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| Audiophile | ||
| Resources | ||
| Hi-Fi Heaven: A vast collection of links relating to stereo and hi-fidelity equipment. | ||
| Stereo 411: Collection of links for stereo/hi-fi. Includes manufacturers, reviews, dealer locator, and a forum. | ||
| Automobile | ||
| Classic Cars | ||
| Cars in Barns: We have all heard the stories of classic cars found neglected in a barn somewhere. Here are the photos. | ||
| Classic Car.com: For the classic car collector, this site offers resources for parts, auctions, restoration, appraisals, insurance, etc. | ||
| Edsel: Covers the 1958, 1959, and 1960 Edsel cars. | ||
| Henry Ford Online Museum: A collection of images and histories of classic cars. | ||
| International Hot Rod Association: Incluces news, schedules, shopping, tracks, drivers, etc. | ||
| Micro-Car Museum: A collection of cars much smaller than anything you'll see on the road today. | ||
| National Corvette Museum: A great resource for the Corvette enthusiast. You can even get a screensaver or computer wallpaper. | ||
| Old Car Manuals: The Old Car Manual Project has an archive of manuals, diagrams, etc. for old cars. | ||
| Station Wagon.com: A site with links to all kinds of station wagon sites and resources. Guide to new and old wagons, history, FAQ, and more. | ||
| Magazines | ||
| Auto.com: On online newspaper devoted to the automobile | ||
| Car & Driver: Car & Driver Magazine | ||
| Car Collector.com: A full-featured guide for the classic car enthusiast. | ||
| Hemmings Motor News: World's largest marketplace for antique, classic, vintage, muscle car, street rod, and special interest autos. | ||
| Manufacturers | ||
| Acura: Acura automobiles home page. | ||
| Audi: Audi automobiles home page. | ||
| BMW: BMW - U.S.A. automobiles home page. | ||
| Bugatti: A beautiful web site about the legendary Bugatti automobile | ||
| Buick: Buick automobiles home page. | ||
| Cadillac: Cadillac automobiles home page. | ||
| Chevrolet: Chevrolet automobiles home page. | ||
| Chrysler: Chrysler automobiles home page. | ||
| Dodge: Dodge automobiles home page. | ||
| Ford: Ford automobiles home page. | ||
| GMC trucks and SUV's: GMC trucks and SUV's home page. | ||
| Honda cars and SUVs: Honda cars and SUVs home page. | ||
| Hyundai: Hyundai automobiles home page. | ||
| Infiniti: Infiniti automobiles home page. | ||
| Isuzu SUVs: Isuzu SUVs home page. | ||
| Jaguar: Jaguar automobiles home page. | ||
| Jeep: Jeep SUV's home page. | ||
| Land Rover: Land Rover SUV's home page. | ||
| Lexus: Lexus automobiles home page. | ||
| Lincoln: Lincoln automobiles home page. | ||
| Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi automobiles home page. | ||
| Nissan cars and SUVs: Nissan cars and SUVs home page. | ||
| Oldsmobile: Oldsmobile automobiles home page. | ||
| Pontiac: Pontiac automobiles home page. | ||
| Porshe: Porshe automobiles home page. | ||
| Saab: Saab automobiles home page. | ||
| Saturn: Saturn automobiles home page. | ||
| Subaru: Subaru automobiles home page. | ||
| Suzuki: Suzuki automobiles home page. | ||
| Toyota: Toyota automobiles home page. | ||
| Volkswagon: Volkswagon automobiles home page. | ||
| Volvo: Volvo automobiles home page. | ||
| VW - New Beetle Flash site: An entertaining Flash demo of the new Volkswagon Beetle. You must have the latest Flash plugin for your browser | ||
| Misc. | ||
| Car Talk: Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, have a wonderfully entertaining web site. | ||
| Classic TV Car Commercials: A site that offers REAL media clips of classic commercials. | ||
| Molested Cars: A site showing real photos of cars that have been modified in tasteless ways. | ||
| Photo Gallery: From the University of California, this offers a collection of artistic photos about and including cars. | ||
| News | ||
| I Zoom: A great news and information site for cars. Includes new cars, classic cars. | ||
| Professional | ||
| Shop Controller: A shop management software program for professional automotive shops. | ||
| Reference | ||
| Auto Repair Troubleshooting from Yahoo: Yahoo's guide to car repair. Helps you diagnose your problem by following various symptoms. | ||
| Resources | ||
| Car Point: Insurance info, prices, reviews, gas prices, and more at Car Point | ||
| Cars.com: Info on all makes and models, insurance, and much more. | ||
| Gas Price Watch: Type in your zip code and see who has the best gasoline price in your area. | ||
| Safety | ||
| NHTSA: The Federal Government's site that reports on safety tests for cars sold in the USA. | ||
| Shopping | ||
| Auto Leasing Info: Leasing tutorial, including payment calculator | ||
| AutoBytel: Buying and leasing - pricing and information | ||
| AutoWeb: A wealth of information on new and used cars. Also a good database of recalls and technical bulletins. | ||
| Car Point: You'll find lots of consumer (and professional) reviews at Carpoint in addition to industry news. | ||
| Car Smart: Price quotes, classified ads, info on wheels and tires, and more. | ||
| Cars Direct.com: Many different reviews of automobile-related products, including warranties, anti-theft products (such as LoJack), as well as insurance info, etc. | ||
| Cars.com: Info on all makes and models, insurance, and much more. | ||
| Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide: Buying advice, road tests, pricing information, financing, used cars, trucks, and news. | ||
| NADA Guides: All kinds of information to help you buy a new or used car, including comparisons, maintenance considerations, lists of vehicles in your area, etc. | ||
| Books | ||
| Free Audiobooks | ||
| Project Gutenberg: Free audio books of public domain works. | ||
| Career | ||
| Resources | ||
| Computer jobs.com: A site with job listings in the computer industry. | ||
| Dice.com: The high-tech industries leading job bulletin board. | ||
| Flip Dog Job Search: A new job search site, covering the entire United States. Jobs in all categories. | ||
| Fortune.com Career Resource Center: Fortune.com provides a feature-packed career site. | ||
| LinkUp: A job search site specifically geared toward jobs that are not advertised on sites like Monster. These are mostly from company website listings. | ||
| Monster Board: One of the original online job listing engines | ||
| Princeton Review Online Career Center: Comprehensive and well-designed site. Advice on resumes, interviews, cover letters, etc. Also a questionnaire to help you determine the best career for you. | ||
| Quintessential Careers: A plain but informative guide to career choices. They assume you want a career, not just a job. | ||
| Computer | ||
| Communications | ||
| Bandwidth Meter: 2Wire has a quick and easy way to check your Internet connection speed. Just look for the Bandwidth Meter link | ||
| Drop Link: This site allows you to upload files (up to 100mb each) to its server and email someone else to download them. They stay in place for a week. It lets you share large files without overloading anyone's inbox. | ||
| Email Large Files: You can not always easily email very large files, but this site lets you upload files up to 1 gig in size, then send an email to someone to go download it (within one week). | ||
| Free Text Messages: Send a text message to any cell phone from your computer. Service is free, and you do not need to know the service provider of the recipient. | ||
| I-Ping Reminder Service: Sign up for a free account and have this automated service call you to remind you of important events. | ||
| Internet Slang Dictionary: A whole new language has developed in E-Mail and Chat communications using abbreviations such as LOL for Laugh Out Loud. This site translates them. [Caution: contains some profanity in the translations.] | ||
| Speedtest.net: A great site to let you test your Internet connection speed for download and upload. | ||
| Test aspects of your internet connection: A quick easy way to test various aspects of your internet connection. | ||
| Test your connection speed: A quick easy way to test the speed of your internet connection. | ||
| WiFi Hotspots: This site lets you search for free wireless hotspots based on your location | ||
| Hardware | ||
| Computer Discount Warehouse: A good selection of hardware and accessories, low prices, and fine service. | ||
| Dell Computers: Probably the best all around computer for the consumer market. | ||
| Gateway Computers: Great service and fine computers from the "cow box" company. | ||
| Help | ||
| Ask Dr. Help: A subscription service. For $79 per year you get round-the-clock phone, email, or online support. | ||
| Computer Virus Myths: Are you wondering if that e-mail warning you received about a new virus is true? This site puts to rest many of the untrue rumors that are floating around in Cyberspace. Check here before forwarding that e-mail warning to all your friends. | ||
| Hosts File to Fight Spyware: This site offers a special file for you Windows computer that will keep it from going to many sites set up by spyware. Read ALL the instructions before applying. | ||
| Kim Komando Show: Syndicated computer talk show host Kim Komando has a very informative web site. | ||
| No Wonder: E-mail the staff a question and get an answer within about 24 hours. Also bulletin boards. | ||
| PC Help Online: Well-organized collection of links to tech support, vendors of software and hardware, downloading sites, books and training. | ||
| PC Support: A subscription service. For $150 per year you get round-the-clock phone, email, or chat support. | ||
| Processes in Windows: An online database where you can look up a process running on your Windows PC to find out what it does. | ||
| Recipe for a Successful Website: Practical advice about designing a web site that is attractive and useful. | ||
| Symantec Anti-Virus: Information on many viruses and tools to fight and prevent them. | ||
| Virus Information from Dr. Solomon: Good resource for virus information and tools. | ||
| History | ||
| Old Computer Museum: A great collection of information about old computer models. Also links to emulators for older machines. | ||
| Magazines | ||
| Extreme Tech: Reviews and articles relating to high-tech gear and concepts. | ||
| Family PC: This is a good resource for general PC knowledge. | ||
| Music | ||
| Gateway Digital Music Guide: All kinds of articles to help you understand CD, MP3, and other digital media. Offers links to various Internet resources for music. | ||
| News | ||
| Beyond Computers: The popular radio show has a nice site that lets you listen to audio clips of the broadcasts | ||
| Computer Chronicles: This show has been popular for years and features reviews, advice, and computer news. | ||
| Computer Hoaxes: Don't spread that hoax! Check out this site to see the various hoaxes out there. | ||
| Inboxer Rebellion - email hoax information: A site listing many of the email hoaxes that come into your inbox regularly. Check out any such email here before believing it or forwarding it to a friend. | ||
| ZD-TV: Ziff Davis publications offers a TV show that is not available on many cable networks, but you can get it all here. | ||
| Resources | ||
| Better Fonts: Choose from thousands of free, downloadable fonts on this site. Unfortunately, they are only organized by name, not by any other criteria, but the choice is wonderful. | ||
| Convert Files Easily: If you are trying to open a file someone sent you and you don't have the right program, this website lets you convert it. | ||
| Convert Words to MP3: This site has a utility (free) that can convert a text document into an MP3 file so you can listen on your MP3 player or in the car. | ||
| Extract PDF Text: This site lets you upload a PDF file and it will extract the text for you (without formatting). | ||
| File Conversion Tool: This site lets you upload (or link to) a file and then convert to a different format. For example, you can convert a new Office document to an older version so you can open it. You can convert a PDF to a Word doc, a Flash movie (FLV) to MPG, etc. | ||
| Fonts - Whimsical: Lots of cute and humorous fonts for free download. | ||
| Free Graphics: A good collection of stock photos. | ||
| Free Graphics: Well-categorized collection of photos. | ||
| Free Graphics: The site is a little busy-looking, but offers a nice collection of photos for personal use. | ||
| Free Graphics: Royalty free photos. | ||
| Free Stock Photos: This site has a large collection of photos that you can use for free. | ||
| Free Virus Scan: Offered by Trend Micro. A service that will scan your computer and (optionally) try to fix virus problems. | ||
| My Friend Lisa: A portal to a variety of useful sites on the Internet. | ||
| Online File Sharing: Upload files up to a gig (or 1.5 gig if you register for a free account) and share them with others. The files are kept for 45 days (90 with registration). | ||
| Re-cycle Your Old Computer: The U.S. Government's EPA site has a list of places that can help you recycle your unwanted old computer(s). If it is working, there are organizations that can accept it as a donation. If not, there are places that will recycle it. | ||
| Teach Yourself to Type: There is an open source (i.e. FREE) program here that helps improve your typing skills. | ||
| Software | ||
| Barnes and Noble Software store: Very good prices and the usual great service. | ||
| Compare Files: Find differences between two files so you can see what might have changed. Also compares 2 folders. Free for individual users. | ||
| Download.com from C-Net: A huge selection of software for downloading. | ||
| Fonts from Datfont.com: A site with many nicely-designed fonts, many of which are free. | ||
| Free Fonts: A nice selection of fonts, free for downloading. | ||
| Free Utilities: Several nice freeware utilities are found on this site, including a way to print folder contents in Windows, and a free text search-replace tool. | ||
| Internet Explorer Download: Download the latest version of Microsoft's browser here. Supports all the features offered by modern web sites. Has a nice live music player built in. | ||
| Netscape Browser Download: Download the latest version of Netscape's browser here. Supports all the features offered by modern web sites. | ||
| PDF Writer: A free utility that lets you create PDF files as easily as printing a file. | ||
