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Useful Sites
- 50 States & Capitals - http://www.50states.com/
- Learn more about a state and its capital here.
- Allwhois.com - http://www.allwhois.com/
- Do a search here and find the "whois" database for the particular domain name and it will display the output for you. If a "whois" database does not exist for a particular domain name, a Root Name Server query will check the domain's availability.
- AmericasDoctor - http://www.americasdoctor.com/
- Find a Board Certified Physician 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
- AntiVirus Online - http://www.av.ibm.com/InsideTheLab/VirusInfo/
- IBM's AntiVirus Online - lots of information on known computer viruses.
- Boy the Bear's Age Gauge - http://web.superb.net/boy/age1.html
- Find out how old you are compared to others and how old you were when things happened in the news.
- Cancellations.com - http://www.cancellations.com/cdc/index.asp
- Wondering if an event has been delayed or cancelled? Try checking it out here. It's easy to use! *S*
- Currency Exchange Rates - http://www.travlang.com/money.htm
- Provides the latest exchange rates between your choice of currencies along with some extra information if you need it.
- Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) - http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
- Check here to find out about Internet computer virus hoaxes.
- The Dialectizer - http://rinkworks.com/dialect/
- Translate your favorite sites into a number of dialects including Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, or Pig Latin. You can also translate text and with a little cut-and-past, send a colorful e-mail to a friend.
- Did You Know? - http://www.didyouknow.com/
- This site covers animals, kids, music, books, sports, the world, and more. It has a special kids only area too!
- DoD Dictionary of Military & Associated Terms - http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/
- Department of Defense's database of military terms.
- Easy Type - http://www.easytype.com/
- Online typing tutor for all ages. Must have at least Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0+ or Netscape Communicator version 4.0+.
- The Etymology of First Names - http://www.pacificcoast.net/~muck/etym.html
- Find out the Origin and Meaning of First Names.
- Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
- Find out where everybody who was anybody is buried. You can search here by name, location, claim to fame, or birth dates and death dates.
- 1st Books Library - http://www.1stbooks.com/?1stlibrary
- Preview and download 3,000 + electronic books for free here directly to your computer!
- Foreign Languages for Travelers - http://www.travlang.com/languages/index.html
- Now has over 70 languages for you to choose from to learn.
- get@lert - http://www.getalert.com/index.html
- An information service that currently offers alerts and updates to stock prices, weather reports and horoscope reports by utilizing technologies like PCS, SMS and E-mail.
- HotSheet web quick reference - http://www.hotsheet.com/
- A web page that offers links to almost anything and everything all on one page!
- How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/
- Not sure about how something works? Check out this site to find out the answer! It even tells you "how Christmas works"!
- IP Address to Latitude/Longitude - http://cello.cs.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/slamm/ip2ll/
- Convert host names to latitude and longitude when you want to plot your WWW accesses on the globe.
- Map Machine: Atlas @ nationalgeographic.com - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/index.html
- From National Geographic: "The Map Machine Atlas offers maps, flags, facts and profiles for the countries of the world and the U.S. states."
- Metric Conversion Tables - http://www.french-property.com/cgi-bin/ifp/convert.pl
- France uses the metric system of measurement and you can get conversion from/to metric and imperial and US measurement systems here.
- OneLook Dictionaries - http://www.onelook.com/
- Make it easy on yourself when you need to use the dictionary to find out what a word means. This site will check out many different sources according to your choice and show you the results from all.
- Online Computing Dictionary -
(old URL) http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html or
(new URL) http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
- Enter a word or phrase in the box at the top of any page here and click the Search button or hit Enter. They now have over 1100 contributors for information used in some entries.
- RepairNow - http://www.repairnow.com/repairnow/
- Find a Service Professional for whatever you needed fixing around your home.
- Speedtrap Registry - http://www.speedtrap.com/
- You must have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or greater, or Netscape Communicator version 4.0 or greater to access this site. Speedtrap.com provides people on the move a service that informs them of potential traffic slowdowns, traffic hazards and other information to help save them time during their commute. Their service is not intended to promote speeding and complies with all current state and federal laws.
- Translations - http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/
- Get the translation from plain text or a web page from/to English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- travlang's Translating dictionaries - http://dictionaries.travlang.com/
- Offers 16 language dictionaries to help you with your translation needs.
- Universal Currency Converter - http://www.xe.net/currency/
- From Xenon Laboratories - "The Universal Currency Converter™ allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversion on the Internet."
- USNO Master Clock Time - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html
- Find out what time it is any place in the world or you can convert to Universal time from here.
- Virtual Reference Desk - http://www.refdesk.com/main.html
- Easiest way to find whatever online reference you're looking for without having to do a lot of searching. My kids like the My Homework Helper section.
- Vmyths - http://www.kumite.com/myths/
- (formerly the Computer Virus Myths home page) Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, and the implications if you believe in them. You can also search a list of computer virus hoaxes from A to Z.
- Weather24 - http://www.weather24.com/
- Find out the weather forecasts by city, state, or zipcode here. You can even have the forecast sent to you by e-mail for free to keep update on the weather for whatever area you choose.
- Weather Cams - http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
- University of Michigan's list of over 800 weather cameras across North America.
- The Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/
- Find the weather for any country, city, state or by zipcode and in your choice of languages, too.
- Web Interface to Whois - http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/
- Search here for Web Address, NIC handle, or host IP.
- World Time Zone - http://www.isbister.com/worldtime/
- Another place to find out what time it is any place in the world by country or state.
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