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Google (Images, Maps, News, Shopping),
Phoenix Forums -- Phoenix Forums since the split from Fur Affinity,
SANS ISC -- Internet Storm Center at SANS,
Thornton 2 Library,
Weasyl (ArielMT),
YouTube.

Start Center Project

About the Start Center Project,
Thornton2.com Start Center.

Supported Causes

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [W],
Electronic Frontier Foundation [▣|W],
FreeRice [W].

Start Center Categories: Art Boards, Blogs, Blogs: Defunct, Charities, Computing: Apple, Computing: Customization, Computing: Linux, Computing: Microsoft Alternatives, Computing: Retrocomputing, Computing: UNIX: SGI IRIX, Computing: Unix: BSD, Computing: Windows, Download Warehouses, Finance and Money Matters, Food and Fun, Forums, Furry Fandom, General Interest, Hacking, Image Boards, Internet Infrastructure and Liberty, Internet Security, Internet Tools, Internet Toys and Games, Learning, Media: Podcasts, Media: Radio, Media: Video, News, News: Technology, News: Weather, Pets and Pet Care, Politics and Government, Search Engines, Shipping Carriers, Social Networking, Sports, Start Portals, Web Comics, Web Development Tools, Web Tools, Wiki Wiki Web.

Art Boards

DeviantArt [▣|W],
Fur Affinity [Wf],
Weasyl [Wf].

Blogs

90 Percent of Everything [▣] -- User Experience Design, Research & Good Old Fashioned Usability,
Blind Access Journal [▣] -- Advocating full participation through equal accessibility.,
The Cheezburger Network [W] -- Home of the 'I can has cheezburger?' meme.,
CircleID [☎|▣] -- Breaking news, Opinions and Blogs,
The Daily WTF [▣|W],
Engadget [▣|W],
Hack a Day [▣|W],
Kevin Kelly [W],
Least Helpful [▣],
PostSecret [▣|W].

Blogs: Defunct

43 Folders [▣|W] -- Merlin Mann's 43 Folders: Time, attention, and creative work,
My Digital Life [▣] -- My Digital Life: Living Digitally and Electronically,
SiliconBunny [▣],
The Unofficial Apple Weblog [▣].

Charities

ASPCA [W] -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Charity Navigator [W],
GuideStar [W].

Computing: Apple

Apple Downloads [▣],
Low End Mac: Worth It! [▣],
The Unofficial Apple Weblog [▣].

Computing: Customization

LiteStep.info (LiteStep.net) [W],
Shellfront.

Computing: Linux

Debian, the Uiversal Operating System [W],
DistroWatch [▣|▣|▣|▣|▣|▣],
Linux at Livermore,
Linux Distribution Chooser [№].

Computing: Microsoft Alternatives

Computing: Retrocomputing

Click Here Software Co. -- Click Here Software Co. (Wayback Machine snapshot: 2006-03-15),
Commodore Computers (Bo Zimmerman) (FTP) -- Commodore Computers "Commie web page -- Better red than IBM",
Commodore16.com [▣],
Erik S. Klein's Vintage Computer Collection,
ftp.funet.fi mirror at Commodore.ca -- ftp.funet.fi/pub/cbm mirror at Commodore.ca,
GEOS section at CBMFiles.com [W],
HPC:Factor (Windows CE Support Database) [▣|▣|▣|▣] -- HPC:Factor: The Handheld PC the Way It Was Meant To Be,
Low End Mac: Worth It! [▣],
Nekochan Net [▣],
Old-Computers.com Online Museum [▣|▣],
Patches and Update Guide for Windows (Win30, Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT35, WinNT4Server, WinNT4Workstation, Win2K) -- Patches and Update Guide for Windows and Windows CE (at HPC:Factor),
Plus4.OtherSi.de Directory,
Retromags,
SiliconBunny [▣].

Computing: UNIX: SGI IRIX

Nekochan Net [▣],
SGI,
SiliconBunny [▣].

Computing: Unix: BSD

DistroWatch [▣|▣|▣|▣|▣|▣].

Computing: Windows

LiteStep.info (LiteStep.net) [W],
Shellfront.

