Audio
AdTunes.com
Information on music used in television commercials, shows, movie trailers, soundtracks, and video games. Features updated ad music blog, resources, and message forums.
adtunes.com
AllMusic Guide
Comprehensive guide to the best music recordings in every genre. Cross-indexed source of reviews, essays, and ratings. Uses submissions from readers.
allmusic.com
AM FM TV Online
Searchable directory of radio and television stations in the United States.
amfmtvonline.com
BBC Radio Player
Portal to the audio selections of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
bbc.com/radio/aod
BBC World Service
Provides world business, politics, science, entertainment, and arts news.
bbcworldservice.com
Broadcast-Live.com
From this site, live television and radio broadcasts are available from a number of countries including Belgium, Croatia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK.
broadcast-live.com
KNHC-FM 89.5 Seattle - C89.5fm
Run by Seattle high-school students. Dance-oriented hits and public affairs programming.
c895fm.com
KUBE-FM 93.3 Seattle
Plays the latest hip-hop and rhythm and blues hits.
kube93.com
KUFM-FM 89.1 Missoula, Montana
Montana Public Radio at the University of Montana campus in Missoula. Includes profile, schedule, news, information on supporting the station, and contact details.
stream.tc.umt.edu
KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle
NPR, BBC, and local news and talk. University of Washington.
kuow.org
Last.fm
A personalized online radio station for sharing and streaming music. Every user builds their own online record collection and taste profile, and shares their musical tastes instead of actual files.
last.fm
Ministry of Sound Radio
Streaming music from a large, UK independent record label of dance music.
ministryofsound.com
Music One
News, playlist, forums, and dance music.
m1live.com
Odeo
A podcast directory and search engine.
odeo.com
PublicRadioFan.com
Features a database of program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world. Includes audio links.
publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/whatson.pl
Radio FG
Techno radio, live from Paris.
radiofg.com
Radio-Locator
Directory of radio stations. Searchable by location and call sign.
radio-locator.com
Real.com Guide
Internet broadcasters guide from Real.com, with links to over 2500 stations selectable by genre and keyword search.
radio.real.com
SHOUTcast
A free streaming audio system. Anyone can broadcast music through this cutting-edge streaming technology. Site features documentation, downloads, news, and station showcase.
shoutcast.com
Slacker Personal Radio
Internet radio with customized stations based on artists you choose.
slacker.com
WBUR-FM 90.9 Boston
Boston’s NPR station broadcasts New England news and features programs such as Only a Game, Here and Now, The Connection, BBC News, and BBC World Service programs overnight.
wbur.org/listen
Winamp
Windows high-fidelity music player with original features and support for many formats of audio files.
winamp.com
WindowsMedia.com Media Guide
A portal for streaming media using the Windows Media format. Includes music videos, radio stations, and news headlines.
windowsmedia.com
WNYC-FM 93.9 and WNYC-AM 820
The New York City affiliate of National Public Radio. FM 93.9 and AM 820.
wnyc.org
Directories
BUBL Link
The Bulletin Board for Libraries covers all academic subject areas. All items are selected, evaluated, cataloged, and described by experts.
bubl.ac.uk
Lucas Larson internet Directory
Exhaustive links between you and the best of the internet.
directory.lucaslarson.net
New York Times Newsroom Navigator
Starting point for a wide range of journalistic and research functions.
nytimes.com/navigator
Open Directory Project
Searchable web directory compiled by volunteer editors at dmoz.org.
dmoz.org
WebRing
Find websites, share ideas with peers, and participate in topical communities.
webring.com
Film
All Movie Guide
Search for films using flexible criteria. Film listings include general information, cast and crew, synopses and reviews. Allows users to rate films on several dimensions.
allmovie.com
Google Movies
Showtimes and locations for current releases.
google.lucaslarson.net/movies
Internet Movie Database
Features plot summaries, reviews, cast lists, and theatre schedules.
imdb.com
Movie Criticism for the Retarded
Reviews through the eyes of video store clerks. Current articles, archive, and links.
fortheretarded.com
New York Times: The 1000 Best Movies Ever Made
The best in cinema since 1927, as chosen by the film critics of the New York Times.
nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html
Project Hessdalen - Short Films
Strange, unexplained lights appear in the night sky over a remote Norwegian valley.
hessdalen.org/film
Red Without Blue
A documentary of the gender, identity, and unswerving bond of Mark and Clair (née Alex) Farley.
redwithoutblue.com
Trailervision
Satirical trailers of movies that do not exist.
trailervision.com
Ustream
User-created video broadcasts.
ustream.tv
Vimeo
Community for storing and distributing video content. Includes advanced privacy options, interaction for members with common interests, group projects, and tools for creating widgets.
vimeo.com
YouTube
Hosts user-generated videos. Includes network and professional content.
youtube.com
Graphics
BBC News - In Pictures
The best news photos of the week.
bbc.com/news/2/hi/in_pictures
Esquire Cover Gallery
Hundreds of covers dating from 1933 to the present.
esquire.com/covergallery
Eurobad
An exhibition of the worst interiors of 1974.
omodern.com/Eurobad/euro.html
Face of Tomorrow
Attempts to find the prototypical human face of different worldwide locations by taking photographs of the current inhabitants and composing their faces to create a typical face.
faceoftomorrow.com
gif2png web interface
Upload and convert a GIF file to an optimized PNG file, which has no quality loss and is usually smaller than the source.
r1ch.net/stuff/gif2png/webinterface
Google Images
The most comprehensive image search on the web.
google.lucaslarson.net/images
GUIdebook
Online gallery, preserving historical graphical user interfaces.
guidebookgallery.org
Here is New York
Exhibit of over 5000 images related to 2001-09-11.
