Tom Bachmann's Favorite Places

Quick Links

• Ask Me Site for questions and expert answers. Yes, I'm one of the top experts.
• HickoryTech Webmail Login For HickoryTech customers only. By the way, DSL Rocks!
• HickoryTech SPAM filter A pretty decent spam filter.
• Joke-A-Day Must visit daily!
• Domain Administrator Login Screen for DCDance.org
• WebMail Login Screen for DCDance.org
• Local stuff at The City of North Mankato and ISD77: Mankato Area Schools
• Traveling? check out the Minnesota Road Traveler Information Service
• If you have shockwave installed, you can play this FLASH game. Also, you have got to see the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Internet Portals

• iWon
• excite
• Yahoo!

Shopping Time!

• My favorite "Toy" store, now open in Mankato (I already bought a computer there!) is Best Buy Online
• Retail discount store Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• The best local computer store is Que Computers.
• I still miss shopping at Egghead.com. Chapter 11 has claimed them, but they are now part of Amazon.com.
• Find the best price online without having to surf everywhere. Go directly to CNet Shopper
• Most low price searches come up with McGlen Micro
• Many computer and electronics bargains found at eCost.com and Buy.com
• You can find almost anything at eBay Auctions

Engineering Resources

• Want to identify the markings on the IC? Go to IC-ID : Integrated Circuit Identification
• Want to know what that Acronym is? Go to Glossary of Terms
• Have questions about ASCII characters? Go to ASCII Chart and Other Resources
• The embedded processor world is at EG3: Electronic Engineering Net Resources
• Other embedded control info at Embedded.Com
• Lots of electronics and industry info at ChipCenter
• The most complete source for components is Digi-Key
• One source for a wide variety of geeky stuff is Don Lancaster's GURU'S LAIR home page
• And, of course, don't forget Intel
• All the best microcontroller links are posted at 8051 - 8052 Microcontroller Resources
• Control industry portal Control.com
• Tech Expo - TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
• 8051 - 8052 microcontroller reference 8052.com

Weather

• Weather Underground: Mankato, Minnesota Weather Forecast
• Accuweather : Local Weather
• Weather.com - Local Weather - Mankato, MN

Travel

• Just about every travel resource can be found at Travelocity
• Look for a place to stay at List of hotels, plus associated links
• Minnesota tourism info http://www.exploreminnesota.com/
• If you fly Northwest, check flight schedules and prices at WorldWeb Reservations
• Cheap Tickets
• Travelscape Home - Travelscape.com - discount hotel air fare packages reservations
• 1travel.com saves travelers up to 70% on flights, hotels, cruises and more.
• TRAVELSITES.COM | Click Here. Go Anywhere

Financial

• Check my mutual funds at Scudder Investments
• Check my 401k at The Principal Financial Group Home Page
• Why wait for your monthly statements? Download them from Discover Card Account Center
• The BRAVO® Card Service Center
• On-line banking at Norwest Online - Now at Wells Fargo
• Get a card from Citibank and use virtual card numbers for safe on-line shopping.

Internet Search Engines

• Cyber 411 - Fifteen Search Engines, One Query.
• LookSmart - exploring LookSmart
• InfoSpace - The Ultimate Directory
• WebCrawler Searching
• Yahoo!
• Infoseek
• Electron Search -- A Better Way to Search!
• All the Web, All the Time - Search
• AltaVista Search: Main Page
• MonsterCrawler.com - The Monstrous Search Tool
• BigBook
• Switchboard Home Page
• WhoWhere? E-mail Addresses
• Four11 Directory Services

Webmaster Resources

• The center of the internet universe at the InterNIC
• Look up domain name registration info at Web Interface to Whois
• Web Site Garage
• Web Site Garage - Improve Your Web Site
• Search Engine Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission
• Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
• Webmaster HTML code help - NetMechanic web tools fix broken html tags and links.
• Netcraft Web Site Finder

Other Internet Resources

• 80x51 Webring
• Too much spam at Yahoo! mail? MSN down again? Use NETSCAPE WEBMail
• Get a permenent fax number, then have it e-mailed to you via eFax.com Service by eFax.com
• Slashdot:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.

A few places worth checking out

• The recommended local ISP here in town is Internet Connections, now owned by HickoryTech
• The local phone company ISP is MCTC Internet, now HickoryTech Internet
• The other local ISP is Prairie Lakes Internet
• A great place for finding people is 555-1212.com. Unfortunately, searches are no longer free.
• Usually way better than Dave, sometimes on the lame side, top five

More places worth checking out

• Amazing Web translation from Digital AltaVista: Translations
• The One, The Only Green Day
• Local and national ticket info Ticketmaster
• Not just for geeks anymore The Dilbert Zone
• Mankato State University Linux Users Group