Easybuy2000 Internet Store
Gadgets for the gotta-have-it crowd. With a small but select product list including some that are *ahem* questionable (cable signal decoders, satellite reception "enhancers") they are nonetheless a good place to find out and maybe even buy the very latest techotoys.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it? Easybuy
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:8 Look:8 Information Depth:7

Flexboard Keyboard
A keyboard for Mac or PC that you can spill your coffee on, wipe off, roll up and put in your pocket, then use again the next day. I consider it proof of the unfairness of the world that they're not selling *millions* of these things.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? Man and Machine Technologies
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:10 Look:4 Information Depth:10

HP Customer support phone numbers
All the tech support numbers for HP products. Keep it handy. Even better, download it.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Compilation
Whose Site is it? "Hewlett Packard (a.k.a. Compaq, a.k.a. DEC Alpha, a.k.a....)"
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:7 Information Depth:8

Mass Multiples Multi-screen setups
Beautifully made multiscreen LCD displays for about a fifth of what they used to charge.
For you sad Windoze people who can't handle multiple screens natively, check these folks. I've spoken to them and they know their business. Of course, they'll also charge you the cost of a decent used car to do their best work.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? "MASS, Inc."
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:10 Look:5 Information Depth:8

Materials for the Arts
Do you have old computer equipment, software, supplies, or even furniture to donate? Do you work for a non-profit on the New York area? Either way, contact these folks.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? NYC Dept of Sanitation
Ratings Coolness factor:9 Credibility:10 Look:9 Information Depth:10

CPU Overclocking with Peltier Elements
Now I'm not terribly interested in overclocking, but as a source of info on Peltier junctions, this is very *cough* cool. Don't just think computer, think low power refrigerator. BTW, the links are tiny and at the bottom of the page.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? TE Distributing
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:9 Look:2 Information Depth:10

Ratpadz Mousepads
Premium mousepads with a specially designed surface and shape. If you've never used one of these babys you just don't know what you're missing. For crying out loud, they're got a maintenance section!
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? Ratpadz
Ratings Coolness factor:9 Credibility:10 Look:6 Information Depth:8

Tom's Hardware Guide
A web institution, Tom's provides a deep and wide view of what options are available for Wintel boxes. News, BIOS archives, ads for online stores. Tom can set you up.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? Why Tom's, of course.
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:8 Look:4 Information Depth:9

Information and Content Management
American Coders, Ltd
XML conversion tools, Java alternatives, and consulting services. This is a flat-out butt-ugly site but seems to lead to some worthwhile stuff. (If, of course you care about things like""HIPAA File Validation Servlets""
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? ACL
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:9 Look:1 Information Depth:3

Pervasive Software
Treading an interesting middle ground between the open sourcers and the corporate world, Pervasive is working to create a dominant SQL platform through code but also through alliances with old standbys like Novell.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Pervasive Software
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:8 Look:7 Information Depth:8

PhP Builder Magazine
It's a PhP magazine. clear columns, good archives.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? PhPBuilder
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:9 Look:6 Information Depth:8

SQL vs. Postgres thread
Comparison of PostgreSQL to MySQL. Amazingly after over two years comments are still being added.
Review Date: 6/2/02 Site Type:Analysis
Whose Site is it? PhPBuilder
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:7 Look:1 Information Depth:5

Linux and Open Source
American Open Technology Consortium
With articulate fierceness and clear purpose, this brand new group is fighting for more rational public policy on a range of urgent tech-related concerns. From Microslime's latest FUD to DMCA, they're on it. So go, read, join!
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? AOTC& GeekPAC
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:8 Look:1 Information Depth:6

The Free Network Project
"I worry that 10 or 15 years from now my daughter will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?"Well, this project is trying to build a censorship-proof internet. Brave? yes? Ambitious? certainly.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Freenet
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:9 Look:7 Information Depth:8

The K Desktop Environment
Central site for KDE downloads, development and tools
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? KDE.org
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:9 Look:7 Information Depth:8

"Linux Magazine, Chronicle of the Revolution"
Handy read for those in the Linux community, they try to stay somewhat less rabid then the slashcode brotherhood and their ilk.
Review Date: 6/2/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? Linux Magazine
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:8 Information Depth:9

