Conquoring the net one link at a time!


Mirrors:

    Mirror 1 Current Site

    Mirror 2 (Live 9-20-2025)

    Mirror 3 (Coming Soon)

Projects:

    RepRap McWire

    Arduino

    Go-Go Board

    LCD Module

    DRO-350

    PIC Programmer

    TopFlight Nobler ARF

    TopFlight Streak    

    Homier Speedway Mini Metal Lathe

Links:

   

Search Engines:

    Google (The quintessential Search Engine)

    DuckDuckGO (Privacy Oriented Search Engine)

    SearX (A privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine)

    StartPage.com (Privacy Oriented Search Engine)

    Internet Archive's Wayback Macine

    Archive.Today Webpage Capture (Similar to Wayback Machine)

    FilePursuit File Search Engine

    Altavista Babelfish (translator) RIP Killed By Yahoo

    OctoPart (Search Engine for Electornic Parts)

    Thingiverse (Search Engine for 3D Printable Designs)

    Youmagine (Search Engine for 3D Printable Designs)

   

Electronics:

    Electrics 2000 (Electonics Calculators)

    BobBlick (PIC programmer)

    Jens Dyekjær Madsen (PIC programmer) (Archive.org Copy)

    Talking Electronics (Formerly Poptronics, Electronics Now, Radio Electronics.)

   

Metal working Supplies:

    Metal Suppermarkets

    Enco MSC Industrial Supply Co. (Enco becomes MSC Aug 2016)

    T-Slot cross slide

    Modified Chinese Scales Archive.org Webcache

   

Electronics Forums:

    Dangerous Prototypes

   

Electronics Supplies:

    Mouser Electronics

    Digikey Electronics

    Newark/Element 14

    MCM Electronics

    Arrow Electronics

    MDfly Electronics

    Futurlec Electronics

    Sparkfun

    Adafruit Industries

    Circuit Bridge (source for high res stensils)

    Al Lasher's Electronics

    BG Micro

    The LED Light (OptoElectronics)

    Electronics GoldMine

    Hosfelt Elecetronics,Inc. RIP

    Timeline, Inc.

   

Model Aviation:

    WAM Western AssociatedModelers (Archive.org Copy)

    AMA Academy of Model Aeronautics

    Alameda Aeromaniacs

    Brotherhood of the Ring(Ringmaster)

    Concord Model Engineers Wordpress Site Google CME Forum

    Woodland-Davis Aeromodelers

    Radio ControlModeler

    Model AirplaneNews

    Tower Hobbies

    Hobby People

    RealFlight

    Tornado Propellers (Grish Products)

    Lone Star Balsa Burned Down, Now Out Of Business

    Virginia Hobby

    RSM Distribution

    Brodak

    Tom's Building Service

    Central Hobbies

    Darrol Cady R/C

    Hobbytown USA

    Mecoa Model Engine Company of America

    Fox Manufactuing (Fox Manufacturing was acquired by MECOA K&B Mfg in February 2017)

    Pinole Hobbies Out Of Business

    GRS Models Internet Archive Version

    Minnesota Modeler

    Kitting it together

    MBS Model Supply

    Sam's Stuff & Hobbies

    Nelson Hobby Specialties (Water based resin paint) Now out of business, but paints can still be obtained from Systemthree.com

    Systemthree Source for water based resin polyurethane paint with crosslinker

    RCATS RCATS (Maker of Lithium Glow Driver. Go all season on one charge! No more dead Ni-Cad's!!)

   

Free Webmail:

   Hotmail

   Yahoo Mail

   Gmail

   Protomail (Secure Email based in Switzerland)

   ICQmail Deleted after 90 days if not accessed.

   Lyco Mail Deleted after 90 days if not accessed.

