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Bare Bones Guide to HTML: You don't need a pricey HTML (HyperText Markup Language) editor to write HTML. This is where I learned HTML. All my pages are maintained using regular, old "WordPad®", and utilize the commands included here. The instructions are available in 24 languages.
Broken link checker: This is a service of Host Pulse. You enter the URL of the World-Wide Web page whose links you want to check into the query box (do not include the "http://"), and click 'Go!'. This will check up to ten screens' worth of links. This site will save you a lot of time; however, I recommend clicking on the URLs it shows to be broken. Some sites do not want to be remotely spidered, so there is a possibility for false positives.
JavaScript Planet: The entry page for a compendium of JavaScript & DHTML applets. Don't re-invent the wheel. Obtain a duplicate here.
Feedroll: Free service that translate RSS feeds into Javascript for use on a website. RECOMMENDED
Webmonkey: Here is a thorough World-Wide Web site with lots of “how-to's” for constructing your own HTML pages.
Web color charts: A World-Wide Web page with many links to URLs which will help you add color to your World-Wide Web pages.
Enetation: A free BLOG commenting service that provides extras that BLOGGER, etc. do not.
Color specifier: If you do not need a nearly-infinite color selection, this URL illustrates the 390 non-dithering colors which can be reproduced in many browsers, including older versions of Netscape.
Colour Scheme Machine: This site has three, well-thought-out frames. This allows you to interactively test out text, background, & link colors.
Color Picker: This W-WW page allows you to only choose “safe” colors.
Media Gods' color picker: Here is a site where you move your mouse to a specific pixel on the screen which most closely represents the color you desire. Click thereupon, and the shade shall be broken out for you, along with its hexidecimal code.
Pursuing page publishing: Here is where Justin Hall lets you in on the big World-Wide Web secret. [It's a secret because profiteers do not want you to know the truth!]
Internet
Smart Whois: Here is one site which can obtain the owner of an Internet domain name; & do a forward or reverse DNS lookup.
Sam Spade: Here is another site like Smart Whois. It has more commands you can interactively utilize.
DShield: This is another World-Wide Web site where you can look up your own, or another, Internet Protocol [I. P.] Address. Back parse to the virgule and learn more about its distributed intrusion detection system.
DNS Stuff: Here is a W-WW site with numerous domain, I. P. Address, & hostname tests. It will show your I. P. Address & bit rate, and locate it for you.
AdHoc IP Tools: This is a collection of TCP/IP and Internet tools gathered from around the W-WW for anyone interested in tracking down DNS, HTTP headers, traceroutes from various backbones, and more.
Krazee's computer security super-site: This W-WW site has computer & browser security testing, firewalls, virus checkers, trojan scanners, & more.
The List of Internet Service Providers: If you are looking for a different ISP, here's a superb place to start. I located my current ISP through this.
I S P Com: I heard about this World-Wide Web site on "Open.tv"; a show on the Colours public service channel.
Broadband Reports: If you are considering upgrading to broadband Internet access, this is a very informative & comprehensive site which will let you know if your local telephone company's central office has _DSL wiring. It has an informative forum where subscribers of either _DSL or cable modems relate their experiences. You need to accept cookies to use this site.
Public access newsservers: Here is a comprehensive site noting newsservers available to you. Some are inadvertantly open, and will soon close, but some are dedicated to this.
Internet Country Codes: Here is a text file which identifies each country's geographic domain code.
Serious fun: Here is a site which has links which show off the graphics and visual capabilities of Silicon Graphics' workstations. It is a good test of your computer's graphics card as well.
Buckyball: This is a Java-based page which lets you rotate something quite familiar to me. What is not mentioned in the instructions is that if you hold down the right button on your mouse, you can simulate 3-D action! Buckyball is named for R. Buckminster [Bucky] Fuller.
Telecom information resources: Over 7000 links to telecommunications resources on the World-Wide Web. All aspects are included, from the technical data, to the economic impact thereof.
: The FreeSite; Here is a site which collates all types of freebies on the World-Wide Web.
Older browsers: This site was mentioned on Tech TV's [c.v.] "The Screen Savers". It is a repository of older versions of World-Wide Web browsers; including, but not limited to, Netscape & Microsoft©®. It is a world community for W-WW developers; promoting the mutual free exchange of ideas, skills & experiences.
mIRC homepage: mIRC is the Internet Relay Channel program I recommend for all users with Windows®-based computers. (Please send Khaled the registration fee.)
spazÜ's Place: SpazÜ has a comprehensive computer security site. He gives valuable information about proxies, cookies, & JavaScript and ActiveX©®. He also links to RAM's F.A.Q. about how to maintain personal privacy when on the World-Wide Web. This site has a frame.
Still Listener's Corner: Here's an excellent site with links to many significant Internet programs. You can locate utilities about audio|video, compressors, newsreaders, and all kinds of editors, graphics, players, encoders, hard drives, proxies, safety, security, & more.
Digital Digest: This is not really a site where you can obtain an anonymous proxy. It reports about Internet security, computer security, what is inside your computer [cards, drivers, & settings]. It has a rubric orbiting around Linux. Registration is not required.
Maria's Tech BBS: Maria's site is now solely composed of her links to security and anonymity W-WW sites.
Dark FAQs: Here is a good World-Wide Web site with easy-to-comprehend screens about how to configure your browser(s) and other programs to maximize your security & anonymity while on the Internet. I send you to a reflector.
Teka's BBS: Teka is a central headquarters for crackers. There are many informative links here. The bulk of the site consists of a password dump, identifying W-WW sites with inadequate security. I send you to a reflector. The current actual URL is http://members.rott.chello.nl/l.denhartog/index.htm.
If you are searching for cHUMASH or Deviants, the link is now on my Adult-Oriented bookmark page. {And it still goes off-line sporadically.}
PayPal™ Sucks: This is a clearinghouse of information, including a message forum, which alleges that PayPal™ is a corporation that requires its users (in the U.S.A.) to waive their rights to credit card consumer protection laws, and that the user may not issue a chargeback for anything purchased using his|her credit card and PayPal™ account in order to use the service.
Anonymous browsing quick-start: This W-WW site has a clutch of links upon which you can check your security and anonymity.