The NetBSD Project
Home of NetBSD, a long-running open source OS project that IS NOT LINUX!!! as they will eagerly inform you.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? NetBSD Project
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:9 Look:7 Information Depth:8

"OpenBSD, Free, Functional, Secure"
Like they say, this is an OS for experienced folk wanted to run serious servers or desktops on serious boxes.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:10 Look:8 Information Depth:8

ODP - Open Directory Project
The grand open source approach to information gathering and access. Obviously not my approach, but, hey, I wish them the best.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Compilation
Whose Site is it? ODP
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:8 Look:3 Information Depth:8

penguinista: You will be unassimilated: resistance is just plain stupid.
Energetic advocacy, minimal shrillness. My personal favorite for overviews about the open source movement and related implications.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Organization
Whose Site is it? Penguinista Documentation Project
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:10 Look:4 Information Depth:7

Macintosh
Focus on Mac Hardware
Good solid workaday viewpoint on Mac tech issues. Are they cool? No. Are they funny and hip? No. Can they help you choose a reasonably priced monitor with color controls? Yes.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? About.com
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:8 Look:6 Information Depth:8

Jag's House:Where Older Macs Still Rock
These folks can even help you out with an original 1984 Mac, or sell you RAM for your SE/30.
Review Date: 6/14/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it? Jag
Ratings Coolness factor:9 Credibility:10 Look:6 Information Depth:10

Mac Of All Trades
Getcher used macs here! Pretty visuals, delicious prices, detailed info. Selection could be better and there's no old stuff at all but I can deal with that. Have I bought from them yet? Nope. Am I likely to in the future? Yep.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:8 Look:10 Information Depth:9

"Macintosh Manuals and Documentation, pre-G3"
Use it now, download what you might need before it all goes away. Now that Apple has declared OS 9 dead (complete with an onstage coffin) this site may go away any day.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Compilation
Whose Site is it? Apple Computer
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:10 Look:7 Information Depth:8

ResExcellence
Mac reference site. Originally a site for the use of the famed ResEdit tool, it has now expanded out to cover much of the territory for which we used to turn to MacFixit. Be sure to check out the interviews.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? ResExcellence LLC
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:8 Information Depth:9

PowerBook Parts and Repairs
Great selection, no trade-in needed. But only for recent models. Anything before the Pismo or Lombard and you're out of luck.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it? PBParts.com
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:8 Information Depth:8

PowerBook Zone
Got a recent Powerbook Want one? they can hook you up with parts and info. Even if you don't have or want a powerbook, check out their drives and other gear; then check out the adapters they sell to use said cool stuff in your desktop.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:5 Information Depth:6

PowerMax
A wide variety of mac-oriented new and used stuff. Plenty of software and some unusual selections.
Review Date: 6/14/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:7 Look:7 Information Depth:7

Thoth Software
Creators of the Thoth newsreader, Rosetta document conversion and repair utility, and Ptah image and file viewer (which also has a document management component).
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? Thoth
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:9 Look:5 Information Depth:5

News, OS-Independent Resources
Duke of URL/Kirk White
A greybeard of the web in every sense, the good ol' duke is worth a drop by. A link or two, a tip or three. But at this point he's a little bit slashdot, an awful lot Reader's Digest.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? Kirk White
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:8 Look:3 Information Depth:3

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's site (Usable Information Technology)
Usability primer and articles, not to mention links to what's happening in the UI world. If you're brave, he'll rate your site and post the results for the world to see.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Analysis
Whose Site is it? Jakob Nielsen
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:5 Information Depth:10

"OS News, Exploring the Future of Computing"
Comprehensive, and agnostic, these folks really do want you to know about *every* OS, not just the famous ones. Think that you're cool because you know about WindRiver? Yeah, but what do you now about Triangle OS? How about a section on Windoze under Mac?
Review Date: 5/14/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? OS News
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:8 Look:7 Information Depth:10

NewsFactor Network - Sci-Tech News
Computer-oriented, but with a leavening of other technology (and a bit of science), this is a handy little briefing (if a bit gee-whiz) on what's up and what's on people's minds.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? NewsFactor Network
Ratings Coolness factor:4 Credibility:8 Look:4 Information Depth:5

Zeropaid
All the tools, all the news, every operating system. If you want to fileshare, then get yer gear here.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Download Site
Whose Site is it? Zeropaid
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:5 Look:6 Information Depth:8

