Alcor Foundation

Site:
http://www.webcom.com/~alcor/

Category:
Weird and Wonderful

Review (in 1996):

"Cryonics is the ultra-low-temperature preservation of terminally-ill patients, as soon as possible after legal death". The goal of cryonics is to keep you in the back of the freezer (behind the strawberry jam, perhaps) until medical technology has advanced to a point where they can fix whatever killed you. But let's not be too flippant, because this page has lots of really fascinating info on molecular repair of the brain via nanotechnology and reversible logic (the body may be dead, but the information isn't necessarily gone), cryonics and overpopulation, Deism, and even cryo-humor.

Most of the information comes from offsite links, but Alcor will freeze you (they currently have 28 patients in suspension) for just over $100,000. (You can pay it affordably with a life insurance policy listing Alcor as the beneficiary.

Interestingly creepy.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Burning Man Project

Site:
http://www.well.com/user/brunman/index.html

Category:
Weird and Wonderful

Review (in 1996):

Since 1990, the northern Nevada desert has been the site of "The Burning Man Project", a wild festival of perhaps mystical, certainly spontaneous, audience participation. Seventy-two hours of pyro-technics, trance-dancing, drumming, bocce ball or ... whatever! Towering over the party is the 40-foot Burning Man, fiery inspiration for what seems to be a M*A*S*H unit of Deadheads with gunpowder.

Photos and video clips help show the fun (they really do!), and there are plenty of tips on how to party in the desert (hint: bring water), so that you can avoid being the annual winner of the "Donner Award" for gross stupidity.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

DeathNet

Site:
http://www.IslandNet.com:80/~deathnet/

Category:
Weird and Wonderful

Review (in 1996):

The Right to Die Society of Canada doesn't mince words on its titles, does it? Here they offer a virtual library of resources on human mortality. Asserting its respect "for every point of view", the society has assembled an impressive collection of info on its chosen topic: articles like "Then it was Birth Control, Now its Euthanasia", a complete toxicology and poisons database from the University of Singapore, or the official transcripts from Canada's Senate Special Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. It's not all doom and gloom, however - there's some mild whimsy here, like an audio clip of a bell tolling.

Overall, it's an exhaustive look at the Last Roundup.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.


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The Paul is Dead Story

Site:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/paul.html

Category:
Weird and Wonderful

Review (in 1996):

Paul McCartney is really alive and well, but there was a time when Beatlemaniacs were convinced he was secretly as dead as a doornail. This page recaps all the incredibly meticulous evidence, from the play-it-backward brouhaha over "I'm So Tired" to Paul's mysterious barefoot appearance on the cover of Abbey Road.

This site is simply a long text file, and (appropriately) is based on the faulty memory of someone who heard the rumors a long time ago (hey, good enough for us!). Nonetheless, the degree of sincerity is unmistakable: "Paul did indeed die, spiritually, as he was reborn in the ways of the Maharishi".

Whatever! This is great fun for fans of pop hysteria, and for those who feel Paul really died when he recorded "Ebony and Ivory".

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Gigaplex!

Site:
http://www.gigaplex.com/wow/homepage.htm

Category:
Shopping

Review (in 1996):

This "whopping 600-page plus Webmagazine devoted to arts and entertainment" definitely delivers the giga-goods: excellent coverage of film, music, food, theater, and photography, among other fields.

The fabulous Filmplex offers Hollywood interviews galore with stars like Richard Gere (who tenderly reveals a moment when he and Jodie Foster watched the Oscars with friends, "lying on this bed ... and throwing things at the screen").

Musicplex interviews Zubin Mehta and k.d. lang. And the Theaterplex features excellent Q&A with movers and shakers of the stage like Terrrence McNally and Anna Deveare Smith.

There's even a Yogaplex! However subtly, some of these pages want to sell you something - A Hawaiian retreat, a photojournalism book - which makes the Gigaplex part shopping mall, part magazine. And wholly entertaining.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.


