My Favorite Haunts on the Web

Last updated when I darned well felt like it.

• SETI at Home, at UC Berkeley. Help the SETI project decipher radio-telescope data on your computer, when you are not using it.
• USC The Tele-Garden, at the USC Modular Robotics Lab, where you can control a robot over the Internet!
• The National Air and Space Museum
• Air Force Museum
• Kennedy Space Center home page. Includes information on missions, spacecraft, and educational programs.
• NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab home page; stunning images from space are available.
• Space Daily Information about current launches, space science, SETI, and military space development.

Virtual Survival Kit

• The Virtual Tourist
• The Atlantic Monthly
• The Real Beer Page Put down that can of megabrew swill! Fans of home- and microbrewed beer should check this out. Bring your own frosty mug and a valid photo ID!
• Cigar Afficionado No--I didn't start smoking when it became chic; I stole my first cigar from my dad when I was 12 and still enjoy a weekly stogie now. Surf this page for information on cigars, travel, and Yuppie-lifestyle accessories that none of us can actually afford.
• Muscle-Cars Eye-candy for those who missed the Golden Age by a few years.
• National Public Radio Get transcripts & information.
• Car Talk Learn how two bums from Boston have made a career out of providing erroneous information about cars.

Weirdo Sites

• Pythonline: and now for something completely different. . .
• The Forbidden Zone: a tribute to my favorite cult film, Planet of the Apes.
• MAAKIES: Tony Millionaire's brilliantly surreal and often gross comic strip (yes, it contains material not appropriate for children or anyone without a sick sense of humor).
• The Dilbert Zone was weird; now Dilbert is our world.
• The Scariens: Scarien Nation Be One!

Instant Stress Relief

• The Onion: "America's Finest News Source."
• George W. or Chimpanzee? You decide.
• The Surrealism Server and, best of all, the Surrealist Compliment Generator.
• The Dialectizer, a site that will render your text or a Web site into one of several dialects including Cockney, Pig Latin, Elmer Fudd, and Redneck!
• Smack Bill Gates (or Steve Jobs, or Paris Hilton, or many other folks in need of a good dope-slap).

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