Useful Information
This section contains links to some very useful websites. Some of which you shouldn't be without!
General Reference:
If you use Mozilla Firefox 
, you can find the plug-ins to add search boxes for many of these items here
.
- onelook
extensive multiple dictionary search with summary and lots of additional links/features - dictionary.com
multiple dictionary search - thesaurus.com What's another word for Thesaurus?
- Acronym Finder
- brimming with TLAs! - OED
Oxford English Dictionary
- Yahoo! Maps
or MapQuest 
Both seem a bit optimistic on driving times - Weather
Network (NA)
, Environment Canada (CAN), or National Weather Service (US)
- Universal Currency Converter
Money, money money... (lyrics) - Measurement Unit Converter Great for converting Celsuis to Fahrenheit, Kilometres to Miles, Kilograms to Pounds, etc.
- Encylopedia Britannica
- Online Medical Dictionary Try checking by the first letter, as the search is very picky!
- Familiar Quotations
includes Bartlett's Quotations - How Stuff Works
you'll find answers to a *lot* of questions here! - Internet
Movie Database
Computers & Internet:
- Hoaxes virus hoaxes and explanations
- Symantec
Antivirus Center with Virus
Encyclopedia - SecurityFocus
includes Bugtraq - Answers That Work for Windows users
Languages:
- Dictionaries on the web (other languages)
- Languages
- Altavista's Babelfish translator
even Altavista has spelled Babelfish wrong before! - World
Lingo Translation
- Google's Language Tools search and translation
Searching:
- all-in-one search page
all-in-one search page -- find anything
- Google
and of course - Googlism
- All the Web
Good for advanced searching - News Groups find something that has been discussed on usenet
- Yahoo still the best for searching by categories
- Excite
- Lycos
- Webcrawler
- MetaCrawler
- Dogpile
FAQs and sites less general:
- An American's Guide to Canada alt
- Dave VE7CNV's Truly Canadian Dictionary of Canadian Spelling includes a comparison of Canadian, British & American English, as well as French and spanish
- Cornerstone's Canadian English Page
- Hockey Definitions Ya wanna go?
- Urban Dictionary
Miscellaneous stuff:
(Some of this stuff has been added by request.)- Annoyances.org the most complete collection of information assembled for and by actual users of Microsoft Windows
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Lieutenant
- Dispute Resolution à la Douglas Adams
A. Bunny
Editor-at-Large