Internet Adventure Presentation 2005
CPCUG Virginia Special Interest Group
17 October 2005
Health
www.active.com
– for those on the go!
Education & Reference sites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia (where you can even participate
dictionary.reference.com/ - online dictionary
www.webopedia.com - low
jargon dictionary
www.wordcount.org – fun site on frequency of word use
www.extremetech.com - For
the techie (PC Magazine)
www.techrepublic.com – my favorite tech
and management site (try joining their email lists)
thisweekintech.com/ - highly rated podcast
Humor
www.ucomics.com - lots of comics strips listed
www.funny2.com – careful!
www.boreme.com – careful!
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/best/ – careful!
www.zonelabs.com
- ZoneAlarm internet firewall software (freeware
version available – look carefully)
www.purportal.com/
- central location for checking out possible hoaxes
www.grisoft.com - free AVG Anti-Virus software
housecall.antivirus.com/ - Trend Micro - free online virus and spyware scanners
Virus
info
www.astalavista.com/ - a different way at looking at security
vil.nai.com/ - McAfee's Virus Information Library
www.symantec.com/avcenter/ - Symantec's Antivirus Research
MISC
www.Annoyances.org
- MS Windows Annoyances
www.federalnewsradio.com/ - Federal News Radio
www.firstgov.gov/ - search engine for government specific sites
www.kbb.com/ - Kelley
Blue Book - value of used vehicles
usajobs.opm.gov/ - searching
for government jobs on the internet
washingtondc.craigslist.org/
- awesome local site
www.fool.com/ - Motley Fool (!) - my favorite financial advise
resource
www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1738,7488,00.asp – Top internet sites
Mapping applications to help record
distances traveled during a workout
www.webwalking.com/googlemap.htm and