General

• National Hurricane Center - from the US Government's weather people "NOAA" (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  
• Public (Florida) Libraries - we have two favourites Martin County and St. Johns County
• Gund Bears (and other animals): - if you've never had a Gund Bear then you're REALLY MISSING SOMETHING
• R G Animation Studios - home of Mr. Backkom - star of several excellent cartoons / animated flicks - when you go to this (excellent) web-site click on 'animations' then click on 'short films' then click on 'contact 2' - EXCELLENT short film, starring who but Mr. Backkom (who has also done Hang Gliding, flying, sailing, tennis, and other videos
  
• Children's Health Insurance - 9 million US kids have no health insurance - see a presidential view on this small but not at all insiginificant problem
  
• IRCC - Indian River Community College - where Mr. Bill teaches CAD subjects every oncet in a while
  
• Hilary Hahn - Amazing violinist - in the 'vein' of Vanessa Mae - who does both Classical and Pop Music
  
• KiteWing - newerestest way to: a.) go faster than God gives speeding tickets for; b.) induce GREAT bodily harm; c.) make a REAL FOOOOOoooooooollllll of yourself on the beach, the tarmac, the snow, or the grass .... .... ....
  
• Kristin Chenoweth - an actress (appeared on West Wing) as well as a wonderful (mostly Christian - Gospel) singer
• Janine Jansen - yet one more great violinist
  
• Lake Okeechobee - great (GREAT) place for bicycle-riding - and here's the Florida DEP's web for L.O.S.T.
  
• Lake Okeechobee - US Army Corps of Engineers web-site for the Lake
• Natascha Paula Petersmann - this lady (from South Africa) does boardsailing, design(of anything), swimming, kite-winginginging , etc.
  
• Martin-County / Stuart Airport:  traffic monitor (a Java Applet) lets you see landings and take-offs at Stuart's "Witham Field"
  
• Vanessa Mae - the original 'Classical and Pop' violinist - born in Singapore, raised in the UK - amazing, but not much new material, recently (since 2001)  There is yet another web-site here .
  
• WeatherFlow  the 'parent-company' to many of the 'publically available' weather web-sites
• National Public Radio - MarketPlace - A Prarie Home Companion - From the Top - CarTalk - and other great shows
  
• Ms. May Wong's "Blogspot" - My talented and lovely wife has her own 'blog' now...
  
• Bear Street - the "IN-PLACE" for bear-collectors - you can get Gund there - but other brands, too!
  

Boating / marine

• Huckins -  the original large (over 40 feet) fast (20 knots plus) planing hull - used in World War II
• McNeel -  Home of 'Rhino3D' the 'other' CAD tool - NURBS curves is the king - 'Organic Curves' here
• Alion Science - makers of the   "" Rhino3D-Marine "" plug-in for Rhino3D (described just above)
  

Computer and programming

• Apple - yes - we have to 'plug' our favourite computer company
• Java - yes - we have to 'plug' our favourite programming language (Java) at Sun - it's originator - there are, of course, other sites around
  
• UML - yes - we have to plug other things (Unified Modeling Language) - another way to 'model' software things
• Rhino3D - the premier 'organic-curves' (NURBS-curves) modeller
  
• Autodesk: - the company that seems to dominate the 'CAD' world
• SolidWorks -  a 3D - parametric - CAD solids-modeller -  VERY GOOD for 'machine parts'
  

Weather  - for all sorts of sports activities

• iWindsurf.Com:   one of the best in the wind-prediction and measurement business sites (we use a LOT of web-sites to figure out whether or not to go boardsailing and kiteboarding or hang-gliding or to stay-home and compute and work in the yard)
  
• NOAA - USA's premier weather agency - LOTS of stuff to choose from
  
• Dr. Jacks - weather (actually soaring) information on a pay-for-basis
• USSCMC Wind: - US Sailing Center's (at Jensen Beach) weather-station-wind information 'pseudo real time'
  

