Special Interest Links
Links preceded by ** are my original writings and submissions I have received from others
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Trains
- TrainWeb
- Trainorders.com Railroad Hobby Center
- TrainsTrainsTrains
- 1970-9 Train Wrecks Pt1 - NE Rails
- W&H MAIN YARDS: Railroad Document Archive
- RailServe
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Drew's *Unofficial* Thomas the Tank Engine Page
- Thomas the Tank Engine and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Exclusively Thomas
- Railway Productions / A-Train [Railroad Videos and other products]
Astronomy/Geography/Weather
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- View of the Earth
- EarthWatch Weather On Demand-StormWatch®
- The Weather Channel - Western Hemisphere Global Satellite
- NOAA -- Natl Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
- Live Weather Images
- Weather Cams! - WeatherImages.org
- Weather Underground*
- Weatherroom.Com*
- Earth Cams
- NASA Homepage
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JPL/NASA -- Basics of Space Flight
- Planetary Sciences at the NSSDC
- NASA Space Shuttle Virtual Tour
- Views of the Solar System
- Solar System Live
- Absolute Astronomy
- Solar System Exploration Home Page
- Belmont Society for Beginning and Intermediate Amateur Astronomers
- World Atlas -- Latitude/Longitude Lines
- The Home Pages of all 50 States
- USGS National Mapping Information
- National Geographic - Adventure, Maps, Travel, etc
- Cyberpaperboy -- World and National Newspapers and much more!
- The Old Farmer's Almanac
- Roadside America
- Convert-me.Com: Interactive measurements calculator, weights, measures, metric conversion
- EducationPlanet.com Measurement Converter
- CIA WorldFactbook2000
- ThinkQuest Library of Entries -- Geography Games
- Where's George?
- ** Photo of the Montana fire (Aug 2000)
Time Zones, Zip Codes, Area Codes, Census
- US Time Zones Map
- World Time Zones Map
- The Official US Time
- Telephone Area Code Info
- Telephone Prefix Location List
- United States Postal Service - ZIP + 4 Lookup
- Lots of Zip Code Info
- 2000 Census Information
- Calendars
Language
- Merriam Webster Online
- The Internet Public Library
- OnLine Books
- The Book of Cliches
- OneLook® Dictionaries
- Glossarist -- Dictionaries and Glossaries
- Klingon Language Institute
- The Southern Word
- Word Detective
- The Word Spy - Home Page
- Anagram Server
- Word2Word Language Resources and Translating Chat
- Lost in Translation
- The Dialectizer
- Purportal -- The Bunk Stops Here
Geeks and Nerds
- Privacy.net
- Glossary of Internet Terms
- Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters
- Wired News
- The Nerdity Test - V.(5X^3-3X)/2
- Webopedia: Online Dictionary for Computer and Internet Terms
- Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
- Computer Emoticons
- You might be a computer geek if...
- User Friendly the Comic Strip
- Geekfinder Employment
- Rent A Coder:The Online Auction for Custom Software
- Boogie Jack's Free Graphics, Backgrounds, Tutorials, Sound Effects, Fonts
- Web site design, free online community
- Eeggs.com - The Easter Egg Archive: Hidden secrets in software, movies, music and more!
Government, Military, Law Enforcement
- ** I appreciate our military service men and women
- ** Why the American Flag is Folded 13 Times
- First Gov, the US Government's Official Web Page
- National Do Not Call Registry
- US Supreme Court -- Bush v. Gore
- Library of Congress
- Welcome to USMC Boot
- U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps -- WELCOME ABOARD
- Help the Missing Children
- U.S. Most Wanted Criminals
- Live Police Scanners
- Police Auctions - Repossessed and Confiscated Items for Auction
- National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators
- Free Public Records Searchable Database Collection
- The Search Systems Free Public Records Directory
- Foundmoney Free Search
- Vital Records Information for United States (birth, death or marriage certificate)
- US Citizenship Test
People and Entertainment
- "Famous People" with Autistic Traits
- Rubberfaces.com - play with the faces of your favorite celebrities
- Lives, the Biography Resource
- Former Child Star Central
- GoodBye! The Journal of Contemporary Obituaries
- Am I Annoying?
- College roommates - messy and sloppy
- Download Theme Songs from Television Shows
- Lyrics Search Engine - Popular Lyrics
- Lyrics Connection -- Band Lyrics
- Jump the Shark
- Webby Awards
- The Internet Movie Database
- Guess The TV Show or Movie Name
- The Slip-Up Archive: Movie and TV Bloopers and Mistakes and More
- The Easter Egg Archive: Hidden secrets in software, movies, music and more!
- The Nitpickers Site
- Movie Parodies
- Welcome to PythOnline
Science and Nature
- BrainPOP - Health, Science, Technology, Math, English Animation and Educational Site for Kids.
