Here are a bunch of pages that I find useful, informative, or thought provoking. Note that a link here is not necessarily an endorsement. I read plenty of sites, especially political sites, which represent differing views from my own.
Friends & Family
Government
- Broadcastify (Public Safety and Other Audio Streams)
- Commonwealth of Virginia
- Loudoun County Mapping and GIS
- Loudoun County Public Library
- Loudoun County Sheriff
- Loudoun County Traffic Incidents
- Loudoun County, Virginia
- Loudoun County, Virginia, Ordinances
- National Hurricane Center
- NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- NTSB Aviation Accident Database
- Parks – Loudoun County
- Parks – National Park Service
- Parks – Northern Virginia Regional
- Parks – Virginia State Parks
- Public.Resource.Org
- Skywarn
- South Riding Proprietary
- State of the Union Addresses
- The National Map (USGS)
- U.S. Amateur Civil Emergency Service
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. National Weather Service
- U.S. President (White House)
- U.S. Senate
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Topographical Maps (USGS)
- USA.gov
- USGS Earthquakes
- USGS Topo Map Downloader
- Virginia 511 Web
- Virginia State Police
Groups and Associations
- American Radio Relay League
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
- Gun Owners of America
- Motorcycle Safety Foundation
- National Motorists Association
- National Rifle Assoc. Institute for Legislative Action
- National Rifle Assoc. Political Victory Fund
- National Rifle Association
- Skywarn
- Sports Car Club of America
- Sports Car Club of America (D.C. Region)
- The Reason Foundation
- U.S. Amateur Civil Emergency Service
- Virginia Citizens Defense League
Humor
Maps
News - General
News - Local
News - Nature and Weather
Non-Profits - Religious
- Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Relief Services
- Habitat for Humanity
- Institute of Catholic Culture
- St. Veronica Catholic Church
- The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
- The Diocese of Arlington
- The Manhattan Declaration
- The Society of St. Andrew
- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
- The Vatican (Holy See)
Non-Profits - Secular
Politics & Opinion
- Crisis Magazine
- Daily Kos
- Freedom in the 50 States (Mercatus Center)
- Hot Air
- Instapundit
- Intelligence Squared US (Debates)
- Jihad Watch
- JunkScience.com
- Michelle Malkin
- Pajamas Media
- Politico.com
- Real Clear Politics
- Reason.com
- The Hill
- The Huffington Post
- USA Today Opinion
- Watts Up With That?
- Whispers in the Loggia
Reference - General
- AirNav.com
- AllData DIY (Auto Manuals)
- Archive.org
- Archive.org Digital Books
- Broadcastify (Public Safety and Other Audio Streams)
- Data.gov
- FlightAware Flight Tracking
- Freedom in the 50 States (Mercatus Center)
- Khan Academy
- Loudoun County Public Library
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- MSN Money
- NTSB Aviation Accident Database
- Open Library
- OpenWeatherMap
- Project Guetenberg
- Public.Resource.Org
- RadioReference.com
- The Library of Congress
- The National Map (USGS)
- U.S. FedStats
- U.S. National Weather Service
- USGS Topo Map Downloader
- Wikipedia
- Wolfram|Alpha
Reference - Language
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- AP Stylebook (Subscription)
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (Subscription)
- MLA Style Center
- New Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary (Subscription)
- Reuters Handbook of Journalism
- The Chicago Manual of Style (Subscription)
- Urban Dictionary
- Webster's New World College Dictionary (AP Subscription)
- Wiktionary
- WordNet Lexical Database
Reference - Law
Reference - Religious
- Bible Gateway (many translations, mostly Protestant)
- Bible: Douay-Rheims (1752)
- Bible: Knox (English, Greek, and Latin; 1950)
- Bible: New American (1970)
- Bible: New Jerusalem (1985)
- Bible: Nova Vulgata (Latin, 1979)
- Bible: Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (1966)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- Catholic.org Saints Index
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview
- Islam: Hadith of Bukhari (Khan [1959] Translation)
- Islam: The Qur'an (Yusuf Ali [1934], Pickthall [1930], Palmer [1880], and Rodwell [1861] Translations)
- Judaism: Hebrew Scriptures (JPS Translation, 1917)
- Judaism: The Babylonian Talmud (Rodkinson Translation, 1918)
- Papal Encyclicals
- Patron Saints Index
- The Catholic Encyclopedia (1917)
- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Statements
Retail and Services
- Amazon.com
- APEX Cycle Education
- Crutchfield
- DreamHost
- ECS Tuning
- Keepgo (International SIM Cards)
- Kel-Tec
- Microsoft
- Mini
- Mossberg & Sons
- NewEgg.com
- NRA Headquarters Range
- Package Buddy
- Rock Auto
- Ruger
- Scanner Master
- Smith & Wesson
- Straight Talk Wireless
- Subaru
- Subaru Online Parts
- SubiMods.com
- United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
- Virginia Arms
Tech - Development
- Bing Webmaster Tools
- Bootstrap Framework
- DreamHost
- Forecast.io
- Git Version Control
- Google Webmaster Tools
- HeidiSQL
- JetBrains PHPStorm
- jQuery API Documentation
- jQuery JavaScript Library
- jQuery UI API Documentation
- jQuery UI JavaScript Library
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Notepad++ Editor
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenWeatherMap
- Oracle MySQL Reference
- PHP Documentation
- RegExr (RegEx tools)
- WinSCP
- WordPress
- WordPress Codex
- wxHexEditor
Tech - Distributed Computing
Tech - General
Tech - Hardware
Tech - Images and Art
- 1 Million Free Pictures
- Flickr Commons
- Gratisography
- New Old Stock (Free Vintage Photos)
- OpenClipArt
- PDPics (Public Domain Photos)
- Pickup Image
- Pixabay
- Public Domain Archive
- Public Domain Pictures
- Stock.Xchng
- Unsplash
- Viintage Free Vintage Graphics
- VladStudio Desktop Backgrounds
- Wallpaper Fusion
- Wikimedia Commons
Tech - Software
- 7-Zip
- Audacity
- Calibre E-Book Manager
- CHIRP Amateur Radio
- Display Fusion
- FreeScan
- Google Chrome
- Haiku Operating System
- MediaMonkey
- Mozilla Foundation
- NewsBlur
- Notepad++ Editor
- Pidgin IM
- PreSonus Studio One
- ProScan
- Syncovery
- The Document Foundation (LibreOffice)
- Ubuntu
- Vetusware (Abandonware)
- VMWare Player