| Dining | ||
| Cooking | ||
| Cooking.com: A variety of resources featuring books, recipes, seasonal items, etc. | ||
| CopyKat Recipes: Categorized recipes that mimic the taste of some very popular brand-name and restaurant foods. | ||
| Fanny Farmer Cookbook: An online version of the Fanny Farmer Cookbook. Great recipes. | ||
| Mixing Spoon: Provided by GE, this site offers recipes and cooking/serving tips. | ||
| Quaker Kitchen: All kinds of recipes from Quaker (the Quaker Oats people). | ||
| Very Best Baking.com: Discover hundreds of best-loved recipes from the Nestle baking brands: Nestle Toll House, Nestle Carnation, Libby's Pumpkin and Albers Corn Meal and Grits. | ||
| Guides | ||
| Dine.com: | ||
| Fast Food Nutrition Guide: Pick your restaurant and menu item, and see the calories, fat content, cholesterol, and sodium values. | ||
| Information | ||
| Food Timeline: A timeline showing when various foods were first thought to be used. | ||
| National | ||
| Fast Food Nutrition Info: | ||
| Starbucks Coffee Web Site: | ||
| Wine Enthusiast Magazine: | ||
| World of Tea Web Site: | ||
| Zagat Restaurant Survey: | ||
| Reservations | ||
| Open Table: This site ties in to restaurant reservation systems and lets you search restaurants by location and type of food. Make a reservation online. | ||
| Education | ||
| College | ||
| College Assistance: An online guide and assistant to getting into the college of your choice. | ||
| Crime Statistics of Colleges: This web site has statistics for crime at virtually every college you can imagine. | ||
| Computers | ||
| Excel Tutorial: Put up by the University of South Dakota, this site gives you a very nice set of lessons on using Microsoft Excel | ||
| Search Engine Tutorial for Kids: From World of Searching, this tutorial will help kids (or adults) learn how to use search engines effectively. | ||
| General | ||
| Americas Library: American history and people. | ||
| Discovery Channel: Discovery Channel online. | ||
| Exploratorium: ExploraNet: A great education site that is entertaining. | ||
| Getting Real: Educational site. | ||
| How Stuff Works: Educational site. | ||
| Smithsonian Magazine's Kids' Castle: Educational and entertaining. | ||
| The Why Files: Educational and entertaining. | ||
| Marine Life | ||
| Oregon Coast Aquarium: A nice, educational web page from the Oregon Coast Aquarium. | ||
| Museums | ||
| American Museum of Natural History: A fun educational site for the whole family. | ||
| Hermitage Museum, Russia: Finally the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is online. A wonderous collection of fine art. | ||
| Nature | ||
| Bug Bios: Learn all about various bugs. | ||
| Online Field Guilde: E-Nature.com has field guides for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers, butterfiles, fishes, insects, spiders, seashells, and seashore collections. | ||
| Resources | ||
| Ask Now 24/7 Reference Desk: The 24/7 Reference service is staffed by local and national reference librarians. They will either answer your question or refer you to appropriate sources. | ||
| http://number2.com/" target="_blank">Number 2.com: This site helps students prepare for SAT, GRE, and ACT tests. Free. | ||
| Paper Plate Education: A collection of interesting education projects using paper plates. | ||
| Public School Comparisons: School Matters is a site that lets you compare various performance factors of schools in a given area. Helpful especially if you are thinking about where to move your family. | ||
| Skewl Sites: A great collection of approved sites that are excellent resources for any grade. | ||
| Start Squad: A great collection of helpful links that are family-friendly. Divided by grade level. | ||
| Science | ||
| Hubble Fun and Games: Built by the people who did the Hubble telescope, this site has many fun and educational activities for children or adults. | ||
| Live Science: Learn more about the science behind some of the news headlines. | ||
| Nye Labs Online: Bill Nye's online site. | ||
| Optical Illusions: Provided by Exporatorium, this site offers an educational look at a number of interesting illusions. | ||
| Sandlot Science: Educational and entertaining. | ||
| World | ||
| CIA World Factbook: A collection of facts about most foreign countries. | ||
| Directories | ||
| Congressional E-Mail Directory: A listing of the email addresses for members of the Senate and Congress. | ||
| Fax | ||
| Fax-4-Free: Great free Web-based faxing service. Requires a free registration, but no software is necessary. Can fax Word and Excel documents also. | ||
| Send Fax: Send a fax for free from your computer | ||
| Misc. Cards | ||
| Art Cards: Send electronic cards with images from art, photography, drawing, architecture, etc. | ||
| Cartoon Bank: Free greeting cards with cartoons from the New Yorker magazine. | ||
| Cool Works Card Links: Links to a variety of email postcard sites | ||
| Kelly's Email Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Mardi Gras e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Multi-Lingual e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Sports e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Tuba-Euphonium Greeting Cards: A good selection of tuba or euphonium cards. Free. | ||
| TV Cards | ||
| Andy Griffith Show Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Avengers e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Classic TV Guide Covers Postcard: Free postcards | ||
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Seinfeld e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Sesame Street's Elmo postcard: Free postcards | ||
| Star Trek Holodeck Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Star Trek Virtual Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| Third Rock from the Sun Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| TV show: Are You Being Served postcards: Free postcards | ||
| TV Shows e-mail Postcards: Free postcards | ||
| WebMail | ||
| AOL Mail: Handle your American Online email from your Netscape or Internet Explorer browser. | ||
| Hotmail: Free web-based email | ||
| Send and Receive Email: Send and receive email, if you already have an account. | ||
| Yahoo Mail: A very nice web-based email system. Free. | ||
| Entertainment | ||
| Arts | ||
| Art and Culture: A great site with information about music, visual arts, design arts, film, and literature. | ||
| Celebrities-etc. | ||
| Celebrity Cafe: Interviews with your favorite musicians, celebrities, actors, authors, athletes. Contests, trivia, games and more. | ||
| E! Online: Entertainment Network, E! | ||
| Entertainment Weekly Mag.: Entertainment Weekly online magazine. | ||
| Former Child Star Central: A guide to where those child stars are today. | ||
| Hollywood Online: Information on your favorite celebrities | ||
| Jump the Shark - Music Version: Notes when your favorite band or group starting to decline. | ||
| People Magazine: People Magazine online. | ||
| Sherlock Holmes Museum: An online museum of the famous fictional detective. Includes links and a store with a variety of Holmes merchandise. | ||
| Smoking Gun Backstage Pass: This site lists the performance needs/desires of more than 150 popular music acts. See what your favorite performers demand in order to perform. | ||
| Star Buzz: News about many popular stars. Also postcards. | ||
| Star Info: A guide to many celebrities, including official sites, recording/books, and fan sites. | ||
| Variety Online: A collection of celebrity information. | ||
| Where Are They Now: A guide to where those stars are today. | ||
| Composers | ||
| The Gershwins: Biographies, timelines, and sound clips of George and Ira Gershwin and their wonderful music. | ||
| Movies, TV, Radio | ||
| Parents' TV Viewing Guide: A guide to primetime TV viewing, with content ratings that red-flag shows that parents may consider inappropriate for younger viewers. | ||
| Adflip.com: Ads from varous decades of American popular culture. | ||
| Ads.com: This site offers an archive of some of TV viewers' favorite commercials. | ||
| AOL TV Shows: The AOL video site has a number of older TV shows that you can download or watch for free. | ||
| Audiences Unlimited: An online ticketing resource for free tickets for your favorite television shows. | ||
| Cartoon Database: Very complete information on cartoons, ranging from short to feature-length. | ||
| Commercial Theme Songs: A site that names the songs that you may have heard playing behind popular TV commercials. | ||
| Famous Locations in Movies: This site tells you what locations many movies were shot in. For example, did you know that Raiders of the Lost Ark used San Francisco near the end of the movie? | ||
| Film Sound Effects: Learn everything there is to know about producing film sounds and sound effects. | ||
| Internet Movie Database: An amazing collection of information about movies. One of the web's best reference sites. | ||
| Jump the Shark: This site lists many formerly popular TV shows and tries to chronicle the episode when the series started to go down hill. | ||
| Kermitage: Information about guest stars that have appeared on the Muppet Show since the first season. | ||
| Movie Mistakes: A site that lists some of the mistakes you can see in popular movies. | ||
| Movieline Online Magazine: Online magazine for movie lovers. | ||
| Mr. Showbiz: Mr. Showbiz's online site. | ||
| Prairie Home Companion: Garrison Keillor's famous radio show, featuring humor and music. | ||
| Radio Lovers: A site with archives of very old radio programs. | ||
| Screen It: A review site to help parents decide if a movie is suitable for family viewing. Very thorough ratings. | ||
| Soapnet: All the news about your favorite soap operas. | ||
| Star Wars Designer Edition: An imaginative look at Star Wars through designers' eyes. | ||
| Star Wars Kids: A site for kids, celebrating the Phantom Menice movie. Lots to explore. | ||
| Superbowl Ads: In case you missed some of the fabulous ads that ran during the Superbowl, this site has them. | ||
| Television.com: A great guide to television shows. You can create your own customized listings. Inlcudes previews and TV links. | ||
| TV Guide: TV Guide's online version, searchable. Customize listings for your area. | ||
| Music-General | ||
| All Music Guide: General guide to music. | ||
| BBC Online Magazine: British Broadcasting Corporation's online magazine. | ||
| Classical Music Online: Guide to classical music. | ||
| Country Music Hall of Fame: The newly-reworked web site of the Country-Western Music Hall of Fame. | ||
| Cover Art for Albums: If you have an electronic version of a CD or DVD, this site lets you find the cover art. (Most media players will let you show the cover while playing.) | ||
| Jazz Online: Jazz information. | ||
| Kickin' Country Magazine: A popular country music magazine. | ||
| Rolling Stone Magazine: The popular Rolling Stone magazine, in an online format. | ||
| Song Facts: Find out little-known trivia about some top songs on this web site. | ||
| Ticket City online ticketing: Online site offers tickets for sporting events, concerts, and theater. | ||
| Shows | ||
| Telecharge: An online source of tickets for Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows. | ||
| Tickets Now: A source for tickets to sold-out events. Expect to pay premium prices. | ||
| Tickets | ||
| Ticket City online ticketing: Online site offers tickets for sporting events, concerts, and theater. | ||
| Euphonium-Tuba | ||
| Accessories | ||
| Euphonium and Tuba Stands: The Brasswind lists several stands that help to hold the weight of a tuba or euphonium comfortably. | ||
| Euphonium Hand Brace: A brace that attaches to the existing hand brace of side-valve euphoniums. | ||
| Euphonium Mouthpiece Chart: A nice comparison chart of various mouthpieces (actually done for trombone, but useful for euphonium also) by Jim Fox. | ||
| Businesses | ||
| Baltimore Brass Company: New and used tubas and euphoniums, etc. | ||
| Custom Music Company: Importers of euphoniums and tubas. | ||
| DEG Music: The web site of DEG, importer of Willson band instruments. | ||
| Osmun Brass: One of the most-respected brass shops in the country. New and used instruments, repairs, supplies. Dealer for Yamaha Silent Brass, Wick Steven Mead mouthpieces, gig bags, mutes, etc. | ||
| The Brasswind: One of the largest musical instrument stores around, the Brasswind (and Woodwind) carries a good selection of instruments at good prices. Also offer used instruments, accessories, and musical electronics. In-store shopping or mail order. | ||
| Witchita Band Instruments: New and used brass instruments | ||
| Events | ||
| Interlochen Arts Academy: The official web site of Interlochen. | ||
| International Euphonium Institute (IEI): Staff of internationally recognized performers and teachers; 6-day intensive course focusing on the advancement of the euphonium through performance, understanding, outreach, and knowledge. | ||
| International Tuba Day: This web site gives you a history of International Tuba Day, as well as information on how to start one. | ||
| ITEC 2001: The official site of ITEC 2001, which will be held in Finland. | ||
| Leonard Falcone Competition: Information about the Falcone Competition for euphoniumists. | ||
| Tuba Christmas Page: Information about Tuba Christmas celebrations all around the U.S. | ||
| U.S. Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference: The Army Band hosts this event every year, and it always has fine artists and events. | ||
| Manufacturers | ||
| Alexander: This is the link to the English version of the Alexander web site. There is a German flag icon on this site that will take you to the German version if you prefer. | ||
| Besson / Boosey & Hawkes: Home page of the most famous British brass manufacturer. | ||
| Courtois: Courtois is a French company making a variety of British-style and French-style tubas and euphoniums. | ||
| Hirsbrunner: Maker of extremely high-quality tubas and euphoniums. | ||
| Meinl-Weston Instruments: Meinl-Weston's site shows their full range of low brass instruments, including Tubas, Cimbasso, Euphoniums, and Bass Trumpets. | ||
| Miraphone - Germany: Mirophone's (Mirafone) web site lists their instruments, mouthpieces, and recordings. | ||
