Martyn Lovell's Best Of The Web

Martyn Lovell's Best Of The Web
Yet more proof that the web is more meta than meat

This page contains my personal list of links, collected in the eight or so years that I've been a regular web user. Recently added links are marked New! . This doesn't imply that the site itself is new.

I have not necessarily tried all the products or services linked from this page. I've used all the websites myself, but not always ordered goods. As always, you should make your own judgments about the quality of a vendor who you're choosing to purchase from. Caveat emptor.

I have not filtered this list. Some of the stuff listed here may in your opinion, be inappropriate for your children to read. You are free to enforce your opinions any way you choose. For example, MSN 8 has great parental controls.

Arts: ACT Theatre - downtown Seattle theatre company that I have season tickets to with a group of friends. Tends to modern productions. Excellent in-the-round spaces.; Emerald City Arts - a series of comedians presented by the Seattle Men's Chorus. I went to one of these this year, which was excellent (David Sedaris).; Foolproof - series of comedy shows hosted at the Paramount Theatre. I did about 2/3 of the shows this year, and will probably subscribe next year.; Great Apes - My book club; Intiman Theatre - next to the Opera house, this theatre company performs traditional and alternative works. Tends to do at least on Shakespeare each year, along with other classics. I have season tickets with a group of friends.; My Arts Page - places I've been, things I've seen, reviews; Pacific Northwest Ballet - Seattle's premiere Ballet company, currently relocated to the transitional Mercer Arts Arena. The company does a mixture of very traditional ballet and more modern dance works. I have season tickets with a group of friends.; Paramount Theatre - One of Seattle's best venues for concerts and one-off events. Their Paramount Club programme allows us to get VIP tickets for the best shows at reasonable prices.; Seattle Arts and Lectures - Excellent series of local talks from writers, scholars, academics and other high-brow celebrities; Seattle Opera - Great Seattle Opera company, also currently hosted in the Mercer Arts Arena. Focuses almost exclusively on traditional productions of mainstream opera. Specialises in the Wagner Ring Cycle (which I got to see all in one week late mid last year). I have season tickets.; Seattle Symphony - Seattle-based symphony orchestra hosted in the recently completed Benaroya Hall. I have season tickets.; Village Theatre - Issaquah-based musical theatre company. This is fairly low-budget stuff done in a decent theatre with decent sets. Cast are normally not stars, but often give a great performance. Seems to focus on older (before 1950) musicals, with a smattering of newer works.

Communities: Blogger - the latest internet fad - personal web logs. What sort of egotist talks about themself on the web? ;); CIX - the definitive UK community. My historical internet home, though no longer somewhere I spend much time.; Meetup - a way to find people in your area with a specific interest; The WELL - the definitive US community. Whole-Earth 'lectronic Link. I am not currently a member, but thinking about it

Dating: ECrush - cute idea for sending anonymous likes.; Match.com - the biggest site, but poor customer service, user interface, etc.; SeaTac Matchmaker - this Yahoo version has one site per region, and has a much better experience, although they do make you use their mail client.

Entertainment: GIST Television - good online TV listings.; EpGuides - Another good schedule grid; Garbage - Another of my favourite bands; The Internet Movie Database - my favourite site on the web. Everything about movies.; Jump The Shark - TV show reviews that attempt to spot when a show is going downhill; My London Tour - Tour of London I wrote for some friends; My Movies - My movies Page; My Movie Ratings - My movie reviews; My Travel - Details of my trips; Oasis - my favourite band; [9/23/03] Paul is [not] Dead - Official reference to the officially false sixties rumour; Pazsaz Entertainment - good US network TV grid; also good listing of which shows have been cancelled. Great reference for TiVo programming; PopBitch - Entertainment industry gossip; Saturday Night Live Fan Page - overlong sketches, but SNL still has appeal, and Tina Fey has reinvigorated Weekend update; [9/27/03] TV Predictions - Phillip Swann is infeasibly self confident about his infallibility while others are sceptical of his powers. But I do find the content on his site thought provoking, if not exactly definitive.; Zap2it Television - really good info about new season shows

