Boats & Paddling
Folbot folding kayaks
Prairie State Canoeists - Chicago area paddling club
Folding Kayaks resources - Michael Edelman
kayak design philosophy by Seth Persson
Chicago area paddling guide
Paddleaway - Illinois paddling locations
Doug Ritter's Safety & Survival site
Cold water boating - with additional links to hypothermia sites

Astronomy and Space Exploration
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA
Earth Observatory Image of the Day
Solar System pictures - collected by Calvin Hamilton
Sea Launch
World Space Launch Schedule
The X Prize Foundation - promoting the private exploration of space
Scaled Composites - Dick Rutan, Space Ship One and the future of private space flight

Miscellaneous Useful Links
One Bag - Doug Dyment, the authority on traveling light
The World Clock - Time Zones
US Naval Observatory Master Clock - Coordinated Universal Time (GMT)
Or
Time.gov - Local Time w/ Java animation
Print Free Graph Paper
more free printable graph paper
printable Musical Stave sheets
more Music Stave sheets

Photography
Steve's digital camera reviews

Magnetic Tape Recording
Historic tape recorders
Nortronics heads - Magnetic Head Company - Joe Dundovic
Ampex history - Ampex Virtual Museum and Ampex Mailing List - Howard Sanner

Keeping an eye on the world
Charity Navigator - Ratings of non-profit/charitable organizations
Snopes - The Authority on Urban Legends
Quackwatch - resource site for medical info and health fraud
Speed Trap locations - add your own observations

Free Software - only the good stuff
Portable Apps - The Portable Apps Open Source Project
Gibson Research - Steve Gibson
Cobian Backup - Excellant backup software
Irfanview - the best graphics viewer available - it's much more than a viewer, it's the easiest way to manipulate graphics & pics - rotate, re-size, print, convert formats, do scan caputure, many edit functions (including MS Pbrush emulation), lots more.

Recommended Products
Barmah Hats - Aussy hats
Powerfilm - flexible solar chargers from Iowa Thin Film Technologies
ICP Solar - portable chargers
B & B Electronics - specialty, serial interface devices
National Audio - the best source of bulk audio cassettes in the US

Vendors
I've been buying from some of these (like PRB) for over 30 years
PC Connection - mostly computers and related
Sweetwater - pro audio gear
Micro-Tools - small, specialty tools
Edmund Scientific - you know these guys
American Science and Surplus - a wonderful junk bin full of cool stuff
PRB - The Projector Recorder Belt Corpoartion - (now a division of Russel Industries) - great source for drive belts

Electronics parts
Jameco
Digi-Key

Other Stuff
Folbot kayaks - the Horn - Books - Music - Leatherman - Computers - Hopi silver work - Camping
Daisy BB guns - Heathkits - China - Vacation Evaluations - Rants - Wreck - Airbus A380 at O'Hare

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