hereisnewyork.org
Identifont
Typeface identifier. Users are guided through illustrated multiple-choice questions of features of a font to arrive at font identification. Covers fonts from over 200 publishers; typefaces can also be looked up by name.
identifont.com
Instagram
A photo sharing mobile application for the iPhone.
instagr.am
King County Snapshots
12000 historical images of Seattle and King County, Washington.
kcsnapshots.org
Media Convert
Free online file conversion for audio, video, images, and documents.
media-convert.com
myImager.com
Upload or call images from anywhere on the web and edit them online with dozens of tools such as resizing, trimming, adding text, changing file formats, and reducing file size.
myimager.com
Panoramas.dk
Weekly full-screen QuickTime panoramas and a directory with over 20000 panoramas.
panoramas.dk
Panoramio
A combination of travel photo galleries and Google Earth provides photos from around the world.
panoramio.com
Photoshop.com
A free, web-based version of Adobe Photoshop where users can edit, store, and share photos online.
photoshop.com
Pouet
Multiplatform database of news, groups, and productions.
pouet.net
September 11th Photo Archive
Before and right after.
september-11th.us/Archive.html
Time Covers Since 1923
View images of Time magazine covers from 1923 to the present.
time.com/time/magazine/coversearch
Tumblr
A microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, video, links, quotations, and audio.
tumblr.com
VectorMagic
Free, online bitmap-to-vector conversion tool that improves picture quality by eliminating the pixelation that occurs in bitmap images.
vectormagic.com
WhatTheFont
Analyzes uploaded images and returns the font style matching the font used in the image.
myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
Wikimedia Commons
A central repository of free images, music, sound, video clips, and spoken texts.
commons.wikimedia.org
Windows through the Curtain
Photographs of Communist store windows taken between 1986 and 1990 by David Hlynsky.
photoarts.com/journal/Hlynsky/hlynskyindex.html
World Wide Panorama
Photographers in 40 countries around the world celebrate the equinox and solstice by creating QuickTime VR panoramas of their locations.
geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp
Internet
A List Apart
Weekly magazine for people who make websites.
alistapart.com
Ad Blocking with CSS
CSS rules to block ads. The technique works for any CSS-compliant browser or mail client.
floppymoose.com
anti-banner.css
A CSS that makes use of commonly found attributes associated with banners. It currently uses element dimensions and DOM location, href fragments, link targets, borders, and common alt attributes to try to remove banner ads.
aagh.net/projects/antibanner
bit.ly
URL redirection with real-time link tracking.
bit.ly
BroadbandReports.com
Information on DSL, cable, and other high-speed internet services.
broadbandreports.com
Browser-Safe Colors
All-browser-safe 216 color chart and 16 million color checker and converter.
www-cdr.stanford.edu/~petrie/216colrs.htm
Color Blender
Find evenly spaced midpoints between any two given colors. Hexadecimal and RGB supported.
meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend
CSS Optimizer
Optimize CSS code and remove redundant values.
flumpcakes.co.uk/css/optimiser
Deja Vu
A timeline of internet history and a browser emulator to view sites as they would have appeared in early browsers such as Mosaic, Netscape 1.0, Internet Explorer 2.0, and HotJava.
dejavu.org
Designing More Usable Websites
Guidelines, projects, browsers with accessibility features and other information related to website accessibility.
trace.wisc.edu/world/web
Digg
Technology-focused news site where the stories are chosen by community members rather than editors.
digg.com
Feed Validator for Atom and RSS
A validator for syndicated feeds. It works with RSS 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 0.93, 0.94, 1.0, and 2.0. It also validates Atom feeds.
feedvalidator.org
FileFormat.info
File format standards, online file conversions, and detailed file specifications, including Unicode characters, MIME types and file extensions.
fileformat.info
Freshmeat
Unix and related software in all stages of development. Daily release announcements. Not restricted to open-source software.
freshmeat.net
Ghost Sites
Long running online museum provides screenshots of defunct sites.
disobey.com/ghostsites
GitHub
Project hosting using Git. Includes source-code browser, inline editing, wikis and ticketing. Free for public open-source code. Commercial closed source hosting is also available.
github.com
gozer.org - Mozilla - Ad Blocking
Hide certain elements based on their attributes and values with CSS. In the case of banners, the ads are downloaded, just not displayed.
gozer.org/mozilla/ad_blocking
HTML Tidy
Remove sloppy and redundant code from HTML documents.
cgi.w3.org/cgi-bin/tidy
HTML-Kit
Edit, format, lookup help, validate, preview and publish HTML documents from an easy to use environment. Full featured web page editor that can point out errors and optionally autocorrect the HTML code.
chami.com/html-kit
Identical Websites
A comparison of the websites of 10 famous designers through elements of their layout: styles, page construction, and elements.
phnk.com/design/survey
IE Add-ons Gallery
Add-ons that enable you to personalize Internet Explorer.
ieaddons.com
JSLint - The JavaScript Verifier
Scans JavaScript source and describes potential problems. It does not prove that a program is correct. It just provides another set of eyes to help spot problems. It is almost a JavaScript validator.
jslint.com
Juicy Studio Color Contrast Analyzer
Uses the W3C algorithm to check for sufficient contrast between background and foreground colors.
juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.php
Juicy Studio CSS Analyzer
Tests for basic accessibility errors such as color contrast and units of measurement.
juicystudio.com/services/csstest.php
Mac OS X Hints
Hints and tips for the Mac OS X operating system.
macosxhints.com
Mac OS X Hints Forums
Forum for users of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system.
forums.macosxhints.com
MacScripter AppleScript Forums
Comprehensive site with news and resources for AppleScript users. Features include example scripts, scripting additions and a bulletin board for scripting discussions.
macscripter.net
MacUpdate
The largest Macintosh-only software and games download site on the internet.
