General Cultural Resources

Computers

Internet Service Providers

• Earthlink - Adequate ISP
• BroadbandNow - List of Internet Service Providers by Zip Code
• HighSpeedInternet.com - List of Internet Service Providers by Zip Code
• ISP Ranking-Netflix - By Country

Internet Status

• ISP Outages - Select ISP then Click on map.
• Internet Traffic Report - Reports Traffic, Latency and Packet Loss} Worldwide.
• Site Traffic - Monthly Visits to any Domain
• Website Speedtest - Multiple tests of site load speed
• What Is My IP - Returns your IP address for use in Analyses
• Domain->IP - Converts any domain name to its IP address
• Traceroute - Time between your and other locations worldwide.
• WhoIs - Find out info concerning internet entities.

Internet Speed Tests

• DSL Reports Speed Test - One of the most comprehensive - pure HTML5
• DSL Reports Latency/Jitter Test - Tests destinations worldwide HTML5
• Test My Internet + - "Fast. Accurate. Reliable..." HTML5
• Internet Speed Test - Down, Up & Ping HTML5
• Ookla Speed Test - Lots of ads Test runs under Flash
• Ookla Speed Test Beta - Ookla site running under HTML5
• Speakeasy Speed Test - Selectable servers - another Ookla Flash site

Top Rated VPN Services

• Private Internet Access - "The most trusted name in anonymous VPN service"
• VPN Unlimited - "VPN Unlimited is a Cyber Security Vault"
• NordVPN - "The world's most advanced VPN"
• ExpressVPN - "#1 Trusted Leader in VPN"

Computer Benchmarks

• Mac Benchmarks - Geekbench Marks for All Macs
• GeekBench 5 Results - Mac, Windows & Linux - Geekbench 5 results for All Macs
• CPU BenchMark From PassMark Software
• Intel CPU Comparions Product Specs, not Benchmark
• Spec - The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)

Operating System Information

• Apple Computer
• Mac OS Vesrsions - Apple's OS X Versions.
• Mac OS Guide - Which OS supported by which Mac
• Xlr8yourmac Mac OS Support - Mac Accelerators.
• iOS - iPhone, iPad
• List of iOS support vs device - Wikipedia.
• Unix
• UNIXhelp for Users
• Python - Great online Python Scripting course
• Perl5 - Good list of Perl Tutorials

Supercomputer Sites

• NCSA - The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at Urbana, IL.
• Cornell Center for Advanced Computing - Supercomputer Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
• PSC - The Pittsburg Supercomputing Center at Pittsburg, PA.
• SDSC - The San Diego Supercomputer Center at San Diego, CA.
• OSC - The Ohio Supercomputer Center in Columbus, OH.
• HPCWire - The latest news in supercomputing.

Vendors

• Dell Computer - Comprehensive online quotes and ordering
• MAC Lookup - WireShark MAC address lookup tool