Firewall forensics: This is an FAQ which informs you about your computer's internal ports. It explains what and where intruders are trying to penetrate your system. Some interactive checking services are available.
Anonymizing yourself: Here is an excellent site giving specific, detailed information (in two URLs) on how to make yourself less visible to World-Wide Web sites, Usenet newsgroups, and E-Mail address harvesters, while still browsing, lurking, & contributing. The digest version: Disable both Java and JavaScript|ActiveX®. Sunny last updated this in November 2001.
Anonymity on IRC: If you want to lower your profile when on IRC, or if you want to try and learn someone else's real identity, this is an informative site. Engaging in a DCC transfer can rapidly pinpoint you. IRC is less intrusive than in-house chats on America On-Line or the Microsoft©® Network. (Those services inform you [way down in their Terms of Service contracts] that they log all chats: public & private!)
How to bypass Internet Censorship: This is a tutorial on how to bypass Internet Censorship using proxies, shells, etc. Methods to defeat filtering in schools, countries, & companies are described. The site is available in English, Español, & Deutsch.
Shields Up!: Gibson Research Corp., whose president is Steve Gibson, offers this page for PC & Windows® users only. On this page is a service where you can securely test your computer's shields & probe your computer's ports.
Virus myths: Here is an opposite viewpoint. This was the site maintained by Rob Rosenberger, who viewed much of what Steve Gibson utters as hysterical paranoia. R. Rosenberger shipped out to the Persian Gulf in July 2003 on an extended deployment for the U. S. Air Force. The site is frozen in place.
GRC Sucks: This is the site which presents evidence that GRC.com is not all that it claims to be. I attempt to be tolerant & egalitarian, so I urge you to view all three of these sites, and make up your own mind.
Online I. P. Tools: This is MSV.DK. The site is administered by Martin Svenningsen. It is an Internet networking utility page which measures your connection speed; and has available options to perform Whois, DNS lookups, and browser checks. It also has a rubric covering site security and privacy, & much more.
Proxy judge #1: Here is my preferred proxy judge. All the proxy judges to which I link are version 2.35. AnonyLevel 1 is the most secure. This is my browsers' start page. The administrator of this proxy judge wrote to request I use this URL. If you are testing proxies using a program, do not use this proxy judge. An SSL proxy judge is also available if you back-parse. This host does not resolve to a numeric I. P. Address, and it has been off-line recently. [white on black]
Proxy judge #2: What is most important is whether your actual Internet Protocol [I. P.] Address is displayed anywhere on the output screen. If you know of any more proxy judges, version 2.35 or higher, please let me know.
For personal World-Wide Web anonymous surfing, I recommend using a proxy judged Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3. Test your proxy to see if it can handle SSL connections. If it cannot (many Level 1 proxies cannot), you may need to use a different one for SSL. You need to check your proxy against only one of these judges. [pale gray on maroon]
Proxy judge #3: Proxy judges frequently go down. Many of these proxy judges are physically hosted in Japan. Although I send you to an English-language variant of this page, it, along with many other proxy judges, shall ask you for permission to download a Japanese character set. Refuse (or cancel) it. [black on white]
Proxy judge #4: If a proxy judge disappears when you attempt to check a proxy in it, then that proxy is a filtering proxy which will refuse to connect to any number of W-WW sites. Discard it, and try another proxy. [white on black]
Proxy judge #5: This is on a ProHosting server. It places one banner ad at the top of the page. Operating a proxy judge involves obtaining CGI permissions from the W-WW host. Many servers will not allow this. This is why you do not extensively encounter proxy judge sites. [black on white]
Proxy judge #6: This is ProxyBlind's own proxy judge. It is a more-refined HTML page with an internal frame over on the left side. [black on pale gray]
Proxy judge #7: Xrea places one banner at the top of the screen. [black on white]
Proxy judge #8: Infoseek will pop-up a window if you do not have that blocked. It also puts an ad banner at the top & bottom of the screen. This one has been lowered because it is not as accurate as the other v2.35 judges (It fails to decipher an alphabetic REMOTE_HOST, even when one is obtainable.) and because it disappears if you link directly from here. (Cut & paste the link into your browser's Location line.) [pale green on white]
Proxy judge #9: This proxy judge has also been lowered because it is not as accurate as the other v2.35 judges. [black on white]
A list of proxy judges: Here is a superb page, but it has not been updated since 23 February, which strives to be the most complete and accurate W-WW site cataloging proxy judges. It does include proxy judges lower than v2.35. It also provides the text code should you want to compile your own proxy judge. Some of the proxy judges do go down sporadically for exceeding their (daily | weekly) bandwidth. {Note that it has my proxy judge #9 on the list twice.}
Anonymous proxies #1: Ooof. More proxy fora are disappearing. Lorissa's & Boardsmith's have been joined by Battlezone and Code R(estrict)ed Forum. This is Proxyrealms. It is a relatively recently founded W-WW site which has comprehensive information about proxies, including which countries might not provide the depth of anonymity you feel you need. The proxies are linked from here.
Anonymous proxies #2: This is a German BBS with many rubrics. When I look for Socks [port 1080] proxies, this site's "Proxy Dump" rubric is the first site I check.
Anonymous proxies #3: The C.L.A.N. Forum (Civil Liberties Advocacy Network) has links not only to proxies, but to other aspects of security & privacy; including hardware and software.
Anonymous proxies #4: Here is a site to which I was finally tipped off by a poster on an adult forum to which I link on my "Adult-Oriented" bookmark page. This page has a very good explanation of why you should use an anonymous proxy. It has transparent, anonymous, and highly anonymous proxies, including the country to which the I. P. Address range is reserved.
Anonymous proxies #5: Here is a proxy forum administered by EagleProxy. It has rubrics orbiting around privacy, proxies, & computer technology and security. You need to register here in order to post or respond.
Anonymous proxies #6: This is the fifth of five pages of Socks proxies. (Click on a link at the bottom of the page to see the previous page.) HTTP proxies are via a link on the left side of the screen [20 pages]. You can also check out its BBS {unfortunately; it seems to have an “attitude”} at http://www.samair.ru/f/index.php
Anonymous proxies #7: This is a relatively new security and anonymity forum. However, it seems to have been abandoned. If this URL does not forward you to the actual site, the current real URL is http://w0g.proboards22.com/index.cgi.