| Sterling Brass: New website for the British company about to come online. | ||
| United Musical Instruments: This is the large company that now owns Benge, Conn, King. Offers a searchable catalog of their instruments. | ||
| Willson of Switzerland: A modest web site showing all of Willson's brass instruments | ||
| Players or Groups | ||
| Aaron Tindall: Site from tuba/euphonium artist Aaron Tindall. Some great sound clips of him playing various repertoire. | ||
| Adam Frey's Site: Adam has a nice site, which lists his new CD of euphonium solos. There are several MP3 sound clips from the CD. Blog was recently added. | ||
| Alan Baer, Tuba: New York Philharmonic tubist Alan Baer has a nice site with photos, links, events, bio, etc. Features his publications through Baer Tracks Music. | ||
| Alchemy Euphonium-Tuba Quartet: The official web page of Alchemy, formerly the Atlantic Tuba Quartet. | ||
| Barton Cummings' Web Page: Many of Barton's compositions plus a biograpnhy. | ||
| Ben Pierce, Euphonium: Euphoniumist Ben Pierce is teaching at the University of Arkansas. His site offers a bio, lists of his recordings, some free audio downloads, etc. | ||
| Bob Childs Web Site: Robert Childs now has a very nice Web page with good information and some useful links. Lists his and Childs Brothers recordings. | ||
| Charley Brighton, Euphonium: Charley Brighton is one of England's most active soloists. His site is blog based and has links to some of his recordings that are available online. | ||
| Danny Helsteth., Euphonium: Euphoniumist Danny Helseth is a former member of the U.S. Air Force Band. His site has a complete biography, photos, calendar of his events, personal blog, links, etc. | ||
| David Childs: The great British soloist David Childs. | ||
| David Thornton: Website for the British euphonium soloist. Includes a nice repertoire suggestions and a list of his recordings. | ||
| Dennis Askew: This site is for Dennis Askew from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has info for current and prospective students, a nice selection of recordings of solo and ensemble (free downloadable MP3 files), etc. | ||
| EuphStudy: A Japanese site devoted to euphonium. Some content is in English. To navigate, pause your mouse over the links and look at page names for a hint. | ||
| Howard Johnson, Tuba: Web home for the jazz tubist Howard Johnson. Links for his bio, recordings, ensembles, etc. | ||
| Ivan Milhiet, Euphonium: French euphoniumist Ivan Milhiet offers a nice site with some sound samples. So far it is just in French but an English is promised soon. | ||
| James Gourlay, tubist: His website has complete information and discography, plus a few downloadable recordings and compositions (free). | ||
| Jason Ham, Euphonium: Jason is in the West Point Band and has a nice web site, offering articles and sound clips | ||
| Jeff Funderburk, Tuba: Jeff teaches at the University of Northern Iowa. His site has a list of recordings and a very useful collection of articles. | ||
| John Sass, Jazz Tuba: John Sass has a site with updates on his activities, links, info on recordings, etc. | ||
| Loren Marsteller Website: Home page for Loren Marsteller. Includes some great links. | ||
| Luke Spiros, Euphonium: Former Marine Band soloist Lucas Spiros has a simple site with a biography photos. Also a few links. | ||
| Matt Tropman, Euphonium: Former Marine Band euphoniumist Matt Tropman has a site with links, events, and some extensive interviews. Other content seems to be planned for the future. | ||
| Matt van Emmerik, Euphonium: Australian euphoniumist has a very nice-looking site. The first page serenades the visitor with his solo performance of Danny Boy (nice arrangement). Note: there is a sound sample section, but I could not get the player to work. | ||
| Modern Jazz Tuba Project: A group of euphoniums and tuba playing cool jazz. Members include euphoniumists Bill Huber, Barry Green, and Marc Dickman, tubists Joe Murphy, Richard Perry, R. Winston Morris, plus a great rhythm section. | ||
| Nick Etheridge, Tuba: British tubist Nick Etheridge has some intersting projects and a great first recording. Offers some free downloads. | ||
| Oystein Baadsvik, tuba: His site has several downloadable recordings, some fine articles, biography, etc. | ||
| Pat Sheridan's Site: The fantastic tubist's own web site, featuring a photo gallery, schedule, links, sound clips (coming soon), etc. | ||
| Pat Stuckemeyer: Great educational site for euphonium players. | ||
| Rich Matteson site: Chronicles the wonderful talents of jazz euphoniumist Rich Matteson. | ||
| Roger Bobo, Tuba: The amazing tuba soloist Roger Bobo has had a long and prolific career. His site has many resources, including some great articles. | ||
| Roland Froescher, Euphonium: Swiss Euphoniumist Roland Froescher's site. Some free recordings, biography, events, etc. | ||
| Rory Cartmell, Euphonium: A nice site by the young euphoniumist Rory Cartmell. Includes a discussion forum. | ||
| Shoichiro Hokazono, Euphonium: For the Japanese artist Shoichiro Hokazono, named Euphonium Player of the Year in 1997. Most of the site is in Japanese, but the links are good and there is some English content. | ||
| Soto Voce Euphonium-Tuba Quartet: The website of the fabulous Soto Voce euphonium-tuba quartet. Members include Demondrae Thurman and Patrick Schulz, euphoniums, and Nat McIntosh and Michael Forbes, tubas. Site includes sheet music for purchase and downloadable recordings of the group. | ||
| Steve Sykes: The fabulous tuba player, Steve Sykes, is launching a brand new website. It will have many valuable resources. | ||
| Steven Booth's Baritone Site: Steven Booth, a British baritone player, has a site listing his arrangments and compositions for baritone. | ||
| Steven Mead Recordings Web Site: A comprehensive Steven Mead discography, with a listing of new CD's and a way to purchase them. | ||
| Symphonia Web Site: America's premier large tuba-euphonium ensemble now has its own web page. | ||
| Thomas Ruedi: The website for the amazing Swiss euphoniumist Thomas Ruedi. | ||
| Tom Ball, Jazz Euphonium: Tom Ball is an American jazz trombonist and euphoniumist. His site has songs you can buy and a great photo section. | ||
| Tormod R. Flaten: Great euphoniumist from Norway. Site includes MP3 files. | ||
| Tuba4U: Owned by tubist Keith Robinson, this site offers some downloadable music for free in PDF format. | ||
| Ueli Kipfer, Euphonium: Swiss Euphoniumist Ueli Kipfer has a blog-based website with biography, photos, list of recordings, etc. | ||
| Vincent Schaeffer, Euphonium: This is Vincent Schaeffer's site, which is available in French or English. It has an extensive article on technique. He has a CD of Bach Cello Suites, and you can download the MP3 version for free. | ||
| Printed Music | ||
| Advanced Clinic: An Acrobat PDF file that contains many musical exercises and text of how to work on them. By Larry Ward | ||
| Arban Book - Euphonium Version: Edited by Brian Bowman and Joe Alessi, this is a new edition of the complete Arban Conservatory Method in bass clef. | ||
| Encore Music Publishers: The web site for Encore Music. | ||
| Purtle.com Scale Exercises: Free PDF files of scale pratices for various brass, including tuba and euphonium | ||
| Sheet Music Plus: One of the largest sources of sheet music on the web. Also items such as tuners, metronomes, etc. | ||
| Sound Track Music: A site that has listings of players in some very popular films, as well as printable sheet music for a few of them. | ||
| Resources | ||
| * Euphonium Books and Recordings: Listing of books and recordings relating to euphonium. Many link to a live site to purchase online if you wish. | ||
| * Tuba Books and Recordings: Listing of books and recordings relating to tuba. Most link to a live site to purchase online if you wish. | ||
| * Tuba-Euph Postcards: You can send virtual postcards over the web with tuba or euphonium graphics. Free service. | ||
| * The Euphonium Music Guide Online: The online version of The Euphonium Music Guide and Discography by David Werden. Includes the ability to add entries yourself if you know of a recording or original euphonium composition that should be included. | ||
| Advanced Clinic: An Acrobat PDF file that contains many musical exercises and text of how to work on them. By Larry Ward | ||
| Brass Forum: A new forum with area for all brass instruments, brass bands and wind bands, and other ensembles. | ||
| Brass Players in Soundtracks: An interesting resource listing brass players in soundtracks of several popular movies. No euphoniums yet, but tpt, hn, tbn, and tuba. Also a section about equipment used by the players. | ||
| Brass Reviews: This site offers reviews of tubas and euphoniums. You can add your own. | ||
| British Euphonium Discography: A listing of many recordings that were made in England in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. | ||
| Chatfield Band Library: A huge resource for old band arrangement. I believe it works on a lending basis. | ||
| Cleaning a Brass Instrument: Information about cleaning and maintaining a brass instrument. Supplied by Custom Music Company. | ||
| Cleaning Brass Instruments: A good link with information about cleaning your brass instrument. Supplied by MusiChem Company, Inc. | ||
| Das Euph - Euphonium Resource Site: A nice site with some interesting articles, such as "Euph Cleaning." | ||
| Dr. Young's Tuba: This site has several spreadsheets in Excel format that explain the theoretical intonation differences between 3 and 4 valve compensating and non-compensating euphoniums. | ||
| Dutch Tuba Site: This site has a great list of links to euphonium and tuba sites. | ||
| Euphonia Rex: A page by Eric Tilton with several good links There are a few topics with no content as yet, so it would be an opportunity for interested parties to contribute something. | ||
| Euphonium Discography: Listing by Brian Bowman of euphonium recordings. | ||
| Euphonium History: A very nice article detailing the history and development of the euphonium | ||
| Euphonium Trigger: Euphonium trigger similar to the one on the Besson Prestige. From the home page, click: Webshop-accessories-brasswind-parts, where you will see the "JW Euphonium Trigger..." | ||
| Euphonium World of Akihiko Ito: Source of music, information about The Euphonium Company (Japanese euphonium ensemble), and links. English version is not perfected, but still interesting. | ||
| Euphtopia: A new site about the euphonium. Features a discussion forum and a links page. | ||
| Frank Noonan's Web Site: Nice new site by euphoniumist Frank J. Noonan. Good selection of links to sites of interest to musicians. | ||
| Historic Euphonium Solos: This site has free downloadable Acrobat PDF files of a few turn-of-the-century solos. | ||
| History of the Euphonium by Jeff Cottrell: A good history, which also covers the use of euphonium in orchestral music. | ||
| History of the Sousaphone: Provided by the J. W. Pepper site, this is an short article about the first sousaphone along with a picture. | ||
| I.T.E.A. online: Now renamed from T.U.B.A. to the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, this is their official site. | ||
| Mantia (from "The Band Page"): Biography of Simone Mantia | ||
| Ophicleide fingering charts: complete fingering chart for an ophicleide. | ||
| R. Jones Web Site: A collection of very useful links for brass players. | ||
| Salvation Army Euphonium Recordings: Very comprehensive listing of Salvation Army euphonium recordings. | ||
| Ship Large Instruments with Amtrak: This is the web site for Amtrak Express. Their reputation is very good for handling large packages like tubas. | ||
| Solo Euphonium: A nice euphonium-related site with a discussion forum (some discussion of tuba and baritone horn also). | ||
| T.U.B.A. Press: An excellent of music and books, the T.U.B.A. Press has a new online store. | ||
| T.U.B.A.-Online: Now renamed to the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, this is their official site. | ||
| Tips on Playing: Sound clips and links to resources about playing tuba and euphonium. Includes master class clips from Arnold Jacobs. | ||
| Tuba Central: A good site with articles such as What Makes Up the Price of a Tuba. Links to other sites. Classified ads. | ||
| Tuba Pictures: A web site with a vast collection of tuba pictures. Many novelty photos. | ||
| Tuba/Euph ListServer: This is a discussion list for tuba and euphonium. If you sign on, you will share email with more than 1,100 other tuba/euphonium players around the world. Click on the Subscribe link on the right side. | ||
| TubaNews.com: A nice collection of reviews, downloads, articles, links, etc. for Tuba and Euphonium | ||
| Tubas in Film Music: An article by Gerald Sloan on the use of tubas in film scores. | ||
| TubeNet: Many Resources, including Email Database, Ensembles, 1997 International Tuba Euphonium Conference, Jobs, Personal Home Pages, Music Shops and Organizations, TUBA Membership Form, TubeNet BBS | ||
| Variations on the Baritone Horn and the Euphonium : A very informative site on the euphonium and its history and construction. | ||
| You Play a What?: Article by Brian Bowman answering the usual question. | ||
| Shopping | ||
| Euphonium Books and Recordings: Listing of books and recordings relating to euphonium. Many link to a live site to purchase online if you wish. | ||
| Tuba Books and Recordings: Listing of books and recordings relating to tuba. Most link to a live site to purchase online if you wish. | ||
| Brook Mays Music: A good selection of baritones, euphoniums and tubas for sale from the web site. | ||
| Dolly Bags: Gig bags for tubas that offer superb protection. | ||
| Johnson Cases: Molded cases for excellent protection of your tuba or euphonium | ||
| Mouthpiece Express: An online resource for buying brass or woodwind mouthpieces. They carry many major brands, including the Wick/Mead series | ||
| Perfect Pitch Music: A website that carries the music played by Steven Sykes on the CD Skyology. | ||
| Steven Mead Recordings Web Site: A comprehensive Steven Mead discography, with a listing of new CD's and a way to purchase them. | ||
| T.U.B.A. Press: An excellent of music and books, the T.U.B.A. Press has a new online store. | ||