   AIM Mail

   Netzero

   Netscape Mail

   AIM Blogs

   Comcast Webmail

   

Japanese Anime Music:

   AnimeNFO Radio   Live Stream

   Armitage's Dimension Radio   Live Stream

   AnimeAmaze Radio   Live Stream

   Anime Academy Radio  Live Stream RIP 2008

   Kawaii Radio   Live Stream Kawaii Radio is back in 2015 after a 4 year hiatus! YAY! Kawaii Radio   Live Stream RIP 2011



 

Web Browsers:


   Seamonkey

   Recommended Add-ons for Seamonkey

    Adblock Plus

    Adblock Plus Element Hiding Helper

    Noscript

    Flashblock

    Session Manager

    Colorful Tabs

    User Agent Switcher

   Other plug-ins/add-ons for Seamonkey


  Opera

  Vivaldi (An Opera replacement developed by the original Opera programmers)


Firefox (Current version 57+ NOT recommended due to switch to WebExtentions. Many important extensions no longer supported as of v57.) Use ESR version instead.  >>  Firefox ESR 52.9.0

Also, be sure to install with internet disabled, and then goto Tools>Options>Advanced>Updates and select "Never check for updates". Othewise upon restarting Firefox ESR 52.9.0 you will automatically be updated to Firefox 60!

   Recommended Add-ons for Firefox

     Adblock plus

     Adblock plus Element Hiding Helper

     NoScript

     Flashblock No longer needed. Recommend REMOVING all Abobe flash products.

     Ghostery

     HTTPS-Everywhere

     Session Manager

     Colorful Tabs

     Tab Mix Plus

     User Agent Switcher

     Quick Location Switcher

     Greasemonkey

     Live IP Address

     Scrapbook

     TorrentBar

     Organize Status Bar

     Download Manager Tweak

     FEBE (Backup Utility)

     FoxClocks

   Other plug-ins/add-ons for Firefox

   Firefox 10+ Specific Recommended Add-ons

     Offline Switch

     Webmail Ad Blocker

     Behind The Overlay

     History Export

     Status-4-ever

     Organize Status bar (Author's Website)

     Backward Forward History Dropdown

     Empty Cache Button

     Classic Theme Restorer (Customize Australis)

     Classic Add-ons Archive for Firefox, Seamonkey, Palemoon, Waterfox etc. Releases can be found HERE

   

Applications:

   PortableApps (Apps Converted For USB Portable Use)

   

Security:

   Virus Total (online file scanner free tool)

   Truecrypt  (Disk Encryption)  Now Defunked

   Veracrypt (Disk Encryption)

   GPG4Win (Email Encryption)

   Leo Laporte - Technology Talk Show

   AutoIT v3

   Windows Offline Updater (Do-it-yourself Service Pack) - Athors Website

   Secure Data Deletion Application list   (Archive.org Copy)

   Guerrilla mail Temporary Email Redirector

   Spybot S&D (Current Version 2.4 or (better UI)1.6.2)

   XP Antispy (Current Version 3.98)

   ClamWin Antivirus (Free Open Source Antivirus for Windows)

   Clam Sentinel (Realtime AV Scanner based on ClamWin (Free Open Source Antivirus for Windows)

   MacroMedia Flash Settings

   

Linux:

   Tails OS (Secure Linux)

   Qubes OS (Secure Linux)

   CentOS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clone)

   Debian Linux

   Devuan Linux (Fork of Debian without SystemD)

   FreeDOS (1.2 released!)

   Menuet OS (Built in Assembly)

   Puppy Linux

   Knoppix Linux

   Slax Linux (boots from CD/USB)

   

Utilities:

   System Rescue CD

   ISO Recorder

   Ultimate Boot CD

   Ophcrack Windows Password Recovery

   Knoppix

   GParted LiveCD

   System Information for Windows (diagnostics)

   Undelete Plus (Windows file recovery)

   USB PC Repair Kit (Windows)  (Archive.org Copy)

   Magical Jelly Bean Key Finder (Windows)

   Partition Logic (Partitioning Utility)

   DFSee (Partitioning Utility)

   Ranish Partition Manager

   Recuva (Windows Undelete)

   

Guides:

   Universal USB Installer - Easy as 1 2 3

   Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

   

Web Archives and Caches:

   Internet Archive's Wayback Machine (Website Archive and Snap-Shots)

   Save URL to Wayback Machine (Works With Firefox ESR 54.9.0)

   Archive.Today Website Capture (Archived Websites)

   

News:

   Liliputing (News & information covering mobile technology)

