Computers

Comic Strip Relief      Download Super Sites

High Tech Humor      Learning Center

Look It Up    Magazine Stand

MP3 Headquarters      Troubleshooting

Viruses and Hoaxes      

Web Design and Development

Web Graphics and Fonts

Computer Songs and Poems	Song and poem parodies for the technologically inclined.  Examples include: The Bill Gates Song and World-Wide Wizard.
Computer Stupidities	A large collection of stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users (none of whom visit this site).  Categories include Systems, Hardware, Networks, Emergencies, Tech Support, and Role Reversal.
Creative Uses for Obsolete Technology	Proof that computer owners never throw out anything.  Most examples are from an ITAC Systems contest.
A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer	Dr. Seuss-style poem, from The Digital Clocktower website.  For more such humor (computer-related or otherwise fated), see The Dr. Seuss Parody Page.
SEE ALSO   Comic Strip Relief and YETI@Home Project

eFolkMusic.com	Great source of downloads (many free with the artists' permission).  Includes bluegrass, country, Celtic, gospel, and roots rock.
Technology Full Coverage: Digital Music	News stories on the digital music phenomenon, plus related websites, organized by Yahoo!
WinMX	Excellent (and free) file-sharing program.  Helpful hints can be found at MX World.  No spyware/adware is bundled with this application.
SEE ALSO   Music and Dance

Cool Archive	Free archive of graphics, fonts, icons, bullets, bars, backgrounds, and more.
Tommy of Escondido's Alien Fonts Page	Original novelty fonts inspired by science fiction movies and TV series, including Star Trek, Star Wars, Twilight Zone ("To Serve Man"), Forbidden Planet, Babylon 5, and Stargate SG-1.  Special page on the Dune Chakobsa language.
SEE ALSO    Pages Under Construction and  Special HTML Characters

 Reference Library

English Language      Numbers Game

Off the Beaten Track      Reference Directories

Acronym Finder	Searchable database of more than 112,000 acronyms and abbreviations, with a special focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online	Collection of reference, literature, and nonfiction classics.  Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Gray's Anatomy, Robert's Rules of Order, Oxford Shakespeare, and Strunk's guide to writing do's and don'ts, Elements of Style.
chiasmus.com	Chiasmus (ky-AZ-mus) refers to a reversal of words in two otherwise parallel phrases: "The site brings quotations into your life and life into your quotations."
Expressions and Sayings Index	What sayings mean, how they began.
Internet Anagram Server	Enter a word or phrase and you might be surprised when the order of the letters is changed.  Alternate name: "I, Rearrangement Servant."
OneLook Dictionaries	Definitions from 970 dictionaries.
The Online Slang Dictionary	For mature cyberspace readers only  (which certainly applies to you).  Other slang sites can be found at The Electric Eclectic: Slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary	A comprehensive listing of the origins of everyday words.
Thesaurus.com	User-friendly site that evolved from the famed Roget's Thesaurus.
Translate with Babel Fish	Enter website url (or up to 150 words) for translation to one of 10 languages, including English.  From the AltaVista Tools page.
SEE ALSO    Computers: Look It Up, iTools, Reference Directories, and Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks

FX Converter: 164 Currencies	Planning a trip?  Here's a tool for easy conversion among 164 currencies.
Telephone Prefix Location Directory	Handy site if you just want to know where a person or business is located.
U.S. POPClock Projection	Up-to-the-minute projection of U.S. population (based on one birth every 8 seconds).  Another site, State and County Quickfacts, contains frequently requested Census Bureau data (national, state, and county).
The World Clock	Current local times around the globe.
Zip Code Lookup	Searchable resource from the U.S. Postal Service.
SEE ALSO  Internet-Compatible Sub-Atomic Archimedian Chronometer

Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks	A look at quotation marks that turn up in the strangest of places.
The Hipster's Dictionary	Compendium of hep cat hype and swing-era slang.  Don't igg it.  That's how Cab Calloway would slide his jib.
The Klingon Language Institute	nuqneH (Greetings)!  A clearinghouse for all things Klingon, a language from Star Trek.  Another notable site is the Klingon Imperial Diplomatic Corps.
The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia	A hands-on twist on six degrees of separation.  See how closely any actor in history is linked to Kevin Bacon.  From the people who brought you Oracle of Baseball.
Twists, Slugs and Roscoes:  A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang	Why get in a car when you can hop in a boiler?  Learn how to talk like Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade.
SEE ALSO    The Online Slang Dictionary

Complete Reference Library	Links to searchable dictionaries and encyclopedias, text translators, online newspapers and wire services ... more.
Direct Search	Extensive compilation of links to data sources.  Categories include books, business, government, humanities, legal, reference, and social sciences.
Finding Data on the Internet	Journalist's guide to public databases online.  Part of RobertNiles.com.
iTools	Quick access to Internet tools for Web searches, language, research ... more.
Librarians' Index to the Internet	Searchable, annotated directory of more than 14.000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians. Organized by subject, updated weekly.
refdesk.com: The Single Best Source  for Facts on the Net	Comprehensive index of reference directories and websites.  Sections include My Facts Page: Dictionaries and Language Resources and its almost 200 links.  An Editor's Picks page lists Essential Reference Tools.
The WWW Virtual Library	A library on the Web, organized by subject area.  Notable sections include General Reference, Humanities, Journalism, Law, Science, and Society.  One subsection even deals with ... Paranormal Phenomena.
SEE ALSO    Politics & the Public Interest

 Sports Arena

Bay State Sports      Hardball History and Stats

National Pastime      Museums of Sport

Sporting Interests

Boston Red Sox	Official site for the hometown nine, winner of the 2004 World Series.  Another website focuses on Boston's AAA affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Celtics: History	Looking back at the glory days of Boston's pro basketball team.
The Home of Bobby Orr	Tribute site to #4, Bobby Orr, the Bruins defenseman who was the greatest hockey player of all time.
New England Patriots	Official site of  NFL team that won the Super Bowl in 2002 and 2004.
Pondfeilders Vintage Base Ball Club	Melrose team, the first vintage ballclub in Massachusetts, plays 1860's rules: no gloves, underhand pitching, batted balls caught on one bounce are out.
UMassHoops.com	Minutemen scores and stats, game and TV schedules, the latest news and recruiting information.  An alternative to the official website.
UMass Football	Official site of the 1998 NCAA Division 1-AA national champions.
SEE ALSO    Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League	Dedicated to the women who played professional baseball from 1943 to 1954.  Well-designed site contains league history, player rosters, photos, articles, and actual text from the league's official charm school guide.
Baseball Almanac	Baseball facts, stories, famous firsts, quotes, statistics, lists, records, feats, humor, official rules, and more.
The Baseball Archive	An archive of baseball information, past and present, including statistics, awards, records, almanac, attendance, "sabermetrics," and more.
Baseball Cards 1887-1914	Library of Congress collection of more than 2,000 baseball cards (pre-1915).
Baseball-Reference.com	Statistics from 1871 to the present for major league players, teams, and leagues.  Also complete postseason and managerial data.  Find ballparks closest to you (including the minor leagues) in  Baseball Travel Guide.  Home of the Oracle of Baseball.
Casey at the Bat	Site honoring the enduring baseball poem.  Including info about poet Ernest Thayer and a selection of other Casey-related poems.
A Graphical History of Baseball	Charts show batting, pitching, and fielding stats from 1900 on.
Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights	Two presentations courtesy of the American Memory project of the Library of Congress: (1) Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson, 1860s-1960s and (2) Early Baseball Pictures, 1860s - 1920s.
Negro League Baseball	Tribute to Negro Leagues teams and players.  News, history, bios, teams index, and trivia quiz.
Oracle of Baseball	Link any two Major League Baseball players by the shortest possible list of teammates.  Good example of the small world phenomenon.  From the people who brought us The Oracle of Bacon.
SEE ALSO    National Pastime