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Virginia Diner

Site:
http://www.infi.net/vadiner/index.html

Category:
Shopping

Review (in 1996):

Virginia (put your hand on your heart when you say it) reigns as peanut capital of the world - at least according to the Virginia Diner of Wakefield. Its goober-filled menu makes this site a natural Web shopping outlet for the popular Virginia variety, which (we discover) is larger than other peanuts. (And did you know the average American eats 12 pounds of peanuts per year?)

Copy the recipe for southern peanut pie, or mail-order raw peanuts and learn how to roast 'em yourself. Amid all the reasons to "break out the nuts", the diner also offers ham smoked and cured in a process "developed by Indian tribes over three centuries ago", and two-pound bags of hushpuppy mix to go with it.

It's a friendly, straightforward page, and ordering is a snap.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Juggling Information Service

Site:
http://www.hal.com/services/juggle

Category:
Sports and Fitness

Review (in 1996):

Juggling (de Jonglage to you Francophiles) takes center stage at this mesmerizing site. Who knew there was so much juggling on the Internet? For that matter, who knew that juggling was so complicated?

Browse through some back issues of Juggler's World or maybe step into the picture gallery, where you'll see a shot of Felix the Cat juggling four mice. You'll also find links to the home pages of jugglers around the world. One can even buy juggling software with features like per-hand dwell ratio control and pattern change control with history browser. Woo! We're still just trying to keep from dropping the oranges.

This breezy page delivers the goods without losing a sense of fun; don't be surprised if your mood is altered. And pass the oranges.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Lucy Lipps

Site:
http://www.cybersim.com/lucylips/

Category:
Romance

Review (in 1996):

Lucy Lipps ("the siren of style") is a radio "love doctor" and advice columnist who calls herself a "cyberbabe" for the '90s. (She's not shy about self-promotion.)

Advice to the lovelorn, and suggestions for how to avoid becoming that way, are two of Lucy Lipps' specialties, her advice is serious, but given with a touch of humor. Besides an archive of questions and answers, Lucy also offers peeks into her little black book, photo album, and a schedule of personal appearances. (She's coming to a mall near you.)

We especially enjoyed Lucy's Celebrity Scoop, which contains the "hottest and latest news on the stars". (Christie Brinkley has been spotted at an L.A. discount store with a cart full of half-price childrens clothes!)

Need direct advice? Lucy accepts e-mail queries, too.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Fixing Shadows

Site:
http://fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU:80/~ds8s

Category:
Photography

Review (in 1996):

Fixing Shadows is a collection of mostly black-and-white, mostly historical, and mostly unmanipulated photographs.

Especially intriguing is the page devoted to "found" images, a sort of virtual lost-and-found for photographers. See if you can identify a mysterious 5x7 plate of "Maude", found in New Hampshire: or create a story for a picture of a young woman in turn-of-the-century South Carolina. Old tintypes (of children, babies, and dogs) are on display here. And the site's creator, J. David Sapir, seizes the opportunity to display some fascinating photos shot while doing anthropological and linguistic work in West Africa throughout the '60s. These photos depict chaotic scenes of ceremonial rites and mock warfare, as well as somber moments, like "Girl taps her iron clacker and sings for her brothers".

Fascinating photos.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Pigeon Kickers of America Home Page

Site:
http://www.pitt.edu/~haast2/Pigeon/

Category:
Personal Home Pages

Review (in 1996):

This site is about the (fictitious) sport of Pigeon Kicking. It's a nasty little page, but it's about a nasty little animal - the pigeon.

With these winged irritants taking over the world's cities, a few hardy souls have decided to take matters into their own ... feet. Visitors can browse letters from other sympathetic pigeon-kicker-wannabees, or read unflattering and strange poems about pigeons ("Seven young pigeons/bang bang bang bang bang bang bang/make for a nice soup"). A suggestion for the Lazy Pigeon Kicker's Trap is also included: set up a large pane of glass and wait until a confused pigeon flies into it and renders itself paralyzed, and you kick it.

This is not serious, exactly, but it is fairly funny - unless you're a pigeon.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Blain Nelson's Abuse Pages

Site:
http://www.az.com:80/~blainn/dv/index.html

Category:
Personal Home Pages

Review (in 1996):

Not until his wife left him did Blain Nelson know the degree of his abuse of her. Now the world knows, via the Net. In text form, Nelson offers two frank testimonials, and includes a half dozen or so from other contributors, including victims.

