Links

...otherwise known as "If you're going to be surfing the Internet anyway, the author of this website recommends that you have a look at the following websites."

Useful Links:

The Watchtower Society: Their official page, well worth a visit
The Public Relations Office of the Watchtower Society: Information on bloodless surgery, current events, and a terrific FAQ!
The Theban Mapping Project: excavation and history in the Nile Valley.
The Franck Goddio Underwater Archaeological Society: Excavating underwater locations, like the submerged royal quarters at the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

Computers:

BigNoseBird.com: HTML and more for the HomePage beginner. A terrific site! Also contains a useful table of Non-dithering Colors and their RGB codes. Useful desktop popup color & html charts of the same available from Visibone.com.
Matt's Script Archive: More computer scripts & codes, many free
SiteMeter: A quite decent free hit & statistics counter
PanicWare Inc. Internet privacy and security - free software to get rid of spyware and popup ads
Internet Scambusters Internet fraud, urban legends, credit card frog, stopping spam
Snopes.com Debunking fake computer viruses and other urban legends. Unsure about a spurious email story? Check here!

Space / Astronomy:

Skywatching:Find out what's up in tonight's sky
Florida Today: Current space and launch news
Earthview: See the current view of earth from any one of a huge (and I mean huge!) list of satellites. Very cool!
HubbleSite: News and gorgeous images from the Hubble Telescope

Languages:

AltaVista's translation page: Enter the URL of the page you need translated, and what languages you'd like it to be from and to, et voila!
The Dialectizer: Does what the Babelfish does, for Cockney, Jive, Swedish Chef, Pig Latin, and more...
A brief introduction to Heiroglyphics: Haven't you always wanted to learn to read a form of ancient Egyptian? Or if you don't want the whole course, here's a page to get your name in Heiroglyphics as it would have been written by the Ptolemaic Egyptians.
Jennifer's Language Page: Learn to say Hello, Goodbye, Please & Thank You, and much more, in (quite literally) hundreds of languages
UnforgettableLanguages.com: Easy memory tricks to help you learn foreign vocabulary - and remember it. Sure, the idea is to sell you a language course - but there are free trials on the site.

Webcams:

My kind of webcams! These aren't voyeur cameras; they're more like a five-minute vacation to a scenic view.

Loch Ness webcam: Drumnadrochit, Scotland
Loch Lomond webcam: Loch Lomond, Scotland
Buchanan St. webcam: Glasgow, Scotland

Books:

Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller: Thousands of books, $3.00 shipping anywhere in the USA
Bibliofind: Finding used and out-of-print books
Borders Books & Music: A wide selection.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers: If you can't find it at Borders, try here
Gaslight E-Texts: Free legally-downloadable books
Another Shirt Ruined - The Official Amelia Peabody page: Elizabeth Peters' mystery series
Perpetual Bliss: The Vicky Bliss page: Elizabeth Peters' other mystery series
Carole Nelson Douglas: Author of the Irene Adler & Midnight Louie mystery series

Music:

The Gilbert & Sullivan Archive Everything you ever wanted to know, and more, about G&S operettas. Often performed excellently by The Savoy Company and The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players.
Charlie Zahm An excellent Celtic/ Maritime Singer-songwriter-instrumentalist
Findmp3.org Search for mp3 files
Celestial Voices Music with "haunting, ethereal vocals". Some good recommendations!
Musicnotes.com Sheet music: order the traditional paper way, or buy and download, then print!
RadioCelt Internet radio - Celtic music (part of the Accuradio network)

Harp Resources :

Clarsach.net Celtic harps and harpers
Triplett Harps Beautiful instruments, with full rich sound
Tasty Harp Company Home of Harpsicles and Sharpsicles - adorable, lightweight travel harps
The Sylvia Woods Harp Center Instruments, sheet music, recordings, gifts
"Little Lessons" Very helpful hints from classical harpist Stephanie Curcio
MusicaViva Free sheet music downloads, including a section of pieces arranged for harp
Turlough O'Carolan One of the most famous of traditional Irish harpers. His name was originally spelled "Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin"

Movies & TV:

The Internet Movie Database: Movie & tv info of all types - an excellent resource!
Jeeves & Wooster @ the Hat Sharpening Shop: The Masterpiece Theatre TV Series. A very complete site. Includes episode summaries and sheet music for the theme tune!

Fun Links:

The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes In Extreme Situations
Morse Code Practice Applet Learn Morse Code by hearing how it sounds!
Miles of Mules.org Outdoor art project
Foxtrot.com Homepage of the FoxTrot comic strip;
Homepage of its author/artist Bill Amend;
October 2003 Interview with BA on TechTV's "The Screensavers", includes a selection of Tech/Geek-oriented FoxTrot scripts ("Foxtrot's Geekiest Comic Strips"; "Blue Screen of Death", and "Ahhh, Java") - always my favorite kind.

Please note: these are all external links, and I take no responsibility for their content.

since
August 15, 1997

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