Favorite websites

My Favorites

My favorites include Software, Books, Music, and Hobbies and Interests. Click on the buttons above to view these lists.

Favorite Websites

I use a lot of websites. I purchase most of my goods - other than gas and food - via the web. Here is a smattering of websites I visit frequently.

Great PC's, Low Prices, Great Support!

My favorite supplier of custom-built PC's that are significantly less expensive than the "big guys" is Pharaohpc.com. Talk to Max. They can build to your specifications or needs, or to a specific budget target. Telephone and email support is excellent - they really know the hardware and software! Just tell them what you want, or what you want to do, and your budget, and they will propose a system to maximize your dollar to your application.

Investment Sites

I spend a fair amount of time on investing these days. In a bear market, you can't invest the usual way and be successful.

	Yahoo DJ Big Chart: This is my favorite Dow Jones chart to watch. I use the 5-day chart because I am very interested in, and follow the Elliott Wave Principle as a guide to my investments
	Elliott Wave International: This website is where I receive my information on the current status of the wave patterns. The Short Term Update is essential to successful investing!
	Fidelity Investments: Known as one of the strongest brokerage houses, they have a great web interface, and a great "Active Trader Pro" software package for frequent traders.
	Safe Money Report: This newsletter is an excellent guide to investing safely in the current bear market. Mostly focuses on the US market and economy.
	Weiss Ratings: A great site to find out how safe your insurance company is, or your bank, brokerage firm, HMO, or other insurance companies. This is important in the bear market - you can lose 100% of your "investment" in these areas if the company you are using goes belly up.
	Options Express: I sometimes find it easier to get an options list here than using the Fidelity tools. Specifically, it is easier to find LEAPS using this tool.
	Big Charts: When I want a custom chart, here is where I can get it. I just wish the charts would provide more than daily prices for 1 month and longer...
	Gold Chart: If you want to follow the gold market, here is a great chart, provided by Kitco.

Other Sites and Favorite Organizations

Here are some miscellaneous sites I use on a regular basis...

	Sci-Fi Book Club: If you love Sci-Fi, and you are not a member yet, now is the time to sign up!
	Delphion: Since I am an avid inventor, I need access to my patents when the are published, or to do research. This is my patent site.
	Schwan's: I like access to quickie breakfasts, lunches, and easy dinners. If they deliver in your area, try them out. Great cookie dough, good pizzas, breakfast foods.
	World Vision: Great organization, doing great work!
	Wycliffe Bible Translators: Another great organization doing great work. Both of these deserve your support!
	Alliance Defense Fund: An organization undoing the terrible work of the ACLU. I love these guys!

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News Sites

I depend on a few sites to get most of my news... That is, besides reading the local paper and watching evening news on Fox.

	FrontPage Magazine: a great source of commentary on current events. Articles are submitted from many sources.
	Washington Times: This is the National Weekly Edition - a great source of conservative news.
	Fox News: This has become my favorite news channel. I got sick and tired of hearing anti-US bias on CBS, and now exclusively watch Fox.

Web Stores

	Buy.com: This is a good source of everything electronic, including software. Usually a very good price, and excellent service.
	Vista Print: Need inexpensive but high quality printing, such as business cards, post cards, brochures? Here is my favorite source. Design your card on-line!
	PC Cables: Need low cost cables for your PC? This is the place!
	Amazon.com: How could I get along without Amazon? A great site for books! Electronics are a bit pricy.
	Intuit: This is the source for Quicken and TurboTax, software I use quite often.
	Cheap Software: If they have what you want, you can't beat the prices here!

Website Development

If you develop websites, these links may be of interest to you

	GoDaddy: Low cost domain registration, forwarding, DNS management. Very nice web interface.
	Free ASP software: WebWiz is a great source of free ASP software, including a very nice forum package (bulletin board system).
	Site Search Engine: Fusionbot provides an excellent, customizable site search engine for a low monthly rate.
	QuickCommerce: A reliable e-commerce supplier, using Authorize.net transaction servers.
	Bid-Ranked Search Engines: My favorite is ah-ha.com, with 7search.com and overture.com as alternates. Overture has become very expensive (minimum bid is $0.10), so I try to get the most traffic from ah-ha or 7search.
	Reseller's Choice: My favorite source for a bundle of websites at an excellent rate. Reliable supplier!

Christian Ministries

Some favorites:

	WhatGodIntended.com is full of wonderful testimonies to the power of God.
	Focus on the Family: One of the most influential family ministries in America today, and one of the founders of the Alliance Defense Fund.
	Museltof Christian Ministries: A very interesting British group with some common threads in their background to mine.