Here are a few of our favorite links, selected by our webmaster.

commercial links

1and1.com
1&1 is one of the finest web hosts on the market.

Adobe.com
Adobe, though a little on the expensive side, is the leader in web design programs, with such programs as DreamWeaver and Flash.

Hostdone.com
HostDone is a very convenient web host with excellent uptime.

Hostmonster.com
An extremely cheap, extremely reliable web host. Probably the #1 on the hosting market.

IonicDesign.com
Michael Capell's design site. If you choose not to go with Gilvarry, I would recommend IonicDesign.

IpSwitch.com
A fantastic site that's home of my favorite FTP web upload program, WS_FTP Pro.

MCapell3D.com
Superb 3D graphic design by Michael Capell.

Mindworkshop.com
Alchemy Mindworks has many fine programs such as GIF Construction set.

free links

Anim8or.com
While Blender (blender3d.org) may reign in terms of rendering excellence, Anim8or is very easy to use and great for beginners. I learned the basics of 3D animation on this software.

Blender.org
A professional-quality, free open source 3D animation software. Fantastic, and a must-have.

Download.com
Lots of programs and games avaliable for download. Many are free but some you have to pay for.

Freefind.com
A fantastic free search engine! Friendly web spider, too.

Freewarehome.com
A site filled with freeware and shareware. Lots of must-have programs reside here!

Freewebphoto.com
A fun site where you can find lots of free images to use on your website. Just make sure to put a link to freewebphoto somewhere on your site.

Gamemaker.nl
An awesome program that allows you to make your own games. Comes with an incredibly functional free version and an even better $20 version.

Gimp.org
For free, this is a fantastic image program. Try it out; it's very fun and can undo most changes made to an image, so feel free to experiment!

Proboards.com
Proboards is fantastic for creating customizable message boards, free.

Software995.com
Great software. It's all free, though you must look at sponsor pages. However, this does not take much longer than many programs I know do to load, and Omniformat and PDF995 are must-haves.

Statcounter.com
Awesome free hit counter for your web site. This is a must-have.