International Association of Sports Museums and Halls of Fame	Good source of information about sports museums around the world.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame	Official site of basketball museum in Springfield, the Massachusetts town where the sport began.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum	Web pages for the historic museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.  Included are Hall of Famer biographies and a short history of the Hall.
SEE ALSO    MUSEE Directory of Museums

The Baseball Scorecard	Step-by-step tutorial on keeping score.
Baseball Fun Stuff	Collection of odds and ends (mostly odd) about baseball.  Examines the physics of baseball, Wiffle Ball,  songs and movies, fungoes, "Who's on First?"  -- and some of the stranger injuries to players during Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632-consecutive-game streak.
Baseball News Blog	A daily weblog of baseball news and analysis, scores, and standings.
The Baseball Newsstand	Jim Furtado's page offers links to general and team-by-team baseball coverage.  Includes list of columnists.  A Baseball Think Factory website.
CBS SportsLine: MLB Scoreboard	Major League Baseball scores and statistics, plus Play-by-Play links to follow games in progress.
ESPN.com: Peter Gammons	Diamond Notes, news and opinion, from baseball's top journalist / analyst.
Major League Baseball	Official site of MLB.  News, photos, highlights, scoreboard, and World Series coverage.
John Skilton's Baseball Links	Grand slam of a website with nearly 6,000 links to baseball resources. Categories include Audio Broadcasts, Ballparks, Cards & Collectibles, College Baseball, Major Leagues, Minor Leagues, Negro Leagues, Software, Stats & Analysis, and more.
SEE ALSO    Bay State Sports, Charleston Riverdogs, Hardball History and Stats and National Baseball Hall of Fame

Link-to-All-Sports	A one-size-fits-all sports directory.  Links include sports leagues, injury reports, scoreboards, headlines, statistics, transactions, columnists, Internet radio, and sport-specific sites.  Also look for sports links at refdesk.com: Sports Resources.
Sportspages.com	Rich Johnson's links to U.S. and international sports pages.  Browse them by region.
SEE ALSO    Bay State Sports

 The Rest of the Links

Canadian Corner      FriendLinks

Helping Hands      Honeymoon Haunts

Museums      Nov. 22, 1963

Politics & the Public Interest

Unidentified Flying Objects

Anne of Green Gables Website	Site devoted to Kevin Sullivan's made-for-TV adapations of the Lucy Maud Montgomery stories.  Cast bios, teleplay transcripts, photos, sounds, and bloopers.
Confederation Bridge	Everything you ever wanted to know about the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water, linking PEI to the Canadian mainland.  See the Prince Edward Island Visitors Guide for things to do when you get there.
Large Canadian Roadside Attractions	More than 400 photos (mostly tacky) of attractions such as Eve's Apple and the Starship Enterprise, organized by category and province.
SEE ALSO    Honourary Canadian Citizenship

 

FriendLinks

Alexander King of Jesters	Surely, he jests!  Entertaining site about Alexander's unique comedy act, which features juggling, Renaissance water spitting, tongue-twisting gibberish, and spellbinding stunts.
Him & Her	Dan and Nancy Sapir articulate their differing insights on domestic life with humor and candor.  A regular column in the monthly Kingston Observer, edited by A. Daniel Sapir.
Judaism and Jewish Resources	Andrew Tannenbaum's definitive directory of Jewish and Israel-related resources on the Internet.
Here are some other  websites by friends Adena Cohen-Bearak Thea Hopkins Fr. Frank Jay David Levine Natasha Shabat Jim Propp Rich Wilson

 

Helping Hands

American Red Magen David for Israel	U.S. group supporting Magen David Adom -- Israel's version of the Red Cross -- with ambulances, blood bank equipment, paramedics training funds, and other resources.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Organization devoted to alleviating pain, fear, and suffering of animals through info and advocacy.
Amnesty International USA	Home of grassroots activist group that campaigns for human rights.
The Hunger Site	Make free donations of food to the hungry with one mouse click a day.  Sponsors pay for the donations to get their names out in front of the public.  Daily mouse clicks also help the Child Health Site, Breast Cancer Site,  Animal Rescue Site, and Rainforest Site.
Network for Good	Nonprofit organization that helps get people involved in volunteering, crisis relief, donations, and more.
New Israel Fund	Site for umbrella organization that promotes causes within Israel, including: civil and human rights, Jewish-Arab equality and coexistence, advancement of the status of women, and environmental protection.