Anonymous proxies #8: This is Stay Invisible. It is a security clearinghouse W-WW site. Its core is a daily updated list of free & functioning proxy servers plus proxy related information and tools. The proxies, and all the rubrics here, are in the "Main Menu" box on the upper left. Registration for the site's security forum is optional.
Anonymous proxies #9: Here is a dynamic proxy site. It has a proxy checker (on the left side of the screen). You can select a proxy from its database, which has both transparent and anonymous proxies, and instantly test it. Do test a result of “Anonymous” in one of the proxy judge URLs above; as I discovered quite a few which spilled my real I. P. Address. The proxies can be searched on a spectrum of variables. There is also a link to a forum. This site may go down for a while due to exceeding its bandwidth.
Anonymous proxies #10: This proxy forum has been around since May 2003. Most of the proxy posts are by its administrator. He seems to provide a list twice a month. He mentions another forum, but I cannot find its URL. I send you to a reflector.
K U B a r: Here is an interactive W-WW site which has gateways to ten W-WW-based proxy services. I can recommend this if your workplace blocks access to URLs it deems "non-essential" {such as your resumé posting site}. This site has a frame.
Free Network Project: As seen on Tech TV's [c.v.] "The Screen Savers", Freenet is a peer-to-peer network designed to allow the distribution of information over the Internet in an efficient manner, without fear of censorship. Freenet is completely decentralized. This means that Freenet cannot be attacked or blocked.
CyberArmy Headquarters: CyberArmy is a group of netizens who believe in a deregulated Internet; free from external control. It supports Open Source. It has a good discussion forum.
Tech TV: Tech TV is one of my favorite channels on Dish Network® dbs {Ch. 191}. It provides a balanced view of computing & the Internet.
FastMail: FastMail is a service dedicated to bringing the fastest, most accessible, & feature rich, free E-Mail service on the W-WW. My main E-Mail address is affiliated here. It requires neither Java nor JavaScript|ActiveX®. There are scores of domain names now available.
Mail 15 | HotBOX.ru: Ananzi.co.za may be scaling back, but Mail 15 is going the opposite direction. A recent redesign has spun Mail 15 back under the rubric of its website parent, HotBOX.ru. It now allows 40 MB of free E-Mail storage space. You can select from eleven domain names. I send you to an (partial) English-language page. JavaScript|ActiveX® does not have to be on, and cookies may be disabled. It now also offers a free 20 MB personal World-Wide Web site for each E-Mail account.
The instructions on how to set-up and access the free W-WW site are in Russian only.
Ananzi E-Mail: Ananzi is an E-Mail service which is hosted in South Africa. It has a good virus detector, and does not automatically open E-Mail attachments. It allows only 4 MB of storage for free accounts.
Pop3now: Pop3now will retrieve E-Mail from any POP3 server, as long as you know the username & password. I used it to retrieve my mail from several POP3 E-Mail accounts. It works better if you turn on JavaScript|ActiveX®.
Free E-Mail services: Another way to dodge spam is to use a “throw away” E-Mail account. This site offers hundreds of companies which will allow you to not use your primary E-Mail account. View its forum.
Be a web hound: This site teaches you how to refine your searches to hone in on exactly the material which fulfills your quest. It will take some time initially, but you will know how to find information very swiftly thereafter.
Google™ link search (advanced): Google™ is a human-based search engine which is especially keen on rejecting URLs which are nothing more than spam traps. It is my favorite. It even finds my World-Wide Web pages.
Digital's® AltaVista®: This is Digital® Equipment Corp.'s search engine. It is very good at detecting which other sites link to a specific World-Wide Web page, and translating W-WW pages into another language.
Teoma: Here is another search engine which was mentioned on Tech TV [c.v.]. Leo Laporte seemed to be quite impressed by it.
Internet meta-index: Here is a meta-index aimed at those who have elected to not yield to browser bloat. The sites which are referred in here will display on all browsers, including low-numbered versions of Netscape and Microsoft©®.
RingSurf: RingSurf offers easy access to thousands of member World-Wide Web sites organized by related interests into easy-to-travel rings. If you seek other persons who share your hobby, link here. RingSurf is completely free & does not require you to identify yourself in order to maintain a site thereupon.
Domeus: Here is what seems to be a potential contender for Yahoo!®groups.
World Birthday Web: Get personal. Here is where you can learn who is celebrating a birthday today. You can send them a private E-Mail message, or perhaps browse their World-Wide Web pages.
On-line language translations: Here is a site which provides translations of words, & URLs from English to French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, or Korean (and vice versa).
Japanese <-> English dictionary: Did you link to a page which seemed to have the information for which you were looking, but it had those unfamiliar Japanese kanji characters on it? Here is a World-Wide Web page which can come to your assistance.
Pig Latin translator: The World-Wide Web is truly universal, now that it has this phenomenal service. This page will translate your designated text into Pig Latin.
Resources
Internet Archive: This is the most amazing resource you shall ever find on the World-Wide Web! The Internet Archive is a U.S.A.-based 501(c)(3) public nonprofit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering free and permanent access to historical digital collections for researchers, historians, and scholars. I found my “lost” Chicago POWER results & statistics pages archived here.
: A great page that focuses on a weekly photography challenge. Quite Creative.
American Civil Liberties Union: This is the W-WW site of the U.S.A.'s most important voice on behalf of individuals. You do not have to agree with all the positions it supports in order to understand its importance.
U. S. Government information: Fedworld is the entry point to a vast number of U. S. Governmental World-Wide Web sites. It is a program of the U. S. Department of Commerce.
National Address ZIP + 4 server: This site will yield the ZIP + 4 ZIP Code for virtually any address serviced by the United States Postal Service. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX®.
Currency converter: Here is a good interactive site which will provide the exchange rate between your home country & the recipient country. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX® to use this site.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: The EFF, one of whose founders is John Perry Barlow, is an organization promoting freedom of expression in digital media. It is the organization responsible for the "Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech".