Expatriate (Mostly For Brits in America): AutoEurope - car hire in Europe for incoming travelers; BBC Radio Audio on Demand - 7 Day archive; BBC Radio 4 Webcast - How can one live without Radio 4; British Bacon - one of the hardest things to give up when you move to the USA is decent bacon. These people sell it by mail order; British chocolates - online store selling brands of confectionary not available in the USA; British Expats - Online resource directory; British Men & American Women - This controversy raged during the summer of 2002. This is one of the wittier pieces, though I hasten to add that I don't agree with the Men or Women cited here.; Dictionary of English slang - good place to point confused Americans to help them understand real English.; Expat Essentials - yet more foreign stuff to spend money on; Friends Reunited - really good way to contact UK school friends; Fish and Chips in the USA - Seattle specific; London Webcams - For those who want to see a little bit of home; [9/26/03] NOLF Girl - Great resource site for fans of the super spy spoof game 'No One Lives Forever'

Games: [9/23/03] Acno's energizer - Compelling platform format game; Classic Gaming - Site focussing on old games/machines, mostly US based; [9/23/03] Flash Flash Revolution - Online DanceDance Revolution. Not that easy.; GameSpot - Good Game reviews, cheats, previews; [9/23/03] Greatest Online Games - FHM's list of 100 great games. Good jumping off point for online play; MAME - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator is a remarkable technology capable of emulating many video games; Neave's Web Games - some amusing, especially Hexxagon. Also the only version of tic-tac-toe I've seen that sometimes loses (perverse, really).; Philosopher's Magazine Games - very alternative recreation from TPM. Exercise your little grey cells.; PlaySite - online board and arcade games; play alone or with others.; MSN Games - some fun free downloads and online games here; Visual Pinball - Great Visual Table designer/player; VPinMame - Pinball table emulator, sadly does not work on dual proc machines right now

Internet: [9/26/03] All Your Base Are Belong To Us - The classic internet meme; Archive - Contains archive of many websites, going back a few years. Includes some fascinating stuff; Chilling Effects Clearinghouse - I hate censorship. So do these people.; CIX - My favoured UK community; [9/26/03] Jellyvision - Addictive Interactive ephemera; Random Yahoo Link - take a gamble; Seanet - My internet service provider; Seanet log file download - I can never find this link, so saved here; [9/23/03] SpywareInfo - Good site tracking those infuriating web bugs; The Webby Awards - Another good way to find links.

Lego: BrickShelf - very good archive of info; Escher Lego - Lots of fascinating creations, including a bunch of incredible Escher-style lego models on Andrew Lipson's page; Sculptures - Totally made out of Lego by Henry Lim, including a remarkable working harpsichord.; JP Brown's Serious Lego - some great building projects; [9/27/03] Lego Flotsam - Millions of little pieces floating on the sea. Really.; Lego Home - the corporate website. Build a wish list; Lego On My Mind - excellent site from a Dutch Lego fan, including great descriptions of standard geometry; Lego Studios Showcase - Cool lego movies; Lego User Group Network - LUGNET a great Lego user community; MiniMizer - Picture yourself (or others) in plastic; NWBrickCon - SeaLUG's annual Lego event.; [9/23/03] Seattle Robotics Society - Mindstorms and other robotic stuff; Seattle Lego User Group - Seattle's Lego club.

