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Directories | Internet | Orlando | Senior Resources | Computer | Health | List of Links | Reference | Our Sponsor | Consumer | Home & Leisure | News | Search | Travel

Directories:

Web: Yahoo | Open Directory | Virtual Library | I want to…
People: AnyWho | WhitePages | USA People Search | ZABAsearch | Pipl
Businesses: YellowPages | Search Bug | 800 Numbers
All: Hospitals | Funeral Homes | Nursing Homes | Public Schools | Private Schools | Colleges
Codes: Area Codes | Country Calling Codes | Zip Codes | ZIPskinny
Maps: MapQuest | Google | Bing | Yahoo! Maps | Rand McNally | vPike | Roads & Streets |
Discounts: DealHack – Seniors Discount Guide |

Search engines:

Google | Bing | Yahoo! | exalead | Newsgroup search | Message Boards search
Meta Search: Dogpile | Mamma | MetaCrawler | Search.com | Kartoo | Langenberg | Surfwax
News: Google | Topix.net | Lycos
Pictures: Google | Bing | Yahoo
Audio & Video: AOL On | Bing | Sounds
Blogs: Google | Technorati | Blogdigger
Search Tips: Search Engine Watch | Search Engine Showdown | Noodle Tools

News:

Topics | CNN | MSNBC | Fox | USA Today | Orlando Sentinel | Others…
Sports: ESPN | CNN/Sports Illustrated | CBS Sports | Yahoo! | Central Florida
Weather: Orlando | National: (1) (2) | Weather Radar (MCO = Orlando) | Hurricanes | Time
Other: Gizmodo

Internet:

Free Anti-Virus: Avast! | AVG | Avira | PC Tools | Microsoft Security Essentials
Free online scanners: HouseCall | ActiveScan | QuickScan | Microsoft Safety Scanner
One file scanners: VirusTotal | Jotti | Metascan
Blogs: Omea Reader | Blogger | WordPress
Browsers: Internet Explorer | Mozilla Firefox | Opera | Google Chrome | Safari
Free: E-mail | ISPs | Storage | Web Pages | Photo Albums | del.icio.us | Diigo | Business Cards | Online Image Editor | Fill Any PDF Form | Google Calendar
Info: WebHostingBuddy | About.com | Country Codes | Error Messages | Email Address Checker | FAQ’s | Internet Traffic | Whois | Domain Tools | Your IP Address
Lists: CataList | Usenet Newsgroups | Yahoo! Groups | Yahoo! Message Boards | Scout Report
Malware: SpyBot | Malwarebytes | Online Spyware Scanner | Microsoft System Sweeper
Myths & Hoaxes: Snopes | Urban Legends | Hoax-Slayer
Office Web Apps (on the cloud): Microsoft | Google | Zoho
Online Backup: Carbonite | Mozy | SafeSync
Online File Converter: Zamzar
Online Storage: Dropbox | OneDrive | iCloud | Mega | Box | Google Drive
Phone service: Skype | magicJack | Vonage | Bright House | VoIP Review
Privacy: CAUCE | Stop Spam | Spam Primer | Do Not Call | Stop Catalogs
Scams: ScamBusters | On Guard Online |
Security: Safety on the Internet | Secure Florida | FTC Guides | Shields Up! | AuditMyPC | Firewall Guide | Password Checker | Phishing | SiteAdvisor | ThreatExpert | Security Now
Shorten URL: TinyURL | Bit.ly | goo.gl | tiny.cc | is.gd
Speed tests:  Dotcom Tools | BrightHouse | Speedtest.net | PC Pitstop | Bandwidth | Broadband Reports | CNET | YourSpeed | Toast | McAfee
Testing: LoadView | Dotcom Monitor | Uptime Pal | Everystep Automation
Temporary e-mail address: Mailinator | 10 Minute Mail | TrashMail
Tutorials: Becoming WebWise | Searching | WWW
Web Mail: iCloud | Windows Live | Yahoo! | mail2web | Gmail |
Wi-Fi Hotspots: Free | Orlando | Cable Providers | AT&T