Free Speech Internet TV: Free Speech Internet TV is the first audio|video hub on the World-Wide Web created and defined by the people who use it. Free Speech Internet TV's commitment is to offer services. It is now available on Dish Network® direct broadcast satellite. I send you to a page without the frame.
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: This is the organization which defends illustrators of comic books, & the stores which sell them. Some judges and juries have been convicting comic book store owners for selling a comic book intended for "adults only" to an adult.
Fight Spam on the Internet!: Even a luddite knows what is the technological definition of "spam". This is a valuable W-WW site which is a clearinghouse of information on how to combat spam, from your own E-Mail inbox, all the way back to the reprehensible & loathesome cretin who sent it.
On-line hoaxes: Urban legends migrate to the World-Wide Web. Before you forward that E-Mail which purports to disclose a life- (or computer-) saving message, please check here.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Across the U.S.A., some houses of religion are dabbling into something expressly prohibited to them by the U. S. Constitution: partisan politics. If you do not want religious leaders to use their pulpits to encourage their subjects to codify their beliefs upon you, by electing people to public office, or being appointed to the judiciary, this site is important.
Reference sources: A dictionary, thesaurus, and rhyming dictionary.
Surplus & Salvage directory: Looking for items inexpensively? This site will alert you to the companies and stores which sell discontinued and|or distressed merchandise.
PriceSCAN: PriceSCAN is the unbiased guide to the lowest prices on books, computers, electronics, movies, video games, & more. Link here before you buy.
mySimon: mySimon is a service of CNet® Media. It is a World-Wide Web site which turns its shopping bots loose on the Internet to find prices of items for which you are seeking. For something eminating from a W-WW behemoth, it is extremely good.
Simply Quick: Simply Quick, domiciled in New Zealand, provides unbiased, independent information on World-Wide Web shopping, discount, coupon, & travel sites.
got apex?: As mentioned on Tech TV [c.v.], this is a W-WW site which collates deals, coupons, rebates, & special on-line offers. It concentrates on computers and electronic gear. It strives to be your portal to the hottest deals.
Reseller Ratings: This is a W-WW site, also mentioned on Tech TV [c.v.], which allows you to compare product prices across a spectrum of on-line purveyors. It also has a keen forum where you can learn about the sites surveyed herein, as well as technical aspects of computing and the Internet.
Amazing Bargains: Here is another W-WW site which compounds discount and free offers on the Internet. The moderators of the Bidding For Travel BBS [c.v.] urge everybody to use this site's link to Priceline® to submit their bids.
Edward R. Hamilton, bookseller: I have ordered books from Edward R. Hamilton, of Falls Village, CT., for over fifteen years. It started out as a remaindered-only, mail order company. It keeps its prices low by not accepting credit cards or doing any billing. The ultimate payoff is at the conclusion. It charges only $3.50 for postage & handling, regardless of the number of books which you order.
Dial-around telephone rates: If you are perplexed by the panoply of "10-10" long-distance dialing services, here is a valuable W-WW site which has information on many of them. Intrastate, interstate, & international rates are annotated.
Films: The University of New Orleans' Silent Films site. Learn about most of the silent-era film stars, and view clips of their movies. When you consider only a quarter of a century ago, these films were in danger of being lost forever (due to their existance only on highly-flammable nitrate film stock), that they are now available on the W-WW is a magnificent achievement.
Travel
MapQuest: MapQuest provides driving directions, maps, & live traffic reports. It includes much searching criteria.
Maps On Us: Maps On Us is a free route map planner. If you register (free), it gives you additional options.
MapBlast!: MapBlast is back. It has shorn most of its intrusive ad banners which rendered attempting to print out your map an absurd challenge. However, it is now affiliated with Microsoft©®.
Speed Trap Exchange: If you're out on the highway, you see them everyday. Traffic is moving safely and expeditiously, but not legally according to the posted speed limit. Link here to learn where are the speed traps out on the highways of the U.S.A.
Aircraft flight tracking: Is your flight delayed? Are you at the airport right now wondering if the airline's gate agent is telling you the complete truth? Link here for the real answer. This site collects data from air traffic control across the U.S.A. Select a text or a visual version.
Travelocity®: This is the on-line travel agency associated with American Airlines. It has the "FareWatch" program.
All these travel reservation sites work swifter if you do not use a proxy server, do accept cookies, & turn on JavaScript|ActiveX®. This site no longer supports Netscape v4.7#.
American Express® Travel: This was Internet Travel Network. It is another on-line travel planning & reservation source.
One Travel: One Travel is a W-WW site consolidating airline, hotel, & auto rental companies' "Internet only" specials.
Orbitz: This is the controversial W-WW site presented by five major U.S.A. airlines. I have found and booked some solid travel bargains here. It charges a service fee for airline tickets which you can avoid by seeing which airline has the lowest price here, and then visiting that airline's own W-WW site.
Priceline®: Priceline® is an aggregator of airline tickets, & hotel rooms. Registration is required in order to use this service. The concept is that you name the price you are willing to pay for the airline ticket, or hotel room, in a specified area. [For hotel rooms, you specify the star-level you desire. Here are the minimum bids per star-level: 1¤ = $15; 2¤ = $18; 2½¤ = $20; 3¤ = $25; Boutique = $25; 4¤ = $40; Resort = $40; 5¤ = $55] < /FONT >
Hotwire®: Hotwire® is a site which searches other travel W-WW sites searching for low fares from the cities & on the days you indicate on its form. You must register in advance with it.
Bidding for Travel: This is a BBS where you learn how users of Priceline® bid for travel, including the prices which were accepted.
Johnny Jet: As seen on Tech TV [c.v.]; this is a site with hundreds of links to travel W-WW sites. The most poignant one is likely that to "Tips | Auction Advice".
Southwest Airlines: My favorite airline. Sign up for Rapid Rewards®, and collate sixteen credits in 365 days. You shall earn a free round trip anywhere Southwest flies. More significantly, you will be able to find a seat when you attempt to claim your award flights.
Digital City Travel: This site is especially good at locating the spectrum of “last-minute” airfares from select cities across the U.S.A. The best time to begin looking for cheap airfares is 1:00 am [Eastern Time]. The best day is Wednesday.
