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| Category | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Books | Amazon | Kind of obvious, but if you want to know what small gift to give Bill just check my wish list on this site. Oh yeah, they sell books and stuff. |
| Project Gutenberg | Full text of classic books online. Due to copyright issues, this mainly means pre-1923 works such as Shakespeare, Poe, and Dante. | |
| Psi Phi | This site has the most complete, easily accessed information on the Star Trek novels and books. | |
| Regrets Only | Barry Cadish collects true (short) stories of regret and occasionally compiles them into a book. Sad, funny, trivial, you can submit you own. | |
| The Encyclopedia of Arda | The Encyclopedia of Arda is a personal project - a tribute to and a celebration of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The site is intended to evolve into an illustrated hypertext encyclopedia of Tolkien's realms and peoples. This lies a long way in the future, though; if the regions of Eä are vast beyond the thought of Elves and Men, so too are the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. | |
| Business | Back of the Envelope | Christopher Byron's weekly look inside the crazy world of corporate accounting. Nasty good fun! |
| Independent Overview of PayPal | PayPal is a little complicated, this article helps make it simpler | |
| MarketPerform | A new website free to use for at least the time being, is tracking buy and sell recommendations of Wall Street analysts and reporting on the results. They plan to charge about $15/month for the service eventually. | |
| NetSlaves | No, this isn't a porn site--they call themselves the "Undertakers of the Net Economy" and do some insightful slicing and dicing into the numbers put out by 'net companies. Amusingly nasty look at Salon.com's SEC filings, for example. | |
| Scott Kirsner @Large | Weekly tech column in DigitalMass.com | |
| Tag Heuer | Bill's favorite watches, although the website is a little too heavy on graphics. | |
| TomPaine.CommenSense | An independent look at the truth and contradictions in major press economic/business reporting, particularly the NY Times and Washington Post. Good weekly roundup, also available by email. | |
| Entertainment | Bored | Things to do when you're bored. |
| Bruce Campbell Online | Isn\'t everyone a fan of this actor? If it isn\'t for Evil Dead or Army of Darkness, how about Hercules and Xena, or (my fav) Brisco County, Jr.? | |
| Ironminds | Articles on New Media, often humorous, and a weblog too! | |
| Kinky Cards | Adult e-greeting cards, tasteful and tasteless as you wish | |
| MattyG's TV and Movie Theme Songs | Have yearning to hear the theme song from Different Strokes or Blazing Saddles? This is the place to get them. | |
| Pointless Waste of Time | So much of the Internet is deep, meaningful, and beautiful. So when you're done with that, check out the useless and harmful on this site. | |
| Film | Ain't It Cool | Harry Knowles' infamous media scoop and rumour site. |
| BMW Films | Several high quality short films made by major directors (Ang Lee, John Frankenheimer, Guy Ritchie) that feature a BMW car. These are not commercials. Warning: the films are huge (70MB) downloads! | |
| Jet Li | Official Jet Li website, authored in PHP. Has some interesting essays and lots of fan mail answers written by Li, plus solid filmography. | |
| NetFlix | Online DVD rental site | |
| NewsAskew | News about and drinking games based on Kevin Smith's films, which include Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and the upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and comics. | |
| Rotten Tomatoes | In-depth movie site, featuring reviews, news, and information. | |
| Friends of Bill | Byron's Fantabulous Home Page | Byron Nevins, programmer and raconteur extraordinaire |
| Jellyrolls | This is the website for a very cool Bay Area guitarist. I am so jealous that he got to live my teenage rock and roll dream!! | |
| School Net | Joel Henderson's pioneering website for K-12 resources | |
| Humor | Boondocks | This comic strip, written by Aaron McGruder is a witty, pointed, intelligent look at life. |
| George Carlin's Join The Book Club | "How-To" Titles and Advice and Self-Help Titles | |
| Jump the Shark | A TV show "jumps the shark" in that instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Post your comments on new and old shows and vote for that special moment. Good for laughs. | |
| Latest Dilbert Strips | Last two weeks of Dilbert on one page | |
| MicroSith.com | Parody mixing Microsoft and the (evil) Empire from Star Wars. | |
| Modern Humorist | Original humor, especially parodies and celebrity material. | |
| Movie Reviews by Sen. Phil Gramm | Well, not really, but they are funny | |
| News of the Weird | News of the Weird (founded 1988) is the longest-running, most widely-read bizarre-but-all-true news feature in the United States--indeed, the gold standard of weird-news reporting. | |
| Off the Mark | Funny, if little known, cartoons by Mark Parisi (born the same year as me too!) | |
