| Search Engines & Directories |
Google
- A big, fast, Linux-based search engine
Google Groups
- A search engine for Usenet postings
Freshmeat
- Search Free Software releases
Open Channel Foundation
- Search gov/edu software releases
Wikipedia
- Best online encylopedia
Internet Movie Database
- Movie/TV database
Internet SF Database
- Texas A & M Science Fiction DB
Technorati
- Weblog/RSS searches
Distro Watch
- Search DB of known Linux distros
Whois Source
- Whois Meta-Searches
PubChem
- Search the NIH molecule DB
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| News and Blogs |
Google News
- Up to the minute news from everywhere
REAL science
- Controversial science news
Texas Citizens for Science
- News on various anti-science groups in TX
Bad Astronomy
- Bad and misused science
Advogato
- News and diary site for hackers
Slashdot
- News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
Data Center Knowledge
- ISP/Data center news
Engadget Mobile
- Mobile phone news
Photography Bay
- Photo gear blog
LWN
- Linux Weekly News
FootNotes
- Latest info on the Gnome Desktop project
Cryptome
- Cryptography and security news
Sci-Fi Storm
- Science Fiction News
MetaFilter
- Higher volume, lower quality version of memepool
Kernel Trap
- Linux developement news
robots.net
- Robotics and AI news
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| Finance |
Yahoo! Financial
- Handy for delayed stock quotes and business news
WSJ Money Flows
- Stocks being bought on weakness/sold on strength
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| Fun Stuff |
Zippy the Pinhead
- Today's Zippy strip
The Joy of Tech
- by Nitrozac & Snaggy
xkcd
- Comic about romance, sarcasm, math, and language
Basic Instructions
- Basic Instructions
Dinosaur Comics
- Dinosaur Comics
Everybody loves (Eric) Raymond
- Comic about ESR, RMS, Linus and friends
Doctor Fun
- Sort of a high-tech version of the Far-Side
explodingdog
- Daily artwork by suggestion
Political Compass
- Determine your political orientation
News of the Weird
- Weekly collection of odd news items
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| Regional Weather and Information |
The Weather Channel - Dallas, TX
- Radar images for DFW
NCTCOG NEXRAD Radar
- Regional TX and DFW weather radar views
NCTCOG NEXRAD Radar
- Large, animated north TX weather radar view
NOAA Central Texas Radar
- Tarrant, Dallas, and surrounding counties
NOAA Precipitation Analysis
- NOAA Precipitation maps
NOAA West Gulf River Forecasts
- NOAA flood maps for TX
Dallas Flood Control
- rainfall measurements and flood maps
ERCOT Grid Info
- Texas electrical grid status
DFW Traffic Cameras
- Watch the local traffic
TCEQ Ozone Anmiations
- Watch the local ozone levels
NCTCOG Air Quality Data
- DFW ozone animations and raw data
EPA 8-Hour Ozone Designation
- Latest ratings for TX
Dallas Weather Blog
- Belo blog about Dallas weather
Odonata Central
- Dragonfly and Damselfly database
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| Regional News and Events |
Pegasus News
- Dallas News Blog
I live in Dallas
- Multi author blog of local stuff
Renegade Bus
- Culture and the Curious in Dallas
The Soda Gallery
- Art gallery with soda!