Magazines: disinformation - alternative news; Hint - fashion magazine; The Ratbags - Collections of Internet strangeness; Liquid Generation - Witty, diverse, vibrant. This could be the face of future Net journalism for the masses. Check out the Britney Spears mystery piece - hilarious; Lumiere - fashion, beauty, style; Nerve - focusses on sex and relationships. Great content, not simply erotica. Now also an HBO documentary; PaperMag - Lifestyle, fashion, music, media; Philosopher's Magazine - Website of this UK based print publication covers philosophy in an interesting and down to earth way. I should get around to subscribing. Great online quizzes.; Plastic - Surveys other web news and info. Yet more proof that the web is more meta than meat.; The Position - same genre as nerve - sexuality for a literate audience; Salon.com - One of the earliest definitive works of web journalism. Still fresh and fascinating.; simpleton - Some kind of cross between a blog and journalism and satire; Slate - news, comment, society, meta, interesting, thought-provoking

Media: Poynter.org - Jim Romenesko's Media News; Obscure news - Another of Jim Romenesko's great sites; [INSIDE] - good centre of media news and content, but not all free.

Money & Finance: First Technology Online Banking - Login if you're a first tech member. The online banking and bill payment is free and works very well.; First Technology - My credit union; Barclays Online Banking - my UK bank online login; CNNfn - Financial news from the ever-simplistic CNN.; Motley Fool - One of the best things to come out of the tech bubble - decent financial advise for the rest of us.; Fortune - Steve Forbes' aspirational magazine presumably appeals mostly to those who wish they had one. Sometimes has interesting articles.; MoneyCentral - The MS Money site has particularly easy and helpful charting; OandA - historical foreign currency conversion - useful at tax time

News: ABC News - Probably the best of the three network news sites; Ananova - Alternative British news site; BBC News Online - Best news site on the web. British and World news; The Economist - the best news magazine I have ever read. Consistently the best thing to read about news and the world.; FuckedCompany - gossip, rumour and fact charting the end of the dotcom boom; The Independent - used to read this when I lived in England years ago. Since then it has undergone several changes of management, so I'm not sure if it's still worth the time.; Internal Memos - From the people who brought you FuckedCompany (above), this site includes a large collection of internal corporate memos that have leaked. They make fascinating reading, and often prove that the pointy haired boss is alive and well; MSNBC Cover - Best US online news site, IMO.; The New York Times - my current daily newspaper. OK quality.

Nostalgia: [9/23/03] British Pathe News Archive - From when the news came at the cinema...; [9/26/03] Build your own Dalek - Real life-size plans; [9/26/03] Eratosthenes World Map - Remarkable view of the world from 194 BC; Swap Shop - Includes a clip of the inimitable theme tune

Personal (Me): Advanced Visual Studio Analyzer Instrumentation - my big project in Visual Studio 6.0. This is a TechEd talk I gave; Assertions - Progress and Prospects - Tony Hoare's assertion presentation is excellent, and references one of my development ideas (VsVerifyThrow), which makes me feel smug :); Eton College - near Windsor, Berks. I spent five superb, stimulating years at Eton thanks to the generosity of their Junior and King's scholarship programmes. (Age 13-18, 1983-88). Their recently redesigned website is pretty informative.; Letter To Car Talk- True story I sent into car talk. Didn't get broadcast, as far as I know.; Speaker Bio - biography I used for a recent conference; My April Oasis Odyssey - write up of my 4 concert follow of Oasis from 2000 (didn't write it up in 2001); My Profile - My online profile on this site; My Weblog - This blog, on gotdotnet, focusses on technical stuff mostly; St Aubyn's - Rottingdean, Brighton. My 3 years at this school came as part of Eton's Junior Scholarship programme. (Age 10-13, 1980-83). I had some enjoyable times there, but due to a combination of factors, never felt completely settled or happy.; Testing OO Software Systems - it's funny to see stuff spread around the world. Tony Hoare's reference to VsVerifyThrow (see above) caused this paper written by a person I've never met to talk about VsVerifyThrow too.; UCL Alumni News from 1991 students - from my what Americans would call my alma mater; Visual Studio Analyzer Basics - my big project in Visual Studio 6.0. This is a TechEd talk I gave; Web Projects and Source Control in VS .NET - Whitepaper that Korby wrote with my help that describes how to make web projects work in a team context; Web Projects and Source Control in VS .NET, Korean- Web Projects and Source Control in VS .NET, in Korean. Great how far things get localised these days

