Technical Links:

Opencores.org - An "open source" approach to computer hardware design.
VoltNet.com - High Voltage and historical electrical links.
Leroy's Engineering Web Site - An amazing collection of useful links. Extensive and well-maintained.
Delphion Patent Site - A great patent search engine for US patents going back to 1971. (formerly IBM patent site)
sci.electronics.repair.faq - Good consumer electronic repair information.
CapSite 2002 - an excellent site describing all aspects of contemporary capacitors.
Capacitor color codes - Helpful information on identifying capacitors
Dana's Index of Electronic Manufacturers on the Web - lots of links!
Ars Technica - "the pc enthusiast's resource" - good, up-to-date technical info.
The CK722 Web Site - Most older hobbyist's first transistor.
The Unusual Diode FAQ - More than you ever wanted to know about diodes.
Design with Discrete Transistors - Douglas Self's musings on discrete BJT audio amplifiers
QuietPC.com - a company dedicated to quieting your computing environment.
The Antique Chip Collector's Page - This was bound to happen ...

Mind-stimulating Links:

Alex Catalogue of Electronic texts - An innovative web-based database of "classics". See also this article on the construction and philosophy of the Alex Catalog.
The Postmodernism Generator - If you wondered how dense modern academic writing is done. (Check out the link at the end to see how the article was written).
Hughs Ominous Valve Works - Vacuum tubes (valves), art, logos, philosophy.
The Electromagnetic Bomb - One more reason transistors will have a hard time in an all-out war.
Simulation & Postmodern Society - Possible danger lurking in our brave new world.
The Patimokkha - The Bhikkhus' Code of Discipline. (rules for Theravada Buddhist monks (bhikkus), over 2,400 years old).
Mike's Electric Stuff - Cool electronic stuff - but don't try his stuff at home!
Museum of Soviet Calculators - A whole new perspective on calculators.
The Return of the Vengeful Nerds - an interesting take on the current American and Russian leaders, from exile.ru.
Adbusters - When you've had enough advertising!
Mind - Lots of material on the human mind.
Interception Capabilities 2000 - an in-depth analysis of ECHELON and other ways the "UKUSA Comint" agencies snoop on us
Welcome to the First Church of Appliantology - microphones + LRH ??? (craziness from Norway)
Operation Clambake - scathing critiques of LRH et al. Even if you aren't concerned about scientology, this is entertaining.

Tube Audio Links:

Frank's Electron tube Pages - Full data sheets, many of European tubes. (I have scanned most of the American data sheets on this site - J.A.)
The Triode Guild - the late Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg's wild tube audio site.
Classic and Vintage Audio Circuits - A collection of documentation on some classic pro-audio equipment and circuits (both tube and solid-state).
Vacuum Tube Valley - a high-quality quarterly journal devoted to past and present tube technology.
Glassware - Tube audio design programs by John Broskie.
The Horn Loudspeaker Home Page - Thomas Dunker of Norway collects links about these efficient speakers.
Antique Electronic Supply - a good, honest mail-order outfit carrying tubes and tube-related stuff. Lots of books, too. They are the distributor for One Electron transformers.
Metasonix - Eric Barbour's tube synthesizers are featured here, but you can also learn something from Eric's rants and raves.
Beginner's Guide to Getting Started With DIY Tube Audio - The title says it all.
The Ultra-Fi Web Ring - Links to the more exotic sites.
Audio Antik - Schematics, tube data, links, etc for European audio equipment. In German and English.
Direct Heating - "The society for audiophiles enjoying music through the Sakuma system".

Software Quality and Freedom:

Interface Hall of Shame - Scathing yet insightful critiques of software user interfaces.
Zero Knowledge - provides a clever system of maintaining anonymity on the internet.
Linux Reality Versus Microsoft Myth - A hard look at Linux (UNIX) vs Windows, from a Linux user's perspective.
Mr. Ballmer: Windows is Fascism - a reply to Ballmer's assertion that open-source software is communism.
Microsoft Trial Findings of Fact - Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's long-winded (394K!) findings showing Microsoft's monopolistic behavior.
Ask Tog - First Principles - Human interface design.
The Alexandria Effect - What could happen if secure document distribution became universal.
Design Science License - similar to the GPL - but this site has lots of mind-stimulating links, too.
Junkbusters - ways to cut the advertising clutter.

General Audio Links:

The Audio Press - a critique of the the high-end audio press, by Arthur Salvatore.
What Have They Done to My Sound? - by Walter Sear. A recordist's complaint about the current state of the art.
Recording Industry In Denial - A good article appearing in mp3.com's library of articles.
Picking Capacitors - Classic article from Audio by Jung and Marsh on picking audio capacitors.
Goldpoint Attenuators - Super-high-quality stepped attenuators.
MRL Alignment Tapes - What you need for good tape recorder alignment.
Ampex Mailing List Home Page - schematics, parts sources, information on Ampex tape recorders.
Courtney Love does the Math - Courtney takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."

Audio Webzines:

TNT - An independent hi-fi webzine in both English and Italian.
The TubeCAD Journal - John Broskie's monthly technical journal on tube circuit design.

Radio Links:

Edwin H. Armstrong Page - The most influential inventor in radio.
The James Millen Society - the best mechanical designer for radio.
RFIing Your Computer - How to keep your computer from interfering with your radios.
rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors.faq - About all that big, heavy stuff I bring back from the ham swap meets.
WA2ISE sub-mini tube AM radio page - The all-American five-tube radio built with subminatures. But... why?
ReelRadio - A great set of air checks from the top 40 rock & roll era.
Two Solutions to Overcrowded Radio - (I don't agree with everything here, but there is lots of food for thought on digital broadcasting. - J.A.)
Wireless for the Warrior - pictures and descriptions of British, Dutch, and Soviet military radio sets.

The California Electric Power Problem:

Market Power in California Electricity Markets - a pre-"deregulation" (1995) report by Borenstein, et al, of UCEI that points out potential market abuses.
AB 1890 - the bill that started it. This bill was approved unanimously by the California legislature.
An Empirical Analysis of the Potential for Market Power in California's Electricity Industry - a 1998 report by Borenstein, et al, of UCEI that shows the economics of "market power" in California.
Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures - a 1999 report by Borenstein, et al, of UCEI that shows how wholesale electric prices can rise astronomically.
UCEI - The University of California Energy Institute, where the previous UCEI papers came from.
Competition and Consumer Protection Perspectives on Electric Power Regulatory Reform - a report from the FTC on the potential for market abuse.
Cal ISO - the California Independent System Operator.
The California Energy Commission - "the state's primary energy policy and planning agency".
CPUC - the California Public Utilities Commission.
How Californians Got Burned - A reporter finally does his homework!
Memo on Enron's tactics for manipulating the California energy market. This is the "smoking gun" discovered in the ashes of Enron. (1Mbyte pdf)

One-Electron recommended software and computer information:

WinTelnet & FTP Pro - makes ftp and telnet painless on Windows. Has a really good user interface (Microsoft human interface design department: take note).
Hot Door CADTools - An add-on to Adobe Illustrator 7/8/9 that turns it into a fairly usable CAD program.
SuSE Linux - a well-documented Linux distribution from Germany.
Google - An excellent search engine.
The Linux Documentation Project - info for Linux.
Guidescope - an effective way to stop banner ads. It speeds up my browser!