If yer lookin' for cool, weird, random, odd, and generally fun stuff to be found on the Web, goodness knows there's no shortage! Here's a listing compiled from our membership to give you some jumping off spots:
- This odd page should tell you everything you need to know about
Classic Video Games, from SEGA to Atari to ColecoVision and Commodore.
- Here's a flippin' bizarre page: Ever wondered what would happen if, say, Mr. T took on Mr. Clean? If Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder got into a darts match? Or if the Death Star took on the Starship Enterprise? Here's your answer--the
WWWF Grudge MatchesPage!
- For all of you who enjoy a really good mixed drink, there's this archive of drinks off of GIGO-id Marcus Cox's home page:
Drinks et al..
- Of all the singing careers in the world, surely William Shatner's has been the most contested. What? You didn't know he *had* a singing career? Read on...at The Capt. James T. Kirk Sing-a-lon
g Page. This site also includes pages for Data (Brent Spiner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), all of whom released an album (or album*s*, in Nimoy's case...) at some point in their careers.
- Utne.Com, the host site for The Utne Reader, is also home to Cafe Utne, a marvelously intelligent and good-looking site for UseNET-like chats and postings, as well as rare never-before-released material from writers
including, we're told, A.S. Byatt and Barbara Kingsolver! Although you must open an account and receive a password to access Cafe Utne, breathe easy: accounts are free of charge, and generally take a day or so for women, and two weeks or so for men (se
e the site for an explanation on this policy--it's not as bad as it sounds.)
- Ever wondered how to deal with it when two of your friends attempt to call 'shotgun' for the front car seat at the same time? Here, according to GIGO-ids Marcus Cox and Greg Cox (no relation), are the
Rules of the Road.
- The Saturn Site is, of course, maintained by America's newest, and, according to some, best car company, Saturn Cars.
- Although it's not quite the media sensation it was when it premiered, The Spot, the first Web soap opera, presents the Melrose-like (although not *quite* as unbelievable) lives of several characters.
- Hey, who doesn't love Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream? Their web pages are almost as fun to look at and wander through as their ice cream is to eat.
- For anyone who's a refugee from America Online (also known as AOL), anyone who's ever *known* a refugee from America Online, everyone who is considering switching to an online service, and so forth, we offer one person's perspective on America Online
with the AOL Sucks! pages.
- Although their server has been spotty as responding of late, those of us who are train enthusiasts enjoy Amtrak’s Station on the Web. If that's not responding, or for more specific route information, try this site, which offers a CGI interface for planning a trek on the Trak.
- Although somewhat odd, this site, Angelnet's Home, may offer some visitors a peaceful rest from their frenetic Web traveling.
- For a cappella music fans, the Primarily A Cappella pages, and the pages for the Contemporary A cappella Society of America, or CASA,
offer news, classifieds, information on groups and tours, and the ability to check and order from catalogs of a cappella music.
- If you've not gotten your Geek code calculated yet, here's the spot to do it, complete with explanation of how to use it and what it is: The Geek Zone!
- The Cuute Stuff pages offer links to stories, jokes, and humor relating, mostly, to computers and computing.
- These Tricky Envelopes can be direct ordered from this site on the Web, featuring hand-drawn caricatures of Nixon, Marilyn Monroe, and others, all ready for the appropriate commemorative Marilyn or Tricky
Dick stamp to be placed in for the head.
- Ever wondered just *how* private your internet contributions are? This feature article from c|net, digital privacy, features several search engines which will churn forth fri
ghtening amounts of information on almost anyone you'd care to look up. The truth is indeed out there...and now it's accessible.
- This new bookshop is taking on perennial corporate giants Barnes and Noble, B.Dalton and Waldenbooks...through the Internet! Amazon.com Books!, Earth's Biggest Bookstor
e, offers more than a million titles in their electronic catalog. You select the books you want to order, mail your order in electronically, and the books are ordered direct from the publisher and sent to you! No hassles, no lines, a huge selection
searchable by keyword, subject, title, and author, tons of publishers, staff recommendations (even personal recommendations based on books you've bought before!), and best of all, LOW prices make this an unbelievable place to visit.
- Wondering about your own personality? Thanks to some CGI
Scripting from SunSITE, you can now take a variant of the Meyers-Briggs
personality test on-line!
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