Lonnie DeCloedt's Favorite Links

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Some of my favorite web sites

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(Please see the bottom of this page before requesting to exchange links)

Discussion sites:

Canon Digital Photography Forums -- Discussions about Canon digital cameras
Fred Miranda's Forums -- Photo tips & tricks
PBase Forums -- Forums for the popular photo sharing site
Neat Image Forum -- Help and tips for the Neat Image software

SoCalHikers Yahoo! Group -- Great group of people in the Southern California area
Desert Hiking and Camping Yahoo! Group -- A new group started by Kathy, one of the SoCalHikers group members
San Gorgonio Wilderness Association Bulletin Board -- Topics related to the San Gorgonio Wilderness
OutdoorReview Forums -- Various outdoor related topics
Backpacker Forums -- Backpacking help and tips
SummitPost Message Board -- General world-wide hiking discussions
Mount Whitney Forum -- Mount Whitney, the Sierra Nevada and other California mountains
Whitney Portal Store's Message Board -- Topics related to Mount Whitney (requires login)

Find-A-Grave Forums -- Grave location discussions from the Find-A-Grave web site
Find-A-Grave Yahoo! Group -- Another Find-A-Grave forum, but not run by them
Hollywood Underground Yahoo! Group -- Talk about celebrity final resting places

RRBBS Discussion Group -- An informal bulletin board with a bunch of my friends
University of Iowa Student Computer Association BBS -- A nice TELNET bulletin board system with a variety of topics to choose from (I have no affiliation with the school)
Full List of BBS Clients -- Or, use one of these client programs to connect to ISCA. I use the Roady & Dox client.
MyMotherLode Forums -- Discussions about my favorite part of the state.
MousePlanet's MousePad -- Disney related topics and discussions.

Reference sites:

PhotoZone -- Surveys, ratings and reviews of cameras and lenses
Nature Photographers Online Magazine -- Online magazine for nature photographers
NatureScapes -- A nature photography resource
Canon U.S.A. -- Canon cameras
Olympus America, Inc. -- Olympus cameras
Dan Heller Photography -- Dan Heller, professional photographer. I want his job! (Ok, so it isn't a reference site. I just couldn't figure out where else to list it.)
Steve's Digicams -- Reviews and specs for all of the latest digital cameras on the market.
Worth 1000 -- Photoshop tutorials

Garmin -- Makers of great GPSr devices (I own a Garmin eTrex Vista and Vista C as well as a Forerunner 201)
Peakware -- Info about mountains throughout the world
Hikes in the San Gabriel Mountains -- Routes and descriptions of hikes in the Los Angeles area
SummitPost.org -- World-wide mountain and hiking info
Angeles National Forest -- Official site of the Angeles National Forest
San Bernardino National Forest -- Official site of the San Bernardino National Forest
Los Padres National Forest -- Official site of the Los Padres National Forest
El Dorado National Forest -- Official site of the El Dorado National Forest
Inyo National Forest -- Official site of the Inyo National Forest
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit -- Official site of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Sequoia National Forest -- Official site of the Sequoia National Forest
Tahoe National Forest -- Official stie of the Tahoe National Forest

Highway 395 -- Things to do and see along Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierras
TravelWeb -- Air, hotel and rental car reservations
Ghost Towns -- Detailed information on ghost towns throughout the U.S.
Dog Friendly -- A compendium of travel guides and info for dog owners
Cheapo Vegas -- Handy reference for resorts in my favorite city, Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Shows and Entertainment -- Find something to do while in Vegas and get your tickets here
California Ghost Gowns -- Info on ghost towns to be found throughout California
Ghost Town of the Month -- Info on ghost towns to be found throughout Arizona
Yosemite -- What to see and do in Yosemite
California Highway Info -- Caltrans highway information and closures
Bubba's Diner -- A restaurant in San Anselmo (near San Fransisco), owned by fellow POTN member Dante King

Find-A-Grave -- Find the burial location of your favorite celebrity or ancestor
Find A Death -- Death and burial details about the famous
The Dead People Server -- Wondering if "what's his name" is still alive? Check here to find out
Who's Alive and Who's Dead -- Another site to see if someone famous has checked out yet
Dead or Alive? -- Yet another site to research if someone famous has passed on or not
Celebrity Death Beeper -- Sign up for their mailing list to be notified when someone famous passes on

