Hi! IRL, I spend a lot of time supervising a computer lab, and teaching computer classes, so I often get asked about the best sites for this and that. Here is a list that I am still in the process of compiling, based on exhaustive research born of years of Internet Surfing!
Webpages
§ http://www.tripod.com/
§ http://www.geocities.com/
§ http://www.angelfire.com/
§ http://pages.google.com/
E-mail
§ http://mail.yahoo.com/
§ http://www.hotmail.com/
§ http://www.gmail.com/
§ http://www.excite.com/
Free image hosting
§ http://www.photobucket.com/
§ http://www.flicr.com/
Online Photo Albums
§ http://www.snapfish.com/
§ http://www.shutterfly.com/
§ http://www.kodakgallery.com/
Social Networking Sites
§ http://www.myspace.com/
§ http://www.facebook.com/
§ http://www.hi5.com/
§ http://www.wayn.com/
§ http://www.friendster.com/
§ (for pets): http://www.dogster.com/, http://www.catster.com/, http://www.petster.com/
Blogs
§ http://www.blogger.com/
Alumni-Connecting Sites
§ http://www.reunion.com/
§ http://www.classmates.com/
Search Engines
§ google, yahoo, lycos, dogpile, ask, altavista, more…
Photo Search Engines:
§ http://www.ditto.com/
§ http://www.webshots.com/
Video Sites
§ http://www.youtube.com/
§ http://www.videoegg.com/
Internet Browsers:
§ http://www.netscape.com/
§ http://www.flock.com/
§ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
§ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp
Games:
§ http://www.candystand.com/
§ http://www.pogo.com/
§ http://games.yahoo.com/
News Sites:
§ http://news.google.com/
§ http://news.yahoo.com/
§ news network sites, eg cnn & fox
Pittsburgh News:
§ http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/
§ http://www.kdka.com/
listservs
§ http://groups.yahoo.com/
Misc.
§ http://www.frazy.com/ : a place to save your favorite books, movies, music, etc.
§ http://www.tinyurl.com/ – shorten a long url to a “tiny” one to give as a link
§ http://del.icio.us/ – the home of social bookmarking!
§ http://www.picasa.com/ – a free photo workshopping tool (similar to Adobe PhotoShop, without all the bells and whistles)
§ http://www.cooltext.com/ – make buttons and logos, download fonts
Shopping Sites:
§ http://froogle.google.com/
§ http://www.amazon.com/
§ http://www.half.com/
§ http://www.overstock.com
technology stuff:
http://www.newegg.com
Books:
http://www.abebooks.com
http://www.alibris.com
Special Interest Sites:
Volunteer Sites: http://www.pittsburghcares.com/, http://www.volunteer-match.com/
Support Sites:http://www.carepages.com/
Travel Networking:
http://www.trekshare.com/, http://www.virtualtourist.com/, http://www.tripmates.com/, http://www.wayn.com/
Genealogy Sites: http://www.thenamecenter.com/ , http://www.rootsweb.com , http://www.ancestry.com , http://www.genealogy.com , http://genforum.genealogy.com/
http://www.familysearch.org/ , http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ , http://www.genealogytoday.com/ , http://www.myheritage.com
Online Writing Community:http://www.writing.com/
Fun Random stuff online:http://www.magneticpoetry.com/play.html, http://www.roadsideamerica.com/, http://answers.yahoo.com/
If you are interested in webpages I find incredibily interesting, you can check out my social bookmarking profile at http://del.icio.us/darkandstormy
~d&s
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