Hot Links

Take a look at sites that can be considered to be the Dad’s Favorites. Some of these sites you have heard of, some you may never have heard of. I don’t necessarily endorse the content of any of the links on this page.

Disclaimer: I’ve tried to review the sites below. Some of the links may be outdated. Please use the links at your discretion

Sites

Join my Group on Facebook!

Facebook Group Site – This is my page for all things related to South Asian Culture and random ramblings.

Linked in Group – Professional Networking

Podcasts I listen to

• NPR: The Indicator, Planet Money, News Now, Ask me Another
• The Fat and Broke Podcast – This is the best non-commercial podacast
• All the Hacks
• Clark Howard
• Stuff You Should know
• Afford Anything
• The Daily by the New York times
• Wait Wait Don’t tell me!
• Dateline

Search Engines

Google –   or Bing – Microsoft Search Engine

Ask or Answers

My Yahoo on Yahoo

Social and Professional Networking:

Twitter    or FaceBook

Linked In –  for Professional Networking. If you want to develop a global network of contacts, regardless of what profession you are in, you must create an account here.

Google Orkut (In India)

Ning

Streaming Television/DVD/MoviesVideo:

Netflix – I can’t live without my Netflix, with all the originals, movies, this is the best $8 I spend every months.

YouTube – Mother of all video uploads 

Hulu

Images and Photography:

Yahoo Fickr

Google Images

Yahoo Images

Blogging

WordPress and/or Blogger

19 Blogs you should bookmark – From Inc. Magazine

News and Headlines:

Digg or Find Articles or Technorati

Wall Street Journal Online – Selected FREE articles from Wall Street Journal.

Reviews and Opinions:

Yelp – As opinionated as I am, I’m becoming more of an yelper person!

Shopping/Steals and Deals:

Deals Hunt  She finds (Deals for Women)

Discount Code

eCouponcodes

Gotta Deal – Why Pay Retail? On-line and retail steals/deals

Shopping Bizrate

PriceGrabber

SlickDeals

Woot

Coupons!

Retail Me Not  – This is one site that I use as well on my iPhone to find the best deals

Coupon Mom – I’m sure you have seen Coupon Mom on TV. Her money savings ideas are worth the trip to her site..

Wow-Coupons – This is my first stop when I’m in a hurry looking for a coupon (Staples especially). This site has matured to be an excellent site for brick and mortar couponing as well as on-line deals

Job and Career Related:

Monster Careerbuilder Dice

Indeed – Search by Zip Code

Simply Hired SnagAJob

Sologig – Independent Contracting

Employment Digest – News, tips and help for those that are looking for a job or need career guidance

Work Related Blogs – From Forbes list of work related blogs.  If you are looking for a job this is the place to start

Summer Jobs – If you have a teenager in your house who’s looking for a job this summer, the winter time is the best time to start looking for a job.  At this site learn the best job search strategies, developing resumes.

Links for South Asian

South Asian (Indian) Sites

Uncategorized:

Forbes Best of the Web – Start here and you can waste soo much time

Local – Local Businesses

Domain Tools

Doteasy – Domain Hosting

GoDaddy – Domain Registration

Stumble Upon – Find the best of the Web

Mozilla – Firefox, Thunderbird

Free Greeting Cards: Very Amusing/Funny  and  FREE eGreeting Cards

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