| Plan 9 Publishing | Plan 9 is "home of the funniest, coolest books on the Internet! Our goal is to find the jewels that clueless "traditional" publishers won't touch, and bring them to you in a form you can enjoy in your spare moments away from the computer (yeah, a hard concept to fathom, but you have to go to the bathroom sometime)." Also, the publisher was the first person (that I don't count as a friend) to write in response to my weblog. | |
| Secret Diary of Alan Greenspan | A humorous weblog that purports to be the actual work of Mr. Money, the chairman of the Fed, himself. Of course, it isn't but it is fairly funny. | |
| SlashDot Story Generator | Developed in PHP and utilizing the powerful and flexible Kozzmo Generation Engine (including random typos for Added Realism(tm)), the SSG removes the annoying wait between Slashdot story postings. Just press the convenient "Next Story" button and you'll get the rush you desire when you see your chance to make the "First Post!" | |
| The Onion | One of the oldest and possibly best Internet humor publications. | |
| Linux | Freshmeat | A great frontend into the world of open source software projects |
| Slashdot | The site for open-source freaks to post and discuss tech news, especially Linux-related material. | |
| Why Open Source Software / Free Software? | An extensive paper which articulates quantitative measures supporting the use of open source/free software. | |
| Music | Bruce Springsteen | Official website of the greatest rocker ever. Okay, in my opinion the greatest rocker ever. Hey, it's my listing. |
| Candy's Room | Extremely extensive Springsteen fan site, almost everything you could possibly want in terms of information and linkage. The aesthetics, however, are another story. | |
| Gracenote | Formerly named Compact Disc Database, this site is probably the most comprehensive online discography and is used by most music apps (WinAmp, MusicMatch Jukebox) to get song listings when you play a CD on your computer. | |
| Greil Marcus' Real Life Top 10 | Greil Marcus, great American culture writer, has a bi-monthly column where he lists and comments on 10 items and/or events. Good reading. | |
| Jellyrolls | This is the website for a very cool Bay Area guitarist. I am so jealous that he got to live my teenage rock and roll dream!! | |
| Springsteen Song Lyrics | A comprehensive, accurate collection | |
| Wall of Sound | Excellent music news and reviews site | |
| News | Drudge Report | A man with an opinion and a penchant for self-promotion, Drudge's site is still a great place to see at a glance the latest big news |
| My Yahoo | Get your own personalized portal | |
| The Smoking Gun | A team that digs up interesting and/or embarasing documents and posts them to the web, with pointers to the good parts. | |
| TomPaine.CommenSense | An independent look at the truth and contradictions in major press economic/business reporting, particularly the NY Times and Washington Post. Good weekly roundup, also available by email. | |
| Wired News | One of the top sites for creative tech news, although it isn't associated with Wired Magazine any more (Lycos bought it over a year ago). | |
| PHP | OnLAMP | O'Reilly Network site for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl, PHP, and Python. |
| PHP Builder | Bills itself as "The ultimate resource for PHP Developers," which may be a slight exaggeration, but surely a great resource. | |
| PHP Classes Repository | PHP Classes Repository is an experimental service that is intended to be as means of distribution of freely available programming classes of objects written the Web scripting language named PHP. The goal of this service is build a base of programming components ready to be used in Web applications written in PHP. | |
| PHP Home | Official PHP website, this is where to get the source or compiled versions and official documentation, plus links to other PHP projects. | |
| PHP Link Validator | Nice script that checks to see if links on one or more pages are still valid--guard against link rot! | |
| PHP Resources | A well-stocked selection of PHP code, samples, examples, and applications. | |
| PHPEverywhere | A well-maintained weblog focused on PHP and related software | |
| PHPHelp | Excellent material of use to PHP developers from novice to expert level | |
| PHPMyEdit | Very interesting open source utility that generates Add/Edit/Delete screens when pointed to a database. | |
| PTL: PHP content management | PTL: open source PHP content management software | |
| Reference | Age in Days | Want to know how many days you, in your current incarnation, have been on the planet? |
| Archiving Early America | A unique array of primary source material (films, important documents, forums) from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to this country\'s forebears more than two centuries ago. | |
| California Courts Self-Help Center | This site is intended to help you find legal assistance, learn about California law, work better with an attorney, and represent yourself in some legal matters. This site does not provide legal advice. | |
| Click & Clack's CarTalk | Get all kinds of car information here from the NPR show hosts, with a dose of humor thrown in. | |
| Official U.S. Time | The National Institute of Standards and Technologies maintains the official government web clock. Plus lots of other useful material. | |
| Rapid Web Development | Excellent article from IBM developerWorks on how to create flexible sites quickly using standards like CSS and XHTML. Very practical, gives checklists, examples, and processes. | |
