Links for Looking Things Up, Randomly Thrown Down
(with emphasis on the random)

• McNemar
  
  
• U@Penn    (must allow popups)
  
  
• UrbanDictionary
  
  
• Wikipedia
  
  
• CETS answers
  
  
• Yahoo Answers
  
  
• Linguist List Jobs Index
  
  
• LinkedIn
  
  
• Penn Career Services
  
  
• CIS jobs     (other links)
  
  
• Alumni Career Services
  
  
• Acronym Finder
  
  
• NetLingo
  
  
• Penn Network Status
  
  
• BBC World News  (home)   (Chinese version)  (at home)
  
  
• Search the Penn Library Franklin Catalog     (Library home  &   hours)
  
  
• Weather
  
  
• PhillyHealthInfo     (Medical Billing Advocates of America)
  
  
• MSwin update   (that needs an up-to-date IE, of course)
  
  
• Public Radio On-Air Now
  
  
• Buying stuff     (Uwishunu Philly)
  
  
• Slashdot    (News for Nerds)
  
  
• BBC's Ask Bruce
  
  
• HowStuffWorks   (computers)
  
  
• Geek Squad
  
  
• Information please   (weather)   (atlas)  
  
  
• Call2Recycle   (Look up where to recycle batteries)
  
  
• Java API
  
  
• StopBadware.org
  
  
• ResearchBuzz   (Internet Research News and Information)
  
  
• Search Engine Watch
  
  
• Knowledge at Wharton
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania Directories
  
  
• Travel info sites
  
  
• Computing at Penn
  
  
• Penn Information Security
  
  
• Internet Scout Project
  
  
• inttranews   (news for linguists)
  
  
• Bank rates
  
  
• Pollen count
  
  Dictionaries
  
  
• OED  :  Oxford English Dictionary for Penn Community
  
  
• Chinese Characters and Culture
  
  
• Mandarin Tools     (Dictionary)
  
  
• ROC education ministry  (with link to dictionaries)
  
  
• Guoyu Cidian (big5)
  
  
• Webopedia
  
  
• Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing  (FOLDOC)
  
  
• Jargon search
  
  
• Powelton Village
  
  
• Emma Willard School
  
  
• GCDS
  
  
• Collection of Links for Debunking Urban Legends  ("The Bunk Stops Here")
  
  
• Anti-Phishing Working Group
  
  
• Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
• DiningInfo.com
  
  
• OANDA currency conversion cheatsheet
  
  
• AirSeas
  
  
• Official Java Programming Documentation:  Quick Reference Guide  (old)
  
  
• Student Health   (SHS)
  
  
• Chinese Calendar
  
  
• Jim Alexander's LaTeX help page  (inside Penn domain)
  
  
• FILExt -- File Extension Source
  
  
• Penn InTouch
  
  
• Andy ratings
  
  
• John Fried's FAQ column
  
  
• Big Numbers illustrated
  
  
• Comcast
  
  
• Penn DCANet Tech Support Filter
  
  
• Sony Support
  
  
• GuideStar.org   (for giving effectively)
  
  
• Heat Index Calculator
  
  
• Center for Applied Special Technology's Bobby Site
  
  
• Link to colors for experimenting with color schemes
  (stone-age-browser-safe version)
  Note that I got these links from a really great HTML tutorial:   http://www.pagetutor.com
  It answers just the questions you are going to ask if you're doing a web page the hard way.
  

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