Reference

• AltaVista's Translation program -- a great tool for when you run into a site in Italian or German (or a number of other European languages)
• World Wide Web Consortium -- they've information about different web technologies and tools to check your web pages
• dictionary.com -- an English dictionary: possibly not the finest on the web, but the easiest to find

Entertainment

• IGN Dreamcast -- Imagine Network's latest about the Sega Dreamcast console
• EverQuest -- Sony's massively multiplayer online game
• RPG Net -- a site about the role-playing game industry
• The Onion -- America's Finest News Source
• The Daily Illuminator -- info about Steve Jackson Games and other strangeness

Business

• Amazon.com -- great prices, selection, and reliability; questionable ethics
• Advanced Book Exchange -- search for used books from dozens of book sellers