| Trombone Classifieds: Provided by the Trombone Association, this site has classifieds for trombones and euphoniums, accessories, and music. | ||
| Tuba Mutes from TrumCor: A complete line of quality tuba mutes, including practice mutes. | ||
| Windsong Press: A source for recordings and books by such greats as Arnold Jacobs and Phillip Farkas. | ||
| Special Articles | ||
| Baritone or Euphonium?: Defines the difference between a baritone and euphonium. By David Werden. Several photos. Or, choose a text version (no tables or photos). | ||
| Choosing a Euphonium: Advice on various ways of testing euphoniums before a purchase. Authored by David Werden. | ||
| Compensating System Explained: Explains the operation of (and necessity for) the 4-valve compensating system found on most professional euphoniums. | ||
| Euphonium Band Auditions Web Page: Site with advice on euphonium auditions for service bands. Includes annotated musical examples and advice from Neal Corwell and David Werden. | ||
| Euphonium/Tuba Brands: Discussion Forum: An open, online forum for discussion characteristics of different euphonium and tuba brands, repertoire, auditions, general music advice, and more. | ||
| More Thoughts About the Tuba: A second article by Barton Cummings especially for this web site. | ||
| Thoughts About the Tuba: Article by Barton Cummings especially for this web site. | ||
| Family | ||
| Games | ||
| Arcaplay: Nice collection of Flash-based games. Categorized, and if you register on the site you can rate games (and download them to your computer). | ||
| Blackjack: Play blackjack online. | ||
| Blueprint: Some great thinking games that seem easy but are difficult. Concept: drag various construction pieces around to guide a ball to a target. | ||
| Bridge Bidding: Practice your bridge bidding. | ||
| Candy Stand Games: A great collection of online games, driven by Macromedia Shockwave (free plug-in for your browser) | ||
| CandyStand: Created by the Lifesavers people, this site offers many nice Shockwave games. | ||
| Chess: A Flash-based online chess game. Play simple or advanced games. Your move history is kept on a virtual sheet. Very nice implementation. | ||
| Constructor: Build and/or play with wire models on screen. | ||
| Crossword Puzzle: Play a variety of crossword puzzles online. | ||
| Gamedesign: This is a free game site that requires Flash for most of its games (and some require Internet Explorer). But quality is very high, and some games are downloadable. | ||
| Games from iVillage: Many different games, crosswords, jokes, etc. | ||
| Games from ShockRave: Several online games. May require Java. | ||
| ING Games: A site offering reviews and previews of games, and you can look up your favorite game to find cheat codes. | ||
| Mastermind: Play the classic Mastermind online. | ||
| Minesweeper: Play Minesweeper online. | ||
| MiniClip Games and Cartoons: This site has hundreds of games, many of which are downloadable. It also features many great cartoons! | ||
| MiniClip Online Game Collection: This site has about 100 free games. Very good quality. | ||
| Morphases - Face Art: This site lets you build a face and manipulate it with online editing tools. | ||
| Old Atari Games: Many old computer games converted to Flash so you can play on the web. | ||
| Optical Illusions: A collection of optical illusions. Some are animated. | ||
| Othello online: Play Othello online. | ||
| Owl's House: No description | ||
| PONG: The original arcade game, now playable online. Just click to start the ball and move your mouse to aim your paddle. | ||
| PopCap Online Games: Nice collection of online games. Most are small kid-friendly. | ||
| Solitaire: Play solitaire online. | ||
| Sun-Times Crossword: The daily crossword of the Chicago Sun-Times | ||
| Tetris: The classic Tetris game. | ||
| Traffic Jam: A frustrating but addicting game. | ||
| Genealogy | ||
| Ancestry.com: Searchable database and many valuable resources. Membership is required and costs about five dollars a month. | ||
| Cyndi's List: Washington State genealogist Cyndi Howell, author of Netting Your Ancestors, offers more than 38,000 categorized, cross-referenced links to other genealogical resources on the Internet. | ||
| Ellis Island Immigration History Center : This site will let you view its archives of family immigration records. | ||
| Family Search: From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Access part of their huge online catalog. | ||
| Family Tree Maker: From the makers of the genealogy software, this all-inclusive site that tries to sell its products but also has a lot of good, free information. | ||
| Genealogy Home Page: A vast collection of links and resources. | ||
| Genealogy Toolbox: From Matthew and April Leigh Helm, authors of "Genealogy Online for Dummies." Offers more than 45,000 links to personal surname sites. | ||
| Heritage Quest: A division of the American Genealogical Lening Library. An online shop for magazines, books, disks, software, etc. Beginners' tips. | ||
| NGS Geneaology Site: Offered by the National Geographic Society, this is a good introduction to genealogy. | ||
| Treasure Maps genealogy site: If you're a beginner in the genealogy game, check out this site first. Practical advice such as how to decipher old-fashioned handwriting. Learn five steps to getting started in a genealogy search and how to post a query. | ||
| Ultimate Family Tree: A software company with information about their product, but many useful links too. | ||
| USIGS Military Collection: The United States Internet Genealogical Society's Military Collection contains name, rank and hometown for soldiers in specific outfits. | ||
| Museums | ||
| Museum Network: A website with links to an enormous number of museums in different catagories. | ||
| Parents Resources | ||
| Parents' TV Viewing Guide: A guide to primetime TV viewing, with content ratings that red-flag shows that parents may consider inappropriate for younger viewers. | ||
| Baby Center: Shop for that baby gift online. Allows you to search for a gift according to child's age. | ||
| Funology: A web site with all kinds of simple activities for a parent and child. | ||
| I Dream of Baby: This site has information from pre-conception to delivery. | ||
| Movie and Video Ratings: A site where parents can get information on the movies and videos their children might want to see. | ||
| Movie Mom Reviews: This site "gives parents the information they need to decide what movies and videos are best for kids from 2-18 and helps families use what they watch to talk about the issues and values they care about most." | ||
| Pampers Parenting Institute: Created in part by popular pediatrician Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. He and numerous other doctors will answer your baby-care questions plus send you a free e-mail newsletter customized to your baby's age. | ||
| Parent Time: A fine resource. One feature allows you to pick the age group of your child and see a custom page with age-specific issues and advice. Also chats with midwives, couples coaches and other parents, | ||
| Parent Zone: This Web site addresses serious parenting challenges, ranging from managing anger toward your children to dealing with learning disabilities and eating disorders. Issues include balancing work and family, talking with a teenager, potty training, etc. | ||
| Parenting Resources for the 21st Century: This site, federally sponsored through the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, strives to help families meet the formidable challenges of raising a child today. | ||
| Parents Place: Covers the full spectrum of parenting, from trying to conceive to dealing with the teenage years. | ||
| Screen It: A review site to help parents decide if a movie is suitable for family viewing. Very thorough ratings. | ||
| Recreation | ||
| Administration on Aging: Large variety of resources for older people and their families | ||
| Destination Outdoors: Whether your next expedition is the backcountry or the backyard, Destination Outdoors is the information destination. From the proper insect repellent application to backcountry first aid, you'll find something useful for your next destination. | ||
| Paper Folding: Brought to you by Yamaha (!), this site has detailed instruction on paper folding, including downloadable patterns. | ||
| Park Finder: Find a park in the United States. | ||
| Sightseer's Guide to Engineering: Listing engineering marvels and museums all around the United States | ||
| Theme Park Insider: A guide to various theme in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Tips from parents, ratings, etc. | ||
| Special Ed / L.D. | ||
| Born to Explore - the other side of ADD: This site looks at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, using research and articles to show that ADD and ADHD are not disorders at all, but gifts. | ||
| CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - "CHADD works to improve the lives of people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder through education, advocacy, and support." | ||
| Council for Exceptional Children: The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. | ||
| L.D. Online: Guide for parents of children with learning disabilities. Topics include family relationships, technological aids, state-by-state resource guide, and more. | ||
| National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.: The National Center for Learning Disabilities is one of the foremost national not-for-profit organizations committed to improving the lives of those affected by learning disabilities. | ||
| Sign Language Dictionary: Video clips of a young woman demonstrating hundreds of American Sign Language terms. | ||
| Teens Helping Teens: Geared towards teens with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. Study tips, advice about college life adjustments, etc. You can also e-mail questions to Lee Ann, a dyslexic woman with a masters degree in special ed. | ||
| Teens | ||
| Boundless: An online magazine with articles of interest to teens. You can also sign up for a free email newsletter. | ||
| Getting Real Magazine: A fun and savvy magazine for teens. It covers technology, careers, music, film, writing, gender issues, etc. | ||
| Teen Learning Network: The site provides High School Students with help planning for college and careers. Online test preparation, homework help, career information, the College Finder and personal assessments. | ||
| Teen New Drivers Homepage: A useful site for teens learning to drive. Includes the perils of the school parking lot, tricks for successfully navigating wet or snowy roads, etc. | ||
| Young Biz: The site offers encouragement and tips for young entrepreneurs, as well as market quotes, investment calculators and credit card information. A different young businessperson is profiled each month. | ||
| Weddings | ||
| Bridal Shower.com: All kinds of information to help plan a bridal shower. | ||
| Bridal Shower.com: All kinds of information to help plan a bridal shower. | ||
| Bridal Shower.com: All kinds of information to help plan a bridal shower. | ||
| Bridal Shower.com: All kinds of information to help the brides maids plan a bridal shower. | ||
| Modern Bride.com: From the publishers of Modern Bride Magazine. Lots of advice on many issues, chat, color finder (to match those brides maids dresses), best honeymoon spots, etc. | ||
| Stock Gift Registry: A place to register your gift choices and for others to view them. | ||
| TheKnot.com: Over 8,000 bridal gowns, find a photographer, check out the diamond-buying guide and gift registry, and pose your etiquette questions at this full-service site. Newly married couples talk about their weddings in the Real World Weddings section. | ||
| Wedding Channel: Nice resource. Features designer gowns, wedding planner, gift registry, honeymoon ideas, information on creating your own wedding Web site, etc. | ||
| Financial | ||
| Calculators | ||
| Dr. Calculator: What would you like to calculate? This site probably has a calculator already set up to do the math for you. | ||
| Tax Proposal Calculator: If you would like to see the effect that the various candidates' and entities' tax proposals will have on your 401k savings, this site offers a real-time calculator and other interesting tools. | ||
| Credit | ||
| Free Credit Reports: To help you fight identity theft, this site offers a free credit report once a year (terms may vary from state to state). | ||
| General | ||
| ATM Locator: Find the nearest automatic teller machine. | ||
| Bank Rate Monitor: Compare bank rates. | ||
| Barron's Online: | ||
| Bloomberg International: | ||
| Charity Navigator: This outstanding site has been helping people learn about the validity and efficiency of charities for a number of years. | ||
| CNN Financial Network: | ||
| DLJ Direct: | ||
| GuideStar Guide to Charitable Giving: A guide to 300 charities, showing their efficiency of money use. | ||
| Hoovers Online: | ||
| Motley Fool Investments: | ||
| Network for Good: A site sponsored by Yahoo! and AOL among others. You can find information on hundreds of charities. | ||
| Quicken Online: | ||
| Reuters: | ||
| Universal Currency Converter: | ||
| Wall Street City: | ||
| Worth Online: | ||
| Loans | ||
| Lending Tree: One of the most popular online loan companies. | ||
| Magazines | ||
| Business Week: | ||
| Daily Rocket: | ||
| Fortune Magazine: | ||
| Kiplinger Online: | ||
| Money Magazine: | ||
| Money Online: | ||
| General | ||
| Charity, etc. | ||
| Share the Technology: A site that can link you to organizations looking for donations of computers and peripherals. It also lets you post your need for technology equipment if you represent a public/private school or non-profit organization. | ||
| Volunteers Needed: A site that lets you enter you Zip code and find volunteer opportunities near you. | ||
| Daily Living | ||
| Post Office - Hold Your Main: The USPS will let you fill out a form online to hold your mail (and start delivery again) when you go on vacation. | ||
| Home Maintenance | ||
| Concrete Network: Information on residential concrete, decorative concrete, concrete homes, basements, fixing, maintaining, materials and admixtures for concrete. | ||
