\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///// B ///// I ///// G ///// S // U // R // F // vol.1 April 1995 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >>>>>> BIGSurf Net-List <<<<>>>> Fun and Informative places to go! <<<<<< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BIGSurf Net-List is copyright-1995 by Pinochle and Blue Savannah! Pinochle Blue Savannah! Please see the end of this document for more details. This document was meant to be viewed in a mono-spaced font. Macintosh users - please use Monaco 9 point or Courier 10 point. Other computer users - use an appropriate font for display. If you can "surf" your way through this list and not get lost then surfing the 'net will be a minor challenge. - Pinochle. Hint: Use your text-editor's or Word Processor's "FIND" command to locate things that might interest you. Of course you'll want to scroll through the whole document and check out all there is in here but after "scoping out" the situation - you may find that using the FIND command is a lot easier than scrolling everywhere. This is a BIG document and there is a lot of BIG Surfing to do... *************************************************************************** Let the tour begin! *************************************************************************** A Good Start point WWW fantastic web site "chock full-o-nuts" http://www.mecklerweb.com Yes there are better sites but this one is hard to beat for a good general starting point for ALL types of users. Check it out - you'll like it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting points for Gopher users Gopher to: liberty.uc.wlu.edu Washington and Lee University in Virginia, US - a fantastic alternative to "boom-box". Includes a WAIS-indexed database and provides a list of new gophers updated daily. Gopher to: boombox.micro.umn.edu - the "mother" of all gophers still maintains an impressive site. This has become a true Internet standard in the world of gophering. A must see. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A brief primer for searching the Internet How do you search for things on the Internet without aimlessly surfing? Wandering the Internet highway is part of the fun - but sometimes you need specific information and can't afford to cruise all day trying to find it. Here are a few ways to accomplish a 'net search. Using Archie to search for files. A SLIP/PPP connected Mac user has GUI Archie client software that is easy to use and so we'll address the Unix dial up account holders. At the Unix prompt enter "archie -s . This will search for what you entered without regard for case (capitals or small letters). You can also type archie prog to progress a search. Prompts for the search will be put up onscreen. If Archie isn't on your local server then try Tenetting to a public Archie site. Telnet to "archie.internic net" or try Telnetting to "archie.ans.net". Log in as Archie and follow the onscreen prompts for directions on using Archie. Using Veronica to search the Internet for resources is a farly easy process. Point your Gopher client to the University of Minnesota (gopher2.tc.umn.edu) and select "Other Gopher and Information Servers" and then select "Search titles in gopherspace using Veronica". There are many other Veronica servers out there. Try browsing any gopher until you see an online menu that has the "Search titles... using veronica" in it. Using Gopher to browse through "subject trees" can be just what you need to do sometimes. Gopher to "gopher.sunet.se" and select "Subject Trees" to find a long list of Internet Sites on every subject you could possibly imagine. Choose one that seems right and go from there. Using Hytelnet to help you search is another good idea yet it is not used by many Internet travellers. Hytelnet lets you surf through computers that are accessible via Telnet. Start your search by entering "hytelnet" at the Unix prompt. If you have no success then Telnet to "access.usask.ca" and log-in as "hytelnet" Users who have access to the Web (use Lynx if connected via dial-up shell) can use many web search engines. These search engines are found further in this document. Happy search surfing! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo server Home page URL: http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/ http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/Entertainment/Hard_to_Believe/ Holy Cow! You'll be surfing for years from this one site alone! Very cool! Another GREAT place to start your net surfing adventure(s) !!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yanoff Internet list gopher to: gopher.uwm.edu then select /Remote Information Servers/Special Internet Connections Yanoff Internet List WWW URLs: Yanoff special internet connections http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html http://info.cern.ch/hyper-text/DataSources/Yanoff.html These are the "premier" lists for internet travel. Always has the new mixed in with the old. Great if you need Mac places to visit or just want to find out what's new on the net. Get this once a month. The TV guide of the Internet! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gopher Jewels gopher to: cwis.usc.edu then select /Other Gophers and Information Resources/Gopher-Jewels as it says... neat places to gopher - constantly updated and changing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Mac Primo site * this Web site contains pointers to all sorts of Macintosh related items. http://rever.nmsu.edu/~elharo/faq/Macintosh.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turbo-Gopher and other Mac internet utilities ftp://boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher also look in --> boombox.micro.umn.edu/pub/helper-applications The "mother" of all gophers from the Univ of Minnesota.There is a whole host of important internet tools, like POP Mail, Sparkle and Telnet applications plus lots more. A must visit for any Mac user. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The basic software necessary for a Mac to "talk" TCP/IP, Apple's MacTCP control panel, is included with version 7.5 of MacOS. It's also bundled with various commercial software packages and included on the disks that come with some Mac Internet guide books (such as Adam Engst's excellent "The Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh", and Adam Engst's intermediate level book, "The Internet Explorer for Macintosh", published by Hayden Books - ISBN# 1-56830-064-6). There are free implementations of PPP (Merit's MacPPP) and SLIP (Intercon's InterSLIP) available on the net via FTP: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-ppp-201.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/inter-slip-installer-101.hqx ftp to: ftp.intercon.com /InterCon/sales/Mac/Demo_Software For PPP ftp to: merit.edu /pub/ppp/mac Basically, a Mac needs MacTCP, a control panel developed to allow Macintoshes access to TCP/IP networks. SLIP or PPP implementations work with MacTCP pretty much transparently, usually as another control panel. Typical senario: Configure your SLIP/PPP connection with your connection number/modem type/passwords, make sure MacTCP is in there (2.0.6 is recommended), and then connect to the server! That's all there is to it; the config and connect procedure is a little different with teach SLIP/PPP program. MacTCP isn't free, but it's bundled with System 7.5 or available as an independent product from an Apple dealer. The upgrade patch to 2.0.6 (you'll probably get 2.0.4 with System 7.5 or a dealer) is available on all major online services, and on www.info.apple.com. It's important to note that you can only upgrade VIRGIN copies of MacTCP to 2.0.6 (one that hasn't been used at all), but don't worry: detailed instructions come with the patch. And in case you can't get it immediately, don't fret version 2.0.6 offers no new features, but instead is a little more robust in its resolving capability, and handles some low memory situations better. submitted by: Jonathan Sir Hendrey Austin Apple Assistance Center Technical Support Specialist --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freeware and shareware utilities of SLIP/PPP connected users. E-Mailer Eudora mail program ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/mail/eudora-151.hqx ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/mac/eudora FTP software: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/anarchie-14.hqx* ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/fetch-212.hqx * Anarchie is also an Archie client News readers: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/news-watcher-20b24.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/nuntius-12.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/inter-news-106.hqx WWW browsers: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-web-100a32-68k.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-web-100a32-ppc.hqx Telnet applications: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/ncsa-telnet-26.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/comet-307.hqx Finger client: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/finger-150.hqx IRC chat client: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/homer-0934.hqx ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/ircle-151.hqx Talk client: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/talk-111.hqx Gopher application: ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/turbo-gopher-20b9.hqx WAIS (Wide Area Information Search): ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/comm/tcp/mac-wais-129.hqx --------------- You'll also want to get a copy of Aladdin's excellent freeware utility Stuffit Expander, which will decode or decompress various formats. ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-352.bin ftp://ftp.ucs.ubc.ca/pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-352.hqx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewtNews http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/NewtNews/NN_top.html ftp://io.com/pub/usr/btorres/NewtNews ftp://ftp.amug.org/pub/newton/news/newt-news NewtNews is a weekly freeware Internet newsletter that focuses on the Apple Newton, and other related industry and PDA information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Ball page http://resort.com/~banshee/Misc/8ball the net version of the ol' 8 Ball advice giver. Will I or won't she...? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternative Web sites (new and unusual) http://www.mcs.net/~rune/home.html New and unusual links from around the world. Strange and amusing! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberQueer Lounge http://cyberzine.org/html/GLAIDS/glaidshomepage.html If you're gay, lesbian or anything in between then here's the page for you. An exhaustive list of info and links to cover about every imaginable topic related to homosexuality. Even if you're curious - take a look. It's really a well-done site and you might even learn something. Gays will have a field day on this one. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The M*A*S*H FTP Archive site FTP to: rtfm.mit.edu /pub/usenet/news.answers/tv/mash Everything you wanted to know about the TV show M*A*S*H and more... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- StarTrek: Voyager WWW site http://voyager.paramount.com A virtual and trippy tour of the USS Voyager. The user becomes a "virtual" crew member and interacts with this fantastic Web page. This is one of the coolest web pages around even you're not a StarTrek fan - try this out! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Global Cycling Network Gopher to: cycling.org This is bicycling not recycling folks! Lists, links and info of all sorts of bicycling topics including races, design and fitness oriented articles. Check out the "Other Cycling Resources" on the Internet Menu list and link there to find even more (and sometimes better) info. Look Ma - no hands! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anime - Web page http://www.umich.edu/~tld/others.html Hip home page has tons of other Anime links. Way cool stuff here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apple Computer ftp.support.apple.com /pub ftp.info.apple.com Apple Web page http://www.info.apple.com/dev http://www.info.apple.com/ Apple Dog-Cow Nest http://www.info.apple.com/dev/dts/dogcow.html The call of the "moof" is heard here... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assorted Macintosh Internet tools and info available via FTP Here are some "primo" ftp sites for Mac users. ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu ftp.tidbits.com ftp.tidbits.com /pub/tidbits/tisk ftp.tidbits.com /pub/eudora boombox.micro.umn.edu mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/info-mac mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/info-mac/comm mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/info-mac/comm/MacTCP wuarchive.wustl.edu /systems/mac/umich.edu/util/comm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graphic Tool sites via FTP (Quick site listing) Places to go to grab needed graphic utlities ftp to: bongo.cc.utexas.edu.edu (for PC, Mac and Unix) ftp to: wuarchive.wustl.edu (for PC, Mac, and Unix) ftp to: mac.archive.umich.edu (for Mac) ftp to: oak.oakland.edu (For PC and Mac - includes mirrors to other sites) ftp to: sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Mac) ftp to: sumex.stanford.edu (Mac) ftp to: ftp.cica.indiana.edu (for PC users) ftp to: ftp.rahul.net (for PC and Unix) ftp to: nic.funet.fi (Wide assortment of various hard to find tools) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacTCP Watcher Anarchie FTP to: nic.switch.ch /mac/software/peterlewis/amug.org/pub/peterlewis/ FTP to: redback.cs.uwa.edu.au /others/peterlewis/ A must have for MacTCP folks or SLIP/PPP connections. A software utility that monitors how MacTCP is working, passing packets, test your domain name server, ping other machines on the 'net and more. Get it. Anarchie is also by Peter Lewis and is (perhaps) the BEST hybrid tool out there. It combines both the functions of ftp and archie search tools. Simply type the name of the program you want and Anarchie automatically logs in to an Archie server, finds the software and then downloads it for you! This is a MUST HAVE for any SLIP/PPP connected user. Incredible! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maven FTP to: k12.cnidr.org /pub/Mac Maven is an audio-conferencing tool (that's right - send your voice over the Internet to others). Even though it's a bandwidth hog you just may be able to pass through the packets with a 14.4 (maybe) and can start actually being useful at 28.8K speeds or higher. A neat tool that may work for you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacWeather FTP to: mac.archive.umich.edu Cool GUI tool (for SLIP/PPP) that lets you link to weather information from cities all throughout the US and Canada. Also can link to off-shore Marine forecast centers. Has a graphic barometer and themometer, wind direction gauge and wind speed gauge. There's even a Weather mini-window that shows cloudy, rainy, clear, etc. This is a very cool way to get weather reports! A simple, easy to use yet powerful weather report utility. You'll love it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BlueSkies gopher FTP to: madlab.sprl.umich.edu in the --> /pub/Blue-Skies look for the file "Blue-Skies_.sea.hqx" One of the coolest gopher clients around. A GUI weatherman and a whole lot more. Complete weather info available plus gopher links to other great gophers. It's supposed to be "educational" (boring) but it's far from boring. In fact, if you don't have this gopher client - you're not getting the most out of your SLIP/PPP connection. GET THIS NOW! For Macs only! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eudora (SLIP/PPP emailer) FTP to: ftp.qualcomm.com The BEST and easiest to use mail program for SLIP/PPP Mac users. There is no better. Has plenty of functionality yet remains absurdly easy to use. If you are running a SLIP/PPP connection then GET THIS. Period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CU-SeeMe (for Macintosh) http://magneto.csc.ncsu.edu/Multimedia/CU-SeeMe/cuseeme.html Audio/video conferencing via Macs connected to Internet by SLIP/PPP, T1 56Kbs, or direct connection. It works over low-bandwidth lines and is becoming the choice for schools and education to run video-conferencing sessions. Now THIS is what the Internet communications is all about folks! If your institution has Macs on the Internet - don't delay - get this! It's the best way to video-conference without added expense and high cost. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lentz's Macintosh Internet Resources http://www.astro.nwu.edu/lentz/mac/home-mac.html A little known but well stocked site that has almost everthing an Internet Mac user could need or want. A treasure trove of software awaits the Macintosh traveller. Go here instead of those overworked sumex-aim type ftp sites. You'll be glad you came! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searchable Macintosh Shareware Catalog http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/mac/archive/doc/search.html A complete and searchable listing of scads of Mac shareware and freeware. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TidBits page (by Adam Engst and Tonya Engst) http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/TidBits/TidBits.html This is MUST reading for any Mac user. Period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art web sites http://www.art.net/links.html Links to all sorts of arts and fine-arts related sites --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art Liaison Virtual Gallery Gopher to: artspeak.dorsal.org This site is just getting started so be patient - it's a project that's still under progress. It is a visually rich site but unfortunately the gopher site has you download images before viewing. A web site is planned but it would be nice to also maintain the gopher site as well. Many folks do not have access to the WWW so a gopher site alernative is always nice. Besides being graphically rich, there are art auction announcements, theme topics and classified ads section. There is also a forum where you can fell free to express your ideas on art related subjects. Everyone hopes that this site will be as good as the promise it shows now. Check it out and then come back and visit later - watch a fine project in developement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Temple University Gallery of the ARTS http://betty.music.temple.edu Another well done home page with many links to other fine-arts sites and fine-arts information related sites. (Go Temple Owls!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Astronomy and Space (including NASA archives) Telnet to: sseop.jsc.nasa.gov log in as "photos" ---------------- telnet to: ned.ipac.caltech.edu log in as "ned" contains extragalactic photos -------------------------- telnet to: cfa204.harvard.edu log in as "einline" and follow instructions contains Smithsonian archives/photos -------------------------- telnet to: stinfo.hq.eso.org log in as "stinfo" the Hubble space telescope place -------------------------- Astrophysics Book Shelf gopher to: psulias.psu.edu Choose The Electronic Bookshelf then Subject Shelf, then Astronomy and Astrophysics shelf. Bon apetite! ----- The AstroWeb http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/astronomy.html A virtual warehouse of astronomy related information. Check it out! ----- NASA FTP info ftp to: dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov look around. points of interest are the /IMAGES/GIFS directory and other sub-directories for Apollo, astronomy, NASA, the Space Shuttle and many more. ----- NASA Explorer Site ftp to: explorer.arc.nasa.gov Contains images from NASA space missions. Fantastic graphic site! ----- NASA Spacelink Database telnet, gopher, ftp or WWW the address is: spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov An unbelievable database of GIFs, JPEGs, scans, info-docs and more! ----- NASA Launch Site http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/hqpao/hqpao_home.html Fantastic NASA page. You gotta see this one! ----- NASA Project page http://www.nasa.gov Offers access to its many research and ongoing projects and is also a gateway to many other science-related sites. Includes collections of astronomical data and sources and a wide variety of science information. Much of the information is graphically presented which makes it a wonderful visually interesting educational resource. NASA sites are great! ----- Space Telescope Institute Tour http://stsci.edu/top.html A wonderful graphical tour of the Space Telescope Institute complete with pictures of space taken by the telescope. The pictures are continually updated as current photos are being taken. ----- SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) gopher to: seds.lpl.arizona.edu Information about all sorts of celestial events; past, present and future. ----- Views of the Solar System http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~cjhamil/SolarSystem/homepage.html A visual trip hopping from planet to planet. ----- Welcome to the Planets http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ Another great web page from NASA - the images are quickly downloaded and you'll be cruising at warp speed through the galaxy. A great trek for all. =========================================================================== AT&T 1-800 listings a fairly complete 1-800 directory listing http://att.net/dir800 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books, E-Text, articles http://www.amug.org/~a165/ Large lists of links to many etext items. Like a huge library resource available online. No library card needed! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netscape Live Aquarium http://www.netscape.com/fishcam/fishcam.html A live picture of an aquarium at the Netscape offices. Lots of fish and plants. Take the worry out of setting up your own - use this instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambridge Univ. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html Cambridge Univ, England A live picture of a coffee pot in a corner of the Trojan Room at Cambridge University. Lets students know if there is any coffee in the pot before wasting precious energy to leave their comfy dorms to get a cup o' java. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathouse.org site http://cathouse.org/CathousePeople/JasonHeimbaugh/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIA www server http://www.ic.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clip-Art site Stanford U. has made a whole collection (450K) available: http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/gifs/gifs.tar.Z http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/gifs/gifs.zip Try also this private site (containing other pointers): http://colargol.edb.tih.no/~geirme/gizmos/gizmo.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disney/Buena Vista http://bvp.wdp.com/BVPM/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coffee URL http://www.infonet.net/showcase/coffee A complete coffee FAQ and then some. For the Java afficianados everywhere. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comedy http://underground.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comedy 'Zine http://www.cts.com/~borderline --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confession Booth http://anther.learning.cs.cmu.edu/priest.html A virtual Priest listens to all and gives comfort and absolution of sins. No need to wake up early on Sundays anymore - sleep late and confess later. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congressional WWW http://thomas.loc.gov Congressional info galore - more than you thought they'd let you know! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense of Freedom WWW http://fohnix.metronet.com/HomePages/kira/revolution/revolution.html. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economics exchange rates, economic info gopher to: una.hh.lib.umich.edu look in the /ebb directory WWW page: http://gopher.econ.lsa.umich.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Educational and Reference Net sites A WWW site specifically designed for k12 students http://www.packet.net/schoolhouse/Welcome.html It has a complete online childrens book as well as an interactive map game. ------------------------- Kevin's Prairie Dog Town gopher to: skynet.usask.ca One of the most interesting places for students and educators to visit on the Internet. Much to do and much to see - it's never a boring visit. ------------------------- Education site WWW http://www.wentworth.com/cyber/ ------------------------- AskERIC (find and search for Educational resources on the Internet) gopher to: ericir.syr.edu Telnet to: ericir.syr.edu log in as "gopher" ------------------------- Library of Congress Gopher gopher to: marvel.loc.gov ------------------------- US Dept. of Education gopher to: gopher.ed.gov ------------------------- Smithsonian Institutue in Washington, D.C., US ftp to: photo1.si.edu Huge database of info and pictures! ------------------------- Interactive Weather Map http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/interactive.html Interactive weather maps that has image map links. Click on a place on the map and be transported there with full weather info available! ------------------------- INTELLiCast weather service http://www.tasc.com/icast Includes interactive maps and available 24 hours a day. This service is updated hourly and has world weather watch info as well. ------------------------- US Department of Education Gopher to: gopher.ed.gov Contains an extensive set of documents and information relating to education and educational issues. ------------------------- The White House (Wash, DC, USA) FTP to: ftp.whitehouse.gov start in the --> /pub/political-science Gopher to: gopher.esa.doc.gov ------------------------- The White House, Washington, D.C. gopher to: gopher.esa.doc.gov ftp to: ftp.whitehouse.gov The generalized address - has a lot of info to offer! ------------------------- International Centre for Distance Learning web page http://acs-info.open.ac.uk/info/other/ICDL Global learning center promotes learning across boundaries and the sharing of information on a world-wide scope. Many countries are involved. =========================================================================== ED-TECH This listserv discussion (email messages full of info automatically sent) is focused in Educational Technology and is very well done and a highly informative source of information. To sign up follow these directions: --> send an email message to listserv@msu.edu --> In the subject line type: subscribe =========================================================================== AskERIC (Education Resource Information Clearinghouse) Gopher to: ericir.syr.edu Telnet to: ericir.syr.edu -->log in as "gopher" An Internet site for answering educationally related questions (which is quite a broad and expansive topical base). It is designed for teachers, librarians, students and administrators although the wealth of information is available to the general public also. Every educator should have this address memorized. Use liberally and often. One of the most well respected sites for educational materials on the Internet. ------------------------- Newsletters via Internet Internet-on-a-Disk (The B&R Samizdat Express) to join - send an email message to: samizdat@world.std.com Subject line: Join Message body: Include your name, email address and Join Internet on a disk mailing list. ------------------------- KIDSPHER Subscribe by sending email message to: listserv@pittvms.bitnet Subject line: Message body: sub KIDSPHER A mailing list providing a global network for K-12 students and teachers that focuses on technological issues and international communications. ------------------------- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to join send email to: listserv@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Subject line: Join listserv Message body: subscribe NATO ------------------------- PENPALS to subscribe send a message to the following email address email message to: penpal-l@unccvm.bitnet Subject line: penpal subscribe Message body: subscribe penpal-l ------------------------- Cable News Network Telnet to: vienna.hh.lib.umich.edu -->log in as "mlink" A complete classroom edition of CNN online. Look under Education for the CNN Newsroom Classroom Guide. This is global learning ala Internet! ------------------------- Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Telnet to: lib.uwstout.edu use the word "library" to log-in. Hit D key combo twice to exit. A virtual gold mine of information that is often overlooked. You can use this to perform comprehensive searches through hundreds (thousands?) of magazines published in the US. Search by author, subject, title or keyword to find the resources or articles you're looking for. Your search results are then printed to screen and include a small abstract of the source article and information in regards to the publication it is in. Invaluable! ------------------------- On-Line Complete Ready Reference Gopher to: sol1.solinet.net once connected choose the On-Line Ready Reference menu item When they say 'complete" they really mean it! This site has got to be one of the best general reference sites on the Internet. Contains such things as the Periodic Table of Elements, Webster's Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, US telephone area codes, Zip Code directories, Amtrak train schedules, US State Dept. Travel advisories and the list goes on and on... You will be amazed at all the "goodies" in here. One-stop "info-shopping" at its best. Every educator, student and internaut should have this address memorized! =========================================================================== EPS clip-art http://www.webscope.com/artrageous/info.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Places for Kids (of all ages) Online Book Initiative Gopher - WWW site - gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/obi/book/FairyTales or gopher to: ftp.std.com select "Online Book Initiative" There's close to 100 favorite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and these Grimm fairy tales are among the very best. Everything from Snow White to Little Red Riding Hood resides here. Text only - but who needs pictures when you have imagination and great stories to read. Enjoy! ---------- Kid's Internet Delight http://www.clark.net/pub/journalism/kid.html A fantastically cool place for kids AND adults. There is a lot of fun to be had here and, my goodness, you really can have fun and explore and learn at the same time! Visit the Electronics Lab of the Future and all its gadgetry. Take a trip to the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History where the DNA to Dinosaurs exhibit is located (and lots more!) Then travel on to the Games Domain and hold on to your seat. Some of the hippest and coolest places to link to are here. I'm telling you - no matter what age you are - you'll have a blast (and actually learn something) from this fantastic web page. You could visit here daily and not get bored. Plenty of things to see and do make this another must see in your travels. ---------- MIDLINK Magazine http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink This electronic magazine is designed by kids for kids. That's right - kids design and make up this magazine (well... they get a little help) and it changes every two months with each new issue. It is designed to both educate and entertain and each new issue contains a central topic or theme. Past issues are also online so you can see any you missed. Virtual trips and exhibits abound taking youngsters on a tour around the world to see many different sights and places and as they tour they learn lots about these places. Tons of pictures and easy to read information plus neat and interesting links make this a place that kids come back to time after time. There are also riddles and cool problems to solve on puzzle pages scattered about the 'zine and I doubt there is a better web page made chiefly by kids on the Internet. Good educational material is not always easy to find on that vast highway known as the Internet - so make sure your kids wind up steering here. A great place for teachers and adults as well. Makes a great educational resource for schools connected to the WWW. ---------- Street Cents Online http://www.screen.com/streetcents.html A cool way for kids to learn about money. No, not like a boring "making change from a dollar" lesson but like an entertaining show designed to educate while kids have fun learning. In fact, it was inspired by a Canadian TV show that taught kids in a fun way all about money. Street Cents is more like a Consumer's Reports, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Time Magazine all-in-one for kids. Food taste tests done by kids and food costs plus comments about new soft drinks can be some of the things that are going on here. Plus other topics like TV ad exaggerations, annoying commercials, music (what's hot/what's not), stocks and bonds (of course PepsiCo, Apple and Hershey Foods (chocolate), are a few of the favorites to track. Other neat things like info on part-time jobs (not a classified section but a way for kids to learn what to expect out there in the working world) and online clubs really keeps kids interested and since it changes every week - it never gets stale. Don't be surprised when your kids take control of your web browser and surf to this site constantly to see "what's up"! ---------- Kids Web http://www.npac.syr.edu This is a World Web Web electronic library for kids. Almost every resource a student needs is here (and I know a few adults that come here too). Resources like the Periodic Table of Elements, a dictionary, a thesaurus and lots more. There are many links to other informative resources and this site contains many links to other informative sites too. History resources, Literature resources and Science resources abound. There are many interactive and multimedia pages and I doubt there is a better one stop place to visit when you want to find out about a subject or need to do research for a report. Another four-star rated web site for kids. ---------- Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Center http://www.cochran.com/TT.html Here's a site devoted to teaching kids about friendship, trust and the importance of helping others, within an interactive short story entitled "Thedore's Surprise Friend". This story was created especially for the Internet and it is very engrossing for younger kids. Theodore the Tug has to decide whether to greet a large and arrogant ship coming into Big Harbour or to hang out with his buddy Barrington Barge. Youngsters get to interactively help Theodore make decisions and the child's decisions propel the story in any number of directions. The story unfolds much like a large picture book and each page has a color illustration. The many plot possibilities will keep kids interested and they can change their decisions to see how the story will change. The pictures can be downloaded easily so kids can collect a downloaded coloring book on which they can color in the pages as they recant the adventure(s) of Theodore the Tug. This is yet another four-star rated web page for kids. It just doesn't get much better than this. ---------- Global Show-N-Tell exhibition http://emma.manymedia.com/show-n-tell A sharing place on the web for kids of all ages to show off their projects and where they live to others on the net. There are students and schools from Fairbanks, Alaska, and many northern California and north-western US schools are represented here. There are also some pages that have email addresses on them for kids to write and make "penpals". Personally I don't like the idea of publicly showing a child's email address - but maybe that is just me. Otherwise this is a good place for kids to visit but as it is an ongoing project, I hope that other schools across the US would be on here as well. Not a four-star page but a good start for a early project. ---------- PRESS RETURN web page http://scholastic.com:2005/public/pressreturn/press-return.html This is an electronic multimedia magazine that deals with various teen experiences. This page is created by and foe middle school and high school students. Each issue has a central "theme" and showcases many ideas and various talents that the student writers have to express. Professional editors and writers work hand-in-hand with the student contributors and the web page is very well done. It is a work in progress (aren't they all?) and so far seems to be both interesting, educational and fun! The pages are well conceived and don't take long to download even on a 14.4K modem connection. Highly recommended for students ages 10 - 18. (grades 6 - 12) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food and Drink gopher to: ashpool.micro.umn.edu look in /fun/Recipes contains hundreds of recipes and a search tool ftp to: ftp.ee.rochester.edu look in /pub/recipes contains dozens of recipes (especially desserts) ftp to: gatekeeper.dec.com Archive of recipes from various Usenet newsgroups devoted to cooking. Food and Drink WWW URLs: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/who/Amy.Gale/other-sites.html contains Amy Gale's List of Food and Cooking sites. Chocolate Lover's Page http://www.ios.com/~shag/chocolate.html Tons of info and sweet links and pointers - don't lick the monitor! Godiva Home Page http://www.godiva.com Recipes, chocolate history and trivia and other sweet topics make this page a winner. Also includes pictures and ordering forms for Godiva Chocolates. If you enjoy chocolate - GET HERE! It is a GREAT web page. HOT page http://www.presence.com/hot For lover's of all things hot. Tabasco, hot sauce, hot peppers, etc. Gets me thirsty just thinking about it. FUN Recipes web page http://www.cr.usgs.gov:80/usgs/FUN/Recipes another web based cooking compilation from the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Division. Surprisingly good page. Yum! Delicious. La Petit Chef page http://crayymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu:80/PetitChef contains mucho info and FAQs and links to other resources. ZIMA Web page http://zima.com/ Pizza Hut web page http://www.pizzahut.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog dissect WWW Whole Frog Project http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/whole.frog.html ----- Univ. of Virginia Curry School of Educational Instructional Technology Frog Dissection Program http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/~insttech/frog Look Ma! No scalpel! Er... no frog either! Actually a bloodless and humane way to virtually study frog anatomy. Educational and fun for all! ----- Interactive Frog Dissection (Lawrence Berkeley Labs) http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html A forms-based approach to dissection. Images of the frog from various views enhances the experience and there are many graphics of the various stages of dissection as well. I can almost smell the formaldehyde. =========================================================================== Fun and Games http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/fun.html "The Spider's Web" You'll get lost in this one for hours on end. Try to start your surfing excursion on a weekend - you won't be to bed for a while --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gallery of Grotesque ("Dan's Gallery of the Grotesque") http://zynet.com/~grotesk http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~djb/GotG/GotG_top.html Not for the squeamish! Formaldehyde babies and postmortem stiffs abound! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games Domain www http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardening gopher to: gopherleviathan.tamu.edu contains the Master Gardener archives and Q&A Web site: http://www.olympus.net/gardens/welcome.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy info resources Gopher to: ucs2.byu.edu look in /General Information/LDSInformation/Genealogy contains info archives from the ROOTS-L mail list alpha.cc.utoledo.edu look in /Research Resources/Genealogy ----- FTP to: ftp.cac.psu.edu /pub/genealogy contains shareware and freeware programs vm1.nodak.edu this is the ROOTS-L server and has mail list archives look in the /ROOTS-L directory ----- World Wide Web site WWW Genealogy site http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/genealogy.html contains docs, pointers, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GhostRider Web page http://www.iscs.nus.sg/~tankhimb well done site - new and unusual links plus standards --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Tools for Exploration gopher to: gopher.oise.on.ca checkout the "Tools for Internet Exploration" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government Web sites ==================== White House homepage http://www.whitehouse.gov/ Whitehouse FTP site ftp to: whitehouse.gov All sorts of Presidential papers are available to the public. Including all White House transcripts and press releases. Sunsite-based Gov. docs. emphasis on telecom and high-tech policies http://sunsite.unc.edu/govdocs.html Infomine at Univ of Calif. at Riverside http://lib-www.ucr.edu/govpub/ Wiretap Gopher gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/ Fedworld INFO NETWORK contains many up-to-date links of fed. info http://www.fedworld.gov/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Software/Tools Here is a great place for anyone to start in their hunt for great utilities you can use to cruise the Web ... and just about any other TCP/IP goodie. ftp.demon.co.uk/pub --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graffiti page ("Art Crimes") contains graffiti-art from around the world http://www.gatech.edu/desoto/graf/Index.Art_Crimes.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graphics Page WWW http://www.best.com/~bryanw The WWW Graphics Page is now online via the World Wide Web! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotwired! http://www.hotwired.com/ Informative, irreverant and funny. There's always great places to go here and great things to read. A "MUST VISIT" place on the web. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HTML info-docs A Beginner's Guide to HTML http://www.NCSA.uiuc.edu/demoweb/html-primer.html Composing Good HTML http://www.willamette.edu/html-composition/strict-html.html HTML Documents: A Mosaic Tutorial http://fire.clarkson.edu/doc/html/htut.html HTML Quick Reference http://mendel.hgp.med.umich.edu/ref/www/html.quickref.html HTML Style Guide http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Provider/Style/Overview.html Introduction to HTML http://www.vuw.ac.nz/non-local/gnat/www-html.html HTML, ICADD and Braille (ICADD supports braille, large print and voice) http://www.ucla.edu/ICADD/html2icadd-form.html HTML 2.0 http://www.hal.com/%7Econnolly/html-spec HTML accessibility http://www.gsa.gov/coca/WWWcode.html HTML Style Guides http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/HyperNews/get/www/html/guides.html Publishing a web page can be hard to layout correctly, but there are some really basic rules that everyone should know. For a really good source of style guides visit the above site. http://www.mcs.net/~jorn/html/hyper.html Deep and hard to understand for the beginner, this site provides lots of insights and concepts for the experienced (and budding) Web page writer. HTML Writing Tool - Arachnid http://sec-look.uiowa.edu "Home of Arachnid - the easy to use HTML writer" Second Look Computing Division, University of Iowa An easy to use graphical HTML writer. Write your own web pages easily! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMAGE WWW site For hours of fun on those late Thursday nights... Check this web page out! http://web.cnam.fr/bin.html/imageWWW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on Macintosh and Mac ftp sites http://www.realtime.net/~jones/info-mac-sites.html http://www.realtime.net/~jones/mac-ftp-sites.html http://www.realtime.net/~jones/umich-sites.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet apps/info site ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/ http://www.tidbits.com/tidbits/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Phone http://www.vocaltec.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jazz info server http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz to jump straight to the cool jazz "time-line" page http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/styles/style-map.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career Mosaic http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/home.html Job info via the Web. All sorts of corporate, specialized and general jobs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children's Literature gopher to: lib.nmsu.edu ftp to: ftp.portal.com/pub/arslonga http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html http://www.portal.com/~skip/ayli.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Languages Page http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html holy wow! contains a boatload of language links. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Louvre Web page http://mistral.enst.fr/~pioch/louvre/ Entrance to the Web Louvre. A virtual trip to Paris and beyond. Includes exhibits at the Louvre as well as a tour of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysees. There's over 1,300 pages and over 800 graphics. Tres bien! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGO Product site http://legowww.itek.norut.no This has to be one of the coolest and most fun commercial sites around. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturer's hotlist http://wwwww.svcmerch.com/service/svcmerc.html after going to URL choose "Manufacturer's 800 numbers" list contains hundreds of Manufacturers from A --> Z. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephanie DaSilva's List of Lists ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu located in --> /pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/mailing-lists Complete set of lists (that's right every mailing list known) along with descriptions for each list. The list of lists is a good way to see if there is a mailing list that coincides with your interests. Also included are directions on how to join each mailing list or listserv. Make sure you look at your mail each day or it can become quickly over-run. Some popular mailing lists generate hundreds of email messages weekly. Make sure you read how to "un-join" or cancel yourself from a mailing list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Math WWW site The Mathematics Archives site http://archives.math.utk.edu/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mossy Rock Links Unusual surfing site http://www.Direct.CA/~ssibbet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music Stuff on the Internet Music, arts, stories http://www.wimsey.com/~leahf/greencart.html -------------------------------- Music web pointers http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~hauben/music-index.html -------------------------------- Music, arts, stories http://sunsite.unc.edu/ianc/ -------------------------------- Kaleidoscope http://kspace.com -------------------------------- American Recordings http://american.recordings.com -------------------------------- Windham Hill music page http://www.windham.com -------------------------------- Rolling Stones -homepage HTTP://WWW.Stones.com/ -------------------------------- Gilbert and Sullivan Archive http://math.idbsu.edu/GaS.html ftp to: diamond.idbsu.edu in the --> /gas For the lovers of the namesakes operatic venue. A complete and well done archive which has 22 directories of info relating to G&S musicical works. =========================================================================== NASA web page http://wwwgfsc.nasa.gov/hqpao/hqpao_home.html the ultimate NASA WWW-URL ! (well... that's what I was told...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASCAR Auto Racing pages http://www2.msstate.edu:80/~rls3/ http://www.acpub.duke.edu/~jwcarp/nascarhome --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net-happenings (info from around the Internet World) note: this is great K-12 resource AND a great general resource! email (listserv) send email to: majordomo@is.internic.net Subject: Message body: subscribe net-happenings Message body: subscribe net-happenings-digest (The "digest" list is a condensed and abbreviated version of the full mail list. Subscribe to this if you wish to receive fewer messages.) gopher to: guru.med.cornell.edu look in the /Academic Computing/E-Mail Lists/Net-Happenings gopher to: samizdat.unh.edu look in the /The Internet/InterNIC resource announcements WWW URL (2 sites) http://www.internic.net/htbin/search-net-happenings http://www-iub.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/nethaps To search the net-happenings archives - Telnet to: gopher.cni.org log in as "brsuser" and follow the on-screen directions --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netscape absolutely the BEST WWW browser for Macintosh! ftp://gcomm.com/library/www/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewbieNEWZ Roadmap RoadMap URL - a very good way to find out where to go on the Internet. http://www.brandonu.edu/~ennsnr/Resources/Roadmap/Welcome.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paleontology Univ of CA (Berkeley) http:-ucmpl.berkeley.edu/welcome.html One of the premeire exhibits on the net. A fantastic virtual tour of the Berkeley Museum. You MUST surf to this place. One of the best web exhibits on the World Wide Web. It is visually interesting, fun and educational. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paris, France WWW http://meteora.ucsd.edu:80/~norman/paris a Web voyage through gay Paree - well done! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paris home page http://web.urec.fr/france/france.html Vive la France! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Planets WWW the best of the best from NASA pictures http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Psycho Drugs URL Hey kids, here's a great URL to check out; gopher://culture.atcc.org:70/0R1345504-1345792-/txtfiles.dev/FUNGYEAS.TXT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QuickTime site ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/fl/flypba/QuickTime --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray-traced 3D web pict site http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bsteuer/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBOT CONTROL INTERACTIVE! Robot-MercuryWWW (Mercury Project Site) http://www.usc.edu/dept/raiders/story/mercury-story.html Web forms control a live robot. Now dig for buried treasure. Avast Mateys! ----- Robot control WWW (Mercury-site project) http://www.usc.edu/dept/raiders Control a robot arm via WWW Another Mercury robot project ----- Remote Robot Arm http://telerobot.mech.uwa.edu.au "aye ...that's robot control mates" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare "stuff" ftp to: wiretap.spies.com Log in as anonymous and use email address as password. Then cd to /Library/Document (note the uppercase letters!) and get the file "shake.dic" (This "shake.dic" contains the complete Shakespearean Glossary" which has simple translations to all those hard to know Shakespeare words. A thorough 122 page glossary/dictionary.) Shakespeare insult page http://kite.resnet.cornell.edu/insult.html Witty Elizabethan insults by the master bard himself. Use 'em on friends and family and others. They'll probably miss half of them so be prepared to utter other witticisms that are more easily understood. ahem... Shakespeare Web http://www.culturewave.com/culturewave/shakespeare/shakesweb.html This web page has many contests relating to Shakespeare and his writings and also includes annotated HTML texts of the bard's works. The annotated comments can be added to through web forms by anyone so inclined. Info and commonly asked questions about Shakespeare abound here. You can also use this page to link to other web pages that deal with Shakespeare. This is one of the best places to start your Shakespeare journey through the web. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Austen Information Web Page http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/janeinfo.html Contains links to Austen writings (in HTML of course!) and other annotated pages devoted to this author's works. Austen's novels are here too along with the writer's biography and various related bibliographies dealing with her and her works. Even has a JPEG of Jane herself readily available for downloading. For Austen fans only - very well done page! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ON-LINE Books Page http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/books This incredible page offers links to nearly 500 on-line etext books. That's right - you can read and download the text to nearly 500 books and the list keeps growing even as you read this blurb. The list is searchable by either author or book title. This is the ultimate source for online texts for it also has links to the Carnegie-Mellon English server and Project Gutenberg Internet site. There's even a few foreign language texts and links. This page is HIGHLY recommended for anyone interested in books from the classics to newer material. Look Ma - no library card needed! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sports WWW http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/sports/ OK - sports fans! Get your fix of sports info here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inline Online Skating page http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Leisure-and-Recreation/Sports/daniel-chick/ io_org.html A very new offering on the web scene and almost empty of anything. Look for this page to expand as the authors are devoted and committed to the sport. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- State run servers info http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/states.html Information on US State servers and free (public) internet access. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIA info-docs (written by TIA's Steve Wilmart and Dave Menges) ftp or gopher to: marketplace.com in the --> /tia/docs directory The files are tia.companion.mac.setup and tia.companion.win.setup TIA (The Internet Adapter) lets dial-up users connect as if they were using a full-fledged SLIP/PPP account! Lets you use graphical software on the net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tidbits (Macintosh) Adam Engst's bric-a-brac site w/ net utilities ftp.tidbits.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tranparent GIFs Transparent and interlaced GIFs for web pages - full info site http://dragon.jpl.nasa.gov/~adam/transparent.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin's Links from the Underground http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/jahal/index.html Unusual sites from around the world! Who else has links to the Ollie North page. An unbelievable collection. You could surf through this for months. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paranoia - Web page www.paranoia.com/links.html need I say more? hey - what was that? who's there? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usenet FAQs gopher or ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu contains archives of all Usenet FAQs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VA-Newswatcher ftp://grocne.enc.org/pub/V.A.NewsWatcher/ for NewsWatcher ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/ These are the some of the BEST newsreaders for Mac users connected with either SLIP/PPP. My personal preference is VA-NewsWatcher. Tres cool! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vet info http://io.com/user/tittle/ivc/homepage.html archives of the Internet Vet columns and "ask the vet" docs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOICENET Home page http://www.voicenet.com you can create your own home page for free if you're a Voicenet SLIP/PPP account. Go to the VoiceNet section of the home page and select "Homepages of Voicenet subscribers". Here you will find instructions on how to set-up your own homepage. This is a free service to all SLIP/PPP accounts. Voicenet Mac ftp For all of you Macusers out there in Voicenet land, Voicenet now has an ftp area devoted to Macintosh shareware and freeware Internet tools and files. Anon ftp to: ftp.voicenet.com/macshare WWW URL: ftp://ftp.voicenet.com/macshare --------------------------------------------------------------------------- URouLette http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/uroulette/uroulette.html Web "Roulette wheel" You never know where you might go. Sends you to random URLs and from there you're off surfin' again! Take a spin on the wheel! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web info via email WWW by email is possible... kind of send email to: listproc@wwwO.cern.ch include the complete URL in the message body and you'll receive the complete text of the page sans graphics and pictures. All the links on the page you request are numbered so it's easy to follow one. As you want to go on through the links send email again for the URL to the new links and repeat as necessary. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web ROBOTS (info searchers and finders) CheckWeb http://www.stuff.com/~bcutter/home/programs/checkweb.html -useful robot that checks your web docs for dead links JumpStation http://www.stir.ac.uk/jsbin/js Robot search engine for locating sites and docs on Web Lycos http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu/ Robot catalog of Web, gopher and ftp sites MOMspider WWW94 paper http://www.ics.uci.edu/WebSoft/MOMspider/WWW94/paper.html Roy Fielding's description of MOMspider and how other bots work SG-Scout home page http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu:80/~ptbb/SG-Scout/SG-Scout.html Another Web catalog robot - runs every few months to update info WWW Robots, Wanderers and Spiders http://web.nexor.co.uk/mak/doc/robots/robots.html Place for info on Web robots. Includes list of known bots on WWW WWW growth-bot http://www.netgen.com/info/growth.html - robot that measures the size of the Web --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web searchers The WebCrawler http://www.biotech.washington.edu/WebCrawler/WebQuery.html The WWW Worm http://www.cs.colorado.edu/home/mcbryan/WWWW.html GNN Home page http://gnn.com/gnn/gnn.html Has a huge list of home pages from around the web Look in the Netizens area which lists individual home pages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web-Surfing Adventure http://acm.rpi.edu/~prisoner/addv-docs follow the links at when at a dead-end, create your own link to extend the adventure. (You'll be at a blank forms page and prompted to enter your own directions. Such as "You walk along the road until you come to an intersection". Then you enter "Go Left or Go Right, etc... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN Viewers (graphic viewers of all sorts for your sorry Windows friends) http://gold.acns.fsu.edu/~jph9502 A WWW homepage with viewers for Windows for MPEG, Quicktime, JPEG and dozens of other still-image formats) like PaintShop Pro 3.0, LViewPro 1.a, and many more utilities, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZTerm (and AOL) FAQ Leslie Jones AOL and ZTerm FAQs for Macintosh ftp://usit.net/pub/lesjones/ Tons of ZTerm info PLUS helpful hints for AOL members Just the ZTerm inof alone is worth the trip ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTP favorite Mac spots (anonymous ftp) oak.oakland.edu huge archive called SIMTEL20 is located here that has software for every Operating System - from MS DOS to Macintosh to Windows to Amiga to Unix and then some! Well worth the trip. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- wuarchive.wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis has not only the SIMTEL20 archive but a whole host of other software in every different platform flavor known. This is also a mirror of the [mac.archive.umich.edu] Univ of Mich ftp site --------------------------------------------------------------------------- mac.archive.umich.edu Popular Univ. of Michigan archive is perhaps the premier Macintosh site and includes all sorts of Macintosh software. This site is supported by Apple Inc. so you know it's got to be good. If busy - try a mirror site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- sumex-aim.stanford.edu The "grand-daddy" of Mac sites. One of the best Mac ftp sites on the planet. Unfortunately getting on to it is nearly impossible since the traffic here is so darn high. Every Mac user on the planet wants to go here so try out one of its mirror sites. You can get the current mirror site list in the /help directory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- src.doc.ic.ac.uk A less travelled and accessible mirror of the sumex-aim ftp site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hyperreal.com Hint: check out the /tools directory and subdirectories for interesting and hard-to-find software. Contains software for many platforms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp.hawaii.edu Another very good mirror site to sumex-aim. More accessible than sumex-aim --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arts & Farces (Michael Fraase) ftp.farces.com A great and seldom used site - has a good collection of Mac internet tools Maintained by the author of "The Mac Internet Tour Guide" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp.uu.net One of the best archive sites for freeware and shareware. A helpful Usenet archive is maintained here as well as general information documents on Usenet. Other items include a fairly large database of graphic files. =========================================================================== Usenet FAQs (Primary Site) ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu gopher to: rtfm.mit.edu This is the primary site for Usenet FAQ docs (Frequently Asked Questions) Every frequenter of Usenet should get here a few times a year to read the FAQs - even seasoned "Net Pros" come here to browse the offerings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MTV ftp site FTP to: mtv.com For music lovers everywhere. Interviews, happenings and all sorts of music information is located here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Underground Music Archives http://www.iuma.com Unbelievable place to find actual music cuts and songs that you CAN'T and WON'T find anywhere else! Where else can you find cuts from the Whistle Pigs or the Gripsweets? If you like new-age or alternative or simply cutting edge sounds - take a trip here. You won't regret it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Gutenburg FTP site ftp to: mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu The master site for Project Gutenberg. Contains numerous freely available works of literature, short stories, novels and other literary works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science Fiction ftp site ftp to: elbereth.rutgers.edu Plot summaries galore for most science-fiction television shows including Star Trek, Twilight Zone and Outer Limits shows. Many others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EFF ftp site ftp to: ftp.eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) site. Contains electronic 'zines along with articles relating to freedom and censorship of online data. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTPd server software ftp://ftp.amug.org/pub/peterlewis/home-page.html Make your SLIP/PPP home Mac a dedicated ftp server! Easy to set-up and use. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacHTTP http://trinculo.educ.sfu.ca/tools.html Make your home Mac a genuine Web server! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web66 Guide http://web66.coled.umn.edu/Cookbook/contents.html An easy guide that will have you setting up your own Mac web server in no time. Use of MacHTTP is recommended. Serve up your very own WWW pages right from your home Mac! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MailShare http://www.winternet.com/~carl/mailshare/mail.html Easily set-up a mailserver on a Mac. Can support static IP addresses --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Conferencing Section Chats http://sunsite.unc.edu/dbarberi/chats.html Inernet guide to synchronous communications. Includes archives and technical documentation on various chat formats. ----- IRC - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) http://www.kei.com/irc.html Information on IRC and pointers to sites containing IRC client software ----- IRC server software FTP sites ftp://cs-ftp.bu.edu/irc/servers/ ftp.funet.fi coombs.anu.edu.au So... you want to set-up an IRC server...? ----- The Sociable Web http://judith.www.media.mit.edu/SocialWeb/SocialWeb.html Unusual Web based chat service that has an easy to use graphical interface ----- The UnderNet http://www2.undernet.org:8080/~cs93jtl/Undernet.html A "mini-IRC" network that claims to be less busy and more organized than standard IRC channels. An informal and eclectic group of folks are here! ----- Web Chat http://www.irsociety.com/webchat.html A cool "forms-based" chat service via the WWW ----- WWW Chat Server http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/Chat/ Another easy to use "forms-based" chat service on the Web --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MUDs and MOOs (Multi-User Domains and MUD Oriented Objects) Kinda like IRC on steroids. MUDs are often used as front ends for on-line games but can also serve as a meeting place on a network or the Internet where people can collaberate on projects or use as a discussion "forum". Many MUD environments require a Telnet session to log-in and access. MOOs integrate MUDs with the Web and thus let users interact using commonly found Web browsers such as Netscape, Mosaic and MacWeb. Not for the faint of heart but interest usually leads to knowledge... (or is that vice versa... ?) ----- ChibaMOO http://sensemedia.net/about A multi-media "virtual community" combines HTML and MUD-oriented objects ----- Collaberative Netwrked Communication: MUDs as Systems Tools http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/remy/documents/cncmast.html A basic primer and darn near required reading on using MUDs as collaberative meeting places. Highly recommended reading. ----- GENESIS (MUD) telnet to: hamal2.cs.chalmers.se 3011 An older and established MUD site this MUD still does it "the old fashion way". This MUD relies on thought, mood and solid game game construction. This is no "shoot-em-up" but a thinking man's MUD (thinking woman's?). There is more imaginative play here than most other MUDs. A truly refined MUD, Genesis reeks of dank chambers and dark castles waiting to be explored ----- The CoVis Project http://www.covis.nwu.edu/ Northwestern Univ. collaberative learning venture focusing on Science and Science Education. For all K-12 educators. Easy instruction guide. ----- Gopher from MOO ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/MOO/papers/MOOGopher.html A collaberative information retrieval system using gopher servers. ----- MUD WWW Implementations http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/nop/mudwww.html Links via Web to interesting experiments and places that have MUD/WWW integration. A good starting point for those interested in MUDs. ----- Multimedia MOOs http://www.peg.apc.org/~firehorse/mmm/mmm.html Project white paper concerning Lambda MOO, a programmable multimedia MOO ----- LambdaMOO telnet to: lambda.parc.xerox.com 8888 Absolutely the best and most addictive MOO around. Tough to log into for there are so many others trying to push through the door too! Try it! ----- Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Internet Multimedia Research Foundation) http://physics.purdue.edu/~sho/choose.html An adventure in progress and YOU get to "fill in the blanks" on web form pages. Careful or you'll get lost easily. You have decisions to make as well. Like whether your broken toe emits violent gamma radiation or folds the space-time continuum. Wierd huh? Let me tell you that the IMRF's mission statement is to..."use existing multimedia technology in new, surprising and stupid ways." They truly succede in their mission here. ----- Waxweb http://bug.village.virginia.edu/ Users interact with an educational "movie". Incredibly inspired use of the Web, multimedia and MOO all put together with seemless ease. If you only visit one MOO site - then make this the one. Very well done! =========================================================================== Tables of Contents of Computer related Magazines http://www.mag-browse.com See updates to front covers and content listings for 43 leading computing magazines. Many more are being added weekly. Quick and lean web site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hip Magazine http://www.hip.com Like Rolling Stone magazine - only better --------------------------------------------------------------------------- San Jose Mercury News Online http://www.sjmercury.com Online newspaper - for the digitally informed. Very well done newspaper! Uploaded daily - always fresh and current. An extensive daily resource. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Tribune http://www.chicago.tribune.com/home.html A brand new service. Unlike the San Jose Mercury News who publishes the entire newspaper online, The Chicago Tribune publishes only parts of its newspaper to online readers. But what it publishes online is what is considered the best of the daily news offerings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Newsstand http://www.enews.com Excerpts and sample articles from over 250 newspapers and publications from across the US. It is an incentive ploy for users to eventually subscribe to the magazines and publications but to the Internetter - it is a free way to get lots of information as the articles are changed daily. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The New South Polar Times http://www.deakin.edu.au/edu/MSEE/GENII/NSPT/NSPThomePage.html Well, what else does one do in balmy -40F temperatures in Antarctica? They go ahead and publish an informative electronic newsletter! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberWire Dispatch http://cyberwerks.com/1/cyberwire Brock Meeks pounds out the info and it is often irreverant and scathing but it always on target and true. He pulls no punches and happens to be one of the best reporters around. Give this one a read and you'll come back for more. Quality stuff here - and you won't find it in your local paper --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Mediated Communications (CMC) http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/cmc/mag/current/toc.html CMC reports on people, events, technology, public policies, practices, research, techno-culture, and anything else that has to do with computer mediated discussions or publicly accessable online forums. Whew! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doggy Page (Dog items available via WWW) http://www.onramp.net/imagemaker For the complete dog lover - don't leave home without this URL! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIF, JPEG, and other graphic formats http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/gif/index.html Information, discussions and white papers on various graphic formats. Not just for the technically minded but developers are intended audience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veb Village http://manor.york.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vv.sh An unusual "must visit" for all avid Web surfers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battleship http://manor.york.ac.uk/htdocs/bships.html Play "Battleship" game via WWW. "You sunk my battleship!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackjack card server http://www.ua.com/blackjack/bj.html Hold 'em or hit 'em but try not to fold 'em. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Art (IAMfree) http://www.artnet.org/iamfree The Internet Arts Museum - completely free and no jacket required. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career and Jobs search http://www.careermag.com/careermag Exhaustive listings and a forms-based approach to adding your own resume. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Wetlands Inventory http://www.wi.fws.gov or FTP to: enterprise.nwi.fws.gov in the /dlgdata directory Complete wildlife inventory of our national wetlands. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacWeb Software (Web browser for SLIP/PPP connected Macs) ftp.einet.net /einet/mac/macweb/ Not as good as Netscape but very fast and less RAM requirements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fractal Images http://www.rain.org/~ayb Ah... those freaky fractals. Like wow, psychedelic! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listserv of Top-Ten URLs To get the listserv documents follow this format: Subject line: Subscribe top-ten Message body: subscribe top-ten mail the message off to: listserv@clark.net You'll get constant updates and new URLs that the keepers of the listserv deem as worthy of top-ten status. Always something new and interesting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- USA CityLink http://www.neosoft.com/citylink Travel info, city info and a whole lot more. Contains information on States and many cities within the USA. Check it out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SanFrancisco Free Press http://ccnet.com/SF_Free_Press A wonderful archive of back issues of the Free Press. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosalind Resnick's Web Page of Electronic Publication reviews http://www.gate.net/~rosalind Contains no less than 50 reviews of major electronic publications and other information oertaining to digital 'zines and publishing on the net. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stream of Consciousness http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/soc.html Mind candy anyone? An electronic 'zine devoted to poetry and art. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verbiage http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/verbiage/index.html A collection of short fiction stories from around the net world. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Rag http://www.wimsey.com/Digital_Rag/current/index.html A peculiar little digital 'zine that defies description. You've gotta check this one out. It's ah.... very unique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete List of Electronic 'Zines Gopher to: gopher.cic.net and then choosing--> Electronic Serials Exactly what it says. A really COMPLETE list of all available digitally distributed magazines and other electronic publications. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best of Web 1994 Awards http://wings.buffalo.edu/contest The best of the Web as voted by more than 5000 net peers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Currency Converter (David Koblas's Web Page) http://www.ora.com/cgi-bin/ora/currency From Yen to Lira to British pounds to US dollars, even if your travels are strictly virtual this page is not only informative - it's fun! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC Week's Best of the Web http://www.ziff.com/~pcweek/pcwbests.html This is a great place to start your web surfing adventures. Launch a Net surf from here and you may never come back. Surf's up! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danfuzz's Wall O' Shame http://web.kaleida.com/u/danfuzz Hmmm... I'm not sure what this is but it seems to be a collection of miscellaneous messages that are complete gaffes and boners. Weird. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cool Site of the Day http://www.infi.net/cool.html Let the cool site of the day take you away! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webaholics home page http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/personal.rbarrett.html Kinda like alcoholics anonymous - only kewler. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Confession Booth http://anther.learning.cs.cmu.edu/priest.html The Digital Priest is waiting for you... after drive-in churches and web confessions - what's next? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Meetmarket http://wwa.com:1111 Place your own personal ads or just "shop around" Plenty of available GIFs for the open-minded to see. And you thought bars were the place to meet interesting folks? ------------------------- Sam's Wine Warehouse http://www.ravenna.com/sams Should I have the red or white? From the pedestrian to the very best wines. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Video Releases http://sfgate.com/~sfchron/movies/videoguide.html Now if they would only deliver too... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buena Vista Movieplex International http://www.disney.com A movie preview center that includes clips from Disney, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures releases. A 14.4K connection is a little too slow for this (you can try...) so a T1 or higher connection is recommended. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Condom Country http://www.ag.com:104/condom/country Ahem... comes in flavors too! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simpson's Home page http://www.digimark.net/TheSimpsons For those that find the half hour show just isn't enough. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferret home page http://www.ceas.rochester.edu:8080/ee/users/rhode/index.html Sure you wouldn't like a dog or cat? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tennis Server home page http://arganet.tenagra.com/Racquet_Workshop/Tennis.html Everything you wanted to know about tennis but were afraid to ask. Has both current and past information including other links to tennis info. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games Domain http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain A well-endowed page chock full of game FAQs and numerouos links to other games pages. This is a must see for all games afficianados. Try it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Classified Ad page http://www.imall.com/ads/ads.shtml A complete and searchable classified ad section that has everything from soup to nuts listed as for sale. Let's see... is there a used poncho ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet Shopkeeper http://www.ip.net/shops.html Cruise through this expanding mall of wares or set up shop yourself. This is a public internet web shop where anyone can set up a shop of their own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taxing Times US and Canadian Tax information http://www.scubed.com:8001/tax/tax.html Holy moly! A complete info-base of US and CAN tax info including tax forms and other legally acceptable documents. So long H&R Blockhead! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extremely Strange and Weird sites collection No explanation given on these - cruise at your own risk - but I guarantee that you'll get lost surfing on these time and time again. You won't take my word on it eh? Well, I dare you to try these - you'll come back for more. Really Different Sites http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~aure/htmls/strangepts.html ----- Rumor Mill http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/rmill.html ----- Murple Web Weird Stuff http://www.clark.net/pub/murple/weird.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- World-Wide Web of Sports http://tnswww.lcs.mit.edu/cgibin/sports Hey sports fans - you can almost feel the action from your easy chair. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultimate TV list http://cinenet.net/UTVL/utvl.html Interactive TV Index http://cinenet.net/ITVG/itvg.html You'll be so busy surfin' these pages you'll have no time to watch TV --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Information server http://www.paranoia.com/drugs An informative and honest page supplying vast quantities of information. Try not to O.D. on the data! (Hey Cheech - what about the bong man) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even Weirder and Stranger Web Pages collection *Definitely* not for the faint of heart, squeamish or anyone logically minded. It just doesn't get much weirder than this folks! alt.tasteless home page http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~jnash/alt.tasteless.html From the alt.tasteless Usenet newsgroup postings. No wonder they call them the "alt" groups. ----- Gender and Sexuality page http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/Gender.html Problems getting down with your bad self or just confused whether you're a boy or a girl. Do you dream of women but hate your mother? Need I say more? Well I won't - go there yourself! ----- Complete Guide to Lock Picking http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/mit-guide.html For the criminally inept. Ah geez, I locked the keys in my car... ----- Vampire Index http://www.wimsey.com/~bmiddlet/vampyre Vampyres Only! http://www.wimsey.com/~bmiddlet/vampyre/vampyre.html A coffin full of Vampire facts and fictions. Pages beckon you to join "Other Creatures of the Night on the Vorld Vide Veb" Bela Lugosi would be proud. ----- Heather Rose Gothic page http://chico.rice.edu/~busbyhea/gothic.html Not just for Halloween. This page is genuinely creepy and contains numerous links to even creepier pages. Yikes! Leave the lights on! ----- Geek page (Geek: A definition) http://samsara.circus.com/~omni/geek.html Find out the difference between a gek and a nerd and other odd things ----- Bogosity http://www.phil.uni-sb.de/fun/jargon/bogosity.html A site for sore eyes, strange knowledge and net jargon ----- The Websurfer's Handbook http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/handbook.html This is how your mother didn't teach you to surf. ----- Kook's Report of How Weird are You? http://www.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/weirdness/weird Repeat after me - this is only a test... only a test... A 20 question test designed to test your "weirdness" factor. I don't think the person that made up this test was altogether there... ----- The Fascist Game http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/fascist/fascist.html He who makes all the rules - Wins! ----- Church of Sub-Genius http://www.voicenet.com/voicenet/homepages/SirWill1/slack.html Alien prophets? Living Saints? What? ----- Barney's home page http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/barney Yes, it's the purple dinosaur but it's definitely not for kids! ----- Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches page http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/toast I think these tarts got toasted. ----- How to tell if your head's about to Blow Up http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mkgray/headexplode.html I'm not making this one up folks! So this is what they do at MIT? ----- Wonderful World of Barbie http://deepthought.armory.com/~zenugirl/barbielingo.html More than you ever wanted to know about that plastic fantastic girl. ----- 100 Point Purity Test for Non-Virgins http://www.circus.com/~omni/purity.html OK - virgins can take the test too. ----- Puking! http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/ljray/ralph.txt A pretty complete compendium of synonyms for blowing chunks, kissing the bowl and... well... you get the idea. ----- Useless WWW page http://www.primus.com/staff/paulp/useless.html Where else can you find the link to "scratch 'n sniff" theater? And this is only the beginning. ----- Scratch and Sniff Theater http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~lush/scratch_n_sniff/index.html ----- Joe's Couch Rating Chart http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss/people/jgross/couches.html You gotta see this one to believe it. Our college youth is in trouble. ----- Astroboy's Yo-Yo Status Server ftp://www.neosoft.com/pub/usera/a/astroboy/yoyo.html The epitamy of uselessness ----- David Letterman ftp site FTP to: quartz.rutgers.edu then cd to /pub/tv+movies/letterman The definitive Letterman site. Top ten lists and everthing! ----- Rectal Foreign Bodies http://www.well.com/www/cynsa/newbutt.html Is that a gerbil in there? ----- Fates of Dragon's Lair Telnet to: 204.156.18.1 7777, 5000, or 3000 Online theater group that performs at the Theater of the Absurd (TOTA) The theater is part of the Rivendale Chatlines and uses ASCII art as a backdrop and scenery during plays. Now this is a drive-in movie. Had enough weirdness yet? Sheeesh! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Information Telnet site Telnet to: ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu This site has info on former and current Soviet Republics, former and current leaders and a copy of the revised Russian Constitution. Other Russian information is also available. Offers a list of related ftp sites. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welfare Gopher Gopher to: spike.acf.dhhs.gov Complete database for the Administration for Children and Families, under the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Full program descriptions including Aid to Dependent Families stats and facts and much more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campus Clinic gopher to: selway.umt.edu 700 Original site was established to help students find general health info but it has developed to include informative sections on health insurance, diet, drug abuse, drug symptoms, and sexual abuse. A wealth of health info resides within this archive/server. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Univ. of Ill. Fitness Gopher Gopher to: gopher.uiuc.edu select "Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Informaton" then select "Campus Services" then select "Health Services" then select "Health Information" then finally select "Fitness" Wow! It's a workout just getting to the right menu on this gopher but once you get there - the trek is worth it! Many articles, info and tips on topics that relate to fitness and well-being. Workout and excercise advice, basic body muscle group work-outs, aerobics and many more are contained in here. Also includes nutrition advice and a host of fitness guidelines, programs, regimens, and resources. Whew! You'll get a workout just reading all this information. If you're into fitness or health - take a jog over here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Heart Association Gopher Gopher to: gopher.amhrt.org There is not too much consumer oriented info on this site at this time. Much of the info deals with the Am Heart Assoc. policy statements and the management procedures and bureaucratic processes of the Association. The AHA has said that they were going to include more consumer info when this site was updated later in 1995 so stay tuned... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Running Page http://sunsite.unc.edu:80/drears/running/running.html If you jog, run or walk for excercise then look no further than this page. Everything you wanted or needed to know is here about running et al. Marathon schedules, charity events and a geographical outlay of all the running clubs in the US are here. Also included is a place for users to enter their "personal best" times and marks. Contains many links to other related information including newsgroups and print publications. If you're into running or jogging - run don't walk to this page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travel and Tourist information Web site http://www.digimark.net/rec-travel Everything you want to know about all parts of the world that you may want to travel to. Even virtual web travellers will find this a useful tool. Includes the CIA World Fact Book online and the U.S. State Dept travel advisories. Don't leave home without this web page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traveller's Checklist WWW page http://www.ag.com/travelers/checklist A complete checklist of info for the world traveller. Includes info on different voltages and electrical needs for the tourist and many times says the best thing is to just bring battery operated items with you and a small supply of batteries to get out of worrying about whether that razor or whatever else you have will work or not. Travel safety tips and advisories are also here and this site is a good place to virtually travel to before you actually get to where you're going. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EnviroLink Network gopher to: envirolink.org Contains an evironment watch report and info on endangered species, energy, environmental laws, environment groups, environmental newsletters and tons more. Read this electronic informational resource and save the paper trail. Look Ma - no paper mill trees! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EnviroWeb http://www.envirolink.org This is an "outgrowth" of the EnviroLink Network and has to be one of the best thought out and laid out web sites around. It contains beautifully done pages that don't take years to download the images. It is a breezy ride through page after page and the links flow so easily and quickly that surfing this web site is not a chore or a task - it is highly enjoyable. There is so much to learn and enjoy here that I doubt you will be able to put your browser down. I mean it. Collaberative ventures between public schools are here courtesy of the Environmental Education Network along with many other on-going projects. A linked list of K-12 education sites is also here. A wealth of information comes from many sources including the Enviro Products Directory and of course links back to the "parent" network - the EnviroLink Network. HAS TO BE SEEN! TEACHER ALERT! YOU MUST CHECK THIS OUT! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GreenPeace World Wide Web Home Page http://www.cyberstore.ca/greenpeace/index.html Everyone who comes to visit this site says the same thing - so where is the information? It seems this site has not been updated on some time and was a let-down. I expected more than this. A few paltry photos (ok a lot of old GreenPeace demonstration photos from the early 90s') and a few scant pieces of info relating to the GreenPeace mission. Stay away until this site is either updated or completely redone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eco-Net (Institute for Global Commnications project) http://www.icg.apc.org/igc/en.html gopher to: gopher.igc.apc.org select "Econet Environment" Both sites offer info on a wide variety of ecological issues and topics. Climate, development of lands, pesticide use and pollution are just a few of the covered topics. There are many links available to other ecological and environmental resources. Links to the National Wetlands Inventory, The League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard, (which is a watch dog agency that keeps tabs on Congressional voting on environmental issues), the Electric Green Journal at the Univ of Idaho, and many more. This is a very good site for educational institutions to use as it is both informative and interesting. Even non-environmentalists will like it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wilderness Society's WWW Page http://town.hall.org/environment/wild_soc/wilderness.html This society is a noble "watchdog" of our nations's (US) 90+ million acres of wilderness protected under The Wilderness Act of 1964. This society is devoted to protecting public lands and stopping mismanagement of these public wilderness lands. The web site includes information on the society itself along with kinks to other information such as fact sheets on areas of the Adirondack Mountains, Endangered Species list and their habitats, Grazing on public lands (still a hot topic), and Yosemite Nat'l Park. It also includes references to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and contains many other links to environmental info and reading. There is a Wetlands page and so much more. This is another must visit in your web itinerary. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly Gopher to: ftp.std.com select "ftp" then select "The World's Anonymous FTP Archive" then select "Periodicals" and finally select "Rachels" This weekly journal is put out by the "Environmental Research Foundation" and offers information relating to health and environmental issues. The archive contains over 400 back issues but the organization of the archive is first-rate so finding what you want won't be a difficult task. Not only does this journal contain original articles but it contains compilations of articles, info and viewpoints from many other publications. The New York Times, The Nation and The Miami Herald are just a few examples. FDA regulations and how they affect what you eat, farming practices and a whole lot more are included. This is a plethora of information yet its clear and concise layout make it an undaunting archive to find the info you need. A highly recommended site to visit to find health and environmental issues and how they both realte to one another. Informative and well done! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EE-Link (Environmental Education) http://nceet.snre.umich.edu or gopher to: nceet.snre.umich.edu A great educational K-12 resource as there are lesson plans within this site that deal with science and environmental concerns. This site is sponsored by The National Consortium for Environmental for Environmental Education and Training (NCEET) and its mission "...is committed to provide our children with effective tools and strategies that will enable them to start shaping tomorrow's environmental solutions today." Their mission is quite evident within the EE-Link site. Includes links to a solid Waste Recycling course (Univ of Wisconsin) lesson plans galore from all over the United States, links to the Aspen Global Change Institute and even includes lesson plans from The Minnesota National Valley Wildlife Refuge. There is so much more that this brief paragraph can hardly begin to scrape the surface of the breadth and depth of the resources and links to other resources this site provides. Even see and hear a bullfrog plus many other sounds and sights! INCREDIBLE! TEACHER ALERT --> EXCELLENT INTERNET RESOURCE AT EE-NET! If your school is on the net then you should drop what you are doing NOW and surf on over to this site. No excuses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar site point your finger client to: copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu This is soooo coooool! Just try it! finger this address and enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Financial Aid page http://www.cs.cmu.edu:800/afs/cs/user/mkant/Public/FinAid/finaid.html If you thought getting financial aid was hard - try typing in this URL! Loads of info on Student Aid and related programs and funding. A very worth while stop for any student or parent of student. Includes info on special grants and minority funding and links to various financial aid offices. Very informative. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Model Railroading page http://www.atlasrr.com/atlasrr All aboard! Choo Choo! O gauge, N gauge, HO gauge and everthing else. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask a Geologist email your questions to: ask-a-geologist@octopus.wr.usgs.gov Ask geology related questions and you'll have answers and pointers sent back to you within 2-4 days. Neat! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FTP Fairy Tales ftp to: info.umd.edu then cd to: /inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom/Fiction/FairyTales Everything from Goldilocks to Thumbelina to The Ugly Duckling. Contains nearly 100 tales and the archive keeps growing... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBEdit Lite ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu//pub/info-mac/text/bbedit-lite-30.hqx Fantastic freeware version of BBEdit. Every Mac user should have this excellent text editor. Accepts all BBEdit plug-in extensions tools. Get it. BBEdit HTML Tools (plug-in Extensions) HTML Extensions by Lindsay Davies ftp://ftp.usfca.edu/pub/mac/internet/html/bbedit-html-tools-1.2.2.hqx ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/bbsw/bbedit-third-party-extensions ftp://ftp.york.ac.uk/pub/users/ld11/BBEdit_HTML_Tools.sea.hqx ----- BBEdit HTML Extensions HTML Extensions written by Carles Bellver ftp://ftp.uji.es/pub/mac/util/bbedit-html-ext.sea.hqx ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu//pub/info-mac/text/bbedit-html-b6.hqx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dictionary Look-Up WWW http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5013/prog/webster http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/wessler/dict Gopher gopher://gopher.niaid.nih.gov:70/77/deskref/.Dictionary/enquire gopher://knot.queensu.ca:17502/1webster --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Virtual Tourist http://wings.buffalo.edu/world/ Incredibly useful graphic overview of Web sites across the globe. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- City.Net http://www.city.net Information on cities around the globe. Includes many links to cities which have their own informative web pages. Graphics abound - see the Opera House in Sydney, Australia or visit the Camino del Sol page in Ecuador. Virtual travel at its finest. Links to places you never heard of - link and launch your way around the world. No suitcase needed! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gateway to Antarctica home page http://icair.iac.org.nz/ The International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research operates and runs this web page site and is located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scads of information on Anarctica and the arctic environment. No mittens needed! Also includes research efforts underway to save this fragile eco-system from pollution and environmental disaster. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images of Sydney Home Page (Australia) http://www.bio.uts.edu.au/sydney/sydney.html Images from the "Land Down Under". Includes pictures of the great Sydney Opera House and local sights. A virtual tour of Sydney, Australia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sistine Chapel Web site http://www.christusrex.org/ Beautiful home page that has over 160 images of one of the world's art treasures - the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. No tourists to get in your way and no Italian taxis to run you over! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camino del Soul web page (Ecuador) http://gopher.usfq.edu.ec/0c:/ecuador/guia.html A well done virtual visit to Ecuador. The entire page is in Portuguese. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pub-guide Web page (Cambridge, England) http://www.cityscape.co.uk:81/bar/pubguide.html A jaunty and lively trip through Cambridge's pubs and ale houses. You'll be pouring a pint or two before your done. The page is a volunteer effort and keeps getting better and better. Now if they'd just put down their flagons a while longer and keep the Guiness cold then... nah.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannesburg's Active Access network Johann Visagie's home page http://www.active.co.za Great travel links and neat "nooks and crannies" to surf to. Well done! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redwood Country Unlimited http://www.northcoast.com/unlimited/unlimited.html A virtual guide to Northern California's coast. Relaxed and easy going. Stop by the Eureka Inn and see the Tudor exhibit. Many other places to go should keep you travelling until dawn. Throw your TV set away ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Visible Man (National Library of Medicine WWW site) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/extramural_research.dir/visible_human.html The "Visible Man" exhibit in full graphic form. Death row inmate, Joseph Jernigan, requested that after his execution his body be donated to science. His body was frozen and dissected. In the process, each part was imaged by X-Rays, MRIs, CAT scans and filmless digital cameras. The whole project resides on 15 giga-bytes of storage! No scalpel needed here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacFAQ site ftp://rever.nmsu.edu://pub/macfaq Contains a complete archive of MacFAQs. Very informative reading. All Mac users that want to get the most out of their Mac and learn neat tips and tricks should amble on over to this site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WXYC Radio http://sunsite.unc.edu/wxyc Student run campus radio station that also broadcasts over the net. You'll need a Mac or Unix box with Maven and/or CU-SeeMe. Visit the station's home page for details. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photographic Images ftp to: ftp.netcom.com/pub/bbrace Brought to you by Brad Brace. Contains 5000 JPEGs and GIFs of Brad's own interpretation of post-modern photography. The collection is hard to describe but it is multifaceted, eccentric and always beautifully done. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ansel Adams: Fiat Lux http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/AdamsHome.html Ansel Adams, a renoun photographer, exhibits his portfolio for the whole world to see, and it's quite impressive! A complete multimedia biography of the lens-master is also included. The Ansel Adam's Chronology is a must see for all photographic students and you really get some insights into the way Adam's lived and thought as he worked on various projects. Of course, as you might expect, there are hundreds of images to be seen and each one is more and more compelling as you become drawn into the exhibit. The graphic format is done well so you won't be waiting forever for images to download to your screen. The liberal use of thumbnails also makes for quick and effiecient viewing. A must see for all those interested in photography and a must see for anyone interested in seeing the pictures and learning the story of one of the premier photographers of our time. Fascinating! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTIS Home Page http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/otis.html A hip online gallery that always stays "fresh" and up to date. New works and new artists are always to be seen here and there is everthing from traditional works of art to post-modern and beyond. People are encouraged to submit their own works and thus this is a showcase for much new and imaginative talent. Everything that is art is acceptable and shown here from charcoal to pen and ink to oils to Math art or "fractal art" (images generated by math formulas). You are allowed to download artworks or print them out - no royalty fees here. There are numerous links to the home pages of other artists and many of these pages encourage you to write your ideas and comments concerning their works on web form pages. You can learn a lot about these artists as the pages contain brief bio's, music and of course art. A truly sharing environment and a hip, open style make this a MUST SEE for all web surfers and for those directly interested in art or who are artists themselves - GET HERE PRONTO! I can't say enough how great this journey is! The ambiance is never condescending and all are invited. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Theatre Central Web Page http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/quijote/theatre-central.html This page is "...dedicated to amateur, scholastic and professional groups, services and resources." And all related to the theatre and plays. You will not find professional playwrites here or professional production companies. What you will find is an eclectic mix of amateur playwrites and budding theatre ideas that will have you wondering why these folks haven't made it big yet. Info to help stagehands, lighting effects personnel and scenery and props makers are all included here too. Stage makeup and all facets of play production are also addressed. You can also view articles from the publication "Theater Week" and "Drama Review". There are several cool links to other related pages and this is a fresh and ever-changing home page. Any person wanting tolearn more about this art and expand the craft of plays and stage presentations would do well to visit here regularly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mammon Internet Stock Market Telnet to: mammon.media.mit.edu:10900 (telnet://mammon.media.mit.edu:10900) A stock market simulation game where players start out with $100,000 in play money. Just like the pros - invest in stocks, currencies, futures. Each day the player's portfolio value changes. The only thing you stand to lose is a lot of your time playing this great simulation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Metaverse Contest http://www.VirtualVegas.com A temporary web page (at least I think so), so hurry on over. Monitor, monitor on the wall who's the fairest netter of them all? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Browsers Lynx (unix dial-ups) anon ftp to: ftp2.cc.ukans.edu located in --> /pub/WWW/lynx Cern Line Browser (text line browser) ftp to: info.cern.ch NCSA Mosaic (for Macintosh) ftp to: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu located in --> /Mac/Mosaic note: the Windows version is located in -> /PC/Windows/Mosaic Samba (MacWWW) ftp to: info.cern.ch located in --> /pub/www/bin/mac/ MacWeb ftp to: ftp.einet.net located in --> /einet/mac/macweb/ Netscape ftp to: ftp.mcom.com/netscape/ (This is my personal favorite for Mac users) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grateful Dead net-info Dead-flames email digital digest To subscribe, send email to --> dead-flamesrequest@gdead.berkeley.edu Net discography of Grateful Dead music ftp to: ftp gdead.berkeley.edu (log on as anonymous and use your email as password) Grateful Dead home page http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mleone/web/dead.html Grateful Dead Almanac http://well.com/community The WELL - Gradteful Dead info area Telnet to: well.sf.ca.us Telnet to: well.