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This page is mostly a quick list of the nifty companies
which provided *FREE* services and resources for my webpages and email accounts.
There are also links to a couple of my sites (shameless self-promotion)
and links to some online companies and causes that I support.

Here is My Resume. I am an accomplished computer professional with experience in a variety of work environments, from small companies to major corporations, from educational settings to national research facilities, even telecommuting. I am adaptable, accurate, efficient, and creative, with a focus on problem-solving, time management, and education. For an example of my work, please see the HTML resource I created below. I have been coding in HTML since 1994 and have provided grammatical proofing services over the internet for cash and in exchange for products and services.

There are lots of places on the Web to learn about HTML, but I got tired of trying to find what I was looking for so I made my own. The Sunshine HTML Resource utilizes "frames" (in a sensible way) to provide lots of information at the same time. Check it out and let me know what you think.

This *FREE* online version of the popular Our Daily Bread devotional guide has links to the suggested reading passages so you don't need to have your Bible with you. I love this devotional because it makes studying the Bible convenient and easy. It links to the NIV translation via Bible Gateway, but you can easily switch to one of seven other versions, if you prefer. The people who publish Our Daily Bread also have over a hundred Discovery Series Booklets, covering many religious topics and lots of everyday issues.

File Manager

GeoCities offers *FREE* homepages to anyone on the web. You get to choose from dozens of thematic neighborhoods and each GeoCitizen gets 15 megabytes! You have lots of space for pages, images, audio files, etc. GeoCities also offers chat rooms, business districts, and lots of other nifty things (including support for guestbooks, image maps, and counters). They even have tools to help the novice build a first homepage.

mail.com provides *FREE* *PERMANENT* email addresses to anyone on the web. It offers convenient, online access your email or you can have it forward your email to whatever address you request, allowing you to change jobs, schools, or internet service providers without having to change your email address. You get to pick your user name and one of hundreds of domain names.

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CafePress.com makes designing and selling custom merchandise easy, fun and *FREE* !!! Just login to CafePress.com, upload your artwork and start selling custom merchandise with your own private online store! CafePress.com takes away the hassles associated with offering custom t-shirts and other products. No longer do you need to purchase a minimum quantity of products from a screen printer, manage inventory, worry about collecting money, or deal with shipping out orders. Check out my store: Sunshine Stuff (referral code: sunstuff).

Log In

V3 -- The Internet Identity Company offers *FREE* *PERMANENT* redirect services for your website URL and for your email as well. The most important thing on the web is that people know how to find you. With your short redirect URL, you can make sure your webaddress will be remembered. This service is completely free and if you register now, your Redirect URL will be active within a few minutes. I have redirects to my homepage (http://come.to/sunshine), my HTML resource (http://come.to/htmlguide), and my travel journal (http://come.to/sunnysworld).

ICQ is a service which allows you to see if your friends are online and lets you send them quick messages if they are. You can also chat or send files or website addresses. It's a pretty neat service and even better because it is *FREE*!

Web Site Garage -- Tune Up Your Web Site for *FREE*! Using the familiar motif of an auto mechanic, the Web Site Garage will perform a FREE Webpage Tune Up, including: Load Time Check (with 5 modem speeds), Dead Link Check, Site Popularity Check (listing sites which link to your page), Web-Savvy Spell Check (even inside META tags!), and HTML Design Check. There's even a GIF Lube Shop to help you reduce the size of your images (gif or jpg). Also check out their Hitometer counter service. This is truly a ONE STOP SHOP for website management!

Stats

HitBox is the largest community of independent sites ranked by traffic. You install a HitBox banner or button on your web page (if you opt to pay for the service, the button is invisible). Each time a visitor accesses that page, the image is served from the WebSideStory servers. Then they provide *FREE* traffic reports telling you what pages your visitors view, how long they stay there, and many more statistics. They also have a suite of tools to help optimize your site (much like the Web Site Garage, above).

WebTracker is a *FREE* counter service that keeps track of how many visitors you have, what browser they are using, the operating system they are running, and you can even tell if they have visited before! Find out what days of the week are hot at your site and what time of the day is the busiest. Plus, WebTracker is about to add a bunch of new features.

Log In

Tucker Federal Bank offers *FREE* online checking accounts -- no fees, no transaction charges, no minimum balance, no foolin' -- and you can apply online! There are lots of cool features and right now they are giving away $25 gift certificates to Amazon.com (see next) with each new checking account! For the time being, however, you must be a resident of Georgia to apply.

Log In

Amazon.com sells lots of wonderful stuff at very good prices. I'm seriously thinking of becoming an affiliate because I was already planning to have a "favorites" page listing recommended books, albums, and movies. Now my reviews will offer the opportunity to purchase the item (and maybe I can get a buck or two to help fund this site!).

