Cafe chatter:

web technology

Backward Links:

blog

   
Blogger
Create your own free blog at Blogger.com. Open to all ages.
Bloglines
Read and keep track of your favorite blogs in one place.
Diaryland
Get your own online diary free. Update super-easily just using your web browser!
Google Reader
Feed all of your news channels and blogs into one place where you can catch up with them when you have time.
LiveJournal
Teens 13 and up can create their own blog site at LiveJournal.
 

social media

   
Blip.fm
Create your own music station and share it with your friends. You can feed your tunes to a number of social media outlets at once. Please follow Web Safety Guidelines.
Delicious
Save your bookmarks at this site. Find and follow people who are saving bookmarks that interest you. Please follow Web Safety Guidelines.
Digg
Digg is user-created news people find on the web. All content is submitted and voted on by the Digg community. Please follow Web Safety Guidelines.
Facebook
Create a profile and befriend people you want to get to know. Can only be viewed by people with Facebook accounts. Please follow Web Safety Guidelines.
Flickr
Share, organize, tag, alter, and enjoy your photos online. Can set photos to public or private, friends-only. Please follow Web Safety Guidelines.

urban legends

 
Guinness World Records
Web version of the famous record book. Find and submit world records.
MythBusters
Special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use science to prove or disprove modern-day myths.
Snopes.com
Investigate the reality behind urban legends, strange news stories, and celebrity gossip.

web page design

   
AllSyntax
Articles on PHP, Flash, Visual Basic, SQL, HTML, and other programming languages.
Dynamic Drive
DHTML scripts for the real world.
Girl Geeks
Into technology? Female? This site is for you.
Google Web Toolkit
Help you write AJAX web applications that increase the speed and usability of interacting with a web page.
Java Script Source
Tons of "cut and paste" Java Script examples for your web pages. All for free!
 

web safety

   
Cyber Tipline
Tips for safer surfing
Sorted
Information on computer security issues such as spam, spyware, and file sharing.
staysafe.org
Expert advice on how to protect yourself online while gaming, instant messaging, and blogging.
Surf Safe, Wear Red
A movement for online empowerment and awareness, inspired by the film "Hard Candy" and its hero's red hoodie.
   

web searching

   
All the Web
Search for PDFs and MS Word files as well as websites.
Ask
Jeeves retired to make way for Ask.
Dogpile
Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, and Ask, all at once.
Technorati
Search the blogophere. If you blog, get indexed here.
Vivisimo
Metasearch engine that clusters your search results into categories.
WebMonkey
How-to library and quick reference tools for website creators.
     
16-Nov-2008