Attention, fellow chittenoids. Below you will find links to various sites on Earth's World Wide Web (a virtual hive, so to speak) that you might find helpful in furthering our conquest of this planet. Click on any of the categories above to see what is presently listed. Click on any site name to visit it. Please peruse these sites and gather any information that might be of use. If you run across other sites that might be useful for our invasion, please inform the ExoJello Hive immediately.| THE HIVE | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
| Secret ExoJello Hive of the Bugmen | Defies description! | Unrated |
| PovRay Graphics | Some simple raytraced images. | Unrated |
| Voice of the Employee: "Aauugghh!" | A little inside humor for postal workers — especially rural carriers. | Unrated |
| Me/Not-Me | Wanna see how weird I really am? Float your mouse pointer over the photo! | Unrated |
| Random Ramblings | A few words on my point of view. | Unrated |
| My Resume | Self-explanatory. | Unrated |
| Family Photos | I'm not the only weirdo in the family! | Unrated |
| CSS Chart | My first contribution for the geek wannabees. I hope to add some more stuff later. | Unrated |
| POSTAL & RELATED FEDERAL EMPLOYEE SITES | ||
| OFFICIAL AND/OR COMMERCIAL SITES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
USPS Web Site |
Official web site of the United States Postal Service. |
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ELM |
Online version of the Employer Labor Relations Manual. |
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OSHA |
Occupational Safety & Health Administration home page. |
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NLRB |
National Labor Relations Board home page. |
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NRLCA |
Official Home Page of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. |
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FLRLCA |
Official Home Page of the Florida Rural Letter Carriers Association. |
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NALC |
Official Home Page of the National Association of Letter Carriers. |
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APWU |
Official Home Page of the American Postal Workers Union. |
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NPMHU |
Official Home Page of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. |
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Postal News |
Daily News Digest for the Postal World. |
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Thrift Savings Plan |
An important part of our retirement on-line. |
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Atlanta Postal Credit Union |
On-line account access for members of the APCU. |
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FEDWeek On-Line |
Federal workers newsletter. |
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| UNOFFICIAL AND/OR PERSONAL SITES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Rural Carrier Information Gateway |
Lots and LOTS of information for rural carriers. |
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The Postal Zone |
At least for Postal links, this site puts Link-O-Rama to shame. |
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The Mail Factory |
Postal-related news items and other things. |
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Postal Jeep Dot Com |
Own a quarter ton? You definitely want to check this site out! |
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Carrier Stuff Dot Com |
Products by carriers for carriers. |
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GO POSTAL! |
No one wants to hear more of your whining? Try this site! |
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| REGIONAL LINKS | ||
| FLORIDA | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Florida Dot Com — Search Engine |
A search engine specific to Florida. |
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Online Sunshine |
Official Guide to the Florida Legislature |
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Florida Government Direct |
Many State Services, plus links to official government sites. |
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Absolutely Florida |
Links to Chambers of Commerce & Local Tourism Bureaus |
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Florida Explorer |
Good site for information & related links. |
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Florida History |
Lots of information here. Check out "Wierd Florida." |
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| SOUTHWEST FLORIDA | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Fort Myers News-Press |
Fort Myers newspaper's online presence. |
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Gulf Coasting |
Southwest Florida events on line. |
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Fort Myers Emergency Information |
Information & links to local emergency organizations. |
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The Shell Factory |
The place where little crustaceous elves create collectible conches. |
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City of Fort Myers |
Official Site of the Fort Myers City Government. |
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City of Cape Coral |
Official Site of the City of Cape Coral. |
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City of Sanibel |
Official Site of the City of Sanibel. |
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Lee County Alliance of the Arts |
A little culchaah in the wasteland. |
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Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall |
A little more culchaah in the wasteland. |
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| STATE & LOCAL ATTRACTIONS | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Florida Dot Com — Attractions |
A good source of information for vacationers. |
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Sebring International Raceway |
Home of the annual Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring races. |
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Children's Science Center |
A bit of educational fun in north Cape Coral. |
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| SEARCH ENGINES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Web Brain  |
Just found this one. The graphical interface makes it my favorite already! |
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Web Crawler |
Historically, this is almost always the one that I used first. |
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HotBot |
If only WIRED didn't work so hard at being slick and hip. |
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NorthernLight |
Search by custom forms. |
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Blink |
Search sites from member bookmarks. |
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InfoSeek |
Tending towards the meatier content. |
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4anything |
Something between a search engine and a research center. |
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Google |
Metasearch. |
