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Please enjoy these sites. I use them regularly or think they provide a lot of functionality.

Sites That Are Personal To Me:

www.imdb.com The quintessential movie site. Their cross-referencing is amazing.
news.google.com Great news aggregator from the geniuses at google.
maps.google.com Great mapping site from the google greats. This was the one of the first uses of ajax that really worked well.
www.starbucks.com Still in the java category, but the actual java. This is part of my daily ritual.
www.starbuckseverywhere.net One man's obsession. You have to admire his dedication.
www.quicksilverweb.net/sbucks/sbcharts.htm For all your starbucks information.

www.zeldman.com His book inspired me to create cross-browser sites.
www.alistapart.com Great Site on Web Development.
www.csszengarden.com Great Site on CSS Layouts.
www.ericmeyeroncss.com The CSS Master.
www.w3schools.com Great site for HTML / CSS reference.
www.glish.com/css Great css layout examples. I used the 3 column layout for this site.
www.joshuadavis.com The Flash Master.

www.java.net Sun's site on all the open-source happenings in java.
www.theserverside.com The site for all things server side.
www.jboss.com My favorite app server.
www.bea.com The app server I am currently using and have the most experience with.
www.eclipse.org The IDE I use. Everyone who uses it knows it rocks IntelliJ ;).

www.mozilla.com My favorite browser. All sites should render correctly in it if web developers only stick with web standards.
www.trillian.cc Instant Messager Client that connects to all the major services.
www.izarc.org Freeware compression application.
www.grisoft.com Free anti-virus software.
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware Find and kill spyware with this free application.