Texas Nature Blog
- By assorted TX authors
DFW Blogs
- Regional weblogs
Regional SF Conventions
- SF conventions near Texas
SF Conventions Calendar
- SF conventions calendar
DallasFood.org
- Local Restaurant Reviews
News You Can Eat
- Teresa Gubbins' dallas food blog
The Sub-Rosa
- Deep Ellum Art Blog
Texas Startup Blog
- News and info on regional startups
Clandestine
- Texas Celtic Music
24 Hour Video Race
- Teams make 5 minute videos in 24 hours
Art Calendar
- Dallas Art Revue event calendar
ArtGroupsDFW
- Dallas Art News
ShowTimes
- Regional movie listings
24-7 Estate Sales
- DFW estate sale listings
EstateSales.net
- DFW estate sale listings
Dallas Morning News estate sales
- DFW estate sale listings
Craigslist Estate Sales
- DFW estate sale listings
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| Regional Groups and Organizations |
Dallas Reforestation Fund
- Help plant some new trees
Audubon Society
- Dallas chapter
Amphibians and Reptiles of DFW -
- Photos and sightings of local species
ODP DFW Links
- General Dallas/Ft.Worth Information
Dallas.php
- Dallas PHP User's Group
North TX LUG
- NTLUG Meeting Info
DFW Unix User's Group
- DFWUUG Meeting Info
DFWWUG
- DFW Wireless Users Group
DFW CUG
- DFW Cisco Users Group
DFW Perl Mongers
- DFW Perl Meeting Info
Dallas Rubyists
- Dallas Ruby Users Group
GeekMeet.com
- GeekMeet networking events
Dallas Internet Society
- DIS network events
ARC International
- Computer and Electronics Recycling
DFWFreeNet
- DFW wireless mesh project
Deep Wireless
- Deep Ellum wireless mesh project
Clandestine
- Texas Celtic Music
La Reunion
- Dallas art collective
Continental Gin Bldg
- Deep Ellum art collective
photopol.us
- DFW photog nerds
DPRG
- The Dallas Personal Robotics Group
AUV UTD
- The UTD AUV Team mailing list
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| Other Interesting Organizations |
The Planetary Society
- Help explore the universe
The Foundational Questions Institute
- Funds non-mainstream theoretical physics
SETI@home
- Help find extraterrestrial life
LinuxFund
- Community funding for Open/Free development
Free Software Foundation
- Think "free speech" not "free beer"
OpenSource.org
- Just as open but not as free
Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Help fight the forces of evil
Lifeboat Foundation
- Thinking about threats from terrorism to asteroids
Free Government
- A political meta-party
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| Reference |
yourDictionary.com
- Searches hundreds of dictionaries
The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
- Very handy!
The Phrontistery
- Unusual Words and Language Resources
The Jargon File
- The one true compendium of hacker slang and folklore
The Code of the Geeks
- Official site of the Geek Code
Netcraft Web Server Stats
- Monthly web server market share statistics
OS Sucks-Rules-O-Meter
- Find out if Windows sucks or Linux rules today
Top 500
- List of the 500 most powerful computers
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| Linux Links |
Open-Graphics
- Project Developing Free/Open Source friendly 3D graphics HW
linux.org
- A starting place when you don't know where else to look
Linux Kernel Archive
- Latest stable and development kernel source
Linux Memory Management
- Latest tips on optimizing memory usage
V4L Wiki
- Video For Linux Project
Free 3D
- Info on Free Software X drivers for 3D/OpenGL acceleration
The Linux Documentation Project
- Guides, HOWTOs, man pages, and FAQs
Linux Standards Base
- Linux Standarization and compatibility project
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| Server and Administration Stuff |
PostgreSQL Database
- Sophisticated Object-Relational SQL DBMS
Webalizer
- My favorite stat generator for httpd logs
CGI Resource Index
- Lots of cgi scripts
The Advanced BASH Scripting Guide
- Guide to the BASH shell
IP Tables
- Centos/RHEL IP Tables documentation
Linux command line tips
- Handy Linux cheatsheet
CERT
- Latest security advisories and incident notes
TradePub.com
- Good source for trade publications
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| Website & Software Development |
CSiBE
- GCC Code-Size Benchmarks
C FAQ
- comp.lang.c FAQ
C++ FAQ
- comp.lang.c++ FAQ
Oracle FAQ
- FAQs on Oracle programming topics
SQL Answers
- A gentle introduction to SQL
CGI.pm
- Online Documentation for the Perl CGI module
CPAN
- Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
mod_perl Guide
- Latest Revision of the mod_perl Documentation
Apache Modules
- Apache Module API docs
Apache Portable Runtime
- APR docs
JavaScript References
- Official Javascript documentation
CSS-Discuss Wiki
- Good source of CSS tech tips
HTML 4.01
- W3C HyperText Markup Language
XHTML 1.1
- W3C Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XML 1.0
- W3C Extensible Markup Language
XPath Tutorial
- Simple XPath examples
HTML Validator
- W3C HTML/XHTML Validator
CSS Validator
- W3C CSS Validator
A Dictionary of HTML META Tags
- Lots of info on obscure META tags
Unmaintained Free Software List
- Need a project to work on?
