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Powers of Ten - See the Milky Way at 10 million light years from earth or the nucleus and subatomic particles of an ordinary leaf. How Not to Drive - A trip to How Not To Drive is like an Italian version of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. An American's Guide to Canada - An American emigrant shares her view of the country as an endearing, civilized and charming place. SHORT
TAKES: Chicken Challenge - You just might win the $10,000 prize at the Chicken Challenge, where it's just you, the poultry and a game of Tic Tac Toe. Lonesome Dove Online Exhibit - The classic begat a classic, the 1989 mini-series archived at this Lonesome Dove Online Exhibit. <><><><><><><><> The Science of Superheroes - Where the BBC explains how Spidey, Wonder Woman and others perform their super stunts. Who Lives Here? - Visitors are invited to send photos of their living spaces and tell a little about themselves, or just meet the other residents. Animal Self-Medication - Animal Self-Medication is a mostly scientific site devoted to studies of animals' attempts to heal thyself. The Art of James Bond - It's "Art, Bond Art" at The Art of James Bond, where the artwork that has promoted the impeccable 007 image through 50 years and 20 movies is on display. Not Your Mother's Goldfish - Leave it to Ringo Starr to plant images of lush seascapes in the mind of a tone deaf prepubescent boy and turn him into Crazyfish. Flash Miniature Golf - Those clever boys at Harvard have found a way to burn piles of tuition dollars under cover of their mouse and monitor, as they try to beat par at the Mini Putt. Infinite Wheel - Play games and music at Infinite Wheel, a dub selector site that lets visitors digitally create music loops as they play 7 different games. Teaching with Historic Places - History students read letters from Civil War soldiers to understand the Battle of Gettysburg or design and market a new car after studying Thomas Edison's "Invention Factory.". SHORT
TAKES: Famous Monkeys Through History - Famous Monkeys Through History celebrates the first three apes in space. Matthias the Tinkerer - Step into the world of a 21st century Tom Edison, who invents pipe organs, marble machines and other contraptions. <><><><><><><><> The Hip Surgery Music Guide - Commuters who find their car radio playing Sheryl Crow's Soak Up the Sun for the 6th time in an hour might want to get some preventive surgery at the Hip Surgery Music Guide. Postcard Tour - A Tour of the USA in Vintage Postcards captures such old-time vistas as Hollywood Boulevard in the 20s, Colorado's Pikes Peak Highway in 1939, and 1908 Baton Rouge. Cat and Girl - This is no Garfield, but a funny and strangely sweet weekly comic strip which walks on the wry side with a girl and her cat. Robert's Rules of Order - In 1876, Robert set out to bring order to the universe - starting with the American Congress - and published his Pocket Manual of Rules of Order. National Security Archive - Scholars and a public interest law firm used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire what has grown into the world's largest non-governmental library of declassified documents. Celebrity Portal - Celebrities can mean realtors, cover models from hardcore biker mags, police sketches of wanted criminals or old-time ventriloquists and magicians. Super Hero Cupcakes - Documents one of the more bizarre experiments in product placement, when comic strip ads featured super heroes from Wonder Woman to The Flash carrying Hostess fruit pies filled with justice. Worst Case Scenarios - The online version of the popular book that preps site visitors to survive any scrape they can get into. SHORT
TAKES: American Symphony Orchestra League - Kids learn to write their own music or take a seat in the orchestra at Playmusic.org. A Guide to Internet Lingo and Emoticons - Translate that deep thought your ICQ buddy is expressing by going to the Guide to Internet Lingo and Emoticons. <><><><><><><><> Sword Swallowing to the Hilt! - Celebrates the history, traditions and performance of an act that is neither magic, illusion nor stunt. Devices of Wonder - Where an android clarinetist guides visitors through interactive play with 22 unusual historical contraptions. Going Bridal - Wedding preparations could drive a girl to grab a shotgun and go postal on the caterers so Sara, who is marrying Dennis on May 3, 2003, has decided to go bridal instead. Slip Ups - Devoted to exposing mistakes missed in the editing room and revealed to the viewing public. Emperor Norton - In Norton I, we are reminded that "insanity of Joshua Norton's kind may be one of our best checks against absurd government.". What's That Stuff? - The web site by the geniuses at Chemical & Engineering News, chops away at ignorance to reveal the contents and processes of familiar products, from self-tanners to Spandex. Street Games - The spirit of play - or rather, hanging out with friends and having a great time sans coach, schedule, and equipment - is celebrated in grand style. News Context - Where an administrative law judge has taken on the education of the citizenry to fill the knowledge gap with summaries of key policy topics. SHORT
