Commercial Archeology
http://members.tripod.com/~RWUHP/ca/
One person's trash is another person's treasure. You'll find plenty of both in this
remarkable collection of motels, amusement parks, drive-in theaters, gas stations etc.,
from the American past.
Etch-A-Sketch Art
http://www.michaelmcnevin.com/sketch.htm
We have found the Leonardo da Vinci of Etch-A-Sketch. Talk about a steady hand.
Infinite Ingress
http://microscopy.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
A marvelous animation of what we call reality, starting from a distance of 1023 meters (that's about a billion
light years) from Earth down to 10-16
meters (which is down at quark level). Each succeeding image is one order of magnitude
larger.
Jacques Vallee Interview
http://www.conspire.com/val.html
A lot of the UFO people have at best entertainment value. Jacques Vallee is one of the few
people in the field worth paying very close attention to, especially in this thoughtful,
cautious, stimulating 2-part interview.
Andante
http://www.andante.com/magazine/index.cfm
If classical music is important in your life, this is the site for you. News, articles,
interviews, concert reviews, CD reviews.
Arts Journal
http://www.artsjournal.com/
Ditto, except it's about all the arts.
Google News
http://news.google.com/
Google is catching lots of flak for their news site. You open the page and it looks like
an on-line newspaper. What's different is the stories are chosen by a Google algorithm
that constantly scans some 4,000 other news sites and then "decides" what's
important and what's not. Human editors and other keepers of the fading flame of
professionalism journalism are not amused.
Pianos
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rec.music.makers.piano&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&btnG=Google+Search&site=groups
If there's a piano or a pianist in your life, this lively newsgroup will be an endless
source of information and delight.
Tasteless Photos & Cartoons
http://www.watchersweb.com/funny_photos.htm
"Tasteless" is the operative word for the photos and cartoons readers contribute
to Watchers Web, which is updated daily.
The Top Ten Silliest Historical Sites in America
http://www.uvm.edu/~jloewen/slideshow/slideshow.htm
Need we say more? See for yourself.
Students for Genital Integrity
http://www.studentsforgenitalintegrity.org/
A hopeful spark of campus life, indicating that some students just won't stop trying to
make the world a better place. Now they're working on stopping genital mutilation of
infants and children.
Speed Trap Exchange
http://speedtrap.org/
Sometimes the old sites are best. This one's been around forever and is now truly
encyclopedic in its collection of American speed traps.