Hang Gliding

• FlightLog.Org - the 'public' display area for flight-information - site is in Norway; but used worldwide - you can click on this link then click 'pilots' - then click on the search box and put in 'schell' or 'wong' and find our flights (such as they are)
• The Florida Ridge - a flying park between Clewiston and La Belle, Florida - nearer-to-Stuart (about 1 hour, 45 min drive)
  
• Flytec-USA - they make great instrument(s) for Hang Gliding - varios and 'all-in-ones'
  
• Garmin - Mr. Bill's Favourite GPS manufacturer - GPS goodies galore!
• AeroTechnical Institute - Sport Pilot Training and Rotax Engine Experts in Sebring Florida
• Miami Hang Gliding - owned by the same guy as the above "The Florida Ridge" - a great way to see the sights in Miami
• MotoComm - designer / engineer / retailer of popular radio-communications (and now video) gear for motorcyclists - also works for hang glider pilots
  
• Naviter - they write / sell the award-wining "See You" software for Hang-Gliding (GPS) track-log-review (in 3D!)
• QuestAir - the Premier 'where the champions fly' aero-tow-park in Florida
• Wallaby Ranch - owned and operated by Malcom Jones - excellent place to fly and have breakfast at 10:00 a.m.
  
• WillsWing: - a premier Hang Glider Manufacturer in California

some hang-gliding-friends' Google-blogspot links:

• Mr. Kevin Carter - who was Ms. May's coach when she was learning - he's also a very very good pilot, and now married with a daughter and a 'real' job working on gaming-software - so - basically a 'comp-u-jock'!
• Mr. Armand - Mr. Armand is a tug pilot and an electrician of some considerable note, and he hails from Brussels, Canada, where he spends a lot of time earning money so that he can, then, fly...
  
•  Ms. Linda Salamone - from Rochester, New York - she's one of the better pilots we know, and we helped  "re-engineer" her VG-line while helping-out at the Florida Ridge competition - I hope it is still holding up o.k.?
• Mr. Jim Rooney - Hang Gliding and Paragliding 'guru' - he hails (sometimes) from New Zealand...
  
• Ms. Corinna - well - you don't want to know her family name - it's German and you couldn't pronounce it anyway!
  
• Ms. Judy Hildebrand - from "Rising Fawn, Georgia" (the real postal address area for "Lookout Mountain Flight Park".  Ms. Judy is also a delivery skipper for sailboats and power boats...
• Ms. Jamie Shelden - who has taken-on the organization of a couple of Hang Gliding events - she's also a  trrade-mark lawyer and a hang-gliding pilot.
• Mr._Tim_E - he's - right now (Summer - 2007) in England - he's been there most of the past year - training for an 'around the world' race that begins in the fall and should take him about 10 months.   We met up with Mr._Tim_E during a hang-gliding event at Quest-Air in the spring of 2006. - His blog is VERY WELL DONE - perhaps the best of the bunch - and though he's done some hang-gliding in the past - his current focus is on this sailboat race!...
  

Book authors

• Stuart Woods - author of almost 30 murder-mystery-thrillers, with several different key-players - excellent stuff
  
• Brad Meltzer : author of "The Zero Game " (reviewed here) - Amazing story in this book - he has a lifetime of skills & talents that are only slowly starting to be made public - even though he's been writing for several years. Books about Law, Washington (DC) and politics are his past-repertoire, however, he claims the future will be less like the past and the politicians, lawyers and such will not be as prominent in his books
  
• Jeffrey_Deaver : an author of 'note' - "The Bone Collector" is one of his - he has, though, many more, mostly murder-mysteries
  
• Carl Hiaasen: - a prolific author of Southern Florida stories, starring people with significant personality disorders - some people compare him to John D. MacDonald who wrote during the 60's about similar subject matter (mostly South Florida types)
  
• W.H. Hudson - a Wikipedia page about Mr. Bill's favourite author from WAY BACK
• John Fowles - another EXCELLENT author - one of his books (The Magus) was made into a movie - YEARS AGO, - starring Michael Cain and Anthony Quinn - (these two actors definitely date this movie (1968)