Rob Bednark's Favorite Websites to Surf
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My Favorite Sites
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|Howard
|Library
|HeadlessWay
|Webshots
|Blogsearch
|CheeHau
|TimeLapse
|Freakonomics
|GoogleBlog
|GoogleVideo
|GoogleLabs
|YahooFinance
|Brett
|GoogleNews
|Craigslist
|Onion
|Salon
|TomONeil
|PatONeil
|PdxMovies
|HustonSmith
MalcolmGladwell
OGI
|Adbusters
|NOAA
|Weather.com
|Slate
|ProjectCensored
|IMDB
|Amazon
|Ebay
|TerraServer
|CompHomeSales
|ZoomInfo
|WikiQuote
|Wikipedia
|Wiktionary
|WikiSource
|WikiBooks
|WikiCommons
|WikiCommonsFile
|WikiCommonsCategory
Descriptions:
- sara.bednark.com - the blog and poetry of Sara Bednark, my wife
- Howard Abrams blog - my friend Howard
- The Writer's Almanac by Garrison Keillor on NPR
- Chee Hau Center, Sum Faht meditation practice, Wong Loh Sin See
- timelapse.org - nice blog, nice pictures
- Random Wiki quote
- Random wiki encylopedia page
- Random wiki dictionary page
- Random wiki source page
- Random wiki books page
- Random wiki commons page
- Random wiki commons file
- Random wiki commons category
- Blog by author of Freakonomics
- Google blog
- Google Video
- Google Labs - what's new in Google's labs
- Random web site - click on "randomlink" to get a random web site
- Multnomah County Library - Portland libraries
- Yahoo Finance - check stock prices
- Webshots - look at nice pictures, and also download them for your screen-saver and desktop
- Brett Barrett - web site for my great-nephew, with guestbook
- groups.yahoo.com - Yahoo groups
- groups.google.com - Google groups
- news.google.com - news from Google
- craigslist - search for volunteering opportunities
- The Onion - humorous newspaper (I love their humor; I also have 2 of their books)
- Salon.com
- Tom O'Neil - Tom O'Neil, my wife's cousin
- Pat O'Neil - Pat O'Neil, my wife's cousin
- TimeBucks.org -
- Ken Nordine WordJazz poetry
- portlandmovietimes.com - movies/theaters/times in the Potland area
- Kierkegaard Quotes
- Nietzsche Quotes
- Huston Smith
- Malcolm Gladwell - author of "The Tipping Point" and "Blink"
- Implicit Tests - fascinating tests that show are unconscious biases about 100 different areas including race, gender, age, cats/dogs, private/public
- TV Tome - database of TV shows
- Book notes - notes I've taken from books I've read.
- Humor - humor that I've collected.
- Favorite Quotes - my favorite quotations.
- Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI) - seminars
- Adbusters - great magazine for anti-commerce
- National Weather Service - Portland forecasts/observations
- weather.com
- Slate Magazine
- Project Censored - most censored stories in US media
- Internet Movie Database - search for movies, actors, etc. (I like to find out other movies that people have done)
- Amazon.com - look for books, reviews, listen to music samples (I like reading comments by others, and finding new books similar to ones that I like)
- Ebay - online auction site
- Aerial photo of our house in Gresham, OR from satellite
- Ancestry.com - family tree / genealogical info (I like checking family tree info, and finding out who all my relatives are)
- Heifer International - excellent charity
- realestate.yahoo.com - comparable home sales
- ZoomInfo - search for info about people
- BigSnap.com - the official Billy Collins website - one of my favorite poets
- Geocaching
Funny / Humor
News:
Political:
Charities
Volunteering
Oregon
Movies
Music
- allmusic.com - excellent music database of performers, albums, etc.
Genealogy / Family Tree Info
- Find-A-Grave - find out where people are buried (famous people, relatives, etc.)
- Ancestry.com - family tree / genealogical info (I like checking family tree info, and finding out who all my relatives are)
Kid Stuff
Tickets/Events
- Ticketmaster - see what shows/events are coming to town
- Fastixx - see what shows/events are coming to town
Searching
Google notes:
- enter a 3-digit area code to see a map for that area
- enter a UPC code to found out info about that product
- flight status - type in a flight to check status (e.g., USAir 50)
- VIN numbers - type in a vehicle identification # to get more info about that car
- to see what pages google has indexed for a site: "site:bednark.com"
Minnesota
Misc:
- Wikipedia - an online collaborative encyclopedia
- Aerial Photos - satellite photos and topographical maps (I like looking at aerial photos)
- Amazon.com - look for books, reviews, listen to music samples (I like reading comments by others, and finding new books similar to ones that I like)
- Internet Movie Database - search for movies, actors, etc. (I like to find out other movies that people have done)
- "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross - listen to past episodes of this excellent NPR program where Terry Gross interviews people (I love interviews, and Terry Gross does a good job, and interviews a lot of different, interesting people)
- "This American Life" with Ira Glass - listen to past episodes of another excellent NPR program (a great show that I listen to on NPR sometimes; often funny, often interesting)
- Webshots - look at nice pictures, and also download them for your screen-saver and desktop (I like downloading beautiful pictures for my screen size, desktop, and for sending in emails)
- Ancestry.com - family tree / genealogical info (I like checking family tree info, and finding out who all my relatives are)
- Cool Site of the Day -
- Multnomah County Library Online - search for books online (the library system for Portland, OR)
- Ebay -
- BritishPath - over 12 million historical photographs and 3500 hours of video
- weather.com - find weather forecasts
- Most dangerous intersections in Oregon
Housing Prices
Family / Friends
Blogs I like:
Links (authored by me or Sara)
- sara.bednark.com - the poetry of Sara Bednark, my wife
- Traffic to bednark.com - shows the web traffic to bednark.com (# visitors, # accesses, most popular pages, why visitors came, ...)
- Traffic to sara.bednark.com - shows the web traffic to sara.bednark.com (# visitors, # accesses, most popular pages, why visitors came, ...)
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Essays - my blog (diary/journal/web log)
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About me - stuff about me, including:
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Book notes - notes I've taken from books I've read.
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Bookmarks / Favorites / Links - my current Netscape
bookmarks.
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Humor - humor that I've collected.
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Favorite Quotes - my favorite quotations.
Stocks:
Things to Do
- Search google for my name
- Do genealogy searching
- Look on EBAY for silver, Wheaties boxes, unique things, houses, Bang and Olufsen
- Search google for book lists,
- Amazon: read reviews of favorite books, save favorite reviewers, look at favorite reviewers, look for books library doesn't have, look for recommendations for me
- Amazing web site by City of Portland, showing aerial photos, house values, crime, etc.
- Aerial photo of our house in Gresham, OR from satellite
- Aerial photo of Archie and Glady's farm near Hillman, MN from satellite
- Aerial photo of my Mom's house in Fountain Hills, AZ from satellite
- Aerial photo of Greg and Jan Bednark's house near St. Cloud, MN from satellite
- Aerial photo of Bednark Manufacturing near Pierz, MN from satellite
- Aerial photo of downtown Portland, OR
- Aerial photo of the where I work - IBM in Beaverton, OR (Willamette building)
- Aerial photo of Tom Carlier's house in Beaverton, OR
- Aerial photo of Curtis's house
- Aerial photo of BL's house
- Aerial photo of H
- Sea World in San Diego
Technical:
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Author: Rob Bednark
Created: 12/30/96 This page last updated: 26 Sep 2005
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