tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68194773678074420112024-02-20T00:23:02.789-08:00The Year is 1996k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-714968463942134042010-02-28T00:55:00.001-08:002010-02-28T00:55:46.735-08:00The Daily News: Just the Links<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gerben/news.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />News and Information <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Newshounds with international tastes will drool over this list of 200 links to various newspapers and information sources from around the globe.  From Poland’s <em>Donosy </em>(in Polish and English) to Costa Rica’s <em>La Nacion</em>, the major and minor electronic news sources are lined up, shotgun style, for your own exploration.  It’s fine for researchers who already know what they are looking for, but you’ll have some leg-work to do if you’re browsing on a particular topic (sites are arranged geographically only).  We’d like to see more than just the links, however; connecting to a site from another country may leave many users confused at best.  But if you already have a sharp journalistic eye, this list can keep you busy for a long time.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-36394002180487050382010-02-27T01:01:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:01:36.729-08:00The World Wide Times<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.aloha.com/~k/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>This is a beefy online news source for all UFO-related material.  Sightings can be reported using the official Alberta UFO Research Association form, or you can scan the experiences of others, ranging from brief sightings to abductions.  The handy encyclopedia has entries for dozens of different types of space visitors, from Venusians Railoids (does <em>that</em> spell “relief?”), and there’s plenty of discussion about cover-ups, ominous tales of black helicopters, and those MIBs (“Men in Black”): are they supernatural/extraterrestrial visitors, or G-men in formal wear?</p> <p>Heaps of photos and other images flesh out the stories.  Another fine resource for those who can’t get enough of the UFO business.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-49205239691482203232010-02-26T01:18:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:18:23.384-08:00UFO Phenomena<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://zeta.cs.adfa.oz.au/Spirit/ufo.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>This is about as one-stop as it gets in the world of alien Web surfing.  From info and discussion to pictures, this server from the Czech Republic has all its saucers covered.  Earth-bound terrestrials seeking intimate contact can scope out the Pleiadians (“dimension travellers”), or investigate the more familiar Zeta Reticulis (the little gray hairless dudes with bug eyes).</p> <p>Abductees will feel reassured by Budd Hopkins’ controversial report on “Implants and Group Abductions”, and visitors can splashdown with the Allagash Four (theirs was not a warm-n-cuddly ET tale).  Many more cosmic particles and full online images will keep rocketeers happy for hours.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-77147657147575581302010-02-25T01:08:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:08:36.008-08:00Whitewater & Vince Foster<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.cris.com/~dwheeler/n/whitewater/whitewater-index.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>The “extremely complex, tortuously convoluted” Whitewater investigation is the focus of this valient attempt to get a handle on the most troublesome of the Bill Clinton scandals.  The many alleged transgressions – Swiss bank accounts, drug trades, money laundering, murder, and of course, <em>cover-ups</em> – are divided here into categories of “Suspicious”, “Shocking”, and “Mindboggling”.</p> <p>The most “mindboggling” we found was a series of allegations that Vince Foster “was being investigated as a traitorous spy working for Israel” and that his death was “arranged” and “necessary” for “national security”.  It says here that “the small band who have accused the government of an elaborate cover-up in the Foster case can no longer be glibly dismissed as conspiracy theorists.  Are you listening, Oliver Stone?</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-27526021876843754692010-01-02T03:30:00.000-08:002010-02-28T03:30:55.262-08:00Smitty’s UFO Page<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span>  <br />http://www.best.com/~schmitz/ufo.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Dave “Smitty” Schmitz is a software engineer from San Francisco.  He thinks the government is up to something in the middle of the Nevada desert. There are rumors, in fact, that this is where the Air Force parks all the UFOs it has recovered and hidden from the public all these years.  Do you think Smitty is crazy, or do you agree there’s something out there?</p> <p>This site merely offers the stories – not as proof, but in an effort to engage others in the debate of what <em>should</em> be proof, if anything.  Because of this approach, skeptics will probably enjoy this page as much as believers.  Smitty’s recaps of his two trips to the Nevada Test Site at Groom Lake are fun road adventures in search of <em>something</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-67079025858167246662009-12-05T02:56:00.000-08:002010-02-28T03:23:54.989-08:00Shroud of Turin<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.cais.com/npacheco/shroud/turin.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Whether you believe it’s the actual burial cloth of Jesus, or just another chic headstone rubbing, there’s no denying the world’s fascination with the Shroud of Turin.  