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Alexa keeps statistics on popularity of web sites
stopBADware.org keeps track of websites that can infect your computer.
BroadBand DSLReports.com
BBS - Bulletin Board System
- The BBS Organizaton
- TREX The Relational Exchange BBS since 1987
CERT has information on internet/system security
DNS
- DomainTools has an nice WHOIS search
- OpenNic is a project to allow more root domains
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and NO FRAMES FAQs
Web Authoring FAQ
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has
Important Links and Time Zone database
INTERNIC, Web site
Internet Systems Consortium supports BIND, DHCP, INN, NTP and more
Netcraft collects information about web servers and has a
Web Server Survey and can help answer the question,
What's that site running?
Request For Comments (RFC)
Ripe NCC maintains domain registry info in Europe.
Shell Accounts
- Arbornet in Michigan
- SDF in Seattle
Virus Total can check a file for viruses.
Word Wide Web Consortium has many pages including
- Web page validators for
  - correctness to W3C Standards
  - missing links
  - CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
- Specifications for the DOM (Document Object Model)

San Francisco Bay Area

ba.announce newsgroup
California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park including:
Coffee
- Blue Bottle Coffee Co. was voted "Best Coffeehouse" in the Bay Guardian 2009 Readers Poll
- Peet‘s Coffee & Tea started on the Southwest corner of Walnut and Vine Streets in Berkeley in 1966. Starbucks bought coffee from Peets in 1971 when it first started.
Commonwealth Club of California
Computer
- Computer/Electronic Equipment - Used/Recycle
  - Recycle old Computers, Televisions, etc at the Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
  - Junktronix sells old electronic equipment and has a good list of Silicon Valley Surplus Sources
  - Universal Waste Management in Oakland recycles computers and lots of other items
  - WeirdStuff sells old computer equipment in Sunnyvale
- Computer Groups
  - The BALE Bay Area Linux Events
  - BayPIGgies Bay Area Python Interest Group
  - BUUG Berkeley Unix User Group
  - Noisebridge a "hands on" group.
  - Hacker Dojo in Mountain View
  - SF-LUG San Francisco Linux Users Group
- Computer Shows
  - Shows seem to be gone but Junktronix lists Swap meets/Flea markets and other 'used' computer equipment suppliers.
- Computer Stores
  - Central Computers
  - Fry's Electronics Ads
East Bay Recorder Society
Exploritorium, a "hands on" Science Museum
Flea Markets
- CupKates Mobile Bakery
- San Jose Flea Market since 1960
Free Food, Housing Medical Care, etc
- Free Food, Housing, Medical Care, etc in San Francisco
- Free Food
- Free Medical Care
  - San Francisco Haight Ashbury Free Clinics now has a clinic at Mission and 13th street.
  - Berkeley Free Clinic
Movie listings from the SF Chronicle
The Rialto Cinemas serve food, beer and wine at their theater in El Cerrito.
San Francisco Sex Information
Television Listings from Zap 2 It
Theater
- Berkeley Repertory Theater
- San Francisco Mime Troupe
- SHN operates the Orpheum, the Curran and the Golden Gate theaters in San Francisco
Transportation
- 511.org Transit Info for the whole Bay Area
- AC Transit (Alameda and Contra Costa counties) bus system
- BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) the modern passenger train system
USGS Earthquake information
Weather for San Francisco from the National Weather Service
Web Cams
- Alameda - Live Telerobotic Camera at CityNight.com is one of the oldest web cams in the Bay Area.
- CBS 5: Live Cams
- Exploratorium Roof Cam with views of San Francisco Bay and the Marina district
World Affairs Council of Northern California
zpub San Francisco

Jobs

Vacations/Travel

Airlines
Travel Agents
- Cheap Tickets
- Expedia Travel Vacations, Cheap Flights, Airlines
- Late Rooms.com" Hotels with discount "Late" rates
- Pleasant Holidays
- Travelocity (Sabre system)
Around the World
- Netherlands - Amsterdam
  - Hotel American
  - Marriott Hotel
- United Kingdom - London
  - Explore London - photo tour guide
  - London's Virtual Real Ale Pub Guide
  - Museums around the UK on the Web
- United States of America
  - Hostelling International USA American Youth Hostels
  - Hawaii
    - Maui
      - Grand Wailea
      - Kihei Kai
  - Nevada
    - Reno - Sparks - Lake Tahoe
      - reno.com
        
        Atlantis
        Circus Circus
        Harrah's
        John Ascuaga's Nugget is in Sparks
      - VirtualTahoe.com

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