Roomsaver: Here is another compounder of hotel & motel coupons. This site also allows you to print out coupons from its guides on-line. This corporation now publishes both “the green guide” and “the yellow guide”.
I-95 information: Interstate 95 [I-95] is the main highway on the east coast of the U.S.A. Portions of it are a toll road. If you do drive I-95, here is a World-Wide Web site which lets you know about food, lodging, gasoline prices, shopping, & more along its route.
Gasoline prices: GasBuddy is a portal site to more than 100 gas price information web sites. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX®. I recommend registering for these fora. It will help more people learn the location of lower-priced gas stations where they are, or where they shall travel.
Motel 6 ®: Motel 6 ® is the U.S.A.'s lowest-priced national motel chain. I began staying at Motel 6 in 1987. On-line reservations are available.
Hostelling International: When you travel, staying at a hostel puts you in touch with people who are very interested in sharing their journeys with you. It is also one of the least expensive ways to sleep. This is the central site of HI-AYH. It is available in four languages. You don't have to be under 30 years of age to stay here, either. Bring a towel.
Quirky Japan: Here's a great site pointing out all the non-touristy things in Japan, and especially Tokyo. Do note the links for "Budget Travel", & "Really cool places no one ever visits". This page has a frame, which I have bypassed for this screen. It is slow loading.
Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago is one of the easiest cities (in the U.S.A.) to traverse without an automobile. Link here for routes, maps, & schedules. Base fare is $1.75; a transfer (good for two more rides in a two-hour time span) is an additional 25¢.
San Francisco underground travel: It's a lot different being shown around by a friend in San Francisco than navigating the foggy maze on your own. This is the best independent guide to what is worth seeing, and what is just a tourist trap. This site has three frames.
Market Street Railway: It is overshadowed by the city's cable cars, but San Francisco also has a fleet of electric streetcars running along Market Street seven days a week. Here you can learn more about San Francisco's transit history, the postwar P. C. C. (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcars used to provide service, and how to become a member of the organization.
Zines | Diverse Culture
Quimby's Zine Store: Quimby's is Chicago's most comprehensive zine store. Most of the zines which I read are obtained here. It does mail zines within the U.S.A.
Brains On Film Forum: Here is a BBS inspired by, and spun off from, the William Girdler effort mentioned beneath. It encompasses more than movies. "Brains On Film" was originally a television show on Lexington, KY. public access cable. Back-parse the URL here (& at William Girdler) to view the main page of the site. I highly recommend registering here. I spend a substantial amount of on-line time here. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX® and accept cookies. There are other “B”-movie BBS' out here which I do not recommend because they are ruled by intolerant moderators, who hold an exalted opinion of themselves; and who attack, ban, & flame anybody who doesn't agree with them.
William Girdler: Never heard of William Girdler? It is understandable. He directed a handful of "exploitation movies" in the 1970's, of which the most known is Abby, which was suppressed by Warner Bros. because it drew too closely from The Exorcist, before dying in an accident while exploring shooting locations in 1978. This W-WW site is a good one for learning more about his movies, and “B”-movies of all styles & genrés. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX® & accept cookies.
Live Journal: Live Journal is a free weblog service. Think of it as an "on-line diary" which anybody can view. I have a journal here, but I am not zealous at updating it frequently. I usually surf viewing journals from people and communities in which I am interested.
Shocking Videos: These are the “Berne Convention purveyors” to which I refer on my adult bookmark page.
This is Mark Johnston's enterprise. He has the most outrageous business in all of Hinton, WV. I am stunned by the movies on videocassette which he somehow manages to locate. I have obtained many movies from Shocking Videos. I highly, highly recommend it.
Witching Hour Video: This firm is like some of the others in this section, but it has multiple sub-directories on it; so it is swifter-loading. Hayden Milligan is the proprietor.
Cinefear | Exploitation Journal: Keith J. Crocker's "Exploitation Journal" is dedicated to the serious study of exploitation and drive-in cinema of the 1960's & 1970's. Keith J.'s video service is Cinefear.
Shocking Images: Shocking Images offers rare movies on videocassette & DVD. In addition, it has T-Shirts and soundtracks. Select a Java or non-Java version. There is also a message board, but it is languid.
Luminous Film & Video Wurks: Luminous' goal is to offer rare & unusual films from Europe. All genrés are presented. The basis for its availability is the power to entertain.
Video Search of Miami: VSoM is the company headed up by Thomas & Yuko Weisser. VSoM has amassed a colossal library of obscure cinematic endeavors, from many countries. It also publishes "Asian Cult Cinema" magazine, which is linked from this URL. This site has a frame.
Loop Distro: This is the Chicago-based distributor of several metropolitan zines, including "Incendiary Words". It also participates in zine readings & conferences at venues throughout the midwest U.S.A. This site has three frames.
Zine Guide: "Zine Guide" is the definitive resource for independent and underground publications. "Incendiary Words" is reviewed herein (& has received good reports). Issue #6 costs $7.95. A four-issue subscription is $24 [U.S.A.]; $32 [Canada|Mexico]; $40 [beyond North America]. Brent Ritzel is the publisher.
Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press: "Zine World" has been around a long time as well. Its editor, Jerianne, has relocated to Murfreesboro, TN. It is a less-encompassing, more thorough review publication. It is written, edited, published, and mailed out by an all-volunteer staff who believe free speech is for everyone, not just giant corporations.
I have received a letter indicating "Factsheet 5" is going to resume publishing, and honor all outstanding subscriptions (including mine); but until an issue actually arrives here, I won't list its W-WW site.
Psychotronic Film Society: This is the World-Wide Web page of Chicago's Psychotronic Film Society. Mike Flores is the head honcho of it. Mike has completed his newest movie; Bettie Page Uncensored; and offers it here.
Do not invite Mike and Michael J. Weldon to the same event. Michael J. Weldon thinks Mike stole the Psychotronic name from him. Neither was the first to popularize the word “psychotronic”. It was originally used by Chicago-based filmmakers Peter Spelson and Jack M. Sell in 1980 for their movie, The Psychotronic Man.
