The Good Just starting out? Check these out for your basic good links. Maybe a little bland, but required references for a bookmark list The Badassed On the edge, fringe, wild, underground, all the great strange places to visit The Biased Friends, co-workers, directly referred to me, my hotspots The Web How to make a Web page, places for current HTML development info, WWW search engines, etc. The Geek All manner of things to do with computers. From hardware and software, to news and resources.

PLEASE READ: Each of the links in the above sections has been rated according to this system. These are just my recommendations! All of these links are fantastic! I have checked each of them out personally and each is worth a visit. If a link has an ISDN rating, it means that if you have a slower connection, the wait may not be worth what's on the other side. 1200 Baud: If all you have is a 1200 baud modem, you must check this out 2400 Baud: Gem of a find, Cutting edge 14.4K Baud: Great on its own or lots of good links 28.8K Baud: Good stuff ISDN: You've got the bandwidth, so why not? AND NOW, ON TO THE LINKS!

The Good

Amnesty International Do something good for someone else, help change a life, check out this page. Association of Bay Area Governments Curious how seismically active the land your home is on is? Try this page! Enter your city, and the fault you are curious/worried about, and you get to see a map of the danger areas. Want to move somewhere else? Books On-Line If you could read only the books that get added here each day, you would be the fastest reader in the world. Search by Author, Subject, Title. You name it, if it's public domain, it's here. Save money on school books anyone?? The British Library Changing on a regular basis, this site provides a look at some very rare documents like the Magna Carta (A la the AT&T commercials) as well as a virtual tour of the facility. The Kitchen Nook New cool recipe of the day. Several others on the page with an archive. Pointers to other recipe servers. Library of Congress, HTML Specs. This is the best source of info regarding HTML that I have seen so far. Specs for HTML 2.0 as well as the Specs-in-progress for HTML 3.0, CGI information, you name it, it's here. Movienet This site has the current show times (today!) for the chain of Goldwyn/Landmark theaters. In San Francisco, these are the Bridge, Clay, Lumiere, Opera Plaza, and Embarcadero theaters. A little slow, but better than wasting another newspaper. On-Line TV Schedule Do you need to know what is on the tube tonight? Search by time, station, or subject. Also, be SURE to check their list of TV Show Web Pages. Very complete! PCTravel Online, Real-Time airline ticket reservation service. You really want to know if your favorite window seat is still available for that last minute flight? This is the place to look. The Smithsonian Institute. The original technological archive. Information for most branches of the Institute Submit-It! This is a quick place to list your own page with 8 or 9 different Web Indexes all at the same time. Unofficial Brian Eno Page You like Brian Eno? Then check out this page. U.S. Postal Service Much stuff here including gifs of the stamps for 1994 and 1995. Be sure to catch "Cupid, horizontal position"! Word Wonderful example of the visual/printed word in its many forms. From poetry and prose to a visual feast with Real Audio samples and animations. This is great reading.

The Badassed

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Addicted to Noise If you are trying to keep up with what's happening in Modern/Alternative music, then this is the place you need to be. Bianca's Smut Shack NOT for the faint of heart. Wander through the virtual house and have any kind of conversation you want, via quick e-mail. Cyberspace Today Magazine San Francisco Bay Area monthly magazine that really keeps on top of what is happening on the internet. Many good links here. Deep Forest This band has mixed indigenous music with todays beats, and now so can you. This graphic heavy site has some great Shockwave pieces to play with including a mixing board and the 18 Sins of the Pygmies. Dilbert Comic Archive Mandatory for anyone who works near or with computers. Nonstop laughs, plus a daily update of current (1 week delayed) comics. Internet Telephone Tired of paying high phone bills? Check out the software for sale here to talk real-time via the Internet. Requires 486 and a 14.4 modem (minimum) to run the software. Net Phone Macintosh software that allows full duplex (talk and listen at the same time) phone-like conversations over the internet. Works on Macs from the IIsi on up! Phonetic Take your phone number and see what words you can make out of it. This is quick, fun, and may help you remember those numbers that make NO sense! SPIV Too hip to be described, it MUST be experienced! Survival Research Laboratories Like seeing things blow up? Check out the people who have made an art of destroying things. Video, stills, sound, upcoming shows. A must see. The Visible Human Project The visible human project has cross-sectional images of the human body from a frozen cadaver. Very large files, would be good to have a fast modem. Witbeer Home Page Have a little spare cash to invest in stocks? Then check out the worlds first internet stock offering. This microbrewery has made a public stock offering.

The Biased

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Animaniacs Home Page My favorite afternoon cartoon. Some good gifs, some mediocre screen captures. WWW.HOOKED.NET My service provider's home page. Great launching point, but can you see why I called this section The Biased? Internet Postcards You want to send a postcard from the cutting edge? Just like snail mail, only quicker, and you have MANY different cards to choose from. Mailing and receiving could not be easier, and you can even add HTML to your message to add pointers to other things (Like your own page) Jester's Home Page. Fellow Hooked member's page that has many sources of WWW development tools, other computer related links, and beatiful images/graphics (that take a while to load) MacTemps My current employer. If you are a Mac guru, these are the people to talk to. Branch offices all over the US and the UK. New Riders' Internet Yellow Pages Published by McMillian Publishing, this fine searchable source is the first place that I have been listed. The Open Scroll Monthly Literary document, poetry, prose, short stories. Submit your own story, and see if you get published! Wierd, Wild, and Wonderful This has got to be the most link dense page I have seen. Information on everything from law and news to interactive sites. Be sure to check out the Net Nuggets section and the best reference to all things sexual on the Internet. Yahoo Probably the second fastest growing directory of Web sites. Check it out, or list your site with them. Zaven's Home Page Watch someone push Web design to its limits! This is a great page with lots of info

The Web

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Gifs for Web Construction. Not many images but they will give you a start Internet Timeline This is a timeline of the creation of the Internet, from before ARPANET to the present. Lists of Lists Lists of other places like this (that aren't as cool) Mario's Home Port Got a lot of help and WWW construction tools from the links at this page. NCSA's HTML Primer Probably one of the most complete guides I have seen for writing HTML, the language of the Web. Want to make your own page? Then you need to go here first New Riders' Internet Yellow Pages Great searching capabilities to find stuff. You can even list your own page with them! Why AOL Sucks This is one of the best examples of Web page design I have seen. Well cross referenced, concise, plus fun content. Yahoo! THE most used internet directory on the Web. Search by keyword or subject or just browse the areas they have set up. This is another great place to have your Web site listed

The Geek

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Adobe Systems Want to know about the newest versions of your favorite Adobe software? From information on Photoshop, to the newest version of Pagemaker (6.0). This is a must visit. Internet Cool Tools Apple's contest for Cool Tools led to 11 winners and their software and links to their sites are all here. ISDN Information Dan Kegel has put together one of the most comprehensive lists of ISDN information I've found. Tired of your 28.8 modem? Speed up to ISDN! JUMBO Jumbo has probably the largest collection of shareware and freeware on the net with the most descriptions that you can read before downloading. If you heard of the app., it's probably here Marathon Central All of the information that you could need for the game Marathon, by Bungie Software. Cheats, Maps, need I say more? Mac Zone On-line catalog where you browse, view, and purchase most, if not all, of the products from their catalog. Shareware.com On-line repository with great search engine. Done by CNet. Stock Graphs This site will show you graphs of many stocks, including high and low values of the days trading. TidBITS This is a newsletter to find all of the breaking news about Apple and Macs. Great place to keep yourself up to date. Also has links to the makers of the news you read