Useful info  

Internet resources

  Abbycon.com - Directory of Internet service providers and web hosts.   The Directory Catalogs 13,000 Internet Access Providers and web hosting companies.    Internet Access Providers - Meta-List provides hundreds of pointers to resources for finding providers.   Internet Address Finder - "The choice of millions of Internet users for searching and finding the names, E-mail addresses, and Intel Internet Video Phone contacts, of Internet users worldwide."

Webcams

  AllCam - Live webcam community - Search 1000s of live webcams and member pages. Collect your favorites in CamCollections. Receive new webcam listings every day with CamTracker  .  Amazing Webcams - Worldwide webcam listing. Over 2500 cams.    Live Web Cams - watch other people while they work, sleep, and live their lives. Or, see live views of cities, beaches, animals, nightclubs, sports events, traffic, and more.      Best WebCams @ InfoTreks - A List Of Only The Best Web Cam Sites. (love the world map of cams)

World Maps

  Absolute Authority on Maps - Your central hub for exploring the world of Maps on the Web    MapNet world of maps - Links to online maps and map companies. Regional and world.   All Directions Maps Around the World SearchKing portal site covering all aspects of maps and cartography. World weather, time and currencies are included.

     The Map Guide - Links to many map sites in the world, organized by continent. You can find country maps, maps of regions, continent and lots more. 

  Oddens's Bookmarks - The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping: Database (7,500+ links) with maps, atlases and everything cartographic

 

 

 

 

 

World Telephone Directories

  Search-It-All - Reverse lookup for name, address and phone number listings 

Telephone Directories of the World - Links to directories for many countries around the world    Telephone Directories on the Web - Compilation of White and Yellow Page directories on the Internet.

Science - Environmental

  Virtual Library: Science    Directory of the Virtual Library, an expert-run catalog of sections of the web. The Virtual Library is particularly strong in the sciences.   Green Peace Climate Homepage.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias, dictionaries

Encyclopedia.com 

  Enyclopedia Proteus 

Freeality Online Encyclopedias 

  Scrollodex 

Encyclopedia FunTrivia 

The Virtual Encyclopedia 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General

The Straight Dope - Find out true answers to many of life's most interesting questions.

  Tests, Tests, Tests - Dozens of online test that you can take for free: personality, IQ, emotional states, career, stress, lifestyle, dating, and many others.   The History Channel This site is a real find for those interested in looking at the past.

World population clock

The Documentary Channel you'll be informed about science and technology, as well as countries people culture,history and nature.

Nature Access is essentially free to this high quality scince magazine, however you must go through a complicated registration procedure.

Over 800 links to CASTLES around the world

Ye Olde English Sayings - examining the origins of phrases often taken for granted. 

Megaconverter - Weights and measures

Research-it - collection of online research tools. Search dictionaries, translate words, find quotations and more.