Internet Movie Database -- A wealth of information about movies, TV shows and the people who star in them
NOAA National Weather Service -- Weather forecasts, including mountain areas
The Union -- Western Nevada County (California) newspaper
Mountain Democrat -- California' oldest newspaper, serving Placerville in El Dorado County, CA

Shopping sites:

B&H Photo and Video -- Popular New York based camera store
Samy's Camera -- Popular Los Angeles based camera store
Adorama -- Another New York camera store
Canoga Camera -- Another Los Angeles area camera store
Hooper Camera & Imaging -- A Los Angeles area camera chain
Isgo Lepejian Custom Photo Lab -- A Los Angeles area professional film/digital processing lab
A&I -- Another pro lab and framing service
Filter Connection -- Great source for camera filters of all kinds
Thomas Distributing -- Batteries for all needs
New Egg -- Excellent place to get memory cards and much more
Aaron Brother's -- This is where I go for all my framing needs
NatureScapes -- A variety of photographic accessories.
Printed Big -- Have your pictures printed on canvas stretched over wooden frames.

REI -- Outdoor apparel and gear
REI Outlet -- Even better bargains from REI
Adventure 16 -- Outdoor apparel and gear
Campmor -- Outdoor apparel and gear
Sport Chalet -- Outdoor apparel and gear
Mickie's Place -- Outdoor apparel and gear - I got my Garcia can here cheaper than anywhere else I've seen it
Ursack -- Home of the Ursack bear resistant food bags

Crocodile Tears -- This is where I got those bandanas Ashley is wearing in all those pictures
Three Dog Bakery -- Ashley was very picky about treats she likes, but she loves most things this place has
Dog Toys -- Dog toys and accessories
Cat Toys -- Cats gotta have toys too
Cat Connection -- Cat care tips and products
Doggles -- Sunglasses designed specifically for dogs
Dog-E-Tag -- Fancy electronic ID tags. That's what you see on Ashley's collar in many of the pictures of her.
Ruff Wear -- Clothing and gear for dogs who spend time outdoors.

Amazon -- Books, music, electronics and many other items
Techbargains -- Check here daily for the best prices on computer and electronics gear
Hot Deals -- Another frequently updated collection of deals on electronic gear

Software:

Breeze Systems -- BreezeBrowser and Downloader, two of my most often used programs
JAlbum -- Freeware Java based application for generating HTML slide shows. Much of the HTML for this site was created with it.
Adobe -- Makers of the ever popular Photoshop image editor
ACD Systems -- Home of ACDSee, my favorite image viewer
Mozilla -- You aren't actually using Microsoft's Internet Explorer to surf the web, are you?
TextPad -- Excellent text editor
Macromedia's Homesite -- Full featured web development editor
Neat Image -- Cleans up the noisy, grainy look from high ISO digital camera pictures
Eudora -- My email program of choice
PictureFlow -- Home of Archive Creator and Capture One
PalmSource -- Software for Palm based PDAs
National Geographic's Topo! -- Topo! Interactive Maps
Microsoft Streets & Trips -- It isn't often I recommend a Microsoft product, but this one is good!

Entertainment:

It's Your Turn -- Backgammon, Battleship, Chess, Checkers, etc. My id="decloedt"
Gold Token -- Backgammon, Battleship, Chess, Checkers, etc. My id="Thomas Canty"
Jig Zone -- Daily jigsaw puzzles. (Java required)

This Is True -- This Is True by Randy Cassingham
Bizarre News -- Home of the weird, strange and stupid news
Gopher Central -- Dozens of free mailing lists to choose from
TopFive -- Daily humorous "Top x" lists

The Corrs -- Three sisters and a brother from Ireland
Asleep At The Wheel -- Ray Benson's Western Swing band from Texas
Cindy Cashdollar -- Excellent Western Swing slide guitarist. She often plays with Asleep At The Wheel
Grateful Dead -- The official web site
Lampkins Family Band -- Excellent bluegrass band from Las Vegas, NV (Warning! This site plays music when it loads.)
The Dixie Chicks -- It's the Dixie Chicks. Need I say more? I guess I have a thing for good looking women who play the violin...
Pandora -- Part of the Music Genome Project, Pandora allows you to create radio "stations" of the types of music you like most. Awesome site!
XM Radio Online -- XM Satellite Radio that you can listen to online. An account is required, but a two week trial period is also available.
Coverville -- A great podcast featuring cover tunes. An iPod is not required to listen to a podcast! They are just mp3 files.
The Lascivious Biddies -- An all-girl jazz quartet from New York. They also have a podcast available.