 

Honeymoon Haunts

The Ansonborough Inn	Turn-of-the-century three-story warehouse that has been transformed into a charming all-suite inn.  Perfect for a honeymoon in Charleston, SC.
Charleston RiverDogs	Southern minor league baseball team, seen by my wife Sharon and me in April, 1997.
Fort Sumter National Monument	Official website for the place where  the Civil War began in April, 1861.  Fort Sumter, on a man-made island about three miles from Charleston, became a national monument in 1948.
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim	Fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the continental United States and the oldest U.S. synagogue in continuous use.  Rebuilt after the great Charleston fire of 1838, this temple is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture.
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room	Old-time family-style dining, the first stop on our Savannah (GA) day trip.  Restaurant  seats 10 at a time and the great food just keeps on coming.
The Ultimate Midnight Site	Extensive collection of links related to "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," the book (and later a movie) about a Savannah murder case.  The story contains a colorful cast of characters, and we met one of them -- the real-life "Mandy."

 

Museums

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum	Homepage for facility to advance the understanding of President Kennedy's life and career, and to promote greater appreciation of America's political and cultural heritage, and the importance of public service.  Reference Desk section includes biography, speeches, sound files, a link to Kennedy-Khrushchev exchanges, and more.
MUSEE Directory of Museums	An interactive directory of 37,000 museums from around the globe.
Museum of Fine Arts	A guide to Boston's fine arts museum.  Includes searchable database featuring 15,000 of museum's 350,000 objects.
Museum of Science	Website for Boston's science and technology museum, featuring online exhibits.
Smithsonian Institution	Site devoted to The Smithsonian and its 16 museums and galleries, National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the U.S. and abroad.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Reconstructing the history of the Holocaust through multiple media.  Site includes online exhibitions.
SEE ALSO    Museums of Sport

 

November 22, 1963

JFK Assassination Research Materials	Excellent site dealing with facts and controversies swirling around since President Kennedy's death in Dallas.  Manuscripts and articles from the 1960s and 1970s, plus papers on recent topics of debate -- including alleged forgery of photographic evidence and alterations of eyewitness testimony.
JFK Assassination Web Sites	List of sites emphasizing those with the strongest collections of resources on the fateful shooting.  Part of the Kennedy Assassination Home Page.
SEE ALSO    John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum

 

Politics & the Public Interest

Center for Public Integrity	Nonpartisan research organization that combines investigative journalism and political science to educate the public and hold elected officials accountable.  Publisher of investigative newsletter, The Public i.
Contacting Congress (& Other U.S. Policymakers)	Advice on how to make your voice heard.  From the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation, whose stated aim is to "protect your digital rights."
Search Systems	Largest collection of (mostly) free public records databases.  More than 13,800 databases to search.
State and Local Government on the Net	Links to state and territory, local, and additional government homepages.  For an extensive list of state/provincial and city data sources, go to Direct Search: State Databases.
Toxic Legacy: Hazardous Waste and the Lessons of Woburn, Mass.	Reporter Dan Kennedy's website on the landmark hazardous waste case that led to the book (and later movie), A Civil Action.
SEE ALSO    Direct Search and Helping Hands

 

Unidentified Flying Objects

National UFO Reporting Center	Sighting reports from the most widely used UFO reporting agency in the U.S.  Interesting reading no matter what you might believe.
Scientific Skepticism, UFO Skeptics, and the Flying Saucer Myth	Articles, essays, and links on the UFO phenomenon, by an admitted skeptic.  Site tries to be evenhanded and includes access to info from believers.
UFO Folklore	A comprehensive (and enjoyable) look at sighting reports, UFO-related media events, and more.
SEE ALSO    Spaced Out

 

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