The IMDB | A good place to go to when you need to know the particulars about a movie. |
Camera Theaters | The Towne Theater in Santa Clara had a Hong Kong Movie Festival every other Monday and Tuesday. That was a long time ago, but they still get a link, because they're cool. |
Joel on Software | Joel has some experience at Microsoft, and has many informed insights in the software industry. |
Vox Machina | One of many sites developed by the winged anime girl, Zannah. |
USS Clueless | Steven Den Beste's excellent but copious writings on everything, with emphasis on science, electronics and stock. |
The Heidi FAQ | A nice counter-example to Den Beste's writings. All you need to know in four lines. |
Penny Arcade | One of the best and most consistent web comics. |
Herb Sutter | Convener of the ISO C++ Standards committee & architect of Visual C++ for Microsoft. |
Open Dynamics Engine | A freeware rigid body physics engine. Cool. |
Gamasutra | A good starting-off point to find articles and source for state-of-the-arts programming techniques. |
The Code Project | Some redundancy with Codeguru, but still worth checking out for general programming needs. |
Data Structures | Handy data structures for rigid-body physics. |
Steering Behaviour | The Boids man, Craig Reynolds, writes up some cool observations about steering behaviour for autonomous characters. |
Math World | Lucky for us, Eric Weisstein's Math World is back online after a year away due to legal issues. A very handy resource, especially for games programming. |
Conversations | Conversations with a Guru, by Herb Sutter and Jim Hyslop. An entertaining read if you want to mix your C++ arcanae with Science Fiction. Buy Herb Sutter's books, too. |
Digital Foundry | A very well-rounded site that provides tips for your image creations. |
State of Entropy | Another well-rounded site with lots of tips. |
Chinese Poker | This is a fun card game that's easy to learn. Suits don't matter, so it's easier to learn than Big Two. |
Big Two | (Choi Dai Di, or Da La Er) A very simple and fun four person card game. Here's a backup link. |
Dominoes: 42 | An easy to learn and very fun dominoes game. |
Animated Chinese Characters | This sites shows the proper stroke sequence for many common Chinese characters. |
How Stuff Works | Marshal Brain's "How Stuff Works" website is an excellent starting point when you want to look into how an everyday item really works. |
Rosie | Rosie VanHerp, a friend from Pinnacle Systems, where I work. |
Ted | Ted Pederson, another climber/father. One of my best friends since college. |