Some links I've found interesting, and go back to on occasion. (Note: This list is not entirely up to date.)
Seattle
Seattle pages from Internet providers
Eskimo
,
Northwest Nexus
,
Seanet
King County
bus information
Public Access Network
Scarecrow Video
Seattle Public Library
,
catalog
,
catalog
(telnet)
Traffic Flow
on Seattle's highways
University of Washington
Weather
for Washington
Other
Ron Boerger
my best friend in Texas
Elise Bowditch
my wife
CNSS Combined U.S. catalog
earthquake data
comics:
Argon Zark
,
Comics du Jour
,
Dilbert
directories
BigBook Directory Search
Switchboard
Froggy Page
has relatives of our pet Bork the Stout
My sisters
Margaret Gibbs
,
Martha Dunham
,
Amy Riebman
. Margaret has a page with
ancestor photos
.
HotWired
too graphics- (and design-) intensive, but sometimes good stuff
Junk Mail FAQ
(how to reduce it)
Justin's Links from the Underground
a good place to start surfing
I drive a
Miata
Nanotechnology:
Sean Morgan's Page
,
Ander Sandbergs's Page
,
Zyvex
National Charities Information Bureau
investigate before you donate
News of the Weird
Niskayuna High School
and
Union College
are my alma maters
Suck
USENET FAQs
Viking Answer Lady
Visual Thesaurus
Wall O' Shame
has some funny stuff
Dave Winer's
DaveNet
essays
Games
Dragonflight
Seattle Convention
FUDGE
Freeform, Universal, Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine
GAMA
Gamers Directory
find local players
Games Domain
game info (largely for computer games), including news
Hârn
detailed fantasy world
Internet Resource guide for Role-Playing Games
or
European mirror
I contributed to the printed APA
Interregnum
.
Irony Games
has tools for building random maps and encounters
Murphy's Rules
Names
Baby Names
Baby Name Finder
includes meanings
Chris Pound's Name Generation Page
Newton RPG page
Juuso's Collection of Networlds
Tékumel
fantasy world of
Empire of the Petal Throne
woodelf's RPG Index
Computer (Hardware and Software)
ACM
AMUG
Newton user group
(FTP)
Annoyances.org
has tips on improving your Windows experience
ASD Puget Sound
Compatible Systems
routers & other network stuff
Interface Design
AlertBox
Jakob Nielsen's column on web usability
Ask Tog
about user interface and more
Human-Computer Interaction
Patterns for Human-Computer Interface Design
Microsoft
Corporation
,
Library
,
Research
,
MSN
Motorola
Newton Reference
Paragraph International
wrote handwriting recognition software for the Newton
United Computer Exchange
is handy for finding the price of used equipment
Virtual Computer Library
Symantec's Anti Virus Center
or
Virus info
find out if it's a virus or a hoax
Voyager
Apple Computer
Everything Macintosh
useful links
MacInTouch
columnist Ric Ford
MacSurfer
collects Macintosh news daily from other web sites
Magazines:
MacTech
,
MacWEEK
,
MacWorld
TidBITS
Adam Engst's great newsletter
Government
Central Intelligence Agency
Congressional Committees
Consumer Information
Government Printing Office
House of Representatives
IRS
tax forms
King County e-mail: format of
ron.sims@metrokc.gov
Library of Congress
Senate
United States Postal Service
WA Legislature
Politics
ACLU
Center for Democracy and Technology
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Libertarian Party
Project Vote Smart
WWW/Net
AlertBox
Jakob Nielsen's column on web usability
InterNIC Directory and Database Services
Netsurfer Digest
Safe Internet Programming
warns about problems with ActiveX, Java, and browsers
Searching:
Altavista
,
CUSI
,
DejaNews
,
Excite
,
iFind
,
MetaSearch
,
WebCrawler
,
Yahoo
;
search Info-Mac
WebStar
supports my Web server
W3C Validation Service
Jon Wiederspan's WWW Info
probably the single best link for Mac users
Last updated 28 Sep 03 drd
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