links :

general all round :

cgtalk.com - best CG forum around
green.colorize.net - aqua blog

maya :

cgtutorials.com/c32/Lighting_and_Rendering - lightning tutorials
micah.noobgrinder.com/screwdrivertur - screwdriver tutorial
fromthedarkness.net/Tutorials/Tutorials.htm - modeling tutorials
www.secondreality.ch/ - organic modelling tutorial
a3d.co.uk - camera projection tutorial
imaginecube.com/tutorials.html - mixed tutorials
cgtalk thread - loads of tutorials
tokeru.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome - maya wiki type


textures / shaders :

www.debevec.org/Probes/ - HDR images


applications :

sa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet - maya
ssontech.com/index.html - Synth Eyes camera tracking
digilab.uni-hannover.de/docs - Voodoo camera tracker
2d3.com/html/products - Boujou camera tracking