AhaJokes.com
(jokes, cartoons, funny audio, video, etc.)
BRENDA'S THIS & THAT
Miscellaneous Sites
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AhaJokes.com
(jokes, cartoons, funny audio, video, etc.)
About.com
(links to thousands of sites with a variety of topics)
The
Ad Graveyard (Warning: some of these can be offensive. These
are rejected ads killed by frightened clients, focus groups,
and sometimes, by the ad agencies themselves)
The
American Library Association’s Great Sites for Kids & Parents
(Links to over 700 websites
about all kinds of things that are fun and
educational. A good place
to look when you need help with homework or
projects.)
American
Slanguages (explains slang terms for different parts of the U.S.)
American
Table Manners (understanding formal table settings and more)
AnyWho
(people and business search with a reverse telephone capability)
AutoTrader.com
(Search for used cars by zip code.)
The
Bad Fads Museum (four categories: fashion, collectibles, activities
and events)
Bell
Labs Text-to-Speech Synthesis (Choose the type of voice you want; type
something in, then hear it.)
The
Better Business Bureau Online
Brain
Teaser Zone (Use the archives to find lots of brain teasers in
different categories or you can sign up to have a
brain teaser emailed to
you 6 days a week.)
Career
Journal (This site from the Wall Street Journal contains an
abundance of career information and advice.)
cars.com
(Find new and used cars in your area or any other by searching
classified listings and complete
dealer inventories that are reported to be updated 5 times a week with
prices and dealer locations. Find photos, detailed specs, reviews,
blue book comparisons and a loan/lease calculator.)
The
Complaint Station (You can complain about issues related to companies
or their products, or read what has been posted in order to find others
who have had similar problems.)
Consumer
Information About Telephone-Related Issues (This very informative page
provided by the FCC contains information about your
rights when having to deal with
telemarketers, found near the bottom of the page in the section entitled
“Unsolicited Telephone Marketing Calls And Faxes”. You’ll also find
tips for getting the best phone service and much more.)
Consumer
Sentinel (Submit your complaints about e-commerce businesses to this
site which is a joint effort of the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorney
Generals and other law enforcement agencies to pursue internet fraud.)
Consumer.Gov
(resource for consumer information, including lots of helpful information
on fraud)
ConsumerReports.org
(the online version of the magazine)
Creatabilitoys-The
Museum of Advertising Icons (A fun, interesting site devoted to toys,
characters and other items, referred to as advertising icons, that are
used to advertise companies products. Examples: Mr. Bubble,
Aunt Jemima, Pillsbury Dough Boy, Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Peanut, the Maytag
Repairman.)
Curious
Quotes (over 1,000 quotes organized into more than 50
categories)
Cybergrrl
(Geared toward women, this site contains topics such as computer tips,
health and other life issues, books, music and movies.)
Deb
& Jen’s Land O’ Useless Facts (You might get hooked even if you
aren’t a trivia fan.)
The
Dialectizer (Convert any text you enter, or even the text for a whole
web page, into a dialect you choose such as moron, Elmer Fudd, redneck,
jive, Cockney, Swedish chef, or pig Latin. Just for kicks, enter
the White House’s official page, http://www.whitehouse.gov, to have it
converted to one of these.)
DigitalFilms.com
(Have fun making your own online movies for free. You can then email
your movie to friends.)
dMarie
Time Capsule (Type in a day, month and year, such as your birthday,
and you will get information about things that happened on that day, what
things cost at that time, and a list of famous people who were also born
on that day.)
The
Dollar Stretcher (You won’t believe how many articles full of money
saving tips you will find here.)
dpreview
(digital camera reviews and news)
Eco-Friendly
Alternatives to Commercial Cleaners and Other
Household
Products (Save money by using these recipes for homemade household
cleaners.)
Ed
Wallace’s Inside Automotive (Find new car reviews, and if you happen
to live in North Texas or surrounding areas, you can find info about buying
new and used cars, or about leasing.)
eHow
(“how to do just about anything”)
eNature.com
(bird sounds, animal finder, field guides, experts, activities
and more)
Epinions
(product reviews and price comparisons)
everyrule.com
(Find the rules for board games, card games, computer
games, kids games, sports, casino games, t.v. game
shows, and even
etiquette rules. Party games can be found in
the "Every Other" section.)
