Best and Popular Car Websites

Latest update: January 16, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

There is not very much on this page. I only keep it around for personal use.


Resource Description
JDpower Consumer product information. Free.
Consumer Reports Consumer product information and more. Free and fee based service.

Also includes some reliable oldies, but goodies.

Resource Description
GasPriceWatch Search gas prices.
CarTalk Click & Clack.
AutoRepair.About General information.
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WiseGeek Information, Q&A.
AskPatty Information, Q&A.
Fuel Economy EPA mileage data and info.
Insurance.ca.gov Insurance premiums/complaints info.
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Resource Description
CarAndDriver Magazine.
MotorTrend Magazine.
RockAuto Parts and info.
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kbb Kelly Blue Book.
Auto-by-Tel Prices, more.
Edmunds Car buying guide, includes prices, more.
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CarFax Provides history of used cars.
Cars Buy, sell, research, advice.
pickapart Self-service auto recyclers, aka junkyard.

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Best Medical Website List of Resources

Latest update: January 4, 2022. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

The CDC is a good first resource for the latest pandemic information. The rest of this page, though certainly pandemic applicable, is more about our American, day-to-day medical situations.

And do note the final resource listed under the $100 bills. You will be glad you did. Federal and state agencies can often be a patient's best friend.

Medical Website Resources

Resource Description
Fighting Patient Financial Abuse Patients Forced to Sign SWAG Medical Contracts Under Duress. Includes additional resources to fight back.
...nih.gov/... Patient rights, and much more.
consumer.gov/... Patient rights, and much more.
calpatientguide California patient rights, and much more.
CMS.HHS.gov Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services. Includes nursing home ratings.
Medicare Medicare Information.
Physicians Physician Comparison and Ratings by Medicare.
Hospitals Hospital Comparison and Ratings by Medicare.
amdcanada Macular Degeneration. Amsler Grid.

Resource Description
MayoClinic Seems to have it all.
Merck The Merck Manual. The medical standard.
WebMD This and that, more...
pparx Prescription cost assistance directory.
HealthWorld Health answers, medline, more.
HealthLibray Stanford Health Library.
HealthAnswer Health/Medical answers.
InteliHealth Health/Medical answers.
MedExpert Has every medical link on the planet, more....
healthgrades Research hospitals/physicians/more. Free & fee.
QualityCheck Hospital ratings, more.
nhcaa National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.
FDA Food and Drug Administration.
NLM Federal National Library of Medicine.
alz.org Alzheimer's info.

Resource Information About Specific Doctors
A.M.A. The American Medical Association. Basic background info and a whole bunch of other stuff.
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Admin. in Med. Misconduct, malpractice, criminal data.
A.D.A. American Dental Association.
doctoroogle The Good Dentist Guide - By Patients for Patients.

This Has to Stop

Last, but not least, here is a page dedicated exclusively to dealing with patient financial victimization: Medical Federal and California State Government Websites That Will Actually Help Patients When a Medical Service Provider Victimizes You – Plus Some Important Tips


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Best Consumer Information Website List and More - Includes Dot Com Boom & Bust Era

Latest update: April 13, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

This is a rather unique list. In addition to the useful, current resources; there are also a lot of companies and resources from the infamous boom & bust dot com era. It is interesting what some of those companies are up to these days. I do my best to keep this page current; if a broken link does show up, please let me know via the comments section below. Also a note, if "https" is not available, it would be wise to not go there.


Resource Description - Worthy Consumer Resources
JDpower Consumer product information.
Consumers Review Consumers Review listings and reviews.
ConsumerReports Consumer product information. Free and fee based service.
BBB Better Business Bureau.
RipOffReport Consumer complaints about specific entities.
cnet Consumer tech product information.
HotDog Get rid of cable TV. Do internet video streaming. Save a fortune.
WiseBread Living large on a small budget.
SlickDeals Deals info.


Resource Description
gifts Intelligent directory of products.
LetsTalk Compare cell-phone plans.
Defunct ---
AuctionGuild Industry watchdog. Useful info.
PayPal Reputable online payment service.
CraigsList Online classified ads. Be careful here.


