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Taken from my personal bookmarks...
[updated: 03/24/03]
Here you will find a collection of odds and ends. Some of it
is useful, some is quirky and some of it is just plain strange.
Nonetheless you will find something here that makes checking
these links worthwhile. And because you won't remember what the
name of the site was, bookmark www.2bone.com now!
- Fun things - Odds and ends. Humor.
Games and Contests. Freebies.
- Search Engines - Ever tried finding
anything on the Web? These are the S.E.'s that I turn to most
often.
- Money lost, found and otherwise -
No, this is not a list of get rich quick schemes. These links
simply relate to money - converting it, finding lost cash - that
kind of stuff.
- Handy bits and pieces - Sometimes
you just need to know where to find a certain program for your
computer.
- The West Coast - It's a unique lifestyle,
out here on the Left Coast. British Columbia links, info and nonsense.
- Geek & Techie Stuff - Oh don't
get all bent out of shape now. You know who and what you are..
if you can find something useful in these links then you probably
use pocket protectors.
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Search Engines
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Western Canada...
SearchBC
- This one has a local flavor, listing only sites in British Columbia..
so if you're from Toronto or New York, you can see what's happening
on the West Coast.
Glide
- A British Columbia based listing... sometimes you can find some
very interesting stuff on the local directories that you just
won't find on the bigger S.E.'s
Everywhere else ...
Google
- Probably the best all-around search engine there is.
Metacrawler
- This is a handy search engine that dashes out and checks on
most of the other major Search sites to get you some results.
Fast.
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Currency
converter - Ever wanted to find out how many Ethiopian
Birr's you could get for five bucks? This is the place to find
out.
Bank
of Canada Unclaimed balances search - You know how you
opened that bank account when you were twelve years old, and lost
the bank book? Twenty years later you're wondering whatever happened
to that $6.72 you left behind, right? Guess what... it's still
there. The Bank of Canada takes the money and holds it for you..
until you click on this link and rediscover it.
Note: There are some unscrupulous people on the Web that
want to charge you $10 or $15 just to give you this link. Jerks.
If you happen to hit the jackpot here.. please send me a note
telling me your story... I'd just like to know that it helped
somebody!
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Reverse
Directory - Somebody just phoned you and hung up. You
don't recognize the number on your call display, but you'd like
to know if Bill Gates is trying to get ahold of you...
Postal
code lookup - Canadian postal codes
Tucows
- No... sorry, this is not a farming site. This is a good place
to look for odds and ends of all kinds of utility programs. Most
of these downloadable programs are shareware or freeware so you
can try them without a committment.
Adobe
- Have you got a budding artist around the house? You're going
to need some serious software.. as well, you can see some pretty
amazing artwork at this site.
Macromedia
- Maybe you need the Flash
plugin? Maybe you just want to see the Macromedia Flash
site
of the day archives?
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| West Coast people and places |
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Around British Columbia...
MyBC
- One of the BC based portal sites... you can get little bits
of news, weather, sports...etc here.
T-Net
- (aka BCTechnology.com) is a portal site for the tech industry
in BC. Tech news, tech jobs, tech events.
The
Province - The newspaper. It's a "tabloid" style
paper. 'Nuff said.
The Fraser Valley...
The Chilliwack Progress
- Chilliwack's own hometown newspaper.
Chilliwack weather forecast - Fresh from the Environment Canada weather
office - yes, it's probably calling for rain and wind.
Abbotsford weather forecast - likely this is still more wind and rain!
Agassiz weather forecast - more rain!
Hope weather forecast - additional wind and rain, perhaps a little sleet?
The
little town of Chilliwack. - It's been growing by leaps and bounds over the last
few years, and if you're like me, you still can't quite figure out where all the traffic
came from that's suddenly created a 'rush hour' here in Chilliwack... here are some figures that
show just how much
traffic there really is on the streets of our once sleepy little town.
Afraid to drive in this town any more? Here are the
bus schedules.
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| Fun stuff, contests, freebies and other useless links... |
The Ad Critic
- OK, nobody will admit to watching television commercials, but
I'll put the link here anyway. This site is an archive of ALL
of the TV ads that are worth watching. If you have Cable or DSL
internet access, be sure to have a look at this site. Some of
this stuff is absolutely hilarious, while others are like 30 second
big screen movies ... but of course, I've never watched any of
them... I've just been told this stuff.
Update: December 8th, 2002.
Sadly, the original Adcritic has been purchased by 'big business'. You'll
now have to register to check out the commercials. What a shame.
Contests - Who doesn't like a chance to win 'stuff'?.
more Contests - Another link, more stuff, more chances.
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| For Geeks, Techies,
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interactivetools.com
- Got a Web site? Need some really easy to use tools to change the content
on your site? Maybe you're a designer/developer that's tired of updating
pages for your clients? You've GOT to check these programs. How do I know? I've used
these programs extensively as I formerly worked with them on a daily basis.
Great software, great company, great philosophy of customer service and support!
The DLL archive
- Have you ever had a crash because you've lost a .dll file? This
site claims to have the largest collection of .dll's on the Internet.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this site is NOT for
you.
Update: February 16th, 2002.
Apparently this site has also disappeared. If you
happen to know where it has gone, please send me an updated link by email
Driverguide
- software drivers, it's an archive... if you don't know what
I'm talking about, this is NOT the site for you.
Winzip
- Just in case you've recently discovered that you don't have
a compression (zipping) program on your system yet.
Webhosting
- Need a new home for your site? Check out HostIndex.com, where you can compare various Webhosting
companies. Personally, I recommend Dreamhost.com
based upon personal experiences that I have had with a few of the 'economy' hosts.
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