Search Engines & Directories

• Google – A big, fast, Linux-based search engine
• Freshmeat – Search Free Software releases
• Open Channel Foundation – Search gov/edu software releases
• Wikipedia – Best online encylopedia
• Camera-Wiki.org – Camera and lens encyclopedia
• Internet Movie Database – Movie/TV database
• Internet SF Database – Texas A & M Science Fiction DB
• PopVox – Legislation DB with status
• Distro Watch – Search DB of known Linux distros
• PubChem – Search the NIH molecule DB
• Slickdeals – Deals and coupons
• Deallnews – Deals and coupons
• Tech Bargains – Deals and coupons

News and Blogs

• Google News – Up to the minute news from everywhere
• Open Culture – Free cultural and educational media blog
• REAL science – Controversial science news
• Bad Astronomy – Bad and misused science
• Science based medicine – Medical science news
• Society for Literature, Science and the Arts – Science and SF in literature
• Photography is not a Crime – news of photographer harassment
• 3 Quarks Daily – Science, Art, Literature, and Philosophy
• 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
• Cryptome – Cryptography and security news
• Sci-Fi Storm – Science Fiction News
• robots.net – Robotics and AI news
• Graph Sociology – Cool data visualizations
• Camera-Wiki Blog – Cool articles about camera history
• Advogato – News and diary site for hackers

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
• Wondermark – old art made funny
• Everybody loves (Eric) Raymond – Comic about ESR, RMS, Linus and friends
• explodingdog – Daily artwork by suggestion
• Political Compass – Determine your political orientation
• News of the Weird – Weekly collection of odd news items

Finance

• Google Finance – Portfolio and delayed quotes
• Yahoo! Financial – Handy for delayed stock quotes and business news
• WSJ Money Flows – Stocks being bought on weakness/sold on strength

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 South Plains Sector radar images
• NOAA GOES – NOAA Geostationary Sat Images
• 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 AirNow – Latest Ozone maps
• Dallas Weather Blog – Belo blog about Dallas weather

Regional News and Events

• Pegasus News – Dallas News Blog
• I live in Dallas – Multi author blog of local stuff
• Texas Citizens for Science – News on various anti-science groups in TX
• The Soda Gallery – Art gallery with soda!
• Regional SF Conventions – SF conventions near Texas
• SF Conventions Calendar – SF conventions calendar
• DallasFood.org – Local Restaurant Reviews
• Texas Startup Blog – News and info on regional startups
• ArtGroupsDFW – Dallas Art News
• Dallas Art Openings – mailing list
• Art Calendar – Dallas Art Revue event calendar
• 24-7 Estate Sales – DFW estate sale listings
• EstateSales.net – DFW estate sale listings
• Craigslist Estate Sales – DFW estate sale listings
• DFW Urban Forum – discussion of local urban planning issues

Regional Groups and Organizations

• Dallas Trees – blog by the City Arborist
• Dallas Reforestation Fund – Help plant some new trees
• Audubon Society – Dallas chapter
• Amphibians and Reptiles of DFW – Photos and sightings of local species
• Dallas.php – Dallas PHP User’s Group
• North TX LUG – NTLUG Meeting Info
• DFW Unix User’s Group – DFWUUG Meeting Info
• DFW CUG – DFW Cisco Users Group
• DFW Perl Mongers – DFW Perl Meeting Info
• GeekMeet.com – GeekMeet networking events
• Superior Computer Recycling – Computer and Electronics Recycling
• DFWFreeNet – Quasi-free DFW wireless mesh project
• La Reunion – Dallas art collective
• Continental Gin Bldg – Deep Ellum art collective
• photopol.us – DFW photog geeks
• DPRG – The Dallas Personal Robotics Group
• Odonata Central – Dragonfly and Damselfly database
• Texas Bee Watchers – Bee info

Other Interesting Organizations

• Civic Commons – better government through free/open software
• LinuxFund – Community funding for Open/Free development
• Electronic Frontier Foundation – Help fight the forces of evil
• Free Software Foundation – Think “free speech” not “free beer”
• The Foundational Questions Institute – Funds non-mainstream theoretical physics
• Lifeboat Foundation – Thinking about threats from terrorism to asteroids
• OpenSource.org – Open Source Software
• The Planetary Society – Help explore the universe

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

Linux/Admin Links

• 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
• PostgreSQL Database – Sophisticated Object-Relational SQL DBMS
• Webalizer – My favorite stat generator for httpd logs
• 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

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

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 bad patents and unsound policy
• Anti-DMCA.org – Opposes Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• EFF Patent Busting Project – Help document 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 – code database to help invalidate 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

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

IRC Channels I Frequent

• apache-modules – Apache module development
• apache httpd-dev – Apache development
• apache apr – Apache APR development
• CentOS – CentOS support
• Camerawiki – Camera-Wiki.org group
• DallasPHP – Dallas PHP User Group
• Dallas Makerspace – Dallas hackerspace
• DPRG – Dallas Personal Robotics Group
• Dreamhost – Unofficial tech support hangout
• Evolution – GNOME Evolution
• FOAF – FOAF developers
• GNU – Official GNU Project
• Hurd – GNU Hurd developers
• hackerspaces – Hackerspace topics
• MediaWiki – MediaWiki support
• 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