web site creation resources
http://www.networksolutions.com
http://www.domainsearch.com/
http://www.lavabox.com/
http://www.godaddy.com

Site Submitting
http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurlsoftware
http://freewebsubmission.com/
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit?

Software
http://www.tucows.com Software source, freeware, demos, shareware... great stuff.  
http://www.skype.com  Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to landlines and cell phones around the world.