   TechCrunch (Technology News)

   GHacks Tech News

   Myce (Formerly CDFreaks)

   AfterDawn Tech News

   Hacker News

   CNet Tech News

   Extreme Tech

   Engadget

   Gizmodo

   Slashdot

   Consumerist Archived Website. Site Was Shutdown By Consumer Reports! :-(

   Consumer Affairs News

   Consumer World (Consumer News and Resources -Replacement for Consumerist-)

   Google News

   TorrentFreak

   RedOrbit (Formerly RedNova)

   The Register (Tech News from the UK)

   Arstechica Tech News

   CNN Tech News

   ZGeek Blog

   FARK

   HowToGeek.com (Help, tutorials, tips & how-to guides for Windows and Linux.)

   maketecheasier.com - Tech How To's and Guides

   

Best Deals:

   Ben's Bargains  (Hotest Deals)

   Ben's Bargains  (Newest Deals)

   Slick Deals  (Front Page)

   Slick Deals  (Deals & Coupons)

   TechBargains

   Deals2Buy  (Formerly Cheap Stingy Bargains)

   Dealnews

   PriceGrabber

   Gas Pricewatch

   Google Product Search

   Craig's List Free Stuff

   

Money & Jobs:

   Bitpay Bitcoin Exchange Rates

   Class Action Law Suits

   Bankrate

   Salary

   Dice

   CalJobs

   Monster (Formerly Yahoo HotJobs)

   Careerbuilder

   Simply Hired

   Indeed

   California Jobs Network

   Craig's List Jobs

   The Simple Dollar Resume Tips

   Get Rich Slowly Blog

   

Education:

   Khan Academy

   Lecture Fox (Fee University Level Lectures)

   Free UC Berkeley Lectures on Google Video

   Instuctable - How to use Eagle Schematic

   UCSB A beginning tutorial to Eagle PCB Schematic Editor

   Europeana Digital Library

   Saylor.org Open Textbooks Challenge

   Free eBooks by Project Gutenberg

   

Making Resources:

   Laser Cutting (Epilog Mini 24 Laser)

   3D Printers: Utlimaker Printrbot Simple Metal Model: 1403

    Software used:  123D Design,  Cura,  Google Sketchup,  Rhino,  Tinkercad,  Repetier-Host

   Roland GX-23 Vinyl Cutter

   Cyclone PCB Factory (PCB Milling)

Useful Software:

   Inkscape

   CadSoft Eagle (PCB Layout)(Aquired By AutoDesk in 2017, now requires login.) You can download the original version of Eagle HERE.

   Wings 3D (Polygon Modeler)

   Open SCAD (Solid 3D CAD Modeller)

   KiCAD (Electronics Design Automation Suite)

   Repetier-Host (3D Printing Software)

   Cura (3D Printing Software)

Hacking:

   Hacked Gadgets

   Lifehacker (Tech tricks, tips and downloads for getting things done.)

   Hack-a-Day (Neat Stuff)

   I-Hacked  (Archive.org Copy)

   Daily DIY blog  (Archive.org Copy)

   Instructables

   HackMod (Random Mods and Hacks)

   Thingiverse.com (Free 3D Designs for your 3D printer)

   

Biotech:

   Encyclopedia of Life

   Learn CRIPSR with Bio Kits Campaign on Indiegogo

   Bio Curious

   Open PCR - DNA amplification for everyone

   Lava Amp - Pocket PCR for Pennies (Archive.org copy)

   Pearl Biotech - Gel electrophoresis box + blue transilluminator

   Personal Power Supply, 50V /100V, for Gel Electrophoresis (SM048)

   BioCAD - Clotho

   BioCAD - Clotho:Sourcforge Download Page

   iGEM 2010

   Registry of Biological Parts

   

ARM Dev Boards: Raspberry Pi & Cubieboard

   Q3DemoPak.zip (Basic files for playing Q3 on RPi)

   Cubie Board

   Rasperry Pi (Official Website)

   TheMagPi (Official Magazine For The Raspberry Pi)

   Raspi.TV (Raspberry Pi Tutorials, Videos & Reviews )


Last Updated 9/16/2025 6:48:00 AM PDT

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