Web & Work-related Links

HTML reference pages

I never know when I'm going to need these, and it's a pain to get to them through NCSA, so this is a direct link.

Apache HTTP Server

When NCSA quit supporting their HTTPd server, they recommended installing Apache instead; and so do I.

Dictionaries and Thesauri

There are several of these online; here are a couple.

• WebDict ionary
  This is no ordinary dictionary -- every word in it is linked, not to a definition, but to a page on the web. Damncool.
• Webster's dictionary
• Thesaurus

Zip Code Directory

The unspeakably useful US Postal Service zip code lookup. It's so fast, it's almost magical. Finally, the Post Awful seems to have done something right!

UPS Package Tracking

Nuf said.

Switchboard - Nationwide phonebook

This is a great, free service -- 90 million names in a nice, fast online phonebook. If you're not in it, you can add yourself, and you can also modify your entry if you are in it. Beyond useful.

The HTML Writers' Guild

I'm a member. The main mailing list is fairly high-volume, signal-to-noise about 1:1, but interesting things can be gleaned from it.

CGI Scripts and form stuff

• Instantaneous Introduction to CGI Scripts and HTML Forms
• CGI Resources - tutorials, scripts, etc.
• CGI & Perl Tutorial
• Matt's Archive of CGI Scripts
• Perl-specific:
• Michael Peppler's Home Page
Source of all things pertaining to an indispensible Perl library: SybPerl. If you're connecting the Sybase dataserver and a web browser, this is a great way to do it (and Sybase probably won't love me for saying so, since "it wasn't invented here"...)
• CGI.pm - a Perl5 CGI Library
Documentation for this Perl library which I'm coming to like better than cgi-lib.pl
• Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm
Wiley-published book on CGI.pm
• Perl FAQ Index
• O'Reilly Perl Conference
• The Perl Language Home Page at Perl.com
• And, of course, the Programming Republic of Perl itself.
• the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network where pretty much everything you'd ever need related to Perl is.
• PERL -- Practical Extraction and Report Language
Perl man page(s)
• The cgi-lib.pl Home Page
• cgi-lib.pl is another collection of commonly-used routines for CGIscripts in Perl.

Sybase Homepage

And finally, something to prove I really do work for a living. The homepage of my company, containing links to some of my very own documentation! *rah*

Last updated: 2 Feb 1999