Shock Cinema: Steve Puchalski's "Shock Cinema" website. "Shock Cinema" is a zine which reviews some of the most bizarre, illusive films ever made. It is a superb read. Order issue #23 from him today. ($5)
Worldly Remains: "Worldly Remains" is a zine with a fresh, keen progressive edge. It entails entertainment & politics. A four-issue subscription is $22. I recommend reading this magazine.
Cashiers du Cinemart: "Cashiers du Cinemart" is a movie review zine published by Mike White. Mike has strident opinions on today's corporate movies. This site has a frame.
Atomic Books: This store has been reopened in Baltimore, MD. This place is the epicenter for alternative books, comics, & fanzines in the mid-Atlantic area.
Monty Python's Flying Circus: I should not have to explain too much about this troupe. So I won't. This World-Wide Web site is comprehensive, accurate, & ~~includes the dead parrot~~ loony.
Have I mentioned I am the chairperson of the Chicago chapter of the "Society For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things"?
Bill Owens: "Buffalo" Bill Owens' captivating World-Wide Web site. It encompasses beer, publishing, & photography. I like Bill a lot.
Censored Cartoons: Many classic theatrical cartoons have been cut or edited in order to be shown on television (and even when re-released on videocassette). This site serves as a guide to those lost moments.
The Simpsons Archive: This is an absolutely comprehensive clearinghouse of the animated television show "The Simpsons". This site has guides, news, and information. It is where to head if you have any queries.
Mediamatic: "Mediamatic" magazine has been published since 1985. It provides a perspective on, and participation in the culture where art & technology merge.
Gauntlet: "Gauntlet" is a zine which explores the limits of free expression in the U.S.A. It is published twice a year, in May & November. It is a valuable resource in the face of paranoia, hype, & the spin given against free expression by those who seek to censor it.
Hitch: "Hitch" is "The journal of pop culture absurdity". Its articles are a spectrum of fascinating and amazing subjects. It still has the most informative section on Brentwood Communications' movie DVD box sets.
A guy with a ‘"V"-in-a-crown’ logo: This guy (Stuart Helm) is a freelance Chicago-based artist & illustrator. He used to have a Registered Trademark before the corporate bullies at Kraft® Foods decided they didn't like some of his illustrations. They sued. He had no money. The CBLDF [c.v.] tried to negotiate. They managed a settlement which confiscated his trademark, but he did not have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and he is allowed to parody the name of Kraft® in the future. There is a documentary about this litigation, by Brigid Maher, titled "The King, The Lawyers, & The Cheese". This site has a frame.
Kraft® Foods still deserve to have their trademarks trashed in Havana, Cuba.
Roctober: This site is the World-Wide Web site of Jake Austen's & Jacqueline Stewart's "Roctober" zine. Roctober [n.b. There is no "k" in its name.] covers many topics, including music, comics, monkeys, masked performers, skateboarders, & Sammy Davis, Jr. Do view the "Chic-A-Go-Go!" wing.
M. K. Ultra magazine: This is the on-line version of the darkest rock & roll publication in the world. Alex Zander is the Publisher|Editor. This site has a frame.
B u s t: "Bust" magazine nearly bit the dust after its publisher went bust in 2001. To all you males who land on my bookmark page: Buy this. (It costs $14.97 for a four-issue subscription.) This is the stuff females wish you would know. The "Winter 2003" issue has just been published.
Gray Areas®: Here's a zine which looks at the contemporary world in which we live and provides insight on the edges and wrinkles that make up our id. Some sections of this site are recommended only for those at least 18 years of age.
Mother Jones: A W-WW site espousing progressive ideas for dealing with today's world.
Testicle Pressure: "TESTicle PRESSure" is a zine which revolves around music, comix, hemp, punk, psychedelia, sex, politics, & anti-corporate stuff. This W-WW site is also the official home for convicted artist Mike Diana.
Giant Robot: "Giant Robot" is a zine self-described as "Asian Pop Culture and beyond." It deals with Asian & Asian-American pursuits. It also publishes "Robot Power", and has two retail stores in western Los Angeles (across the street from the other, on Sawtelle Blvd.), & one in San Francisco.
Supersphere: "Supersphere" is a thorough Internet resource for independent & alternative culture. It has tape of live concerts, film & videos, streaming audio, zine reprints, interviews, as well as film, video, & music reviews.
EYE MagaZine: "EYE" was the glossy print magazine that blended high weirdness, under-reported news, & subcultural surveillance. The print version bit the dust. The online version is continuing.
POPsmear online: "POPsmear" was a great zine orbiting around music, sex, & living in New York City. The print version bit the dust. Select a Shockwave® or static screen.
Link TV: Link TV is an international & interactive channel that brings the world's events, issues and cultures to audiences in the U.S.A. It is under this rubric because of its music programs.
Music Box Theatre: The Music Box Theatre on Chicago's north side is one which is not afraid to show films which have bypassed the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system. With the increasing concentration of ownership of movie theatres by large corporate entities, theatres like the Music Box are very important.
Troma Entertainment: Mr. Lloyd Kaufman, the President of Troma, has been involved in filmmaking-on-the-cheap, for over a quarter of a century. I had the honor of meeting him when he appeared at Quimby's [c.v.] on a publicity tour for a book of his. Check this W-WW site regularly. Lloyd feels Troma is being economically suffocated.
Record Research: Do you need an answer about a certain record? You would do well to reference one of Joel Whitburn's tomés. He acquired Billboard Magazine's permission to publish works based on its charts' data.
Loompanics Unlimited: Loompanics publishes books which specialize in Controversial and Unusual topics. Its proprietor is Michael Hoy.
Find-the-Spam®: I am tolerant and egalitarian. Maybe you actually do like Spam®, despite the harsh name it has somehow acquired on the Internet.
Worldwide Hash House Harriers home page: Hash House Harriers are people who compete in a foot rally, and whom afterward consume lots of beer and comeraderie. They are "The drinking club with a running problem."
Aleksandar Dovragovic's bookmarks: Here is another very comprehensive bookmark page. However, only the rubrics impart any idea of what is found at each site. There are no annotations.
Chelu1's bookmarks: On this W-WW page you will find a bunch of links, unannotated, but classified by rubric. The link to my page is under the "Computing" & "Hacking" rubrics. This page will take some time to completely download.
Mr. Double's link list: Mr. Double has links which are very comprehensive, and annotated.