| Do It Yourself Net: Home improvement, decorating and design, gardening and landscaping, arts and crafts, automotive, lifestyle and family, recreation and hobbies, kits and cool tools. DIYnet.com features step-by-step projects and articles. | ||
| Do It Yourself.com: Includes hardware store, contractors, tools, Home Improvement how to, cleaning, kitchen remodeling, plumbing, electrical, painting, gardening. | ||
| Home Improvement Contractors: Find a contractor near you to do repairs or improvements. Enter the work you want done and local contractors will bid for the job. | ||
| Home Owner.net: A great collection of articles, news, and resources for home owners. Repair, remodling, construction, projects, etc. | ||
| Improve.Net: Improvenet helps you find the house plans and home remodeling pros you'll need to get your home improvement project done. | ||
| Inside Spaces.com: A guide to indoor home repairs. | ||
| Our House.com: Offers online shopping for home supplies and do-it-yourself tips. | ||
| Service Magic: Offers homeowners advice and matching to local certified service professionals for over 60 categories from Handymman to cleaning and remodeling. | ||
| This Old House: Great site with many tips for the do-it-yourself person. Includes a discussion forum, materials calculator, etc. | ||
| Woodworking Plan Finder: A database of over 4,000 plans for woodworking projects. | ||
| Humor | ||
| American Folklore: This simple, no-frills site catalogs folklore tales from all 50 states. Some are humorous, some are educational. | ||
| Banished Word List: See the list of "Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use, and General Uselessness" | ||
| Comics.com: A collection of links to dozens of comic strips and editorial cartoons. | ||
| David Werden Humor Server: A random joke server, provided by this web site. | ||
| Good Clean Funnies List: A collection of jokes that are appropriate for general audiences. | ||
| International Animal Sounds: A collection of the sounds that humans from different countries make when talking about different animals. | ||
| JCPenney Catalog Fall/Winter 1980: This site provides scans of numerous pages from the two-decade-old Penney's Fall/Winter collection. It will leave you wondering how people ever thought of some of these products. | ||
| Jeff Foxworthy: Comedian Jeff Foxworthy special brand of humor. "You might be a redneck if " could be a valuable reference for someone. | ||
| King Features Comics: Links to several popular comic strips. | ||
| Letterman's Top Ten Lists: From Late Night with David Letterman, many of his collection of Top Ten Lists. Searchable by keyword. | ||
| Museum of Hoaxes: This site catalogs many frauds and pranks, such as the witch trial and unwed mother hoaxes pulled by Benjamin Franklin. | ||
| Peanuts Comic Strip: A collection of Peanuts comic strips. | ||
| Stupid Crooks: A site featuring things that went wrong during crimnal acts, either due to bad luck or stupidity. | ||
| The Comic Strip: Wonderful collection of comic strip links. It's bound to include some of your favorites. | ||
| Tonight Show Headlines: The online version of Jay Leno's book with some real life headlines. Truth is funnier than fiction. | ||
| Translation Errors: Humorous errors found when various languages are translated into English. | ||
| Trivia Search Engine: A site that has a vast collection of trivia in many different categories. | ||
| WWWBoard Jokes: A collection of dozens of clean jokes. | ||
| Maps | ||
| Mapquest (maps and driving directions): | ||
| Measure Distances: This site puts up a Google map (or satellite) of an area you choose. You can click to create a route (perhaps one you walk or bike) and see the total distance. | ||
| Yahoo Maps: | ||
| Military | ||
| Army Basic Training Site: A look into the experience of Army basic training. | ||
| Neighborhoods | ||
| City Data: All kinds of information on U.S. cities. You can drill down to a city or view lists of 100 best cities for various categories. | ||
| Criminal Searches: Want to know if your neighbor has a criminal record? This site lets you look him/her up. Note: it may show an arrest but not say if there was a conviction, so take with a grain of salt. | ||
| Money Magazine Best Places to Live: Money magazine rates U.S. cities for a variety of factors and ranks them. You can do a search based on your own priorities. | ||
| Police Band Scanner online: This site offers live real-time police radio for many U.S. cities, as well as a lookup utility to tell you your relative crime rate by Zip code. | ||
| Online Books | ||
| Audio Books for Free: You can download complete books in all categories from this site for no cost. | ||
| Page by Page Books: A nice collection of books that are reproduced entirely online. Includes several classics, plus famous speeches. | ||
| Organization | ||
| Cell Phone Reminders: You can schedule a future text message to yourself or others with this site. For example, you can send a text message to your cell phone an hour before an important appointment. | ||
| Free Pocket PDA?: This site offers a configurable template for a pocket-sized paper-based organization system. It is really simple but really effective (and fun, too). | ||
| Pets | ||
| Cat Fancy Magazine: Online site for Cat Fancy. | ||
| Dog Fancy Magazine: Canine community, reference library, news, vet issues, etc. | ||
| DogPark.com: This site lists dog parks all around the nation. Has tips on dog park etiquette and instructions on how to start a dog park in your area. Also news and events, profiles of working dogs, traveling tips, hints for finding the right breed. | ||
| Dogs for the Family: The Arts & Entertainment channel chose the top 10 family dogs. | ||
| Peteducation.com: The Net's largest, best and most comprehensive site for articles on pet healthcare, written by veterinary experts. | ||
| Petopia.com: A nice site with advice, shopping, and articles covering dogs, cats, birds, small animals, and fish. | ||
| The Pet Channel: A good reference site with a chat room, kids corner, book reviews, e-postcards, etc. | ||
| VeryBestPet.com: A site offering all sorts of tips and advice for dog and cat owners. | ||
| Politics | ||
| Congressional Travel: A resource that will show you how much your representatives accept in private money to travel. You can also compare overall spending from the three main parties. | ||
| Fund Race: This site can display the polictal contributions of your neighbors, or it can show you a state-by-state breakdown of contributions to each party. | ||
| Heritage Foundation: A political think tank that provides information to congress and the press. Conservative in nature, but with very high quality information. | ||
| Opinion Journal: This is a free site from the Wall Street Journal, but registration is required. Offers many editorial opinions by quality journalists. | ||
| Political Contributions Database: Find a list of all political contributors in the area of your zip code or search by name. | ||
| Real Clear Politics: A collection of articles from a variety of sources commenting on polictics in America. | ||
| Real Estate | ||
| Rent-O-Meter: A guide to the cost of rent of a property compared similar properties in the same area. | ||
| Zillow - Home Prices: Zillow.com lets you look up an address and see the estimated market value of the home and the homes around it. There is also much other information available about the homes, such as rooms, square footage, sales history, etc. | ||
| Religion | ||
| Christian Sheet Music: Our site has just expanded the Christian Sheet Music section, especially in the popular music category. You will be able to shop for printed music by popular Christian artists such as Amy Grant, Chris Rice, MercyMe, and many more. | ||
| First Amendment Clarification: This blog discusses the religion clauses (2) of the First Amendment, including the mis-interpretation taking place so often today. | ||
| First Amendment Discussion: This forum explains the religion clauses of the Constitution's First Amendment, including the mis-interpretation taking place so often today. | ||
| The Gutenberg Bible online: A project from the University of Texas has made this historic Bible availble for online viewing. | ||
| Resources | ||
| Hard to Find Toll-Free Numbers: This site simply lists many toll-free numbers that are not easy to find. Some numbers listed are not toll free, but they are still handy to have when you need to contact a large, national company. | ||
| Owners Manuals: A repository for many household products and electronics brands' manuals. | ||
| Paper Forms etc.: Printable Paper lets you download (free) various forms to print out and use. There are all types of graph paper, music paper, score sheets, etc. | ||
| Paperback Book Swap: This site offers a free service for trading books. To get started, you list 9 of your books. You get credits for 3 books. Each time someone requests one of your books, you get another credit. You only pay for shipping. | ||
| Patent Search: A site that lets you search most U.S. patents. You can search by keyword or many other factors. For example, one patent describes a tuba compensating system. | ||
| People Finder: This site searches for people in so-called hidden records on the internet - ones that don't usually show up in searches. Pretty effective. | ||
| Phone Menu Cheat Sheet: A guide to getting in touch with a human operator when you are faced with an automated telephone phone menu. You can also submit your own tips. | ||
| Public Records Search: A gateway to searching many public records that might not otherwise show up in search engines. | ||
| Recalls of All Products: A government site listing all government recalls. Search by category, brand, etc. | ||
| Reverse Phone Directory: A collection of searches you can perform that can look up a phone number and find who it belongs to. | ||
| Time Zone Information: Timeticker.com has a very slick interface that allows to find the local time anywhere in the world. It can also set your computer's clock for you. | ||
| Toilet Finder: Here is a site that helps you find a good, clean restroom when you are in a strange city. Limited number of listings, but growing. | ||
| What Song Did You Just Hear on the Radio?: Visit this site to find out what song a radio station just played. Enter your Zip code, choose the station, then look at their play list. Coverage is not complete, but they are growing. | ||
| Health | ||
| Cancer Resources | ||
| American Cancer Society: One of the web's best cancer resources. Offers hope, news, and answers. | ||
| Cancer Risk Calculator: From Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention. Answer a few questions and find out where you rank between low to high risk. | ||
| National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: A nationwide network of independent organizations and individuals working in the area of cancer support and information. Offers news about public health programs, conferences and events, etc. Many unique online resources. | ||
| People Living With Cancer: People Living With Cancer, the patient information website of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), is designed to help patients and families make informed health-care decisions. | ||
| University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center: Has one of the largest online excyclopedia's of cancer topics and resources. Huge search engine. Online videos (Real Player required). | ||
| News | ||
| Changing the Face of Medicine: A site that shows the role of women in medicine, plus has information about medical careers and interactive features. | ||
| Health News from Mayo: | ||
| Medicine Net: A friendly site disigned to help patients become better informed about their illnesses and treatments. | ||
| Phys.com: Many health resources, including Calculators for ideal weight, body fat, heart rate, etc. Also forums, chat, question and answer. | ||
| Pregnancy | ||
| The First 9 Months: A great site (that takes a fast connection or some patience) that details the whole experience. Includes ultrasound images. | ||
| Resource | ||
| Allergy Learning Lab: Requires a membership (free) to get the login name and password. Focuses on quality of life for allergy sufferers. Also helps you determine if you have allergies. | ||
| Allernet.com: Helpful hints on reducing attacks, maps of pollen counts, and many other resources. | ||
| Arthritis Insight: News and information about arthritis. | ||
| Consumer Health Webwatch: This site reviews the top 20 health-related web sites to help consumers choose the best source of information. | ||
| Dr. Koop's Web Site: Health news and resources, as well as chat rooms. | ||
| First Aid Guide from Mayo: A list of the 50 most common first aid topics and how to treat the problem. Provided by the Mayo Clinic. | ||
| Health Line: Good collection of health information. Searchable, but it is set up for very easy browsing to discover what you what. Contains health-related news as well. | ||
| Healthfinder: Developed by the federal Department of Health and Human Resources. A clearinghouse for information on everything from AIDS to depression to health plans. | ||
| I-Village.com: iVillage.com offers busy women a community in which to share advice. | ||
| Kids Health: Tons of information on infections, behavior & emotions, food & fitness, and growing up healthy, as well as games and animations! | ||
| Medical Library Association: Deciphering Medspeak: Good common-sense resource to help deal with the confusing array of medical websites. | ||
| Nutrition Facts: Great site with comprehensive information about food (including fast food). | ||
| Omni Medical Search: Specialized search engine that looks at 15 medical databases to match your search phrase. | ||
| On Health.com: Great health reference with News, Ask the Expert, Interactive Tools, Live Shows, etc. | ||
| OneBody.com: Alternative medicine information on an enormous variety of specific areas. | ||
| Prevention Magazine Healthy Ideas: Covers healing, weight loss, fitness, cooking and nutrition. | ||
| Quack Watch: A comprehensive site that offers advice about various non-traditional remedies. | ||
| Readers Digest Health: Offers everything from information on medical conditions to the latest thinking on alternative remedies. | ||
| We Magazine: We Media was founded on the principle of advancing the education, mobility and degree of access available to people living with disabling conditions. | ||
