Some general interest links:
Santa Barbara Harbor Panorama Cam. So you can see the weather here on the Riviera. The camera is located less than a mile from my home, and offers a 200 degree panorama looking east across the harbor. The scene will update every few minutes as the camera pans.
Loyola Marymount University My dear alma mater. Read about Mel Gibson addressing the '03 graduating class.
Amsterdam Interesting place, I've been there many times.
Ham Radio Practice Exams. Want to see if you could pass a ham radio written exam?
Sea Launch. My work last year for Hughes Space Company was used successfully on Sea Launch.
SBARC. Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club.
Cult of Scalia. United States Supreme Court associate justice's fan page.
Hoover dam. For the engineer in you.
NIST time All about time.
California Coastline A complete set of hi-resolution digital photographs of the California coastline. The Mesa is in photo #7975.
Links related to the Middle East and recent events:
Recall Gray Davis It's time for him to go… the recall song is hilarious …
Jordan Jordanian government's web site.
Secular Islam Site promoting the secularization of Islamic societies. Quite interesting.
Answering Islam Christian-Islamic dialogue site.
Jordan Times Amman's English language newspaper. You can read what they're reporting in a "moderate" Moslem country. It may give you some insight into Arab public opinion. Especially interesting are the editorials and letters to the editor.
The Star Weekly on-line Jordanian newspaper.
Middle East Times Weekly news magazine from Egypt.
DefenseLink Photos The Pentagon's photo site. Updated photos are posted every other day or so.
Defend America A Pentagon website related to the terrorist attacks and the American response.
Department of Defense The Pentagon's web site.
BBC The BBC site for "America Attacked".
Drudge Report A site with a slightly different slant on the news. Lots of links to news sites.
Christian Science Monitor This well done site contains numerous in-depth and background articles.
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer Web site of the pre-eminent American daily news show.
Washington Post D.C.'s newspaper. A "local" view of national news.
Los Angeles Times Southern California's leading newspaper.
CNN They cover breaking stories pretty well.
Anthrax information Center for Disease Control site with Anthrax information.