The Art of Beauty: This is a W-WW site which links to scores of the best free model, and celebrity picture galleries. Most of the images depict the subject wearing clothes. It is hosted on Geocities, so it will attempt a pop-up.
Flashback: This is a W-WW site which is the international extension of www.flashback.se, which is the extension of the Swedish magazine “Flashback”. It covers international news, & many, many more things.
WGN-AM Steve & Johnnie links page: This is Steve King's & Johnnie Putnam's (the overnight hosts on WGN-AM 720) World-Wide Web links page. It consists of URLs of the guests on the nights' programs.
Beer
Beer Me!: Beer Me! is a W-WW beer site maintained by Richard Stueven, who was the brewmaster at Egan Brwg. Co. in Wisconsin. This site is the most complete source of brewery and beer information available on the Internet.
The Real Beer® Page!: The concept behind this W-WW site is that beer can be so much more distinctive than the industrial megabrews excessively advertised on television. Taste some of these. Your perception will be altered (for the better).
American Breweriana Association: If you collect beer coasters, labels, crowns, neon signs, glasses or steins, bottles, or cans (the Beer Can Collectors of America is a more concentrated organization if you primarily have those), join the A.B.A. I am member #1727.
North American Guild of Beer Writers: The NAGBW endeavored to champion informed coverage of beer; in all its aspects & to help beer writers grow professionally. I was honored to be a member of this organization. It seems that the Guild is now defunct.
Windy City Suds, Wine & Spirits: This is the World-Wide Web site of the brewspaper which is published & edited by Jeff Platt. The site is updated frequently, and has a good deal of news about breweries, wineries, & distilleries.
Association of Brewers: This is the site of the AoB. It encompasses the American Homebrewers Association, Institute For Brewing Studies, Brewing Matters, & Brewers Publications.
Molecular expressions: I love close-ups. Here are some close-ups you would not expect to view. This site features photographs taken through an optical microscope of some of the world's most famous beers.
Beer WebRing: Some of the World-Wide Web sites on this WebRing are in need of revision (& some are gone), but this has good information on the sites which are current.
Homebrew Digest: This is the World-Wide Web site of the legendary Homebrew Digest E-Mail list. It is maintained by Karl Lutzen & Pat Babcock. If you prowl its archives, you can find here one of my first ever E-Mail messages, sent to here back in June 1994.
Single malt whisky: This site will lead you upon a tour of all of Scotland's malt whisky distilleries.
Happy Hour: Here is a W-WW site which informs you which taverns (in those states where it is permitted by law) offer discounts on beverages, et cetera; and when they do so.
Goose Island Brewpub & Brewery: Chicago's Goose Island Beer Company. It brews & bottles several ales & lagers from two locations, both serendipitously numbered 1800. It also operates the former Weeghman Park Brewpub at 3535 N. Clark St. John Hall is the president.
Twisted Spoke Tavern: The Twisted Spoke is a friendly biker bar at Grand & Ogden [501 N. Ogden Av.] in Chicago. It has superb beers as well. I am drawn to have the $2.00 "Butch's Beer Special". It is presented as the one selection which it feels is unworthy of being served there {"We carry 56 good beers and one that really sucks. It's usually best not to ask too many questions like, “What is it?” What it is is only two bucks."}, but it has included some great beers from breweries such as Catamount, LeftHand, Oasis, Pyramid, Portland, Summit, Pete's, Victory, & even Affligem Abbey Ale. If you drive here, I recommend you park on Elizabeth St., which is a one-way northbound street north of Hubbard, west of Racine, & east of Ogden. There is now a second location at Clark & Roscoe Sts. I do not recommend trying to park anywhere near there, though.
Delilah's: This answers my most FAQ. Delilah's, at Lincoln, Diversey, & Racine on Chicago's north side, is the tavern which is as loony and eclectic as me. It scores on multiple levels (beer | music | movies). Mike Miller is the proprietor. I hope, but I doubt, that the metropolitan area where you live has a tavern as enthralling as Delilah's.
Empty Bottle Tavern: Another great music & beer venue in Chicago. This one has three things which push it beyond the normal: Cheap beer (Huber Bock [c.v.]); luscious, friendly cats; and an eclectic booking policy which transverses all musical genrés.
Map Room Tavern: This is a solid beer bar on Armitage Av. (@ Hoyne). If you have heard about a new, or obscure, beer which may be available in the U.S.A., this would be one of the venues which would have it. The beers are superb, & the waitstaff are devoted.
Quenchers: Quenchers Saloon has been Chicago's premier beer bar since 1979. It is located in one of the most vital, urban neighborhoods of Chicago, at the northeast corner of Western Ave. & Fullerton St. [2400 W. & 2400 N.] There's no telling what beers it will have. Its prices are less expensive than other taverns. It has live local music six days a week. Its proprietor is Earle Johnson.
FitzGerald's: FitzGerald's is the Chicago area's most eccentric indoor concert venue. It is in Berwyn, a west 'collar' suburb. From "fat" music; to rhythm & blues; to big band jazz; to touring national acts: all of them are booked into here.
Hideout Tavern: This tavern, shoehorned into an old manufacturing district of Chicago [at 1354 W. Wabansia], features good beers and enthralling live music acts. This World-Wide Web site also has a great background color.
Joseph Huber Brwg. Co.: Here is the W-WW site of one of my favorite regional breweries. Berghoff beer, in any of its varieties (Be alert for the Hazelnut Winterfest Ale.), is a superb super-premium beer at a sub-premium price.
Lakefront Brewery: My favorite Milwaukee brewery is Russ & Jim Klisch's Lakefront Brwy. I especially like Eastside Dark. It is located on Commerce St., northeast of downtown. You need to turn on JavaScript|ActiveX®.
HighFalls Brwg. LLC.: This is the World-Wide Web page for the HighFalls Brewery. This is the former Genesee Brwg. Co.'s new name. It brews superb beers such as J. W. Dundee's Honey Brown Lager, & Michael Shea's Irish Amber. They are superb beers which are very good values for the money. Have one whenever you can.