| Web-MD: News and more about the medical world. You can get news, look at the health library, and more. Some functions, such as the chat room, require registration. | ||
| Internet | ||
| Copyright | ||
| CopyScape: This site lets you search for pages on the web that may have copied some of your content. | ||
| Fun | ||
| Dialectizer: Convert any web page into one of several dialects, ranging from Redneck to Elmer Fudd to Pig Latin. | ||
| Guides | ||
| Cool Guide to the Internet: A great guide to the best sites on the web. Each site is reviewed, and sites are organized under categories. | ||
| Popular Science Best of the Web: This site lists the best of the millions of web sites on the Internet. | ||
| Locale | ||
| City Pages: | ||
| Music | ||
| Last.fm: A site with streaming music. Some juke box functionality and an Internet radio section. | ||
| Resources | ||
| BraveNet: Free tools for the small website builder. Includes Hit Counters, Message Forums, Live Chat Rooms, Classified Ads, Online Polls, Email Form Processing, Email Lists. | ||
| Color Scheme Helper: If you are color-challenged and need help choosing combinations for a website, logo, album cover, business cards, etc. Adobe has as easy helper site. | ||
| Free Web Hosting: Freeservers.com offers free hosting on a variety of domain names. | ||
| JavaScript Rollover Primer: A brief instruction on building "rollover" effects with images on your web pages. | ||
| Multi-Lingual Chat: MeGlobe lets you chat live with someone else from anywhere in the world without worrying about the language barrier. It does a real-time machine translation from your language to theirs. | ||
| Netmechanic.com: A collection of tools for your web site. Some are available as free samples, others are available at a charge. | ||
| Reverse Image Search: Find out if your images are being used on other sites. Upload one to test or enter its URL. | ||
| SparkLit: Many free add-on features you can put on your web site. | ||
| Surf for Free Restaurants etc.: A guide to restaurants, coffee shops, etc. that have facilities for your wireless laptop. | ||
| Tiny URL: The site lets you set up an alias to a URL. If you want to email someone a link that is very long, you can use tinyurl.com to make a very short link that points to the same URL. | ||
| Usability Guide: A guide from the Government to help you desing a more usable web site. | ||
| Wayback Machine: An archive of web sites at various points in their evolution. | ||
| Search | ||
| AltaVista search engine: | ||
| DogPile Multiple Search Engine: | ||
| Excite search engine: | ||
| HotBot search engine: | ||
| InfoSeek search engine: | ||
| Lycos Search Engine: | ||
| Multi-View Search Engine Viewzi: This engine lets you see results in several different views and offers interesting refinement options. Beta now, but looks promising. | ||
| Podzinger: A search engine for podcasts. Lists some brass-music sites. | ||
| Popular Search Phrases: Yahoo lets you see what are the most popular search phrases in various categories. | ||
| WebCrawler Search Engine: | ||
| Yahoo: | ||
| Web Cams | ||
| Discovery Channel Collection of Cams: Many different Web cameras in various categories. | ||
| Kim Komando Collection of Web Cams: A very nice list of various Web cams around the world. | ||
| Wi-Fi | ||
| JiWire: Guide to local wifi hotspots, free and pay. | ||
| MetroFreeFi: A guide to pay or free wireless hotspots in various cities. | ||
| Kids Zone | ||
| Education-Entertainment | ||
| Amusement Park Physics: A fun and educational site covering many popular types of rides. You can also design a roller coaster. | ||
| Find Out Why: From Disney, this site has some entertaining lessons on science. | ||
| Highlights: From the Highlights Magazine people, this is a nicely-done site. | ||
| Little Critter: Mercer Mayer's famous animal family - includes some of Little Critter's favorite jokes, puzzles, and art. | ||
| MaMaMedia: Entertaining and educational. | ||
| Science Snacks: From the Exploratorium, this site offers some unique tricks with science that you can try at home. | ||
| White House for Kids: The official childrens' site of the U. S. White House. Good interactivity. | ||
| Entertainment | ||
| Acme Product Catalog: Inspired by the Road Runner cartoons, this online catalog (for entertainment, it doesn't really sell anything) features all the products that the Coyote bought. | ||
| Captain Underpants Site: Based on the children's book series, this site offers interactive games, jokes, crafts, etc. | ||
| Cartoon Network: Cartoon Network. | ||
| Disney Web Site: A wealth of entertainment from Disney. | ||
| Forgotten Looney Toons Characters: This site has some characters that weren't the big stars like Bugs Bunny, but are still fun to remember. | ||
| Infoseek's Kids Corner: Great site for kids. | ||
| Laughing Place: Called the Ultimate Disney Site, this is a very complete guide to the Disney attractions. | ||
| Muppet Web Site: A very entertaining interactive web site populated with various Muppet characters | ||
| Nickelodeon: A very full site from the popular Nickelodean network. | ||
| Games | ||
| Candy Bar Factory from Hershey: A great site (if you have a fast connection) with games, e-cards, tips and trivia. | ||
| KIDZ - several online games: Various games to play online. | ||
| Octane Games: A few high-quality games - free. | ||
| Stackopolis: A fun Flash-based building-block game online. Free. | ||
| Ulitmate Arcade: A collection of Flash games. | ||
| Yo Yo instructions: From Yotopia.com, this site has instruction on performing basic yoyo tricks. | ||
| Links | ||
| 700 Great Sites for Kids: Wonderful collection of children sites. | ||
| Mayberry USA: A filtered site that is safe for kids to use. Offers news, games, business, etc. | ||
| Virtual Schoolhouse: A collection of K-12 Internet links. | ||
| www.4kids.org: Great collection of kids' links. | ||
| Yahooligans: Great collection of kids' links. | ||
| Zipee Search Engine: A kid-safe search engine with a wide variety of links | ||
| Post Cards | ||
| Color Your Own Card: A few types of cards, but with a fun coloring feature. | ||
| Garfield: Various poses and messages from your favorite cartoon cat. | ||
| Hot Wheels: Many different Hot Wheel cars to choose from. | ||
| Pokemon Cards from Warner Brothers: Four different Pokemon cards. | ||
| Ringling Brothers Circus: Lots of cards of your favorite circus feature acts. | ||
| Virtual Beanie Babies: A good selection of Beanie Baby cards. Animated, with optional music. | ||
| Warner Brothers Cards: Many types of cards featuring Warner Brothers cartoon characters, television shows, entertainment, etc. | ||
| Reference | ||
| Infoplease.com for Kids: Great site for kids. | ||
| Kid's Search Tools: A good collection of search sites that are all geared toward kids. Most of these sites can be searched right from this page. | ||
| Searchopolis: Based on the Inktomi database, this site is filtered for appropriate content for kids. | ||
| Toys, etc. | ||
| Hot Wheels Collector Edition: News, discussion, promotions, etc. | ||
| Music-General | ||
| Businesses | ||
| Coda Music Technology: Publishers of Finale music notation software and Vivace accompaniment systems. | ||
| Giardinelli Instrument Sales: Catalog of musical instruments and accessories. | ||
| John Packer LTD.: A large musical instrument dealer in the UK. Many brands, useful links, etc. | ||
| Osmun Brass: One of the most-respected brass shops in the country. New and used instruments, repairs, supplies. Dealer for Yamaha Silent Brass, Wick Steven Mead mouthpieces, gig bags, mutes, etc. | ||
| The Brasswind: One of the largest musical instrument stores around, the Brasswind (and Woodwind) carries a good selection of instruments at good prices. Also offer used instruments, accessories, and musical electronics. In-store shopping or mail order. | ||
| Events | ||
| Bar Harbor Brass Week: "The Bar Harbor Brass Week is an intensive educational and performance experience for select college and high school brass musicians, sponsored by the Mark Woolman Horner Music Education Fund." | ||
| Santa Fiora in Musica: A new festival aimed at providing an intense individual and brass chamber music experience for amateurs and professionals alike. MARIO BARSOTTI and ROGER BOBO are there for tubists. English version available. | ||
| Summit Brass Rafael Mendez Brass Institute: Official website for this annual symposium. Includes coaching, master classes, student and faculty performances as well as a concert by Summit Brass. | ||
| Swiss Brass Week: All about the event - registration information, hotels, players/faculty, etc. | ||
| Historic | ||
| Cylinder Recordings Project: The University of Southern California is copying many old wax cylinder recordings to digital format. So far there are historic recordings online by cornet and trombone soloist from the very early 1900's. | ||
| Rock and Roll Timeline: From the Hall of Fame, this section of their site has an interactive time line of rock music. | ||
| Vintage Brass Band Pictures: Photos of old brass bands from all over the world. | ||
| Instrument Cleaning and Maintenance | ||
| BiNaK valve oil: A great new valve oil. Highly recommended. | ||
| Brass Saver Swabs: A line of cleaning swabs (or snakes) for brass and woodwind instruments. | ||
| Cleaning a brass instrument: A very complete description of the process you should go through to properly clean a brass instrument. | ||
| Ferres Tools: A large collection of specialty tools and supplies for repairing musical instruments. | ||
| Silver Polish - Tarni Shield: A web site where you can purchase 3M's Tarni-Shield, a fine polish that helps prevent tarnish. | ||
| Silver Polish Tips: This page contains a thorough description of how tarnish happens and the best ways to polish it and prevent it. | ||
| Jazz | ||
| Smithsonian Jazz: Jazz portal for Smithsonian Institution. Information on jazz exhibits, events, and concerts. Jazz performances, oral histories, jazz artists, jazz videos, jazz portraits and jazz program notes. | ||
| Lyrics | ||
| Christian Lyrics to Famous Songs: A long list of Christian lyrics that can be sung to various popular, jazz, folk, and themesongs. | ||
| Musical Humor | ||
| Miserable Melodies: A web site of unfortunate recordings. The site's motto is: "Recorded with good intentions... and bad results." | ||
| Rock and Roll Hall of Shame: This site has sound clips of movie stars attempting to be rock singers. | ||
| News | ||
| Andante: An online magazine with news, events, a database of recordings, and other news about music. | ||
| Other | ||
| Recording Brass Instruments: Advice by David Summer on how to record brass instruments. | ||
| Players or Groups | ||
| Armed Forces School of Music: The United States Army has a very good school music. The web site features links to all their bands. | ||
| Brass Bands in the U.S. and Canada: This page is hosted by the Cincinnati Brass Band and lists dozens of brass bands in North America. | ||
| Canadian Brass Website: All about the Canadian Brass, plus shopping for their recordings and sheet music arrangments. | ||
| Fodens Band: The official Website of Fodens. Has a complete list of their recordings, including several sound files. | ||
| Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band: The band brings vividly to life the sights and sounds of a vanished era in American musical history via a 12 piece band of professional musicians dedicated to playing music of the Small Town Bands of over half a century ago | ||
| Philip Glass Music Engine: An innovative interface to Philip Glass music. Uses Java. | ||
| Trumpet Stuff: A great collection of information and audio/video clips of trumpeters (classical and jazz). | ||
| U. S. Air Force Band: One of the best military bands around. The web site may be slow, so be patient. | ||
| U. S. Air Force Band of the Rockies: From Colorado, this band's site has information on auditions, performances, and their personnel. | ||
| U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band: The Heritage of America Band is stationed in Nebraska and has a number of recordings online. | ||
| U. S. Army Band, Pershings Own: Very fine web site that discusses the concerts, vacancies, history, etc., plus the Tuba-Euphonium Symposium and the Trombone Workshop. | ||
| U. S. Navy Music Program: Discusses all the Navy's music programs and bands. | ||
| United States Coast Guard Band: Home page of the USCG Band. History, schedules, and vacancies. | ||
| United States Marine Band: Home page of the U.S. Marine Band. History, schedules, vacancies, audio,etc. | ||
| Resources | ||
| All Songs Considered: If you are wondering what that song was that you heard between segments of NPR's All Things Considered, this site will list complete details. | ||
| American Music Center: A resource for American music. Search for compositions including any selected instrument. | ||
| American Music Collection: From the Library of Congress, this is a searchable collection of historic music. There are downloadable graphic files of each page of music. | ||
| Answers about Music Copyright: Answers to many questions about copyright. Site tells you how you can know if music is in the public domain. | ||
| Band USA.com: A good reference for school band music. For example, there are comparison charts of popular brands of student brass instruments and mouthpieces. | ||
| Berklee Music Lessons: Free music lessons and music industry advice from Berklee College of Music. | ||
| Brass Bands of Australia: A site from Australia devoted to brass bands, but you will also find reviews of instruments and CD's. | ||
| Brass Reviews: A site offering reviews of all brass instruments. You can just browse or you can add your own reviews. | ||
| Brass World Magazine Online: A good online resource with articles about all brass instruments. | ||
| Brass World U.K. Magazine: Another brass resource. This one has some interesting features, including printable orchestra excerpts. | ||
| Broadway.com: A great site featuring online news, information about shows, song lists from shows (some with audio clips), venues, and ticketing. | ||
| Community Band Resources: A very large resource of community band links. Also has such useful links as Out of Print Music. | ||
