Below are some of my favorite links. These are by no means inclusive, but they are supposed to represent some of my favorite locations on this thing we call the Web. They were all checked for accuracy on March 30, 2005.

 

Financial Topics

Elliott Wave International

Proponents of the Elliott Wave Theory, which describes markets and other human behavior frighteningly well. Join Club EWI for free - very good stuff.

Fool.com

Finance for the rest of us.

Investopedia

Ever wondered how to start investing? What a 20-day moving average is or what a cup and saucer pattern looks like? Find out.

Quicken 2005

The clear winner in personal financial software. Also available for Palm devices. Get yourself organized!

 

Foreign Languages

(I am a language buff, by the way, so these are some useful links)

Ectaco Online Dictionaries

Self-explanatory.

Transparent Language Store

Makers of world-class language software. Special: 25% Off Learn Language Now! Products

25% Off ALL Learn Language Now!  Products

World of Reading

A resource for Foreign language books and instructional materials.

 

Friends

Annie Cottrell

My little sister.

Bob Cottrell

My Dad & Fellow Web Designer.

Dr. James Tour

Probably the smartest man I have ever met, and one of the strongest Christians.

Leslie "T-bass" Brown

Blog by the cow doc extraordinaire (from PCB '99)

Meredith C. Wright

My other little sister - the site was seriously outdated, last I checked...

Phil Fung

"off the deep end 2" is Phil's blog, and an interesting one, at that.

 

Ministry & Christian Links

The Bible Gateway

Read the Bible in your language/translation of choice.

Boundless Webzine

Weekly e-zine for college students

Campus Crusade for Christ Int'l

An international organization committed to reaching the entire world with the Good News of Jesus Christ, one person at a time.

Christian Guitar Resources

Lots of free guitar music for Christian worship.

Focus on the Family

A wonderful organization devoted to strengthening Christian families.

Harp's Crossing Baptist Church

My home church in Georgia.

Houston Chinese Church

My home church in Houston.

International Christian Community of Provence - Aix en Provence

My home church in France (it's hard bouncing all over the place...)

PCB '99 Home Page

Home page for the Panama City Beach Campus Crusade for Christ summer project of 1999.

 

Miscellaneous

 

CNN.com

Self-explanatory

FoxNews.com

Self-explanatory

Power Line Blog

One of the best blogs on the 'net

The Volokh Conspiracy

One of the best blogs on the 'net

Redstate

Collaborative Republicanism for the Masses

Free Republic

"Very popular (and, warning: addictive) conservative news and discussion forum"

Piled Higher and Deeper

A grad student comic strip

Eisenbrauns

A comprehensive source for Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical literature (yes, I'm a RELI major...)

FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)

The voice of sanity in today's far-left institions of higher learning.

Google

The best search engine around

Hand Safety Products - Glove Guards, Utility Guards, and glove clips - Safe At Hand, Inc.

Hand Safety Products - Safe At Hand
My second business, Safe At Hand, offers hand safety products, primarily innovative glove clips by Glove Guard™, to improve hand safety and cut glove loss.

Smile Train

An organization "dedicated to helping the millions of children in the world who suffer from cleft lip and palate through free surgery for children, free training for doctors and research to find a cure." Since I had a cleft lip and palate, I'm all for this.

Taylor Guitars

The best acoustic guitars in the world and makers of my baby, Grace, a Taylor 312ce.

The Weather Channel

A handy source of online weather info.

Tools for Development

This organization is dedicated to the global eradication of extreme poverty. I have no personal experience with it, but it was recommended by a visitor to my site and seems to be a good group.

Web Design Facts

A free resource provided by Topsail Consulting.

Web Design in Georgia

Another free resource provided by Topsail Consulting.

WordPress

This excellent, open source software powers the EdBlog

 

School

Dallas Theological Seminary

A wonderful seminary.

The University of Chicago Law School

Simply the best law school around. I'm not biased, of course.

Enloe High School Class of 1997

After years of not having a site, some alumni put this together to get our 10 year (wow!) reunion organized. Go join up, if you haven't, already.

Rice University

My alma mater.

Rice Alumni Volunteers for Admission (RAVA)

If you went to Rice, here's your chance to give back in a truly meaningful way.

Rice - Math Department

One of my majors at Rice

Rice - Religious Studies Department

My other major at Rice

Rice - Sociology Department

Not my major, but cool

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