The Shroud’s true origins are a mystery, and have been the subject of speculation for some time.  At this unusual site, good photo reproductionslet you get about as close to the Shroud as you ever will, while the excellent question-and-answer file reveals the cloth to be made of linen and just over 14 feet long.</p> <p>A discussion of the 1988 Carbon 14 dating test (which asserted that the Shroud’s origin is medieval, not biblical) directly contradicts some researchers’ findings that the cloth is a Mandylion relic.  The final decision, as always, must be the viewer’s.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-37438625341583370972009-12-01T02:48:00.000-08:002010-02-28T02:48:22.786-08:00Sovereign’s WWW Content Page<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.primenet.com/~lion/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>This really ought to be called the “Malcontent Page”.  Bring your axe and grind it here, or just watch others rant on about the ATF, AIDS, gun control, and all the other bad dogs that are threatening to wee on the carpet we call the Constitution.  (That metaphor comes from the page’s section “Conspiracy, Control and ?????.)</p> <p>This is for those who think the U.S. government is “out of control” – or rather, frighteningly <em>in </em>control.  Their motto, “If you don’t believe in something, you’ll fall for anything” is fittingly murky in its meaning, but it sounds terrific. Unsurprisingly, “Sovereign” believes in honoring capitalism – check out the “Freedom Shop”, where a measly ten bucks buys you proof that the limo driver shot JFK.  This is a marvelously packaged bunch of pixilated notions.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-91977352568871920392009-11-30T03:46:00.000-08:002009-11-30T03:46:00.468-08:00The Stupid Homepage<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://metro.turnpike.net/S/spatula/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Personal Home Pages <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Also known as Spatch’s Homepage (“Spatch” is short for spatula), this is a collection of amusing oddments, including some spoofs on the “things that do useless stuff” craze so prevalent on the Web these days: the Page That Tells You Where It Is tells you the site is still at metro.turnpike.net (“Reload this page after a few moments and find out where it is then!”) and the VCR Clock page, which Spatch has painstakingly programmed so you can see exactly what time his VCR clock says it is (which reveals a blinding “12:00” – <em>groan</em>)</p> <p>There’s also a collection of text files (mostly culled from alt.stupidity, appropriately enough).  The content may be stupid, but it’s a smart site, if you know what we mean. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-58886976890700622262009-11-28T23:59:00.001-08:002009-11-28T23:59:12.279-08:00The Great Web Candianizer<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.io.org/~themaxx/canada/can.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Web Gadgets <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Many Canadians are concerned about American cultural dominance.  This silly site takes direct action against the “hosers” (that’s Canadian parlance for “Americans”, it seems) by taking the average “hosehead” page and “Canadianizing” it.  Beauty, eh?  You just enter the URL of your favorite site, and this gadget “translates” the page by adding well-placed burps and back bacon references.  For example, a visit to the White House now begins with “G’day, eh, and welcome to the House of Commons”.  Then you can link to “The Hosehead’s Cabinet”.  Beauty, eh?</p> <p>Some of the funniest results can be obtained by aiming the translator at serious Canadian sites, like the Molson brewery (carin’ for your brewski BURRRP!  Scuse me eh?). <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-14769156965623458832009-11-20T02:25:00.000-08:002010-02-28T02:25:41.855-08:00The Spot<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.thespot.com/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span>  <br />Weird and Wonderful  <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>The Spot is a fun sort of online soap about twentysomethings, supposedly emanating from a seven-bedroom beach house with infamous history of wild partying and debauchery.  Typical resident: Tara, a 23-year-old film student trying to make it as a director.  Zany pet: Spotnik, a “Cyberian Husky”.  It’s a “microcosm of a generation”, so naturally there’s always a party cooking!  Visitor’s can read regular postings from the residents, see the snapshots (“Love on the Beach”), and read the diary entries (“Did Jeff realize I had missed my plane… the morning I found him in bed with Tomeiko?”).</p> <p>It’s pretty much like your own life, probably, but you may enjoy visiting anyway.  This exremely glossy site is the brainchild of Fattal & Collins, a California advertising agency that is perhaps now deciding what to do with all the fans it has attracted.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-26684481477424382462009-11-15T01:57:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:57:56.866-08:00Spirit-WWW<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://spirit.satelnet.org/Spirit.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span>  <br />Weird and Wonderful  <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Spiritual seekers may well find they’ve hit the motherlode at this site, which is a virtual encylopedia of strange phenomena and alternative realities.  Selections available on this “personal, not-for-profit” home page include channeling, astrology, faith healing, meditation, and UFOs.  