Download Warehouses

Apple Downloads [▣],
Download.com [W],
Free Software Foundation (FSF) (The GNU Operating System) [W],
FreshMeat [▣|W],
GetDeb [▣|▣|▣|▣|Wgd|W],
The Open Disc [▣|W|W],
Portable Apps [▣|W],
SourceForge.net [▣|W].

Finance and Money Matters

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (Consumer.gov, EConsumer.gov) [W],
Google Finance [W],
ICPEN [▣] -- International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network,
Internet Scambusters,
The Motley Fool [▣|W],
Ric Edelman (Edelman Financial, The Ric Edelman Show) [▣|▣|W],
U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission [▣|W],
Yahoo! Finance [W].

Food and Fun

Arby's [W],
Blake's Lotaburger [W],
Burger King [№|W],
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater [W],
Domino's Pizza [№|W],
Fox's Pizza Den [W],
Little Caesars [W],
McDonald's [№|W],
Ninja Burger [W],
Papa John's Pizza [W],
Peter Piper Pizza [W],
Pirate Pizza,
Pizza Hut [№|W],
Ramenbox,
Samurai Burger,
Sonic Drive-In [№|W],
Wendy's [W],
Yoshinoya [№|W].

Forums

Phoenix Forums -- Phoenix Forums since the split from Fur Affinity.

Furry Fandom

e621 [⚤|Wf],
Fchan [⚤|Wf],
Fur Affinity [Wf],
Furry 101 [▣],
The Furry Fandom [W|Wf],
FurryMap.net [▣|Wf],
Furryne.ws [▣|Wf],
FursonaPod [▣|▣|▣|Wf],
FurSpace [▣|▣|Wf],
Internet Furry Proximity Locator [Wf],
Phoenix Forums -- Phoenix Forums since the split from Fur Affinity,
Weasyl [Wf],
WikiFur [Wf].

General Interest

Bad Human Factors Designs,
Center for Internet Addiction Recovery [№|W],
Dark Patterns -- Dark Patterns: User Interfaces Designed to Trick People,
DHL (U.S.) [№|W],
FedEx [W],
Hack a Day [▣|W],
J R Stockton,
Kevin Kelly [W],
NaNoWriMo (ArielMT) [▣|W] -- National Novel Writing Month,
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) [W],
ShowInsider [▣],
United States Postal Service (USPS) [W],
UPS [W].

Hacking

Hack a Day [▣|W].

Image Boards

e621 [⚤|Wf],
Fchan [⚤|Wf],
Wakachan [⚤].

Internet Infrastructure and Liberty

CAIDA [▣|W] -- Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis,
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse (DMCA Counter-Notice Form) [▣|▣|W],
CircleID [☎|▣] -- Breaking news, Opinions and Blogs,
Electronic Frontier Foundation [▣|W],
Free Software Foundation (FSF) (The GNU Operating System) [W],
IANA [W] -- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority,
ICANN [▣|W] -- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers,
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) [W],
Internet Health Report,
The Internet Society [▣|W],
Internet Traffic Report,
Open Root Server Network (ORSN) [▣|W],
OpenDNS (System Status) [▣|W],
The OpenNIC Project [W],
Save the Internet [▣|W],
SaveNetRadio.org [№|▣],
Tor: Anonymity Online [▣|W],
Traceroute.org,
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) [▣|W].

Internet Security

AVG AntiVirus Free Edition [▣|▣|▣|▣|W],
The CCSS Forum -- The Common Computing Security Standards (CCSS) Forum,
Gibson Research Corporation (GRC) [W],
HPC:Factor (Windows CE Support Database) [▣|▣|▣|▣] -- HPC:Factor: The Handheld PC the Way It Was Meant To Be,
hpHosts Online and HOSTS File,
Internet Scambusters,
Malware Group,
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM) [W],
McAfee Site Advisor [W],
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) [№|W],
Norton Safe Web [№|W],
OpenDNS (System Status) [▣|W],
Patches and Update Guide for Windows (Win30, Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT35, WinNT4Server, WinNT4Workstation, Win2K) -- Patches and Update Guide for Windows and Windows CE (at HPC:Factor),
The Risks Digest [☎|▣|W],
SANS Internet Storm Center (SANS ISC) (Fallback) [▣|W],
SecLists,
VirusTotal [▣|W],
WOT: Web of Trust [W].