Personal (My friends and colleagues pages - a surprising number of my friends still don't have pages): Alin & Flavia Constantin - Alin used to work for me on team development, and he and Flavia are in my book club.; Brad & Teresa Bartz - Brad and I worked together for ages, as development leads on the Enterprise team.; Chip & Dolores Reeves - Chip was my development manager for several years, and the best one I've had yet.; Chris Flaat - Chris is a great guy with whom I worked together a few years ago on VC5, and more recently on some VS diffing improvements.; Erleen Anderson - Erleen and I met a couple of years after I moved to Seattle, and she's another book club member; Fiona Reavley - I first met Fiona my second year at University.; Geoff Chappell - Geoff is an incredibly smart guy who focuses on understanding software through disassembly. We first met when we both lived in International Hall, right at the beginning of his MS-DOS Odyssey. Geoff's unique perspective and flawless understanding of technical details always make for fascinating conversation.; Greg Lindhorst - Greg doesn't seem to have a site, but these are his photos from his trip with David, Stefanie and others to Ireland; Herb Sutter - Herb is someone I've recently met as we've both just moved onto the C++ team.; Jane Hill - Not really her personal page, but her BBC online profile. Jane and I were at University together. The BBC is safe in her hands.; Jay Krell - Jay was one of my first two direct reports at Microsoft (both of whom were called Jay, as it turned out), and we worked together for several years on source control. He's now escaped to work for Mike Grier on Windows side-by-side support.; Jill Zoeller (or her bird's site, really) - I met Jill through her friendship with Mike and Anne Grier. We share an interest in puzzling stuff, and have done several puzzle events together, including organising Puzzle Safari.; Louise & Rob Willems - I met Louise my first year at University. We've remained friends through many adventures and changes. Sadly, she and Rob live in the Netherlands, so it's mostly phone calls now.; Mark Tilley - My former boss from Arnor (of Protext fame) went on to form TigerTeam; Miles Dennis - Has recently founded Colrosa providing consultancy and software products.; Phil & Marian Ottewell - Phil used to work for me on team development, and he and Marian are in my book club.; Piers & Viv Allison - Piers is a good friend from Eton. He and I both ended up in technology, though by very different routes. He is extremely well traveled (see his site), and we are still Repton champions in our hearts :); Piggy Online - I only know Piggy through knowing her sister Rhiannon, but the URL of her website was so cute I had to add it here.; Rhiannon & Rudy Agosti's Wedding - I met Rhiannon my second year at University, and managed to rope her into working on the infamous International Hall Times. She and Rudy now live in Boston, so I don't get to see them as often as I'd like.; Steve & Jane Palmer - Steve, Jane and I first met on the online community CIX when he wrote the offline reader Ameol and I was one of his first shareware users before CIX bought it. Later, I recruited him to come work at Microsoft and he's done some great work on IE and internal tools.; Tony Hoare - Tony is a computer science legend, having written a bunch of the most important papers in the field of computer science research. I have been lucky enough to meet occasionally and work with Tony at Microsoft on Assertions and other program diagnostics.

Pinball: Internet Pinball Database - the definitive Web pinball reference; Pinball Pasture - One of the best pinball sites, though now sadly falling out of date.; Twilight Zone Owners List - I should be on this list very soon; Williams/Bally - sadly now defunct, this corporate website still has some interesting information.

