Bookmarks

Computer/Linux Stuff

Erik's Linux page
http://www.macena.com, good computer and component shop in Massachusetts.
Mathtools.net, scientific computing stuff with a heavy matlab emphasis.
Pine home page, a text-based email client.
Pragmatic Version Control, good cvs book
Vi editor and its clones. Page isn't so great, but kept for completeness' sake.

Real Estate

Bank of America bank-owned homes.
Best Rate Mortgage, a mortgage lender in CT with mortgage products that allow for high leverage.
Boston Landlord and Investor Group
Buybiz.com, businesses for sale.
Cheapsigns.com, cheap bandit signs.
Connecticut Apartment Association
Connecticut Property Owners Association
Creative Home Solutions, a creative real estate investing group in Massachusetts.
CRE Online Radio

CRE Online Radio, Archive
Dataquick, an Information Service Provider.
David Radio, David Finkel's Real Estate Internet radio show.
David Finkel radio archives
Ditech.com, free appraisal estimate. Click on ``New Purchase,'' then on ``Free eAppraisal.'' Not a bad service for the few homes I checked out with it. Has problems with condos with apartment numbers in the addresses, though.
Foreclosurefreesearch.com, a foreclosure web site.
Foreclosures.com
ForeclosuresMass, Foreclosures in Massachusetts.
Forsalebyowner.com, a FSBO web site.
Freddie Mac, one of the big gov't agencies. Has interesting economic/housing/mortgage reports once in a while.
Government Auctions web site. Kind of annoying; they want money before you can sample their content. But anyway, might be interesting for some time in the future.
HomeGain Promises free comps, but free reg req'd. Haven't tried it out yet.
Home Price Check Looks like a good site for getting recent sales data. Requires free reg.
Home Town Locator, for finding out info about US cities/towns.
Infocenter, supposedly a tenant credit check service. Website is under construction, but they have an 800 number: 800-462-3033.
Info Center, for credit/background screening of potential tenants.
Inman News, real estate news site.
Institute of Real Estate Management
Institute of Real Estate Management, Connecticut Chapter
Integrity Home Buyers, investment outfit in Springfield, OH. Alan Cowgill from them spoke at the 4/19/2004 CTREIA meeting on raising money from private investors.
Investor Pro, professional web sites for real estate investors.
IRS forms in pdf format on the web.
W-9 form
Kevin Song Homes, website of an agent local to the Boston area. Referred by a friend at work, haven't spoken with him. Keeping the link here out of general packrat principles.
Magneticsigns.com, cheap, good quality magnetic signs
Marc Gottesdiener, Multi-service Connecticut real estate firm
Market Pro, an Information Source Provider. For Colorado and Nevada, I think.
Melissa Data, has lots of data about US zip codes, area codes, etc.
National Apartment Association
Netronline, Real Estate Information and Public Records Research. Can use to find contact info for County Recorders.
Netscape Home Appreciation Report, only reports in metropolitan areas but good for what it does.
NoteWorld a FSBO site that focuses on owner-carry financing. Looked interesting.
Owners.com, a FSBO web site.
RealEstatePromo.com, good web site, esp. for the street signs
Subprime lenders:
Countrywide, prime and sub-prime
IndyMac
New Century Financial
NovaStar Financial
Saxon Capital
Tenant Stream, recommended for finding Rent-to-Own tenant buyers. (Use ref code 0767, 1234, or creoffer.)
Trak-1, for screening potential tenant buyers for credit/criminal/etc. Ask for Steve or Kelly, 1-866-GO-TRAK1.
United Multi-Family, markets small apartment buildings in the New England area.
Vision Appraisal, online assessor's database.
Yahoo! Home Values, for getting comps. I haven't found them to be very good, but it's still a resource to try.
Yahoo! Neighborhood Profiles

Space Stuff

alt.space, supposed to be a gathering place for space enthusiasts, but seems relatively deserted to me.
AstroExpo
Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, a big amateur astronomy club.

ATMOB's clubhouse
Blue Origin, a mysterious Seattle-based aerospace company.
Cleardarksky.com, has detailed forecasts for stargazing in various locations.
Coalition for Space Exploration
Colony Fund
Constellation Services, International
CubeSat
Eastern Massachusetts ARRL, ham radio stuff
GPSoft, Satellite Navigation and Data Processing software for matlab.
International Space University
Island One Society (ISDC info)
Lunar Transportation Systems
Maestro, public version of the software used to interact with the NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Michael Belfiore, author of The Entrepenauts
Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility, software used by NASA to locate and communicate with its interplanetary and other spacecraft.
NEAF
New Mexico Office for Space Commercialization
Orbital Recovery
President's Commission on Moon, Mars, and Beyond
ProSpace
Quasar Chile, astronomy trips to Chile
Roger Balettie, former FDO within NASA
Rocket Racing League
Leading Edge Rocket Racing, a RRL team
Share Space, Buzz Aldrin's foundation
Space Generation Foundation
Spaceflight Now
Space Future, website by Patrick Collins, a British economist
Spaceport Associates
SpaceRef
Spacetoday.net
Space Transportation Association
SpaceVest
Space Walk of Fame Museum
Surrey Satellite Technology
Tonopah Star Trails, town in Nevada with very dark skies.
Transterrestrial Musings
X Prize News
Zero-G Zero Gravity Experience

Other Stuff

Amerasian Childfind
Desiderata
Fourmilab
President Match, gives you a questionnaire about the issues, and recommends a which presidential candidate you should vote for, based on your answers.
TheraDate