| RefDesk | The single best source for facts on the web--according to the site owners | |
| Science | Bottom Quark | News site focused on science and technology for the intelligent (but not PhD level) reader with personalization and community features. |
| FlyPower | The only site on the Internet totally devoted to the intricacies and pursuit of fly powered avionics | |
| How does an airbag work? | Basic overview, with links to more detailed info | |
| How Solar Sails Work | Solar sails may be one of the keys to lowering the cost of exploring the Solar System. | |
| Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images | Really beautiful pictures of distant space taken by the orbiting Hubble Telescop | |
| National Center for Biotechnology Information | "a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease." | |
| Quasar part II | A new type of quasar is found | |
| Singularity | News and information on the Singularity, a weblog by John Robb | |
| The Second Law of Thermodynamics! | All about that amazing aspect of nature called The Second Law of Thermodynamics! Real science. | |
| Vinge on the Singularity | When will the rate of change in technology improvement become so fast that tomorrow (literally) cannot be predicted? That, in a nutshell, is The Singularity. | |
| Science Fiction | Chaos Manor | Pournelle writes great action SF, often with Larry Niven, as well as a long running column for Byte Magazine on hardware and software he uses. |
| Harry Turtledove | Turtledove is my favorite Alternative History author. | |
| Isaac Asimov | Very thorough site on one of the best (and probably the most prolific) SF authors. | |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | Author of the great (four Hugos!) Vorkosigian 12 novel (as of 3/01) series. | |
| Psi Phi | This site has the most complete, easily accessed information on the Star Trek novels and books. | |
| Sci Fi Weekly | SciFi Network's weekly newsletter, with SF movie, TV, game and book news, book and movie/TV reviews, columns, and interviews. | |
| SF Site | "The official homepage for Science Fiction and Fantasy." Well, perhaps a bit of an overstatement but it does have lots of interviews, book reviews, and related info. | |
| SyfyWorld | Good Star Trek/SF TV site | |
| The Encyclopedia of Arda | The Encyclopedia of Arda is a personal project - a tribute to and a celebration of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The site is intended to evolve into an illustrated hypertext encyclopedia of Tolkien's realms and peoples. This lies a long way in the future, though; if the regions of Eä are vast beyond the thought of Elves and Men, so too are the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. | |
| The Foundation Trilogy: Notes, Articles, and Links | Raja Thiagarajan's comprehensive archive of information about possibly the most important early modern work of science fiction | |
| Trek Web | Good source of news, interviews, and chats about Star Trek | |
| Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy | Ever wanted to write your own Science Fiction? This online course by noted SF author Jeffrey Carver might be the place to start (for $9.95). | |
| Software | Argus-Acia | Articles on Information Design |
| Beta News | Want to be a beta tester or keep up on what's coming? Then this is your site. | |
| Blogger | Home of the weblog software used for my weblog. | |
| Freshmeat | A great frontend into the world of open source software projects | |
| PTL: PHP content management | PTL: open source PHP content management software | |
| Rapid Web Development | Excellent article from IBM developerWorks on how to create flexible sites quickly using standards like CSS and XHTML. Very practical, gives checklists, examples, and processes. | |
| RemindMe | A website that allows users to set up email reminders | |
| Rojak Pot Windows 2000 Hints & Tips | An interesting and useful set of tips for Windows 2000 users | |
| Startkabel XML | Exhaustive listing of XML references and resources | |
| UltraEdit | Excellent text/programmers editor. Has all the usual features plus (the big plus for me) integrated Open From/Save To FTP. | |
| v2 Org | Articles on information design plus the recipe for a Rootless Cosmopolitan | |
| Sports | ESPN Soccernet | ESPN's soccer news and results site, heavy emphasis on the English Premier League. |
| ESPN's World Club Top 25 | Ranking the world's 25 best football (soccer) clubs every week. | |
| Liverpool FC | Official website of the Liverpool Football Club, Bill's favorite soccer team. | |
| Stores | Amazon | Kind of obvious, but if you want to know what small gift to give Bill just check my wish list on this site. Oh yeah, they sell books and stuff. |
| ITA Flight Planner | Web flight reservation system, in beta as of 3/28/01, that shows an improved user interface over Travelocity/Expedia | |
| NetFlix | Online DVD rental site | |
| Tech News | Beta News | Want to be a beta tester or keep up on what's coming? Then this is your site. |
| Beta News | Want to be a beta tester or keep up on what's coming? Then this is your site. | |
| EWeek | Remember when a subscription to PCWeek meant something? Spencer the Katt is still amusing once a week and a few other columnists are handy. | |