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inernet Underground Music Archive http://sunsite.unc.edu/IUMA Blast-Off Country, Hole, Nine-Inch Nails, and lots more to find here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical Speeches and Songs (recordings) http://lcweb.loc.gov From the Library of Congress files. Great for HyperCard projects or any multimedia project that has to do with important historical events. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Vincent Voice Library (at Michigan State University) http://web.msu.edu/vincent/index.html Samplings from the largest academic voice library in the world. John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech, Edwwin Booth reading "Othello" and Will Roger's 1922 campaign speech are just a few of the samples available. Even Nixon's immortal (irreverant?) resignation speech is here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IRS home page http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/irs/irs.html The Tax Man online. Unexpected multimedia extravaganza. A plethora of tax information, FAQs and tax forms. You'll need to get done surfing before April 15th - so be careful! Note: many forms need Adobe's freeware Acrobat Reader program as they are in PDF (Portable Document Format) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adobe Systems (Acrobat Reader for PDF documents - freeware) ftp to: ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/Acrobat/Applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income Tax Information (Frank McNeil's home page) ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ftmexpat/taxsites.htm Precise and informative - this info explains how to access Tax information from across the internet. For folks that don't have access to a Web browser or the WWW - a text version of this file is available via aon ftp and email Get the docs at: ftp.netcom.com./pub/ftmexpat/html2text/taxsites.txt or send email to: ftp-request@netcom.com Subject line: ftp-request Message body: SEND ftmexpat/html2text/taxsites.txt This is, perhaps, the most complete tax information available and includes pointers to get even more information. Incredibly well done! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardening Gopher (The Virginia Cooperative Extension Gopher) Gopher to: gopher.ext.vt.edu:70/11/vce-data/hort/consumer Horticulural info, gardening tips, pest management, ecological news, info concerning the environment and plant fact sheets. If it grows and it's green - chances are they have the information you'll need. From Tulips to turnips this has it all. Fantastic! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agricultural Gopher (PENPAGES) Gopher to: penpages.psu.edu The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences archives over 13,000 files including newsletters, reports, bibliographies and fact sheets. Also contains sources from many other Universities such as the Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State and Ohio State. You'll be digging around in here for a long time - hope you "root" out what you came for! The searchable database is sure to help you out. Happy horticulture! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Garden Gate WWW site http://www.prairienet.org/ag/garden/homepage.htm Contains an invaluable collection of gardening resources including many pointers to other related information. Has links to subjects such as "The Teaching Garden", Internet Resources, virtual gardens to visit and lots more. One of the coolest "garden spots" on the internet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Obituary Page http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/obituary/readme.html A continually updated collection of obituary listings from around the world At first this seems quite strange - but it is eerily interesting and you'll be surfing this site far longer than you expected. Bizarre and unique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul McCartney Obituary Page http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/paul.html A complete tour of "clues" that were all the rage when the Beatle's hoax of Paul's death was taken very seriously. Tips and insights into the Beatle's and their art and music are also included in this funky page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Death of Rock 'n Roll page http://alfred1u.washington.edu:8080/~jkls/pike/deathrr.html An absurdly great page devoted to rockers that gave their lives (literally) to rock and roll. From hoaxes (Paul McCartney Beatles hoax) to genuinely sad moments (Buddy Holly) this page makes interesting reading. Links to other pages include Themes of Death-The Heroin Page, Famous Dates of Rock 'n Roll Death and other moribund topics. A truly mesmerizing journey! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesian Army Area Handbook Gopher to: umslivma.umsl.edu:70/11/library/govdocs/armahbs/aahb8 This archive is housed at the Univ of Missouri-St. Louis gopher site and contains a wealth of information. Early History of Indonesia, the coming of Islam, sources of local identification, languages and many other topics. Links to the Library of Congress Asia Field Operations study and a complete chronology of events makes this the most authoritative source on the net for Indonesian culture and information. You might even enjoy the info! The info is exhaustive and full term and research papers can be done from this site alone. Students - take note. One stop shopping for reports here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanislaw Staszic Univ of Mining and Metallurgy (Cracow, Poland) http://www.uci.agh.edu.pl or gopher to: gopher.uci.agh.edu.pl Includes topical info but also includes info for foreign visitors and links to the local gopher (above). Also has links to Polish Network Resources, a JPEG photo collection and travelogue/tourist guide by Michael Rozek that presents historical facts and cultural traditions in an easy to read and informal style. You'll love this informative virtual trip to Poland. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Israel Museum http://www.macom.co.il/museum Fantastic archive and photographic exhibit. A glimpse into Israeli culture and sights to see. Some historical photos are quite old and have been digitally retouched to preserve their viewability. Another virtual vacation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beers 2 You http://www.interaccess.com/users/intelli/users/Beers_2_You/b2u-home.html A trip across America to visit many micro-breweries. Links to "The Beer Street Journal" newsletter amd a calendar of beer events will quench even the most parched traveller. Pour yourself a cold one before travelling - unless you feel you'll get inebriated behind the keyboard wheel. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Gopher (Ohio State Univ. Medical Center) Gopher to: gizmo.freenet.columbus.oh.us 70 A plethora of health related issues. Includes healthy recipes, cookbook bibliographies and great alternative snacking suggestions. Suggestions included pretzels in favor of potato chips (to reduce cholesteral intake), cutting back on cold-cuts and having home-cooked unprocessed meats. If you want to find out about health issues - hurry on over to here - now if I could just get rid of this carpel-tunnel syndrome... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW Vegetarian page http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/vegetarian Get the "low-down" of many vegetarian diets. Includes reports on fast-food chains claims. McDonald's, Domino's Pizza and even airline fare is rated. Pass the celery sticks please. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDA Food Labelling Information (US Food and Drug Administration) Gopher to: zeus.esusda.gov 70 then choose "USDA and Other Federal Agency Information" from the opening menu. Then choose "Food Labelling Information: FDA Regulations" You'll get behind the "hype" and see just what those labels really mean. True nutritional values and lots of other things can be understood and assessed from current labels required on foods. A little heavy but can still be understood by the average consumer. A good site for students and teacher that need info on nutrition and/or food labelling. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Argonne Anti-Jet Lag Diet ftp to: netlib2.cs.utk.edu 70 in the --> /00/misc/jet-lag-diet gopher to: netlib2.cs.utk.edu 70 then choose "Misc" U.S Dept. of Energy came up with a way to eat to avoid jet lag. The diet plan was originally developed for shift workers to adjust to changing shifts with a minimum of eating problems or diet problems. If you're flying between time-zones there are step-by-step instructions on how to minimize "jet-lag" by giving a regimen for eating and including this diet regimen in your travel plans. Seasoned travellers saythis really works. Of course virtual travellers should eat better too. Put down those chips and cheeze curls and get on over to this site pronto! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona Health Science Laboratory Nutrition Page http://amber.medlib.arizona.edu/nutrition.html A virtual cornucopia of information. This page was developed for nutrition reasearchers, educators, and students wishing to learn more about issues and facts relating to nutrition. Resources can be viewed by subject, and by format. Links to other pages as well. The Yahoo Nutrition page is also highly recommended. Now put those cheeze-doodles down ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fat-Free Recipe Archive ftp to: ftp.geod.emr.ca located in --> /pub/Vegetarian/Recipes/FatFree Thiry-four categories from Burritos to Oatmeal to Zucchini Bread. Full menus of Breakfasts, Lunch ideas and Dinner. Not just for celery sticks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old-Fashioned Recipes ftp to: gatekeeper.dec.com located in --> /pub/recipes An old Usenet archive of recipes - none more recent than 1988. But who said that good food and nostalgic recipes go out of style. A nutritional nightmare for some but for those whose thoughts go to cheesecakes and chocolate cream pies and stuffed porkchops... well... need I say more? Grandma would be proud of this collection ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing For Recipes Gopher to: thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/11/databases/AquaNIC/publicat/recipe More than 60 tantalizing recipes including a huge collection of Catfish recipes. Mostly freshwater fish recipes but a few others as well. From trout to salmon the recipes are assorted in four cooking methods. Baked, Grilled, Smoked and Steamed (a few fried ones are in with baked) and are collected by the Univ of Wisconsin in accordance with their Sea Grant Advisory Services Program. Pass the tartar sauce please! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sushi page (Rolling your own Sushi) http://www.rain/org/~hutch/sushi.html This page serves up a list of sushi terms and details the procedures for proper presentation and rolling tecniques. Includes best fish for sushi and recipes for sushi rice, sushi omelettes. A good general overview but the utter novice may feel left out a bit. An ample bibliography will help those interested obtain lots more info on the sushi subject. Pass the saki. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chocolate Page http://www.qrc.com/~sholubek/choco/start.html I need my chocolate! The author actually lived near Hershey, PA (US) and could smell the processed cocoa ever single day until something may have cracked inside her for she has given herself over completely to chocolate. Links and more links to chocolate lover's stuff. Recipes, chocolate ritual and a chocolate bar! Chocolate Lover's - This is heaven on the Web! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt's Solar Car Page http://www-lips.ece.utexas.edu/~delayman/solar.html This site includes information of all types on solar powered vehicles including info on solar-powered racing teams. Contains links to great pages with related slor-powered info. Even a link to U.S. Weather Map reports. Oh no! an Eclipse! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) http://www.metrolink.com/seti/seti-top.html http://www.seti-inst.edu/seti.html Beam me up Scotty! There's no intelligent life-forms down here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nanotechnology on the WWW http://skyler.arc.ab.ca/~morgan/nano.shtml An under-rated page. It's incredibly cool and it's about the science and study of small machines. Nanotechnology is the study of tiny, miniature self-replicating robots. These mini-bots might be the size of fleas. Prototypes are already being designed. Asimov would be proud! Many links to other robot pages and 'bot information. You'll be dazzled by this! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academy Award Winners and Nominees page (Cardiff's Movie Database Browser) http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk/Movies/Oscars.html Complete listings since the Oscars began. A searchable database that you'll find yourself using over and over and over and.... Pass the Popcorn! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Horror Web Page (The Cabinet of Dr. Casey) http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~caseyh/horror/horror.html The definitive site for horror movie info. Link to a wide variety of horror and non-horror film sources. Includes fact sheets, credits, graphic clips and sound clips. Wonderfully imaginative. BOO! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The LIVE Gopher Gopher to: mediafive.yyz.com A gopher devoted to the band named "LIVE". A hip and refreshing gopher trip that won't let you down. It's.... a LIVE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jazz Clubs Around the World http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz/lists/clubs.html Bill Hery has compiled a great and complete list of Jazz clubs from all over the world. It includes club names, addresses, phone numbers and locations. This hometwon Philly boy was impressed to find out that Philly's own "Zanzibar Blue" is included on the list. Now that's some hip page! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cowpie News (Country and Western Pickers) http://www.realtime.net/~bleonard/cowpie.html Gopher to: gopher.ttu.edu then go to Texas Tech prairie dog server and select "publications from Tech and elsewhere" then go to "mailing lists maintained at Tech" and finally to "professional lists maintained at Texas Tech" wheeewww! And I thought gophering was faster than web surfing! For lover's of country greats - Chet Atkins, Dwight Yokum, Charlie Pride and a buch more. Yee Haw! You'll be stompin' yer feet in no time! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ear-Waves Radio Network http://www.nets.com/earwaves A great page with links for those who love electronic, experimental music. Includes modern-techno, new jazz, contemporary classical and "world music" Info, photos and sound clips abound. Where else can you hear great cuts from "The Dead Can Dance" and "Chariots of Fire" soundtrack all in one trip? I dare you to find a more fun music oriented site. Double dare you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Frisbee Page http://raptor.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~dalewis/frisbee.html A great group of links made by David Lewis that is a Frisbee thrower's dream. Even has official Frisbee rules and info on the Ultimate Player's Association. Practice your wrist action on the keyboard as you fly here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sports Schedules as you like 'em http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/schedules Sysop George Ferguson has provided all of us with schedules for American and National Hockey leagues, Major League Baseball, National, Canadian and Australian Football Leagues and the NBA scedules as well. A Forms-based searching tool is provided for quick retrieval of what you want. There is even a link to Interface Features which explains how to do a search even if your Web browser doesn't support forms - hey I need to read this part. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covering NCAA College Basketball http://www.nando.net/sports.bkb/1994/col/college.html Complete (and I mean complete) coverage of NCAA play including women's basketball. It takes big pipes to make this come at you fast but it's worth the wait on a 14.4 connection. Scores, stats, Asoociated Press articles, AP Top 25 polls, weekly scedules and lots more. Jump ball! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weather Machine at the University of Illinois Gopher to: wx.atmos.uiuc.edu Weather bulletins, listings, predictions and graphic radar/satellite images should help you decide whether to wear your raincoat or not. Take the "Tour of the Archives" first so you don't get too lost in this massive site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weather Warnings (Ohio State Univ Internet Gopher) Gopher to: geograf1.sbs.ohio-state.edu Tornado tracking info, severe weather warnings, natural disaster info and reports from the National Severe Storms Forecast Center should keep you up to date on weather happenings. Unfortunately there is lots of meteorological jargon within the info so the facts are hard to get at. But even the clue- less will easily understand bold caps that say "WRNING - SVR TSTMS!" I don't think meteorologists like vowels. Can I buy an A... an E ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weather Site at The Daily Planet - Univ of Illinois http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu Like the weather gopher site at Univ of Ill. only better. Still under construction but even so is a great weather page. Contains hundreds of archived weather pictures, images and maps. And hundreds of current images as well. If Dorothy and Toto only knew about this web page. Hmmm.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Weather Radar Lab http://graupel.mit.edu/Radar_Lab.html Finally a place where most can understand what's going on. And if you find yourself a little dismayed by the terminology there are helpful links to go to glossary words with meanings, an FAQ link and a complete and helpul bibliography of books and articles to let you learn even more. A really cool image gallery of weather maps makes the trip worthwhile. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not for Women Only Women's Wire Gopher Gopher to: gopher.wwire.net:8101 Menu options range from Women and Politics to a Directory of Women's Professional Organizations and links to other feminist related resources and gopher sites. Perhaps this one _is_ for women only after all... ----- Women's Health Gopher (Univ of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign Gopher) gopher to: gopher.uiuc.edu/11/UI/CSF/health/heainfo/women A virtual medicine cabinet for women related health issues. Info about the Pill, PMS and breast self-examination are only a few of the topics. Also contains information related to pregnancy health care issues. Great site! ----- Women's Resources on the Internet WWW page http://sunsite.unc.edu/cheryb/women/wresources.html This site provides pointers and links to a host of information on women oriented issues. Complete with searchable indexes, links to Usenet groups, a comprehensive list of mailing lists and other numerous related resources. If you only cruise one women's related internet resource - this is the one! ----- The Inform Women's Studies Database http://info.umd.edu:86/Educational_Resources/AcademicResourcesByTopic /WomensStudies/ Wow - now that's some address! This web page is well worth the effort to type in the URL address to get to. You'll find film reviews of women's movies, historical information related to women and bibliographies that will further one's search. But there is also a lot of political info that really makes this page shine. Congressional Caucus Updates, biographies of Congressional women and government figures. Contains info on the changing attitudes of women's roles in politics and leadership. If you are inclined to women's political information - then look no further. ----- Ms. Magazine Conference Telnet to: echonyc.com Both men and women participate in open discussions run by Ms Magazine associate editor Susanne Skubik. The topics vary but there is always something interesting going on here. Intellectually stimuating and you get to voice your opinions freely. Chauvinists watch out - you've met your match here! Places like this to share and communicate opinions and ideas are what the 'net is all about. No rants or tirades please! ----- WOMBATS Page (WOmen's Mountain Biking And Tea Society) http://www/echonyc.com/~hadley/wombats/wombats.html An eclectic group of women mainly into riding mountain bikes. Info on meetings and the local chapters are here. =========================================================================== Amnesty International Gopher to: gopher.io.org/pub/human-rights Learn about Amnesty International's mission and how they are battling torture, political imprisonments, "dissapearances" and other human-rights abuses. Political repression and capital punishment also are part of the fray. Many other links to other resources can be found here as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Nations Gopher (U.N. Gopher) Gopher to: nywork1.undp.org also via WWW at --> http://www.undp.org A thorughly educational experience awaits for those that travel here. World Trade, the U.N. Charter, World Currencies, The U.N. mission of Peace, and much more awaits the energized traveller. Includes daily journals of U.N conferences and so much more that it will amaze you. Students - go here. Teachers - go here. Everyone else - go here. Learn something of global policies and how they affect each and every one of us. Well worth the trip! