'Without Borders' Groups

• Grantmakers Without Borders: Great site on funding international non profit groups.
• Doctors Without Borders: The original 'Without Borders'! Providing independent medical services around the world.
• Action Without Borders: Idealist.org: Largest collection of non-profit organizations and non-profit resources on the net.
• Payasos Sin Fronteras: The original "Clowns Without Borders" people based in Spain.
• Clowns Without Borders: The U.S. contingent of Clowns Without Borders.
• Teachers Without Borders: Closing the educational divide through teacher training and community learning centers
  

Other Groups that "do cool stuff" ...to quote Pat

• Free Geek: "Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millenium." A Portland Oregon based nonprofit that donates refurbished computers to people in need.
• InterConnection: "Weaving a web of support around the globe". A Northwest group that connects non profit groups and schools with tech donation organizations...like us! They also provide free to low cost web hosting and web development for non proofit groups in developing countries.
• Northwest Medical Teams Inc.: Pacific Northwest disaster and surgical response organization.
• Amnesty International: International human rights activists.
• Computer Aid International: U.K. group dedicated to bridging the international "digital divide"
• Schools3: Supporting school construction in Central America and Africa.
• The Peace Corps: Toughest job you'll ever love!
• MAP International: An organization that provides medicines to doctors, hospitals and clinics around the world.
• The Red Cross: The 'gran'daddy' of all relief organizations.
• Digital Freedom Network: DFN promotes human rights education and activism around the world, primarily through the use of Internet technology.
• The Campus Kitchens Project: Training college students in community service projects to combat hunger in the U.S.
• The Computer Bus Project: Giving FREE introductory computer training to people living in the Scottish Borders who would not otherwise be able to access it.
• MacRenewal: Dedicated to the restoration and redistribution of Macintosh computers to members of our community who do not have access to computer technology.
• GlobalGiving: Allows you to find and fund the world's most unique social and economic development projects. Whether it's university education for Afghan women or clean water for Nigerian villages, GlobalGiving opens up the world to donors that want to make an impact at the grassroots level.
• Mobility International: Empowering people with disabilities around the world by ensuring their
  inclusion in international exchange and international development programs.
• EUGLUG: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group (EUGLUG) is a volunteer group whose goal is to promote and exchange information about Linux, Unix and Open Source Software in Eugene, Oregon and surrounding cities.

Fun, Interesting, Distracting, Informative Stuff to feed your Inner Geek

• Slashdot: News for Nerds, Where Geeks Gather. Considered by many to be THE geek site.
• Digg: Community driven technology news.
• Ars Technica: Serving the PC enthusiast for over 4x10-2 centuries.
• The Force.net: It's Star Wars...of course it's important!
• ThinkGeek: Things to appeal to the Geek/Nerd in all of us. And you thought you could live without a caffine molecule blanket?
• Maya Vases: Not quite geek, but pretty cool.
• Nerd Purity Test: Just the way it sounds.
• Pocket Protectors.com: A pocket protector called The Stealth. That's too cool! I have a feeling we'll be seeing an awful lot of these ultimate in Geek/Nerd wear around here.
• Theory of Relativity: Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity in words of four letters or less.
• The Geek Code: Often copied, never duplicated, generate your own geek code and paste into your .sig.
• Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: The greatest show ever put on TV... you need an entire web site to actually understand it, though.
• National Public Radio (NPR): These guys do some of the best news anywhere: fair, informative, varied...and have great music to boot!
• Obsolete Computer Museum: In case you're wondering what laptops looked like in the 80's.
• Star Trek: Well duh!
• The Cult of Scott Bakula: The name says it all.