L'Haim's personal choice: Some sites I think are worth visiting

Find people, things

• Metacrawler: by far the best search tool
• Ahoy: find web pages
• Switchboard
• WhoWhere
• OKRA: net.citizen directory service
• Software Patent Institute Database

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Intelligent agents and softbots

• A softbot-based interface to the Internet
• Internet Softbot
• The Harvest information discovery and acces system
• MIT Media Lab, Autonomous Agents Group: Publications
• Bots and other Internet beasties
• Auto-faq: An experiment in cyberspace leveraging.

Virtual Universities

W3.org, HTML, CGI Web, application development sites

• Java Tutorial Online
• Robert Cailliau's Talks
• WWW (W3) Organization
• Public Java compiler
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML
• Interactive HTML tutorial ``It gives a very brief introduction to HTML. But I found the interactive part quite interesting. You can compare the output of your html code with the correct one. You can also go back and correct it too'' said the person who forwarded this to me.
• HTML Specs from the WWW Consortium
• HTML Browsers List
• Basic HTTP
• Web Server Comparison Chart
• Intorduction to CGI
• CGI Programmer's References
• CGI Forms Primer

Work and Business

Searching and Finding Information on the Web

• Metacrawler: by far the best search tool (if you can get through)
• Search
• Summary of other pages
• Telephone Book
• WebDeveloper Magazine
• Email search methods
• DejaNews: Newsgroups search and repository

Interesting Research and Products

• 3D-fax
• Internet users survey

Money and Investment Related Sites

• Quotes, trading?
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• Charles Schwab
• Quicken
• More stocks quotes, trading
• And more ...
• And more ...
• Daily free quotes (up to 10) by e-mail

Internet Business Related Sites

• Internet Marketing (Also an email group: send mail to im-sub@popco.com)

For Fun

Travel (also for work)

• ``Don't miss this home page... It can save you a bundle of money!'' (says Marjan)
• Hotels
• Flight info
• More travel info
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• What's the weather?
• Amtrak

Magazines/zines/cafes

• "Zine"
• "Cafe" in Tel Aviv
• Light Bulb Jokes

Food

• Some Like it Hot - Spicy Hot Foods
• Whole Foods Market Online

Movies

• Film reviews
• Movie Link

Useful Tools

• URL-minder: Get email notification on changes to your favorite URLs
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• Check spelling on your Web page
• SmartMark bookmark utility for Windows
• Fax
• Indiana University CS Help Desk
• Scanning Tips
• Internet Publich Library
• Online Databases list
• Complete listing of HTML table tags

Job Listings

• news:misc.jobs.contract
• news:misc.jobs. offered
• news:misc.jobs. offered.entry
• news:misc.jobs.resumes
• news:ne.jobs
• news:ne.jobs:contract

Languages

• German-English Dictionary (both ways)
• French-English Dictionary (one direction)
• Multi-language Dictionary (between any pair of English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, and Portuguese)
• BABEL: A Glossary of computer acronyms
• The Virtual English Language Center

Other Stuff

• Auctions
• Shareware collection
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Word for Word
• Sign up for an interesting word and quote every day by email
• Medville: Medical Information Service
• Home Automation Catalog