Puzzles: Andy's Anagram Generator - A great anagram generator we've used to good effect for several years; The Game - The classic large scale puzzle event; Microsoft Puzzle Hunt II - The Age of Puzzles. An externally visible version of the PH site; MIT IAP Mystery Hunt - One of the oldest puzzle events, held every year at MIT.; My Puzzles Page - Puzzles I created; National Puzzler's League - America's puzzle league; Urban Challenge - This puzzle event was a clash this year, but looks like it would be fun to do next year.; World Puzzle Championship - The international puzzling event

Radio: Car Talk This Week's Show - hilarious car show that's not about cars.; I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Good stats and docs and history; I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Downloads - doesn't appear to be an official site, but has lots of old shows for download; Rewind with Bill Radke on KUOW Radio, Seattle - very funny satire show; This American Life - best show on NPR. Marvelous radio; The Most Famous Voicemail ever - one of my all-time favourite This American Life pieces. This is the story of a voicemail message, left for a student at University in New York. It starts at about 40 minutes into the real audio stream. This is really worth listening to.; Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! - news quiz, almost as good as the UK version; Wes Kim's greeting from Carl Kasel - one of the best ones I've heard, though not as good as Raymond Chen's which isn't on the public web as far as I know

Reference: Acronym Dictionary - UK based acronym reference; Ask Dr. Math - Good math questions, problems, and descriptions of basic cases; [9/27/03] Calorie Counters - Reference list of calories in fast food items; Hints and Things - How to site; HyperPhysics - Interactive Physics and Maths Encycolpaediae; Legal Information - Nolo provides law information for free for everyone; Leonardo da Vinici - his personal home page, 500 years later; [9/26/03] Prime Numbers - 1000 smallest primes; Urban Legends Reference Pages - Some very funny stuff. Especially check out the photo section; Visionary Thinkers - This site has great links to some of the great thinkers both modern and historical. However, the link selector mostly only manages to find white, male thinkers, which makes me feel there are a bunch of people missing. Despite this, the people listed are fascinating, even if there are many obvious omissions.

Satire & Humour: All Too Flat - assorted web pranks.; April Fools - archive of internet fools; BBspot - technology and other humour, plus archive; Bent Soup - Hilarious British-based satirical content. Tries to shock, which only adds to the fun.; The Brain's Trust - Excellent British topical satire; Bulwer-Lytton - This writing prize celebrates the worst possible writing. Some hilarious entries; The Chaser - World-news satire from an Australian source. Printed version also available; Darwin Awards - The classic idiot hall of fame; Framley Examiner - A british satirical newspaper; Huh - Satirical Corporate Website; [9/23/03] Inspector Clouseau - tribute site; [9/26/03] Keikimo's Sports Night FanFic - Not nearly up to Aaron Sorkin's writing standards, but I do love this show and characters.; Landover Baptist - Biting religious satire; Literary In-Jokes - Collection of in-jokes and wit from books, mostly technical books; Masturbation Synonyms - Truly awe-inspiringly long list of wanking words; McSweeney's - Diverse web satire; Modern Humorist - Literate humour; Monty Python FAQ - Everything you could ever want to know; The Onion - very best satire on the web. Or, even better, get the printed version.; [9/26/03] Pseudodictionary - definitions of usual and slang words, humourous; Pythonline - Official Monty Python site; The Rockall Times - This UK-based satire site has lots of good material; Rock, Scissors, Paper - A bunch of people in Canada are running a massive prank and pretending that rock, scissors, paper is a sport. They've set up a bunch of web sites with fake stuff, and have managed to get themselves onto a bunch of media outlets, including three times on NPR that I've heard. Their prank is massively successful. People are way too gullible; SatireWire - sadly now defunct, but still contains an archive of some very funny stuff.; Scam-o-Rama - People who string along the perpetrators of the famous Nigerian scams.; SmokeHammer - Chris Morris is very funny, but his web page is perhaps too rarely updated; [9/26/03] Sports Night - Fan page, somewhat out of date.; Trailervision - Spoof movie trailers; TV Go Home - Satirical UK TV listings; Valley of the Geeks - Infamous technology pseudonym Zack Urlocker writes hit and miss technology wit pieces. Not as funny as it should be.; VIZ Home Page - UK humour, rude

