miscellaneous
anonymity | Internet | misc on-line tools | music | nuisance | on-line games | password generation | public DNS servers | reference
anonymity
- Anonymouse AnonEmail
- The Cloak - Free anonymous Web surfing
- EPIC Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools
- Fake Mail Generator
- Fake Name Generator
- GuerrillaMail: A temporary e-mail account that lasts for 15 minutes.
- HideMyAss: Free proxy listings.
- inumbr: Generate a temporary phone number that forwards to your real telehpone number.
- Lite Drop: Disposable e-mail that lasts for 60 minutes.
- PookMail
- privacy analysis of your Internet connection
- Proxy.org
- PublicProxyServers.com
- QuickSilver
- 10 Minute Mail: Disposable e-mail that lasts for 10 minutes.
- Tor
- TorCheck at Xenobite.eu: Make sure you've got the best anonymity on Tor.
conversion
- linkaGoGo on-line bookmark file converter: Covert various favorite and bookmark files to another format.
Internet
- DNS-BH: Malware domain blocklist. Add the list to your HOSTS file to block malicious domains.
- DNSstuff - about you: Get technical info about what is visable about your connection to the Internet.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Someone is looking out for your rights on-line.
- Surveillance Self-Defense: Defend yourself against the government spying on your computer.
- Flash Player Settings Manager: Control what information that stupid Flash player leaves/collects on your system.
- Firewall Leak Tester: Test how secure your firewall is.
- free-hotspot.com: Find free wireless hotspots near you.
- IANA.org port listing: Useful when figuring out what port number is used by a network service.
- ICSI Netalyzr: Analyze your network connectivity for faults.
- IPtools.com: Do a bit of everything related to DNS, IP addresses, etc.
- M-Lab: On-line tools for measuring network performance.
- my-i-p.com: Find out your IP address, its location on Earth, and other things.
- Speakeasy.net speed test: Test how fast your Internet connection is.
- SpeedTest.net: A candy-coated network speed tester.
- TestMy.net: A more accurate test of your Internet speeds.
- tinyURL.com: Ever sent a Web page link to someone, but a line break messes up the link and the recipient has to piece it back together?
- YouGetSignal.com: Some visual traceroute tools and other network related things.
- advanced operator's refence guide for Google
misc on-line tools
- LastCalc: On-line calculator.
music
- eMusic: The world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second largest digital music retailer.
- Pandora.com: On-line radio that plays music similar to what you already like.
- reddit.com: free music
nuisance
- atribune.org: Good place to get news and removal tools for difficult to remove malware
- bleepingcomputer.com: Place to go when you're cursing your computer and need help fixing it.
- BugMeNot: Web site dedicated to getting past the compulsory registration sites.
- DLL-files.com: When you get one of those errors about a missing a DLL file you can download it from here.
- Doug Knox's Winddows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista Tweaks and Tips: Plenty of overly-helpful ways to fix Windows problems and programs to download.
- FixYa.com: Community-based tech support site for gadgets, electronics, and consumer products.
- GetHuman: When you want to talk to a HUMAN customer service rep...
- My Digital Life: Disable and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications Nag Screen
- mvps.org - A troubleshooting guide to Windows XP: Has nice instructions on blocking bad sites by modifying the hosts file.
- spywaredb.com: A spyware database including removal instructions.
- Super User
- Tech Support Guy forums
on-line games
- cyrkam airtos: Grab the paper wads and toss them in the can.
- Dropkick the Faint: Horizontal hurling game. See punk run. See punk kick. OI! OI! OI!
- Flying Spaghetti Monster - The Game: Convert the masses. Ramen.
- friv.com: 200 Flash-based games to waste time with.
- Kitten Cannon: Horizontal hurling game. Launch the kitten out of the cannon. Kitten bounces. Kitten survives explosives but not Venus Fly Trap.
- Kongregate.com: A whole bunch of Flash-based on-line games.
- Nanaca Crash: Horizontal hurling game. Girl on bike crashes into guy. Guy bounces. Anime physics prevails.
- RoboKill: Really slick looking top-down shooter in the style of Robotron 2084
- Untangle: Move the points around so the lines do not cross.
password generation
- Automated Password Generator Online
- GRC's Ultra high security password generator
- Hotbits
- Pass Nerd
- WPA-PSK Key Generator
public DNS servers
- DNS Advantage
- DNSserverlist.org
- OpenDNS
- ScrubIT: A free DNS server that filters out porn and malicious sites.
reference
- Cheatsheets & Reference: A list of sites that contain useful reference guides for programming and editors.
- Instructables.com: How to do just about everything for the do-it-yourselfer or project enthusiasts.
- Internet slang: To sum up my thoughts on Internet slang: "omg! wtf?!"
- Netmore: Explaining Bandwidth: What's a T1 or T3? How fast is it?
- Tech-FAQ.com: Short explanations of technical subjects like how things work and definitions of acronyms.
- techterms.org: A dictionary for computer terms.
- Wikipedia: FUD