THIS HOME PAGE MADE OUR HOTLIST
Proud to be a Netscape snob (and willing to show you so), with HTML 3, Jbay has carved from the Web a superior home page in looks, content, and attitude. Once past a faux animation of pages whizzing by at one per second, you reach the meat of the site. New Tech has articles and links to developing Web technologies like VRML and HotJava. There is an archive of essential Mac shareware and one for Web programming. Art & Fun has lotsa links to art pages and fun sites of top quality. This is a must-see for content and design. "http://www.interport.net/~jbay"
STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOS - 19TH CENTURY VIRTUAL REALITY
Stereoscopic photographs are paired photographs that recreate the sensation of three dimensions when viewed through a stereoscope, and Patch American High School in Stuttgart has a page devoted to them. The lion's share of the images depict turn of the century Yosemite. Others depict scenes from World War I, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and more period sites. Unless you have a stereoscope, or you're extremely talented at crossing your eyes, you'll have trouble experiencing the 3-d effect, but the old sepia photos are still fun in plain old 2-d. "http://192.253.114.31/Projects/stereograms/Stereoscopic_Photographs/Stereosc" opic_Photographs.html
Now here is a classic example of a true Renaissance man. Leonardo da Vinci really did do it all, as you'll see in this properly extensive online exhibit. Organized somewhat like a museum, the Leonardo da Vinci Page features everything from Leo's famous paintings (the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, etc.) to drawings of his engineering and scientific visions. There's even a helicopter. The guy was a visionary - what else can we say? "http://www.leonardo.net/main.html"
A DICTIONARY TO TICKLE YOUR FUNNYBONE
"The Not So Correct Dictionary" is a collection of funny and sometimes silly definitions from everyday life. A couple of samples: alimony = 'bye now, pay later; and childish game = one at which you cannot beat your spouse. There are many automobile related acronyms and 222 emoticons either for use in your e-mail or to decode what someone else meant with that strange little symbol. :P "http://www.freenet.ufl.edu/~afn02803"
Imagine all the people...who will appreciate this nicely organized site. If you're a Beatles fan, especially if you like John best, you'll enjoy seeing these unique John Lennon photos, album covers, QuickTime movies, and lyrics. You can also listen to digitized sound bites of this masterful musician. "http://www.missouri.edu/~c588349/john-page.html"
THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL CLEMENS
Mark Twain lovers will delight at this site, for just about everything they could want is here. The page was designed by a doctoral student studying the Anti-Imperialist League, for which Clemens served as vice president for nine years. Twain's work, from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" to lesser known essays, can be browsed along with discussions of his presence in contemporary culture: appearances on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and in movies; banning of his books; and his literary influence. Obviously, much information concerning Clemen's involvement in the League is provided, but it adds to rather than detracts from the site. "http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twainwww.html"
ONLINE OBITUARIES HAVE AN IMPACT
The Virtual Memorial Garden presents obituary notices on a soothing green background, notices more detailed and more permanent than newspaper obits, and so much more personal. It is fascinating to read these personal notes and often touching as well, though it can be depressing to read the memorials of children. The Garden is a subdued but superb site, and worth checking out to place an obituary or to simply visit. Originally an offshoot of the Obituary Page, marking the passing of celebrities of greater and lesser reknown, this page far surpasses its parent, which also contains links to related sites elsewhere. "http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/memorial.html"
A new home page devoted to the value of pi gives users the chance to vote on its future value. The author lists different values from various sources and attacks them for disagreeing with each other after the first hundred thousand digits or so. Some people have waaay too much time on their hands. Seven options are provided for voting purposes; our choice is that simple yet elegant number: 3. Be warned that the author declares that the voting will end only "when I say it ends." "http://www.diku.dk/~terra/pi.html"
What do you get when you put a flock of avid bird watchers on the information superhighway? "Birding on the Web," a site dedicated to the strategic surveillance of our feathered friends. Although we're not experts in this particular field, "Birding on the Web" appears to be a fairly complete endeavor. It features recent postings in categories like Seabird, California Birding, Australian Birding, Neotropical Birding, EuroBirdNet, Hot Birds, and Chat Daily Digest, plus the latest scoop on who saw which birds, where and when. "http://compstat.wharton.upenn.edu:8001/~siler/birding.html"
THE 80S SERVER: WHEN BILL COSBY WAS KING
The 80s Server is your pop culture time machine back to the decade when more than one actor ruled. Categories include music, movies, TV, personalities, and trivia sound samples. Show your grandkids, kids, or younger sibs a picture of Clara Peller and hear her ask, "Where's the beef?" See music page poster girl Cyndi Lauper before she was a Mad About You extra. Touch the screen in awe as you're transported to the Phoebe Cates home page. Taste the bile rise in your throat as you discover Kenny Rogers had the number one Billboard hit in 1980. Bring a tissue, the memories are powerful. "http://cctr.umkc.edu/userx/kmwilson/80s/80s.html"
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is celebrating the 175th birthday of suffragist and dollar-coin honoree Susan B. Anthony with the introduction of its new home page on the World Wide Web. Links for the NOW page include an introduction to NOW, its history, chapters, officers, contacts, and an action center. Also provided is information about the issues with which NOW is involved, featuring "Hot Topics and National NOW Press Statements". In addition, you can link to the National NOW Times, the organization's bi-monthly newspaper. "http://now.org/now/home.html"
RODNEY DANGERFIELD TRIES FOR ONLINE RESPECT