Internet Tools

Alexa Internet [W|W],
Google Maps [W],
Internet Archive [▣|W],
Mapquest [№|W],
Time and Date,
Time.gov [W],
What Time Is It,
Wikipedia [W],
Wolfram Alpha,
Yahoo Maps [№|W].

Internet Toys and Games

JigZone.com Jigsaw Puzzle Games [№],
Objection!.

Learning

Learn Morse Code (CW) Online (LCWO) [▣].

Media: Podcasts

FursonaPod [▣|▣|▣|Wf],
Ric Edelman (Edelman Financial, The Ric Edelman Show) [▣|▣|W].

Media: Radio

Digitally Imported (di.fm) [W] -- Digitally Imported: addictive electronic music,
Internet Archive [▣|W],
Shoutcast,
SomaFM [▣|W].

Media: Video

Apple Movie Trailers,
Atom,
Internet Archive [▣|W],
YouTube.

News

ABC News,
AccuWeather [▣|W],
AnonNews: Everything Anonymous,
Ars Technica,
BBC News,
CBC,
Digg,
Furryne.ws [▣|Wf],
Google News,
National Hurricane Center [▣|▣|W],
National Weather Service,
Network World [▣|W],
Slashdot,
Wikinews.

News: Technology

Ars Technica,
CircleID [☎|▣] -- Breaking news, Opinions and Blogs,
Digg,
Engadget [▣|W],
Hack a Day [▣|W],
HPC:Factor (Windows CE Support Database) [▣|▣|▣|▣] -- HPC:Factor: The Handheld PC the Way It Was Meant To Be,
Network World [▣|W],
Slashdot,
Web Host Industry Review.

News: Weather

AccuWeather [▣|W],
National Hurricane Center [▣|▣|W],
National Weather Service,
NOAAWatch,
The Weather Channel [☎|▣|W],
Weather Underground,
World Meterological Organization (WMO) (World Weather Information Service) [▣|W].

Pets and Pet Care

ASPCA [W] -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Feline Diabetes,
Your Diabetic Cat.

Politics and Government

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [W],
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse (DMCA Counter-Notice Form) [▣|▣|W],
Democratic Party [W],
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (Consumer.gov, EConsumer.gov) [W],
The House of Representatives,
ICPEN [▣] -- International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network,
Libertarian Party,
List of Political Parties,
National Do Not Call Registry,
National Hurricane Center [▣|▣|W],
National Weather Service,
NOAAWatch,
Pirate Party,
Portal: Government of the United States (Wikisource),
Republican Party,
The Senate,
U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission [▣|W],
United States Code [Ws],
United States Postal Service (USPS) [W],
US Government publications (Wikipedia) -- Publications of the United States government (at Wikipedia),
USA.gov,
The White House.

Search Engines

Bing,
DuckDuckGo [▣|W],
Google (Images, Maps, News, Shopping),
Google Finance [W],
Google Maps [W],
Google News,
Internet Archive [▣|W],
Multi-service image search (Alt),
Wikipedia [W],
Yahoo Search.

Shipping Carriers

DHL (U.S.) [№|W],
FedEx [W],
United States Postal Service (USPS) [W],
UPS [W].

Social Networking

FurSpace [▣|▣|Wf],
Identi.ca (StatusNet (software), ArielMT),
Twitter (MOf18202) [№].

Sports

Arena Football League [W],
CFL (Football) [W],
FIFA (Soccer/Football) (Women's World Cup, World Cup) [№|W|W|W],
List of Professional Sports Leagues,
MLB (Baseball) [№|☎|W],
MLS (Soccer/Football) [W],
NBA (Basketball) [№|W],
NCAA (College Sports) (Football, Basketball) [№|W],
NFL (Football) [№|W],
NHL (Hockey) [W],
WNBA (Basketball) [№|W].

Start Portals

Dvorak's Universal Home Page,
iGoogle,
Microsoft Start,
MSN,
The Start Center Project,
Yahoo.

Web Comics

StupidFox [▣],
The System.

Web Development Tools

Development PHP Code Testing,
A List Apart [▣|W].

Web Tools

A List Apart [▣|W],
UseIt [W] -- UseIt: Jakob Nielsen on Web Usability and Design,
Web Host Industry Review,
WebHosting Talk [▣],
WebScale,
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) [▣|W].

Wiki Wiki Web

WikiFur [Wf],
Wikipedia [W].

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