Links
Astronomy
8 things to consider when buying your first telescope
Good basic summary with some external resources
http://www.netmoose.org/astronomy/8-things-to-know-when-buying-telescope/
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Only the best, brought to you by your friends at NASA
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
Backyard Astronomy
Includes the Backyard Astronomers' guide to buying a new telescope
http://www.backyardastronomy.com/Backyard_Astronomy/Backyard_Astronomers_Guide.html
Deep Sky Stacker
Astrophotography made a bit easier
http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html
Google Sky
Google skymap
http://www.google.com/sky/
Heavens Above
Information about observation based on where you are
http://www.heavens-above.com/
NASA telescope calculator
Handy guide to "what you can see"
http://www.stargazing.net/naa/scopemath.htm
Stellarium
One of the most amazing pieces of stargazing software out there
http://stellarium.org/
The Hubble Site
Amazing photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
http://hubblesite.org/
Wolfram Alpha astronomy tools
Some nifty toys from a nifty site
http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Astronomy.html
Friends' Pages
Fuzzy Buttons
Matt Owen's bath stuff site. Buy soap.
http://fuzzybuttons.com/
Kunal is...
Kunal Kapoor's Blog
http://www.kunal.is
Sam Garchik's Flickr photostream
My best friend from high school -- spent several weeks bicycling across NE France, visiting WWI battlefields and cemeteries. It's what floats his boat. Read the comments.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11503745@N03/
Satpal Hunjan
Business Technologist and video/voice conferencing expert
http://www.isatman.com/iBlog/Blog.aspx
My Other Sites
Goodreads profile
Great site -- in case you're interested in random other people's reading lists.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109317
John Salomon's CV & Work Bio
http://www.johnsalomon.com
John's Flickr Gallery
I don't really use this much.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20046048@N00/
John's Picasa Album
Some photos
http://picasaweb.google.com/john.salomon
John's SmugMug Gallery
Most of the photos are linked from here
http://johnsalomon.smugmug.comKosmograd UrbEx
Kosmograd Urban Exploration Photography
http://www.kosmograd.net
My Amazon wish list
You know, just in case you've got a few grand to spare and are feeling generous...
http://amzn.com/w/1TFEGPHROWUY7
The Shivling
IT security related stuff
http://www.chakraborty.ch/blog
Photo Editing and Management
Begginner's Photoshop Curves Tutorials
Learning Curves
http://www.metavophoto.com/blog/learn-the-power-of-curves-in-photoshop/
Best Practices & Workflow
Resources for digital photo workflow techniques
http://dpbestflow.org/- Feng Zhu Design Tutorials
Some amazing Photoshop how-tos
http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.htm 
flickredit
Manage your Flickr photostream
http://sunkencity.org/flickredit- HDR Tutorial
A detailed tutorial for making HDR no look like crap, if you must use it.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1753938/HDR%20Tutorial%20PDF.pdf 
Lightroom Killer Tips
Just what it sounds like.
http://lightroomkillertips.com/- LR/Enfuse
An Adobe Lightroom enhancement allowing you to work better with multiple exposures
http://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrenfuse.php 
Make Photoshop Faster
Some tips to speed things up...
http://makephotoshopfaster.com/- Multiple Me Howto
A guide on cloning yourself in self-portraits
http://www.vivecakohphotography.co.uk/2011/01/cloned-self-portraits-how-i-do-it/ 
Photoshop Basix
A series of 25 basic video tutorials
http://psd.tutsplus.com/sessions/photoshop-basix/- Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
A nifty reference.
http://media.smashingmagazine.com/cdn_smash/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/shortcuts3.jpg 
SmugMug
SmugMug - my favorite photo gallery site
http://www.smugmug.com
The Complete Basics of Photoshop
...pretty much.
http://lifehacker.com/#!5758404/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-the-complete-guide
Tilt Shift Tutorial
Tilt shifting -- making photos look like models
http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php- Tiny Planets Tutorial
A how-to on creating bubble photography
http://bakerjake.deviantart.com/art/Tiny-Planets-Tutorial-80653688
Photo Gear Info
Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ
A big list of info for starters
http://photonotes.org/articles/beginner-faq/- Digital Photography Review
One of the premier objective lens/camera comparison sites
http://dpreview.com/ - DP Challenge Lens Database
Another lens comparison and critique site
http://www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php - Ken Rockwell
A regular guy with some decent reviews
http://www.kenrockwell.com/ - Lens Sample Images
A good site for people looking for lens critiques/examples
http://www.pixel-peeper.com - LensTip
Another lens comparison and critique site
http://lenstip.com/ 
Neutral Density Filter f-stops
A list of ND filter values and corresponding exposure reduction
http://www.tiffen.com/tips_ndfilters.html
PhotoRec - recovery tool for deleted photos
Works a charm for photos deleted from some hard drives too.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
The Lens Explorer
Flickriver.com lens comparison
http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/
To Full Frame or Not?
Answered a lot of my questions...
http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/Pontification/a0100_Full_Frame_or_Not/a_Full_Frame_Or_Not.html?page=1
Photo Techniques
Basic photographic composition
An old US Navy guide with a some rules of thumb
http://photoinf.com/General/NAVY/Photographic_composition_Balance.htm- Bernie's Guide To Better Photography
A PDF of the unfortunately now-gone guide
http://jaruzel.tzo.net/files/berniecode.pdf - Digital Photography Tutorials
Cambridge in Color collection of photo-related how-tos and explanations
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm 
DSLR Simulator
A slightly more elaborate simulator, with lighting, etc.
http://camerasim.com/SLRsim.html
Golden Hour Calculator
http://www.b-roll.net/goldenhour/- Ken Rockwell
A regular guy with some decent reviews
http://www.kenrockwell.com/ 
Morguefile Classroom
This link pretty much taught me how to use my dSLR
http://morguefile.com/docs/Classroom- Noctography
Light up the darkness
http://www.noctography.co.uk/index.htm 
Self-portrait with multiple versions of you
Shooting / photoshopping self-portraits with several yous in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNIkLBclo2k- Shutter Experiments
Some cool tips on working with light
http://shutterexperiments.com 
Strobist
Tutorials about using flash at all levels
http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/- Taking Little Planet Photos
A complementary guide to the Tiny Planets tutorial also linked here.
https://tiifp.org/suckup/littleplanet/ 
The Brenizer Method
Cool photo stitching technique to achieve variable focal depths
http://blog.buiphotography.com/2009/07/the-brenizer-method-explained-with-directions/
Timelapse Forum
Just what it sounds like.
http://www.timescapes.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=31
Variables affecting exposure
A good simulator for camera exposure
http://graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs178-10/applets/exposure.html
Photographers' Rights
- Photographers' Rights and Law Enforcement
An academic paper on the topic
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1857623 
Photography Is Not a Crime
Carlos Miller's site. I sometimes disagree with his points, but he has a good collection of information regarding violations of the rights of photographers in public spaces
http://carlosmiller.com/
Your rights photographing U.S. federal buildings
DHS instructions to its agents after a recent NYCLU victory
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47627164/FPS-Information-Bulletin
Tech
O'Reilly CD Bookshelf
A fairly comprehensive collection of O'Reilly books online
http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/
Swiss IT Security Professionals mailing list
http://www.zog.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zog-security