macupdate.com
Missing Manuals
Full written manuals for popular consumer software and hardware products that come with no hardcopy manuals, or for which manuals are very poor.
missingmanual.com
OCAWA Accessibility Validator
Operational Control and Analysis for Web Accessibility tests the accessibility of your website using international accessibility standards.
ocawa.com/en/
Opera
Producers of the fast, small, reliable Opera browser for multiple platforms. Features include mail, news and ICQ clients, RSS, IRC, projection mode, WML support, mouse gestures, and extensive keyboard support.
opera.com
PC Magazine
Complete guide to personal computers, peripherals, and upgrades.
pcmag.com
PDFUnlock
Unlocks PDF files online for free.
pdfunlock.com
Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
URL redirection.
purl.org
ResearchBuzz
Internet research news and information.
researchbuzz.org
Robots.txt Checker
Robots.txt syntax validator based on the Robot Exclusion Standard.
tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml
Scribd
Presentation and text sharing service that supports .ps, .txt, .pps, .ppt, .doc, .xls and .pdf file formats.
scribd.com
Search Engine Watch
Search engine marketing and optimization.
searchenginewatch.com
SelectORacle
Plain-English and -Spanish translations of CSS2 and CSS3 selectors.
gallery.theopalgroup.com/selectoracle
Site Meter
Small graphic counter with real-time traffic reporting.
sitemeter.com
Sitepoint.com
Provides tips, expert advice, and articles about DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, ASP, CGI, Perl, ASP, PHP, and MySQL with a hands-on approach in building a successful website.
sitepoint.com
Sitescore
A tool that rates a website’s design, popularity, and accessibility.
sitescore.org
Slashdot
Technology-related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues.
slashdot.org
SourceForge
Free hosting for open source projects. Offers mailing lists, bug tracking, and forums, 100 MB of web hosting with MySQL, full backups, and total web-based administration.
sf.net
Surfin’ Safari
Safari news and updates.
webkit.org/blog
Table of Unicode characters from 1 to 65535
All Unicode characters alongside equivalent numerical ampersands.
unicode.coeurlumiere.com
UITest.com: Site Check
Test a URL with the W3C, WDG, ATRC, WebAIM, WebXact, Bobby, Cynthia Says, HiSoftware, Site Valet, Colorblindness filter, and Google Viewer, all from the same page.
uitest.com/en/check
W3C Spell Checker
A tool to check the spelling of text on a webpage.
w3.org/2002/01/spellchecker
W3Schools Web Tutorials
Large collection of tutorials. HTML, XHTML, and JavaScript.
w3schools.com
Web Standards Project
Devoted to adhering to W3C standards in webpage design. Links to other sites and tutorials on CSS and HTML.
webstandards.org
WebKit Open Source Project
Build and browse the burning edge of the frameworks used by Mac OS X.
webkit.org
Webmaster World
Discussion board for search engine optimization professionals.
webmasterworld.com
Whois Source
Domain search tool that allows a wildcard search.
whois.sc
World Wide Web Project
The first ever page written in HTML and published on the internet.
w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
X-Philes - List of XHTML Sites
The XHTML 100: sites where the homepage validates, three random secondary pages validate and the correct MIME types are sent.
goer.org/Markup/TheXPhiles
X11 Color Names
Colors sorted by X11 name, hexadecimal values, and RGB.
lucaslarson.net/rgb
XHTML, CSS, and HTML Optimizer
Compress your code to speed loading time.
peterbe.com/plog/blogitem-040406-1/compressor
Zoho
A suite of online web applications geared towards increasing productivity and easy collaboration. Office tools include a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, hosted wiki, notebook, mail, and CRM.
zoho.com
Language
16 Rules of English
The 16 rules of Esperanto and their English-language counterparts.
esperanto-chicago.org/16rules.htm
Akademio de Esperanto
Documents related to the Esperanto Academy including decisions and current works.
akademio-de-esperanto.org
Alternative Esperanto Dictionary
Esperanto slang, profanities, insults, and vulgarisms.
alternative-dictionaries.net/dictionary/Esperanto/
Atlango
The new international language for Europe.
vido.net/atlango
Bazaj Radikoj Esperanto-Esperanto
Baza radikaro kun klarigoj en simpla Esperanto. 2500 radikoj faras 25000 vortojn.
xs4all.nl/~pilger/breo-au8.htm
Columbia Journalism Review - Language Corner
Collection of various rules of the English language and usage tips organized by topic and parts of speech.
cjr.org/tools/lc
edukado.net
Service for teachers and students of Esperanto.
edukado.net
Esperanto Grammar
Scholarly thesis written in English with an emphasis on morphology.
ling.ohio-state.edu/~hana/esr/grammar
Esperanto-English Dictionary
The 26000 most-used Esperanto words defined on one page.
esperanto.lucaslarson.net
Esperanto-Radikala Asocio - Por Internacia Lingvo
Politika agado por internacia lingvo.
internacialingvo.org
Esperanto.com
Social network for Esperantists.
esperanto.com
Esperanto.info
Multilingual basic information about Esperanto, about learning and using it, and its culture and organizations.
esperanto.info
Esperantujo
Brief description of the language and a short Esperanto-to-English dictionary of essential words. Includes a list of all official affixes.
web.archive.org/web/steve-and-pattie.com/esperantujo/
Fagan Finder Translation Wizard
Translate text or webpages to many different languages.
faganfinder.com/translate
FrathWiki
A free encyclopedia for descriptions of conlangs and concultures.
frathwiki.com
Free Translation
English to Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Norwegian. Translate to English from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese.
freetranslation.com
From Language to Language
Type a known term in Esperanto, English, French, Russian, Italian, German, Turkish or Spanish and search for the corresponding term in the language of your choice.
