Best Places to Retire
Find out how where you live now compares to where you want to retire - will you really save money?

Tax Implications of a Move
Figure out the tax implications before you move to another location

How to Do Just About Everything
Though I initially found this site looking for help on Office 2007, it is literally a cornucopia of interesting and useful information on almost everything. From computers to legal help to travel to food and wine, start here when you are trying to figure out how to do something.

DB2 Blogspot
DB2 problems and solutions in one place

Blog About DB2 for z/OS
Everything for the DB2 specialist, with input from all the top names in DB2-land including Bonnie Baker and Craig Mullins

Free Books Online
Check out the free books here, including z/OS texts that might streamline your work or give you a headstart on learning.

Making the Most of Your Mainframe Investments: Talking With DataDirect - SOA and the Mainframe
A podcast on getting the most out of your IT investments and SOA and the mainframe.

TechTarget Data Center links for mainframes
Links and topics for mainframes - a very key site to keep up with what's new. Perhaps a bit IBM-centric, but we need to know what is going on there.

Mark’s MVS Utilities
Great tools for systems programmers

Office Politics:  The 10 Demandments
Funny, yet accurate list of must-dos for office politics. Aimed at managers, it is good info for everyone.

IBM Redbooks & Red Pieces
The best documentation on IBM hardware and software. Now supplemented by Red Pieces - shorter items. (www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces)

Migrating to WebSphere z/OS V7
Abstract: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Version 7 is the latest offering from IBM for the z/OS application server product. This document provides information and examples on migrating an environment up to Version 7. The process involves planning the migration, customizing the migration jobs using the MMT tool, and submitting the jobs to perform the migration.

Teeshirts - Mainframes Rule
Check out the Mainframe Zone, Mainframe Executive (the magazine) and order a teeshirt to show your loyalty.

Mainframe Blog - Belgium
This blog intends to write on IBM System z and high-end Totalstorage associated with it. My intention is to do at least two updates a week with all kinds of comments, hints and tips and thoughts about news in general, announcements, publications, interesting sites and user groups. Webmaster - Marc Wambeke, Huizingen / Harelbeke, Belgium

Mainframe Update - Blog
Trevor Eddolls mainframe blog out of the UK

ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 7
Finally, O'Reilly acknowledges a need to address mainframer needs. The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is an eleven volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information that you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you would like to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful technical tool.

Programmer’s Cheat Sheets
The author describes his site as follows: As a programmer/web-designer I dip into a diverse range of programming languages and frameworks. I often find that I get locked into a specific coding grammar/syntax and that it is then difficult to switch to a new one. This is when I find the following cheat sheets invaluable (and indeed comforting).

Mainframe Blog - from Mainframe Executive
To quote the author, Bob Thomas, "I have decided to do a mainframe-oriented blog titled the MainframeZone – please take a look at www.mainframezone.com. It's not that I was craving more work. Rather I am starting the MainframeZone to try to draw more attention to the IBM mainframe and as a rallying point for the mainframe community. "In the MainframeZone I will primarily be an aggregator of important or cool mainframe-centric information that I think mainframe folks will find informative and interesting. For example, I will highlight other mainframe-centric blogs as well as new announcements, applications, users, etc. In addition, I am including two regular features; a Mainframe Trivia Contest and the Mainframe Hall of Fame. Winners and contributors will receive a "Mainframes Rule" T-shirt (you can see it on the blog now.) I will also be including stuff I find clever or amusing such as Wit & Wisdom quotes and my favorite New Yorker cartoons."

Insane in the Mainframe
This blog is a collection of funny stuff from various sources on the net, and new stuff is added almost every day.

“Inspirational” stuff for work
Have you seen those so-called inspirational posters full of lofty sayings and uplifting pictures? Do you find them as annoying as I do> Check out this site for much better versions available in posters, calendars, tee-shirts and more. Even if you would never order, it's worth a trip just to laugh.

Video - Team Building
Teaming for success? Wish for the good old days where there was no team in I? Check it out.

Video - Mainframe and the Matrix
Are we living in the Matrix? Is your mainframe?

Video - Revenge of the Mainframe
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold - with a cold beer and a cute video

Video - History of IBM
A short video on IBM - maybe things you didn't know

Mainframe Encyclopedia, Definition, History, Biography
Fun facts about mainframes (and some differences from supercomputers)

Mainframe History Quiz
They say those who claim to have lived thru the 60's weren't there. But do those who lived thru the first period of mainframe dominance so afflicted? Check out your memory here.

The IT History Society
The IT History website provides a place where professionals and amateurs alike can exchange information about IT history projects they're contemplating, seeking funding for, currently undertaking, or have completed. In addition to information about the IT History Society, you can learn about project funding and find links to valuable online resources that are provided by other organizations

Video - IBM Ramac
Remember the RAMAC?

Video - IBM 5322
Another look at the past.

Video - Mainframe Ops in the ‘80’s
Enjoy a look at our storied past.

Video - Art of the Sale - parts 1-3
The classic IBM video - for those in sales or those who have been sold to. Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rmbPXa6TDU Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQPX4-1uuw0

Online Conversion Tool
It's a global world - learn how to convert quickly any metric you want at this easy site.

Acronym Finder
When you read a new acronym, now you know where to go to find out all the various options for its meaning. Great links to more information on each one. Too many acronyms, not enough time.

Retirement Options
We're all dreaming about it - learn how much it will cost, what it will be like and more at this site,.

World Time Server
Quick look at what the time is wherever your clients, friends or family are, before you call.

FixYa - Tech Support Web site
Consumer how-to site. Save money - do it yourself.

Pill Identifier - Know Before You Swallow
Know more about the medications you take. Figure out what those strange pills in your bathroom are for (and how long you can safely keep them).

Sysprog site
Focus on CICS - what you need to know.

IBM Mainframes Website
Interesting site from India highlighting mainframe jobs, manuals, references etc.