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Magnetic Induction Cooktops
Amateur (ham) Radio
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
High Performance Computing (HPC)
PC/104, PC/104+, and PCI/104
Lithium Polymer Batteries
Compression Code
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) a.k.a. Concrete Foam
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion
Hot Rods and Kit Cars
Geothermal
Interesting Sites and Organizations
Vendors and Companies
San Antonio New Housing Developments
Metal Roofing and Buildings
Rings =:)
Honeymoon and Travel =:)


Magnetic Induction Cooktops

Kenmore
Wolf
Viking Range
Cooktek
The Induction Site

Amateur (ham) Radio

Wikipedia Amateur Radio
American Radio Relay League
Ham Radio Outlet
Amateur Electronic Supply
AMG Hummer ICOM Install
AC6V's Amateur Radio Site
Giga Parts and Electronics Supplies
DX Zone
Radio Reference has tons of frequency information.
EHam has practice tests.

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)

FPGA Journal
FPGA CPU News
FPGA FAQ
FPGA Arcade
Open Cores hosts IP cores for PLDs.
Xilinx is a leading FPGA PLD manufacturer.
Altera is a leading FPGA PLD manufacturer.
Actel is a leading FPGA PLD manufacturer.
Lattice Semiconductor is a leading FPGA PLD manufacturer.
Mentor Catapult C is a C to HDL compiler.
Electronics Daily News
Electronics Computer Magazine
Discover Circuits
Machine Vision Online
Automatic Color Adjustments
White Balance Tutorial

High Performance Computing (HPC)

SRC Computers makes MAP processors that allow C or Fortran code to run in a combination hardware/software methodology. Their solution is made of a Linux box and multiple Xilinx FPGAs.
Nallatech makes high performance computing boards from Xilinx FPGAs.
Clear Speed makes SIMD processors and processing boards for Windows and Linux.
World Scape creates massively parallel high performance computing (HPC) solutions.
Mercury Computing Systems makes HPC boards.
Alpha Data makes FPGA based HPC boards.
IP Flex makes FPGA based HPC boards.
SBS Technologies makes FPGA based HPC boards.
Celoxica makes C to FPGA tools.
Dinigroup makes FPGA based ASIC prototyping boards.
VMetro makes FPGA based HPC boards.
Hunt Engineering makes FPGA based HPC boards.
Xilinx LVDS Design Notes with application examples.

PC/104, PC/104+, and PCI/104

PC 104 Org
PC 104 Com
Tiny SBCs for Embedded Linux Projects has links to a bunch of cool projects.
Sensoray has pc104 frame grabbers.
Advantech has pc104 SBCs.
Tri-M Systems and Engineering has all sorts of pc104 boards.
Phytec has pc104 frame grabbers.
RTD PC104 frame grabbers.
AmpLTD PC104 frame grabbers.
MPI PC104 frame grabbers.
Embedded Video Capture on a Budget
DSPDesign PC104 frame grabbers.
Koala SBC and frame grabber.
PC104 Mini-cluster.
Parvus PC104 frame grabber.
Advanced Digital Logic makes PC104 SBCs.

Lithium Polymer Batteries

Plantraco Hobbies has several types of LiPo batteries and chargers.
Batteries America has LiPo batteries and chargers.
Robot Combat has LiPo batteries.
PowerStream has LiPo batteries.
Sanyo also makes LiPo batteries.

Compression Code

Kakadu Software provides a reference JPEG 2000 implementation.
Jasper is a reference JPEG 2000 implementation.
x264 is an open source GPL H.264 stream encoder.

Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) a.k.a. Concrete Foam

Safecrete carries all sorts of AAC building materials and has a lot of information about AAC.
http://www.babb.com/
http://www.demandproducts.com/aac.html
http://www.cement.org/homes/ch_bs_autoclaved.asp
http://www.curranaac.com/
http://www.texascontec.com/
http://www.litebuilt.com/

Motorcycle Fuel Injection Conversion

http://www.msdignition.com/1fuelmanagement.htm
http://www.keihin-us.com/
http://www.control.co.kr/dic/press_conv.htm
http://www.mikuni.com/
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-injection.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/horsepower.htm
Microchip PIC12F683 with PWM is the microcontroller that I am using for an ECU.
Fuel Injection Handbook
Harringtons FX has a lot of hot rod and aftermarket parts.
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/powersup.htm
http://www.unifilter.com is the foam air filter I am using.
Professional Products makes all sorts of fittings and parts for cars.
Mr Gasket makes everything from gaskets to fuel blocks.
Innovate Motorsports has AFR meters and sensors.
http://turbostore.com/
http://www.jegs.com has tons of parts.