langtolang.com
Galerio de Babilemuloj
Photographs of users of popular Esperanto chat rooms.
galerio.org
Glosa.org
Information on Glosa with learning and text materials, links, a mailing lists and supporting organizations.
glosa.org
How to Talk Dirty in Esperanto
A collection of vulgar words and how to use them.
mindprod.com/esperanto/dirty
Ido, the International Language
Exhaustive links regarding the reformed and improved version of Esperanto.
interlanguages.net/yindex
Ido-English Dictionary
The 4000 most-used words in Ido.
ido.lucaslarson.net
iLoveLanguages
A comprehensive catalog of language-related internet resources. 1900 human-reviewed links.
ilovelanguages.com
Interlingua, Union Mundial pro (UMI)
Official website, with news, documents in Interlingua and information in other languages. Also, free translation service, bookstore. Created by the International Auxiliary Language Association.
interlingua.com
Internet Vocabulary
In Dutch, French, English, Esperanto and Polish.
esperanto.be/vortaroi.html
Italian Language - Forms of Address
Explanation of the four Italian second personal pronouns.
orbilat.com/Languages/Italian/Grammar/Italian-Verb-Forms_of_address.html
Komputada Leksikono
Referenca verko pri komputado de Sergio Pokrovskij.
bertilow.com/div/komputada_leksikono
Language Construction Kit
In-depth introduction to language creation.
zompist.com/kit
Learn not to speak Esperanto
An accurate argument against Esperanto.
xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ranto
Lernu
Best online source for learning Esperanto.
lernu.net
Ligoj pri Tradukado
200 tools for Esperanto translation: dictionaries, translators, grammars, and search engines.
tekstoj.nl/esperanto/tradligoj.htm
Lingua Franca Nova
Simple and consistent language for international communication.
lingua-franca-nova.net
Lingvo Helpilo
Online Esperanto spelling and grammar checker.
beta.visl.sdu.dk/lingvohelpilo
Modern Language Association - Map of Languages in the United States
Map uses data from the 2000 US census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States.
mla.org/census_main
Mondezo
A simplified Esperanto, free of accents, the accusative ending, asymmetrical sexism, adjectival concord, and obligatory tense.
mondezo.lucaslarson.net
Non-Verbal Dictionary
From Adam’s-Apple-Jump to Zygomatic Smile.
center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/6101.html
Ogden’s Basic English
Auxiliary language composed of 850 English words.
ogden.basic-english.org/words.html
Online Speech Bank
Links to internet sites with full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures and interviews.
americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
Optimal Auxiliary Language Guidelines
Revised edition of an article discussing the design factors to be considered in creating an artificial language for global communication.
rickharrison.com/language/optimal.html
Pop vs. Soda Page
Plots the geographic distribution of the terms “pop”, “soda”, and “coke” when used to describe sweetened carbonated beverages.
popvssoda.com
Reta Vortaro
Collaborative multilingual Esperanto dictionary.
purl.org/net/voko/revo
RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus
User poetry and quotation submissions. Includes a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
rhymezone.com
Speech Accent Archive
Examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same paragraph.
accent.gmu.edu
Stanford University Level 1 Vocabulary List
The 500 most-used words in Esperanto.
esperanto.org/stanford/nivel1.php
The Little Prince in 100 Languages
German-language website with audio samples of “The Little Prince” in many of the world’s languages.
germanistik.uni-halle.de/prinz/karten
Thesaurus.com
Searchable version of Roget’s Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
thesaurus.com
Tradukilo Esperanto-English Translator
Create results in Latin 3, UTF-8, X-convention, and H-convention.
kafejo.com/lingvoj/auxlangs/eo/tradukilo
Traduku.net
Translate any phrase or website to or from Esperanto.
traduku.net
Translate.ru
Bidirectional text, webpage, and email translations between Russian, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
translate.ru
Uniono por la Linguo Internaciona Ido
Ido dictionaries for English, German, French, and Italian.
ido.li
Universala Vortaro de la Lingvo Internacia Esperanto
Published by the Akademio de Esperanto.
akademio-de-esperanto.org/fundamento/universala_vortaro.html
Useful Esperanto Phrases
An introduction to the most-common phrases in Esperanto.
esperantophrases.tripod.com
Verbix Online Conjugator
Verb conjugator for all languages.
verbix.com/webverbix
Vikipedio en Esperanto
Rete konstruata enciklopedio.
eo.wikipedia.org
Why is the holiday Hanukkah spelled two different ways?
There is no definitive way of translating the Hebrew characters into English.
ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031219.html
Wiktionary
Collaborative project for creating a free lexical database in every language, complete with meanings, etymologies, and pronunciations.
en.wiktionary.org
Zompist BBoard
Conlanging bulletin board.
zbb.spinnwebe.com
Maps
American FactFinder - Reference Maps
Locate United States Census geographies and view Census data in map format. Create, print, or download both reference and thematic maps.
factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet
Bing Maps
Provides directions, interactive maps, satellite, and aerial imagery of the United States. Search by keyword such as type of business.
bing.com/maps
Earth and Moon Viewer
View either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe.
fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth
Fool’s World Map
Visualizing a map of the world based on popular misconceptions of country locations and sizes.
chakuriki.net/en/world
Google Maps
Drag-and-drop mapping from Google. Provides options to search for locations, businesses, driving directions and a general search box to key in your destination.
google.lucaslarson.net/maps
iTouchMap.com
Maps and utilities for the iPhone and iPod touch.
itouchmap.com
Library of Congress Map Collections
Digitized maps of North America in the public domain from 1544 to today.
loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
MapQuest
Find directions for, and explore towns and cities worldwide. Display addresses on a map, view nearby businesses, get driving directions and maps, and plan a trip with city information.
