Issue # 251

Supermarket Guru - Read food and health news updates, restaurant reviews from across America, readers' tips and featured columns.

Disco-Disco - Visitors who never got past the guards into Studio 54 can meet the brightest stars of the Disco era and boogie in its most legendary clubs.

Photo Pixelense - A "very beginner photographer" with little knowledge but plenty of passion, she shares the view from the lens of her digital camera at Photo Pixelense.

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Fling The Cow - Where the only muscle required is the one used by your index finger to hold down the mouse button to make that bovine fly.

Sandals and Socks - If you find men wearing socks with sandals offensive, Sandals and Socks will offend your socks off with its gallery of photos. 

Museum of Coathangers - From the earliest evidence of coathanger use carved in limestone on an ancient Egyptian queen's sarcophagus to the Koop Imex 770.

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Mom's Minivan - Offering over 101 travel games and road tips, from fun things to do in the car to car seat safety.

Virus Myths - Search a list of computer virus hoaxes from A to Z, get the real deal on computer virus myths. 

Wise Guide - The Wise Guide is an online portal that sifts through and directs visitors to the best of the Library of Congress online offerings.

Radio Lovers - Offering thousands of vintage radio shows to listen to in MP3 format, all free of charge.

Fantastic Physics - Only at Physics Central.com do you find stiff competition in the polls among Stephen Hawking, Enrico Fermi and Isaac Newton. 

Issue # 252

Web Editing Made Easy - Take control of your web site content at Editing Made Easy, offering VisualEdit, a simple editing process that anyone who can visit a web page can master.

Hybrid Cars - An online magazine about the 21st century eco-friendly vehicles from Ford, Honda, Toyota and other auto manufacturers.

National Park Guide - Where vacationers can plan their trip to national parks in every state.

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Button Homage - Features hundreds of antique and collectible clothing buttons, from baseball to golf, Barbie to Pokemon, politics to Hollywood.

Extreme Ironing - Where competitors enjoy the thrill of bungee-jumping plus the satisfaction of having a well-pressed shirt at days' end. 

Slow Wave - Visitors submit their dreams to be transformed into panels of comedy.

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The Word Spy - Catch up on recently coined words and phrases, old words used in new ways, and words enjoying a renaissance.

English Heritage - Britain's architects, archaeologists and historians share their fondness for England's historic buildings and landscapes. 

DigiBarn Computer Museum - Preserving personal stories and tracking technological evolution through vintage computer systems, manuals, videos, interviews and other relics of the PC explosion.

The Degree Confluence Project - Photos and stories of confluences are posted, with 13,575 yet to be found, so there's still time to join the search.

Human Beatbox - Audio and video clips show beatbox pros at play, and listings of beatbox records and live performances help beginners find inspiration and explain their budding talent to friends and family. 

Issue # 253

Sinking City of Venice - Reveals past and present rescue efforts as engineers propose a multibillion-dollar series of gates to combat acqua alta, the rising water.

Distinguished Women - The women include past and present writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists and entertainers.

Rock Paper Scissors - Dedicated to promoting RPS "as a fun and safe way to resolve disputes."

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The Paint Game - Is Gypsy Bloom green, brown or pink? Read a paint color name and select from a palette of colors to try to guess the color.

Web Site Monitoring Service - Be sure your Internet and web presence is truly 24/7 with the web site, network, and server monitoring services at PingALink. 

Barbed Barbie - These Barbies are not for kids.

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Seafood Lover's Guide - make menu choices based not just on price and palate but on sustaining ocean habitats and their yummy inhabitants.

Word Chowder - A collection of light verse on wide-ranging everyday topics, like food, love and sex, and life's absurdities. 

Vatican Museums - View the collections, zoom into the details of frescoes and take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel and other museums of the Holy See.

How Volcanoes Work - An educational site sponsored by NASA for university students of geology and volcanology and teachers of earth science.

Pop Culture - Reviews, discussion and criticism of popular movies, music, books and comics. 

Issue # 254

The Little City - From Seattle to Oskaloosa, the people, the issues, the environment and the arts are showcased at The Little City, "where history is measured in bytes."

Atlas of the Body - Detailed views of the body, brain and muscle, inside and out, illustrate how the body works and what happens when something goes awry.

King of Kustomizers - The hot rod customizers who for years have served movie studios and the automotive whims of celebrities.

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Hooked on Facts - A dedicated fact engine that generates thousands of random confirmed facts.

Metallica Vault - An online concert of live performances, plus photos, videos and more. 

You Don't Know Dick - Where visitors click on various familiar faces to name that Dick, including Angie Dickinson, Richie Havens and Rick James.

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The Radical Chef - Take a culinary adventure away from steak and potatoes at The Radical Chef, a Filipino mom who shares a collection of family recipes.

8 Good People - Meet good people with good stories to tell. 

Burarra Gathering - Where visitors are invited on a virtual trip into the aboriginal territories that require a special permit from the traditional owners to enter.

