Useful Links 

Software development:

.Net

• Naming conventions Pd' uses these standards with the following modifications:
  1. Parameters are prefixed with an "a"
     For example:
     public string BestMatch( string aGuess ){..}
     
  2. Local variables are prefixed with an "l" (L)
     For example:
     public int NumMatches()
     {
        bool lTest;
        int lCounter;
      ... }
     
  3. Namespaces should begin with PdMagic.
     For example:
     namespace PdMagic.Expr
     namespace PdMagic.Strings
     
  4. Class names should begin with "Pd" or ""
     For example:
     public class PdExprParser
     public class PdExprTypes
     public class cmFormManager
     public class cmReportGenerator
     

SQL

• Sql data types+

GIS

• ESRI (Makers of ArcView GIS)
• ArcView forum

XML, HTML, CFML, CRML, WML, SVG:

• Index Dot Html - Nice html tag reference
• XML.Org - Search and submit XML schemas
• SVG:
  
  • SVG Elves - svg community
  • SVG DOM from JS
  • Adobe Tutorial - modified
  • Kevlindev.com - decent tutorial / examples
  • svg-wiki
  • svg-developers list

Java

• Sun
• Java home page
• Borland
• Developer (community) page
• Delphi file types
• Boulder Java Users Group   List server maint
• Java Ranch - lots about certification
• Marcus Green's - more certification stuff
• IBM software (makers of Visual Age )
• Visual Age for Java - Support

General

• Microsoft developer network
• Experts exchange
• Technical discussion and books

System admin tools:

Operating systems:

• Windows NT batch commands
• Linux.Org
• Red Hat
• Linux command line

Networking:

• Incidents.org
  • Realtime network port attacks
• DNSstuff.com - all kinds of cool dns tests
• Network tools
• Connection speed test
• Connection speed test (approved by seqnet)
• Network configuration help
• TCP/UDP Port Numbers (cached)
• iana.org port numbers

Email:

• Email relay testing
• Email to SMS accounts

Search Engines:

Web / Newsgroup

• Alta Vista - Advanced Search (complex boolean searches)
• Yahoo (category based search)
• Meta Crawler (searches several engines at once)
• Netscape search page (several engines available)
• Archive.Org stored history of home pages back to '96

Phone and Address

• Area codes table
• Anywho (reverse lookup)
• Four 11 (people)
• Bigfoot (people)
• US West Dex
  • business yellow pages
  • business white pages
  • residential

Internet related utilities:

Web / ftp navigation tools

• Netscape browser
• Microsoft browser
• Cute FTP (great ftp client)

Compression software

• WinZip archive creator/extractor
• PKWare (home of PkZip archive creator/extractor)

Content readers / players

• Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
• Real Audio homepage

EMail

• Pegasus
• Eudora

General reference:

Converters

• Table of conversion factors
• Converts volumes, weights, lengths, etc. Nice.
• Time zone and date conversions
• Money conversions

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica - Search
• Mirriam Webster Dictionary - Search
• Mirriam Webster Thesaurus - Search
• Alta Vista Language translator

Maps

• Atlas
• Map Quest
• MSN Maps
• Yahoo Maps
• Google Maps

Travel

• Travelocity
• RTD (Denver)

Stocks

• Nasdaq

Mail and shipping

• UPS - ( tracking)
• FedEx - (tracking)
• USPS - (tracking) - (zip codes)

News:

Mass Media

• CNN
• USA Today
• MSNBC
• New York Times
• Syndicate
• Computer news

Public TV and Radio

• National Public Radio (NPR)
• Public Broadcast System (PBS)

Hi tech / computer

• PC Week Radio

Transportation resources:

U.S. Federal government

• Department of Transportation (DOT)
• DOT Bureau of Trans.Statistics

State governments

• California Office of Traffic Safety

City governments

• City of Lafayette, CO
  • Discussion group (unoffical)
  • City home page (under development)
  • Planning department home page (under development)

Companies

• Vision Tek
• Automobile history records by VIN

Reference

• Ansi D-16 Manual on classification of motor vehicle accidents. (cached from NHTSA)
• MMUCC Minimum standardized crash data reporting. (cached from NHTSA)
• Transportation acronyms list

Organizations

• TRB Transportation
  • Software
• ITS
• ITE
  • District VI
• PCTrans
• McTrans
• Transpl (news list online)
• ITS-l (news list online)
• DOT (news list online)
• ITS forum (discussion online)