The fun things at Rodney's server are his bio, the Joke of the Day (which, unlike children, should be heard and not seen), video clips, and the letter of membership denial from Roddy McDowall, chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The rest seems self-indulgent, and includes reviews, interviews, LOTS of links to his new wife's commercial Web site, and a contest called the "I Don't Get No Respect Contest", which should be called the "Write Rodney's Material without Being Paid Contest". There's also some stuff on sale. "http://www.rodney.com/rodney/index.html"
INTERACTIVE WEB STORY NEEDS ATTENTION
"Your Wacky World Wide Web Adventure" suffers from many of the ailments so common to Web pages around the world. Playing the part of an average citizen who has just woken, you have a list of options describing what you do when you leave your house. Anyone can submit new options, and here the page breaks down. There are so many choices, the story loses its flow. Most entries attempt humor and a few are uproariously successful, but others are just dumb and/or obscene. With some judicious editing and discretion, this site would be a winner, but right now - while there are some good bits - it's just too cluttered with banality. "http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~hubick/adventure/adventure.cgi"
O.K., so they're not frogs. But they're close, no? The Audio Arts Page has a .au file of late-night toad amour in a Las Cruces, N.M., pond following a torrential downpour. There are some other sounds, too, but they are not nearly as interesting or ranid. Kids might enjoy the Build-a-Monster toy, also here. It's a Web variation of those books with panels that allow you to create unique animals out of a selection of torsos, heads, and locomotory apparati. "http://www.rahul.net/renoir"
If you've never heard of Saba, you're certainly not alone. But this Caribbean island 28 miles south of St. Maarten is sure to be all the rage once the scuba divers and snorkelers of the world catch on. So you'd better get on it, before this destination becomes as popular as Cozumel. Learn all about the island, vacation facilities, and scuba diving opportunities. From this site, you can catch the Caribbean Connection, another informative and tropical treat. Don't forget your sunscreen. "http://www.digimark.net/dundas/sabadeep/"
THE AROUND-THE-WORLD TRAVELS OF RUSSELL GILBERT
The Around-the-World Journal is a Web version of the Russell Gilbert's 1991-92 worldwide journey. Traveling through this site could take almost as long as the real trip, and be just as fun. Russell's personal journal includes some 260 KB of text with 120 color pictures, but don't let its size scare you away as the pages seem well organized, with a table of contents organized by month and by country visited. The photos are intelligently presented, with small GIFs pointing to larger JPEGs of the full images. Russell has set up a great site to visit, for a few minutes or a few hours. "http://www.city.net/travel/atwj/"
Bali, an Indonesian island, is a common vacation spot for Australians, and this Australian online guidebook to Bali covers a myriad of topics for the low-cost traveller. Discover how to navigate the island's more and less common attractions, and how to escape the tourist tide of the resorts to view lush green tropical jungles, spectacular rice terraces perched on the sides of towering mountains, ancient temples, and everyday life among the local people. You'll also find maps and photos of Bali along with links to other sites with relevant info. "http://werple.mira.net.au/~wreid/bali_p1a.html"
Planning a summer jaunt across the United States by car? Here's a site that'll warn you of those nasty speed traps and possibly spare you a night in jail. The Speed Trap Registry allows visitors to discover and post locations of habitual speed traps in each state. The page will not accept submissions of drunk driving checkpoints or speed traps that protect road personnel. Only those traps that are dangerously placed or whose purpose is to increase revenue are targeted. You might also want to check out the link to Vagabond Jim's Cop Car Registry to learn which headlight style to look out for in your rear-view mirror. "http://www.nashville.net/speedtrap/speedtrap.html"
BETTER THAN BAEDEKER - THE CZECH INFO CENTER
This highly detailed site is dedicated to a the Czech Republic and its history, culture, and sights. You'll learn about currency, weather, tipping, car rental, even where the cash machines are. Great maps. A truly useful travel site if you're planning on being the neighborhood. "http://turnpike.net/metro/muselik/index.html"
NewsPage, free until July 15, is a WWW newswire with 1,000 topics focusing primarily on technical industries. Coverage is daily, and article abstracts make it easy to browse. The whole deal is extremely snazzy. "http://www.newspage.com"
GET YER HTML 3 BACKGROUNDS HERE
Iain Anderson is riding the crest of the wave that is HTML 3, and to all of us stuck in the mire of monotone, he offers his collection of textured backgrounds. "http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~iain/"
Zarf's List of Interactive Web Games, a plethora of games and neat things of that ilk, has moved. "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew/org/kgb/www/zarf/games.html"
$TARVING $HIRLEY'S $AVINGS PAGE
She sounds like that aunt you don't talk about, but Shirley has lots of ways to make - and to keep from spending - a buck. "Tight" is an understatement, but she's proud of it, and entertaining too. "http://www.mindspring.com/~kmims/ss.html"
The Press Association, a news and sports media agency in the U.K., has a Web page with hourly headlines, features, weather, and TV listings. You'll need to subscribe, however. "http://www.padd.press.net/"
This tutorial on how to write HTML documents includes a glossary of HTML tags, a template document to get you started, many examples, and a reference section with other WWW development tools and manuals. "http://www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/cai/html/"
James Cridland keeps a list of U.K. media-related Web sites such as Electronic Telegraph and the BBC, along with links to lesser known but equally valuable and more humorous pages. "http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~jcridlan/"
FlyPBA's aviation FTP page contains information on commercial airlines and airports with Web sites as well as specialized information on Comair, a Delta connection. "ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/fl/flypba/WWW/aviation.html"
The BizOp Mall contains classified ads for those interested in business opportunites, products, and services, and lists resources for the business entrepreneur and those interested in work-at-home opportunites. "http://www.nas.com/~westg/BizOp/Bizop.html"
Seekers of employment in the United Kingdom can register on PeopleBank, a database distributed to employers and agencies through the Net, or browse their list of opportunities. "http://www.micromedia.co.uk/ten/default.htm"
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