Resource Description - Worthy Consumer Resources
Credit Union Nat'l Association Locate a credit union near you.
DoNotCall Federal telemarketer Do-Not-Call list.
AnnualCreditReport Legit free credit reports site.
SmartMoney All sorts of useful info.
DealMine Discount aggregator and cross-reference site.
GetHuman Dealing with Corporate America by phone.
iHateDebt Dealing with debt problems. Information, free and fee.
hotels Compare hotel prices.
CreditUnionsOnline Locate a local credit union.
Life Ant Life insurance quotes.
Insurance Panda Auto insurance quotes.
BankRate Interest rates comparison.
HSH Associates Mortgage rate information, more.
Insure.com News, company fin'l info, more.
Consumer World Information.
ConsumerProAssoc Information and many links.
epinions Information and many links.
FTC Federal Trade Commission.
C.I.C. Federal Consumer Information Catalog.
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Books/Mags Description
amazon All.
barnesandnoble All.
half All. Owned by eBay.
abebooks All.
magazinepricesearch Price comparisons.
studentbookworld New text books.
campusbooks Text books. Connects buyers/sellers, new/used, more.
collegebooksdirect Text books. Buy/sell used.
textbookrevolution.org Student run. Free educational materials.
librarything Organizational resource.

Resource Description
Junk Busters Stop telephone solicitors, junk mail, more.
Scam Busters Information.
spamlinks .net Spam track & trace.
C.A.U.C.E. Anti-spam site.
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N.F.I.C. The National Fraud Information Center.
ic3 Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Nolo Legal self help, more.
lawyers Legal info, more.

Resource All Things Real Estate....
Fannie Mae Foreclosed homes, much more....
Freddie Mac HomeSteps. Foreclosed homes, much more....
MoveUp Research home value.
HomeAdvisor Houses, Apts, Neighborhood research.
HomeShark Info on buying a home, more.
APBnews Crime info by zip code, more.
IRED Directory of real estate websites, more.
AllApartments All things apartment related.
SpringStreet All things apartment related.

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Best Employment and Job Search Websites List - Full Time, Part Time, Remote, Hiring.

Latest update: January 6, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.


Find a Job or a Better Job.



List of Employment Resources


A necessary warning about the world we live in. If one finds a job posting that seems to have potential, check out the poster with the search engines before sending a resume, filling out an application, calling or otherwise emailing them, etc. Make sure it is a legitimate job with a legitimate company or other employer. Scammers and robocallers are known to make fake job postings; purpose being to collect personal information or worse. And where applicable, call the company's main phone number and visit their website (as listed by the search engines) to confirm that the job posting and associated contact information are actually theirs.


Resource Description
Indeed All jobs. Won't let you search unless you register.
Monster All jobs. Employers pay a fortune to advertise here. Free to applicants.
Government Jobs Appears to have them all.

Resource Description
neuvoo An international job aggregator.

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AARP: Work-at-Home Jobs for Retirees Truly worthy ideas.

Resource Description
jobbankinfo State job banks.
GetTheJob Company websites only.
job-hunt Employment advice. Portal.
snagajob Hourly employment.
HotJobs All jobs.
CareerBuilder All jobs.
CareerPath All jobs. Newspaper classifieds.
USAjobs.com Federal site for Federal jobs.
D.I.C.E. Tech jobs, mostly agencies.
CareerMosaic Mostly company direct.
MysteryShop Possible assignments, more.
JobHuntersBible Advice and links.
RileyGuide Advice and links.
JobSmart Salary info, advice, links.
AvueCentral Federal jobs. A difficult site.
BestJobsUSA All jobs. A limited site.
Jobs All jobs. A worthy site.
JobFairy Tech job network site, more.
Salary Various job/career info.
Work Place Fairness Workplace info.

Resource Description
elance Freelance.
guru Freelance.
hotgigs Freelance.
getacoder Freelance.
contractedwork Freelance.
rentacoder Freelance.
freelancedesigners Freelance.
directfreelance Freelance.
project4hire Freelance.


