About the Links
Below are some of my favorite links to various sites around the internet.
Top 5
- TED
- Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers.
- Wikipedia
- A massive collaborative encyclopedia.
- PriceGrabber
- Price comparision site, mainly tech stuff.
- Consumer Search
- Best source of expert product reviews.
- Metacritic
- Compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, books, music, games...
Family & Friends
- 6Sawins
- The Sawin family website.
- Debbie's Gallery
- The online gallery of Debbie Sawin.
- ShaggySS
- Scott
& Emily Sawin's online photo website.
- BabySawin
- Scott
& Emily Sawin's baby website.
Useful Free Software
- Paint.Net
- An image editor with advanced features.
- Undelete Plus
- Can restore accidentally deleted files.
- GreenPrint
- Printing assistant that removes blank pages and allows saving as PDF.
- IE7Pro
- An add-on for Internet Explorer which adds a lot of features and extras.
- TreeSize Free
- Shows how much disk space each folder is using.
- K-Lite Codec Pack
- Software that will allow you to playback almost any audio or video file.
- Spybot
- An anti-spyware program.
- FileZilla
- An FTP program.
- OpenOffice
- An Office Suite, a competitor to MS Office.
- AVG Anti-Virus
- A basic anti-virus program.
- BitComet
- A Bit Torrent client to download 'torrents'.
- PeerGuardian 2
- P2P protection software; a must have if downloading illegitimate content.
- FastStone Image Viewer
- A fast image viewer with photo editing capabilities.
- Picasa
- Photo management software, also has a fast viewer and can edit photos.
- DVD Flick
- Program that allows you to burn almost any kind of video file to a playable DVD
- Pic Resize
- Online image editing tool.
Real Estate Resources
- Trulia
- Real Estate search with a ton of location specific information and overlay maps.
- Zillow
- Home valuation app and real estate search.
- CyberHomes
- Home valuation app and real estate search.
- RealEstateABC
- Home valuation app and real estate search.
Other Resources
- NutritionData
- Look up nutrition data on various foods
- FreeCycle
- Reuse Group - Find or Give away free stuff.
- Earth 911
- Find a Recycling Center near you.
- Catalog Choice
- Free service that allows opting out of unwanted catalogs.
- PhoneDog
- Comparison
shop for the cheapest phone plans.
- Broadband Reports
- Comparison
shop for the best internet provider.
- Doom9
- The
definitive DVD backup resource.
- CNet's
HDTV Primer
-
Read these articles before you buy an HDTV.
- EZTV
- A good site to download TV shows
via Bittorrent.
- Who Called
- Use to lookup an unknown phone number to figure out who is calling.
- dnScoop
- Use to lookup all stats about a domain including estimated worth.
- Pingdom Tools
- Check the load time of your website.
- SpeedTest.Net
- Fancy internet speed testing page.