Miscellaneous
MacUser's Sites
- All Play and No Work
- Fastball
- The best general-purpose baseball page around, with enough links to
stories and stats to satisfy all but the most hard-core baseball fan
- Games Domain
- If there's a more complete computer-games Web site on the Net, we haven't
found it. This page contains links to hundreds of games-related home pages;
dozens of commercial pages; and oodles of FAQs, walk-thrus, game patches,
hints, FTP sites, and online magazines
- SpeedNet
- From the point leaders on the NASCAR circuit to the budding political
career of Richard Petty, this site's complete coverage of auto racing will
keep any fanatic in the pole position
- The Basketball Server
- Do ya love the game? Then you'll love the site. Game summaries, box
scores, divisional races, and more will have any basketball fan spending
more than three seconds here
- The MUD Resource Collection
- If you don't know your MUSH from your MOO, this is a good place to
begin your explorations. MUDs (multiuser dimensions/domains/dialogs/dungeons)
are online multiplayer fantasy games whose themes range from the social
to the sociopathic
- The NHL OPEN NET
- The National Hockey League's site has everything you need to know about
the coolest game in town: news, game schedules, rules, rosters, statistics,
and lots more. There's additionally a Web version of NHL This Week, the
league's official newsletter. The NHL OPEN NET even schedules live chats
with popular players such as Pat LaFontaine, of the Buffalo Sabers.
- Universal Access BlackJack Server
- Care to practice your blackjack skills prior to playing for keepsies
in Vegas or Atlantic City? No need for a partner when you can log onto
this blackjack site
- Zarf's List of Interactive
Games on the Web
- Zarf's list of games is like a fully loaded toy box without the mess.
Hot links connect you to interactive games, ranging from Netpoker to Name
That Tune, as well as interactive toys, old and new
- An Apple A Day
- Apple Computer
- If you want the scoop on anything Apple-related, such as product and
pricing information, go to the source. It's a heck of a lot quicker than
getting through to the company on the phone
- Apple
Software Updates
- This hypertext front end to Apple's FTP site contains the latest system-software
updates and Apple utilities, along with older system software you might
have a hard time tracking down elsewhere
- Cyberian Outpost
- Whether you're in the market for a Performa 6200 or a Beavis Butt-head
screen saver, you'll find it all at the Cyberian Outpost. This colorful
online computer store offers detailed product information, reviews, and
photos of an extensive Mac selection that rivals that of the biggest superstore.
Order online or by phone.
- INFO-MAC
HyperArchive ROOT
- A volunteer effort by Mac users the world over, the Info-Mac archive
is one of the biggest and best Internet collections of Mac software and
information. File descriptions and downloads are one click away
- QuickTime VR
- Offering the QuickTime VR player as well as downloadable 3-D landscapes
and objects, Apple's QuickTime VR Web site opens the gateway to virtual
worlds
- The MacInTouch Home Page
- The Web home of Ric Ford's MacWEEK column, MacInTouch (the best source
of up-to-the-minute Macintosh info in print), doesn't contain the actual
column but goes it one better by being even more current
- The Well Connected Mac
- The Well Connected Mac acts as Information Central for almost everything
Mac-related. Hook up to more than 1,400 Mac vendors, hundreds of Mac FTP
sites, a huge index of software and hardware reviews, and the Buying and
Selling Macs FAQ
- University of Texas Mac
Archive
- This comprehensive archive includes descriptions of all the latest
cool software available on the Internet
- Blinded By Science
- Ocean Planet
- A traveling exhibition by the Smithsonian Institution, featuring information
on biodiversity and the environment. This elaborate online science project
also confronts ocean issues, undersea vents, and recent watery discoveries.
- The Nine Planets
- Cuddle up to your computer and get intimate with our own little corner
of the galaxy by surfing out to The Nine Planets, where text, pictures,
sounds, and movies transport you all the way to the moon and beyond
- The
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Everyone's heard of the Seven Wonders, but how much do you know about
them? This detailed guide has images, information, speculation, and extensive
historical data on the Seven Wonders, plus links to other archaeological
resources
- The U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
- Paleontology is the study of dinosaurs, right? Not quite! Paleontology
is the study of all fossilized remains, of which dinosaurs are only a small
part. This virtual museum has exhibits on geological time, evolutionary
topics, and fossil records as well as (of course) the famous hall of dinosaurs
- Do It Yourself
- Build a Card
- Uh-oh. You're on a business trip, and you forgot that today is your
anniversary. It may be too late for flowers but not for a personalized
electronic greeting card
- Confession Booth
- In this hurly-burly world, it's tough enough just to get to the market
before closing, much less take time out for Higher Purposes. If the guilt
of past actions weighs heavily upon your soul, take a few moments to visit
the Confession Booth
- Firefly
- Meet your match with this personalized music service. Firefly recommends
artists or albums for you based on your ratings of preselected artists
and sound samples
- Foreign Languages
for Travelers
- For those of us who endured five years of Spanish classes only to recall
the single phrase Albondigas, no te dije?, this site is a godsend. Download
sound files of the most helpful phrases in 19 languages. For those who
still find themselves struggling with a language, the site also includes
links to other phrase pages and to online translation dictionaries.
