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Geek |
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Geek, as in techno-geek, a complimentary term.
Links on this page are ones that I use at least semi-regularly. It is
by no means a comprehensive list, and changes with my current interests.
See the CBT Tape site for a much
bigger link set on mainframe geek topics.
IBM links
IBM Redbooks | z/OS Internet Library |
z/OS Red Alerts Subscribe to e-mail alerts | LookAt |
CICS Main Page | DB2 Main Page |
IMS Main Page | WebSphere MQ Main Page |
Mainframe Assembler
Dave Alcock's S/390 Assembler Tips | Abe Cornelius' links Page |
dmoz Assembly S/370 | HLASM Home Page |
HLASM Library | Simotime.com |
Xephon Journal Archives |
Miscellaneous Geek Stuff
Geek News links | Clay Shirky Commentary on Internet issues |
Internet Traffic Report How busy is it? | How fast is your connection? |
UNIX Rosetta Stone | acronymfinder.com |
Newsgroups and Forums
Open Source and/or Free Software I actually use
CBT site has tons of links, so I've removed dupes from my page. | Ad-Aware Malware protection. Don't compute without it. |
CBT Tape Sharing for decades (MF) | The Hercules Project Mainframe on a PC or Mac |
HTML-Kit Validator, editor, and more | Notetab Powerful PC editor, $4.95 |
Opera Free Web Browser. I love it. | Spybot Like Ad-Aware, it's on all my PCs. |
Organizations
ACM Association for Computing Machinery | Computer Measurement Group |
IEEE Computer Society | Electronic Frontier Foundation |
NASPA | SHARE IBM Mainframe User Group |
PC and Windows links
Annoyances.org Windows annoyances. Fun! | Free PC Tech Just what it says |
PC Task List | PC File Extensions |
Scams and Hoaxes
Hoaxbusters CIAC | ScamBusters |
Snopes Check here before forwarding that email |
Security Info and Productss
Also see the links elsewhere on this page for Ad-Aware and SpyBot.They're free. Use them.
Ben Edelman Adware and Spyware Info | CA Decent security product line |
CERT | F-secure Used to be DataFellows |
Gibson Research Various Security Topics | Insecure.org Resource for distributed platforms |
McAfee A solid anti-virus product | Security Focus |
Sophos Anti-spam and anti-virus | Symantec The makers of Norton products |
Vmyths Virus hysteria countered |
Swag: T-Shirts, Books, Toys
Think Geek | Computer Gear |
Time and Calendar
Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time - Unbelievably informative | Perpetual Julian Calendar |
World Clock - Cities around the world. | World Time Zones Courtesy USNO |
Nice world map showing local time. | Commercial British site good info. |
Paul Sadowski's Site with some fun stuff. How many seconds since you were born? | Claus Tondering's site. FAQ on calendars from various cultures and times. |
Web Authoring
Web Pages That Suck Just so. | The Daily Sucker Direct to the Daily Hall of Shame |
Webmaster World Good advice, much of which I've ignored. | W3C XML Spec |
HTMLDog XHTML, CSS tutorials, articles, etc | w3schools XML |
An XML Primer | An Accessibility Guide |