Some Links

EDUCATION (with a STEM focus)

Scratch, a visual programming language from MIT. Great fun.

Scratch is for Educators. Teachers, consider using Scratch in your classroom.

ScratchED. Resources and forums for educators using Scratch.

eGFI, resources for STEM education. There is a huge amount of good material on this site.

NEWS and ACTIVISM

Frontline: some of the best journalism on TV

Oxfam America Creating lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice

The Nature Conservancy Saving the last great places

The Access Fund

National Parks Conservation Association

The Sierra Club

Human Rights Watch

Union of Concerned Scientists

PBS (A large site with tons of information)

Science Debate

RealClimate.org

PHOTOGRAPHY

DPReview.com

Photo.net

Rob Galbraith DPI

slrgear.com Camera lens tests, user reviews, camera accessory reviews

KenRockwell.com

BobAtkins.com Digital Cameras - Lens Tests - Canon News and Rumors - Canon EOS FAQ and more...

Digital Camera Reviews

Digital Camera Tracker

Camera Labs Digital Camera, Digital SLR and Lens Reviews, Workshops, News

PopPhoto's HowTo Arhive: The Best Photography Tips, Tricks and Tools Anywhere in the World - PopPhoto

SportsShooter.com Sports Photography and Photojournalism for Professional Photographers and Photography

Nature Photographers

Norman Koren photography: images and tutorials

Complete Digital Photography

Digital Photography Tutorials (Cambridge In Color)

Digital Photography School Digital Photography Tips for You

The Luminous Landscape

photoSIG

PHOTOGRAPHY: Tools

HDRsoft - Photomatix Create and tone map HDR images

hugin Panorama photo stitcher

Paint Shop Pro I use this image editor because it's more full-featured than Photoshop Elements but doesn't cost as much as Photoshop CS. I find Paint Shop Pro to be a very annoying program, but I'm not paying $600+ for Photoshop.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Misc Techniques

The Orton Effect

HUMOR

The Onion: "Tu Stultes Es." America's finest cultural, social, and political commentary.

SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY LINKS

Space Weather Aurora forecasts, sun spots, etc.

SpaceFlight Now

SSEC Real Time Data of weather, volcanoes.

MAGAZINES

Climbing Since 1970

Rock and Ice

National Geographic

National Geographic Adventure

Scientific American

Economist

The Atlantic (aka Atlantic Monthly)

OTHER

Merriam Webster Word-of-the-day. Improve your vocabulary. Dictionary, thesaurus, etc.