| Community Music E-List: A web resource for band fans. | ||
| Copyright Information: This page is provided by the J.W. Pepper Company and contains a very thorough discussion of copyright issues | ||
| Curnow Music Publications: This site has James Curnow's music, plus a number of free resources such as copyright guides. | ||
| Find a Song: This site lets you enter notes from a song on a graphic piano keyboard or by entering sequence codes. You can even whistle the tune if you have a computer microphone. | ||
| Find New Musical Styles: This site lets you specify a song or musician you like. Then it analyzes various factors and gives you suggestions about other music you might like. | ||
| Fingering Practice: A site that gives you on online drill for fingerings for brass instruments. Look under the TRAINER option. Other very useful features on the site as well. | ||
| Free Music Online: From Change Music.com, this site offers free music downloads. You can also post music of your band. | ||
| Free Sheet Music: A large collection of free sheet music sources. | ||
| Jeff's Trumpet Page: Interviews, biographies, and solo transcriptions of some of the finest jazz trumpet players | ||
| Midomi: Looking for a song title? This site lets you sing into your computer microphone and it will find the song name. | ||
| Mouthpiece Guide: A guide to various aspects of mouthpiece design. Provided by Bach, but still has much good information about mouthpiece terminology. | ||
| Mozart Sheet Music: A complete online database of Mozart's music, including commentaries. | ||
| Music Terms: A list of all common music terms and their meaning. | ||
| Music Theory Class: This online course is free, easy, and is designed to give you some rudimentary knowledge of the basic concepts of music. | ||
| Music Theory Online: Information on music theory, modes, chords, and contemporary harmony. In addition there are Music Calculators and a interactive online index of all the popularly used scales in western harmony. | ||
| Musical Instrument Collections: This site lists musical instrument collections that can be found in many U.S. states, as well as some in other countries. | ||
| Online Brass: A new online resource with information about various brass instruments and ensembles. | ||
| Online Trombone Journal: A site with various trombone articles and resources. | ||
| Orchestra Statistics: Lists various statistics about many U.S. orchestras. Inlcludes Weeks in Season, Basic Weekly Scale, Minimum Annual Salary, Average Services per Week, and Paid Vacation. | ||
| Purtle.com Articles on Brass Playing: A small but nice collection of articles on playing brass. Talks about trumpet, but most points are useful for any brass player. | ||
| R. Jones Brass Links: A very comprehensive list of brass links. | ||
| R. Jones Web Site: A collection of very useful links for brass players. | ||
| Serial Numbers for Besson/Boosey Hawkes: A lookup facility for Besson or Boosey & Hawkes serial numbers. Also covers Buffet and other Boosey-owned brands. | ||
| Serial Numbers from Saxworx: A very good list of serial numbers for brass and woodwind instruments. | ||
| Shrine to Music Museum: Operated by The University of South Dakota, the museum has a collection of over 6,000 instruments. The staff are experts in antique instruments. | ||
| SingingFish.com, Online Recordings: A searchable site with a huge selection of recordings for free listening. | ||
| Songs Used in Commercials: This site lists the music that your hear in commercials. Do you wonder what that song was that Mercedes-Benz used in that Pre-Owned Cars commercial? You will find it here. | ||
| Sounding Brass: Sounding Brass is a great site, with links to dozens of other resources on the web as well as many fine articles on the Sounding Brass site. They offer RSS feeds if you wish to stay up to date that way. | ||
| Stolen Instrument Database: This site lets you report details of a stolen instrument so you can get help recovering it. | ||
| USA Community Bands: A list of most of the Community Bands in the United States. There is a link at the top of this page to get contact information for each band. | ||
| Vintage Cornets: A site with all kinds of information about cornets and cornet players. | ||
| Wind World Musical Instrument Serial Number List: A very comprehensive list of the serial numbers used by various manufacturers. If you want to find out when your horn was made, the answer is probably here. | ||
| Writing for Brass Band: An excellent article on scoring for brass band. Includes advice for each individual instrument and some PDF music examples. | ||
| Shopping | ||
| 1-800 USA Band: An online store for musical instruments and accessories. | ||
| Band Classics: An online store with many old band arrangements, including some solo features. | ||
| Brook Mays Music: All types of music products available online. | ||
| CDNow - Online store for buying recordings: One of the original, and one of the best stores on the web. Tons of recordings, secure online credit card purchases, and many Real Audio samples of recording tracks. | ||
| Editions Marc Reift: This Swiss publisher carries music and recordings for brass. | ||
| Hickeys Music Center: A wide assortment of low brass music, accessories and cd's. | ||
| Record Store Review: Reviews of about 800 record/CD stores from 25 countries. | ||
| Sheet Music Plus: Sheet Music and Accessories from a large online store. Sheet music of all styles, guitar tabs, songbooks, and accessories such as tuners, strings, software, microphones, and cables. | ||
| The Brasswind: One of the largest musical instrument stores around, the Brasswind (and Woodwind) carries a good selection of instruments at good prices. Also offer used instruments, accessories, and musical electronics. In-store shopping or mail order. | ||
| Used CD's from Spun.com: A searchable selection of used CD's that you can purchase directly from the Web. | ||
| Used Instrument Listing: Music Go Round: A site that collects prices on used instruments from many different stores. | ||
| Software | ||
| Igor Notation Software: A free download that got a good personal review in the TUBA discussion list. | ||
| News | ||
| Commentary | ||
| Newsbusters: This site offers another point of view from some news items that seem to have a liberal slant. | ||
| Health | ||
| Health News from Mayo: | ||
| National | ||
| ABCNEWS.com: | ||
| CNN Interactive: | ||
| DocuTicker: A site to find government and think tank documents. Librarians update DocuTicker daily with the latest reports. | ||
| Fast TV: Compiles video from various TV and cable sources into clips you can watch via you browser. | ||
| Freedom Channel - Election Info: A source for information on political candidates for President, Senate, House, and Governor. | ||
| MSNBC: | ||
| Paul Harvey: The famous commentator has a web site that allows you to listen over the web. | ||
| Time Magazine: | ||
| Newspaper/Magazine | ||
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution: | ||
| Baltimore Sun: | ||
| Boston Globe: | ||
| Chicago Sun-Times: | ||
| Chicago Tribune: | ||
| Christian Science Monitor: | ||
| Dallas Morning News: | ||
| Denver Post: | ||
| Detroit Free Press: | ||
| Find a Local Newspaper: This site lists online version of newspapers from all over the world. | ||
| Knight Ridder Sites by Region: | ||
| Los Angeles Times: | ||
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: | ||
| New York Post: | ||
| Oregonian: | ||
| Philadelphia Inquirer: | ||
| San Francisco Chronicle: | ||
| St. Petersburg Times: | ||
| Star-Tribune newspaper: | ||
| U.S.A. Today: | ||
| Washington Post: | ||
| Women.com: A web site devoted to news for women. | ||
| Oops | ||
| Error Retractions and Corrections: This site lists corrections made by various media. Some can be very humorous. | ||
| Politics | ||
| Freedom Channel: A source for information on political candidates for President, Senate, House, and Governor. | ||
| Grass Roots.com: An online community for political issues. Latest news in the various campaigns. | ||
| Technology | ||
| C-Net Technology News: | ||
| Popular Science: Best of What's New: From Popular Science Magazine. Their picks of the most innovative or interesting new products in technology. | ||
| Technopedia: According to Newsbytes news service, "a kind of Consumer Reports with an eye to the future." | ||
| Weather | ||
| 24-hour Travel Weather: | ||
| Simply Weather: The Simple Weather site offers a quick look at the weather. No maps, radar, long-range forecasts, or history. It gives you the day's weather and an hour-by-hour forecast. FAST! | ||
| Reference | ||
| Demographics | ||
| CIA World Factbook: A collection of facts about most foreign countries. | ||
| HUD maps: You can get a map by Zip code of all sorts of demographic information, such ethnicity, income, etc. | ||
| The Gazeteer: Statistics on populations of countries around the globe. Includes breakdowns within the country. For example, the USA has statistics for each state as well as for the entire country. | ||
| General | ||
| Antonym Dictionary: A very rare resource on the web. Look up a word to find another word with the opposite meaning. | ||
| Ask Oxford: A variety of useful information for the publishers of the Oxford dictionary. | ||
| Bartleby.com: A collection of several types of reference materials in one site. Excellent resource. | ||
| Bartlett's: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations online -- searchable. | ||
| British Slang Dictionary: I as Gobsmacked (Surprised) to find this translator that helps explain British slang terms. [Caution: contains some profanity in the translations.] | ||
| Cyberstacks: Several references in one collection. | ||
| Dict.org: A very simple online dictionary that simultaneously searches a variety of sources. | ||
| Doctor Grammar: A free service provided by the University of Northern Iowa. Check out the FAQ for answers to common grammar issues. | ||
| Encyclopedia Britannica: Now a free service, the well-know Encyclopedia Britannica offers access to its articles as well as other web sources. | ||
| Find Articles: FindArticles goes where most search engines can't, providing full text access to thousands of articles, many of which aren't freely available elsewhere on the web. It contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. | ||
| Find Same.com: This site lets you enter a web page URL or a string of text, and it looks for other sites that have identical portions of that content. | ||
| Internet Public Library: This vast virtual library offers a variety of exhibits and educational materials, answers to reference questions, a browsable catalog of nearly 20,000 electronic texts, and an annotated guide to web sites. | ||
| Mirrian Webster Dictionary: Includes the Mirrian-Webster Dictionary, as well as a thesaurus, word games, and other word-related references. | ||
| One-Stop Reference Source: Search many sources at one time on this reference site. For example, there are 30 sources with listnig related to Euphonium. | ||
| Real Simple.com: Simple answers to your questions. | ||
| Research-It!: Incredible collection of reference materials. | ||
| Webster Hypertext: Several references in one collection. | ||
| International | ||
| Currency Converter: Online calculator for any international currency. | ||
| Cyberdico: Instant translation of 5 languages. | ||
| Dictionaries: Several online dictionaries in various languages. | ||
| Time Zones: Find a local time anywhere in the world. | ||
| Religion | ||
| Bible Study with Multiple Translations: This tool (free) lets you study the Bible by comparing passages from different translations. Install the base program, then download modules as needed. | ||
| Telephone | ||
| AnyWho: Excellent telephone listing, and you can do reverse searches (type in a telephone number to find a name). | ||
| AT&T 800: Directory of 800 numbers, searchable by category, business name, city, or state | ||
| GTE Yellow Pages: Searchable by name, city, state, phone, and also via keywords. | ||
| Switchboard: Private and business telephone and addresses nationwide. | ||
| Shopping | ||
| Art | ||
| Art.com: Find prints and posters in several categories, and buy online | ||
| Auction | ||
| E-Bay Online Auction: | ||
| Government Auctions: FirstGov offers lists of various government auctions. Some are online and some are in person. Results of some recent are also available so you can see how prices range. | ||
| Auto | ||
| Auto Leasing Info: Leasing tutorial, including payment calculator | ||
| AutoBytel: Buying and leasing - pricing and information | ||
| AutoWeb: A wealth of information on new and used cars. Also a good database of recalls and technical bulletins. | ||
| Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide: Buying advice, road tests, pricing information, financing, used cars, trucks, and news. | ||
| Automobile | ||
| Bottom Dollar price comparisons: | ||
| Cars at Carpoint: | ||
| Edmund's Automotive: | ||
| Bargains | ||
| Bargains at OnSale.com: | ||
| Bottom Dollar: Price comparisons in a variety of categories. | ||
| Buy.com: Offers items in many diverse categories. | ||
| Cool Savings: Save money when you shop online by using the free, printable couplons. Requires free registration. | ||
| Coupon Cabin: Save money when you shop online or eat at local restaurants by using the free, printable couplns. | ||
| Coupon Craze: Save money when you shop online or eat at local restaurants by using the free, printable couplns. | ||
| Current Codes: Save money when you shop online by using the free, printable coupons and keycodes you find here. | ||
| Keycodes.com: Save money when you shop online by using the free keycodes you can obtain for popular internet retailers. | ||
| Ronco Products: The company that brought you the Veg-O-Matic and countless other products. | ||
| Seen on TV.com: This site offers many of the items you have seen on TV ads. | ||
| Shop Local Bargains: Enter your Zip Code and find what is on sale at stores near you. | ||
| Special Discount Codes: A listing of the special that many sites use to offer you a discount. | ||
| You Can Save.com: This site offers many of the items you have seen on TV ads. | ||
| Books | ||
| Barnes & Noble Books: | ||
| Books from Amazon: | ||
| Compare book prices: | ||
| Christian | ||