mapquest.com
Metrobot
Map-based search engine and city guide that displays listings and links for businesses on either side of individual street segments in chosen US cities.
metrobot.com
Microsoft Research Maps
Repository of aerial photographs and satellite images of the United States (formerly TerraServer USA).
msrmaps.com
Missoula County Parcel Map
Search by address or map for property tax information and owner.
co.missoula.mt.us/owner
New York City Zoning Maps
From the New York City Department of City Planning.
nyc.gov/planning
NYC OASIS
New York City Open Accessible Space Information System.
oasisnyc.net
NYC Subway Map
User- and eye-friendly version of the Metropolitan Transit Authority subway map with descriptive symbols.
nycsubway.org/maps/routeimg.html
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Maps covering every area of the world.
lib.utexas.edu/maps
Seattle Municipal Archives Map Index
750 historical and current digital maps of the city of Seattle.
clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/maps1.htm
Subway Info
Provides door-to-door directions via the New York City subway, including options for different times of day.
subwayinfo.com
TopoZone
US Geological Survey topographic maps.
topozone.com
New York
Chowhound.com
Non-commercial information on great eating and restaurants in New York.
chowhound.com
Citidex
Manhattan maps, including neighborhoods, parks and complexes, transportation, theater plans, stadium plans and ZIP codes.
citidex.com
Commissioners’ Plan of 1811
Detailed history of Manhattan’s street grid.
library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/nyc1811.htm
Exploring New York City
Columbia University Libraries’ guide to New York City.
columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/nyc.html
Forgotten NY
Information about old forgotten relics in New York City, including roads and signs.
forgotten-ny.com
Historic Districts Council
The advocate for New York City’s historic neighborhoods.
hdc.org
HopStop
Door-to-door subway and walking directions in New York City.
hopstop.com
Manhattan User’s Guide
Offers opinionated reviews and information on services, restaurants, shopping, and hotels.
manhattanusersguide.com
MenuPages
Search by cuisine or area. Includes interactive map of Manhattan, ratings, reviews and restaurant location maps.
menupages.com
New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System
Allowing a wide variety of New Yorkers to gain access to previously unavailable data on housing and neighborhood conditions in the city.
nychanis.com
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Manages bridges, tunnels, and transit in New York City and on Long Island.
mta.info
New York City Subway Resources
Features historical and technical information about the New York subway system.
nycsubway.org
New York Songlines
Detailed descriptions of walking tours of some of Manhattan’s famous streets and sights.
nysonglines.com
NYC and Company
Official city tourism site with accommodations listings and calendar of events. Also includes information on conventions and group activities.
nycgo.com
NYC Serv
New York City payment and information center. Search for and pay city parking tickets and obtain information related to property taxes and water charges.
nycserv.nyc.gov
NYC.gov
Provides the public with quick and easy access to information about New York City agencies, programs, and services.
nyc.gov
Open Table
Real-time reservation network for the finest restaurants in major American cities.
opentable.com
Privately Owned Public Space of the City of New York
Electronic database with detailed information about every public space created through the city’s incentive zoning program.
nyc.gov/planning/html/priv/priv.shtml
PropertyShark
Type in any address to get consolidated New York City property records.
propertyshark.com
Restaurants.com
International restaurant and bar guide searchable by location, cuisine, and special features. Includes user submitted reviews and ratings.
restaurants.com
Seamless
Order food for delivery or takeout online. Formerly known as SeamlessWeb.
seamless.com
September 11th Digital Archive
Uses electronic media to collect and present the history of the attacks.
911digitalarchive.org
Skyscraper Museum
Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings.
skyscraper.org
Times Square Cam
Three webcam views of Times Square, New York.
earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare
Undercity.org
Steve Duncan’s site features photography of underground or unknown sites in New York. Contains stories, research, tips, and tricks.
undercity.org
World Trade Center Health Registry
Comprehensive and confidential survey regarding the health consequences for those most directly exposed to the events of 2001-09-11 in New York.
wtcregistry.org
WTC7.net
An attempt to uncover the truth about 2001-09-11.
wtc7.net
Yelp
A local business guide with results based on user recommendations. The directory covers a number of major US cities and includes restaurants, services, and shopping.
yelp.com
News
Associated Press - News
The latest headlines from around the nation and the world. Updated 24 hours a day.
nytimes.com/pages/aponline
BBC News
United Kingdom and international news headlines. Contains articles, forums and video and audio webcasts.
snurl.com/bbcnews
CBC News
Canadian and international headlines, articles, wireless services, email digests and live internet radio.
cbc.ca/news
Daily Kos
Daily blog with political analysis on United States current events from a liberal perspective.
dailykos.com
Disinformation
The subculture search engine, providing access to up-to-date alternative news.
disinfo.com
Fortean Times
A journal of strange phenomena.
forteantimes.com
FundRace
Candidate rankings and money maps identify from, and to whom campaign contributions are going.
fundrace.org
Google Alerts
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google news and web results based on your choice of query or topic.
google.lucaslarson.net/alerts
Google News
Aggregated headlines and a search engine of many of the world’s news sources.
google.lucaslarson.net/news
Gotham Gazette
Daily publication covering New York City politics and city news including policies for police, housing, transportation, arts, education, and finance.
gothamgazette.com
Huffington Post
Syndicated columnists, blogs and news stories with moderated comments.
huffingtonpost.com
Korean Central News Agency
The government news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea.
kcna.co.jp
Le Monde
Actualités à la une. Quotidien d’information francophone, version partielle de l’édition papier du jour, des dossiers, des forums.
lemonde.fr
Memory Hole
Documents released under the United States Freedom of Information Act that reveal government activities rarely reported by the mainstream media.
thememoryhole.org
Missoula Independent
Western Montana’s weekly alternative newspaper of people, politics, and culture.
