Links
As I surf the internet, below are some sites that I have found to be interesting and/or useful … in no particular order.
Let me know if there are any dead links.
Reference
http://www.refdesk.com/ - an online library is one click away
http://www.bartleby.com/ - another amazing online reference library
http://www.highbeam.com/ - access to more than 3000 news/scientific/medical publications (requires subscription)
http://www.reporter.org/desktop/- “Reporter’s Desktop” has multiple links to help you find information about people and subjects
http://zipskinny.com/ - view your zip code’s census data and compare it with other zip codes
http://www.zillow.com/ - free online estimate of your (and your neighbor’s) home value
http://www.trulia.com/ - online real estate search similar to Realtor.com with demographic data, price, and popularity estimates
http://www.allmyfaves.com/ - visual collection of favorite internet links
Medical
http://www.emedicine.com/ - database of free medical information
Gray’s Anatomy - pictures and descriptions of human anatomy
http://www.visiblebody.com/ - interactive human anatomy including “over 1700 anatomical structures”
The Merck Manual - free access to a library of medical texts
http://www.mdconsult.com/ - full text from several hundred medical books and journals (requires subscription)
http://www.diagnosispro.com - free program that creates a differential diagnosis based on symptoms entered
http://www.modernmedicine.com/ - contents of multiple medical magazines contained at one site
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov - compare national “quality indicators” for each hospital
http://www.netdoc.com/hospital-rankings/ - another site to compare hospital quality
https://catalog.ama-assn.org/Catalog/cpt/cpt_search.jsp - see how much Medicare pays physicians for management of a specific medical problem
http://www.statehealthfacts.org - a wealth of data on demographics, costs, and payments
http://www.livescience.com/ - very cool site with lots of interesting articles on science and health
http://www.acsh.org/ (The American Council on Science and Health) - debunking medical myths left and right
Computer-related
http://www.xtort.net - large list of freeware computer utilities
http://www.mediamax.com/ - online storage and backup
http://mozy.com/ - even better online backup
Lifehacker Guide to Freeware Apps
Utilities
http://zoho.com - free online office suite similar to Microsoft Office
http://www.openoffice.org/ - free downloadable office suite similar to Microsoft Office
Miscellaneous
http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html - surf the web anonymously
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml - more sites from which you can surf the web anonymously
http://www.spoofcard.com - subscribe to this service and change the caller ID information on calls that you make
http://flightaware.com/ - track airline flights and see the real-time flight path
http://www.sidestep.com/ - free comparison of travel values across multiple sources
http://www.snopes.com/ - the ultimate site to debunk those urban legends


April 12, 2008 at 7:36 pm
A nice companion to the Gray’s Anatomy site might be Visible Body.
I like anonymouse, and you can find additional proxies at Proxy.org.
Thanks. I added these sites to the list.