Eric's Favorite Links:
Skiing Links
White Tail: Whitetail Ski Area (in Eastern Pennsylvania)Liberty: Liberty Ski Area (in Eastern Pennsylvania)
Round Top: Round Top Ski Area (in Eastern Pennsylvania)
Hakuba Guide: Overview of the Hakuba area in Japan, the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics
Fun Stuff in Baltimore...
Baltimore Unwired: Free wireless access on the inner harbor!Baltimore Symphony: Site for the official BSO (I wish B = Boston!)
Peabody: My school's artsy half
Charles Theater: One of the few artsy-theaters I've found in Baltimore
Funny Sites...
Monkey Hot or Not: Yup, that's right... a primate version of your favorite site :)Techo: Strong Bad's techno e-mail
US Department of Laughs: Site with icons from www.ready.gov and alternate captions
Ig Nobel Prize: For people who take the Nobels a little to seriously
Work Stuff...
Vision Egg: Visual stimulus creation and controlXFree86: Video Timings HOWTO
OpenRT: Millisecond timing on PC's and Mac's for visual stimuli
LSB: Linux Standard Base, X Synchronization Extension
DBE: Double Buffer Extension for X
Lock Framerate: Message list with info on using video sync
rtl OpenGL: Some info on real time openGL
Linux Devices: Real-time Linux -- what is it, why do you wan tit, and how do you do it?
Linux Devices: Real-time Linux Software Quick Reference Guide
Links for My Projects and other geeky excursions
Wiggle Dance: Description of the wiggle dance in 6-dimensions... The song "Shaka Ya' Ass" takes on new meaning :-)Putty: My favorite ssh client for windows
TuSSH: Hi-Res SSH Client for palm
Top Gun ssh: SSH Client for palm
Linux on SS40G: Review of how linux works on the Shuttle SS40G
Keyboard: Typewriter keyboard conversion
SwiftTech: Liquid cooling for my car pc
PrIUm: Iowa State Univesity's custom power point trackers
Optima: Really nice deep-cycling lead-acid batteries
GCC-HC12: GCC cross-compiler for HC11/HC12
Power Supply: 200W DC-DC ATX power supply
GPS: Industrial in-car gps receiver
8738 Driver: Linux driver howto for built in shuttle sound card
AD1838: Possible sound card chip (24 bit, 3 stereo DAC's, 1 stereo ADC)
Beyond Logic: Good place for embeded info
Technological Arts: Source for really nice evaluation modules
Imagecraft: Good, medium priced embeded c-compiler
AT86RF211: FSK Transceiver for ISM Radio Applications
TUSB3410: RS232-USB Serial-USB Converter
MC33493: UHF Transmitter chip for keyless entry, etc.
Linux Cell Phone Access: HOWTO on using Sprint cell phones w/ Linux
Linux GPS Software: GPS Software for linux!
Touch Screen LCD: 7" Touch Screen LCD Panel... it's beeaaauuutiful!
Calcium Web Calendar: A perl web-based calendar w/ Palm sync-ing
I-Appliance BBS: BBS for internet appliance hacking... lots of good webplayer stuff
Buses: Good resource on bus information (PCI, mini-PCI, etc...)
ST Online: Makers of am/fm receivers, gps receivers, touch sensors, etc...
Webplayer: Virgin Webplayer data and hack info
Flash Memory... quick storage for an in-car computer? (instant boot?)
Charge Detector... contact switch through glass?
Instant Boot: 3 second boot with a linux BIOS
Mini Computer: Basis for center console audio system
Elm320: Interface chip to a Ford's ODB II system
Ford Trucks: Site for Ford Truck Enthusiasts, good for customization
Schematics: Miscellaneous schematics
Embedded Micro Links: Lots of good info on embedded microcontroller systems
Biomedical Engineering
Guardian: Paralysed people can now control artificial limbs by thought aloneWired: Article of a guy seeing w/ prosthetic implant
NASA: New Retnal Array
Yahoo News (Yahoo sucks... the now charge $2.50 for access to this article)
BBC News: Brain learns handy tricks
BBC News: Electronic Eye for blind man
BBC News: Looking through cats' eyes
BBC News: Monkey brain operates machine
Nature: Nerve chip goes live
"Cyborg": Read about the crackpot professor
Johns Hopkins: Johns Hopkins Biomedical program
Case Western: Case Western Biomedical program
Duke: Duke's Biomedical program
NINDS: National Institute for Neurological Disorders
NP Links: More Neural Prosthesis Links
Biking & Hiking
GORP: Maryland road biking routesTrails.com: Has a lot of general trail resources
UMCA: Ultral Marathon Cycling Association
Two Wheel Tango: Local bike store w/ links to clubs and rides
AABTS:Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society
Reference:
MapQuest! Interactive Atlas: Free mapsMerrium-Webster Dictionary: Good site for those of us who lack a vocabulary
Index Dot CSS: Good CSS Reference page
WDG: Web Design Group's HTML reference page
PHP: PHP Manual online
Linux/Unix:
Mahmood's Den: Quick guide on how to install fonts for mozilla in linuxFreshmeat: A really good source for all sorts of linux stuff
Linux.org: The official linux site
The Linux Documentation Project: All sorts of linux questions answered
Linux Journal: Homepage of one of the few magazines dedicated to Linux
Redhat: Arguably the best distribution of Linux
Slashdot: "News for Nerds"
Sun Microsystems: The home of Java and Solaris
Window Maker: A great window manager for X11
Miscellaneous:
Magnatune: A non-evil record company?Prarie Home Companion: Greatest (or nearly) radio show on the air!
Help Desk: Pretty good geek cartoon
Media Builder: Decent source of web page media
World Time Server: Perfect time, all the time
Web Electric Magazine: "A Web Magazine for Do-ers"
Catholic Central: My alma mater
Comedy Central Online: Get info on all your favorite shows (best channel on TV)
Holy Grail: The Holy Grail Script Online!
Michigan Live News Ann Arbor Edition: Get the newspaper w/out forking over an entire quarter
Security
OSID: Open Source Intrusion DetectionHacker Wacker: "See your computer the way hackers do"
Linux Firewall Site and Security Site: lots of good info
Security Scanner Reviews: Reviews and links to various security scanners
VPND: Virtual Private Network Daemon
Programming
CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (GREAT resource!)PHP Builder: Really good resource for PHP stuff
PostgreSQL: An alternative database to MySQL
MySQL: My prefered database solution
CGI-Resources: Good place for info on CGI
Programmers File Format Collection: Great place to go to figure out JPG, AVI, etc.
ITLibrary: Free programming books online!!!
Linux JDK Ports: Linux ports of the Java Development Kit
The PC's Parallel Port: Info on programming for the parallel port
Optoelectronics: Circuits for making an infrared connector for a computer
VMware, Inc.: A GREAT utility that lets you run multiple OS's at the same time!
Electronic Suppliers
Arrow ElectronicsAvnet Electronics
Chip Net
Digikey
Future Electronics
Insight
Newark
Nu Horizons
Agilent: Formally a division of HP
Analog Devices
Burr-Brown: Formally of Texas Instruments
Fairchild Semiconductors
Honeywell Sensing and Control
Linear Technology
Maxim-IC
Motorola
National
Ohio Semitronics: Transducers, current sensors, ...
Omron: Industrial Automation and Control
On Semiconductor
Philips
Texas Instruments: Not just calculators!
Marlin P. Jones & Associates, Inc: Great place for electronics hobbyists
Friends
Angel Lam: The site of the best composer in the world!Meulenberg: Missy "Mule" Meulenberg's live journal site!!!
More Meulenberg: Missy's umich website :)