FastFreeFun.com
(online contests, games, etc.)
Federal
Trade Commission Home Page (useful consumer protection
information)
Fight
Back (David Horowitz’s site with information on consumer protection,
scams, etc.)
findtutorials.com
(There are links here to thousands of tutorials in dozens of categories
such as crafts and hobbies, arts and humanities, home and garden, food
and cooking, automotive, style and grace, travel and more.)
FindLaw
(In addition to much other legal information you’ll find laws and legal
cases for each state in the U.S. Click on “Cases and Codes” on the
homepage.)
Free-Book
(Directory of Free Online Books organized by category)
Fun
Trivia.com (facts and trivia, jokes and humor, online games)
Funerals:
A Consumer Guide (information from the Federal Trade
Commission)
GasPriceWatch
(Find the best gasoline and heating oil prices in your area of the U.S.
or Canada.)
The
Global Ideas Bank (Get different types of help and information from
an international suggestion box for socially innovative non-technological
ideas and projects. The organization offers annual monetary awards
for the best ideas and projects that are submitted in various categories.)
GTE
Superpages (yellow pages and e-commerce directory)
Harry
The Cat (This one has all kinds of things; something for everyone,
including graphics.)
Homeart’s
Reminder Service (Just type in the dates and the occasions you need
to remember and they'll send you an e-mail reminder.)
How
Stuff Works (Just what it says, you can learn how all kinds of things
work. You can ask questions
and read answers to other people's questions, and a new article is added
each week. The site is a past recepient of the prestigious Coolest
Site of the Year, which is a people's choice award from Cool Site of the
Day.)
Information
Please (online dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, almanac,
homework center, history, health, biographies, much
more)
Infospace
(directory of phone numbers, addresses, emails, government
agencies, city guides and more)
The
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/Highway Loss Data Institute
(auto crash test ratings and
safety facts)
Internet
Open Records Project (This site is free and requires no registration.
Among other things, get specific information about registered sex offenders
in your area by simply typing in your zip code. Read the instructions
below the search box. Make sure you give the pages a chance to load
when doing searches. Information for several states is included.
You will get names, specific addresses, what the convictions were for,
including the victim’s ages, and what the status of the criminals are at
this time. They also have a consumer complaint section.)
Internet
Scambusters (Don’t be taken advantage of by unethical people.
This is a very interesting, helpful site with a lot of information you
should read pertaining to internet fraud and scams, online counterfeit
items, viruses, urban legends and much more.)
I’ve
Been Gooed (View Gooed pictures; even send them your photo, a friends,
or a group picture of the family to be Gooed. They have funny
pictures to download, too.)
Jitterbug
Fantasia (Humor e-zine site with a Shockwave powered game called Godzilla
vs. Tamagotchi. Creator of the site gained notoriety with Loving
Henry, a Shockwave powered comic book. Readers turn the virtual pages
to follow a woman’s love for her husband, a bug-eyed alien. Site
also contains other online novels and short stories plus several links
to virtual pet related sites.)
Joey
Green’s History Of Commonly Used Products
Joey
Green’s Wacky Uses For Well Known Products
Kissthisguy.com
(a database for misunderstood song lyrics)
Law
Street (legal advice and answers to legal questions)
Learn2.com
(Click on “Free Learning”, then choose a category. Just what the
name suggests, this unique site has “Learn To’s” and How To’s on
everything imaginable from how to boil an egg to how to burp a baby; from
how to sell your car to how to serve as best man; from how to calculate
tips to how to weatherize your home.)
Life
Magazine’s Virtual Gallery (Life’s photo exhibitions and links to similar
Internet sites, including photo archives and interactive museums)
Localview.com
(local maps and directions, white and yellow pages, weather, traffic, news,
and more for major cities)
Mr.