missoulanews.com
New York Observer
Weekly covering media and society, arts and entertainment, opinions, politics and the business and real estate of Manhattan and the world.
observer.com
New York Times - Most-Emailed Articles
Most popular articles sent by New York Times readers.
nytimes.com/gst/mostemailed.html
New York Times Politics Navigator
Selective guide to websites about politics, government, and political issues.
nytimes.com/ref/politics/POLI_NAVI.html
New Yorker, The
Online version of the weekly magazine with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, and an archive of articles and abstracts since 1925.
newyorker.com
NPR
National audio news and programming organization. Formerly National Public Radio.
npr.org
Onion, The
Humor and satire magazine.
theonion.com
Politico
Political news about campaigns, congress, lobbyists and ideas.
politico.com
Pollster.com
Featuring polls and analysis of the 2008 presidential primary race including key overviews of key states and candidates.
pollster.com
Smoking Gun
News gleaned from court records and other public documents.
thesmokinggun.com
Technorati
Real-time search engine for blogs that tracks what is current and popular. Searches blogs by keyword or links.
technorati.com
Topix.net
News from thousands of sources, sorted geographically for American cities, as well as a wide variety of subjects.
topix.net
Vice
Urban monthly magazine, focusing on 21st century culture, music, fashion, and multimedia. Excerpts from the print magazine as well as unique content. Formerly known as Viceland.
viceland.com
Village Voice
Offers New York City news, features and opinions along with arts, fashion, gossip and restaurant reviews.
villagevoice.com
Washington Post
Comprehensive access to today’s newspaper contents plus past stories and special reports on politics.
wpost.com
Xinhua News Agency
State news agency of China.
chinaview.cn
Zogby International
Offering polling, market research, and information services worldwide based on accuracy and detailed strategic information.
zogby.com/news
Recreation
Anomalies Unlimited
Investigations of the peculiar.
anomalies-unlimited.com
Betty Bowers is a Better Christian than You
So close to Jesus, communion tastes like leftovers.
bettybowers.com
Creation Education: Evolutionism Propaganda
Hypnotically encased iMacs trick unsuspecting computer users into accepting Darwinism.
objectiveministries.org/creation/propaganda.html
ESP?
Pick one of six cards and click on one of six eyes and this website will successfully tell you which card you chose.
sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/esp.html
Evite
Offers event planning and invites. Features tracking, maps, and reminders.
evite.com
Facebook
A social utility that connects people for keeping up with friends, uploading photos, and sharing links and videos.
facebook.com
FaceTheJury
Rate peoples pictures that they have submitted, or submit your own picture to be rated. Meet new people through message boards and live chat.
facethejury.com
HOT or NOT?
Rate photos of others and post one of yourself.
hotornot.com
I Despise You and Your So-Called Taste
Type in a band, singer, song, or album to retrieve a review laden with disgust.
chthonicionic.net/bile
Landover Baptist: America’s Favorite Church
If you are unsaved, you are not allowed at this church or on this website.
landoverbaptist.org
Meetup
Helps groups of people with shared interests to meet up in places around the world.
meetup.com
Reddit
Collaborative user-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.
reddit.com
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - David Horsey
A gallery of cartoons from the past year by P-I editorial cartoonist and 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner David Horsey.
p-i.com/horsey
Shelfari
An Amazon social media site focused on books. Members build virtual bookshelves, discover, rate and discuss books, and participate in online groups.
shelfari.com
Slydial
A voice message service that connects directly to someone’s mobile voicemail.
slydial.com
Take 2
Funny errors and clever headlines from the American Journalism Review.
ajr.org/take2.asp
Twitter
Social networking and microblogging service utilizing instant messaging, SMS or a web interface.
twitter.com
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Attempts to give accurate information about rumors and urban legends on a variety of topics.
snopes.com
Reference
Additives Found in American Cigarettes
A list of chemicals commonly found in cigarettes.
thememoryhole.org/cig-additives.htm
Archinform
International architectural database with over 8000 built and unbuilt projects. 20th-century architecture is the main theme.
archinform.net
Archive.org
Working to build a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
archive.org
Baby Name Wizard
Track the popularity of given names across time, either by typing in a name, for a graphic depiction of its decade-by-decade use, or by moving your cursor down the screen through an alphabetical listing that notes each name’s peak year.
babynamewizard.com/voyager
CNN/Money: Best places to live
Search on housing costs, tax rates, and crime stats for over 1200 places.
money.cnn.com/best/bplive
Creationist Claims
A comprehensive index to creationist claims.
talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html
Dark Bible - Home to Freethinkers
Quotations from the Bible on atrocities, pornography, questionable morality, the alleged inferiority of women, and logical paradoxes.
nobeliefs.com/DarkBible/DarkBibleContents.htm
Death Online
Exhibition exploring death and the rituals that surround it.
deathonline.net
Debating Creationists: Some Pointers
Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, argues that public debates with creationists do little to further the cause of quality science education. Among her reasons are that creationists usually fill the audience with their supporters, who are unlikely to have the educational grounding necessary to understand the arguments presented in favor of evolution.
talkorigins.org/faqs/debating-creationists.html
Dewey Decimal System of Classification
An outline of the Dewey Decimal System, broken down into its ten major divisions and one thousand subdivisions.
wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dewey_Decimal_classes
Evangelistic Atheism: Leading Believers Astray
Article originally appeared in the January/February 1993 issue of Freethought Today, published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
ffrf.org/fttoday/back/evangel.html
Flags of the World
Very large noncommercial source on vexillology. Searchable database, glossary, bibliography, and related links.
flagspot.net
Glass Steel and Stone
Offers photographs and descriptions of outstanding buildings across the world, historic and modern.
