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<ul TYPE=DISC style="margin-top: 0;"><a href=http://search.yahoo.com/><img
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 <li>reference:
 <a href=http://www.yahoo.com/>Yahoo</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.google.com/>google</A>,
 <a href=http://en.wiktionary.org/>Wiktionary</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.m-w.com>Merriam-Webster</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.gracenote.com>Gracenote</A>'s
 <A HREF=http://www.cddb.com>CDDB</A>&nbsp;(music&nbsp;recognition service),
 <A HREF=http://www.imdb.com/>Internet&nbsp;Movie Database</A>,
 <A HREF=http://wikipedia.org/>Wiki</A><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaptech>pedia</A>&nbsp;(encyclopedia)
 <LI>My Wiki-<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fredness>presence</A>:
 <A href=http://twitter.com/rickatech>twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a
 href=https://twitter.com/dukeanomalous>twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a
 href=http://twitter.com/astralmusing>twitter</a>,
 <a href=http://heartandcog.wordpress.com/>Heart&nbsp;and&nbsp;Cog</a>,
 <a href=https://disqus.com/rickatech/>DISQUS</a>,
 <A HREF=http://rickatech.blogspot.com/>Blo</A><A
 HREF=http://rick-armstrong.blogspot.com/>g</A><A
 HREF=http://zaptech.blogspot.com/>g</A><a
 href=http://dukeanomalous.blogspot.com/>er</a>,
 <a href=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickarmstrong2/>LinkedI</a><a
 href=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/85/b1>n</a>,
 <A href=http://www.pinterest.com/rickatech/>Pinterest</a>,
 <a href=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1762789245>FaceBook</a>,
 <a href=http://www.meetup.com/members/7537606/>Meetup</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.myspace.com/dukeanomolous>My Bubblegum</A>
 <LI>myland:
 <a href=http://wikitravel.org/en/Santa_Cruz_(California)>Santa Cruz</a>,
 <a href=http://sfbay.craigslist.org/>craigslist</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.crc.org/>Computer Recycling Center</A>,
 <A HREF=http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/SF_Bay.html>Earth</A><A
 HREF=http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/>qua</A><A
 HREF=http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/>kes</A>,
 <A HREF=http://baynature.org/>BayNature</A>,
 <a href=http://www.hackerdojo.com/>Hacker&nbsp;Dojo</a>,
 <a href=http://techshop.ws>TechShop</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.dice.com/>dice.com</A>
 <LI>maps:
 <A HREF=http://www.topozone.com/>TopoZone.com</A>,
 <A HREF=http://birrell.org/andrew/reliefMaps/>Relief Maps</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.mapblast.com">MapBlast</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.mapquest.com">MapQuest</A>
 <LI>travel: <A HREF=http://www.transitinfo.org/>San
 Francisco Bay Area transit information</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.vta.org/">Valley Transportation Authority</A>,
 <a href=http://www.flightexplorer.com/>FLIGHT Explorer</a>,
 <a href=https://www.plugshare.com/>PlugShare</a>
 <LI>weather:
 <a href=https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/>AirN</a><a
 href=https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=317>ow</a>,
 <A HREF="http://www.weather.com/">The Weather Channel</A>, 
 <img src=/fredness/2006/no_w36x.gif ALIGN=RIGHT BORDER=0>
 <a href=http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/2365.html>Tides</a>
 <li>arts:
 <a href=http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/calendar/>Only in San Francisco</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.sfarts.org/>SFarts</A>,
 <A HREF=http://sfmoma.org/>MOMA</A>
 <li>government:
 be civilized, vote
 <A HREF=http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/rov/>Absentee</A>!
 state&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=http://www.ca.gov/>California</a>,
 county of <a href=http://www.sccgov.org/>Santa Clara</a>,
 city of <a href=http://www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/>Santa Clara</a>,
 <a href=http://congress.org/>Congress.org</a>
 <LI>education:
 <A HREF=http://www.scu.edu/>Santa Clara University</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.fhda.edu">Foothill-De Anza College</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.ucsc.edu/">UC Santa</A><A HREF="http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/msce/">Cruz</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.purdue.edu/">Purdue</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/">Stanford</A>
 <LI>libraries: <a href=http://sccl.santaclaraca.gov/>Santa Clara</a>,
 <A HREF=http://smcl.org/locations/1W/>Woodside</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/7/>Santa Cruz</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.library.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/>Santa Clara</A>,
 <a href=http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/>San&nbsp;Francisco</a> 
 <li>finance: <a href=http://www.nasdaq.com/>NASDAQ</a>,
 <A HREF="http://quote.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</A>,
 <a href=http://www.shadowstats.com/>Shadow Government Statistics</a>
 <li>Video Programming:
 <A HREF=http://www.hulu.com/>hulu</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.adultswim.com/>Adult Swim</A>,
 <A HREF=http://tvschedule.zap2it.com/>ZAP&nbsp;2&nbsp;it</A>,
