Favorite Links

  1. TeamJava Member Page -- Our page on this referral site for Java programmers.
  2. PGP: Pretty Good Privacy Public Key Cryptosystem Version 2.6.3i, at the Mantis Site and The International PGP Home Page.
  3. Privacy Pages -- Much material on PGP, encrypted email, anonymous remailers, organizations, and other resources related to privacy.
  4. Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center -- Provider of do-it-yourself law materials, some of it free.
  5. The List -- National directory of Internet providers. Find the providers near you.
  6. Freeware Central -- Executables, sources, and links to all kinds of useful software you don't have to pay for.
  7. McAfee -- Offer virus-protection software, useful in protecting our computers from dirty tricksters.
  8. DejaNews -- Searchable archive of Usenet newsgroup postings. In case you want to get everything someone posted on every newsgroup, you can find it here.
  9. Informus -- Obtain all known public background information on anyone. Fee required. See what is on record about you.
  10. WhoWhere -- National directory of people and companies, including their email addresses, by name, city, state, company name, and type of business.
  11. Switchboard -- Nationwide U.S. directory of residential and business phones and addresses.
  12. BigBook -- A searchable directory of phone numbers and addresses.
  13. Central Source Directory Sources -- A searchable directory of phone numbers and addresses.
  14. World Yellow Pages NETwork -- Includes a reverse-search by phone number.
  15. Online Telephone Directories -- Directories for many countries, as well as for the U.S., for toll-free numbers and cell numbers.
  16. Telephone, Fax, Business Directories on the Web
  17. Internet 800 Directory -- Find 800 numbers in the U.S. and Canada.
  18. International Calling Codes -- Need to call a foreign country and city? Get the prefix here.
  19. USPS ZIP+4 Directory -- Allows you to verify ZIP codes and save money on bulk mailings.
  20. Gale -- Databases and directories, including Encyclopedia of Associations and the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. Fees required.
  21. Currency Converter -- Allows you to convert units of any national currency or precious metal into units of any other, for any date back to 1990, one at a time.
  22. U.S. Map of Internet Service Providers
  23. MIDS Internet Weather Report -- Maps show latency of various parts of the Internet. Need MPEG viewer for best results.
  24. Anonymous Surfing -- By first visiting this site, and then accessing other Web, gopher, or ftp sites or newsgroups, you can conceal your identity from the places you visit. However, it won't let you send email or post to newsgroups anonymously.
  25. Tom's Anonymous Remailer -- You can post anonymously to newsgroups by emailing to an email2news host, such as to <newsgroup>@myriad.alias.net, where <newsgroup> is replaced by the name of the newsgroup, e.g., alt.anonymous. Of course, this method won't conceal you from anyone who intercepts your email between you and the anonymous remailer site.
  26. InstantAir -- Global Online Travel Reservations