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George Orwell's 1984, online and searchable
The US DOE (Department of Energy) released this report (PDF) on how it should be economically feasible to produce biodiesel from algae by the time US diesel fuel prices reached $3 per gallon.
Below are some choice excerpts from the report.
Aardvark is a Firefox Extension which allows you to edit a web page before printing or saving.
The ACID2 web browser CSS compliance test
Maintains the Filterset.G ad-blocking list for you.
AdBlock for Chrome! Blocks ads all over the web
Helps firefox block ads so well, not even a hole is left behind in the page
A sidebar that moves many of the usually window-based functions of firefox into a sidebar
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, a turn-based strategy game
Amazon.com, seller of all kinds of stuff you don't need, but mostly media.
AOL/Time Warner, one of America's top 10 media congolmerates
Audi, now indistinguishable from volkswagen
AutoPager Browser Button is a Chrome extension to add AutoPager Browser Button.
AutoPager is a Chrome extension which automatically loads the next page of a site inline when you reach the end of the current page for infinite scrolling of content. By default AutoPager works with a ton of sites.
If you have already installed AdBlock and want a browser action button, install this too.
BugMeNot maintains lists of donated, authorized accounts to websites, allowing you to skip the registration process to view free content.
Chevrolet, a [website:8528] brand.
Chrysler, formerly the main parent company for Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth, is now simply a marque belonging to
DaimlerChrysler.
Citroën, a french automaker.
Computer Geeks, ala geeks.com is an online etailer of electronics and related junk. They often have very low prices on small quantities of nifty stuff.
The following code will add a small licensing graphic pointing to this license:
Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows.
Daewoo, a Korean manufacturer
A fusion of DaimlerBenz (nee Mercedes-Benz) and Chrysler Corp.
Damn Small Linux ("DSL") is a small Linux distribution designed to be run from CD.
An LA Times investigative story about how the Gates Foundation is killing the people it claims to be helping.
Debian is a seriously free Linux distribution which is the basis of many other distributions (including Ubuntu.)
A firefox extension for del.icio.us that allows you to easily tag pages and view your saved tags
DeLorean Motor Corporation (DMC) which made one model of car, folded, and now sells accessories and crap.
The official site for Descent: Freespace, a space combat sim created by Volition, Inc. and distributed by Interplay.
Dodge, maker of the best muscle cars of the sixties and seventies, now part of
DaimlerChrysler
Helps you downloaded website embedded content
A download manager, based on the XUL, and built into Firefox with this extension. Provides for resumes, multi-connection downloads, and more.
Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
Drupal Advanced User's Guide
Contributors' Guide: Developing for Drupal
Drupal Module Developers' Guide
Snips of PHP used to put functionality into drupal content.
A guide to developing themes for drupal.
A bargain electronics retailer, primarily selling items with rebates, or refurbished products.
Everything2 is a peer-created website similar to Wikipedia, but individual pieces of content are not collaborative.
Fasterfox makes a number of performance tweaks to firefox which speed it up
FatX Renamer is a Win32 program to rename files within the Microsoft Xbox's FATX filesystem restrictions (42 characters from a reduced set.)
The USA Federal Communications Commission
Fink modifies Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac and makes it available through a graphic installer.
Fission is a Firefox addon which gives you a pretty Safari-like progress bar in the Address Bar.
A firefox extension that prevents you from seeing flash animations (*.swf) until you want to
Ford motor company, one of the world's largest automakers
The official site for Descent: Freespace, a space combat sim created by Volition, Inc. and distributed by Interplay.
A limited version of Freespace 2 from Home of the Underdogs. Sufficient to play mods, or FS2SCP.
Freespace 2 SCP (Freespace 2 Open) Command-Line options reference, on the Freespace 2 SCP Wiki.
The Freespace Wiki, the best repository of Freespace/FS2/FS2SCP knowledge.
A reimplementation of Descent: Freespace for FS2SCP.
fwbuilder (firewall builder) is an excellent firewall configurator based on Qt3 and licensed under the GPL version 2.
General Motors, one of the world's largest automakers and holder of many brands.
