Colorado School of Mines

Fun Stuff Links

For Fun, Recreation, Enjoyment, Reference

These are updated and added to on a regular basis.

Links
     BulletArts, Photography, and Literature
     BulletBusiness Planning, Reference, and Employment
     BulletCoral Connections, Games, Amusement, Health, Medical, Living
     BulletInvestments, Kids, Movies and Television, Museums and History
     BulletMusic, Nature, Parenting, Reference, Science, Seniors
     BulletSoftware, Internet, Computing Electronics, Sports, Travel and Weather, Web Communities


Arts, Photography, and Literature ...
Business Planning and Reference, Employment...
  • American City Business Journals
  • Welcome all home-based business owners, telecommuters and corporate workers.
  • Career Journal - Wall Street Journal helps you keep your new job resolution.
  • Entrepreneurs' Help Page - One of the best small business resources on the Web!
  • Guru.com - Provides freelancers and consultants with project opportunities, great career advice, and essential services.
  • GE Financial Network - Through the GE Financial Network family of companies, we provide you with helpful solutions through all the stages of your life.
  • Home Work Help - help for people trying to run successful home based businesses.
  • Howtostartup - advice, information and ideas on how to start (and grow) your business.
  • Idea Cafe - the small business channel.
  • MoneyHunter - MoneyHunter is the online companion to MoneyHunt TV. Our goal is to entertain, educate and empower entrepreneurs who seek capital to start, buy or grow a business. Better still, almost all of our services are completely free!
  • U.S. Small Business Administration
  • Workers.gov - Connecting American workers and their families to government sources of information.
Coral Connections ...
Games, amusement ...
Health, medical, and living ...
Investments ...
Kids ...
Movies and Television ...
Museums and History ...
Music ...
Nature ...
Parenting ...
  • Adoptive Families of America - The largest non-profit organization in the United States bringing together people interested in adoption and resources to support adoption and children without permanent homes.
  • Adopt... - This site is an adoption service that doubles as an information source for birth and adoptive parents.
  • Browse Control - Enable and Disable Internet Usage to Control Surfing on PCs
  • Child of my Dreams - Adoption Resources - A relevant and well-organized collection of articles for prospective adoptive parents.
  • eScore - Is the leading online resource to help parents play a more active role in their children's learning, growth and development.
  • FamilyEducation Network - We're dedicated to helping you take an active role in the education of your children. Visit us often to... find the information you need in hundreds of articles... connect with other parents on our discussion boards... check out your PTA Minutes and event calendars from member schools...
  • Family - Disney's parenting site
  • Family Internet
  • Filtering products to control your child while on the Internet. Planet web, Cybersitter, and Surf Control.
  • For all the latest on home-schooling organizations and support groups go to homeschooling.about.com
  • Internet and your children - Parent's guide to the Internet.
  • Internet safety - Parental guidance.
  • KidSource Online - The source for in depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and their children.
  • Mom.com - A little help for the hardest job in the world.
  • Netparenting - Safety, education and entertainment ideas for children on the Internet.
  • ParenthoodWeb
  • ParentNews - a unique source for parent information
  • Parenting Club - An online community and resource for parents and expecting Moms, including message boards, live chat, book and product reviews, parenting news and articles, resources for kids and more!
  • Parents Place
  • If your teen plays a sport - Fogdog Sports - Your one stop sports shopping.
  • Twins and More - The only international magazine created with the unique multiple-birth parenting needs in mind.
  • The Whole Child - Get the ABC's of child development for parents and early care providers.
  • Wholefamily.com - Helping solve family crisis.
Reference ...
  • Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology - Harcourt and Academic Press are proud to bring the largest scientific dictionary ever compiled in the English language to the Web. Search from over 130,000 terms defined in 130 fields of science.
  • AdAccess - The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
  • Appetizer Recipe.com - You won't have to buy a cookbook or spend hours surfing the web to find delectable appetizer recipes because they're all here in one place!
  • Beliefnet - Where information leads to inspiration.
  • Boss International - State-of-the-art hydrology and hydraulics software, bookstore, and discussion forum for civil and environmental engineering professionals.
  • Britannica.com - What do you want to know today?
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Calendars - keep your hectic 2001 schedule organized by using a reminder.
  • ChemSpy.com - Makes the most important Chemistry and Chemical Engineering related www-Databases readily accessible for Professionals, Scientists and Students. Gelps you to find chemistry and chemical engineering related terms, definitions, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations. Also search forms for finding MSDS/safety data, scientific publications in over 20.000 different journals, physical data of chemical compounds, worldwide patents and spectral data are available.
  • CNet Help - Answers to computer questions.
  • CoolHomepages.com - The only know cure for designer's block.
  • Copnet - A community service.
  • Deal of the Day - We've scoured the net to find the best deals known to mankind. Check back daily and find out how to get bargains, discounts, steals and deals.
  • Disability.gov - Government information for the disabled.
  • Digital Divide - Closing the digital divide.
  • DirectTextBook - Find Cheap Used College Textbooks at Direct Textbook
  • DIY - Do it Yourself Network - Welcome to DIY! Each week we gather easy step-by-step instructions for the projects you see on TV. You can find them by category, or go to the Project Archive for a full list.