Computer:

Microsoft | Other Companies | CNET | ZDNet | PC World | Smart Computing | Digg | Slashdot News | DealsGuy | PC Pitstop | Belarc Advisor | The Secret Guide | Tech Support Guy | How-to Geek | Tech Support Alert | Free Help | Tom’s Hardware | Karbo’s Guide | Answers That Work | Computer Hope | Kim Komando | Windows Support Center |Computing.Net | MS Newsgroups |
Mouse exercises: SeniorNet | Mousercise | Mousing Around | Advanced Exercises
Ergonomics: The Sitting Disease Prevention Guide | Guidelines | UCLA | OSHA | Trico | Office Ergonomics
Reference: Webopedia | FOLDOC | WhatIs? | Acronyms | Emoticons | File Types | Startup Programs | Processes | File Database | EasyDOS | Shortcuts
Data Encryption: Axcrypt (single files) | TrueCrypt (multiple files)
Downloads: Device Drivers (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Shareware: SnapFiles | CNET Download | Download Shareware | Jumbo | Pass the Shareware | TUCOWS | PC World | Major Geeks | HandyArchive |
Freeware: Best Windows Software | Softpedia | FileHippo | Free Downloads Center | Freeware Files | Freeware Home | Freeware Web | Gizmo’s Freeware | NoNags | Last Freeware Version | Portable Freeware | Free Font | For Developers: (1) (2) | Free Codecs | Freecode
Free Office Alternatives: LibreOffice | OpenOffice | Google Docs
Favorite Freebies: CDBurnerXP Pro | CutePDF | EditPad Lite | Foxit PDF Reader | Gadwin PrintScreen | Google Pack | Hard Drive Eraser | HJ-Split | Home Inventory | IrfanView | NVu Web Editor |Picasa | Radio Sure | Stamina Typing Tutor | Thunderbird | Winamp
Tutorials: Computing ABC’s for Adults
Learning to type: Learn2Type | Online Typing Course | TypingLessons-Online | Goodtyping | Other Typing Sites
Clubs: Central Florida Computer Society | Florida Macintosh Users Group

Consumer:

Consumer World | ConsumerSearch | Epinions | Cool Hot Not | Consumer Review | Consumer Reports | BBB Online | FTC Safe Shopping | Credit Cards | PayPal | Missing Money |Unclaimed Property (by state) | Clark Howard | Get a Human | craigslist
Stores: Amazon (window shop) | Best Buy | Buy.com | TigerDirect | DeepDiscount | Half.com | HSN | Office Depot | Office Max | Overstock.com | QVC | Staples | Wal-Mart | Yahoo! Shopping
Shoppers: Become | BizRate | CNET Shopper | DealOz | Google Product Search | Kaboodle | Like | mySimon | NexTag | PriceGrabber | Price Scan | Price Watch | Shopping.com | Shopzilla |Others
Auctions: eBay | uBid | Gazelle
Hot Deals: Able Shoppers | Amazing-Bargains | DealCatcher | Deal News | Deal of Day | Deals of America | Deal Taker | Deals Hunt |
Woot! Books: AllBookstores | BestBookBuys | BookFinder4U | DealOz | FetchBook.Info | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | Powells | BookFinder | BookCloseOuts | Multiple Books | Textbooks | Read Kiddo Read
Magazines: PaperBoy | BestDealMagazines | Price Search
Cars: NADA Guides | Kelly Blue Book | Edmunds | AutoTrader | CarsDirect | American car brochures
Check Out Charities: Charity Navigator | GuideStar | BBB
Shipment Tracking: US Postal Service | United Parcel | FedEx | DHL/Airborne | Yellow/Roadway | Purolator

Senior resources:

Nursing Home Attorneys Committed to Protecting the Elderly |DealHack – Seniors Discount Guide | Recall Guide | Assisted Living Directory | Third Age | Senior.com | SeniorJournal | AARP | Suddenly Senior | Generations on Line | SeniorNet | Seniornet Canada | SeniorLaw | LawInfo | Senior.Com | Finance for Seniors | Preventing Identity Theft |Retirement Revised | FirstGov Seniors | Administration on Aging | Benefits CheckUp | Social Security | Medicare | VA | Today’s Seniors | ElderCare Locator | SeniorsSearch | Nursing Homes |RetirementLiving.com | Assisted Living | Housing & Care | SeniorLink | Caregiver Alliance | Aging Solutions | Generations United | Mind Tools | Pen Pals
End of life: Your Final Wishes | Growth House | “On Our Own Terms” | Caring Connections | Next Step in Care | Hospice | Funerals | Obituaries | Grief Net | Loneliness
Orlando: Senior Resources | Discounts | Marks Street Senior Recreation Complex | Renaissance Senior Center | City of Orlando Senior Centers | Retired Military | Senior Resource Alliance | Widowed Friends of Florida | YMCA
Florida: Elder Affairs | AARP | Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Links: OCAT | 100 of the Best Aging Resources

Home & Leisure:

Ticketmaster | Paperboy | Fun With Words | Optical Illusions | Boing Boing | Gadgets | Cool Tools | Engadget | Nature Field Guides | Old Time Radio | Bored.com | The Straight Dope | Very Strange Things on the Web | StumbleUpon | I Waste So Much Time | MakeUseOf
Audiobooks: LibriVox | Internet Archive | BooksShouldBeFree | Librophile | AudioBooksForFree | Audible | AudioBooks.com | Simply Audiobooks | Tales2Go
Books: Google Books | Bartleby | Project Gutenberg | Feedbooks | Univ of Penn | Bibliographies | Poetry | Bibliomania | GoodReads | Kindle | Pixel of Ink | Nook | ManyBooks | PaperBack Swap | Library Thing
Cooking: Zed’s Recipes (Our President’s personal collection of recipes) | Epicurious | All Recipes | Food411 | CopyKat | FoodPair | Food Network | Cooking Channel | 
Crafting: Craftster | Craft: | HGTV Crafts | Matt & Shari | Instructables | Knitting | Crochet Me
Decorating: Pinterest | Houzz | HGTV | Home Decoration Concepts
Finance: Stocks (Yahoo | Google) | Quicken | Mint | Bankrate | Annual Free Credit Reports | Finance Calculators | Financial Planners | Identity Theft
Games and Puzzles: AARP | Arcade Games | Brain Games | Brain Teasers | Bridge | Card Games | Chess | Free Rice |
Jigsaw Puzzles (1) (2) | Kongregate | MSN Games | Online Games | Parachute | Pogo |Puzzlemaker | Tilt Mazes | Web Sudoku
Gardening: Tom MacCubban (1) (2) | Florida Extension Service | Florida Gardener | Plant Data | Catalogs | Vegetable MD | Florida Garden Forum | Floridata
Hobbies: Drawing | Fishing | Fishing Works | Genealogy | Geocaching | Ham Radio | Kites | Model Trains | Take Me Fishing
Home: Home Tips | Clean Anything | Fold Anything | DIY Network | HGTV | Remodeling
Humor: Comics | Cracked | Jumbo Joke | the Onion | Strange New Products | Borowitz Report | Dan’s Daily Cartoon
Internet Radio: Pandora | Live365 | SHOUTcast | Slacker | Radio Stations | OmniRadio | Public Radio | Streaming Radio
Magazines: BusinessWeek | National Geographic | People Magazine | Prevention | Reader’s Digest | The New Yorker
Movies: Movies | Internet Movie Database | All Movie Guide | MetaCritic | Film Reference | Netflix
Music: All Music Guide | Pandora | Spotify | AARP Music | MOG | Last.fm
Music Downloads: iTunes | Amazon MP3’s | eMusic | Sideload | Classical
Photography: Kodak Gallery | Flickr | Kodak Tips | Digital Camera Reviews (1) (2) | NASA | Hubble | Panoramas | Northern Lights | Weather | Links
Real Estate: Realtor.com | Zillow | Trulia | Yahoo! Real Estate | Home Values | Prepare Your House for Sale
Social Networks: Facebook | Twitter | Google + | MySpace | LinkedIn | Tumblr | Classmates | Others | News
TV: Zap2it | TV Guide | International TV
Web Cams: Index | Florida | Orlando | Key West | Winter Park | New Smyrna
Video: Google | YouTube | Flixxy | Wimp | Hulu | Joost | Veoh | Bore Me
Video On Demand: Netflix | HuluPlus | Amazon Video On Demand
Video Search: Blinx | Online Video Guide | SnagFilms
Volunteering: Heart of Florida |