- Madlib!
- Submit a couple of silly adjectives, some verbs ending in -ed, and
a noun or two, and you've got an online Madlib masterpiece that will spark
as many giggles as its paper-based predecessor
- Security APL Quote Server
- Stock quotes come one at a time, but they're free and you don't have
to register to get them. The quote server can also link you to Securities
and Exchange Commission filings for the companies you select
- The Cyrano Server
- If a sincere love letter is beyond your capabilities, let Cyrano do
the work for you. Merely fill in a few blanks, and the server will compose
a love letter in any of seven distinct styles. Also available: personalized
Dear John letters.
- The San Francisco Exploratorium
- Even if you don't live in the Bay Area, the Exploratorium's Web-based
Learning Studio brings scientific experimentation to your Mac
- WEB Personals
- If you're looking for love or just a good laugh, hook up to this swinging
social scene. Ads are categorized by the kind of relationship desired and
then grouped by country and state. As with printed personals, it's a seller's
market for heterosexual women: When we checked, 481 women sought relationships
with men, whereas 2,703 men sought female companionship
- Have You Lost Your Mind?
- Captain James T. Kirk Sing-Along Page
- Celebrate the short-lived but horrible singing career of William Shatner,
with seven sound clips from Shatner remakes of classics such as "Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Mr. Tambourine Man." Or steel
yourself against the siren sounds of Nichelle Nichols' (Star Trek's Lieutenant
Uhura) one album sample before pointing your ears toward tracks from any
one of Leonard Nimoy's ten albums
- Solid Space
- "Your source for important information and things to tell your
friends" focuses on obscure baby-boomer-era topics that you won't
see covered anywhere else. A photo essay entitled "The Dark Side of
PEZ" features illustrations of the 1970s skull-head PEZ dispenser,
and a well-illustrated history of GAF View-Masters includes photographs
of the popular stereo viewers from 1945. TV personality Mr. T. makes a
special guest appearance
- Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
- Remove the lounge lizard from the endangered species list! This homage
to Juan Esquivel and space-age pop symbolizes a revival of '50s glamour
that practically reeks of smoking jackets and cheesy music. If you start
craving cocktails, hot links to various online lounges will have you sipping
screwdrivers and humming along with the Muzak in no time
- The Blue Dot
- This warped art gallery dishes up a smorgasbord including a ghastly
gargoyle hunt, a sardonic stamp collection featuring such trashy '90s icons
as Tonya Harding and Amy Fisher, and a freedom-fighting Rabbit Rat
- The Foolproof Guide to
Making Any Woman Your Platonic Friend
- Both genders will appreciate this exploration of the most painful words
in any language: "I just want to be friends" and "I don't
want to risk our friendship." Especially fun is the Dear Abby-ish
advice to guys: One poor fellow was jilted by a woman who explained, "I
like you too much." Yeah, right
- The KOOKS Museum
- The KOOKS Museum is Donna J. Kossy's look at world-class conspiracy
nuts, quacks, and hatemongers - those wacky folks who make walking down
a city street a little bit like a trip through the secure wing of your
local hospital. Kossy is a serious student of crackpotology, and her sites
offer gems such as the excerpts from a letter written by George Dahl, who
makes a convincing case that a New York blackout was staged solely to observe
and control him. Don't forget to stop by the Kooks Museum Gift Shoppe on
your way out
- If Your Subscription Has Run Out
- George
- The electronic version of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s, new political vehicle
packs a good sampling of the magazine's "not just politics as usual"
content as well as a bulletin board and fun interactive features such as
the "Political Trivia Quiz.
- Guitar World
- Part of the problem with writing about music is . . . you're writing
about music. When a Guitar World article on the Web gives an example of
a hot riff, you can actually hear it played
- MacUser
- Well, really, what did you expect? Visit our online home to access
key articles and even more hot links to some very cool sites. While you're
there, get the inside scoop on all the extra info we didn't have room for
in the magazine.
- The Utne Lense
- The Lense is based on The Utne Reader, an eclectic Reader's Digest
of the alternative press. Like its print counterpart, The Utne Lense is
smart and stylish and doesn't descend to gratuitously hip posturing
- Tripod
- A unisex lifestyle e-zine for 20-somethings who give a damn
- Just the Stats, Ma'am
- FINWeb
- FINWeb contains a comprehensive collection of pointers to financial
and economic information, including business- as well as academic-oriented
sites
- NETworth
- Galt Technologies' attractive site provides all sorts of information
for individual investors. Learn about insurance, retirement planning, taxes,
and more
- Project Vote Smart
- Learn about political candidates before you vote. Project Vote Smart
sends out questionnaires to federal and state office seekers, to get their
opinions on key campaign issues. What it gets back is what you see
- SEC EDGAR Database
- Search the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR (Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) database to get the scoop on all U.S.
public companies
- STATUSA
- Get your hot little hands on business and economic statistics the U.S.
