My Favorite Web Sites

Before I started up in the Internet, I already had a computer but had to go out and buy a modem so that I could get email for school. Since the Web came as part of my Internet service, I browsed a little and soon became a regular Web surfer. This is a list of Web sites (excluding those already mentioned on My Hobbies page) I've found on the net that I like and return to the most. Take a look and see if they get your stamp of approval. If you have any sites you think I should check out, please email me.

Section 1: Search Engine

Deja News: Simply put: It's the best "Source for Internet Discussion Groups" I know of .

Excite Search: Excite uses their patented an ICE (Intelligent Concept Extraction) search technology to access and search 50,000,000+ plus Web pages, 140,000+ pre-selected Web site listings, and 1000's of Usenet postings. Excite also searches the Web for documents containing related concepts, not just the keywords. If I input "dog care" as keywords then Excite will bring me pages containing "pet grooming," even if the words "dog" and "care" are not actually on the page. Two other features also will help me make my searches precise. They are the Search Wizard and Power Search. Repectively, one suggests terms that can help me narrow my search, and the other allows me to perform an advanced search, without having to use Boolean.

MetaCrawler: MetaCrawler does not maintain any local database: it relies on the databases of other Web-based sources. MetaCrawler starts by sending my queries to a group of different Web search engines like Lycos, Infoseek, WebCrawler, Excite, AltaVista, and Yahoo. Then, it queries the search engines, organizes their combined results into a uniform format, ranks them by relevance, and returns them to me. Naturally, MetaCrawler is slower than other engines. However, it's more likely to obtain accurate results and saves me in overall efforts.

Section 2: Software

Linux Documentation Project (LDP): Linux is the free Unix written from scratch by Linus Torvalds and assistances. It brings new spunk into my old 486 which would otherwise become passé rather than venerable. The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) offers good, reliable documentation and links for the Linux operating system.

SLiRP: OFFICIAL HOME: SLiRP is a free TCP/IP emulator over the (C)SLIP/PPP link-level protocols. I'm using it in conjunction with my shell account and reaping the benefit of a real (C)SLIP/PPP account. I observe no usage restriction nor performance hindance using programs like Internet Explorer, Netscape, ICQ, ftp, telnet and other internet clients from my home machine with only a shell account. My initial motivation for using SLiRP was to save $$$. Since my primary ISP, Telebyte Northwest now offers AYCE (unlimited-time) SLIP/PPP the cost advantage for using SLiRP and a shell acount has become neglectible. Nevertheless, I can still look forward to learning and experimenting with the theories of TCP since SLiRP is basically the 4.4BSD TCP/IP code in userland. It's source code is included for free. What's there to lose?

My Not-So-Favorite Web Sites

Mirsky's Worst of the Web: Mirsky's list of the worst world's Web sites (updated daily).
My Not-So-Favorite Site Name Goes Here: I would rather not describe the site.