Networked, WindowsNetworking, Home PC Network

Internet:

NewsFAQS, BugMeNot, Mailinator, BroadBandReports, BroadbandNuts, Speedtest, DSLSpeed,
SamSpade, GeekTools, Whois: easywhois .net arin internic, MyIPAddr &

Security:

MS Security, AVG Free, ClamWin, FreeAV, Ad-Aware, SpybotS&D
Online: OpenDNS, VirusTotal, AntiOnline, GRC, PCFlank

PC Tests: Secunia, PC Pit Stop

Buy:

Reseller Ratings, Computer Shopper
NewEgg, Directron, TigerDirect, PC Connection, Amazon, MicroCenter, Crucial Memory
PC's: MagicMICRO, Dell, Gateway

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH

General:

Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Library of Congress, Smithsonian, Britannica, NASA, SRU Library, NewCastleLibrary, iTools, How Stuff Works, refdesk, InfoPlease, Answers.com,

Dictionaries: Wiktionary, Websters Dictionary, dictionary.com,

Plants:

USDA, Encyclopedia of Life, Catalog of Life

Consumer:

ConsumerReports, ConsumersUnion, Consumer World, Epinions.com

Specific:

Better Business Bureau, Old Farmers Almanac, Quotations, Copyright renewal database, CIA WorldFactbook, Park Locator

GOVERNMENT

US:

White House, Senate, House, LOC, Courts
General NASA: Image Gallery, Mars Rovers NOAA: NWS USPS: Rates & Stds
USGS: WaterResources FCC: AMFMQuery, Antennas,
USTreasury: IRS, Bureau of the Public Debt, HH Bonds, EE Bonds
National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmarks
SSA, Medicare, Census, NIH, CDC, Patents & Trademarks, FatalAccidentRS

Pennsylvania:

State Web Site, Governor, Legislature, Courts Dockets
DCNR, Dept of State, PA Code, PA Manual, PennDOT: Vehicle Code maps, ARCH(historic), LiquorCB, Spatial Data, DEP mine subsidence
Conservation Districts: Lawrence County, Erie County & Headwaters Park

HOME and GARDEN

Better Homes & Gardens, Martha Stewart

Improvement/maintenance:

BH&G, HomeTime, This Old House, GardenwebHomeForums, Appliance repair & parts, Septic Protector, Gardner Bender

Hiring Help: ImproveNet, Handyman Online

Gardening:

Landscape plants, Amercan Horticultural Society, UWisconsin Ext, P.Allen Smith, All-America Selections, BH&G, Scotts, This Old House, Post-Gazette, Garden Web, Yard-care, Jerry Baker, Nat Garden Assoc, GardenHelper, Hort.net, Garden Guides

Native Gardening:

Wild Ones--Natural Landscapers, The Primrose Path, Wildflower Farm, NWF Habitats, Prarie Nursury,

Reference: USDA Plant database, OSU PlantFacts, CT Botanical FernID, PA & Ohio Trees,

Buy: Lowe's, Home Depot, Burpee, Park's, Gardeners Supply, Monrovia, Gnomes, Garden Decor

FOOD & DRINK

Food:

Food (TV), Betty Crocker Recipe's, Hale Groves, Policicchio Groves, Giordanos Pizza, Sturgis Pretzels, Betsy Ann Chocs, George Howe
Grain: Bread Recipes &, King Arthur Flour, BobsRedMill
Spices: Penzeys Spices, Olde Thompson pepper mills

Drink:

Tastings, RateBeer, PA Brewers
Coffee: AltonBrown HowTo, National Coffee Assn, Beecher's, Mugsies
Buy Beans: LongBottom, Prestogeorge, Gloria Jean's
Keurig: Green Mountain Coffee
Untried: George Howe, Willoughbys, Coffee Fool, Gevalier
Not Recommended: Greencastle, Kiva Han
Tea: Harney & Sons, Mighty Leaf, Adagio, Highland, Numi, Teaism Bottled: Honest Tea
Wine: Wine Answers, E Robert Parker,
Wineries: Chateau Lafayette Reneau (good), Wagner, Volant Mill, Wilhelm Not Recommended: OakSpring