Department of Commerce has gathered from more than 50 federal agencies.
But be prepared to pay - STATUSA is a subscription-based service
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- Check up on Congress - search the Congressional Record, find out the
status of a bill, or share a piece of your mind with that special someone
on Capitol Hill
- When Taco Bell is No Longer the Answer
- Julie's Low Fat-Free Resources List
- You want the skinny on fat? Julie's is where it's at. You'll find links
to the low-fat and fat-free Usenet newsgroups and FAQs as well as links
to more than a dozen sites containing low- and no-fat recipes. Julie's
list also has links to suppliers of some of the more hard-to-find health
snacks
- When the Cable Goes Out
- Anime Web Turnpike
- Anime is the animation arm of the popular Japanese drawing style Manga.
There are hundreds of Anime and Manga sites scattered across the Web, and
the Anime Web Turnpike is a good starting point
- European Comics on
the Net
- Comics fans bored by Blondie and her Sunday-paper cohorts should check
out this collection of links to comics from the Continent and learn why
Europeans are having the last laugh.
- Mr. Showbiz
- Mr. Showbiz offers interviews, gossip, news, and more on all things
showbiz - stage, screen, radio, or TV
- Musi-Cal
- Find out who's heating up the stage in your downtown, or browse through
your favorite artist's tour schedule. Also use the system to link to artists,
venues, and the CDWorld shopping service
- tarantino world
- If you've ever wondered what was in that much desired briefcase in
Pulp Fiction, this site's for you. Covering all things related to hip director
Quentin Tarantino, tarantino world features discussion areas, sounds, pictures,
and links to other Tarantino-fan sites
- The Calvin and Hobbes Jumpstation
- Delve into the psyches of an obnoxious boy, his tiger, and the man
who made it all happen, with this collection of cartoons and links to related
archives, FTP sites, newsgroups, and home pages devoted to the nation's
most adored brat
- The Dilbert Zone
- Don't bother reading Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, or Barrons.
If you want to know what's really going on behind the scenes in corporate
America, Scott Adams' hilarious comic strip is the only source you need
- The Internet Movie Database
- Microsoft's Cinemania is great, but does it keep up-to-date with the
latest hot movies? Does it let you add your own knowledge about films to
the database? The Internet Movie Database does all that and more.
- The Internet Underground Music Archive
- The IUMA will rock your world, with its searchable indexes of signed
and independent acts as well as music publications and music archives
- The Ultimate Band
List
- Probably the largest list of music links on the Web, this site sounds
off with every band you've ever heard of and lots of bands you haven't
- TV Net
- If you're a fan of a show you're sure nobody remembers, this is where
you'll find six Web sites devoted to it
- When You've Forgotten The Number for 911
- Centers for Disease Control
- This government site offers a heap of consumer and policy information
on health matters plus links to a slew of health statistics
- ChronicIll Net
- An excellent collection of resources, news, and research on a wide
variety of illnesses and medical conditions, including cancer, heart disease,
AIDS, neurological diseases, and much more.
- Health and Human Services
- The HHS site has links to other health-related government sites, in
addition to much consumer and policy information. Technical terms are linked
to definitions in the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary
- University of Pittsburgh's
Alternative Medicine Homepage
- This medicine page links you to other alternative-medicine sites as
well as to clinical studies and National Institute of Health research on
alternative methods. It's also the best place to get the straight dope
on medical marijuana
- When Your Creative License Has Expired
- ArtSource
- Don't expect to find any amateurish doodlings among this selective
collection of links to high-caliber online art and architecture.
- Asian Arts
- A wide variety of exhibitions and articles on Asian art, gallery information,
and reader feedback, all set in an elegant online design.
- Image Soup
- This quarterly online publication from New York offers how-to advice
for applications such as Photoshop and Director
- Kai's Power Tips and Tricks
- Tips and tricks for artists from fans of MetaTools' hot plug-in. Discussion
groups, pointers to other graphics sites, plus a digital gallery make this
a great place to start if you're thinking about working with Photoshop.
- Multimedia Authoring Web
- Your one-stop shop for links and information on multimedia-development
resources for CD-ROMs, video, animation, online publishing, and more
- The Web Museum
- Based in Paris and dedicated to bringing fine art to the Internet,
The Web Museum features an extensive image collection that includes 20th-century
art; medieval works; and famous works from such respected artists as Cezanne,
El Greco, Renoir, O'Keefe, Dali, and countless others
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