The Carrot-Slayer's Lair ~

ORGs: Military & Veteran

• IAVA- Iraq & Afghanistan Vets o'America

  Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America: watching government policy, support programs & officials & those who claim to speak for us

• VetVoice- a VoteVets forum

  Blog community to share, rant & counter spin

• VMFP- Vets & Mil Families 4 Progress

  Good group o'Vets & Mil Fam advocating better med/health care & responsible defense policy

• Mil Spouses o'America

  Good group of wives, hubbies, GF/BF's & others who love a soldier or vet enough to speak out 4 him/her

• VCS- Veterans For Common Sense
• CIVIC- Campaign for Innocent Victims of International Conflict
• VoteVets
• DAV- Disabled American Vets
• VetPAC ?

411- eTools

• Consumer Reports

  arguably the best of its type b/c is non-profit AND accepts no freebies from companies~ trial versions, promo-gifts, prototypes or other

• Consumerist

  Good info, fun presentation

• DC | About.com
• the Washingtonian

  on life in my city

• Outside.In

  Locally-fueled reviews & event posting, w/intereststing links everywhere. Yelp-like idea, but better tracking/community tools imho

• LocalHarvest.org

  Great info w/focused searches, links & other tools for eating local while supporting farmers markets, family farms, CSA & sustainable/organic agriculture

• Organized Home .com

Girly Good Stuff

• Glamour .com

  my guilty pleasure; happily, alsso socially conscious, empoweringly feminist & gently informative, so not the guiltiest of guilty...

• Cosmetics Cop .com

  Paula Begoun's info & insights from years of investigative reporting into the beauty industry

• Beautypedia .com

  Wiki reference or "pedia" of skin care, hair care & beauty products, begun by the same Paula B

2DO- Check me

• HP Service Plan Update

  from HP Advisor, see if it will help w/NVidia GPU problem (8000 series)

• Sprint PCS
• PFCU
• USAA
• BofA ?
• BofA MIL ?

FAVEs ~ Meta

• Goodsearch.com

  Support your fave org/charity with each Web Search (powered by Yahoo)

• Bunspace.com

  Social Networking ~ for Bunnies (aka Companion Buns, aka House Rabbits)

• Lifehacker

  Tips & tricks, eLife, eTools, Productivity, app hacks & friends

• Wonkette

  "The DC Gossip" ~ fantastically snarky commentary

• Zen Habits
• WIRED Blogs

eTools & Downloads

• PortableApps.com

  Love these programs! Apps that run off a simple USB/flash drive or "thumb stick" & leave no trace on the host computer; DL as a suite/mini-OS or A La Carte

• MobileApps.com

  more good apps for those of us w/o a single home base or central work station

Nerd-tastic!

• LiveScience
• GoodReads.com
• LibraryThing.com
• Shelfari

  Virtual, shareable bookshelf

• Smithsonian Institute (.edu)
• Scientific Blogging
• HowStuffWorks