Travel:

Cheapflights | Wikitravel | Travel Library | About Travel | Tourism Offices | USA Tourist | Smarter Travel | Brochures | AAA | Rough Guides | Lonely Planet | Citysearch | Trip Advisor | I Go U Go | Tipping | America’s Byways| Roadside America | National Geographic | Orlando International Airport (latest info) | Orlando Sanford Airport | FlightView | FlightAware | FlightArrivals | Airliners | Airline Seating | Amtrak | Foreign Exchange Rates | Currency Converter | Speed Traps | Gas Prices (Orlando) | Traffic | Florida Traffic | 511 Info | I-95 Info | Passports | Vital Records | Do I Need an Umbrella?
Seniors: Road Scholar (nee Elderhostel) | AARP
Hotels: Kayak | Hotels.com | Trip Advisor | Stay.com | Yahoo! | Hotel Tonight | B&B’s | Airbnb | Campgrounds | PetsWelcome | Pet Friendly
Restaurants: Yelp | Urbanspoon | OpenTable | Restaurants.com | Zagat | Chowbaby
ATMs: Visa/Plus | MasterCard/Cirrus | Star | Citibank
Online Travel Agents: Expedia | Travelocity | Orbitz | CheapTickets | Priceline | Last Minute | American Express | Amtrak | Tours |
Airfare Search: Airfare Watchdog | Farecast | fly.com | Hipmunk | Kayak | Mobissimo | SideStep

Orlando and Central Florida:

Orlando Info | Yahoo! Orlando Guide | Orlando Weekly | About:Orlando | Central Florida Getaways | Central Florida Events | Yelp Orlando | Shopping | Orange County Parks | Lynx (transit) | Orlando Recreation Bureau | Genealogical Society
Attractions: Walt Disney World See also AllEarsNet, DIS, The Daily Disney, Park Hours | Universal Orlando, hours | Wet ‘n Wild, hours | Sea World, hours | Discovery Cove | Aquatica, hours | LEGOLAND, hours, directions | Kennedy Space Center | NASA Launch Schedule | Gatorland | Beaches
Museums: Cornell Fine Arts Museum | Morse Museum of American Art | Leu Gardens | Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens | Maitland Art Center | Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center | Mennello Museum of American Folk Art | Orange County Regional History Center | Orlando Museum of Art | Orlando Science Center | Central Florida Zoo | Fantasy of Flight | Disney Wilderness Preserve | Canaveral National Seashore | Florida Heritage Collection | Museum of Online Museums | Web Gallery of Art | The Google Art Project
Performing Arts: Orlando Venues | Shakespeare Theatre | Russian Ballet of Orlando | Orlando Philharmonic | Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center (Under Construction)
Colleges and Universities: University of Central Florida | Rollins College | Stetson University | FAMU College of Law | Barry School of Law | Seminole State College | Valencia College | DeVry | LIFE Learning Institute at UCF | U.S. Colleges and Universities
Sports: Magic | Predators | UCF | ESPN Wide World of Sports | Amway Center (UC)
Government: Orange County | Apopka | Belle Isle | Edgewood | Maitland | Ocoee | Orlando | Windermere | Winter Garden | Winter Park | Seminole County | Altamonte Springs | Casselberry | Lake Mary |Longwood | Oviedo | Sanford | Winter Springs | Osceola County | Celebration | Kissimmee | St. Cloud | Lake County | Clermont | Eustis | Leesburg | Montverde | Mount Dora | Florida Index
Libraries: Orange County | Seminole County | Osceola County
Property Appraisers: Orange County | Seminole County | Osceola County
Supervisors of Elections: Orange County | Seminole County | Osceola County | Orange County Registered Contractors | OC Consumer Fraud Unit | OC Court Records
Florida: MyFlorida.com | Consumer Help | State of Florida.com | Visit Florida | State Parks | Florida Secrets | Florida Public Records | Florida Statutes | Online License & Registration Renewals | Florida Lottery (all states) | Cyber Security | Identity Theft
Federal: USA.gov | White House | Postal Service | National Parks | Savings Bonds | Consumer Info | IRS | Fed Stats | Identity Theft | Google’s Uncle Sam