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Dogpile |
Another metasearch. |
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Ask Jeeves! |
Another metasearch, this one with a grammar parser. |
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Mamma |
Yet another metasearch. I haven't used this one. The five stars is based on the name. |
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Joe Expert |
Search engine specializing in web design. |
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searchWin2000 |
Search engine specializing in Windows NT and Windows 2K. |
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TechCrawler |
Search engine specializing in IT. |
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TOP Search Engines |
Don't like my list of search engines? Here's another list. |
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| SHAREWARE & FREEWARE SITES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Jumbo |
Over 300,000 programs. |
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Freeware Home |
Free software & internet services. |
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Freeware Web |
Another freeware site. |
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Persistence of Vision Ray Tracing Program |
The 3D rendering program I use. Check out my pictures. |
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WinSite |
No-nag freeware. |
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WP List |
Shareware for Word Perfect users. |
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File Mine |
IT-specific downloads. |
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Win-Shareware |
Windows-specific downloads. |
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CNet |
Another large collection from which to choose. |
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Larabie Fonts |
It's hard to believe that one guy created all of these fonts, and offered most of them for free! |
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| ONLINE SERVICES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
RadioFreeCash |
Get paid to listen to music! (And I get a little for the referral). |
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GuruNet |
Alt-click your way to information from various applications. |
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SpotOn |
Organize & accelerate your web experience, plus create guided tours. |
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Blink |
Upload your bookmarks and access them from any computer. |
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NetMind |
Be notified whenever important web pages are updated. |
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The Ultimate Counter |
Free, configurable hit counter for your web site. |
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Backward Compatability Viewer |
Check to see what your site looks like on earlier browsers. |
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mySimon |
Shopping on line? Comparison shop at mySimon. |
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eLance |
A site for freelancers, and those looking to hire them. |
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Web Address Book |
Free Online calendar, address book, and more. |
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The Promotor |
Free promotion of your website. (I haven't tried this one yet.) | UNRANKED |
FreeTranslations |
Translate from English to Spanish, French, Portugese and more. |
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MapQuest |
Maps and door-to-door directions. |
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FindLaw |
Good starting point for researching legal issues. |
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| GENERAL REFERENCE SITES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Eastern Philosophy Texts |
Links to original texts of Eastern Religions and philosophies. |
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
A more generalized collection of philosophic works. |
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Librarians' Index to the Internet |
A collection of research links for professional researchers. |
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Knowledge Adventure Home Page |
Good kids' education site. |
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Science Frontiers |
Digest of scientific anomolies. |
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RefDesk |
A large collection of reference links. |
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How Stuff Works |
Rather self-explanatory. |
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Physicians Desk Reference |
Lord, what was in that drug? |
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Library of Congress |
Electronic presence of this government agency. |
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Research-It! |
Another good starting point for research. |
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Acronym and Abbreviation List |
Self-explanatory. |
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THOR |
A collection of links to reference sites from Purdue. |
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Study Web |
Another large collection of reference links.. |
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| COMPUTER REFERENCE SITES | ||
| SITE | DESCRIPTION | RATING |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
And on the 8th day, the IETF created the internet. |
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World Wide Web Consortium |
Go directly to the source of web standards. |
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WDVL: The Virtual Library of WWW Development |
Technical resources on web development |
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INFOSYSSEC |
Computer security information resource portal. |
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The Compendium of HTML Elements |
Lots of reference material on HTML and CSS. |
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The XML Cover Pages |
Reference material on eXtensible Markup Language, the future of the web. |
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Absolute WinInfo |
A good resource for Windows 98 users. |
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Standards & Crossreferences |
An alphabetical list of protocols, standards and specifications. |
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Your Basic Hardware Page |
Information on and descriptions of computer components.. |
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PC Drivers Headquarters |
Need a device driver? Try starting here. |
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DriverGuide.com |
And if they don't have it, try here. |
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Visual Basic Web Directory |
Lots of Visual Basic links. |
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VBA objects |
Reference material on Virtual Basic for Applications. |
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Object Management Group |
Reference material on CORBA, the alternative to DCOM. |
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