A firefox extension that lets you store files in gmail
Google browser sync provides session manager functionality, and will save and restore your web browser state from your google account. (Requires google account)
Google Chrome, a next-generation browser based on
WebKit.
GoogleCL brings Google services to the command line.
Allows per-page (or whatever) user javascript in firefox (similar to opera userjs)
By far the biggest Freespace site, and home of the FS2SCP forum (and others). THE place to go for up-to-date FS2SCP information.
Honda of Japan; their high-end brand is
Acura
A page that explains the official format for submitting drupal patches. (Short form: diff -up old.php new.php > file.patch or diff -urNp old_directory new_directory > file.patch)
Hyundai ("yes, Hyundai") of Korea.
Allows you to open firefox links in internet explorer
A tool to (among other things) convert mbox-format mailfiles into a multitude of .eml mail-message files
Infiniti is the high-end of
Nissan
Provides free, portable, high-quality versions of the Zip and UnZip compressor-archiver utilities that are compatible with the DOS-based PKZIP archiver.
Kia of Korea (hey, that rhymes)
Knoppix is a debian-based LiveCD Linux distribution
Lamborghini of Italy, maker of some of the world's best-loved supercars of all time; now owned by
Audi (and was briefly owned by
Ford)
Land Rover of England, formerly a subsidiary of Rover UK (now part of MG-Rover.)
Lexus is the "high-end" brand for
Toyota
Lincoln, a
Ford company. They make the highest-end domestic Ford models.
The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) emulates multiple video arcade game machines.
Mazda of Japan, the only automaker to make a commitment to rotary engines that lasted more than a few years. They have transferred a great deal of technology to
Ford.
A tool to convert mbox-format mailfiles into a multitude of .eml mail-message files
MediaVP 3.6.8 Zeta Release announcement and discussion on the hard-light forums. Includes download links.
Mercury, the middle-end brand for
Ford.
MG-Rover, unsurprisingly enough made up of MG and Rover. Rover formerly owned Land Rover and is now owned by the Chinese.
A fork of the classic game Simcity, released under GPL.
Microsoft is one of the world's largest software vendors and creators of various abominations, like Windows.
Mini, a subsidiary of
BMW
MiniDLNA (aka ReadyDLNA) is server software with the aim of being fully compliant with DLNA/UPnP-AV clients. It is developed by a NETGEAR employee for the ReadyNAS product line.
Mitsubishi of Japan; they transferred a great deal of technology to
Chrysler (now
DaimlerChrysler) Mitsubishi is one of the world's most diversified companies.
Mosler Automotive of the USA
Moteur Developpment International (MDI) is Guy Negre's French automaker which has designed the CAT series of air-hybrid vehicles, and their related power systems.
A network of more than 2,000,000 online activists,
one of the most effective and responsive outlets for
democratic participation available today.
The Mozilla Foundation provides Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey.
Online video rental service currently trying to avoid getting slapped with class-action lawsuits for adding artificial latency to the delivery system.
Nissan of Japan, nee Datsun, now owned by
Renault
Nouveau is an open source project to create a Free driver for nVidia-chipset graphics solutions.
"the best dating site on Earth", or so they say
Adam Opel GmbH of Germany, owned by [website:8528] since 1929.
"A marvel of passionate succinctness, Robert Kane Pappas' docu critically examines the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. Docu asks, "Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..."
-- Variety
Packard is currently working to bring out a psuedo-vintage luxury car.
Panoz Auto Development of the USA
Pontiac is a middle-range [website:8528] brand.
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG of Germany.
A repackaged version of firefox intended to run from a flash drive
The Web's very first price comparison site
A list of extensions known to cause problems with firefox
ps3mediaserver is a Java Upnp Media Server, dedicated to the Sony PlayStation 3, but also quite useful for other uPnP/DLNA clients like the Xbox 360. It transcodes video on-the-fly to permit support of audio and video formats not supported by the client. It is cross-platform and largely but not entirely Java-based.
PulseAudio is an audio server for Unix and Windows which provides software mixing of audio streams, audio output duplication, et cetera.
This extension auto-detects RSS feeds on the page you are reading and upon finding one will display an RSS icon in the Omnibox, allowing you to click on it to preview the feed content and subscribe.