Health:

Health Calculators for Seniors | Medicare State Eligibility | Caregiver Action Network | The Recovery Village (Wellness Resources) | Recall Guide | Senior Health | Mayo Clinic | MedicineNet | MedScape | National Institutes of Health | WebMD | InteliHealth | UpToDate | The Merck Manual, Home Edition | Women’s Health | Quack Watch | AMA Doctor Finder | Nutrition | Nutrient Data | Gray’s Anatomy | Lab Tests | Clinical Trials (1) (2) | Alternative Medicine
Directories: NIH Senior Health | MedLine+ | MedWebPlus | HealthFinder
Diseases: Alzheimer’s | Cancer | Depression | Diabetes | Heart | Skin Cancer | Sleep Disorders
Drugs: FDA | Drugs.com | RX List | Prescription Abbreviations | On-Time-Rx | Check Interactions
Drug Prices: DestinationRx | Pharmacy Checker
Fitness: Fitness Online | Fitness Magazine | FitDay | Real Age
Pets: Pet Health | HealthyPet
Ratings: Florida Health Finder | Hospital Compare
Hospitals (senior program): Florida Hospital (Premier Health) | Orlando Health (Life Rewards) | Health Central | Celebration | Central Florida Regional

Lists of links:

All My Faves | Hewie’s Favorites | Internet Public Library (Librarians’ Index) | CEO Express | HotSheet | Pocket Internet | Assignment Editor | NY Times Navigator | Journalist Express | SeniorJournal links |

Reference:

Wikipedia | Yahoo Answers | WikiAnswers | Answers | Quora | TED | Dictionary | Free Dictionary | Thesaurus | Almanac | Old Farmer’s Almanac | Abbreviations | Acronyms | Quotations | Words of Wisdom |Rhymes | AllWords | Word Play | Meta Dictionary | Grammar | EveryRule | Biography | PeopleSpot | LibrarySpot | Noodle Tools | Columbia Encyclopedia | Encyclopedia Britannica | Science | Library of Congress | CIA World Factbook | Academic Info | Academic Earth | Open Culture | iTunes U | Encyclopedia Astronautica | Topography of Faith | Religions | The Bible (NRSV) | Shakespeare | Slang | Plain English Legal Dictionary | Google Translate | History | Pseudonyms | Timelines | History of Computing | Computer History Museum | WolframAlpha | Statistics | Conversions | Guinness World Records | Ripley’s Believe It or Not! | Baby Names
Tutorials: Khan Academy | wikiHow | iFixit | FixYa | eHow-to’s | Howcast | WannaLearn.com | MakeUseOf Guides | Instructables | Find Tutorials | TechTutorials | Learner.org | Knowledge Hound |HowStuffWorks | How Products Are Made | SoYouWanna | Help.com | Linux | Statistics | Drawing
Maps: Atlas | National Geographic | Google Earth | Gazetteer | National Atlas | Tiger Maps | Maps.com | Old Maps | Landforms | National Mapping Info

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