This is the meager collection of cool web sites and pages that I've found so far that I deem worthy of including on my home page... I'll try to keep it up to date, but don't count on it... ;-)

Links to Other Cool Web Places

Cool People

• Maia Hansen. Amazingly wonderful geek-girl babe, and quite possibly the single coolest person alive... ;-)
• Douglas Adams. Quite possibly the single coolest person no longer alive... ;-(
• W. Richard Stevens. Unix network programming guru... Sadly, also no longer alive... ;-(
• Cheyenne Greatorex. Roommate, and co-proprietor of Magrathea.com... (See the new, non-broken, less sucky main page! ;-) And, amuse yourself by perusing our ever-growing library of DVDs... ;-))

Quake (and Other FPS Gaming) Sites

• id Software. The gods of FPS games...
• Blue's News. Always first with the latest news...
• sCary's ShackNews. News mixed with wacky humor...
• LinuxGames. If you prefer gaming under a real OS, rather than a crappy Microsoft OS, this is the place for you...
• PlanetQuake. A massive site with lots of news, and a ton of hosted sites...
• Game Finger. A great way to keep up with all the .plan info changes...
• Tom's Hardware Guide. A great site with LOTS of info about the newest computer hardware to keep your gaming rig pimped out with...

Wacky News/Links Sites

• Fark. The best site there is for wacky links... Consider signing up for TotalFark for even more links (than you can possibly handle)!
• Everlasting Blort. Some of the strangest links around...
• MetaFilter. Another great source of weird and interesting links...
• BlogDex. A site that ranks the popularity of various links currently making the rounds in the blog world...
• DayPop. Their top-40 list is similar to BlogDex, but often comes up with different links...
• Ananova. A British paper... Their "Quirkies" sections contain lots of wacky news stories, updated daily...

Misc. Geeky Sites

• SlashDot. "News for Nerds", as they say...
• Linux Weekly News. An excellent source of Linux news...
• The Register. Great tech news site, with tons of scathing British wit...
• Wired News. More tech news...
• User Friendly. A great online comic strip for geeks...
• Worthless Word of the Day. A new obscure (and guaranteed worthless) word every day...
• The Jargon File. AKA: The New Hacker's Dictionary... The definitive source of info on hacker jargon...
• TextFiles. A wonderful collection of old text files, on a wide variety of subjects, from old BBS's...
• Internet FAQ Consortium. All the RFCs, and several FAQs on a wide variety of topics...
• The Linux Documentation Project. A massive compilation of various Linux-related HOWTOs, FAQs, guides, and other docs...
• ThinkGeek. A great store for all things geeky...
• CopyLeft. More great geek-wear for sale...
• Electronic Frontier Foundation. Defending your rights online... If you're not already a member, you should be ashamed of yourself!

Programming-Related Sites

• Unix Sockets FAQ Forum. The newest incarnation of the great Unix Sockets FAQ... A great place to go for questions on network programming...
• Sweet Code. Links to various particularly cool pieces of software...
• FreshMeat. Links to almost every piece of software there is! ;-)
• International Obfuscated C Code Contest. Examples in how NOT to code... ;-)
• Wotsit's Format. A great collection of information about the format of various types of files, as well as other useful programming info...

Security-Related Sites

• RISKS-LIST. A moderated digest of discussions about the risks of computing...
• LinuxSecurity. Linux-specific security news and info...
• SecurityFocus. A general security news site, and hoster of several great mailing lists, including the famous BugTraq...
• WhiteHats. Another security news site, and also home of the wonderful arachNIDS database of NIDS signatures...
• Packet Storm. A very comprehensive security site, with links to countless papers, documents, and programs related to securing your system and/or breaking its security...
• 2600. A good (paper) magazine with an undeservedly poor reputation... Subscribe, and give them your support!
• Phrack. The best online security magazine there is...