Geek Humor
- UserFriendly
- The comic strip saga of Columbia Internet, the friendliest ISP around.
Follow the "adventures" of Pitr, Mike, Greg, and A.J. as they attempt to save the world from the Evil Empire.
Dust Puppy ROCKS! Miranda RULES!
- The Jargon File
- So what does all this hacker jargon mean, anyhow?
- LOLCode
- Programming language inspired by the LOLCats phenomenon, as popularized by ICanHasCheezburger and other web sites. Funny, but also a quite viable programming language!
Professor Benson-Slaughter's Google Notebooks
- Technology Notebook
- General Web Design Notebook
- CSS Notebook
- JavaScript/AJAX Notebook
- PHP Notebook
- Ruby (w/wo Rails) Notebook
- Linux Notebook
- Graphics Notebook
- (heavy on GIMP resources)
- WordPress Notebook
- (included because a lot of the information applies to web pages in general
Hardware Resources
- HardwareGuys.com
- A very good site, by the authors of PC Hardware in a Nutshell (O'Reilly Books), describing the current state of personal computer hardware and with solid recommendations for what to buy to get the system you really want to have.
- annoyances.org
- Another site by O'Reilly authors (of the various Annoyances books) with all kinds of ideas for how to get around those Microsoft things that bug the stew out of you!
Networking Resources
- Port Forward
- Helpful information on setting up routers and port forwarding, especially if you are into online gaming.
Security Resources
- What is Phishing?
- Two-part DailyBits article explaining phishing in detail.
Windows Resources
- A Very Basic Guide to PC Care
- Very basic indeed, but useful if you don't know where to start.
- PC Hell
- PC Hell is a collection of information and resources to get you out of, well, PC Hell. Definitely look here first if you need information on getting rid of some nasty piece of software.
- Keeping Your Windows PC Clean
- Series of articles from DailyBits on different techniques for keeping your Windows-based PC free of junk.
LINUX Resources
The LINUX resources are heavily weighted towards the Ubuntu distro, because it's one of the most popular Linux distributions currently, one of the easiest to start off with, and it's what I use so I've found lots of resources.
- Eric Raymond's FAQ Collection
- Start here.
- Ubuntu Linux
- Get your Ubuntu Linux here.
- The Ubuntu Linux Forums
- This is the place to start if/when you run into a problem. Search the forum and your problem's probably been solved already.
- Ubuntu Linux Resources
- A nice collection of tutorials and links to other resources (some of which are already listed here).
- The Ubuntu Guide
- Ubuntu Linux Wiki for the current version.
- Ubuntu Women
- Women involved in the Ubuntu Linux community
- Full Circle
- The Independent Ubuntu Community Magazine
- Cabby Morena's Blog
- Ubuntu newbie tutorials, written BY a newbie so they're understandable!
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
- Local Linux users' group, holds three monthly meetings in different areas of town.
- Ubuntu Georgia Local Community Team
- Local Ubuntu users' group, meets monthly, mostly (it seems) in Sandy Springs
Web Design Resources
- Web Design Notes -- Essential XHTML
- Part 1 of a tutorial on web page creation, covering essential XHTML. This document was originally written for the Georgia Perimeter College Center for Teaching and Learning Tier 2 Faculty Training.
- Web Design Notes -- Essential CSS
- Part 2 of a tutorial on web page creation, covering essential CSS.
- The HTML Hell Page
- What NOT to do on a web page.
- CSS Zen Garden
- See how much you can do with Cascading Style Sheets in your web pages
- Uploading web pages to your web server
- Basic instructions for uploading web pages to your host's web server.
- A List Apart
- Web design e-zine.
- HTML Dog
- HTML and CSS tutorials, from basic to advanced
- Mandarin Design
- Web design company that makes available an extensive collection of online resources.
- WebMonkey
- Another site with good web design tutorials
- Lorelle on WordPress
- Lorelle focuses on the WordPress blogging platform, but her writings apply to web design in general.
- Programmer's File Editor
- A self-extracting archive file containing Programmer's File Editor, a public domain text editing program useful for creating web pages with raw HTML. Allows multiple files to be open for editing simultaneously (unlike Notepad). Automatically extracts to c:\pfe. No additional installation necessary.
PHP Resources
- PHP.net
- Start here.
- Getting Started With PHP
- First of the DailyBits PHP tutorial series.
Email Resources
- The winmail.dat issue
- The Microsoft Outlook email client can create problems for other email client programs when it sends messages with an automatically-generated winmail.dat file attached. This document describes the problem and details solutions for both Outlook users and other program users.
Java Resources
- Java API documentation
- The first place to look for a description of any class or class member.
- Sun's Java Tutorial
- The definitive tutorial for Java.
- Sun's Java Programming Conventions
- Standard conventions for Java programming as followed at Sun Microsystems.
C/C++ Resources
- Microsoft Visual C++ Introduction
- A guide to getting started with Microsoft Visual C++, including step-by-step instructions for creating and managing projects.
- C++ Libraries
- Lists the most commonly used C++ libraries and briefly describes their contents.
- C++ Troubleshooting Guide
- Lists common C++ errors (as found by GPC students) and how to solve them.