Web Services:

MySpace -- A fun place to meet people. (Here is my profile page.)

Webshots -- Simple storage and display host. Free accounts available
PBase -- User customizable galleries. Very limited free trial available
Fotopic -- User customizable galleries. Free accounts available
Smugmug -- Photo and video storage site. I have no experience with them.

Fuitadnet -- Affordable hosting with tons of features and lousy support. This site is hosted by them.
IQS -- Quality hosting at slightly higher prices than most others

Other Personal Pages and Hiking Galleries:

Charles Hayden's Home Page -- East coaster who frequently hikes in the west coast
Chris and Marisa's Adventure Page -- A couple from the Whitney Portal Store's message board
DzrtGrls -- Women hiking, exploring and geocaching
Doug Hyde -- Family photos from the husband of one of my favorite long-time online game opponents
Glen Jones -- Personal site of a friend and former roommate of mine
Graphics by Celeste -- Custom graphics work by my friend Celeste Dolan-Mookherjee
Luck of the Draw -- My brother's band's site
Tarol's Webpage -- Carol Zeigler
- Altair2002 -- Altairsoar (Webshots)
- ASandyGal -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal03 -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal03b -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal03c -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal04 -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal04b -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- ASandyGal05 -- ASandyGal (Webshots)
- BrentCoe1 -- Brent Coe (Webshots)
- Calhiker -- Calhiker (Webshots)
- Digital Drifter -- Digital Drifter
- Mathewpics -- Glacier Jay (Webshots)
- HPSHiker -- HPSHiker (Webshots)
- KHiker -- KHiker (Webshots)
- MtFlyer2001 -- MtFlyer (Webshots)
- MtFlyer2002 -- MtFlyer (Webshots)
- MtFlyer2005 -- MtFlyer (Webshots)
- PCTPacker1 -- PCTPacker (Webshots)
- Kendworth -- PolarBear (Webshots)
- Kenworth0401 -- PolarBear (Webshots)
- Polarbear0301 -- PolarBear (Webshots)
- Polarbear0401 -- PolarBear (Webshots)
- Redondoscot -- Redondo Scot (Webshots)
- SDSierraHiker -- SDSierraHiker (Webshots)
- SnowDude2002 -- SnowDude (Webshots)
- Snow Nymph's Home Page -- SnowNymph
- 1SnowNymph -- SnowNymph (Webshots)
- 2SnowNymph -- SnowNymph (Webshots)
- 3SnowNymph -- SnowNymph (Webshots)
- SnowNymph -- SnowNymph (Webshots)
- SnowNymphjmt -- SnowNymph (Webshots)
- Trailho -- Snownymph (Webshots)
- Tarbubble -- Tarbubble (Webshots)
- Sierrabubble -- Tarbubble (Webshots)
- Desertbubble -- Tarbubble (Webshots)
- Tiocampo -- Tiocampo (Smugmug)
- Frank Farmer's Home Page -- Tiocampo
- Trailbunny2001 -- Trailbunny (Webshots)
- Trailbunny2004 -- Trailbunny (Webshots)
- Umpire1111 -- Trailslug (Webshots)
- Trailtrekker2000 -- Trailtrekker (Webshots)
- Trailtrekker2004 -- Trailtrekker (Webshots)
- Wingding0 -- Wingding (Webshots)
- Kathy Wing -- Kathy Wing (aka Wingding -- Smugmug)
- WLD2000 -- WLD (Webshots)
- WLD257 -- WLD (Webshots)

My policy on reciprocal links (aka link exchanges): I don't participate. I'm sorry, but I just don't. The links listed above on this page lead to pages I personally visit regularly and can recommend to others. I can't in good faith recommend sites I know nothing about and have never visited. If you would like to have a link to your site included here, feel free to send me email with your site's address. I will check it out and if it's one I find myself returning to often you just might find it listed here eventually (I do not require or request a link back). My standards are pretty strict though, so please don't feel offended if it doesn't happen.