National Discount Brokers specializes in brokerage and financial services for individuals and institutions. NDB, which was recently ranked #1 in the Barron's Best of Online Brokers 2000 survey, currently services over 200,000 customer accounts, with more than $12 billion in assets. NDB has led a revolution on Wall Street, pioneering online brokerage and Flat-Fee Trading®.

The Best Viewed with Any Browser Campaign is an attempt to create a platform-independent, non-browser-specific World Wide Web. I support this effort because I personally try to create my web pages to be viewable in all browsers: Some of my pages may look better in one browser than in another, but they should all be readable and functional with any browser. A committment to this publishing philosophy is also what allows visually impaired people to explore the web via special braille and voice browsers.

The Bandwidth Conservation Society was a loosely knit group of web developers who put up a couple of pages about making GIF images smaller in file size (hence, faster web delivery). The response was phenomenal! Their goal is to become a resource for web developers with an interest in optimizing performance while maintaining a visually pleasing page. (Check out the WebSite Garage's GIF Lube Shop for some tools to help achieve these goals.)

The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is a group of Internet users who are fed up with spam (junk email) and have formed a coalition to promote legislation which would outlaw it. There is already a US law, 47 USC 227, that bans unsolicited "junk faxes." The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email wrote an amendment which would extend that law to cover unsolicited ads by electronic mail. There's also a Spam Recycling Center to which you forward your spam. They forward information about this email to legislators and spam-filtering software companies to help them remain up-to-date about bulk email.

The Blue Ribbon Campaign is a group which supports free speech on the internet. I support free speech because it is the backbone of honest communication. We may disagree about things, but how can we ever have peace or hope to understand one another without at least hearing the opposing views? Because of this, I fully support self-regulation instead of legislation (see next).

SafeSurf and RSAC are self-rating guides which provide HTML codes to let browsers know the nature of your page's content. Rate your pages today to let kids on filtered browsers see your pages (if they contain only general-access content) or to prevent them from seeing your pages (if you have adult-themed content). Utilizing self-ratings is a wonderful way to prevent the need for internet censorship. Virtuocity provides an index of "Family Friendly Sites" which voluntarily abide by certain content/conduct guidelines.

For other Web services and resources, check out Sunny's Web Development Page.

For other causes I support, check out Sunny's Politics / Activism / Causes Page.

Heck, why not check out the Index, with descriptions of all my on-line stuff!

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Last revision: October 14, 2001
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(Since January 16, 1998)