MEDICAL & HEALTH

US Government Sites:

CDC, FDA, NIH: PubMed, MedLinePlus
health.gov, Health Info Finder, National Cancer Institute

Academic Treatment Centers: Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Harvard IntelliHealth,

Orgs: AMA, AmericanDiabetesAssn, AmericanHeartAssn, American Liver Foundation

Med Sites: WebMD, Medscape, MedicineNet, HealthCentral, Seek Wellness, DrWeil

Drugs: RxList, SafeMedication, Abbreviations

Tests: LabTests, Wikipedia: Liver Function Tests Abbreviations Blood Test Ranges

Eye: MacD Foundation, MacD Help Center, St Lukes Eye, AgingEye, AllAboutVision

Psoriasis: National Psoriasis Foundation Psoriasis Connections, Psoriasis Fighting Products for sale

Buy Vitamins: Nature Made, Consumer Labs Tests, Puritan's Pride, Vitamin World, Vitamin Shoppe, HerbsPro

Pick A Doc: Health Grades, Best Doctors, AMA,

Magazines: Prevention, Men's Health

INVESTING

Wikinvest, Bogleheads, CBS Market Watch, Yahoo! finance, Morningstar, CNN, MoneyCentral, Motley Fool, $$The Street, AAII, NAIC, SEC Edgar, EE Bonds, U.S. Treas. Securities, Silicon Investor, Highest CD rates, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley (MSCI) Indexes,

Indiduals: CoffeeHouse Investor, Wm Bernstein, Paul Merriman,
Media: CNBC, Dow Jones/WSJ, Smart Money, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Kiplinger

Data:

Historical: SteeleSystems, BigCharts, StLouis Fed, FRB H15, EconoMagic, Economy.com, Dismal Scientist, Free Lunch, petroleum prices, S&P
Current: FRB H15, Money Funds, CRB Index, gold, Barron's listings,

DRiP and DSP: The Moneypaper, NetStockDirect, $DRIP Investors Newsletter
Socially Responsible Investing: Good Money, Co-op America
For retirees: Analyze Now,

GENEALOGY

RootsWeb, USGenWeb, RootsWeb archives, Genealogy.org, LDS Family Search, Cindi's List, National Genealogical Society, Random Acts of Kindness, Find A Grave, US Census Bureau, Ellis Island, Origins.net, $My Trees, $Genealogy.com, $Ancestry.com
States: PA, OH, WV
Libraries: Stark OH, New Castle PA

SENIOR SITES

AARP, Medicare, Medicare HMOs, Third Age, SeniorNet, The Seniors Coalition, Senior.com, Seniors in Action, Senior Law Seniors.com,

PENNSYLVANIA "ATTRACTIONS"

PA DCNR, PASDA
Eastern: American Helicopter Museum,
Western: ButlerWebs, Harlansburg Cave, Harlansburg Station, Portersville Steam Engine Assn, Campbell Pottery
Restaurants: Springfield Group, North Country Brewing, Ginger Hill Tavern, Cliffords, Mugsies
Central: Lincoln Caverns, Indian Caverns, Seldom Seen Mine, Allegheny Front Trail, PA Lumber Museum
PA Brewers: Lew Bryson, BeerMe, North Country, Yuengling, Penn, Appalachian, Straub, Erie, Stoudt's, Pittsburgh, Sprague Farm, PubCrawler, Stoney's??

CARS & DRIVING

Cars: cars.com, Car Talk, Brochures+, Fuel Economy
Pricing: Edmunds, CarSmart, Kelly Blue Book, Auto-by-tel, msn Autos, TrueCar
Driving: Best Scenic Drives, Wacky side trips, AARoadtrips fast: Silver State Classic
Roads: PAHighways, State Route Ends, US Ends, PA/MD Roads, MapGuy,
Real Time Roads: PA, Ohio

AIRLINE TRAVEL

PriceLine.com, Travelocity, Bestfares, Preview Travel, Flight Discount, Biztravel, Travel Zoo, USAir, Southwest
Real-time Flight Tracking, Packing Hints

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