TAKES: Time Travel Fund - Your small donation today earns piles of interest for the next few hundred years until time travel is perfected and your investment buys you a ticket into that future. Huh? Spam Map - The Spamdemic Map shows how the viral infection that is spam spreads from victim to victim in fascinating, frightening detail. <><><><><><><><> The Eighties Club - A vast web site about the decade that gave birth to USA Today, MTV and yuppies. Matt McClintock's Home - Matt McClintock is methodically creating a structured, visual record of everything in his house. And he means everything. Best of History Websites - Created by a former Harvard prof and current history teacher, the site has reviewed links to over 700 of the most stimulating history-related web sites. Late Night with Conan Clips - A fan site featuring 88 video clips of the late night talk show host and low key goofball. Boombox Museum - Technical descriptions and photos - including its scenes as a star player in several mid-80s movies - show the evolution of the boombox. All Nature - Backyard wanderers and global adventurers will find world-class nature content, from amphibians to wildflowers, at eNature.com. Urban Exploration - A sort of parallel universe, the site guides visitors through the underpinnings of civilization with audio and video clips of factories, quarries, abandoned buildings, attics and construction sites. Haunted Sanatorium - The Essex Mountain Sanatorium web site explores the haunting presence that remained when the sanatorium was abruptly abandoned in 1977 leaving shadowy buildings and all their memories. SHORT
TAKES: Drought Monitor - It's been a long season without rain, and you can see how long and how severe the dry spell is anywhere in the US at Drought Monitor. Challenge of the Superfriends - Find episode lists, video and audio clips, bios of the heroes and villains, voice cast, music and other news of the cartoon series. <><><><><><><><> All Too Flat - The genesis of All Too Flat is a Monty Python joke about halibut, which pretty much sets the tone for this off-the-wall humor site. Journal of Applied Treknology - At The Journal of Applied Treknology they invite engineers and the lay public to peruse starship technology so innovative that designs of the 23rd century are considered historical nostalgia. Famous Trials - Collected by a law school professor, the content includes original works, government records and other info that makes legal history live again. Decameron Web - Few collections have had a more lasting impact on the discussion of Western values than the 100 stories of Boccaccio's Decameron. The Decameron Web from Brown University is a "hypermedia archive" of the seminal work. World Facts - A one-stop site for fast answers to basic questions about any country in the world, with continental and world rankings in dozens of categories. Henry and Kathleen See Europe - At Leafpile, Henry and Kathleen see the world as a great big pile of leaves to leap into, and you're invited to join the earnest romp. Conspiracy Central - A comprehensive offering of more than 100 news articles and theories designed to expose worldwide secret government and military efforts to control, well, everything. Childhood Mementos - Cereal boxes, Halloween make-up, and ticket stubs from theme parks are the stuff of childhood memories, gathered here at Tick Tock Toys. SHORT
TAKES: Internet Movie Awards - Lets visitors vote for the best films, filmmakers, and performers of 2001 six months into the year. Redneck Neighbor - Redneck Neighbor is a personal web page about every suburbanite's worst nightmare, the clutzy,noisy, tasteless neighbor whose failed building projects become part of the local scenery. <><><><><><><><> Ring of Art - Recreate the pleasure of strolling a gallery, wine glass in hand, moving from canvas to canvas and making perceptive comments- without the wine. Weegee's World - Weegee, whose work and world are celebrated at Weegee's World, was the ultimate photographer of crime, news, fashion, celebrity - in short, of American life in the 20th century. History Buff - The drama returns to faceless names and meaningless dates via news coverage from the 16th to the 20th century. Eating Utensils - 1,700 cutlery items are presented, evidence of mankind's persistent attempt to improve upon - in porcelain, wood and pewter - the human hand. Barthelme Portal - An admirer of the American short story writer, novelist, editor, journalist and teacher Donald Barthelme has scoured the Web for all online sources of Bathelme's work and presents it on this web site. The Lost Art of the Short Story - While serious readers and writers bemoan the long, slow decline of the short story, Short Stories at East of the Web lifts the perfect literary form to the top. The Smithsonian's Favorite Things - Seen from a museum curator's perspective, 600 years of human activity could look a lot like a giant jigsaw puzzle, much like History Wired, created by the Smithsonian Institute. Digital Ballparks - Baseball fans who lament the loss of the grand old ballparks of yesteryear and make pilgrimages to Wrigley Field can view all the fields of dreams at Digital Ballparks. SHORT