| News.com | A key tech and tech business news site run by CNet. | |
| osOpinion | Webzine focused on operating system articles, particular, Linux, Mac, and Windows. | |
| Slashdot | The site for open-source freaks to post and discuss tech news, especially Linux-related material. | |
| The Register | English tech and tech business news site. Motto: Biting the hand that feeds IT. | |
| Wireless Newsletter | A market research newsletter covering the wireless biz | |
| TV | Batman Beyond | Cool SF cartoon update of the classic. Bruce Wayne is an old man, still around and still smart, has a new Batman, his protege Terry McGinnis. |
| Chuck Lorre Productions | Want to read those cool vanity cards that flash by at the end of each Dharma & Greg? | |
| Jump the Shark | A TV show "jumps the shark" in that instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Post your comments on new and old shows and vote for that special moment. Good for laughs. | |
| Nash Bridges | Don Johnson is a cool San Francisco cop with Cheech Marin as his sidekick. A thoroughly guilty pleasure. | |
| TVInsite | From the Cahner's media publishing group, this is an industry insider TV magazine with some good columnists. | |
| Web Services | MSN Internet Speed Test | Check here to see how fast your connection really is. |
| Official U.S. Time | The National Institute of Standards and Technologies maintains the official government web clock. Plus lots of other useful material. | |
| Open Directory Project | The Open Directory Project's goal is to produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, by relying on a vast army of volunteer editors. | |
| Weblogs | Adam Curry | Curry (that's right, he was one of the original MTV VJs) is now a web entrepreneur focusing on broadband media apps and puts out a rockin' weblog. |
| Ars Technica | Ars is about power users and the tools they want. Ars Technica serves up the best multi-OS, PC hardware, and tech coverage possible while remembering what we're all about: having fun, being productive, and being as informative and as accurate as possible. | |
| Better Living Through Software | Joshua Allen, a Microsoftie, writes what he can about software including Microsoft's. | |
| Blogger | Home of the weblog software used for my weblog. | |
| Dack | dack.com is the 2¢ of Dack Ragus, a guy living in Minneapolis, MN (USA) who likes to golf, cocktail, and watch movies ... in that order. | |
| Dan Bricklin | Bricklin created VisiCalc, kicking off the PC revolution; his current company publishes web authoring tools. This log generally is for his short essays or thoughts and less for links to other pages. | |
| Dangerous Meta | Garret Vreeland focuses on weblog technology and photography. | |
| Doc Searls Weblog | One of the Cluetrain Manifesto authors | |
| Donny Broome's Weblog | Donny Broome's Weblog | |
| EvHead | Evan is the person who created Blogger, the tool that powers my weblog, and he puts out an entertaining weblog of his own. | |
| Fury | Media-oriented weblog plus amusing AOLiza (web-based version of Eliza pseudo-psychologist) | |
| GlennLogs | Weblog from Fleishman, a polific tech writer. | |
| Glish.com | Focus on web design | |
| Hack the Planet | News and views from Wesley Felter, the creative use of technology (hacking) can not just make money but actually make life better. | |
| Ironminds | Articles on New Media, often humorous, and a weblog too! | |
| Joel on Software | Joel has some pretty strong opinions about software development. When he does, he writes them here. | |
| John Dilbeck | Focus on web marketing and happenings in the North Carolina crafts scene | |
| On Lisa's Radar | The weblog of Lisa Rein, an excellent technology writer and FOB. Lots of XML and related resources. Her homepage is Finetuning.com | |
| Paul Andrews | Journalist blogging about tech journalism and surrounding issues. | |
| PHPEverywhere | A well-maintained weblog focused on PHP and related software | |
| Regrets Only | Barry Cadish collects true (short) stories of regret and occasionally compiles them into a book. Sad, funny, trivial, you can submit you own. | |
| Scobelizer | Have you been Scobleized today? Scoble is the founder of the NetMeeting Zone and the Microsoft Train Simulator Fan Site and is an editor on the Thunder Lizard division of Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. if he manages not to get fired before you read this. | |
| Scripting.com | The original weblog, from the founder of Userland Software and an original thinker on web software and services. | |
| Secret Diary of Alan Greenspan | A humorous weblog that purports to be the actual work of Mr. Money, the chairman of the Fed, himself. Of course, it isn't but it is fairly funny. | |
| Singularity | News and information on the Singularity, a weblog by John Robb | |
| USS Clueless | A weblog and some very interesting essays (mainly regarding science or politics) | |
| Whump | Technology and oddity-oriented weblog | |
| WinterSpeak | Technology (and politics of tech) focused weblog of Zimran Ahmed, biochemist, consultant and programmer. | |
| xPlane | Visual design weblog; also a business-oriented weblog at this site. | |
| Ye Oldde Blog | Andrea Harris blogs from Central Florida. Slowly making her way north, she hopes to reach Manhattan by 2069, just in time for the orgy of the millenium. |