Hot Rods and Kit Cars

Kit Car has links to all sorts of kit car makers.
Kit Car Profile has links to kit car makers.
Kit Cars is an online kit car sales forum.
Cutting Edge Composites makes some killer composite hot rod bodies.
Street Rod Stuff carries everything from engines to lights.
Ford Racing makes some great crate engines.
Factory Five Racing makes some great cobra replicas.
House of Kolor makes beautiful paints.
Jeg's has all sorts of hot rod parts from brakes to transmissions to engines.
TCI Automotive makes transmissions and torque converters.
Air Ride Technologies makes air springs and struts.

Geothermal

Flotec makes pumps.
Grundfos makes pumps.
Little Giant makes pumps.
AMT Pump makes pumps.
Shurflo makes pumps.
Econar makes geothermal heat pump systems.
Peltier Info has information about TECs.
Thermolyte is a MD based TEC producer.
Hitechtec is a PA based TEC producer.
Melcor is a NJ based TEC producer.

Interesting Sites and Organizations

Non-Tech

A Perfect Shine is run by friends and the shine really is perfect.
Jake The Black Lab is the loyal pet of Dan and Jen.
Nic Babb is a colleague and friend.
Craig's List online classifides is great.
Web Bike World has lots of reviews and articles.
Carlisle PA Fairgrounds has the best car shows around.
Google is one of my favorite search engines.
Yahoo is another one of my favorite search engines.
Central Contractor Registration is a must for anyone contracting with the government.
D&B handles registration for business reporting purposes.
BLIS is the business license information system for Maryland.
Choose Maryland has information about doing business in Maryland.
The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System helps pay estimated taxes.
The Comptroller of Maryland site has online estimated tax payments.

Tech

Dave's Site has some nice tutorials for html beginners.
Linux is my operating system of choice.
GNU provides a bunch of great tools for Linux.
Open Office is my office software of choice.
GIMP is my image editing software of choice.
Blender 3d is an excellent 3d modeling and animation tool.
Blender 3d Model Repository
Beowulf Linux Clusters are very useful and interesting.
LAM MPI is useful for parallel computing.
Terabeam Wireless has some useful RF web-based calculators.
The Linux Documentation Project has a wealth of knowledge.
Power Labs has some interesting high energy projects.
Discover Circuits has a bunch of schematics and projects.
All About Circuits has great information and examples.
SPICE is a great tool for circuit simulation.
Lumen Lab is the place to go for DIY projector info.
7-zip is a great GPL freeware utility for all your compressed archive needs.
MD5 Summer is a great MD5 checksum tool for Windows.
PDF Toolkit is a great GPL merge/split pdf tool.
BeCyPDFMetaEdit is a great tool for editing PDF metadata.
http://www.electronickits.com/ has tons of kits and projects.

Vendors and Companies

Electronics Parts

Radio Shack has all kinds of electronics and parts.
Mouser Electronics has a huge selection of parts.
Digikey Electronics has a huge selection of parts.
Allied Electronics has a huge selection of parts.
Parts Express has a huge selection of parts.
Luxeon makes all sorts of high power LED products.
Jameco has a huge selection of parts.
Anderson Power Products makes a selection of high-current interlocking power and signal connectors.

Electronics Devices

Hyperlink Technologies carries RF amplifiers, connectors, and antennas.
RF Linx carries RF amplifiers and connectors.
Teletronics makes RF converters and amplifiers.
HD Communications makes a variety of RF products and components.
Cell Antenna carries all sorts of cell phone antennas and boosters.
Alternative Wireless carries all sorts of cell phone antennas and boosters.
Sci-Bay carries new and used lab equipment.

Computers

Servercase.com carries high quality computer cases and power supplies.
Tiger Direct carries all kinds of computers and accessories.
Price Watch is a great place to look for computer parts deals.
Reseller Ratings is a great place to find computer deals and good resellers.
Logic Supply carries all sorts of DC to ATX PS and SBCs.
PFU Systems makes some very compact SBCs.
Meritline has computer media, parts, and laser toner.

Mechanical, Supplies, and Tools

Stock Drive Products Sterling Instrument makes drive products.
McMaster-Carr Supply Company has almost anything from bolts to tools.
Northern Tool and Equipment Company has tons of stuff from trailers to welders.
West Marine carries all kinds of boating supplies, fiberglass, and resin.
Campmor carries all sorts of outdoor equipment.
Enco is a huge parts distributor.
MSC Direct is an indurstrial parts supplier.
JJC and Associates makes drive products.
Belting Industries makes drive products.
Mectrol makes drive products.
CMT Co makes drive products.
Gates makes drive products.

