Search Engines & Directories
- DARPA Open Catalog – DARPA software releases
- US PTO Patent Search – Patent Full Text DB
- CERT – Latest security advisories and incident notes
- Camera-Wiki.org – Camera and lens encyclopedia
- Internet SF Database – Texas A & M Science Fiction DB
- Spatial Database – Alternative Architectural and Community Design
- 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
- Canon Price Watch – Canon Deals
- Canon Rumors – Canon news and speculations
- CamelCamelCamel – Amazon Price Tracker
Days
- Checkiday.com – quick list for today’s date
- Days observed by UN
- Days established by US Presidential Proclamation
- Commerative Days (Gov and NGO)
- National Days (random stuff)
News and Blogs
- Open Culture – Free cultural and educational media blog
- Bad Astronomy – Bad and misused science
- Society for Literature, Science and the Arts – Science and SF in literature
- 3 Quarks Daily – Science, Art, Literature, and Philosophy
- LWN – Linux Weekly News
- Cryptome – Cryptography and security news
- Camera-Wiki Blog – Cool articles about camera history
Fun Stuff
- Zippy the Pinhead – Today’s Zippy strip
- xkcd – Comic about romance, sarcasm, math, and language
- Dinosaur Comics – Dinosaur Comics
- Wondermark – old art made funny
- Political Compass – Determine your political orientation
Finance
- 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
Regional News and Events
- I live in Dallas – Multi author blog of local stuff
- Regional SF Conventions – SF conventions near Texas
- DFW Craft Shows – Dallas area craft show calendar
- 24-7 Estate Sales – DFW estate sale listings
- EstateSales.net – DFW estate sale listings
- Craigslist Estate Sales – DFW estate sale listings
Regional Lecture Series
- Dallas Architecture Forum – Architects
- Dallas Observer – Lecture events
- Dallas Historical Society – Historians and authors
- Dallas Philosophers Forum Lecture Series – Local philosophy lectures
- DMA Arts & Letters – Literature and visual arts
- Pecha Kucha Dallas – Local creatives
- SMU Tate Lecture Series – various topics
- Steve Pinker lectures – just in case…
- UNT Distinguished Lecture – Random famous people
- UTA Architecture Lectures – Architecture
- UTA Maverick Speaker Series – Various famous people
- UTD Lectures – Various topics
- UT Southwestern Lecture Series – Medical/Biological Research
Regional Groups and Organizations
- Amphibians and Reptiles of DFW – Photos and sightings of local species
- Audubon Society – Dallas chapter
- Dallas Makerspace – First hackerspace in DFW
- DPRG – The Dallas Personal Robotics Group
- Dallas.php – Dallas PHP User’s Group
- Dallas Reforestation Fund – Help plant some new trees
- Dallas Trees – blog by the City Arborist
- DFWFreeNet – Quasi-free DFW wireless mesh project
- DFW Perl Mongers – DFW Perl Meeting Info
- DFW Unix User’s Group – DFWUUG Meeting Info
- La Reunion – Dallas art collective
- North TX LUG – NTLUG Meeting Info
- 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
- Top 500 – List of the 500 most powerful computers
Website & Software Development
- CSiBE – GCC Code-Size Benchmarks
- C FAQ – comp.lang.c FAQ
- C++ FAQ – comp.lang.c++ FAQ
- SQL Answers – A gentle introduction to SQL
- JavaScript References – Official Javascript documentation
- CSS-Discuss Wiki – Good source of CSS tech tips
- 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?
- Patch and Rebuild a Source RPM – Hints on making code changes to SRPMs
- Patching Guidelines – Patch generation and submission notes
Music and Sound
- Creative Commons Audio – Directories of CC licensed music
- Wikipedia:Sound/List – Full length copyleft/PD musical works in ogg format
- 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
- bitcoin – General bitcoin stuff
- CentOS – CentOS support
- Camerawiki – Camera-Wiki.org group
- Dallas Makerspace – Dallas hackerspace
- DPRG – Dallas Personal Robotics Group
- Evolution – GNOME Evolution
- GNU – Official GNU Project
- Hurd – GNU Hurd developers
- MediaWiki – MediaWiki support
- pastebin – Web-based cut-and-paste