Reference

1. Datavor. Datavor is a search engine that searches all of the major search engines simultaneously.

2. Clusty. Clusty organizes search results into folders grouping similar items together. Thus a search for ‘pearl’ organizes the top 250-500 results into subject folders such as Jewelry, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Jam, Steinbeck Novel and Daniel Pearl. Clusty allows users to focus on the area of interest without all the chaff.

3. PreviewSeek. PreviewSeek is an advanced search engine that uses artificial intelligence algorithms to help you find stuff.

4. Google Scholar. Google Scholar helps you search for academic books and articles.

5. Google Earth. Extremely cool. Check it out.

6. Google Maps. Need a map?

7. MapQuest. How do I get there from here?

8. About.com. Answers to everything!

9. Answers.com. More answers to everything!

10. Dictionary.com. Need an on-line dictionary?

11. Urban Dictionary. Need to understand the latest slang and "hip" terms you overheard on the bus?

12. Thesaurus.com. Need an on-line thesaurus?

13. Wikipedia. Need an on-line encyclopedia?

14. Encyclopedia Britannica. The Britannica on-line.

15. InfoPlease. Need and almanac, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and the white pages all in one place?

16. Zip Code Look-up. Need to find a zip code?

17. E-Mail and Chat Acronyms. Ever wonder what lol and imho mean?

Weather

1. Weather. AccuWeather.com, Weather.com, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, WeatherTools.com

Time

1. Virtual Perpetual Calendars. Want to know (say) the day on which Mother's Day and Easter Sunday fall in 2010?

2. Time. WorldTimeServer.com and Time.gov

Drinks

1. Drink Recipes. Forgot how to make Long Island Ice Tea? Click here or here.

Newspapers

1. NewsPapers.com. Search over 10,000 newspapers on-line.

Passports

1. Passport Forms. Renew, or get your first, passport.

Save the Internet

1. Save the Internet. An alliance to protect internet freedom. Don't let the vested interests take away our freedom!

Software

1. OpenOffice.org. Free MS Office-like software (it's even better than MS Office).

2. Data Recovery Freeware. If you have a corrupted file, don't panic before checking out this site.

3. W3Schools. A collection of free HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, WAP, ASP, SQL tutorials with lots of working examples and source code.

4. Sneakemail. An excellent weapon in the war on spam.

5. MozDev.org. Comprehensive site for open software development. Lots of cool, free, software.

6. FireFox Browser. An excellent, free, alternative to Microsoft Explorer.

7. Opera Browser. Another excellent, free, alternative to Microsoft Explorer.

8. Thunderbird E-Mail Package. Excellent, free, e-mail package.

9. TinyURL.com. Shorten long URLs and make them useable. Short URLs don't break in e-mail messages.

10. Freeware. Lots of free software.

Fun Stuff

1. So you think you're good at math, huh? Click here and here and here.

2. Darwin Awards. Never underestimate the stupidity of your fellow man!

3. Beloit College Mindset List. Ever wonder what the freshmen are thinking?

4. J.F.K. Assassination Homepage. Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone?

5. Webs Made by Spiders Fed Drug-Dosed Flies. I hope these spiders don't drive when they're partying.

6. More Webs Made by Spiders on Various Drugs. The effects of caffeine look the worst -- Do you really want that second cup of coffee?

7. Population Clocks. How many people are currently in the world? In the U.S.?

8. 30,000 Calorie Sandwich. You've got to see this to believe it. I wonder what this guy's cholesterol numbers are.

9. How to Fold a Shirt. Think you know how?

10. I Hate Clowns. The official site of the clown-hating community.

11. Stumpf Fiddles. This instrument was invented in my home town of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Belive me, you haven't lived until you've seen a stumpf fiddle band playing in the Sheboygan Fourth of July parade.

12. Iditarod. A race over 1,150 miles of the extreme and beautiful terrain know to human-kind.