August Schell Brwg. Co.: The August Schell Brewing Company has been operating in New Ulm, MN. since 1860. It brews some of the finest beers in the entire U.S.A.. It is the prime example why small, regional breweries which also devote part of their production capabilities to "Contract Beers" must not be allowed to go out of business. I will do everything I can to ensure that this does not happen.
St. Louis Brwy. & Tap Room: This is the long name of the Schlafly Brewpub. {I grimace at the short hyperlinks of some zines.} When I visit St. Louis, I wind up spending some time at one of its two locations (The brewpub near downtown, or the Bottleworks in Maplewood.). I love its beers; I agree with most of the viewpoints expressed by Mr. Tom Schlafly; and this World-Wide Web site regularly makes me smile and chuckle. (Read the small print at the bottom of the “home” page.)
Beer Philadelphia: Jim Anderson maintains this World-Wide Web site. While it ostensibly orbits around the fine beers you can find in the Philadelphia cosmopolitan area, there is good, solid information you cannot easily find elsewhere. (Some of these beers may get near where you are.) Jim and his family have moved to Scotland!
N T N: N T N is the live interactive game played primarily in taverns. This is why I have it under this rubric. One Sunday night in Irving, TX., at a Humperdinks, I scored 14,229 in one game of Wipeout. I usually use the nickname 'ZENITH'.
Music
The Wizard Free-Form Radio Web: The airwaves the way they should be. WZRD-FM 88.3, from Northeastern Illinois Univ. here in Chicago, has limited hours of broadcast, & only 100 watts of power, but unlimited variety of what it will play. Sometimes I believe it doesn't know what it will play next. Challenge yourself!
WFMU-FM: Michael J. Weldon, the editor of "Psychotronic® Video" magazine, raves about this freeform FM station in Jersey City, NJ. [U.S.A.]. Unlike WZRD-FM, this station is on the air all the time, & it is available on the World-Wide Web (through broadcast.com) if you have the Real Media® player.
KUSF-FM: As seen on Tech TV's [c.v.] "Call For Help", KUSF-FM 90.3 is the free form station associated with the Univ. of San Francisco. It has been broadcasting on the Internet since January 1996.
America's Jazz Station: KKJZ-FM 88.1 (Long Beach, CA. U.S.A.) describes itself as “America's Jazz Station”. Its former call letters were KLON. Its definition of jazz is a more tolerant one. Blues tracks are also frequently heard. You can listen to the station in your browser by linking here. The C-Band {big ugly dish} audio feed is at Telstar 7 (129° W); transponder #15 (H); subcarriers 5.58 & 5.76. It is a broadcast service of California State Univ. - Long Beach (CSULB).
Steely Dan: Walter Becker & Donald Fagen are musical genii. There is no musical approach they cannot succinctly assuage. They finally earned both the acknowledgment of their peers in 2000 by being elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and winning four Grammy® Awards for "Two Against Nature". Their "Everything Must Go" release is now available on a spectrum of media. Somehow, it received no Grammy® nominations this time.
"Hoops’" Steely Dan fan site: This is Jim McKay's original Steely Dan fan internet resource. It was founded in 1993. A popular venue for Steely Dan fans to chat is in here, linked from the ‘bluebook’ rubric.
Grateful Dead: I was not waiting for Jim Egan to get an Internet account before adding this link. This is the official site. It has links to sixteen different topics of interest to Deadheads. It is maintained on a Macintosh®. The still-breathing members of the band have regrouped.
Grateful Dead lyrics: This World-Wide Web site annotates Grateful Dead lyrics (their originals only). The site provides links for words or phrases which might benefit from some elucidation, without attempting to give definitive "interpretations". There are also links to other thematic essays.
Jerry Garcia: Here is the World-Wide Web site composed exclusively using the artistic efforts of Jerry Garcia. Video, audio, graphic arts: they're all here. You need to turn on JavaScript to fully utilize this site.
Art Laboe: If you have ever spent any time listening to the radio in Southern California, you have probably tuned in to a nightly show hosted by Art Laboe. Art was a savvy businessman as well; as he never sold the masters of the records which he released in the 1950's & 1960's on his record labels. You can now hear his show by visiting this W-WW site.
The Big Takeover: "The Big Takeover" is the pinnacle zine covering the independent pop music scene. Its writers care about music, and support the bands & musicians who pioneer, rather than rest on their laurels, or are thrust at the public through brainwashing marketing techniques. Jack Rabid is the editor. Issue #53 (with Belle & Sebastian on the cover) is now out. It costs $4.95. Four issue subscriptions are available for $20.
Home Grown Music Network: This site's mission is to seek out the best music being made today & spread it across the universe. Visit here to learn about the people, organizations, independent bands, venues, stores, representatives and others all working together.
Art of the Mix: If you have a record collection, I suspect you have either duplicated some of the songs thereupon to another medium, or have considered doing so. Here is a W-WW site which is dedicated to making mixed tapes and CDs. You need to accept cookies in order to post or respond here. My mixes are under "PudgyM".
Dr. Demento: If you are a fan of loony tunes and crazy comedy, you probably already know about Dr. Demento. The core is a two-hour syndicated radio program. In Chicago, the Doctor is on WLUP-FM 97.9 on Sunday nights @ 11:00 PM [CT].
Quadraphonic index: An index of recordings released in Quadraphonic (4 channel) sound in the 1970's.
Classic Arts Showcase: This is a non-commercial, free, public service channel available to terrestrial, cable, and satellite services. On Dish Network® dbs, it is channel 9406. It is on C-band satellite Galaxy 1R; transponder #5. It features performance, orchestral, and visual arts. It is funded by The Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation.
Folk song lyrics & history: Is a piece of an old folk song rattling around in your memory? Would you like to know the rest of the lyrics to it? This site will endeavor to provide the connection.
Internet Underground Music Archive: Here's an excellent on-line source of new and different music. You can discover unsigned artists & local talent.
8-Track Heaven: Have any 8-Track tapes? Don't be queasy; visit this site and learn much more about this misunderstood music medium.
Photography | Videography
Cu-SeeMe information: If you have Cu-SeeMe, or are considering getting it, this page will answer many questions about what to do with it.
PhotoGuide Japan: You will find much informative data here. I point out to you the Photo Review section. As you proceed, you may opt for a framed or non-framed presentation.