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Talk Like a Pirate Day

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Humor

• Supply Technology's Collection of Telecom Humor
• The Darwin Awards
• The Dilbert Zone
• Dumb.com "The source for Dumb Humor"
• The Onion Tabloid parody
• This is True Web site Truth can be stranger than fiction

• The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything
• The Very Last Page of the Internet
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• CNN
• CNN Money
• Drudge Report
• ESPN Sports Zone
• Google News
• MSNBC
• Reuter's News
• USA Today online paper, including Money Section with market indexes
• The Weather Channel
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• Google
• Bing
• Yahoo!
• Ask.com
• Excite
• Freeality
• Lycos
• WebCrawler Searching
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Places to Start

• Cool Site of the Day "The original "
• Bored.com "'When you have nothing better to do.' Links to the most interesting sites on the Internet."
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Some sites that come in handy
• The University of Chicago's Business and Economics Resource Center
• Dictionary.com
• OneLook Dictionaries Search engine for multiple dictionaries (993 last time we checked)
• NoSlang.com Internet slang dictionary and translator
• The Internet Public Library maintained by The University of Michigan
  Ivy Tech's Virtual Library
• Internet Traffic Report Check here to see if sections of the Internet are having problems
• Self Help Law Center Nolo Press web site, includes lawyer joke collection
• MapQuest From global atlas down to street level maps
• The New York Public Library - Science, Industry and Business Library
• SEC's EDGAR database
• Supply Technology's links to Telecom Industry sites
• Symantec A good place to check for information on virus hoaxes
• The Universal Currency Converter ™
• UPS package tracking Enter your tracking number and find out where your package is
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Online phone directories for finding out the street addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for individuals and businesses throughout the U.S.
• SuperPages.com
• Yahoo! People Search
• Freeality: Reverse Phonebooks, Email and Other Lookup Tools
• InfoSpace
• Switchboard.com
• 411.com
• WhoWhere Lycos people guides
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Getting into the Arts Scene

• ArtSource Internet resources on Art and Architecture
• Internet ArtResources Tour guides for the fine arts collector/admirer
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• LACMA: LA County Museum of Art
• The National Palace Museum in Taiwan, R.O.C.
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• AdCritic.com Can't get enough advertising on TV. Check out the latest and greatest commercials via the Internet.
• A.Word.A.Day Build your vocabulary; sign up for the AWAD mailing list
• Bibliofind Need to find an old, used and rare book?
• Common Errors in English got an argument on grammar/word useage. Paul Brians page should help.
• Mimi's Cyber Kitchen a good place to start if your in the mood for cooking.
• The Internet Movie Database
• Do you know the Population of the World? How about the Population of the U.S.?
• Project Gutenberg: Fine Literature Digitally Re-Published Volunteer project to convert books to e-text on the Web
• Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
• Library of Congress
• StateGuide: a good starting point for travelers' destination research
• This Day in History From the History Channel.
• Today in History From the AP
• Today's Calendar and Clock Page Calendars from different cultures and times. A starting point to learn anything you might possibly want to know about what day it is. Maintained by Will Linden.
• Translation: Babbelfish link to free translators
• The Nine Planets this overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system is a good place to start in astronomy.
• Urban Legends Reference Page check out a random urban legend from the friendly folks at alt.folklore-urban
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