glasssteelandstone.com
Great Buildings Online
Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects across the world with three-dimensional models, photographs and drawings, commentaries, biographies and bibliographies.
greatbuildings.com
Guide to the Logical Fallacies
Catalogs and exemplifies over 70 logical fallacies.
onegoodmove.org/fallacy
ibiblio
Internet library and digital archive containing links to online collections.
ibiblio.org
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Information about patterns and trends in sexual attitudes and behavior in 32 countries around the world.
www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/IES
Internet Scout Project
Publishes new and newly discovered online high-quality resources of interest to researchers and educators.
scout.wisc.edu
Intute
Directory of the best web resources for education and research created by a network of UK universities and partners. Cataloged and annotated resources covering the humanities and social sciences (formerly Humbul Humanities Hub).
intute.ac.uk
Librarians’ Index to the Internet
Annotated directory of internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians.
lii.org
Love Letters
300 love letters that your boyfriend is waiting to see modified.
sleeptrip.com/300loveletters
Meta-Wiki
Support website for Wikimedia Foundation projects.
meta.wikimedia.org
Museum of Modern Art: Tall Buildings
Addresses issues of technology and urbanism for 25 buildings designed within the last decade. Compare height, area, and geographic locations.
moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings/
National Register of Historic Places
Official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.
nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com
New York Public Library
Largest research library in the world with a circulating system.
nypl.org
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
Earthquakes and geologic hazards of the Pacific Northwest from UW’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences.
pnsn.org/req2
Pounds Sterling to Dollars Historical Converter, 1264 to Present
Converts pounds sterling to present-day dollars in any amount for any year since 1264.
uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/numimage/Currency.htm
Project Gutenberg
A library of 17000 free online books with expired copyright. Book listings, search engine, newsletter, and articles.
gutenberg.org
Seattle Public Library
Access catalog, renew and reserve books, find news and events, virtual reference desk and reference links.
spl.org
Simpsons, The
Memorable quotations.
imdb.com/title/tt0096697/quotes
Skeptic’s Annotated Bible
Bible reference for unbelievers, with all embarrassing and questionable parts highlighted for easy reference.
skepticsannotatedbible.com
Skyscraper Page
Illustrated database of the world’s tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights. Includes dates and architects.
skyscraperpage.com
SkyscraperCity
News, photos and discussions on skyscrapers, skylines, cities, architecture and urbanity.
skyscrapercity.com
Skyscrapers.com
Information and news about tall buildings.
emporis.com
Squashed Philosophers
Condensed and abridged books that define the way the West thinks now.
btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed
Suicide, a Practical Guide
A how-to for novices.
satanservice.org/coe/suicide/guide
Telephone Exchange Name Project
The historical relationship between North American telephone exchange names and numbers.
ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html
Things Creationists Hate
Explanations of the rational: evolution, creationism, creation science, fossils, science, genesis, and Bible science.
skepticreport.com/sr?p=499
Trulia
Independent and unbiased residential real estate search engine that offers open access to real estate information.
trulia.com
USPS Abbreviations
Official abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service: state abbreviations, street suffixes, and secondary unit designators.
usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html
Vexilla Mundi
Pictures of all national flags including Pantone colors and specifications.
vexilla-mundi.com
Wikia
A collection of wikis on many subjects using MediaWiki software and publishing all user-provided text under copyleft licenses.
wikia.com
Wikibooks
Dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open-content textbooks and other classroom texts.
en.wikibooks.org
Wikipedia
Free, open content, community-built encyclopedia with thousands of articles. Available in dozens of languages.
wikipedia.org
Wikiquote
An open-source database of meaningful or memorable quotations in multiple languages.
en.wikiquote.org
WikiScanner
Exposes potential conflicts of interest in anonymous Wikipedia edits originating from IP addresses of organizations whose articles are edited.
wikiscanner.virgil.gr
Wikisource
Repository of source texts in any language that either are in the public domain, or released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
wikisource.org
World Flag Database
Covers organizations, countries, territories, and sub-national regions.
flags.net
XXX-Rated Bible
Positive Biblical references to the best and worst of humanity.
postfun.com/pfp/NC-17Bible.html
Zillow.com
Estimates on home valuations and detailed information about property sales.
zillow.com
Search
Alexa
Provides a search powered by Google and the Open Directory Project. Directory listings can be ordered by popularity, user rating or alphabetically and there are links to Alexa’s information on each site.
alexa.com
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator
Search the database using the inmate’s Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, INS Number, or by first and last name.
bop.gov/iloc2
Google
Enables users to search the web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results and an option to find similar pages.
google.lucaslarson.net
Infoaxe
Enables full-text personal history search across multiple browsers and computers.
infoaxe.com
NYS Department of Correctional Services Inmate Search
Search for current and past New York State inmates.
nysdocslookup.docs.state.ny.us
PlayAudioVideo
A search engine for audio, video, and image files.
playaudiovideo.com
SreeTips.com
Smarter surfing thanks to Sreenath Sreenivasan.
sreetips.com
WhitePages.com
Search for people and businesses in the United States by name, address or phone number.
whitepages.com
Yahoo! Search
Search engine results from the first large scale directory of the internet.
yahoo.lucaslarson.net
ZabaSearch
A people finder service offering public domain telephone number and postal address information.
zabasearch.com
Shopping
Amazon
Books and music; includes personalized recommendations and wish lists for registered users.
amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
The largest book retailer in the United States. Online bookstore includes ebooks, bestsellers, college textbooks, music, software, and online courses.
bn.com
eBay
International person-to-person auction site, with products sorted into categories.
ebay.com
FedEx
Shipping company offering integrated transportation, information, and logistics solutions.
fedex.com
Google Product Search
Google’s product search engine and shopping directory.
