My Favorite Web Sites

Friday, 8/3/01

These are the sites that I visit on a regular basis and like (the sites I visit on a regular basis and don’t like are not listed : ):

• Google is the greatest search engine on the planet. I used to use others, but now, why bother?
   
• Dictionary.com is a necessity for me because I’m a terrible speller (although it didn’t help me spell repitwa earlier today!). Plus, it has a thesaurus and an acronym expander. I’m impressed a number of folks when they’ve tried to use wacky anonyms on me and I can pretend like I knew it all along.
   
• The Yahoo Groups page is a great place to start and maintain groups. I’ve got one myself (the Windows Technical off Topic group).
   
• CodeProject.com. Whenever I need a hunk of code that I haven’t written myself, I start here.
   
• Joel on Software is one of my favorite blogs. I think he’s a genius because he says stuff I agree with.
   
• I use the Internet Movie Database all the time to settle arguments over movies, find related movies, find release times, etc. It’s been around for a long, long time and is still a really great site.
   
• The archive for DevelopMentor’s mailing lists is invaluable. I’ve avoided looking silly so many times by searching here first before sticking my foot in my mouth (actually, I could stand to use it a lot more, come to think of it : ).
   
• Microsoft’s mailing list archive is useful, too.
   
• Whenever I need a map, MapQuest is there.
   
• Whenever I need a computer (not quite as often as I need a map, but often enough…), I use Dell’s Refurbished computer site. You have to make sure you’re getting exactly what you need and you might have to stake it out a few days to make that happen, but the prices are so good on slightly handled Dell computers with the same warranty as the new ones, that I wouldn’t buy a computer anywhere else.