Automotive

Quadratec carries everything for Jeeps and SUVs.
JC Whitney carries aftermarket car, truck, Jeep, and motorcycle parts.
Drag Specialties has parts for American motorcycles.
Old Bike Barn has parts for older motorcycles.
Harringtons FX has a lot of hot rod and aftermarket parts.
Parts N More has parts for older motorcycles.
Motorcycle Superstore has a big selection of cycle gear and parts.
Manufacturer's Supply carries parts for dirt bikes, small engines, and karts.

Cameras

Super Circuits has tons of video and security equipment.
Security Cameras Direct also has tons of video and security equipment.
Scanner Photography is pretty neat.
RF-Links Video Transmitters
Eye Spy Video

LED Lighting

Philips Lumileds Luxeon
Super Bright LEDs
Sunbrite LEDs
Gilway

San Antonio New Housing Developments

KB Homes
Legacy Homes
Armadillo Homes
Perry Homes
Medallion Homes
Ryland Homes
Highland Homes

McMillin BOYL Homes
Builder Map
My Keller Williams San Antonio
Blue Water Real Estate

My San Antonio
Gary Prendergast with Best Homes
Joyce Klein Realtors

Pulte Homes
Centex Homes
Lennar Corporation
Newmark Homes
Sitterle Homes
J.R. Howard Homes
David Weekley Homes
Riverview Homes
Greenboro Homes
Kimball Hill Homes
Plantation Homes
Standard Pacific Homes
Wilshire Homes

Metal Roofing and Buildings

http://www.muellerinc.com
http://www.rhinobldg.com
http://www.usmetalbuildings.com
http://www.txsteelbuildings.com
http://www.americansteelspan.com
http://www.steelspan.com
http://www.pac-clad.com
http://www.austinmohawk.com
http://www.pioneersteel.com
http://www.theironshop.com
http://www.miracletruss.com
http://www.heritagebuildings.com
http://www.steelmasterusa.com/

Rings =:)

Titanium Jewelry carries beautiful titanium and tungsten carbide rings and watches.
Tungsten Carbide Rings (heavy stone rings) custom made our tungsten carbide wedding rings.
Daniel's Jewelers also carries tungsten carbide rings.
Titanium Era carries titanium and tungsten alloy rings - not tungsten carbide.
Trew Tungsten makes tungsten carbide rings.
Wedding Rings is a Trew Tungsten online vendor.
Time Zone is a watch website with an article about tungsten carbide
Movado makes watches with tungsten carbide.

Honeymoon and Travel =:)

General

Trip Advisor is a great site with user reviews of resorts all over the world. This site was very helpful for determining our honeymoon destination.
Yahoo Travel has great articles, links, and rankings.
Yahoo Travel Top Romanic Getaways
Yahoo Travel Guides
Love Tripper All-Inclusives
Travel Zoo has great travel deals.
Go-Today also has great travel deals.
Apple Vacations has decent travel deals and is a huge travel agency.
The Knot Top 10 Romantic Resorts
Private Islands Online is a great site for day-dreaming material.
Expedia helped us book our honeymoon. Expedia had the best deal for our dates.

Mexico, Central, and South America

Palladium Resorts in Riviera Maya, Mexico, is where we went on our honeymoon. It was great.
Iberostar Resorts
Secrets Resorts
Sunscape Resorts
Palace Resorts
http://www.rivieramaya.com/
http://www.destinationsbelize.com/honey_sail.htm

St. Lucia and Carribean

Ladera had beautiful views from open-air rooms.
The Knot St. Lucia
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/carib.htm
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/vg.htm
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/au.htm
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/bora.htm
http://www.sandals.com/
http://www.peterisland.com/
http://www.biras.com/
The Knot Carribean Honeymoon Search
http://www.caribtravelnews.com/bah.htm
http://www.gobeach.com/

Bora Bora, Tahiti, and French Polynesia

http://www.boraboraisland.com/
http://pearlresorts.com/
http://www.boraboralagoon.com/
http://www.lemeridien-borabora.com/
http://www.hotelmaitai.com/
http://www.boraboraisland.com/edenbeach/index.html
The Knot French Polynesia Tahiti and Bora Bora
http://www.travelnow.com/index.jsp
http://www.tahitisun.com/index.html
http://www.travelersdigest.com/french_polynesia.htm
http://mai-moana-island.com/

Hawaii

http://www.hawaii.com/

Ibiza - Island off the coast of Spain

http://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/

Thailand Koh Samui - Tsunami?

http://www.sawadee.com/

Bali Indonesia - Tsunami?

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/idlarge.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/islands/au/bali.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/islands/au/balimapz.htm
http://www.bali-paradise.com/
http://www.indo.com/
http://www.balitourismauthority.net/
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191501632-bali_vacations-i

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