Note on 8/4/2012: I prepared this page in 2006 and only lightly edited it a few times after that.

1. Accountability for using the Internet: 2011 Internet Filter Top Ten Review
2. Amazon: advanced search. The “Search Inside!” feature is especially handy, even for books you already own in print.
3. Dictionaries for foreign languages: Google (translates over forty languages into English and vice versa), French, German (1, 2, 3), Spanish
4. Gmail: my favorite email program (free)
5. Google Books: about
6. Google Calendar: tour
7. Google Desktop: features
8. Google Earth: tour
9. Google Maps
10. Google Scholar: about
11. Google Shopping List
12. How Stuff Works
13. IMAK SmartGlove
14. Library Spot: “a free virtual library resource center” (about)
15. Mint: “Mint is fresh, intelligent online money management. Not only is Mint free, it saves you money” (product | about).
16. Music:
    • Pandora: “listen to free Internet radio, find new music” (about)
    • AccuRadio: “the world’s leading independent, multichannel Internet radio station” (about); complete channel list (e.g., classical station)
17. Movie reviews:
    • Christian Spotlight on Entertainment
    • Kids-n-mind
    • Plugged In
18. National Review Online: about
19. Oxford English Dictionary: requires a subscription
20. Photo organization/editing (HT: Phil Gons):
    • Picasa: Google’s free program
    • GIMPshop: free version of Photoshop
    • Adobe Photoshop: Not cheap. Included in the Creative Suite, either the Web Premium ($1,599 [student price: $499]) or Design Premium ($1,799 [student price: $599]). The student price for the whole CS3, which contains almost 10 pieces of software, is cheaper than Photoshop all by itself.
    • Adobe Photoshop Elements: a watered-down version of Photoshop
    • Microsoft Expression Design: competition for Photoshop
21. Plugged In Online: reviews of recent movies, video/DVD, music, and television by a team that is part of Focus on the Family
22. Renaissance Art: “Fine Handcrafted Leather Books.” I’ve ordered four custom leather book covers for Bibles, and I’m very pleased with them.
23. Travel:
    • Booking Buddy: Travel Search Made Simple
    • Kayak
24. The Wall Street Journal Online
25. Weather: alerts and daily forecasts via email, local temperature on your desktop
26. WTS Books
27. WebMD: about; convenient resource to check when dealing with a minor injury or sickness
28. Wikipedia: “a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project” that “is written collaboratively by volunteers” (about)
29. World Cat: “the world’s largest network of library content and services” (about)
30. The World Factbook: FAQs