Thrift Store Art - Those whose appetite for art exceeds their budget might do well to consider art that can be had for less than $25 by viewing the exhibits at Thrift Store Art.

Sushi Race - When the urge for sushi overwhelms but there's no sushi bar in sight, enter the Supaaaa Sushi Race at Tokidoki. 

Issue # 255

Clandestina - An illustration magazine exhibiting the works of international illustrators, where "artists in conflict" display their work in several series.

Bad Design - A scrapbook of illustrated examples of the confusion caused by designs that fail to consider human principles.

Simply Scripts - Budding screenwriters, playwrights and actors seeking audition material can link to hundreds of movie, radio, TV, stage play and musical scripts of current and classic films.

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Road traffic - Figure out how traffic works at Microsimulation of Road Traffic.

Flip a Coin - Where the outcome is truly random because it is based on true random numbers generated with atmospheric noise. 

Stubby - A stubby is a small, squat bottle of beer, used by Canadian breweries between 1961 and 1986 as a sturdy and refillable replacement for the long neck beer bottle.

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Becoming Human - Journey through the four million-year story of human evolution in a broadband documentary from the Institute of Human Origins.

Run the Planet - Global domination is not the theme of Run the Planet, a site about literally running the planet, from Antarctica to Zimbabwe. 

Jokes and Science - Sections focus on one scientist's life and scientific work, sneaking in lessons with a punch line, like stand-up routine on Einstein's theory of relativity.

Volunteer with a Friend - Everything is more fun with a friend. So mentor a child, help local law enforcement, create a local recycling program or deliver meals to the homebound with a pal.

Into the Volcano - Pascal Blonde is a computer engineer, a native of the Alsace region near the German/Swiss border, whose hobby is traveling on volcanoes. 

Issue # 256

Everything About Everywhere - Quickly delivering statistics of all kinds about the nations of the world, with graphs comparing nations by more than 500 statistics.

Letters of Rejection - Posts real letters of rejection from companies and colleges, stored in an archive.

Time Tales - Three hundred photos found at flea markets, thrift shops or scooped up from streets and alleys, lost from bags or pockets, or dug from the dark corner of a cabinet.

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Tom Lehrer's Elements - Music satirist and Harvard professor Tom Lehrer redefined pop American music satire with his dark wit. Sing along to a Flash animation tribute to Lehrer.

Rate This Catch - Where visitors view the catch-of-the-day and vote on whether it qualifies as "Throw 'Em Back" or "It's a Keeper". 

Stop Tele-Marketers - Where for free you can register up to three telephone numbers, making it illegal for most tele-marketers to call your registered numbers for up to five years.

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History of Electronic Music - The development from 1870 to the present of electronic musical instruments, those that synthesize sound from an electronic source, is presented at 120 Years of Electronic Music.

Deep Impact - Learn details of the science behind comet explorations and the remarkable technology. 

Yum! - For good old-fashioned comfort food, visit Yum! with recipes, food articles and restaurant and cookbook reviews.

World Subways - Offering details of the world's subways and other modes of urban transit.

Mirella Ricciardi - A world-renown travel photographer whose first book, "Vanishing Africa," was published in 1971 and became an international bestseller. She has since published four other photographic books. 

Issue # 257

American Masters - The series and the site explore the greatest visionaries of our times, with an archive of more than 100 portraits of writers, musicians, composers, theater and film greats, architects and other innovators who have left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape.

NewsHax -  Unbalanced. Unfair. They report. They decide. Satire news that bears only a coincidental resemblance to reality.

Whichbook.net -  Using software from Applied Psychology Research, the site guides book choices by starting with the reader and what he/she is looking for, with no need to remember book titles or authors.

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Hobbit Hole -  Build your own Hobbit hole with the help of 21st Century Hobbit Hole. Build a home like Frodo's, with photos, prototypes, cross-sections and floor plans.

Most Neglected Site -   A place to find exactly what you expect every time -- with no latest news, no updated databases,  just neglect on a profound scale.

HaidaBucks  -  HaidaBucks is the underdog in a legal fight with Starbucks, which is suing for trademark infringement. Located in a tiny village in Haida Gwaii, owned by four young men of the Haida First Nation who refer to themselves, in the tribal tradition, as bucks.

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Pictures of Places  - Travelers, vacation planners and virtual sightseers can view pictures of the world.  Thousands of picture sites in a vast directory of pictures of pyramids, mountains, islands, cities, towns, monuments and more.

Visual Periodic Table -  Click on an element to see a visual representation, when it was discovered and isolated, by whom, its origin and description.

Jamaican Riddim Directory -  Riddim is reggae for rhythm.  Click on the pop-up menu to choose a riddim that an applet loads and plays. 

Walking Across the US  -  Andy, Erik and John are doing something stupid, walking from Chicago to San Francisco.
Follow their route on maps, see the photos they take of people and stops along the journey.

Groove Chamber -  For award-winning short animated films created for the web and for television, visit the GrooveChamber.

Issue # 258

Burma: Grace Under Pressure - Burma, Grace Under Pressure is a photo-journal "in motion".  Accompanied by Burmese music, each picture is aligned with a quote or story.