Search Engines: AltaVista - the Classic.; Ask Jeeves - best Q&A; Google - Best broad search; [9/23/03] Internet FAQ Archives - Searchable database of pseudo-definitive Usenet wisdom. If it can be bickered about online, it's answered here...; Yahoo! - Best directory

Seattle: 80Something - Great Seattle-based cover band; Afrodisiacs - Another great Seattle-based cover band; Belltown - Belltown's newest local site is more frequently updated, better designed, and hence predictably lacking in quirky commentary.; Belltown Central - Seldom updated hyper-local site; Pop Culture - Another great Seattle-based cover band; Seattle CitySearch Sadly CitySearch now has a dud cookie model that causes lots of problems. But the basic info on the site is still good and useful

Shopping: Amazon.com - General merchandise, especially books and CDs. Check out my wishlist :); c2it by Citibank - PayPal alternative that allows free credit-card payment; Despair, Inc. - Satirical gifts; eBay - The easiest way to buy and sell stuff you shouldn't want to buy or sell.; Expedia - my preferred online travel agent; Fine Stationary - personal cards, calling cards, etc; Food.com - online restaurant ordering. Reasonable UI, limited selection; Lands' End - Mostly dull clothing, but love their service for making custom-fit pants and jeans.; Netflix - most people I know like this, although I eventually cancelled because I felt their selection of movies was not as good as my local Hollywood video, and because I tend to rent in a more bursty fashion.; Poore Brothers - Great beef & onion chips no longer available in Seattle.; Restaurants To Go - better selection, worse UI; Travelocity - Sometimes cheaper than expedia, but not often, and their UI sucks; Ticketmaster - use livedaily to get mail each week about new tickets on sale.

Society & Politics: Adbusters - anti-corporate. Some pretty funny stuff here, but I tend to think their basic point is overplayed; American Civil Liberties Union - controversial organisation. I tend to sympathise with them on some issues. I also admire their willingness to stand up for what they believe, even when it is unpopular; annoy.com - another counter-cultural home; Art Bell - one of the most gullible people in mainstream media, but also as a result an interesting collection of odd stuff, some small part of which may be true.; Atheism Web - Great, clearly written atheism resources.; Cato Institute - One of America's most innovative think-tanks. Don't always agree with them, but it's great to see people who are not hidebound by party lines or affiliations.; Cryptoclast - Thoughtful website focussing on issues of religious scepticism. Thoughtfully rebuts many common fallacies, and is open to debate/argument.; [9/27/03] Going Bridal - Rather moving and arresting blog of someone whose wedding got out of control; The Freedom Forum - Freedom of speech, hosted by the newseum; Open Secrets - Money in politics. The cancer at the heart of our modern democracies.; The Smoking Gun - Documents that make events clear; [9/15/03] True Porn Clerk Stories - Ali Davis' compelling and thought-provoking writeup of her time working in a video store.; US Historical Documents - Some important clear thinking here

Software Development: Exceptions in Java - Great article on why checked exceptions are bad; Guru of the Week - Herb Sutter's C++ site; Joel on Software - one of the better software blogs.; .NET Questions - From the Joel on Software people, a great .NET Q&A site.; SML .NET - My favourite programming language, now available for the .NET platform; Visual SourceSafe FAQ - Mark Michaelis' VSS FAQ

Sports: [9/26/03] Chelsea - British soccer side I support; [9/26/03] Gold Creek - Woodinville based club where we play tennis. Basic, cost-effective facilities.

