Surfin' the Interwebs

This page includes just some of the links I've collected over the years. Also see the other pages for links related to those topics.

Reference

Package Tracking - FedEx or UPS
USPS Address and ZIP Code Information
Units Conversion - Megaconverter or Online Conversion
Correct time - Navy or NIST
How Stuff Works
Everyrule - rules for every game and sport
'Lectric Law Library - information on numerous legal issues
National Highway Traffic Safety - crash test results, recalls, etc.
Guinness Book of Records
BugMeNot - free passwords for websites that require registration
NAUPA - finding unclaimed property (links to state sites)
Find Federal Govt sites - The Federal Web Locator or FirstGov
The Straight Dope - fighting ignorance since 1973!
The Urban Legends Reference Page - from snopes.com, also see Truth or Fiction
Today in History from Scope Systems, or from 440 International or from The History Channel
The Oracle of Bacon links any actor to Kevin Bacon, or Star Links links any two actors
Dead or Alive?
Wayback Machine - archived web pages since 1996

Google Earth - awesome free software download
Google Maps
Map Builder - create your own Google maps, see also Google Map API
Windows Live Local - formerly Virtual Earth
Yahoo! Maps and their API
Expedia Maps - online maps
MSN Maps - including international
MapQuest! - including international
Tiger Mapping Service - from the US Census Bureau
National Atlas - from USGS
TopoZone - online topographic maps
Maptech - online topographic maps
Wikimapia - user-contributed locations marked on a Google map
Univ. of Texas Online Maps - scans of historical and international maps
Omni Resources - buy maps online
Travel Genie - buy maps online for genealogy
maps.com - buy maps online
The Gold Bug - buy maps online
Maps 2 Anywhere - buy maps online
Garmin Mapsource - map data for GPS units
Geocaching - GPS treasure hunting game
GPS Waypoints - of interesting places, contributed by users
USGS Mapping Information - find towns, mountains, lakes, creeks, cemeteries, etc.
U.S. Gazetteer - from the US Census Bureau
Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names
GeoNames Server - from National Geospatial Intellience Agency
Canada Gazetteer
Terraserver - aerial and satellite imagery
Digital Globe - satellite imagery
Spot Image catalog - satellite imagery
GeoEye - satellite imagery (formerly OrbImage and Space Imaging)
USGS Earth Explorer - satellite imagery
NASA Earth Observatory - satellite imagery

WWWebsters online dictionary
Wiktionary - from the Wikipedia folks
YourDictionary - links to dictionaries for many languages
refdesk.com - lots more reference links
Library Spot
WWW Virtual Library
Encyclopedia Britannica
Bartleby's Reference Books
Netlingo - chat abbreviations
Encyclopedia Mythica - encyclopedia of mythology
Law Dictionary
Crossword Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Rap Dictionary
Hyper Dictionary - English, Computer, Dreams, and Medical dictionaries
Acronym Finder
Free Translation - translation from one language to another
Urban Dictionary - a slang dictionary
Slang Dictionary
Wordsmyth
Detective Novel Slang
The Skeptic's Dictionary
Pseudodictionary - made up words
Take Our Word For It - word origins
Word Origins
Engrish - humorous examples of tortured English
Visual Thesaurus - very cool graphical thesaurus - limited online use without purchase