www.whatis.com A great site for techs and administrators. Translates jargon into English.  Very good info on everything from URLs to DSL.

www.wunderground.com Type in a zip code and check the weather for tee times or snow days.

www.maeds.org Great state organization for techs with a yearly conference "Up North".  Affordable membership and conference fees.

www.michigan.gov/mde All the info you ever wanted from the Michigan Department of Education. And more.

www.gocsi.com Computer Security Institute site provides extremely good security info.  They offer both regional and national yearly conferences.

www.symantec.com Unmask those email HOAXES before you forward them!  This site is kept up to date with the real skinny on the latest hoaxes.

www.dilbert.com 'Nuf said.

www.thinkgeek.com THE best site for geeky gadgets!

www.passwird.com Crazy deals on all things technical (and a few not so technical).

  Adobe Acrobat A free utility that allows you to view and print .pdf files

  WinZip A great utility that allows you decompress compressed files. Available free for 'evaluation'.