  • Do It Yourself - Home Improvement.
  • Election.com - The global election company.
  • Attention coupon clippers, E-Coupon has money saving coupons for you print and use.
  • Emailabuse.org - Dedicated to informing users of this potential abuse and providing them with the tools to avoid becoming a victim and to fight back at Email Abusers!
  • Engineer's Edge - Site is committed to sharing practical design and engineering resources that can be used towards the advancement and success of mechanical designers, engineers, quality and manufacturing professionals.
  • Etiquette - by Emily Post.
  • Famous Quotes
  • FindArticles.com - Search for quality articles in more than 300 reputable magazines and journals.
  • FindSounds.com - The search engine for sound effects on the web.
  • GOP.gov - The Grand Old Party.
  • Goldsheet Mining Directory - Provided by Robert Johnson
  • iCourthouse - I-Courthouse is a greatly streamlined version of the court system in the real world. Cases here move at internet speed. The cases are real, the jurors are real, and the verdicts are real.
  • Internal Revenue Service - Not always fun, but a useful link if you need information.
  • International Hot Rod Association
  • Internet Fraud Complaint Center - The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
  • Jump on Deals - the latest coupons, sales, steals and deals for all major online stores!
  • League of Conservation Voters - Environmental issues.
  • Legislative Information Online
  • Library of Congress - One of the foremost archives in the world, the Library of Congress  provides access to over 12 million books, manuscripts, maps, recordings, and visual materials.
  • Math.com - The world of math online.
  • MissingMoney.com - The official state sponsored national unclaimed properties database.
  • National Endowment for Financial Education - Partnering for the financial well-being of the public.
  • National Hot Dog and Sausage Association - conducts scientific research to benefit hot dog and sausage manufacturers. The Council also serves as an information resource to consumers and media on questions related to quality, safety, nutrition and preparation of hot dogs and sausages.
  • Office.com - combines best of breed content, commerce, community and communications to create the place we work when we work online. Original and aggregated content informs  customers of industry trends, news and gossip in 16 Industries, 120 sub-Industries, and 10 Business Management focused areas.
  • PetEducation.com - Welcome to Drs. Foster and Smith's PetEducation.com--the Net's largest, best and most comprehensive site for articles on pet healthcare, written by veterinary experts. With information on dog and cat behavior, puppy training, housebreaking, nutrition, diseases, parasites, grooming, arthritis and more--you'll find the information and services you need for a healthy, happy pet.
  • Physics Central - A page on modern physics and some mathematics. It also contains a forum for discussing physics and a link page. There's also a page were you can download the physics text read by a synthetic voice for people that for some reason can't read the texts.
  • PopMatters - The Magazine of Global Culture
  • Want to know who said what?  Quoteland
  • Residential Architect Online
  • Have a phone number but don't know who called? - Reverse Phone Directory can help.
  • Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
  • Safeshopping.org - This informational site, created by the American Bar Association, will help you order safely when shopping online.
  • Search Engine Showdown - Internet user's guide to search engines.
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
  • SheClicks.com - A "woman's way to work the web."
  • SueSpammers.org - Information on spamming laws.
  • SunSite - Berkeley Digital Library - Librarians Index to the Internet.
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • Sword Forum International - Dedicated to the art, forging, collecting, and practitionary use
    of swords of various cultures and time periods.
  • TestPrepPreview - Includes practice tests for all kinds of tests - including ISEE.
  • TheFreeDictionary - English, Medical, Legal, and Computer Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a Search Engine all in one!
  • TopoZone - The TopoZone is the Web's center for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. We've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States.
  • Top 100 Web Sites - Links to many of the best.
  • Internet guide to the United States Congress.
  • Woodworker's Central - A premier craftsman's guide.
  • Yahoo Politics
Science ...
Seniors ...
  • Age of Reason - Search directory exclusively for the over 50 age group. Over 5,000 links to sites.
  • AgeNet - One stop information on health, drugs, insurance and finance.
  • Eldercare Web - Directory of resources for the aging, their caregivers, and advisors.  Includes statistics and legislation.
  • Golf anyone?  Find out about the U.S. Senior Open.
  • Grand Times Seniors Site - News source and magazine directed to senior issues. Weekly features. 
  • National Senior Citizens Law Center - Legal issues that affect the security and welfare of older persons of limited income
  • "Over the Hill Gang" - Based in Colorado Springs, this group offers discounts for trips worldwide for older skiers.  Membership information and a list of chapters available.
  • Seniorcom - Services such as travel packages, wellness programs, and online shopping
  • Seniorlink - Access to "eldercare" professionals, programs, and activities
  • Seniornet - Join a discussion of weekly topics. Book clubs, learning centers, medication question-and-answer
  • Senior Retirement Guide - Retirement living facilities and communities, and assisted living centers.
  • Share your time with the young people. Little Brothers is a national organization that brings together the young and elderly. Fill out a volunteer form.
  • Wired Seniors - 'In a web of their own'
Software, Internet, computing, electronics ...
Sports ...
Travel and weather ...
Web Communities ...
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