The notes are sometimes weirdly personal: a week after his wife's departure, Nelson reports, he "returned to my house kinda cold and having discovered a plantar wart I hadn't known existed".

He also lists about 40 questions to help readers identify themselves as an abuser or a victim, and emphasizes that just because a person can say "I didn't hit him/her" doesn't necessarily mean there isn't an emotionally abusive relationship (as Nelson's personal account illustrates).

An unsettling and highly personal site.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Dave's Web of Lies

Site:
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~hancockd/lies.htm

Category:
Personal Home Pages

Review (in 1996):

"Humphrey Bogart's real name was Bumphrey Hogart". "Egg yolks are placed inside eggs using a special tool called a Stimpson's Wrangler". The Web of Lies ("Since 1873") takes the guesswork out of the internet - you know everything here is false.

The page is happily devoted to avoiding the truth. Visitors can contribute their own lies to be listed along with other whoppers, such as "The pogo stick was originally invented by the Pope as a convenient mode of transport inside the Vatican".

Even the Web details are lies, including the following error message: "The database server cannot be accessed due to a severe ant infestation."

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Goats!

Site:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/Goats.html

Category:
Pets and Animals

Review (in 1996):

The Irvine (California) Mesa Charros 4-H Club wants you to know how much fun goats can be. This friendly guide gives you tips on everything from finding the "favorite scratchy part" to common diseases and goat-raising costs.

Tip number one: "We primarily raise does because they are easier to manage, they don't have an offensive odor (unlike bucks), and there are more shows for does."

Offensive odors aside, we had fun here. We filled up on goat stats, watched a LaMancha "grow" ears, the pondered the big question, "Artificial Insemination vs. Natural Breeding", with its beefcake photos of a buff buck and an alluring aluminum cylinder.

It's a simple page, really, but it's nice to see the kids get into the act like this.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

SEDS High Power Rocketry Page

Site:
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/rocket/rocket.html

Category:
Hobbies

Review (in 1996):

Part of the University of Arizona Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Web site, these pages describe all you'll ever need to send those powerful, not-quite-toy rockets sky-high. That includes how to get an FAA waiver for your high power rocket launch and where to find radio controls, engines, and even Super-8 rocket movie cameras.

You can download plans, read up on frequently asked questions, contact related clubs and organizations, or learn where to buy a model of the space shuttle Endeavor.

In the glossary, you'll discover that "kitbash" refers to a contest in which teams must combine two model kits into a new, workable design. (And we thought it was just a hobbyist's angry outburst.)

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Divorce Home Page

Site:
http://www.primenet.com/~dean/

Category:
Parenting

Review (in 1996):

Dean Hughson, a divorced dad, has created this page to help others going through a painful separation. Whether you started the split or were an unwilling participant, you'll probably find a resource here.

Hughson's own "Steps Toward Recovery" include links to pages that provide help on sleeping well, eating well, and regaining a sense of humor. (A page called Dumping Your Lover Electronically" makes me laugh even though it didn't sound funny when I was dumped", he notes.

This site provides a broad array of self-help guides like The Newly Divorced Book of Protocol: How to be Civil When You Hate Their Guts, as well as info on support groups and other organizations. Most of Hughson's own advice is anecdotal; he offers a telephone hotlist for professional help.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Talk to my Cat

Site:
http://queer.slip.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/talktocat

Category:
Web Gadgets

Review (in 1996):

Pittsburgh computer engineer Michael Witbrock hopes you'll talk to his cat long-distance. He has a voice synthesizer hooked up to his computer; type in your message, and the computer (apparently) says it aloud. There's no guarantee the cat will be awake, of course, or even in the room. But if he's alert and attentive, you might amuse him.

What's really interesting about this site, besides the fact that it's kind of fun to think up something clever for your long-distance oration, is the list of the last 30 messages to the cat from previous visitors. When we visited, the public had made statements ranging from "Here Kitty kitty" to "Putty wanna beer?" to "I like fat women", all at a rate of 15 messages per hour.