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberGuide home page http://techweb.cmp.com/net Reviews, picks and pans of Cyber places to visit. Siskel and Ebert couldn't do much better than this. Not great - but still worth the trip. The info is updated constantly so surf on over occasionally to get the scoop on what is hot and what is not. A web page from the folks at NetGuide magazine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playboy Magazine home page http://mosaic.playboy.com A bevy of beauties and Playboy articles, interviews and information. Now get back to your homework... ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GNN Magazine http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/GNNhome.html A "reader's digest" of the web. A collection of articles and stories that first appear in print and then are digitally distributed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonardo Electronic Almanac http://www.mitpress.mit.edu/Leonardo/home.html Anon FTP to: mitpress.mit.edu Almanac seems to know that art is something for everyone to enjoy. Richly rewarding with beautiful graphic images and intense art passion, this site is growing by leaps and bounds. I hope it doesn't crash under its own weight. I highly recommend a visit here - you won't be dissapointed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Directory for Companies and Commerce on the WWW http://www.directory.net Alarmingly growing by leaps and bounds. I dare you to find one individual here - I triple dare you. (an affirmative reaction to a WIRED Mag article) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternative X gopher to: marketplace.com Talk, rant and discuss with the likes of Mark Leyner, Allen Ginsberg or Ken Kesey. Everything from elitist structures to govt. cabals abound. An eclectic group of folks show up here and it is always intellectually stimulating. Pour a cup o' java and let your hair down. A trip for all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Postcard http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/ MIT Media Lab's version of the Hallmark card rack. You can pick a postcard out of 35 designs and send them to friends by typing in their email address and then typing in your message on the virtual "postcard". Then add your name and address and hit "Send" and away it goes. Color and b/w postcards are available for the choosing. This sure beats going shopping for cards. Great for sending those friends of yours a greeting when you're off on virtual vacations. No need to stop surfin and shop for cards! WAY COOL! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FedWorld http://www.fed-world.gov ftp://fedworld.gov telnet://fedworld.gov The United States Federal Gateway to over 10,000 different agencies and Federal Bureaus. This has got to be one of the hugest repositories of info available in the world. If it has to do with the U.S. govt - it's here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russian Web server http://www.elvis.msk.su:80 Has links in English and Cyrillic to a plethora of resources. Currency exchange rates, an interactive Russian/English dictionary and links to other Russian web servers. There is also a form that lets you send faxes to Moscow addresses over the web. Getting better all the time. This web server is a joint venture between Russia and Sun MicroSystems. Can you say Unix in Russian? Nyet! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nethack ftp to: linc.cis.upenn.edu /pub/NH3.1/binaries Fantastic Dungeon and Dragons game ala Internet. Even non-fans quickly become addicted to this one. Don't say I didn't warn you... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet Chess servers Telnet to: ics.onenet.net 5000 Telnet to: chess.lm.com 5000 log-in as "guest" until you register (note: on many chess servers after logging in - type "help address" and you will be presented with a list of other great telnet chess sites!) Always someone on your level to play with or challenge a Grandmaster! Keep a chessboard handy to help you visualize the play. Checkmate. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet Public Library http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ Internet Public Library advances new initiative through innovative delivery of online youth services. The formal opening of the youth services division of the Internet Public Library (IPL), a prototype library of the future, at the School of Information and Library Studies of the University of Michigan was recently announced. Central to accomplishing the library's stated mission of providing "services and information which enhance the value of the Internet to its ever expanding and varied community of users," the IPL youth services division will help point the way to the library of tomorrow, harnessing rapidly changing technology to reinvent library service delivery for a 21st century audience. The IPL youth services division has already made impressive strides toward realizing its ambitious goals with projects and activities that include a writing contest (for children only); an opportunity to communicate with noted children's book authors; an interactive story hour; and opportunities to discover and contribute to a budding list of science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of the IPL's most innovative ventures, children and contribute to a budding list of science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of the IPL's most innovative ventures, children and adults alike will be able to submit questions online to such world famous writers as Lois Lowry and Robert Cormier...imagine what it might have been like if our generation had the chance to talk to Dr. Seuss! Best of all, the IPL youth division has been able to develop their online service while maintaining all the excitement and energy young people have come to expect of a visit to the best local libraries. Talking mascots, living folk tales, and endless opportunities for the creative spirit...all these await you at the IPL youth division. Ready for patrons on March 17, 1995, the Internet Public Library is prepared to provide essential library services to a target audience estimated to number 1/4 of the entire American population by the end of the century. Chaired by an assemblage of internationally renowned librarians and leading information industry professionals, the Internet Public Library will offer an exciting vision of the library of tomorrow as envisioned by many of the brightest talents in the field today. Bringing the best features of the community library forward into a new technological environment, IPL seeks to challenge our thinking about new "communities" that will arise in the future and a broader range of services the library of tomorrow might provide. OK - so this explanation might seem a bit lengthy but this is a BRAND NEW venture and a full explanation was necessary. An incredible resource that 'netters all over the world will find useful, educational and informative! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Macintosh AV Information page (James Wang's page) ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/jwang/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MacInTouch Web server http://www.macintouch.com/~ricford/ Various info and pointers on Mac computing and computers. Well maintained site and always up to date. A neat and informative little trip off the usual path. Take a surf here - it's a great site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Absurd Places to Visit The Cygnus Christmas Tree finger xmastree@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/xmastree Only opened seasonally. Can you guess which season? ----- Kirk McKusick's Wine cellar telnet to: chez.cs.berkeley.edu 451 Another absurd and useless connection to show the current temperature of Kirk's wine cellar and suggestions for the "wine of the day". ----- A Thermometer in Maine telnet to: small.eece.maine.edu 9876 You can check the temperature of an office somewhere in Maine. A person named Andrew Sheaff actually connected his office thermo into the net! ----- Vending Machines at various Colleges and Universities finger pony@sail.stanford.edu finger coke@cs.cmu.edu finger coke@mackerel.gu.uwa.edu.au finger cocacola@columbia.edu Don't bother leaving your dorm on a useless journey to the soda machine. Waste bandwidth and have fun fingering these machines to see if your favorite is in stock. Many also tell when the sodas were put in the machine so you can tell if they're cold enough and some have a themometer that says how cold the sodas are. Ah... the meager college existence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul's Hot Tub finger hottub@hamjudo.com email: hottub@hamjudo.com http://hamjudo.com/cgi-bin/hottub.html This guy hooked up his hot-tub to the Internet and now lets the public come on in and visit. You can check the water temp, outdoor air temp, and other hot-tub info. Ahhhhh relaxing... bring your own towels! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete's WWW Golf Page http://ausg.dartmouth.edu/~pete/golf/ A golfer's heaven on the Internet. More info than you can shake a stick... er... driver at. If it's about golf - then this page has it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golf Archives web page http://dunkin.princeton.edu There's more links here than a country full of golf courses. This is IMHO the most complete Golf site available. Between this page and Pete's page there isn't any divot unturned when it comes to golf info. Period. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW Sports Server http://www.nando.net/sptsserv.html I'm sure this site is mentioned elsewhere in the BIGSurf list but it's sooo good - that another mention won't hurt. For the complete Sports Junkie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volley Ball World-Wide http://www.cup.hp.com/~vball/ Complete history and FAQ docs and an entire listing of all Volley Ball leagues and schedules. Voley Ball is an international sport and so the info and links are on a global level. For Volley Ball lovers everywhere! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.P.'s Fishing Page http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~jsuchosk/fish/fishpage Cast your web browsers over here to this page and you won't be let down! All sorts of fishing info from deep sea to fly resides here. This is the "best catch" of fishing pages out there. You'll get "hooked" on this page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanford Univ Footbag Club http://gregorio.stanford.edu/footbag/SUFC.html The "Hacky Sack" page devoted to this sport/recreation. And I thought that Stanford students were busy studying... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIKIDO FAQ archive http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/aikido.html also FTP to: cs.ucsd.edu in the --> /pub/aikido Provides an insightful and informative look into this Japanese martial art. Both physical and mental discipline are dealy with. Aikido terminology as well as dojo sites and other resources in your area can be found. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCUBA Archive http://www.opal.com/aquanaut/pyee.html FTP to: ames.arc.nasa.gov in the --> /pub/SCUBA A lot of info - in fact a TON of info but none of it seems to be well organized. Many texts merely have the SCUBA or dive site listed and nothing more. Experienced divers will probably dive right in but the beginner may have a hard time of it. Plenty of reading here and if you're willing to wade through the documents - there's a lot of good info available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- America's Cup Online http://www.ac95.org:80/index.html All sorts of America's Cup info but it remains to be seen whether this page is a fairly paermanent resource or if it will be gone by the end of this season. Check in the future at the same address only change the "95" to the current year (example: www.ac96.....). Also contains the history, stats and other relevant info to the Cup. Includes info on the Louis Vuitton Cup and a host of other sailing race info. Did you know that a budget for one team to race in the America's Cup is $15 million minimum and that a racing yacht can be typically $3 million and up ? Whew... that's a lot of canvas! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windsurfing Resources on the WWW http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie:80/dsg_people/afcondon/windsurf/windsurf_home.html Sailboarding and other windsurf info are here in one of the best designed pages on the WWW. Graphics of all sorts and info on world-wide places to go are also included. Sail on over here - it's a **** four star site! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA Gopher (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Gopher to: gopher.epa.gov A comprehensive source of the EPA FAQ lists - includes the most commonly asked questions and answers. Also includes synopses of Federal Regulations as well as six pages of telephone numbers and hotlines to inquire about EPA regulations as well as other Federal guidelines and mandates. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On-Line Writing Lab (OWL - at Purdue University) Gopher to: owl.trc.purdue.edu Web page: http://owl.trc.purdue.edu You can also directly send questions to the Writing Lab tutors by using the following format and address: send email to: owl@sage.cc.purdue.edu Subject Line: owl-request Message body: Type in your question or request as you normally would write email. Be as specific as possible. Your reply will arrive within 2-4 days. This is a public service of Purdue University and it is designed to help students and undergraduates writing research and/or report papers. This service also provides tips and help on how to write effective resumes and business memos. The OWL team is most helpful and informative. They also have info on many "official" formats that papers can be required to be written in and understand the needs of college students. Proper paper formatting, footnotes, headers and bibliographies are essential when it comes to writing papers. Let OWL help you out. Don't expect them to actually _write_ the paper for you though. That's another lesson... For more information on the OWL service email to: taylor@sage.cc.purdue.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalog of Known Nuclear Explosions Gopher to: wealaka.okgeosurvey1.gov select "Catalog of Known Nuclear Explosions" Every one of 'em - and they mean it! From the Trinity Test to present day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Boutell's Birthday Server http:// sunsite.unc.edu/btbin/birthday This page will not only tell you who shares your birthday with you it will provide links to these persons home page if available. You can enter any date and this page will search for people born on that date! You can feel free to register your own birthday and if you include your email address, people can then send you Happy Birthday! email cards. No candles included. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Froggy Page http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/froggy.html Conatains info and links to all sorts of "frog" information. There is an assortment of clip-art and pictures of frogs. How tomake an origami frog and information on frog species from around the world. Undaunted by previous reports I could not seem to find recipes . A frog lovers dream! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graffiti Page (Art Crimes) http://www.gatech.edu/desoto/graf/Index.Art_Crimes.html Contains photographs of graffiti from around the world. Cities such as Bridgeport, Conn., US and Amsterdam are here. Pass the spray paint please! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thunder Dome II - Rise of the Free Jacks Telnet to: tdome.montana.com 5555 log on using your name and a password of your choosing. (You will have to remember or write down your password for future log-ons) New users should type in "POLICY" after log on for important information on game play and directions. Basically, anarchie reins supreme and there really is no law or order or rules for that matter. It might all seem too chaotic at first - but in order to survive you'll have to make alliances... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic Bulletin Board (University of Michigan) Gopher to: una.hh.lib.umich.edu /ebb Has foreign exchange rates updated daily. Also includes tons of economic indicators and World trade leads and info. For the Wall Street Journal crowd although anyone interested in Economics will find this site most interesting. Not a good K-12 resource as the indicators are complicated to understand. College students and business pros will get a lot from it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregorian Chant gopher (Catholic University of America) Gopher to: vmsgopher.cua.edu /Special Resources then select CANTUS to view the database of Gregorian Chants. Hmmm...now just what chant goes with just what event? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICONS web page http://www.di.unipi.it/iconbrowser/icons.html OK - so you're too lazy to make your own icons. Well fret no more! Here is a place where you can browse for Icons for many different platforms (DOS/ Windows and Mac). They are freely available. This site also contains many graphic-related, painting and drawing shareware programs. Very good site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia Publications on the Internet CyberSight (Published by Internet Marketing, Inc.) http://cybersight.com A true hypermedia publication that links to other hypermedia from around the world. No fluff and no junk. Most of the authors are students and cyber-souls who dedicate themselves to the task thoroughly - and it shows! You'll find great articles and links from under-ground artists, to the politically benign. This onepage will have you surfing the globe while you read some of the best distributable "stuff" out there. Catch a wave and ride this kahuna for an evening (or two or three...) ------- Complexity International http://life.anu.edu.au/ci/ci.html A new hyper-textual publication from the Australian National University. ------- Post-modern Culture http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/pmc/contents.594.html Original material written in hypermedia format. Irreverant and well done! ------- NIH home page http://www.nih.org Devoted to medicine, biology and the advancement of scientific study. ----- National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov Offers "HyperDOC", a multimedia/hypertext resource. It supports the Visible Human body Project. A true hyper-textual informative publication page. ----- Fields of View and Radiology Update http://www.med.harvard.edu/BWHRad Created by the Brigham and Women's Hospital radiology department, this BrighamRAD page is fascinating. The hyper-media oublication offers teaching documents and hypothetical situations with a symptoms list. Also contains medical graphics and images from which students are expected to make an educated diagnosis and prognosis. Can you pass the test? Can your Doctor? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia/video information and Video Archives on the Internet MPEG Video Archive (Holland, Netherlands) http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/mpeg/index.html MPEG video archive at UIUC http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/rml/Mpeg Rob's New Multimedia Lab http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/rml note: this site is co-sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery StarTrek movie and TV site (Viacom-Paramount) http://generations.viacom.com Scientific Video archives at CRS4 Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development: Sardinia, Italy http://www.crs4.it/Animate/Animations.html Cornell Theory Center http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Visualization NCSA Exhibits http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/NCSAExhibits.html Los Alamos National Lab video encoding and video server http://bang.lanl.gov/video MICE Seminars and Media on Demand servers http://www.it.kth.se/~klements/vatplay.html MICE (Multimedia Conferencing for Europe) http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/mice/mice.html ----- MIT Laboratory for Computer Science online video http://www.lcs.mit.edu http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vs/vsbrowser http://tns-www.