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

 

Travel

  www.sidestep.com - great travel site

  www.biddingfortravel.com  - another travel aid site.

  maps.google.com  - great mapping and trip planning resource, plus business locator

 

Web Traffic

  www.internettrafficreport.com/  - health of Internet

 

Humor

   www.iworkwithfools.com/

 

   www.ucomics.com  - lots of comics strips listed

 

  www.funny2.com  – careful!

 

  www.boreme.com – careful!

 

  http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/about/best/ – careful!

SHOPPING

  www.a9.com  - Amazon.com search engine

  www.ebay.com – enough said!

            www.bidnapper.com/  bidding services

  dealnews.com/ - list of great buys

  www.pricewatch.com/ - nice product and price locator 

  www.pricegrabber.com/  - another good shopping aid

 

Antivirus and Security

   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 

         www.gmap-pedometer.com/