Poor cat.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Centers for Disease Control National AIDS Clearinghouse

Site:
http://cdcnac.aspensys.com:86/

Category:
Health and Medicine

Review (in 1996):

The Centers for Disease Control have set up this central repository for AIDS information, and boy, are they thorough. In addition to offering help on getting into the big databases of AIDS-related information (like the "Culturally-Specific Education Materials", or the "Resources and Services Database", the CDC also publishes a daily summary of AIDS articles in major U.S. news publications (like The Washington Post). These stories range from treatment reports to personal profiles of those afflicted.

On our last visit, we read about a prison inmate in Florida with AIDS who recently had his sentence commuted. News releases from the clearinghouse are also included, along with the addresses for a mailing list and an FTP site where AIDS-related documents are kept.

They also point you to actual humans (reference specialists) who can help you get to the data.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Faces of Sorrow: Agony in the Former Yugoslavia

Site:
http://www.i3tele.com/photo_perspectives_museum/faces/exhibition.html

Category:
Global Village

Review (in 1996):

A stunning virtual museum exhibit, "Faces of Sorrow" is harsh photographic testimony to years of war in the Balkans. The dozens of photos reproduced here, taken by 35 photojournalists from 14 countries, offer "indisputable pictorial witness to the searing effects of man's in-humanity to mankind".

The exhibit, presented by Photo Perspectives - and sponsored by Time magazine in cooperation with the United Nations - is divided into six sections, including "Ethnic Cleansing", "Siege of Sarajevo" and "Faces of Rape". Even as the very idea of ethnic cleansing is horrifying, it becomes even more so as the viewer looks into the faces of innocent children targeted for slaughter.

Hard-hitting, dismaying, and an amazing use of the Web.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

LatinoLink

Site:
http://www.latinolink.com/

Category:
Global Village

Review (in 1996):

Breezy graphics and upbeat, informed writing make this one of the liveliest ports on the Web for Latino art, culture, and political news. Up-to-the-minute immigration scoops explore legislative efforts to limit asylum for refugees, and in economic news, Latino business writers examine (for instance) the tenuous relationship between Mexico and Wall Street.

Search LatinoLink archives to find out how Hollywood is embracing Latino filmmakers, and why record companies are hot to sign merengueras. All of the columns, stories, and images are by Latino journalists and artists from the U.S. and Puerto Rico, many of whom are regular contributors to The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

All first-rate, front-page stuff.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Megadeth, Arizona

Site:
http://bazaar.com/Megadeth/megadeth.html

Category:
Music

Review (in 1996):

This promotional site has a lot more personality (and a lot less headbanging hype) than you might expect. Heavy-metal band Megadeth recorded its Youthanasia album in a warehouse outside Pheonix; hence the site's title. Apparently this was a monumental event, as publicity photos were snapped by the esteemed Richard Avedon, and the publicity bio was penned by best-selling author Dean Koontz. ("These guys pass the imaginary Godzilla test... If he stepped on Megadeth, believe me, he'd know he stepped on something.")

The site is loaded with "Meganews" ("Youthanasia Banned!"), provocative images, tunes, and videos. Visitors can amuse themselvees by downloading some cool Mac wallpaper, or playing a game with cowpies.

Be sure to commemorate your visit by sending one of the site's funky digital postcards.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Death of Rock 'n' Roll

Site:
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/pike/DeathRR.html

Category:
Music

Review (in 1996):

Bizarre, messy, and early deaths are a long-standing rock and roll tradition, as pointed out at this site. (It's subtitled "Untimely Demises, Morbid Preoccupations, and Premature Forecasts of Doom in Pop Music.")

Untimely death, it suggests, is what ties Elvis Presley to the Rolling Stones to the Sex Pistols to Slayer. Offering excerpts from a book of the same name (for sale here, natch), it chronicles more than 50 dead rockers and still doesn't seem all-inclusive. But it is fascinating material.