	Here is My Resume. I am an accomplished computer professional with experience in a variety of work environments, from small companies to major corporations, from educational settings to national research facilities, even telecommuting. I am adaptable, accurate, efficient, and creative, with a focus on problem-solving, time management, and education. For an example of my work, please see the HTML resource I created below. I have been coding in HTML since 1994 and have provided grammatical proofing services over the internet for cash and in exchange for products and services.
	There are lots of places on the Web to learn about HTML, but I got tired of trying to find what I was looking for so I made my own. The Sunshine HTML Resource utilizes "frames" (in a sensible way) to provide lots of information at the same time. Check it out and let me know what you think.
	This *FREE* online version of the popular Our Daily Bread devotional guide has links to the suggested reading passages so you don't need to have your Bible with you. I love this devotional because it makes studying the Bible convenient and easy. It links to the NIV translation via Bible Gateway, but you can easily switch to one of seven other versions, if you prefer. The people who publish Our Daily Bread also have over a hundred Discovery Series Booklets, covering many religious topics and lots of everyday issues.
File Manager	GeoCities offers *FREE* homepages to anyone on the web. You get to choose from dozens of thematic neighborhoods and each GeoCitizen gets 15 megabytes! You have lots of space for pages, images, audio files, etc. GeoCities also offers chat rooms, business districts, and lots of other nifty things (including support for guestbooks, image maps, and counters). They even have tools to help the novice build a first homepage.
	mail.com provides **FREE PERMANENT** email addresses to anyone on the web. It offers convenient, online access your email or you can have it forward your email to whatever address you request, allowing you to change jobs, schools, or internet service providers without having to change your email address. You get to pick your user name and one of hundreds of domain names.
Log In	CafePress.com makes designing and selling custom merchandise easy, fun and FREE !!! Just login to CafePress.com, upload your artwork and start selling custom merchandise with your own private online store! CafePress.com takes away the hassles associated with offering custom t-shirts and other products. No longer do you need to purchase a minimum quantity of products from a screen printer, manage inventory, worry about collecting money, or deal with shipping out orders. Check out my store: Sunshine Stuff (referral code: sunstuff).
Log In	V3 -- The Internet Identity Company offers **FREE PERMANENT** redirect services for your website URL and for your email as well. The most important thing on the web is that people know how to find you. With your short redirect URL, you can make sure your webaddress will be remembered. This service is completely free and if you register now, your Redirect URL will be active within a few minutes. I have redirects to my homepage (http://come.to/sunshine), my HTML resource (http://come.to/htmlguide), and my travel journal (http://come.to/sunnysworld).
	ICQ is a service which allows you to see if your friends are online and lets you send them quick messages if they are. You can also chat or send files or website addresses. It's a pretty neat service and even better because it is FREE!
	Web Site Garage -- Tune Up Your Web Site for FREE! Using the familiar motif of an auto mechanic, the Web Site Garage will perform a FREE Webpage Tune Up, including: Load Time Check (with 5 modem speeds), Dead Link Check, Site Popularity Check (listing sites which link to your page), Web-Savvy Spell Check (even inside META tags!), and HTML Design Check. There's even a GIF Lube Shop to help you reduce the size of your images (gif or jpg). Also check out their Hitometer counter service. This is truly a ONE STOP SHOP for website management!
Stats	HitBox is the largest community of independent sites ranked by traffic. You install a HitBox banner or button on your web page (if you opt to pay for the service, the button is invisible). Each time a visitor accesses that page, the image is served from the WebSideStory servers. Then they provide *FREE* traffic reports telling you what pages your visitors view, how long they stay there, and many more statistics. They also have a suite of tools to help optimize your site (much like the Web Site Garage, above).
	WebTracker is a *FREE* counter service that keeps track of how many visitors you have, what browser they are using, the operating system they are running, and you can even tell if they have visited before! Find out what days of the week are hot at your site and what time of the day is the busiest. Plus, WebTracker is about to add a bunch of new features.
Log In	Tucker Federal Bank offers *FREE* online checking accounts -- no fees, no transaction charges, no minimum balance, no foolin' -- and you can apply online! There are lots of cool features and right now they are giving away $25 gift certificates to Amazon.com (see next) with each new checking account! For the time being, however, you must be a resident of Georgia to apply.
Log In	Amazon.com sells lots of wonderful stuff at very good prices. I'm seriously thinking of becoming an affiliate because I was already planning to have a "favorites" page listing recommended books, albums, and movies. Now my reviews will offer the opportunity to purchase the item (and maybe I can get a buck or two to help fund this site!).
	National Discount Brokers specializes in brokerage and financial services for individuals and institutions. NDB, which was recently ranked #1 in the Barron's Best of Online Brokers 2000 survey, currently services over 200,000 customer accounts, with more than $12 billion in assets. NDB has led a revolution on Wall Street, pioneering online brokerage and Flat-Fee Trading®.
	The Best Viewed with Any Browser Campaign is an attempt to create a platform-independent, non-browser-specific World Wide Web. I support this effort because I personally try to create my web pages to be viewable in all browsers: Some of my pages may look better in one browser than in another, but they should all be readable and functional with any browser. A committment to this publishing philosophy is also what allows visually impaired people to explore the web via special braille and voice browsers.
	The Bandwidth Conservation Society was a loosely knit group of web developers who put up a couple of pages about making GIF images smaller in file size (hence, faster web delivery). The response was phenomenal! Their goal is to become a resource for web developers with an interest in optimizing performance while maintaining a visually pleasing page. (Check out the WebSite Garage's GIF Lube Shop for some tools to help achieve these goals.)
	The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is a group of Internet users who are fed up with spam (junk email) and have formed a coalition to promote legislation which would outlaw it. There is already a US law, 47 USC 227, that bans unsolicited "junk faxes." The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email wrote an amendment which would extend that law to cover unsolicited ads by electronic mail. There's also a Spam Recycling Center to which you forward your spam. They forward information about this email to legislators and spam-filtering software companies to help them remain up-to-date about bulk email.
	The Blue Ribbon Campaign is a group which supports free speech on the internet. I support free speech because it is the backbone of honest communication. We may disagree about things, but how can we ever have peace or hope to understand one another without at least hearing the opposing views? Because of this, I fully support self-regulation instead of legislation (see next).
	SafeSurf and RSAC are self-rating guides which provide HTML codes to let browsers know the nature of your page's content. Rate your pages today to let kids on filtered browsers see your pages (if they contain only general-access content) or to prevent them from seeing your pages (if you have adult-themed content). Utilizing self-ratings is a wonderful way to prevent the need for internet censorship. Virtuocity provides an index of "Family Friendly Sites" which voluntarily abide by certain content/conduct guidelines.