google.lucaslarson.net/products
Grooming Lounge
Offers classic barbershop and modern health spa services.
groominglounge.com
MoMA Online Store
Classic modern and cutting-edge design products for adults and kids, including items produced exclusively by MoMA and items represented in its collection.
momastore.org
Time
Australian Skeptics - The Calendar
A history of calendars developed and used over the centuries.
skeptics.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/theskeptic/1995/1.pdf
Burtz 13-Month Year
13 months composed of 28 days each. All 13 months have exactly four weeks of seven days each. Weeks and months correspond with the phases of the moon.
web.archive.org/web/burtz.ch/13-month_year.html
Calendar Converter
Convert dates to and from a variety of calendars.
fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar
Calendar Zone
Dates in history; links to biographical and geographical events. Also includes recipes and poetry.
calendarzone.com
Current Local and World Standard Percentage Metric Time Clock
Gives the current time as the percentage of the day that has elapsed thus far for both your local location and Greenwich.
raywinstead.com/metricclock.shtml
DIME = Decimal Time
Shows correlation between decimal and 24-hour time.
serg.us/dime
Guide to Metric Time
10 decidays per day, 100 millidays per deciday, and 100 quintodays per milliday.
zapatopi.net/metrictime
Hearod.com - Metric Time
A cumulative gathering of data from different websites regarding decimal time.
hearod.com/Metric-Time
History of the 13-Month Calendar
The Positivist Calendar of 13 months of 28 days each.
personal.ecu.edu/mccartyr/13-month.htm
iCalShare
Directory of shared calendars and ICS files with over 1500 calendars in more than 35 different categories.
icalshare.com
Metric Time
A proposal for an entire system of measurement of time, following the metric ideal of units divisible by ten to the maximum extent possible.
faculty.indwes.edu/bcupp/things/metrictm.htm
Official United States Time
Public service cooperatively provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory.
time.gov
Walk Through Time - The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages
Ancient calendars, early clocks, and world time scales and time zones.
physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
World Clock
Current time in many places in the world.
timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html
World Time Zone
A map of time zones around the world, each showing the current time.
worldtimezone.com
Travel
Bing Travel
Airline ticket price monitor to help time trip booking. Formerly Farecast.
bing.com/travel
Cheap Tickets
Provides travel services, including airline tickets, cruise tickets, auto rentals, and hotel reservations.
cheaptickets.com
City-Data.com
Statistics about American cities including maps, race, income, education, crime, weather, area codes, ZIP codes, and similar cities.
city-data.com
Expedia
Compare prices, shop for a vacation or cruise, reserve a room, or rent a car.
expedia.com
FlightView.com: Flight Tracker
Track flights by airline, flight number, cities, airport code, or time. Includes departure and arrival times, altitude, speed, flight path weather, and status.
flightview.com/traveltools
HistoryLink
Chronicle of the history of Seattle and King County, Washington.
historylink.org
JetBlue Airways
A low-cost airline, headquartered in New York, running flights to and from JFK, LGB, and BOS.
jetblue.com
Kayak
Aggregates flight, hotel, and car rental information from other websites and allows easy criteria adjustment and comparison.
kayak.com
Lost in Seattle
Interactive map showing thousands of shops and buildings; the ultimate local street map.
lostinseattle.com
Missoulian Webcam
Downtown Missoula as seen from the Missoulian.
missoulian.com/weather
Orbitz
Provides customers with access to the broadest choice of airfares and some of the lowest prices for flights, hotels, and rental cars.
orbitz.com
Places OnLine
Annotated links to the world’s best place-based websites from the Association of American Geographers.
placesonline.org
Priceline.com
Name your own price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, new cars, and home finance.
priceline.com
SeatGuru
Guide to passenger seating on many airlines, including American, British Airways, Delta, Qantas, and United. Drawings indicate good and bad seats, exit locations and seat sizes.
seatguru.com
Seattle Shmeng
The mystery of why Seattle sucks.
seattle.shmeng.com
Seattle Times Webcam
Looking west toward the Space Needle and the Experience Music Project from South Lake Union.
seattletimes.com/weather/images/cerulean.jpg
Step into Places
Guide to almost 12000 museums, historic houses, zoos, airports, parks, and tourism agencies.
stepintoplaces.com
Tomy.morel Webcams
View webcams from around the world, one continent at a time.
tomy.morel.free.fr/linux/test/?pg=webcam
Travelocity
Offers a variety of travel services, including fare finder, hotel and car rental information, reservations, and destination information.
travelocity.com
VRSeattle.com
QuickTime virtual tours of Seattle.
vrseattle.com
Webcams.travel
Webcams from all around the world. Navigate through 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional maps, and find webcams by tags.
webcams.travel
Weather
AccuWeather - Missoula
Features radar, satellite images, and a 15-day forecast for Missoula, MT.
accuweather.com/forecast-15day-us.asp?zipcode=59808
AccuWeather - New York
Features radar, satellite images, and a 15-day forecast for New York, NY.
accuweather.com/forecast-15day-us.asp?zipcode=10018
AccuWeather - Seattle
Features radar, satellite images, and a 15-day forecast for Seattle, WA.
accuweather.com/forecast-15day-us.asp?zipcode=98122
National Weather Service Forecast - New York City
The federal government’s best determination of weather in the coming week.
forecast.weather.gov/afm/PointClick.php
US Current Temperature Map
Graphic with Fahrenheit temperatures of many locations in the contiguous United States.
vortex.plymouth.edu/ustemp.gif
Weather Channel - New York
Monthly forecast and current conditions.
weather.com/weather/tenday/10018
Weather Underground
Weather forecasts for the US and the world with an easy-to-use multilingual interface. Includes weather maps, radar images and historical data.
wunderground.com