| Family Christian Stores: A nice selection of Christian books, videos, music, and more. | ||
| Classifieds | ||
| Classified Ad Searcher: This site lets you search classified ads in over 1,500 newspapers at one time. | ||
| Clothing | ||
| American Fit Clothing.com: Custom made Women and Men jeans, pants, slacks. Select your style, fabric, color, measurements, your name on the label. | ||
| Any Knock Offs: This company features goods inspired by designer products. Just don't let your friends look at the labels! | ||
| Blue Fly: Name brand fashions at a good discount. For adults and kids. | ||
| Caps: All kinds of caps. Outstanding selections | ||
| Designer Outlet: | ||
| Eddie Bauer: | ||
| Fashion Mall: | ||
| Interactive Custom Clothes Co.: Provides nine styles of custom made jeans for both men and women. Prices range from $105 to $150 per pair. | ||
| J. Crew: | ||
| L.L. Bean (clothes): | ||
| Lands End: | ||
| Liz Lange: Maternity fashions | ||
| Ties.net Apparel Company: From the mundane to the ridiculous - tons of ties to buy online. Also features information such as how to tie a tie. | ||
| Comparison Shopping | ||
| ShopWiki: This site is a combination search engine and shopping comparison. Vendors do not need to pay, so you will find vendors that don't show up in other shopping engines on the web. | ||
| Food | ||
| Great Food: | ||
| NetGrocer.com (more than groceries): | ||
| Gifts | ||
| 1-800-Flowers: | ||
| 911 Gifts: | ||
| Fragrance Counter (perfume): | ||
| Gadget Universe: A fun collection of gadgets of all types. | ||
| Gift Certificates.com: A site offering links to many retailers who offer gift certificates. | ||
| Gifts from Barnes & Noble: | ||
| Hammacher Schlemmer: | ||
| Jango Product Finder: | ||
| Print Gift Tags: This site lets you pick you holiday/occasion, choose font/color/picture, and type the from/to information. Then you get a printable page with your tidy tags. | ||
| Guides | ||
| BizRate: This site offers price comparisons and goes a step beyond by comparing the online dealers as well. | ||
| Consumer World: | ||
| Deal Catcher: Offers special deals from a variety of online vendors. | ||
| E Deal Finder: Offers a list of online special deals, including information about the merchant. | ||
| Informercial Product Reviews: Have you seen a tempting product advertized through a half-hour infomercial? Go to this website to see what real users are saying about it. | ||
| My Simon: A price-comparison site for almost any category of product. | ||
| Price Grabber: A site that shows you the lowest price from various online sources in the areas of Computers, Software, Electronics, Video Games, Music, Movies, Books, and Toys. Also includes ratings of the vendors | ||
| Shop Find - locate online vendors: | ||
| Health | ||
| 1-800-Contacts: A convenient and reasonable place to order contact lenses on the web. | ||
| Homes | ||
| Homes and Communities: This is the official site of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. There is advice and fact about buying homes, renting, consumer information, complaints, etc. | ||
| Misc | ||
| ShopLoop.com: An online guide to discounts available at various web sites. | ||
| Smithsonian Museum Store: Wonderful collection of unusual items that you can buy over the web. | ||
| Sunglasses: | ||
| The Container Store: Storage bins, shelves, etc. Buy unique storage items online, plus guides to storing efficiently and a store locator. | ||
| Virtual Vineyard: | ||
| World Traveler Bags: | ||
| Movies | ||
| Big Pix.com: For the movie buffs. Buy from hundreds of posters of movies. | ||
| CD Now - Movies: | ||
| Music | ||
| As Seen on TV Music: A place to find those CD's and cassettes that you saw on late-night TV ads. | ||
| CDNow - Online store for buying recordings: One of the original, and one of the best stores on the web. Tons of recordings, secure online credit card purchases, and many Real Audio samples of recording tracks. | ||
| Music Boulevard (recordings): | ||
| Public Radio Music Source: A web site to find music played on National Public Radio's member stations. Stations get a royalty from each purchase. | ||
| Sheet Music Plus: Sheet Music and Accessories from a large online store. Sheet music of all styles, guitar tabs, songbooks, and accessories such as tuners, strings, software, microphones, and cables. | ||
| Used LP Records: A source for used LP records. Huge selection | ||
| Office | ||
| Office Max: | ||
| Pets | ||
| Petsmart: Snacks, collars, furniture, health aids, etc. | ||
| Phones | ||
| Decide.com: A wonderful site to help you choose a mobile phone package. | ||
| Software | ||
| Software from Barnes and Noble: | ||
| Sports | ||
| GolfWeb Pro Shop: | ||
| Tickets | ||
| Audiences Unlimited: An online ticketing resource for free tickets for your favorite television shows. | ||
| Telecharge: An online source of tickets for Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows. | ||
| Ticket City online ticketing: Online site offers tickets for sporting events, concerts, and theater. | ||
| Ticket Web: Specializing in smaller events, this site has tickets to concerts, museums, clubs, art galleries, etc. | ||
| Ticketmaster: The premier source for tickets for sporting events, concerts, and other events. | ||
| Tickets Now: A source for tickets to sold-out events. Expect to pay premium prices. | ||
| Tools | ||
| eBay Fat Fingers: This site will help you find items on eBay when the seller may have mis-spelled the name of the item. (You will need to allow popup windows for this site.) | ||
| Toys | ||
| E-Toys online toy shop: | ||
| Trains On Tracks: Lionel trains of all types online. | ||
| Sports | ||
| Automotive | ||
| Auto Channel: | ||
| Baseball | ||
| Baseball America: Covers major and minor league baseball. College, baseball, international, prospects, stats, draft, college world series | ||
| Baseball Primer: Baseball for the Thinking Fan. Statistics, humor, news and anything of interest to baseball fans | ||
| Digital Stadium Tours: A photo tour of baseball stadiums from all over the U.S. | ||
| Bicycling | ||
| Bicycling Magazine: | ||
| Exercise | ||
| Aerobics Information: | ||
| General | ||
| CBS Sportsline: | ||
| CNN/Sports Illustrated: | ||
| ESPN Sports Zone: | ||
| Olympics 2000: The official site of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. | ||
| Olympics 2002: Official site of the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
| Olympics Main Site: The main site for the Olympic Games. | ||
| Sports Illustrated for Women: | ||
| The Sporting News: | ||
| Golf | ||
| Golf Online: From Golf Online Magazine, contains tour TV schedules and reveiws of equipment. Also an instruction section. | ||
| Golf Web: The golf affiliate of CBS SportsLine contains a variety of golfing news. Also a chat room, detailed golf rules, and many instructional categories. | ||
| Golf.com: | ||
| LPGA Web Site: Converage of LPGA tournaments. News, standings, player biographies, and a list of teaching pros. | ||
| Kids | ||
| Little League Online: Includes Little League Hall of Excellence tour and a database and photo album of some of the players. | ||
| NHL for Kids: Younger hockey fans will love this site. Informative and fun. | ||
| Sports Illustrated for Kids: Colorful layout. Games and reports on all manner of sports. | ||
| Misc | ||
| Adventure Sports: | ||
| Running | ||
| Runners World: | ||
| Soccer | ||
| Daily Soccer.com: y | ||
| Womens United Soccer Association: The home page of the Womens United Soccer Association. | ||
| Software | ||
| CNN Sports Software Store: | ||
| Teams | ||
| Green Bay Packers: | ||
| Major League Baseball: | ||
| Minnesota Twins: | ||
| Minnesota Vikings: | ||
| Minnesota Wild Hockey: | ||
| NBA Web Site: | ||
| NFL Web Site: | ||
| NHL Web Site: | ||
| Tennis | ||
| Tennis Magazine: | ||
| Tennis Station: The Internet's most comprehensive site for news and information about U.S. amateur tennis. | ||
| Tickets | ||
| Ticket City online ticketing: Online site for ticketing for sporting events, concerts, and theater | ||
| Ticketmaster: The premier source for tickets for sporting events, concerts, and other events. | ||
| Travel | ||
| Airlines | ||
| Airlines of the World: | ||
| FareCompare: This site gives you the history of low fares for a given route. The information lets you see if you are likely to find a lower fare by waiting. | ||
| Seat Guru: A guide to the best seat locations in the aircraft flown by the major airlines. | ||
| Attractions | ||
| Fantastic Old Theaters in the US: A guide to beautiful old theaters that have been preserved in many cities and towns across the United States. | ||
| Roadside Attractions: Nice gallery of interesting roadside sites. Includes over a hundeed great photos. | ||
| Roadside Attractions in America: Roadside America's list of attractions ranges from the world's largest cow to birds that re-enact Bible stories. You can search by state and read the tips to find out more about each attraction. | ||
| Destinations | ||
| Florida Tourism: | ||
| Top 10 Exotic Destinations: The Arts & Entertainment channel chose the 10 best exotic destinations. | ||
| Top 10 Romantic Getaways: The Arts & Entertainment channel chose the best romantic destinations. | ||
| Washington, DC: An online guide to the seat of USA government | ||
| Dining | ||
| Roadfood.com: A travel guide to roadside dining in the USA. Search by state and food type for local diners, bakeries, restaurants, etc. | ||
| Flying Tips | ||
| Wait Times for Security Lines: Go to this site and plug in your airport and flight day/time and you can see how long the typical wait is to get through the security lines. It helps you plan you schedule. | ||
| Guide | ||
| Author Frommer Encylopedia of Travel: | ||
| BudgetTravel.com: Budget Travel web site is a very very thorough domestic and worldwide travel destinations and travel information web site. | ||
| CNN Travel Guide: | ||
| Family Travel Guide: From go.com, this guide will help you plan a successful vacation or day trip in various regions of the USA | ||
| Family Travel Guide by Lanier: A variety of information useful to those travelling with a family. Lodging, travel recipes, deals, safety tips, etc. | ||
| Lycos Travel: The site offers local guides to tourist areas across the United States. You can also book lodging and travel. | ||
| Room12 Travel Guide: A guide to getting in several large U.S. cities. Includes transportation, food, shopping, and highlights. | ||
| Savvy Traveler: Advice and essays about the world of travel from the folks who host the Public Radio International show. | ||
| The Trip travel advice: | ||
| Trip Advisor: The site offers local guides to tourist areas across the United States. | ||
| Language | ||
| TravLang - foreign travel info: | ||
| Lodging | ||
| Hilton Hotels and Reservations: | ||
| Home Link: A way to exchange homes with other travellers while you vacation. | ||
| Vacation Rental Managers Association: Official web site for the The Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA). VRMA is a professional trade association for the short-term property management industry. | ||
| Lost and found | ||
| Lost and Found.com: A site to look for lost items or report found items. | ||
| Yahoo Classifieds: You can post a notice of lost or found items on Yahoo Classifieds. Requires registration. | ||
| Yellow Tag: A fee-based lost-and-found service. | ||
| Mapping | ||
| Map 24: A good site to get graphic maps in the U.S. | ||
| Misc | ||
| Listen to Air Traffic Control: A site that has live feeds (and some archived feeds) from various air traffic control stations in the U.S. | ||
| Money | ||
| ATM Locator Worldwide: | ||
| Planning | ||
| Consumer Travel Rights Center: A site geared toward informing travel consumers of their rights. Understand the laws and regulations about cancellations, what happens if you get sick on a trip, etc. | ||
| Reservations | ||
| Cheap Tickets.com: Discount airline tickets, hotels, rental cars, cruises, vacations packages, and last minute trips. | ||
| Expedia: One of the most popular travel sites on the web. | ||
| Hotwire: Discount travel deals on airline tickets, car rentals and hotel reservations from major travel companies, even for last-minute travel | ||
| Lonely Planet: | ||
| Northwest Airlines: | ||
| Orbitz.com: Search over 2 billion fares to find the best one for you. | ||
| Preview Travel: | ||
| Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, prepaid long distance cards, new cars, home finance, long distance and more. | ||
| Sun Country Airlines: | ||
| Travelocity reservations: | ||
| Trip.com: Book airline tickets, hotels, rental cars, cruises, packages, last-minute trips and unique vacation rentals | ||
| Vanguard Airlines: | ||
| Resources | ||
| Clean Bathrooms: Find out where the good, clean bathrooms are in cities in the US and around the world. | ||
| Layover.com: A trucker information site. Lots of useful information for any traveler, including traffic and links to U.S. state DOT's. | ||
| Seat Guru: For any flight, find out which are the good and bad seats. | ||
| Reviews | ||
| Cruise Opinion: Cruise ship reviews from fellow travelers. | ||
| Cruise Reviews: Reviews by passengers of various cruises. They can be very blunt. | ||
| Space | ||
| Astronaut Camp: That's right - you can book your own place at astronaut camp. About $98,000 will get you a week in a resort and a trip into suborbital space. | ||
| Space Future: News and resources relating to civilian space travel, including articles about living in space. | ||
| Space Tourism Page: All kinds of news about the future of space travel for civilians. | ||
| Traffic Reports | ||
| ETak Traffic and Road Conditions: A real-time traffic reporting service available in several U.S. cities. | ||
| Road Construction Guide: Find out where the road construction is before you travel. Drill down to listing for most U.S. states. | ||
| Traffic Maps: Offered for 11 large U.S. cites, this site can give you real-time traffic reports. | ||
| Traffic Report Links: A collection of many links to traffic-related sites. | ||
| Traffic.com: Choose from major cities in the USA and see traffic conditions listed by road. You can create custom reports for the roads you use daily, get email alerts for traffic, and get an RSS feed. | ||
| Weather | ||
| Weather: | ||