The site points out that “the term alien or extraterrestrial shows our ignorance of the interconnectedness we live in”.  (At last, political correctness comes to the galaxy.)</p> <p>Thoughts on reincarnation ponder the meaning of karma and “How Past and Future are perceived and realized finally by the Soul”.  Contortionists will enjoy the Yoga page, which provides an overview of the different practices, including Karma, Bhakti, and Vedic movements.  Plus New Age art, movies, audio clips, and more.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-47675529368145089192009-11-12T01:48:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:51:58.723-08:00Tarot Resources<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.iii.net/users/dtking/tarot.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>This extensive list of tarot resources will please expert readers and curious amateurs alike.  Besides laying out the basics, the page offers a few tips on finding a professional reader: questions like “What deck do you use?” and “What is your basic approach?” may help you weed out those with which you won’t be comfortable (assuming the answers will make sense to you in the first place).  There are other, more obvious tips, like “don’t bring your life savings with you”.  Seasoned pros may want to browse “Tapestry”, an e-zine for forecasters.  Among the more colorful links, are the pictures of the Rider-Waite deck (a popular tarot deck style), and instructions for waxing your tarot cards when their coating gets worn down.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-44762285739569460612009-11-09T01:38:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:39:00.059-08:00Taos Hum Homepage<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.eskimo.com:80/~billb/hum/hum.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>“The ‘Taos Hum’ is a low-pitched sound heard in several places across the U.S. and U.K.”, earning its name from the many reports received in New Mexico beginning 1991.  It is usually heard only in quiet environments, and is described as sounding like a distant diesel engine (its common “signature”).  “Since it has proven undetectable by microphones or VLF antennae, its source and nature is still a mystery”.</p> <p>Wait, don’t laugh!  This quirky Web site isn’t much to look at, but the blend of solid scientific inquiry and off-the-edge speculation is fascinating.  Reports from “hummers” reveal as much of the mystery as they can (bio-iron in the brain tissue?), but it remains a big question mark.  There are clippings from both the straight and the “unconventional” press, revealing a sincere effort to help those unfortunate few who “sense” the hum.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-88267861962736529672009-11-02T01:32:00.000-08:002010-02-28T01:32:24.300-08:00Web-o-rhythm<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span>  <br />http://www.qns.com/html/weborhythm <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Web-o-rhythm creates a swell color GIF of your personal bio-rhythm chart.  You might remember biorhythm machines from amusement parks in the ‘70's: you put in a quarter, enter your birth date, enter the month for which you want your biorhythm, and it prints it out for you.  Web-o-rhythm is essentially the same, but you save the quarter.  The computed chart shows you when you’re supposed to be up and when you’ll be done in the month to come.</p> <p>Biorhythm fans will notice the addition of a new cycle – intuitive – to the traditional three of mental, physical, and emotional.  (Does Biorhythm Local 329 know about this?)  As an added bonus, after your chart is computed, you’re provided with a direct link to your horoscope at another site.</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-61109976541820353582009-11-01T01:21:00.000-07:002010-02-28T01:25:43.383-08:00Vampyres Only<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.vampyre.wis.net/vampyre/index.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Weird and Wonderful <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Coming to you direct and undead from the Vorld Vide Veb… it’s Vampyres Only.  The entries here are alternately spooky and funny, and host Vlad III is given to puns likely to stick in your craw, such as “Thirsty for more? Here are links to similar veins of interest…”.  The hefty catalog of vampirobilia includes a collection of movie and sound files, from Orlok and Dracula to Barnabus Collins (from TV’s “Dark Shadows”) and, of course, Lestat.</p> <p>A list of shops from around the world is helpful to those creatures of the night who feel the burning desire to … <em>accessorize</em>.  The Vampire Vulnerability Test is a fang-in-cheek check of your Draculattractiveness.  As they say back on the farm, this page puts the “ick” in slick".</p> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span></p> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-60359219552666579282009-10-31T05:10:00.000-07:002009-11-29T04:08:00.655-08:00Employment Opportunities and Job Resources<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.wpi.edu/~mfriley/jobguide.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Business and Investing <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Whew!  If you STILL can’t find a job after using this home page, something may be wrong.  (Have you checked your breath?)  Help-wanted servers, recruiter links, professional societies, government job listings… they’re all here.  Margaret Riley (this is also called “The Riley Guide”) maintains this employment resource out of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.  </p> <p>A fine introduction explains how to use the Net to find an employee or a job; this is also a mini-course on Internet usage in general.  