At first I thought this was going to be an easy chore, because I had a link to "Reference Links", but it was dead. So then I started going through my bookmarks, and before I knew it I was hooked.

Now if anyone wants to find fault with these, that will be easy to do.

I haven't organized these alphabetically, and there may be some duplicates, especially in the categories. However, I DID check each link, and they are all active.

As best I could determine, all the links are malware free.

I tried to filter everything through a reference perspective, only choosing those sites that had some kind of a reference angle. Nevertheless, I may have included some sites that don't exactly fit that category.

There are a lot of other sites for some of these categories, and what I chose may not be the best.

OK . . . here it is:

1. NetLingo:
http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

2. File extensions:
http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

3. Travel:
http://www.mapquest.com/
and
http://www.tsa.gov/index.shtm

4. Alzheimer's:
http://www.alz.org/index.asp

5. Medline+: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

6. CD Info: http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/welcome.htm

7. Laptop Reviews and Selection:
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/

8. Buying
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

9. Modem info:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html

10. Hardware info:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/

11. USB Info:
http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm

12. Keyboard stencils/overlays:
http://www.datacal.com/alpha-r.....erlays.htm

13. CSS:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

14. Internet Traffic Report:
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

15. Adware info:
http://cexx.org/adware.htm

16. MVPS Hosts file:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

17. Security Program links (free):
http://nowyoudo.co.uk/

18. PGP Info:
http://www.privacyresources.org/pgp101.htm

19. Security Info:
http://www.securityfocus.com/

20. Security Software updates:
http://www.broadbandreports.co.....3-Jan-2009

21. HTML Codes Chart:
http://www.web-source.net/html_codes_chart.htm

22. Animated Graphics:
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/

23. Icons:
http://www.iconbazaar.com/

24. Freeware:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/

25. Technology definitions and info:
http://whatis.techtarget.com/
and
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
and
http://www.pctechguide.com/index.htm

26. File Extensions:
http://filext.com/

27. File Hashes:
http://www.hashemall.com/

28. Connection error messages:
http://www.worldstart.com/guides/error.htm

29. Old Versions:
http://www.oldversion.com/

30. MS Update/Security patch bug info:
http://www.askwoody.com/
and
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forums/62

31. On line virus scanners:
http://www.jkwebtalks.com/2008.....nners.html

32. Antivirus software vendors:
http://support.microsoft.com/d.....-US;q49500

33. Encyclopedias and dictonaries:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

34. Biographies:
http://www.biography.com/

35. Medical:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

36. Credit rates:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp

37. Acronyms
http://www.acronymfinder.com/

38. Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

39. Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/

40. Howstuffworks:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

41. General reference:
http://www.infoplease.com/

42. Quotes:
http://www.quotationspage.com/

43. Translations:
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

44. US Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/

45. Bureau od Labor Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/

46. Medical Definitions:
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

47. Prescription Drug Info:
http://www.healthsquare.com/drugmain.htm#sectC

48. Nutrition Info:
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org.....-calc.html
and
http://www.nat.uiuc.edu/mainnat.html
and
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
and
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
and
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rd.....U_HTML.htm
and
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/nutrition.html

49. Mozilla Knowledge Base:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Knowledge_Base

50. Movies amd TV:
http://www.imdb.com/

51. Holidays:
http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html
and
http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html

52. Phone Rates:
http://www.phoneratefinder.com/index.shtml

53. Stats on Cities:
http://www.bestplaces.net/

54. Financial info:
http://www.financialweb.com/

Bob, thanks for sharing. I notice the URL in #2 is a dup of #1. Also, #26 seems to be what was intended in #2. Hope you are not suffering from #4. :)

i opened a guestbook (a-free-guestbook) and put all the links and programs i find on it. i tried to use yahoo or gmail but the list grew too large. i delete comments from people unless they're telling me about a bad link or download. i would put the link in, but when i opened it up i didn't think anyone would use it. the name isn't appropriate. delete it if you want:

http://www.a-free-guestbook.co.....me=h0rshyt

sorry bob, i was rambling. sometimes i confuse myself after i've read my posts a day or so later. the link is to a guestbook i opened where i save all my links like you posted above. i had too many to keep on my igoogle and my yahoo start pages. it's kind of a reference page i keep for programs or information helpful to me. feel free to add a link to it for anything helpful.
i've had the guestbook for several years and couldn't find a use for it.

am i still rambling incoherently?

Bob, if you want to make changes to the OP, send me a email, scott @ howtogeek.com

Hi Bob

Is this link any use to your list

http://support.microsoft.com/d....._main#tab0

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum.....post-66162

Sorry for the cryptic post. I just thought it interesting that one of the Fix-it leaders came to join HTG the week they went live.

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