Your morbid bone will be tickled with such blood-curdling tales as Billy Murcia (of the New York Dolls) drowning to death in coffee. And to cap off the surrealism, the site includes a photo of Elvis shaking hands with Richard Nixon. This is one of the few Web pages where heroin gets its very own link.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Geffen / DGC Records

Site:
http://www.geffen.com/

Category:
Music

Review (in 1996):

Refreshingly devoid of PRattle about the David Geffen Company and its paper-pushing minions, this promo site puts the spotlight where it belongs: on the artists. Weezer, Nirvana, and Sonic Youth are among the so-hip-it-hurts acts featured here.

Folders for more than 20 bands contain whimsical biographies ("Like a demonic Energizer bunny possessed by a superhuman work ethic, White Zombie keeps going and going"), sound clips, and videos (see Courtney Love's "Doll Parts" in action at the Hole page).

The Geffen folks have a good sense of humor, too. The "Vintage 80s" folder greets visitors with text in a ghastly, archaic font. "No, you didn't launch telnet by accident", reads the narrative. "In the true spirit of nostaligia, we wanted to... remind you how lame computers looked in the 80s".

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Movie Clichés List

Site:
http://www.well.com/user/vertigo/cliches.html

Category:
Movies

Review (in 1996):

The Movie Clichés List is a triumph of content over presentation. Giancarlo Cairella doesn't go in for fancy graphics, but he's put plenty of energy into the laundry list of filmdom's greatest repeating phenomena.

The list covers dozens of topics, ranging from war (you'll never survive if you show someone a picture of your sweetheart back home), to chess (supposedly brilliant players always miss one-move checkmates in critical games), to schools (teachers are always interrupted mid-sentence by the end-of-class bell).

Anyone who's been to more than 10 movies will recognize something here. Great stuff, even if it does leave out how every window in Washington, D.C., has a view of the Capitol.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Spatula City

Site:
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~twoflowr/index.html

Category:
Humor

Review (in 1996):

Based on a comedy concept by "Weird Al" Yonkovic, this silly site has fun and fiction down every aisle, creating the same overwhelmed feeling you get from a real superstore.

To fill your spatula needs, head over to Aisle 1, where "Spatula City stocks only the latest advances in spatula technology". The shelves are stocked with dozens of fancy spatulas, from "Swiss Army Spatula" to the "Five Spatulas of Fury". Spatniks will flip at the chance to submit their own models.

In Aisle 3, the "Silly Zone" lives up to its name, with cute jokes that are witty, if a bit overwrought. The bells and whistles in the "Black Light Special" are guaranteed to waste your time, and that's the point.

This is a great-looking place stocked with nonsense, and chuckles come with almost every selection.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project

Site:
http://www.rice.edu:80/~gouge/twinkies.html

Category:
Humor

Review (in 1996):

The Twinkie page is the brainwave of a pair of engineering students at prestigious Rice University, who applied standard engineering tests to, well Hostess Twinkies. Their deadpan experimental technique gets funnier and funnier as they try various experiments, from Rapid Oxidation (attempts to set fire to a Twinkie) to our favorite, the utterly moronic Gravitational Response test (Twinkies dropped off high buildings).

Each experiment is replete with technical details and pictures of the ongoing procedure. Be sure to catch the Turning Test, where they use a control subject (a sophomore) to determine whether Twinkies are intelligent. (The conclusion: Twinkies are "not sentient in any way we can understand.")

And, if you're entirely baffled by all the technical Twinkie jargon, you can read the haiku interpretation of the test results.

Intelligent stupid fun.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.


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Fidel for President

Site:
http://www.slugs.com/imagesmith/fidel/

Category:
Humor

Review (in 1996):

We're glad the folks at Image-smith have nothing to do all day but create winning Web pages like this one. Who knows what they'd be capable of if they were really unleashed in the American political arena?

Even if you choose not to join "Team Fidel", you'll be swept up in the excitement of this presidential campaign for Castro, "The Ultimate Washington Outsider". You can hardly escape the logic: Castro knows the Contract for America because "America's had a contract out on him for more than thirty years". Politics is also merchandising, and Team Fidel is prepared with shirts, bumper stickers, and bubble-gum cigars for sarcastically spendy sums. Even the links are jokes, and pretty good ones at that.