From government and business through arts and humanities, this guide tries to cover all the bases, with special emphasis on high-tech and computer employment.  It used to take days in the library to dig this kind of stuff up. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-56931460991557355502009-10-30T04:42:00.000-07:002009-11-29T03:36:11.789-08:00Solid Space<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.teleport.com/~shojo/Solid.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Personal Home Pages <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>A campy collection of oddments, this site offers diversions about music and pop culture artifacts.  The Fabio Page serves up typical pictures of the male model, replete with hokey romance-novel-inspired audio clips spoken by Fabio himself: “Your caress is my command”, “I listen to a solo, and I think of a duet”.  Learn of the sinister trimmings surrounding PEZ candy dispensers, or visit a mini-museum on ViewMaster slide viewers.</p> <p>There’s also a monthly offering called “Awful Music”; on our last visit it lambasted an album called album called “Switched-On Bacharach”.  (“Every song on this alum should have “in outer space” added to the end of the title”, says the Webmaster.)</p> <p>Even with the insults, this is much more amusing than offensive. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-51435339647400072212009-10-29T01:24:00.000-07:002009-11-29T00:18:11.318-08:00The Unofficial Haitian Home Page<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.primenet.com/~rafreid/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Global Village <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Ralph Reid, a film student from Northridge, California, does an excellent job of conveying the essence of his native country with this site.  His “virtual tour” of Haiti takes you to the crowded Iron Market, to a Port-au-Prince boulevard during rush hour, and on a beautiful beach stroll, where you can practically <em>smell</em> the millions of discarded conch shells.</p> <p>You can also check out Carol Guzy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs of Haiti, and groove to musical selections like Reginald Decastro’s “Pou ou Ayiti”.  History buffs will want to take this site up on its Haitian history course, while others may be more inclined to gravitate to the Voodoo section.  (Discover special days on the Voodoo calendar, like Legba Zaou, when “eating consists mainly of a black goat”.)</p> <p>A fascinating page with a very strong flavor. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-64205500854161856792009-10-28T05:01:00.000-07:002009-11-29T04:01:24.108-08:00WEB Personals<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.webpersonals.com/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Romance <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>WEB Personals is a user-friendly site for anyone seeking love or just heavy friendship.  Date seekers and seekees are categorized in the appropriate straight or gay directory – you’ll even find a guide to what the initials mean when DWM seeks DDFW (there’s an abbreviation for cross-dressers, too).  The site enables you to browse or submit your ad, and the Love Hound will notify you of any suitable matches in case you don’t have time to check for yourself.</p> <p>(Anyone who’s worried about good, clean dating fun on the Internet will be interested to learn that this site’s Open Forum was taken offline because “it had evolved to a point where the discussions offended too many people who prefer a more professional experience.”) <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-54347693038028191052009-10-27T02:04:00.000-07:002009-11-29T00:58:15.734-08:00Web Journal of Current Legal Issues<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nlawwww/ <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />Law <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>Here’s an example of the legal profession using the Web to its full potential.  This journal from Britain’s University of Newcastle has everything one would expect from a respectable paper journal, from articles to case notes to book reviews with hypertext footnotes.</p> <p>Typical topic for study: the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and its attempt to establish rules for corporate electronic data interchange.  Most articles are similarly on the cutting edge of information law, though not all fit that mold:  <em>The Marginalisation of Gypsies</em> was a lengthy dissertation on the prejudice against gypsies in the United Kingdom.  This is filled with interesting essays that will easily consume more time than you have. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-6200814879135105662009-10-26T01:37:00.000-07:002009-11-29T00:31:45.055-08:00Embassy of Iceland<span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Site:</span></span> <br />http://www.globescope.com/web/iceland/index.html <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Category:</span></span> <br />International Government <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: 130%"><span style="font-weight: bold">Review (in 1996):</span></span> <br /> <blockquote> <p>After a little digging, you will find that this page is full of useful, interesting, and sometimes strange stuff.  For instance: are questions about the proper disinfectant techniques for fishing equipment <em>really</em> that frequently asked?  Political junkies can read up on the “Althingi”, Iceland’s parliament.  Surfers will appreciate the map of Icelandic WWW servers and get a kick out of the links to almost 30 personal home pages of Icelanders worldwide.</p> <p>You can pick up a recipe for fried crullers, or hear the Icelandic national anthem on audio, with accompanying trivia about the author, Matthias Jochumsson.  (But how did he manage to get the anthem to rhyme in both Islandic and English?) </p> <p>A wonderful experience. <br /></p> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 78%">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span> k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-13470800780424301632009-10-25T01:32:00.000-07:002009-10-25T01:32:00.499-07:00Scott's Page of Evil<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Site:</span></span><br />http://rampages.onramp.net/~scottgl/index.htm<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category:</span></span><br />Personal Home Pages<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Review (in 1996):</span></span><br /><blockquote>Scott's Page of Evil welcomes "all seekers of refuge from the banal recesses of home pages promoting goodness and light". Scott Glazer has pulled a switch on the usual cool bands/cool people/cool links idea and filled his personal page with things he hates - like Andie MacDowell ("Lucifer's actress"), Piers Anthony ("foul scribe of Hades"), and the French ("a whole nation of distilled evil"). He has a bit to say about organized religion, too (what page about evil would be complete without it?), and even he suggests that anyone easily offended should avoid it at all costs.<br /><br />Visitors can leave their own evil ideas in a suggestion box, though Glazer admits that suggestion boxes may be evil in themselves. Funny and delightfully twisted.<br /></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span>k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-54637956336496248872009-10-24T01:28:00.000-07:002009-10-24T01:28:00.342-07:00A Breed Apart<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Site:</span></span><br />http://www.pcix.com/abap/index.html<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category:</span></span><br />Pets and Animals<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Review (in 1996):</span></span><br /><blockquote>This top-notch greyhound page is what an online magazine ought to be. Fans and owners of the speedy pups should race here to see pinups of handsome dogs, learn about breed history, or submit their own stories. Retired greyhounds are available nationwide for adoption, and the terrific resources provided here can help you find your next pet (perhaps an old racer who didn't quite make the Hall of Fame in Abilene, Kansas).<br /><br />Articles generally focus on greyhounds as pets rather than as athletes, though on our last visit we read about some hounds who were working on second careers as "therapy dogs". Lovers of other breeds can still find useful information here (like an elaborate recipe for "liver cake"), but they may wish to producers of "A Breed Apart" had a magazine for every breed.<br /></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span>k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-88154342703479114932009-10-23T01:23:00.000-07:002009-10-23T01:23:00.607-07:00Cyberspace World Railroad Home Page<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Site:</span></span><br />http://www.mcs.com/~dsdawdy/cyberoad.html<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category:</span></span><br />Hobbies<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Review (in 1996):</span></span><br /><blockquote>Whew! (Or, woo-woooooo!) This roundhouse is stuffed with steel wheels, club cars, and timetables. Don't expect toy choo-choos: it's a serious train site for serious train buffs. (And don't call it the home page - it's the "main manifest".)<br /><br />Handsome photos (including "Things I Photograph Along the Rails That Most People <span style="font-style: italic;">Don't</span>!) and graphics accompany a wide range of articles and newsletters; on our last visit, we found a huge article on the opening of the Steamtown National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, a copy of the Conrail Transportation newsletter, and an essay on traveling by steam train in China.<br /><br />Site creator Daniel Dawdy includes online schedules for Amtrak, Via, and Chicago's Metra lines. Looks like a lot of old brakemen hang out here.<br /></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span>k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819477367807442011.post-8618030582458836032009-10-22T01:19:00.000-07:002009-10-22T01:19:00.226-07:00CyberCafe<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Site:</span></span><br />http://www.bid.com/bid/cybercafe<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category:</span></span><br />Food and Cooking<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Review (in 1996):</span></span><br /><blockquote>At the CyberCafe, you can "get wired" amid all the features one expects from a real coffeehouse - except real coffee, of course. This informative site is loaded with enough facts and tips ohn beans and brewing to make even the most hopeless java junkie jitter.<br /><br />Links are offered to an amazing number of coffee (and tea) retailers and wholesalers, enabling visitors to shop online for vanilla nut, Ethiopian Moka Harrar, or a Grindmaster espresso-cappuccino machine. And you can spread out the pages of the <span style="font-style: italic;">San Francisco Chronicle</span>, or check out Seattle coffeehouses in <span style="font-style: italic;">MotherCity Espresso</span>.<br /><br />Don't miss the site's mythical account of the discovery of coffee, which involves a goatherd named Kaldi, an imam from the local monastery, and a chorus of dancing goats.<br /></blockquote><span style="font-size:78%;">As reviewed in the 1996 "World Wide Web Top 1000" - a review of the Top 5% of all Web Sites in 1996.</span>k998http://www.blogger.com/profile/16138883174040283688noreply@blogger.com0