Links To Some Neat Places 

Google Search - The best search engine around 

Canada.com - New, Weather Service 

Generally Useful Stuff 

efunda - Engineering Fundamentals Information 

This site is amazing.  Its got 30,000 pages of engineering info! 

(To use this site ... set your internet explorer "privacy" setting to Medium High.) 

Engineers Toolbox - All sorts of interesting stuff and a great web based engineering tool (Thanks Brian). 

Industrial Design Images - Some of these designs are really wild. 

Soda Construction - Build wild dynamic creations. 

Design Information - A wild and rich source of design information.  Explore this site. 

Patent Search Sites 

US Patent Office - The best place to search for patents. 

Free TIFF Viewer - You will need to install this to see the images of the patents you've found.  Its free and easy. 

Delphion Research Patent Database - Another good patent search site

(username: spauldingw, password: mech) 

Programming 

Java Tutorial - This is a great source of Java programming information. 

Java Again - Another good Java tutorial site. 

Galaxy Song

galaxy song (Monty Python) - it will make you feel better.  Excuse the units.