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This page contains links to web sites and pages. The information is divided into the following categories:
This page and all of it's contents are © Copyright, 1999-2005 by Matthew Kear.
Favorite Sites to Visit
These are a growing collection of sites that I enjoy visiting. They allow me to dream about places to go and people to visit.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Outdoors
Manufacturers, Clubs and Information relating to the Outdoors in the word.
General Sites
- Climbing Boulder.com
- Rock and Road - Best on-line climbing information in the world!
- Outdoor Research
- GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages is the leading online media and marketing property covering outdoor recreation and adventure travel. Launched on the World Wide Web in January 1995, GORP pioneered a rich community model aimed at capturing and marketing to outdoor enthusiasts and active travelers.
On-Line Sales sites
- Gear.Com - Name brand gear at closeout prices
- Sierra Trading Post - Brand name gear, excellent prices.
Climbing Related Stores
- Neptune Mountaineering
- Mountain Gear
- Climber's Choice - Excellent resource for climbing needs. Good prices and service.
- IME - International Mountain Equiptment, owned and operated by Rick Wilcox.
- Altrec.com
On-line Sales Links
There are many places, where I feel conformable purchasing things on-line. I won't say
that this is an endorsement but I hope that this list will group. If you have any places
that use SSL to make transactions and you have tried them, let me know I'll add them to
the list. My rule is to stick with companies who already have an establised mail order presense, that way there are multiple ways to contact them.
- Lands End - Investor Relations Home/Profile Lands' End, Inc., a direct merchant of traditionally styled casual clothing for men, women and children, accessories, shoes, soft luggage, and home products, offers quality merchandise at competitive prices, backed by an unconditional guarantee and fast, friendly service.
- Amazon.com - The largest and cheapest bookstore in
the world
- REI - Camping and Climbing gear, only the best.
- REI Outlet - REI's Outlet, lots of good deals on overstocks and seconds.
- L.L. Bean - L.L.Bean was founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, a Maine outdoorsman who lived in Freeport. L.L., as he was called, grew tired of coming home with wet, sore feet from the heavy leather woodsman's boots of his day. He invented a new kind of boot that combined lightweight leather tops with waterproof rubber bottoms, incorporating the best features of both materials. Located on Main Street in Freeport, Maine, the company now sells more than 16,000 outdoor products through catalogs, a downtown Freeport retail store, and eight stores in Japan. The Freeport flagship store is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Maine, receiving more than 3.5 million visitors a year. The company also has nine factory outlet stores: six in New England, one in Delaware, and two in Oregon.
- CAMPMOR -Excellent camping goods.
Magazines and Newspapers
I read a lot on the Internet, only a few sites are actually noteworthy, you will find them bellow.
Newspapgers
Magazines
- Software Development Magazine - Software Development magazine covers the people, products, and practices of corporate development. It is the only magazine to exclusively target corporate developers and technical managers working at mainly mid- to large-size companies with sizable development staffs. Its readership largely consists of the people who lead or participate in mission-critical development projects. They are the pragmatists of their organizations, and they balance the benefits of new technology with adoption risks. They understand the importance of legacy code and microcomputers, and they also understand that maximizing the productivity of their programming team is crucial to their job as well as to their organization.
- Rose Architect - Rose Architect is a new magazine dedicated to visual modeling with the UML and Rational Rose. Published jointly by Rational Software and Miller Freeman, publishers of Software Development magazine and Microsoft Developer's Journal, it is designed by and for Rose users.
- Ziff Davis Net - Many different Magazines published by Ziff Davis
- Dirt Road Magazine.
Entertainment
These are links which I have included for pure entertainment purposes. I hope that you enjoy these, I know that I do.
- Mr. Hat's Hell Hole - The Best SouthPark Site on the net, lots of sounds, graphics, fonts and links to movies.
- Dial ABC - What Words are Hiding in your Phone Number?
- Joe Cartoon
Software Engineering
The following links are to very good and interesting sites about software engineering. I hope that you find them as useful as I do.
- IEEE - The IEEE ("eye-triple-E"), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., helps advance global prosperity by promoting the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electrical and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.
- Software Engineering Institute - The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology [OUSD (A&T)]. The SEI contract was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon University in December 1984. It is staffed by technical and administrative professionals from government, industry, and academia.
- The Computer Society - With nearly 100,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals. Founded in 1946, it is the largest of the 35 societies organized under the umbrella of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
- Project Management Institute - Since its founding in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMIŽ) has grown to be the organization of choice for project management professionalism. With over 50,000 members worldwide, PMIŽ is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards, provides seminars, educational programs and professional certification that more and more organizations desire for their project leaders.
Weather Related Information
For more information about weather, check out Weather.com's
Aviation Site, a comprehensive source of weather information for professional pilots and weekend aviators.
Wireless Communication Related Information
Wireless communication is an important part of our everyday lives, yet we spend so little time investigating the products which we rely on. Here are some sites which aid in finding the right communication tool for you.
Cell Phones
- Cell Mania - Cellmania.com is an e-commerce web site that sells wireless products, such as cellular phones and pagers, provides expert advice and community-generated product ratings, and delivers value-added services such as customized content to consumers and corporations. Cellmania.com has phone and plan coverage in about 90% of the United States with a wide range of cellular phone products and service plans.
- Decide - Decide.com makes it easy to shop intelligently and confidently for telecommunications products and services. They've created a pressure-free environment where you can compare accurate, unbiased, and comprehensive information about virtually any telecom product or service available in your area. They strive to make comparison shopping and purchasing of telecom services easy and convenient, while keeping you in complete control over the telecom decision process.
Job Search Related Information
- Dice - High Tech Jobs online.
- Monster Board