And a little bit of both humor and truth. Things not to do at work or job interviews:

  • Touch and hug your coworkers at every opportunity. Share all sex-related jokes with them. Bring up religion and politics as often as possible.
  • Be seen having lunch with the malcontents, trouble makers, and other toxic personalities.
  • Always let your boss know what he or she is doing wrong. Especially point out any character flaws they may have. How else will they know how to improve themselves?
  • Keep your desk a total shambles.
  • Gossiping is good. It gives you credibility.
  • Going to a job interview? Be sure to smoke lots of cigarettes on the drive there. The interviewer will hire you on the spot when he or she smells the aroma. And of course, always show up late.



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Best Reference Websites - Mostly Oldies, but Goodies

Latest update: January 17, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

This is one of my personal bookmarks pages I made; I figured why not let others use it as well. Most of these resources were collected from the second millennium. I am amazed how many have stood the test of time. There appears to be no reason not to keep them around for another year. Besides, old links can be useful at times.

Resource Description
nist.time.gov Official U.S. time.
timeanddate Print calendars, more.
maps.google Excellent road maps.
mapquest Maps.
Alt Codes Numpad alt codes.

Resource Description
reference Excellent general info site.
about Excellent general info site.
answers Excellent general info site.
wikipedia Excellent general info site.
snopes Urban legends, confirms/refutes.
dictionary Standard dictionary.
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urbandictionary Urban dictionary.
brainyquote Famous quotes and quotations.
freedict Language translation dictionary.
languagemonitor The Global English Language Monitor.



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Best Search Engines and Social Websites - New and Old

Latest update: January 17, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

This is one of my personal bookmarks pages I made; I figured why not let others use it as well. Also makes for interesting browsing. Though continually updated, lots of second millennium search engine and other resources remain here for nostalgic and other purposes. Side note: if "https" isn't available, then for security reasons it is recommended one should not go there. It should also be noted that some sites have changed their business models over the years.



People/Entity/Resources People/Entity/Resources
Extinct WhoWhere
YellowBook (rev#) RottenNeighbor
800notes Extinct
classmates reunion
facebook Extinct
myspace Extinct
youtube Extinct
infospace Extinct
bebo xanga

SIDE NOTE: County Clerk/Recorder sites have all sorts of info. 

File Resources File Resources
Shareware(CNET) Extinct
ZDnet Download


Resource URL/DOMAIN Resources
searchenginewatch Search subject tracking.
INTERNIC The com/net/org/edu domains.
spamlinks.net Spam track & trace.
spamhaus Worthwhile anti-spam site.
U.S. gov NIC The GOV domain.
U.S. DOD NIC The MIL domain.
IANA Country domains.


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Best USA Federal Government Websites List - Most Popular or Frequently Used

Latest update: January 19, 2023. Page URL indicates original publication date; meanwhile, times change and the updates continue.

This is one of my personal bookmarks pages I made; I figured why not let others use it as well. For 90% of visitors, you will find your federal link here. Also makes for interesting browsing. If one wants any additional federal websites listed, simply post its URL in the comments section. More than likely I'll include it in the next update.


Resource Description
NIST Time Time
USPS US Post Office
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRS Advocate IRS help
FTC Federal Trade Commission
FDA Food and Drug Administration
SSA Social Security Administration
CMS.HHS.gov Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services. Includes nursing home ratings
Medicare Medicare information
GovBenefits Official benefits site
Census Census Bureau
BLS Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Mint US Mint
GSA General Services Administration
FPDS Federal Procurement Data System
SAM Federal System Award Management
FBO Daily FedBizOpps (FBO)
HUD Housing and Urban Development
State Dept. State Department
State Dept. State Department. How to get passport.
CIA CIA. Includes world fact book.
FBI FBI
GAO General Accounting Office
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
CIC Consumer Information Catalog
Grants Central source for organization grants
CDC Center for Disease Control
Congressional Information Legislative Information Service
NASA NASA Hubble telescope
NASA Gallery NASA Hubble telescope images
USGS USGS earthquake site
FuelEconomy.gov EPA mileage data and info
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

Nat'l Libraries Description
LOC Library of Congress
NLM National Library of Medicine
NLE National Library of Education
NAL National Agricultural Library

Directories Description
USA U.S. government's official web portal.
Fed World Links, more....

American flag in cupola of International Space Station with Earth visible. - NASA

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