 <A HREF=http://online.tvguide.com/listings/>TV&nbsp;GUIDE</A>,
 <a href=http://www.pbs.org/>Public Broadcasting Service</a>
 <li>News: <a href=http://www.slashdot.org/>slashdot.org</a>,
 <a href=http://www.soylentnews.org/>SoylentNews</a>,
 <a href=http://mashable.com/>Mashable</a>,
 <A href=http://www.theverge.com/>The Verge</a>,
 <a href="http://www.sfgate.com">SF Gate</a>,
 <a href="http://www.sjmercury.com">San Jose Mercury</a>,
 <a href=http://digg.com/>digg</a>,
 <a href=http://www.cnn.com/>CNN</a>,
 <A HREF="http://wire.ap.org">Associated Press</A>
 <li>bookstores:
 <a href=http://www.recyclebookstore.com/>Recycled Books</a>
 <LI>parks:
 <A HREF=http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/parks/>Santa Clara County Parks</A>,
 <li>East Bay:
 <a href=https://www.bayarea.com/play/oakland-hikes/>Best Oakland Hikes</a>
 <li>religion:
 <A HREF=http://www.uua.org/>Unitarian Universalist</A>:
 <a href=http://www.uusf.org/>UUSF</a>,
 <a href=http://www.uucpa.org/>UUC</a><a href=http://uucpa.zaptech.org/>PA</a>,
 <a href=http://www.uufrc.org/>UUFRC</a>,
 <a href=http://www.uuba.org/>UUBA</a>
 
 <li>weeklies: <a href=http://www.metroactive.com/>Metro</a>
 <li>protocyberchatazines:
 <a href=http://www.medium.com/>Medium</a>,
 <a href=http://www.theawl.com/>The Awl</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.edge.org/>Edge</A>,
 <A HREF=http://dack.com/>dack.com</A>,
 <a href=http://www.wired.com/>WIRED</a>,
 <a href=http://www.salon.com/>Salon</a>,
 <a href=http://www.well.com/>The Well</a>,
 <a href=http://www.utne.com/>Utne</a>
 <LI>environmental awareness:
 <A HREF="http://www.greenpeaceusa.org">GREENPEACE</A>,
 <A HREF="http://www.sierraclub.org">Sierra Club</A>,
 <A HREF=http://treehugger.com/>Treehugger</A>,
 <a href=http://www.conservationfund.org/>The&nbsp;Conservation Fund</a>,
 <a href=http://www.ewg.org/>ewg</a>,
 <a href=https://www.footprintnetwork.org/>Global
 Foot</a><a
 href=https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/staying-green-while-traveling-how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint/>print</a>
 <a href=https://www.footprintcalculator.org/>Network</a>,
 <a href=http://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/>Geoengineering Monitor</a>
 <li>hazardous waste:
 Santa Clara County: <a href=https://hhw.sccgov.org/>Household Hazardous Waste Program</a>,
 <a href=http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=1185>Cupertino</a>
 <li>user groups:
 <a href=http://www.siggraph.org/chapters/sf/>San Francisco SIGGRAPH</a>,
 <a href=http://www.svlug.org/>SVLUG</a>,
 <a href=http://www.idsa.org/>IDSA</a>,
 <a href=http://www.worldinternetcenter.com/>Silicon Valley World
 Internet Center</a>
 <li>humor, comics:
 <a href=http://xkcd.com/>xkcd</a>,
 <a href=http://dilbert.com/blog/>Dilbert</a>
 <a href=http://onion.com/>the ONION</a>,
 <a href=http://www.unitedmedia.com>United Media</a>
 <li>cinema: <A HREF=http://www.amctheatres.com/>AMC Theatres</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.centurytheaters.com/>Century Theatres</A>,
 <a href=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/>Rotten Tomatoes</a>,
 <a href=http://www.cameracinemas.com//>CameraOne</a>,
 <A HREF=http://www.hollywood.com/>hollywood.com</A>
 <LI>games: <A HREF="http://www.sjgames.com">Steve Jackson Games</A>,
 <a href=http://www.cosmicencounter.com/>Cosmic</A>
 <A HREF="http://www.coolgames.com">Encounter</A>
 <LI>zoos: <A HREF=http://www.pajmzfriends.org/>Palo&nbsp;Alto</A> <A
 HREF=http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/community-services/museum-index.html>Junior&nbsp;Museum
 and&nbsp;Zoo</A>
 
 <li>shopping:
 <a href=http://www.warehouse.com>warehouse.com</a>,
 <A HREF="http://www.ebay.com">ebay</A>,
 <a href=http://www.autobytel.com/>AUTO BY TEL</a>
 <LI>live media:
 <a href=http://somafm.org/>SomaFM</a>,
 <a href=http://kusf.org/>KUSF</a>,
 <A HREF=http://kdfc.com/>KDFC</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.sleepbot.com/>sleepbot</A>, <A HREF=http://www.kscu.org/>KSCU</A> (the underground sound), <A HREF=http://www.kfjc.org/>KFJC</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.last.fm/user/rickatech>last.fm</A>
 <li>vibes:
 <a href=https://soundcloud.com/rick-armstrong-shaul>SoundCloud</a>,
 <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_rock>post-rock</A>,
 ambient-trance-techno, shoegaze, neo-sacred classical,
 lush distortion/synth wash female vocalist pop,
 John Adams, Arvo Part, Gorecki, ...
 [<A HREF=http://mytake.zaptech.com/>more</A>]
 <LI>language
 <A HREF="http://www.systransoft.com/">SYSTRAN</A>,
 <A HREF=http://www.travlang.com/languages/>TravLang</A>
 <a href=https://translate.google.com/?oe=utf-8&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob#en/la/Hello%20world>Google</a>,
 <a href=http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=English&to=Latin>Translation-Guide</a>
 <li>relationships:
 <a href=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/me-we/201502/what-it-really-means-be-friends-benefits>fwb</a>
 <li>nerdom:
 <a href=http://brianknapp.me/>Brian Knapp</a>
 <li>gotta mention:
 <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Girl_(film)>Tank Girl</a>, anything by
 <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enki_Bilal>Enki Bilal</A>,
 <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick>Philip K. Dick</a>, 
 Original <a href=http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Irene_Kelly>StarTrek</a>
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