Semper Fidel!

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.


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Gid's Web Games

Site:
http://inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk/~gid/games.html

Category:
Games

Review (in 1996):

Gid's Web Games is a cool game site dedicated to the aimless pursuit of multiplayer games and solitaire. Try your mouse at Webtris, a multiuser variation of Tetris (which doesn't become a game of strategy as much as a race to access the game computer first), or play a few rounds of "marble solitaire", a jump-the-pegs sort of game where you aim to leave only one marble on the board. Or take a shot at the Cube or Blobs, a couple of pan-dimensional brain-teasers.

As interesting as the games are, they can be awkward with a Web interface: for most games, you click on a piece and load a page, then click where you want the piece to go, which loads another page. A fast connection and Netscape are almost essential here.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Unofficial Jack Chick Archive!

Site:
http://dig.netcentral.net/vx/chick/jackhome.html

Category:
Books and Comics

Review (in 1996):

Anyone who's ever ridden a bus or spent too much time at a laundromat has probably read at least one of Jack Chick's little religious comic books. This "fan" (or "anti-fan") page gleefully examines to work of Chick, publisher of dozens of religious tracts and newsletters over the past few decades.

Chick's comments are "obsessed with hell and the more gruesome aspects of the gospel". Archived mini-tracts and comic books are the centerpiece here, but fans ("Chicklets") can also hear the voice of Jack Chick in sampled sound files.

The Webmasters (who are themselves Christians) poke fun at elements in the tracts like Chick's fear and loathing of the Catholic church, elements they believe represent the worst side of fundamentalism. Other common Chick motifs, they note, include a "bad person or devil laughing HAW! HAW!" and "God as a giant light-bulb-headed judge".

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The Parkinson's Web

Site:
http://neuro-chief-e.mgh.harvard.edu/parkinsonsweb/Main/PDmain.html

Category:
Health and Medicine

Review (in 1996):

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a growing national problem, with more than one million victims in the United States alone. This page from Massachusetts General hospital offers information to people with Parkinson's Disease, their families, and caregivers. If you're just learning about the disease, the online primer provides a thorough, easy-to-understand introduction. Although the actual causes of Parkinson's remains a mystery, these neurologists do understand a lot about how the brain functions, and they patiently explain concepts like neurotransmitters and enzymes.

An extensive glossary of medical terms is helpful, too. The directory of support organizations is comprehensive and truly global, and a link the the MGH Neuro-WebForum enables you to post questions to moderated discussion groups. The caregiver's handbook is especially invaluable.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

The City of Hiroshima

Site:
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/

Category:
History

Review (in 1996):

This site aims to provide information about Hiroshima. "A city that sings the praises of humanity and serves as an inspiration to the world". Let's hope so. The site covers not merely its obvious tragic history, but also city minutia from the amount of raw sewage collected (212,431 kiloliters) to the number of fishery establishments (485, for the record). Naturally, plenty of space is devoted here to anti-nuclear activism and the history of Hiroshima's devastation (186,940 were killed).

Stunning color and black-and-white photographs share Web space with two Hiroshima 6th graders' statements that "compassion and kindness toward our friends is of the utmost importance in achieving peace".

A "New Century City Vision for Hiroshima" outlines this gallant effort at rebuilding a vital city.

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.

Su Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page

Site:
http://mars.superlink.net/user/fsu/philo.html

Category:
Religion and Philosophy

Review (in 1996):

This page will be a welcome respite to those seeking solace from the confusing world of cyberspace - especially those who read Chinese and have BIG-5 (a Chinese language reader) downloaded on their computer. Those who don't will find more limited choices. In any case, the page offers an alternative to the western philosophers that dominate the Web.

Delicate watercolors accompany chapters from the Tao Te Ching. Selections from Chuang Tzu's Inner Chapters are serene, and a link to the Virtual I Ching has its practical value. On the flip side, read The Art of War by San Tzu, who says "All warfare is based on deception". (Western philosophers, of course, may say "well, no duh!") One may also say about this page: "Still Web sites run deep".

As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.