PDAs (Palm, etc.)
Blue Nomad Software
These folks have a number of cool little programs, the most notable of which is a Word (yech!) compatible word processor.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? Blue Nomad
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:8 Look:9 Information Depth:3

eMate Central
Resources and a few articles for the Newton eMate. Astoundingly, this site is still active. Well, kinda. Well, at least the the links to the Newton Ring still work.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? William Angel
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:5 Look:5 Information Depth:3

Fitaly Palm OS Keyboard Replacement
This little bit of coolness goes over the Graffiti area of your Palm (or Newton, or even WinCE device) and makes it much more practical to type text at decent speeds without a hardware keyboard.
Review Date: 5/12/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? Textware
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:10 Look:7 Information Depth:4

PDA Street
No-nonsense, just the facts PDA resource with unusual breadth. After all, how can you fault the narrowness of a site with a section on the Royal daVinci?
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? PDA Street
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:8 Look:5 Information Depth:9

Pen Computing Magazine
Platform agnostic place to check out options and news for users of Palm, WinCE, and other handheld devices. If you've ever got the time to spare, check out the archive of Newton articles and learn about glorious technology in the hands of achingly bad management.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Magazine
Whose Site is it? Pen Computing Magazine
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:9 Look:8 Information Depth:8

Planet Newton
Still up though no longer active, this site provides a solid set of resources and links for the late great Newton PDA
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? Planet Newton
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:8 Look:5 Information Depth:8

RMR Software
Palm and EPOC (Psion) shareware. Some nice little bits including a fuel usage calculator and home inventory.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? RMR Software
Ratings Coolness factor:2 Credibility:7 Look:3 Information Depth:3

Robotics and Other Fun Stuff
Bihn Bags for Laptops
Beautifully made bags for laptops and such, optimized (of course) for Macintoshes. Great style, lifetime guarantee, viable selection, American made. And with product names like Snake Charmer and Freudian Slip, Bihn isn't shy about their distinctiveness.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? Tom Bihn
Ratings Coolness factor:9 Credibility:9 Look:9 Information Depth:8

Search Results-CD-ROM Business cards
If you want to get some of those cool business cards we've all seen that are actually little CD-ROMS this is the search I did that got the best results.
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Compilation
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:9 Credibility:8 Look:4 Information Depth:8

Harbor Freight Tools
Surplus and off-brand with broad shoulders. The Home Depot of surplus, with routers, greenhouses, but also funkier items like $180 cast iron stoves. Good to superb prices, solid to terrible quality. Check the brands, read the fine print, and don't expect
Review Date: 6/12/02 Site Type:Marketplace
Whose Site is it?
Ratings Coolness factor:10 Credibility:7 Look:7 Information Depth:7

Nixie Discussion Group
Remember those glowing numbers on equipment in old movies? The orange wire-looking things? Well, now they're retro chic among hard-core techies and this is the place to get your start. Finding, buying, wiring, troubleshooting.
Review Date: 6/19/02 Site Type:Discussion/Thread
Whose Site is it? Yahoo
Ratings Coolness factor:7 Credibility:9 Look:1 Information Depth:5

Parallax: BASIC Stamp Microcontrollers
Home of the BASIC Stamp microcontroller, the chip set and systems behind much of the innovative work in robotics these days. Outgrowing your LEGO Mindstorms? Check Parallax out.
Review Date: 5/16/02 Site Type:Vendor
Whose Site is it? Parallax
Ratings Coolness factor:8 Credibility:10 Look:6 Information Depth:5

Windoze
TechSoup.org -Tech for Nonprofits
Computer help and discounted gear for 501Cs. Not as good as it sounds (hint,Microsoft and AOL/Time-Warner are their main sponsors) but if you're a non-profit you should check them out. Just don't forget the bias behind the articles and recommendations.
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Resource
Whose Site is it? Tech Soup and a bunch of massive corporations.
Ratings Coolness factor:5 Credibility:3 Look:6 Information Depth:4

Wim's BIOS Page
Exhaustive compilation of info on Wintel BIOSes. Man, I'm sure glad that I'm out of IT and using Macs and don't have to mess with this stuff anymore ;->
Review Date: 5/13/02 Site Type:Compilation
Whose Site is it? Wim Bervoets
Ratings Coolness factor:6 Credibility:8 Look:6 Information Depth:10