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/vs/vsdemo MIT is experimenting with the VUSystem Application fro video files. The lab is also experimenting with offering live-video via the Internet. ----- Internet Multicasting Service (Carl Malamud) http://www.town.hall.org Internet Talk Radio (Carl Malamud) http://juggler.lanl.gov/itr.html ----- Video Webalog http://figment.fastman.com/vweb/html/vidprod.html A "hyper-magazine" chock full of video info. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open Virtual Reality Testbed (Sandy Ressler) http://nemo.ncsl.nist.gov/~sressler/OVRThome.html Sandy Ressler is exploring the possibilites of offering virtual reality to users of the 'net. A glimpse of this is shown in "Inline Graphics Surrogate Travel". An inline picture of an area is shown and users "click" on where they want to go inside this virtual world. Try it! (And this is only the beginning research and development! Can't wait for more to arrive!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAXWeb (The Discovery of Television among the Bees) http://bug.village.virginia.edu:7777 This has got to be seen to be believed. A virtual "trip". This has got to be one of the coolest sites on the Internet. The site consists of (ready?) - the script of the film, 600 pages of supplementary text material related to the film, 2,000 stills (that went to make up the film), 600 MPEG video clips, and the entire audio track of the film in English, French, German and Japanese! You can see any part of the film, in any order you choose and while viewing, you can "jump out" of the film to read hyper-text comments related to the making of the film or related to the script AND you can add or create your own additions to the script! A tour de force of Internetting! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask KEN! (web page) http://www.enf.org/~andrec/ask_ken.html From meaningful issues to the absurd - this page has it all. There are items ranging from "fake Christemas tree or real tree" to "how do I get the current version of Adobe Type manager?". If you have a question or problem - give this web page a try. It's a lot of fun to read even if you don't have a question or need a solution. Well worth the visit even if only for the "fun factor". Who said web pages can't be fun AND informative? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide Gopher to: gopher.enews.com select "electronic car showroom" then select "Edmund's Automobile Buyers Guides" This is a well done list that is organized by car model, manufacturer, price, or size class. Contains valuable info on prices and suggestive ways to get the best deal on a car. Not much info on used cars but this page is really designed with the new car buyer in mind. If you are shopping for a new car - get on down to this page pronto! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Antiques web page http://www.ic.mankato.mn.us/antiques/Antiques.html Not a great site - but a good site. This is a new page and a work that is still very much in the process of expanding. There is info on a wide variety of antique topics but not each topic has in-depth info. There is also a few graphics but many are very low resolution and muddy. I hope the authors of this site can improve it for there is a need for a web page devoted to antique pleasures and antique info for collectors. For now, a better place to learn and inquire about antiques is the Usenet newsgroup: rec.antiques Here you will find better and more relevant information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Express Corp. Online http://www.fedex.com Track your packages and airbills from the web --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Online Offshore Casino and Sports Book http://www.casino.org/cc An ongoing experiment in online gambling. Like a virtual Las Vegas! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southwest Airlines http://www.iflyswa.com The web site includes fares, flight schedules and other info about the airline. Also includes job openings at Southwest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISA http://www.visa.com/ The credit card giant - online (gasp) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company WWW page http://www.massmutual.com Actually this is a helpful site because it includes a number of helpful docs and brochures relating to life insurance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Road Warrior Outpost http://warrior.com Helpful products for the connected business traveller. From SCSI to PDI to laptops and those hard to fine thing-a-ma-jiggers... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal Sites on the Internet Supreme Court Rulings (Project Hermes at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US) FTP to: ftp.cwru.edu in the --> /pub/hermes Log-in as "anonymous" and use your email address as the password Contains all the rulings, decisions and opinions of these decisions ------- Constitutions from around the World FTP to: wiretap.spies.com in the --> /Gov/World Constitutions and legal docs from around the world - careful - they are written in the native language of the particular country they come from. ------- Rutgers University Legal site FTP to: quartz.rutgers.edu in the --> /pub/law A complete (I mean _complete_) archive of various legal documents. From legal copyright rulings and issues to the Drug Crime Act and Internet law. Includes many other legal documents and information. ------- ACLU Reading Room (American Civil Liberties Union) Gopher to: aclu.org 6601 FTP to: ftp.aclu.org Another legal windfall of info. Not just for lawyers... ------- The Virtual Law Library http://www.info.cern.ch Use your spacebar to cruise through the topics. Highlite the word "LAW" and you'll be linked to over 100 other sites that are law related or legal related information. Too many to list here but a small sampling is - Univ of Arkansas Law School, University of Montreal Law School Gophers, Pepper and Corazzini, LLP - a Law firm that specializes in communications law and many more. Brush up on your legal research without leaving home. ------- Washburn University School of Law Telnet to: awlib.wuacc.edu login as "washlaw" ------- International Treaties FTP to: ftp.spies.com in the --> /Gov/Treaties ------- Computer and Electronic Law sulaw.law.su.oz.au in the --> /pub/law ------- Cornell Univ. Law Library Gopher to: fatty.law.cornell.edu ------- Cornell Univ. Law School web site http://www.law.cornell.edu//usc/17/overview.html Copyright Act law and other related issues and rulings ------- U.S. Department of Justice Gopher to: gopher.usdoj.gov ------- Case Western Reserve Univ. Law School Gopher to: holmes.law.cwru.edu ------- Tulsa, Oklahoma, US - County Sheriff's Office Gopher to: galaxy.gastar.com in the --> /Tulsa County Sheriff's Office ------- The WWW Virtual Law Library at Indiana Univ. http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/lawindex.html ------- Indiana Univ School of Law http://www.law.indiana.edu ------- NCJRS Gopher (Nat'l Criminal Justice Reference Service) Gopher to: ncjrs.aspensys.com 71 ------- Florida State Univ College of Law WWW home page http://law.fsu.edu ------- Pepper and Corazzini, LLP (Law Firm in Washington, D.C., US) http://www.commlaw.com.pepper Issues and rulings dealing with communications and electronic transfer. ------- Advertising Law Internet Site http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html Lewis Rose, a partner with Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn based in Washington, D.C. has written a substantial web page that deals with many issues relating to advertising law, marketing legalities, antitrust laws, consumer protection rulings and trade association law. Also includes sections on "infomercials", home shopping and direct-response TV. Cable and network television ad and marketing guidelines are abundant. ------- Villanova Tax Law Compendium (Villanova, Pennsylvania, US) Gopher to: ming.law.vill.edu Not just for taxes anymore. Includes Third Circuit Court of Appeals info and decisions (Phila, PA) and info on Villanova Law School. Of course this site is also one of the best tax law sites available. =========================================================================== Painter's Calculator http://www.btw.com After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other neat tools too!) Fill in the blanks on the form (room dimensions, how many coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate" button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll need for the job. It's accurate and not a toy. This is a professional tool. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Anthony Hopkins Page http://www.mit.edu.8001/people/douglas/hopkins.html Very well done page devoted to Anthony Hopkins, the actor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator http://nearnet.gnn.com Index of Net resources. Travel info, financial, weather and a host of other links and info make this a good place to surf to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CD-ROM Network http://www.primenet.com/~laig/cdrom.html A list of available CD-ROM titles plus lnks to tips and info relating to various CD-ROMS out there. Myst tips, Rocket Science info and many others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Scanning FAQ (World Wide Web site) http://www.dopig.uab.edu/dopigpages/FAQ/The-Scan-FAQ.html Everything you wanted to know about proper scanning tecniques and more. Jeff Bone at the Univ. of Alabama created this page. He covers four primary categories of scanning material. Line Art, Half-tones, grayscale and color. There is also info on address resolution and copyright issues. The techniques have graphic examples right on the web page. If you do any scanning whatsoever - then you need to read this page! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For MIS/IT professionals Center for Information Systems Management http://cism.bus.utexas.edu/issues/iindex.html Discussion based forum for MIS/IT professionals InfoSys Junction http://www.rpi.edu/~okeefe/infosys/IJ.html The preferred "hangout" of MIS folks ISWorld Net http://www.cox.smu.edu/mis/iswnet/home.html Focuses on MIS training and new-technology topics and issues MISQ Central http://amex.cox.smu.edu:80/mis/,isq/central.html Online version of MIS Quarterly --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITY RESOURCES - Leaks, Holes and Cracks in Internet Exchanges Mailing Lists Bugtraq Send e-mail to: bugtraq-request@crimelab.com Subject line: Message body: subscribe bugtraq CERT Advisory Send e-mail to: cert-advisory-request@cert.org Subject line: Message body: subscribe cert-advisory CERT Tools Send email to: cert-tools-request@cert.org Subject line: Message body: subscribe cert-tools ------- FTP sites CERT Advisories FTP to: ftp.cert.org: in the --> /pub/cert_advisories see the "01_README" in /cert_advisories for a list summary of advisories (also ftp.cert.org in the /pub ) COAST security FTP archive FTP to: coast.cs.purdue.edu: in the --> /pub Security Arcive (University of Tokyo) FTP to: theta.iis.utokyo.ac.jp in the --> /pub1/security A mammoth archive of security info, documents and tools Security FAQ FTP to: ftp.santafe.edu: /pub/SIG/Security/FAQ.Z/rtfm.mit.edu.pub/usenet-bygroup/comp.answers /computer-secutity Look at the documents: "anonymous-ftp-faq", "compromise-faq", "security- patches", and "vendor-contacts" Geez - now *that's* a killer address! Good solid info though makes it well worth typing in the address. This is a collection of Usenet FAQs. ------- SPY BBS (via ftp) FTP to: ftp.spy.org James Bond would like this one. ------- GOPHER Security Sites SPY BBS (via Gopher) Gopher to: gopher.spy.org ------- WWW Internet Security Sites bsy's Security-Related Net Pointers http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bsy/www/sec.html Complete Bugtraq archives including Bugtraq mailing list archive, also deals with a complete Unix discussion and pointers to mounds of other security related information. --- Security HOLES http://crimelab.com/bugtraq/bugtraq.html Tons of info and plenty of pointers will keep you on track. Pilot's Home Page http://pilot.net SAIC Waterridge Home page http://mls.saic.com/mls.text.html Security Reference Index http://www.tansu.com.au/Info/security.html Unix Security Information http://www.alw.nih.gov/~jbk/security.html SPY BBS http://www.spy.org ------- PGP (Pretty Good Privacy data encryption by Phillip Zimmermann) Freeware Mac versions of this excellent encryption software are available. The PGP FAQ FTP to: ftp.netcom.com in the --> /pub/gbe the file name is pgpfaq-.asc Complete PGP site list FTP to: ftp.csn.net in the --> /mpjftp.csn.net/mpj FTP to: ftp.csn.net in the --> /mpj both addresses (and dirs) have the file "getpgp.asc" Excellent site and information list on how to obtain PGP. Includes info on pointers on PGP web sites, BBSs and FTP sites. WWW PGP page http://www.mantis.co.uk/pgp/pgp.html PGP Telnet site Telnet to: net-dist.mit.edu log-in as: "getpgp" You will be asked four questions and then be told where to get the latest version of PGP via anonymous FTP. If you are not an American citizen an Archie search is the recommended way to find PGP. Do an Archie search for pgp262 ("archie -s pgp262") Or try an Archie search for pgp2.3 or 2.3a. If that still doesn't retrieve anything as a last resort try a search on "pgp" Public Key Directories http://www.four11.com email to: info@four11.com SATAN (System Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks) ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/net/SATAN/ ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/SECURITY/ ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/satan/ ftp://ftp/lerc.nasa.gov/security/ Written by Don Farmer formerly of Silicon Graphics Inc., and CERT. SATAN (a freeware Unix based utility) scans networks looking for vulnerabilities and misconfigured ftp setups, mail gateways and servers. A "must have" for all who administer networks of any kind. Especially networks hooked into the Internet. SATAN can uncover and detect security flaws on WWW servers, anon FTP servers and POP mail sites. 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(note: alternative BSN site - ftp to: zeus.kent.edu) Be certain that you carefully read the document titled "An Introduction to BSN" before going further through the BSN gopher site. The ftp site only archives the documents and is not as concise or informative as to how best to use the archives/resources. Before you use the ftp site - get a "handle" on how BSN works by using the gopher. Actually, the gopher address is highly recommended over the ftp archive site. There are over 200 other business related gopher links in the BSN gopher and the business related gopher list goes on for more than 72 pages! Included topics at BSN are Small Business, Management, Managing non-profit and charitable orgs, Accounting and accounting procedures and practices, Taxation laws and how these rulings affect business issues. Other topics include how businesses can effectively deal with "public policies", societal trends and environment or "green" issues. This BSN gopher is HIGHLY recommended destination for any business Internet traveller. No lay-overs in Dallas-Ft. Worth ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Advertising FAQ Gopher to: gopher.fonorola.net Select "Internet Business Journal" (good reading also) and then select "Internet Advertising FAQ" This resource is there to provide business users for effective strategies for advertising on the 'Net (netvertising). The empahasis here is that unlike most mass-media advertising that relies more on image and flash than substance, netvertising is a whole new market that needs to be "info- tained". This means that effective netvertising must be intelligent and provide useful information. There is much for business to learn here as the Internet is NOT a friendly place for commercial interests that wander into the wrong place or try to pitch their sales the wrong way by thoughtless SPAM techniques or ill-designed high bandwidth web pages. This is a must visit for anyone seriously considering doing business on the net. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyberpreneur's Guide to the Internet Gopher to: una.hh.lib.umich.edu select "inetdirstacks" then select "cyberpreneurship" WWW page: http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/chdocs/cyberpreneur/Cyber.html This is an excellent gopher resource for the individual or company either starting a plan for doing business on the Internet or that already have commercial ventures or are presently doing business on the Internet. This gopher resource provides a huge compendium of Internet business related information. E-Mail lists, other gophers, Web pages, newsgroups and a host of other pointers for the online entrepreneur. The site is well organized and broken down into areas or topics. The WWW address version of CGI is a graphical version of the gopher with many links to other resources. Either going through the CGI gopher or surfing to the CGI web page will take the budding or flowering entrepreneur on an informative ride through a plethora of vital information. Highly recommended site for business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small Business Help Center http://www.kclink.com/sbhc/ An often over-looked WWW site that has pointers and info for operators of small businesses or that plan to start a small business. Worth a look-see. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small Business Administration Home Page http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov Offers information on the SBA's mission and overview of the SBA. Information links and addresses and phone numbers of local SBAs is included on this web page. SBA events and seminars are also offered. The SBA can help you finance and start a small business and you'll want to check out all your options - right? So make plans to visit this page - it's graphical interface helps to make the information interesting and well... fun. In fact if you plan to do business on the Internet, take note of how this well written home page is done. This is another HIGHLY recommended info-stop for the business traveller. Many interesting features of the home page should be noted by the user. Point and click maps, etc, show that the SBA knows its net stuff! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mother Lode of Advertising, Promotion, Sales, Planning, Analyis & Marketing Materials, Usefull and useless information, Reports, White Papers and other Assorted Stuff - Home Page --> access via WWW to: ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/ro/csharrow/homepage.html Not only is the title of this page a "mother-lode" the information that is within this web page is staggering. It is almost too much information and some of it is widely spread over many links. If you want clear and concise information - don't surf here. But if you want to explore and link to many alternative sources of information then this is the place to be. There are so many topics and resources to explore that you should plan to spend a while at this site. Often informative and interesting this site offers a lot for the business user as well as the casual 'net surfer. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Dreams newsletter http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans Duncan's enthusiasm and off-beat style is infectious. Sometimes informative and often funny he gives a humorous approach to offering valuable info. Tongue in cheek articles along with analogous snippets will keep you reading 'till the wee hours of dawn. Take what he says with a grain of salt but for the cost of a newsletter subscription (free) why not give it a try? You might like it. Not for everyone - but then - what is? If you can read between the lines - there is a lot of sound advice in his humor. ########################################################################### USENET NEWSGROUPS FOR MACINTOSH A list of Mac related Usenet newsgroups * current as of 4/11/95 * Note: depending on your newsfeed or news server you may not be able to receive all the newsgroups mentioned here. If you do not receive a particular newsgroup and are interested in getting it - then call or email your service's System Administrator (SysAdmin) or Cust. 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We hope that all Internet travellers enjoy this list and enjoy their travels. Surf's Up ! This list is not meant to be a complete listing of Internet sites nor is it meant to be an exhaustive compilation of everywhere there is to go on the Internet or a complete directory of Internet sites. It is merely designed to provide YOU, the Internet traveller, interesting places to surf and visit. We truly hope that you find this "BIG-SURF List" enjoyable and informative. Suggestions are welcome and can be sent via email to the authors. (Pinochle is especially interested in any new sites and/or suggestions to improve this list). If you have a particular Web, gopher,ftp or any Internet site that YOU feel is a great place to visit or has unique items or Mac specific information then send to us via email - or better yet - Visit our newsgroup and post a message pertaining to a cool and breezy site. We love information accessed through tasty packet waves. 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