The extension comes with 4 feed readers predefined (Google Reader, iGoogle, Bloglines and My Yahoo) but also allows you to add any web-based feed reader of your choice to the list.
Santa Cruz Flea Market is open 3 days a week.
Our gates open (to Vendors and Buyers at):
Friday 7 a.m. - 12 pm,
Saturday 6 a.m. - 3 pm,
Sunday 5:30 a.m - 3 pm.
All hours are “Weather Permitting”.
Friday admissions stop at 1 pm. Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.
Vendors are asked to leave by 2 pm. on Fridays, 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays,
so shopping is allowed until that time.
Saturn is a [website:8528] marque that features all of the size of a Toyota and all of the quality of GM.
Sci-Fi Weekly, a source for reviews and news on Sci-Fi media
Toyota's low-end brand. Their best seller, the xB, is shaped like a lunchbox.
A firefox extension that allows you to easily store and review web pages
SEAT of Spain was formed as a subsidiary of Fiat, and is now owned by volkswagen.
Session Manager saves and restores the state of all (firefox) windows - either when you want it or automatically at startup and after crashes.
Shelby, long-time
Ford tuner, and maker of horrendously expensive Mustangs.
Skoda is a Czech manufacturer well-known for making some of the world's most useless cars.
Slashdot ("News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.") is the de facto geek news-forum website. People post links to articles and people argue about them.
A user script to removes "Slashdot ***** Story| " prefixes from tab titles on slashdot.org.
remove right-side panel (slashboxes and ads) from slashdot website, increases content area for reading but leaves the rest intact, as it is useful for registered users.
A spell checker for mozilla suite applications
Subaru is a company that makes only AWD vehicles (except in its minicars) since 1996. They are owned by Fuji Heavy Industries.
Scalable Vector Graphics, resizable outline-based graphics for the web complete with animation
Removes close tab buttons from tabs and puts back the button on the right, the opposite of what Tab X does.
A firefox extension to let you know what kind of link you're about to follow
Sign up for periodic reports with the latest news about
what you can do to help protect openness,
freedom and diversity in our communication systems.
Official website of the Freespace 2 Source Code Project (FS2SCP)
The story of Mary Magdalene, a female author who is believed to have been a friend, disciple, or lover of Jesus.
The destination of choice for those who worship Kevin Bacon.
A blog on the space elevator
Toyota of Japan, one of the world's most successful automakers. They have licensed a lot of technology to
General Motors
Transcend sells flash memory products and small consumer devices based on them, such as mp3 players.
Provides User Javascripts to enhance the web browsing experience.
This is the US Postal Service Zip+4/Zip Code lookup. It allows you to find a Zip+4 for a specific address, to find all zip codes for a city, to find zip codes for a business, or to find all cities in a given zip code.
Firefox extension to download embedded video clips
Volkswagen of Germany, Hitler's brain child, now owns Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Rolls-Royce (can't use the marque, which is owned by BMW), Bugatti, and Lamborghini (via Audi.)
Volvo of Sweden, a subsidiary of
Ford since 1999.
An extension for firefox which greatly assists in all types of HTML editing tasks.
WebKit is an open source web browser engine. WebKit is also the name of the Mac OS X system framework version of the engine that's used by Safari, Dashboard, Mail, and many other OS X applications. WebKit's HTML and JavaScript code began as a branch of the KHTML and KJS libraries from KDE.
A collection of rather useful bookmarklets, including dictionary lookups and a lot of bookmarklets useful for web developers. Many are provided across a range of browsers.
The main page of the Xbox-Linux Wiki. Among other things, Xbox-Linux is a set of kernel patches for the 2.4 series kernel to support all Xbox hardware (except the 3D acceleration of the graphics chip.)
Xbox Media Center (XBMC) is an excellent media center and dashboard system for the
Microsoft Xbox. It is also being ported to Linux and Mac OS X.
An explanation of how to identify version of a Microsoft Xbox, on xbox-linux.org.
XPort provides classic system emulators for the Microsoft Xbox.
Zimmer Motor Cars of the USA
A website that both sells zip code-related data, and provides free zip code search functions
A graphical representation of the distribution of zip codes.
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