The Requisite 'Cool Links' Page

eFax

Get a free fax # for incoming faxes.  They arrive in your email inbox as attachments.  Other services available too.

CollegeClub.com

Lesser known web portal which gives free email and content geared toward the college aged. *

Merchant's Encyclopedia of HTML

All in one place "pocket" guide to HTML, etc.

Terraserver

This is really cool.  It has aerial maps of the entire world that you can zoom in on, like your house or any city.  A bit of a learning curve to it, but it is worth the trouble.  My house

Fine Wines

For the wine connoisseur.

Whois

Do a "whois" search to find out who owns a web domain.

Netcraft

Find out what web server software and O/S any site is using. Try typing "www.microsoft.com" in their search text box and see what you get!

Visual Route

Trace web sites, email, etc to its source.

CopyIt

Freeware Utility that performs screen captures that can be saved to disk

Programming Languages

Links to sites with information on many programming languages.

New Jersey Virtual University

For New Jersey residents anyway, links to institutions in NJ offering on-line college courses and degrees.  Helped me to get 2 AAS degrees.

Good Apple Gag!

Neat gag page that makes it appear to the user that their Windows O/S has been replaced by Macintosh.

Lab Tests On-line

No, you cannot get the lab tests actually done on-line yet, that's 20 years away!  Still this non-profit public resource contains information about all different medical tests you may find yourself having to undergo.  How the test is done, why it is done, what the results mean, etc.  All the stuff you always forget to ask the doctor or the testing service while you are still in their offices.

Irfan View 3.85

Irfan View is a skinny freeware image viewer/converter that works on all Windows platforms.  Haven't tried it yet, but heard good things about it.  A useful tool in you bag of tricks.

Cygwin

Have you always wanted Unix/Linux on your machine but didn't care to devote the partition or the effort to setting it  up.  Cygwin, GNU Software claims to be a Unix and/or Linux emulator which runs as an overlay over Windows.  I understood it to be purely Unix, but the site seems to be touting it as a Linux emulator.  Maybe both are available.  You'll have to scour the massive site to settle that, I haven't had time to investigate.

Color Palette

Gives RGB hex,  decimal values and HTML tag code for the color chart.  Keep in mind that in gifs, anything beyond the 16 basic colors may not render the same on all PC's.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, just skip this one!