Science For Everyone - An  award-winning Health, Science and Technology site created to explain the human body and the world around us in an engaging, interactive journey for kids.

Swiss Poster Art -  You can browse through the gallery of cutting edge poster art or search by name and designer
for a specific piece. 

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Love Signs - A classic boutique web site devoted to a specialty hobby - signs. Six galleries classify the sign genre into
Hand-Painted, Neon/Bulbous, Plastic, Monumental, Type Samples and just plain strange.

TheFreeSite.com - TheFreeSite.com is the largest and most popular site devoted to the topic of freebies on the web.

Vanity Plates -  Discover the meaning of common abbreviations used in vanity license plates.  read an Oedipal epic told entirely with vanity plates and learn whose car carries the tag 88 KEYS.

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Exploring Electronic Consciousness - A place where the hangers-on and the more fanatical members of cyberspace
come to rant and rave.

Superheroes and Hostess Snacks - A peek into the odd relationship between Superheroes and Twinkies.

Kansas City: Paris of the Plains -  An unholy tour of the political, social, geographic and musical temperament of Kansas City during it's 'Jazz Age'.

Web Geek Extraordinaire  -  A living testament to the artistic freedom that the Web enables, wholly and humbly dedicated to Sebastien Chevrel's (self-proclaimed geek, artist and web impresario) creations and visions.

Way of the Warrior  -  BUSHIDO, meaning "Way of the Warrior," is the starting point for all martial arts teachings.
Bushido Online, exposes us to the history and philosophies behind the martial arts.
 

Issue # 259

Dramas of The Haymarket -  Photos, engravings, trial testimony, pamphlets and newspapers are among the first-hand
artifacts that help visitors explore the tumult of the Chicago 1886 labor protest.

ESPN's Page Two -  ESPN.com is home base for many sports fans, but Page Two is where the real maniacs go for the insider's inside scoop.

Digital Dirty Dancing -  If your partner has been bugging you to learn how to dance and you just can't break away long enough to take lessons, this could be the answer.

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Lego Star Wars Trilogy -  The fruits of over 2,500 hours of work, the Lego Star War Trilogy painstakingly recreates over 180 key scenes from the original series.

Public Radio Fans -  This website allows you to scroll through and listen to an international index of public radio programs.

Theme Park Insider -   ThemeParkInsider.com will guide you through the entire 'fun park' industry, with detailed listings and descriptions of every major park in the US and Europe.

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Canadian World Domination -  The General Headquarters of the Campaign for Canadian World Domination is a
hilarious trip into the world of two Canadian chicks bent on taking over the world and re-designing it to suit their aims.

The History of Money - A great resource for information on all things related to money including a glossary and FAQ.

B Minus Movie King -   This site is devoted entirely to the life and work of B movie prodigy William Girdler. The eye that envisioned such dubious creations as "Grizzly" and "Asylum of Satan" was known for his unwavering passion for filmmaking.

Joseph Wu's Origami  -   Looking at these elaborate designs created from the simplest of materials, it's easy to understand site creator Joseph Wu's background in computer graphics.

Disco, Disco Cow  -   Milkoland, one of Sweden's largest milk producing dairies, is home to Milko, the touring cow. Help Milko get his groove back on the Music Machine by creating your very own music video and watch Milko bust a move using everything from the classic Travolta steps to the cool moves of Coolio.
 

Issue # 260

The Human Body -  Everything you need to know about your beautiful human body from its physiology to its function, from the location of its organs to their shape.

Statistical Resources -   The Documents Center from the University of Michigan, a central reference point for local, state, federal, foreign or international government information.

Robert Buelteman Photography -  Photographer Robert Buelteman has been photographing the grand and small for more than 25 years.  View his works, purchase black and white prints or get in touch with the artist himself.

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Spirit Searchers  -  A husband-wife team of paranormal investigators who take a scientific approach to investigating paranormal activity through documentation, research and state of the art electronic equipment.

Toe Wrestling  -   Foot Fetish meets machismo at World Toe Wrestling,org,

Harrison Ford's Finger  -  Ford's entire body of work, plus interviews, photos, video and audio clips and news of the hunk's upcoming projects, plus wallpapers, magazine covers.

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Virtual Religion Index -  Put a global library of religion on your desktop with the Virtual Religion Index from Rutgers University.

Cockeyed Science  -   Documentation of odd science experiments preformed on household items.  From dropping toast to dissecting hot pockets, the cock-eyed scientists find science-and fun-in just about everything.

The History of Baseball Uniforms  -  Everything about the thrifty threads of ball players from 1850 to today.

Encyclopedia of Finance  -  A resource for basic financial information with explanations of financial concepts from stocks to mutual funds, retirement planning, debt securities. Search for and use the interactives tutorials.

House Gymnastics  -    Anyone with a home can perform gymnastics with the guides at House Gymnastics.com, a work-out blend of yoga, break dancing, climbing and gymnastics in a domestic setting.