Wakeup (From this site, you can schedule your computer to make your
phone ring to wake you up, to make reminder calls with messages you choose,
or to receive news and other informational messages.)
Museum
of Bad Art (“dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition
and celebration of bad art in all its forms and in all its glory”)
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Thinking of buying a car?
Find auto safety info, including crash test ratings.)
Net
Mom (Find 100 or more websites about subjects such as art and music,
reading and writing, science, homework help, sports, games and toys, comics,
cartoons and animation, parenting, activities for preschoolers and teacher
resources.)
Net
Talk Live (links to interesting sites)
NetHistory
(an informal history of BITNET and the Internet)
The
New York Public Library Digital Library Collection (books to read online,
photo collections, sound collections and more)
News
of the Wierd (You won’t believe some of these, but they are supposed
to be actual news stories.)
Oddballz
Ink’s information on Common Email Hoaxes
Official
Dancing Baby Page (Burning Pixel Productions)
The
Onion (humorous stories so well written that at first glance they appear
to be real news stories)
Operation
Clambake: The Inner Secrets of Scientology
The
Original Tipping Page (tips on tipping)
Planet
Feedback (Use this site to contact companies that you do business
with. Your messages with complaints,
compliments, suggestions, or questions will be forwarded to the proper
place.)
Quotations
@ 4degreez.com (Find quotes from at least 10 catagories.)
RepairClinic.com
(The site offers do-it-yourselfers easy to understand
advice about how to diagnose and make repairs on appliances,
and sells
parts.)
Repair.Net
(source for repair information for home products, autos and
more.)
Reverse
Phone Directory (Find names and addresses that correspond to phone
numbers.)
Rozie’s
I.Q. Tests & Links (online tests and puzzles)
Rube
Goldberg official web site (Learn about the Pulitzer Prize winner’s
wacky inventions and Purdue University’s annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.)
SafetyAlerts.com
(food and other product recalls and safety warnings)
ScamHound
(information on Internet scams and fraud)
ScamWatch
(information on Internet scams and fraud)
Science
and Fantasy Writers of America (advice on writing, manuscript
preparation, and how to recover
from writer’s block)
Search
Systems (This is a huge free public records database collection where
you can access public records from various city, county and state records.
Find lost friends and relatives. You may also find unclaimed property
that belongs to you. Look for birth, death, marriage and divorce
records, statutes, court cases, sex offenders, criminal escapees, much
more.)
The
Smoking Gun (Read government documents pertaining to famous
people.)
So
You Wanna (advice and tips on how to do all kinds of things)
SpeedTrap
(lists areas that have a reputation for being speedtraps)
Student.Com
- Student Life Online
Superbad.com(I
discovered this site when it was nominated for a Webby
Award in the Wierd category
and that’s just what it is. I can’t explain it and don’t understand
it, yet it’s an interesting, strangely fascinating place for “mouse exploration”.
I felt like I was in a maze. Just keep clicking and moving.)
Survey
Central (Participate, view results and create surveys on a variety
of topics.)
Switchboard
(people and business directory)
Texas
Department of Public Safety Convictions and Sex Offender Registration Databases
(allows you to search the database of the Texas
Department of Public Safety)
TruthOrFiction.com
(When you get emails with warnings, virus alerts,
inspirational stories, business
opportunities, and pleas for help...check them out to see if they are Truth!
or Fiction!)
The
Ultimate Internet Wedding Guide
Urban
Legends Reference Pages (Use their search engine to verify whether
or not a story or "news" item spread through email is true. There
are unusual legends in several catagories.)
The
Urban Legends Combat Kit (This is a free collection of canned responses
to help you combat internet myths and urban legends. When someone sends
you an urban legend, just cut and paste the appropriate response.)
U.S.
Dept. of Energy’s Computer Incident Advisory Capability (informs and
explains internet hoaxes, their history, how to identify hoaxes and validated
warnings, and what to do if you suspect a message is a hoax)
Very
Crazy Productions (This is a fun site with links to the craziest sites
on the internet, collections of crazy guestbook entries and photos, etc.)
World
Pages (large directory of people and businesses)
Zip2
(business directory)
