reference

dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary • Merriam-Webster • DICT • FOLDOC • IDP • yourdictionary

other research tools

Urban Legends • Straight Dope

encyclopediæ

world factbook • britannica

genealogy

look family of martha's vineyard • look family newsletter • Hamrick US Surname Distribution •

atlases & geography

US National Atlas •

movies

imdb ( search current selection) •

books

nytimes book review •

music

allmusic • trouser press • delusions of adequacy • cats cradle • war against silence

food

hot pepper primer •

religion

King James Bible • Koran • Skeptics Annotated Bible

sysadmin

RFCs, spam-l FAQ •

technology

howstuffworks •

language

fun

the word detective •

translation

Babelfish •

fun

comics

doctor fun • sluggy freelance

various

economist diversions • straight dope • satirewire • swollen.net •

news

FAIR

world

US

nytimes • wsj • washpost • cnn • ms nbc • salon • indy media • defenselink • the nation • medianews • counterpunch • stratfor • national review • daily howler •

british

economist • the times • iht • bbc • the register • sunday times

asia

sydney morning herald • south china morning post • times of india • moscow times • pravda • world press review

middle east

islam online • jerusalem post • middle east wire • arab world news • peshawar frontier post • al ahram weekly

local

north carolina

news & observer • wral weather

technology

wired news • walt mossberg • ars technica • evolt • internet scout report • sysadmin mag • technology review • freshnews • newsforge

apple

macaddict • macslash • macosrumors • workingmac • macnn • think secret • stepwise • spymac • apple turns • Apple security • macsecurity • securemac • macfixit • xlr8yourmac

science

blogs

metafilter • ntk • tbtf • memepool • obscure store

finance

banks

first citizens •

investing

e*trade • clearstation • legg mason • wsj • - map of the market • my yahoo!

property

truck

Kelly Blue Book •

house

mortgage calculator •

bills

Time Warner Cable • Scana/PSNC • Progress Energy/CP&L • BellSouth • Working Assets (WALD) • City of Raleigh (water) • Bank of America • First Citizens