TAKES: Crop Circle Cereal - See all the ideas from the creative boys -- the box, sample ad spots, collectible cards and alien space music. Brunswick's Virtual Bowling - Pick up the Zone, Rhino or Quantum bowling ball and step up to take your shot at Brunswick's Cosmic Web Bowling. <><><><><><><><> The Food Timeline - From a prehistoric diet puzzle to what's for breakfast in 2002, the Culinary Timeline covers the customs, manners and menus from 17,000 BC to future trends in dining. Cricklers - Chronic puzzlers might want to try out Cricklers.com, where the crossword puzzle is reinvented for the computer age. Drive-ins - Dedicated to the culture, history, preservation and promotion of drive-in theatres. Truth or Fiction? - The search for truth is made easier at Truth Or Fiction, where visitors get help separating rumor from warning, hoaxes from serious pleas, and urban legends. The Italians - All masterpieces of the Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque and Rococo eras of Italian painting are on exhibit at The Italians, Three Centuries of Italian Art. World Myths - How it all began according to cultures from the African Zulu to the Southwestern Navajo is the core lesson at The Big Myth. Dome-O-Rama! - Turn it upside down, shake and set it upright to watch the snow whirl around dolphins in Newport Beach, sunken ships in Cape Cod and 60s peace signs in Cleveland. History Through Deaf Eyes - An online version of a traveling exhibit, the site shares family life, education, work and how the deaf adapt to new technologies to communicate. SHORT
TAKES: How to Fry an Egg on a Computer - Computers can do just about anything these days -- even cook up breakfast. Gems in Israel - Don't embarrass yourself mispronouncing Givayatim during a heated cocktail party debate -- or on air during your next news broadcast. <><><><><><><><> The Memory Hole - Masses of info are preserved and disseminated here: corporate memos, maps, patents, court documents, eyewitness reports, Congressional testimony and a vast store of governmental and non-governmental reports. Viewing Japanese Prints - Visitors get a lesson in appreciating 17th to 19th century Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), 20th century Shin hanga ("new prints"), Sosaku hanga ("creative prints"). Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics - Leave it to Hollywood to defy natural law - and leave it to physicists to lock 'em up for the crime, if only virtually. Genius' Scrapbook - One of the world's most original scientists opens the pages of his virtual albums for a peek. Classic Nickelodeon - Hard to believe, but the network that created second- and even third-generation Mr. Ed fans has gotten old enough to become nostalgia itself. Galileo's Struggle - The companion web site to the two-hour NOVA special based on the bestseller, "Galileo's Daughter.". Alternative Rock Bible - The Bible of alternative rock since 1983, the original New York-based rock magazine preached the gospel of the British Invasion and new wave. Grand Illusions - Inquiring minds learn the mathematical solutions to such puzzles and experiment with dozens of fascinating optical illusions. SHORT
TAKES: Word Oddities and Trivia - Word Oddities and Trivia gives word-freaks 19 pages of random word facts. W. J. Sidis Archives - The child prodigy William J. Sidis, admirers have gathered his contributions to cosmology, Native American history and two books. <><><><><><><><> Grammar and Language Courses - If you think the irregular verbs and quirky spelling of English are tough, try learning Estonian. Mystery Portal - Haunted Britain, UFOs, crop circles, ghosts of all kinds and even haunted airfields are fodder for the fans of mystery who gather here to read. The Great Seal - Great Seal.com tells the story of the six-year effort by the Founding Fathers to create a public identity for the USA. Movie Spoilers - If you're the type who closes your eyes, stuffs your ears and hums loudly during movie trailers, Movie Spoilers is not the ticket for you. The Virtual Cave - Witness The Virtual Cave, where visitors explore solution caves dissolved from solid rock, sea caves carved by the ocean, erosional caves and lava tube caves formed by flowing lava. Puppets Against Brisk - The puppets don't ask much, only that they be restored to their rightful place as product endorsers - in particular, of Lipton Brisk Tea. EphemeraNow.com - Those pining for their old '58 Chevy Impala, or media types searching for the right image, can find satisfaction at Ephemera Now. Filmmaking Portal - Loaded with tips, advice, and hardcore resources, the site covers filmmaking from start to finish. SHORT
TAKES: The Pop vs. Soda Page - At the Pop vs. Soda Page, a Cal Tech scholar is plotting regional variations in the use of terms to describe carbonated soft drinks, and you're invited to complete a survey. Game Studies - Gaming isn't just fun and, well, games at Game Studies, the international online journal of computer game research that approaches games as a rich cultural genre ripe for scholarly review. <><><><><><><><> Online Classics - ClassicReader is a marvelous resource for readers who never got around to Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" or have yet to discover P.G. Wodehouse. World's Front Pages - See the headlines Parisians are reading over their morning coffee, or what the big news is in Beirut at the Newseum's special section. Ancient Scripts - Scripts are listed alphabetically and classified by how they work, their relationship to others and region. Murphy Laws Site - Do you believe that if anything can go wrong, it will, or that as soon as your spouse wins the lottery, you'll be left hanging? If so, you'll recognize the rhyme and reason at the Murphy Laws Site. The Brady Bunch Hour - The Brady Bunch, like fine wine and cheese, apparently gets better with age.
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