Gnome CVS Instructions
- Basic help for the gnome.org CVS
Patch and Rebuild a Source RPM
- Hints on making code changes to SRPMs
Patching Guidelines
- Patch generation and submission notes
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| Patents and "Intellectual Property" |
US PTO Patent Search
- Patent Full Text DB
The Anatomy of a Trivial Patent
- How lawyers turn obvious ideas into patents
Sequential Innovation, Patents, and Imitation
- MIT on why patents stifle innovation
Public Patent Foundation
- Opposes wrongy issued patents and unsound patent policy
Anti-DMCA.org
- Opposes Digital Millennium Copyright Act
EFF Patent Busting Project
- Help the EFF document the damages caused by software patents
League for Programming Freedom
- Helping to stop software patents
Bust Patents
- Links to legal resources and tools
Fighting Software Patents - Singly and Together
- Stallman on patents
No Software Patents!
- Help Europe avoid the patent mess the US is in
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
- Non-Profit EU patent/copyright group
Software Patent Institute
- Non-profit database of code to help invalidate software patents
ShouldExist
- Have an idea? Posting it here may help prevent it from being patented
Did you say "Intellectual Property"?
- Stallman on misleading language
Myths about "intellectual property"
- Ancient? Necessary? I don't think so
OpenRAW
- Advocates adoption of a non-proprietary file format for digital cameras
RAWpository
- Sample RAW format files to assist reverse-engineering
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| Audio and Sound |
Sound & MIDI Software for Linux
- The definitive list
Linux Audio Dev List
- Good source of Linux audio info
MIDI Manufacturers Assoc.
- MIDI Standards and Documentation
Creative Commons Audio
- Directories of CC licensed music
Wikipedia:Sound/List
- Full length copyleft/PD musical works in ogg format
Public Domain MP3
- Archive of public domain recordings
PD Info
- Public Domain Music Information and FAQs
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| Interesting Friends of Mine |
Roger Arrick
- Drummer, robot builder, and analog synth designer
Jim Brown
- A Swirling Brain of crazy ideas
Susan Chance-Rainwater
- Genealogist with a hyphenated last name
Erin Clark
- A designer of websites and hats
Lacey Crawford
- World travelling painter, sculpter, website designer and friend
Ed Howdershelt
- Friend from the citadel BBS days. Now publishes SF at Abintra Press
Alek Komarnitsky
- Fellow ODP editor with a nice carcasherdotcom seocontest page
Maher Maso
- Another friend from the Citadel BBS days. Maher ran the 5th Dimension.
Jerry Pournelle
- Rocket scientist and author
Bill Rogers
- A comrade from high school days with some cool HTML.
April Samuels
- Drummer and President of 100 Proof Entertainment
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| IRC Channels I Frequent |
apache-modules
- Apache module development
DPRGLive
- DPRG Tuesday night live RBNO chat
Evolution
- GNOME Evolution
FOAF
- FOAF developers
GNU
- Official GNU Project
Hurd
- GNU Hurd developers
mod_virgule
- mod_virgule developers
nouveau
- nVidia reverse engineering project
Open Social
- Google Open Social stuff
pidgin
- IM client formerly known as GAIM
Robotics
- Robot builders
SWIG
- Semantic Web Interest Group
ubuntu-dallas
- Dallas Ubuntu SIG
pastebin
- Web-based cut-and-paste
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