General
- Wikipedia Online user-created encyclopedia – fast and (mostly) very detailed!
- Merriam-Webster OnLine
- DICT.org – My favorite!
- The Chicago Manual of Style
- Guide to Grammar & Writing
Web & Coding
- File Extensions .shtml and server-side includes
- Glish Truly magical CSS designs. Free Templates!
- A List Apart CSS = Completely Sexy Structures!!! Stand out from the crowd with CSS
- 4096 Color Wheel Superb online color picker
- Visibone Webmaster Color Lab – lets you preview text vs bgd color schemes
- Hex to PMS Converter
- Media Convert
Convert all kinds of files from one format to another
- Lorem Ipsum – what it is and a random generator!
- Cultured Code – Excellent interactive reference!
- XHTML Character Entity Reference – Find that special character
- Interarchy – My choice of FTP client
- Transmit – A low-cost FTP client
- Cyberduck – OpenSource FTP client with SSH
Mapping & Weather
- TerraServer Excellent online mapping facility
- National Weather Service Radar
- NOAA Significant Event Imagery
Politics
Photos
- Themed Collections
- stock.xchng – Royalty-free Stock Photos
- stockxpert – Low-cost Stock Photos ( My Gallery )
- Chromasia – David J. Nightingale’s outstanding photoblog!
- Picture History
Esoterica
Graphic Tools
- PDF Pad – A superb collection of downloadable paper – graph, charting, calendars, etc.
- Stripe Generator – makes those backgrounds a snap!
- Button Generator – crank out shiny candy-like buttons!