Technology: [9/15/03] Apple History - Good overview of a fascinating business and technology story; BBC Basic - history of all versions; BetaNews - good site rounding up news of upcoming beta tests on large and small projects.; BYTE Archive - all the issues from 1994 to its early 98 print demise. Sadly, the main Byte site just went subscription only, so no access to the newer opinionologues of Jerry Pournelle, who always used to grab one's attention in the print edition.; Cables & Wires - Site that sells any kind of cable you can imagine; [9/15/03] Computer Collector - Links to historical computer hardware sites; CNET News - Good technology news; Easter Eggs Archive - Software used to always contain hidden fun or credits screens. Sadly, this is no longer true for much modern stuff, including all recent MS stuff.; Guy Kewney's Mobile Campaign - Guy is one of my all-time favourite technology journalists.; HotWired - TechNews from the instinctively futurist; Kuro5hin - a rather compelling, strange web community focussed mostly on technology; [9/15/03] Labmistress - geek princess and former TechTV contributor - Darci Wood - often has something interesting to say despite the blog format; [9/23/03] Lisa Emulator - The quest to create an emulation for the groundbreaking machine; NewsForge - Technology news from a Linux perspective.; Richard Russell's - BBC Basic history and home page. My second dialect of basic, and my favourite.; Slashdot - Canonical self-serving Linux site. Good stuff if you skip most of the comments. Some informed posters, early info; Stardock - Cool windows UI customisability, extensions; The Register - Biased, over-glib UK tech news. Very shallow investigation.; RISC OS - Page devoted to the ancient Archimedes OS; Theme XP - Custom Windows XP themes; TGT Software - Another Windows XP theme site; TiVo Community Forum - TiVo is my favourite home device. Useful info here, including support; Windows Update - Love this way of keeping my OS update to date. The Web is truly wonderful for this kind of stuff; Wired News - TechNews from the instinctively futurist

Weird Stuff: Adult Novelty Chocolates - Adult shaped chocolates. This one made me giggle.; Airline Meals - Can you believe a person created a whole website with pictures of airline meals?; Annoying or Not - Derivative of hotornot.com, not nearly as much fun or nearly as cruel, but still interesting; b3ta - Some very witty and arresting imagery; [9/27/03] Depressed Web Server - The internet is getting it down...; [9/23/03] Difficult Conversations - Fun interactive conversations; Hot or Not - One of the canonical web memes, but still running. Rate how ugly people are. Still quite amusing, now also a pretty lame dating service; Lightness Illusions - Some interesting optical effects; Losers - Hilarious links to websites whose owners need to get more of a life :) Perhaps I will end up linked :); Masturbate for Peace - Hilarious satirical anti-war site.; New Swear Words - Great reference to the profane; Official British TV Rude Words - The existence of this list is self-satirical; Pangrams - Sentences containing all letters; More Pangrams - All letters; Random Personal Picture Finder - this is very addictive and strangely fascinating.; RatherGood - Strange and Humourous Flash animations, often including kittens, for some reason; [9/25/03] Really Big Button - that does nothing; SaberWorks - Fake websites with fascinating premises.; Sex with Cars - Is this for real?; Snowflake Generator - Very enjoyable online editor with cool results.; Something awful - Very interesting collection of strange stuff including some great ICQ pranks; This Or Not - Combo site with lots of this-or-not votes. Sort of a meta-meme.; [9/25/03] Web Fridge Project - Webcams pointing at real fridges, for who knows what reason; Wil Wheaton's - Wil (yes, the one from Star Trek: The Next Generation), is now both a standup comic and the most famous person producing a daily internet blog. (q.v. blogger above).; World Payphones - Numbers of payphones you can call and talk to total strangers, if they pick up; You must choose - a classic Internet meme site, some fun stuff if you're not easily offended

Yet more lists of links: Anti-Bloggies awards - Great place to pick up some strange blogs to read; Atlas Namedroppings - Fascinating list of strange links; Cool Home Pages - Another good jumping off point for finding fun sites; [9/26/03] Humour Hot List - Lynda's good list of links; Stupid Site Hall of Fame - Great list of strange and pointless sites.; The Webby Awards Archived Nominees - Possibly the definitive web hubris site. Many, many dead links in the award winnners categories. But among of the remaining links are many of the web's best.; [9/15/03] Workfarm - Good list of assorted links