- How Stuff Works
- MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory.
- Virtual Library Museum
- Zaboomafoo Mystery Animal
- Extreme Science
- NOAA Ocean Explorer
- Marine Biology
- The Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception.
- Neuroscience for Kids
- Web Elements: The Periodic Table
- Chemistry Molecular Models
- Time.com -- Inventions of the Year [2001]
- National Park Service
- Trails.com: Find Your Trail
- Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: Home Page
- Deep Sea Images
- WhaleNet: A Day on a Whale Watch
- Enchanted Learning
- ZOOM SCHOOL at Enchanted Learning
- Gardening.com - Plant Encyclopedia, Regional Gardening, Advice and more!
- GardenWeb Home Page
Science Fiction
- Speculative Vision Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Star Trek episodes
- Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time (Travel)
- ParaScope: Something Strange is Happening!
- Hero Machine -- Create your own superhero
Comics, Trivia, Advertisements, Etc
- dizABLED: Wheelchair Stuntman Cartoons: Wheelchair Sports
- AdCritic.com: Commercials - All Ads, All The Time
- Adflip.com -- Classic Print Ads
- AbsoluteTrivia.com - The Totally Trivia Search Engine
- Useless Information Home Page
- Urban Legends
- Comics on the Web
- HoaxBusters
- The Straight Dope: Home Page
Jokes and Humor
- Playtonium - The Element of Fun - online games
- Rinkworks Online Entertainment [Includes section "How to be Funny"]
- Sodaplay -- The Home of Creative Play
- The Pay Back: Get Revenge
- Working for the Man
- Worst Case Scenarios
- Funny Mail
- Gopher Central [online newsletters]
- Clumsy Crooks
- Tomorrow's News
- Happy Woman, A parody of women's magazines
- Modern Humorist
- Darwin Awards
- The Dumb Network
- The Humor Writer
- The Academy of Arts and Imbecility
- Book of Truths - the source of all absolute truths
- I'm Right, You're Wrong
- E-Libs
- Guide to Shooting Rubber Bands
- The Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide
- Press Any Key [fun tests and other things]
- Schmuck University
- Where's George
- Fun Brain
- Customers Suck
- Who's on First
- Funology
- All Trivia
- TechTales: Tech Room [Help Desk funnies]
- You might be a ... humor lists
- Loonie Bin of Jokes : Seasonal jokes
- The Night Before Christmas re-written
Other Special Interests
- Bubble Popping -- [this is the most fun link on the internet!]
- Town Hall: Conservative News and Information - The Conservative Movement Starts Here
- NCF Helping dads be better fathers
- Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Make A Wish Foundation
- Radio Lovers Old Time Radio
- Operation Dear Abby
- Paper Airplanes
- Quest for the Rest
- TimeLines
- Best Of The Web + Chat @ InfoTreks.Com
- Free Holiday Wallpapers, Screen Savers
- 3-D Stereograms - Brought to you by eyetricks.com.
- Card Trick Central: #1 Site for Card Tricks, Card Tricks, and more Card Tricks
- Spatial Intelligence
- Rawbrains -- Puzzles with Patterns
- Hangman [from Jokes and Games site]
- RatingSpot -- Rate Lists of Things
- Smileyland.com - Funny Pictures
- Baseball Primer - baseball for the thinking fan
- Origami/Paperfolding
- Joseph Wu's Origami Page
- Anti-Telemarketer.com - The web's #1 source for stopping telephone sales calls!
- How to Clean Anything
- A Hints and Tips Website
- Joey Green -- Wacky Uses and Weird Facts
- Things People Said
- Don't Throw a Brick Straight Up, A Stupid Person's Guide To Life
- The MegaPenny Project --visualizing large numbers
- George Emery - A Collection of Strange Webpages, Historical Timelines, Music Sites, Fun Stuff!!
- The Centre For The Easily Amused [Ultimate Guide to Wasting Time Online]
- The Most Neglected Site on the Internet
- The Last Page
Educational Games
- Fact Monster
- Game Cabinet [Rules for Games]
- Dr. Seuss's Seussville!
- Crayola Creativity Central
- FunIsland Educational Games and Kids Games
- Free Interactive Word Games
- Looney Tunes Games
- Where to get pinball games and other free games downloads
Internet Tools and Utilities
- NetZero Free Internet Service
- Yahoo! Free EMail
- Google -- The Best Search Engine on the Internet
- Free Translation from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Norwegian
- AltaVista - World / Translate
Your Websites
- Autism & Asperger Syndrome - My Personal Life through Childhood and Adulthood
- hi2u 4 People With Hidden Impairments
- Art and Autism -- Artistic work by Daniel Muller
- Welcome to Holland - One Parent's Guide Through The Land of Autism
- Autism Kids
- Run 4 Autism