Links

The Catholic Encyclopedia. This is a cool site under the New Advent site that has a lot of great information. You can also buy the Encyclopedia on a CD if you want.

Miscellaneous

If you are thinking about adding e-commerce to yoru web site, here is a great link to compare shopping carts. Shopping Cart Reviews

StreamBug.tripod.com

Go Red For Women American Heart Association

Fireworks Related Stuff

National Fire Protection Agency - List of codes and Standards

Ohio State Fire Marshall Online Services

Entertainment

Bored Panda the only magazine for Pandas.

Speedways

TV & News

Government

http://www.house.gov/

Security

Free tools from McAfee

Security Park The leading news portal for security professionals.

Speed Test

Creative Stuff

http://www.defcon-x.de/c4d/textures

http://createsk8.com/2008/free-wood-textures-and-tutorials/#more-89

http://createsk8.com/category/illustrator/

OnOne Software Free Downloads

Microsoft MSDN Library

National Weather

Ohio Weather

Cincinnati

Privacy on the Internet seems to be a big problem. The following Web sites provide information about online privacy issues, including information about privacy tools such as encryption, anonymous remailers and software for anonymous browsing:

Canadian Marketing Association / Association Canadienne du Marketing www.the-cma.org

How to remove your personal information from Intelius. This one is not so easy, you have to fax a copy of your drivers license to them.

How to remove your personal information from PeopleFinders. This one is not easy either, you have to send a written letter to them.

Glossary

Anonymous browsing – several companies offer software, some of it free, that allows you to create fake online names so you can browse Web sites, exchange emails and participate in chat groups anonymously.

Anonymous remailers – organizations that forward your email to its destination after removing any information that could trace it back to you.

Banner ads – Web site advertisements, often in the form of a bar or banner across the top of the screen or a button you click on for more information. When you see a banner ad appear, a cookie is usually being added to your hard drive.

Chat groups – two or more users communicating in real time with computers via the Internet. The group can consist of two people or dozens. Chat groups take place in either public or private chat rooms. The conversations can be a free-for-all or a structured discussion on a prearranged topic.

Cookies – small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit Web sites. Cookies collect and store information about you based on your browsing patterns and information you provide.

There are two kinds of cookies that a Web site can use. Persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive for many months or years. Per- session cookies are cached (stored in memory) during your visit to the Web site and are automatically deleted from your computer when you disconnect from the Internet.

Privacy seals – seals of approval granted by organizations such as TRUSTe, BBBOnline and WebTrust. The seals are intended to demonstrate that a Web site has adopted appropriate policies to protect personal information and to assure individuals that they are visiting a Web site they can trust. Disclaimer – keep in mind that these seals are not monitored and anyone can “stick” a seal on their Web site.