Steve's Links

Some Great Places On The Web

Bicycle Stuff

Campy 8 spd Sprocket Assembly Instructions - what were they thinking anyway?
Why buy bike components made by a fishing reel manufacturer when you can buy new Camapagnolo stuff cheap? Shop in Italy on the web at 11speed
If you're like me and you don't have a LBS nearby, typical places to buy bikes and stuff on the web include Nashbar, Performance, Colorado Cyclist and Excel Sports, but smaller places like the Bikeman, Mean Todd's and Lickton's are extremely good too.
Park Tools' website has lots of good bicycle fixing information
Into tri or TT bikes? Dan Empfield's Slow Twitch may be your place. Or if you already know what you want to buy, try Nytro, All3Sports or TriSports or Mission Bay Multisport.

Stereo Stuff

Don't know what you don't know? Audio Karma is the place to start then.
On a tight budget? Let the good people at Affordable Audio guide you.
Audio Advisor sells a lot of stuff and are the only authorized on-line reseller for Parasound stuff.
Love tube equipment but don't want to pay the $$$ for it? Try Transcendent or Bottle Head or Juicy or Hagerman Technology or Audio Notes or Pass Labs Kits or DIY HiFi Supply or Audio Note Kits
Into vinyl? the Needle Doctor has everything that you'll need. Pro-Ject makes some decent lower-priced turntables (imported by Sumiko).
Need some cheap but good speakers? Hsu Research may be the place for you.

SCUBA Stuff

DAN is a good place to start
Learn how to DIVE the PADI way
Want to join the Kwajalein Scuba Club? All you have to do is move to Kwaj (and be certified and pay $120/yr)
I mainly use Sherwood gear, although I have some ScubaPro and Atomic stuff and even a little bit o'BodyGlove
On the rare occasion I can't buy what I want on-island I visit LeisurePro, Scuba or Scuba Toys
Scuba Diving magazine has articles and equipment reviews

Got kids? Then you should be a frequent visitor to KidsHealth
Hate telemarketers calling you? Then register your phone # with the National Do Not Call List for free!
Why not donate your spare CPU cycles for a good cause (or two)?
Look for some great deals at Ben's Bargain Center
Find some more deals at Tech Bargains
Amazon always has things to buy
And buy.com is also known to sell a thing or two
Need some unmentionables?
Did I mention that the greatest band in the world is Rush?
Of course, you all know that the greatest band in Philomath is Blind Rhino!
Visit The Holy See today!
Even Noah Webster is online now!
West Coast Choppers <- very cool bikes
Orange County Choppers <- very cool bikes
Ducati <- very cool and very fast bikes
Hoop Dee Doo! It's a great day to visit The Wiggles!
What do your friends/coworkers call you? Find out here!
Do you eBay the old fashioned way? Win more auctions for less money by using the only free bid sniper Gixen!

Geek Tools has lots of useful utilities
PortScan has some useful utilities too
NetCraft has some geek tools too
Some useful NT Utilities
John Savill's FAQ Site for Windows NT/2000
Got a DNS question? Then Ask Mr. DNS!
IBM Redbooks has a *lot* of information
A good article on how to secure NT/2000 from the NSA
SANS knows security
Is your PC or firewall secure? Better visit AuditMyPc to make sure.
Lots of good utilities at Gibson Research
A visual, global Trace-Route can be found at Symantec
How fast is your internet connection - test it here
Go here for a plethora of screen savers
Tired of SPAM? Then send it to SpamGourmet
PCWorld has lots of utilities to download
Like the cool animations? Get'em at the Animation Factory
Have you ever wanted to make a bootable CD? Bart will tell you how
Sygate has a free, personal software firewall, and so does Zone Labs
Prefer Linux Firewalls? Try SmoothWall
Check out the Internet's health at the Internet Storm Center, or at the Internet Traffic Report
Tired of ad pop-ups? Block ad servers easily here
Got proxy? Here's a list of some sites that you may want to block with it
Need to crack a unix password?
Need to crack a NT password?
VNC is a popular remote control program - and it's free!
Want to know more about your PC, then see what AIDA has to offer.
Have Outlook and SPAM? Get SpamBytes
Keep your PC's clock accurate with TimeRC30
Need to identify your CD-R? Get CD-R Identifier
Enkode your email address on your web-site (like I did)

Lower your PC network's TCO with thin-client technology from Citrix
Microsoft's Windows 2000 & NT4 Terminal Server
Terminal Server FAQ
Besides TheThin.Net, Jim Kenzig has many great websites, including OS Mess
Some more thin-client help is at Thin Planet
WizBang has some good utilities, including B.A.T. for TSE
Use CitraTest to test your Citrix Server & Apps
Let us not forget Mr. Rick Dehlinger's TweakCitrix web-site!
Rick's esteemed colleague Mr. Douglas Brown also maintains an excellent web-site!
Mr. Ron Oglesby is widely accepted as a Citrix God
Mr. Alex K. Angelopoulos has a wonderful site full of useful TSE utilities
AppSense in the UK has some useful Thin utilities as well
Want to Learn Citrix?

Computer Stuff Vendor links

Watcom C/C++ and FORTRAN77 Compiler just got better - it's free!
Microsoft's Knowledge Base, Windows Update, Office Update, Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT4 Terminal Server, NT4 Server, Exchange Server, SQL Server, Small Business Server
A Complete lists of Microsoft hotfixes
Lots of good utilities for Microsoft networks, including a local messenger at WM Software
Use Trend Micro to protect your self from viruses
Symantec protects your from viruses, intruders, system crashes, etc.
SonicWall makes a fine line of firewalls
NetScreen makes a fine line of firewalls at a lower price-point
SnapGear makes very affordable firewalls
There's a lot of web-content filtering companies, including SurfControl, N2H2, Dan's Guardian and WebSense
CyberSitter is my favorite filtering software for personal use
HP makes computer stuff, so does IBM

Do you Yahoo?
You can find just about everything with Google
Get the Total Gym 1000 manuals by calling 1.800.321.9236, or just ask me and I'll e-mail the PDF to you.
Find a phone number at QwestDex
Of course, you should call Xiologix for all of your computer and network needs!