NEWS
CNN-money, money.cnn.com. The headlines are better than the stories though.
news.google.com/ I don't use this because Google is a big company. I use this because it's fast to load and is updated constantly. What's so hard to figure out?
health.yahoo.com ... 6-worst-things-to-eat-at-the-movies Now it can be told.
news.bbc.co.uk ... 'Darkest ever' material created. I want some.
timesonline.co.uk ... Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world. I want some of this too.
drought.unl.edu/dm(Cont'd), US Drought Monitor.
Poynteronline, poynter.org(Cont'd). Find out what journalists think before they do themselves.
Realclimate.org, scholarly discussion of global warming topics.
slashdot.org(Cont'd). News re: Data Proc. Dept. Bent paper clips not included.
Weather Underground, wunderground.com. My favorite weather; also, award for funniest name.
World Clock, peterrussell.com(Cont'd). Every second counts.
valleywag.com/... Time.com's Top 25 Blogs -- the one-page-version. Or so they say.
news.bbc.co.uk ... State of the planet, in graphics. And you thought YOU had problems!
CURIOS
British Museum, very old books, Turn the pages. Gorgeous.
Erowid Art Storm, Psychedelic and OP art. A lot of it.
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, bulwer-lytton.com. Joke, what joke? "Bad" is the new "Good".
The Metropolitan Museum, in New York.
Mucca Pazza, cdbaby.com/cd/muccapazza. Marching bands ain't what they used to be.
Museum of Jurassic Technology Strange and loving it. In Culver City, if you're
ever stranded at LAX. Open late on Thursdays. The links page is not to be missed.
NASA image of the day, nasa.gov(Cont'd). Worth the trip.
NASA World Wind. Now you, too, can rule the world. worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/manual.html.
National Cryptologic Museum, nsa.gov/museum. You know it's true because it's funny.
news.bbc.co.uk ... Experts unveil 'cloak of silence'. So shut up already!
Pandora.com. This is THE music site, a new way to engage in music.
panoramas.dk, panoramic pictures from around the world.
Strange Maps, strangemaps.wordpress.com. I like #225, of Chicago.
tpiano.exe. Your keyboard plays a little piano on your desktop. With midi instruments and playback.
usatoday.com(Cont'd): 'Chiptime' Artists Make Music of Obsolete Computing.
Xavier's Enigma game, Forget Sony Playstation -- this is THE game of 2008!!!
USEFUL
Audacity.sourceforge.net. Open source sound editor.
Babel Fish Translation,
babelfish.altavista.digital.com(Cont'd).
Free language translation, 150 words, 19
language pairs, magnefique!
Beaucoup.com(Cont'd). Better than Google because it's clean.
Calendar Make your own calendar, works for me!
creativelement.com ... Creative Element Power Tools is a collection of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows.
finance.yahoo.com ... Identity-Theft-Through a Lifetime. Necessary considerations.
historicaltimeline.com Here you will find 5 timelines featuring some of the key events, inventions, and leaders which had a major impact on the world's history.
hyperhistory.com ... Over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history.
money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune ... 50 years of market swings Click on the arrow to start the timeline.
Interesting DOS Programs, opus.co.tt/dave/indexall.htm. Thank-you, Dev Anand Teelucksingh!
DOS: Jason Hood's Homepage, geocities.com/jadoxa(Cont'd). Thank you, Jason Hood!
Finale Notepad, finalemusic.com(Cont'd). Write and play scores.
Organic Cotton, Kasper Organics. This is really worth the effort.
TinyApps.Org, for tiny computer programs. Thank-you, Miles!
Wilko C. Emmes' programs presenting chords on a fretboard, 3 to 6 strings, custom tuning,
custom chord definitions,
makes sound. I like it, I really like it.
DOS version, Chords 3.0: harmony-central.com/Software/DOS/chords.html
Windows version, WINCHORD:
solcon.nl/wcemmens/winchord.htm.
zacbrowser.com/ Browser for Spc. Children. Free Internet browser for your youngster.
zipcar.com/ member sign-in. I haven't tried it, but seems to relate to my essay, "Cars of the Future."
REFERENCE
ArkivMusic.dom, for classical music.
Harmony Central Links, Music links from Harmony Central.
heavens-above.com. Astronomy you can use.
IMDB, Internet Movie Data Base. They charged me $35 to put the picture there.
News Voyager, Access to most daily and weekly newspapers in the US.
sheetmusicplus.com. For my visitors who don't have a local music store.
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary, music.vt.edu/musicdictionary
allyoucanread.com ..."Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here", it says? Well, I'll have some time to kill then.
Of all the types, there are but three:
That which is, is not, and cannot be.