02-apr-2004

Links

And more links. I've separated out my plant-related ones, but that still leaves a huge mass of esoterica rattling around in my bookmarks folder. Here are some of those I think are worth spreading around.

General Reference

Doomsday Algorithm for Day of Week (it works, I use it)
Convert-Me: units conversion for just about any sort of unit you can imagine.
Celsius to Farenheit (and back again) Converter
Latitude & Longitude - Look Up
Netcraft, for information about particular website hosts, look to the upper left for "What's that site running?"

Science

About Humidity....
Isosceles Triangle -- from MathWorld
Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Powers Of 10: Interactive Java Tutorial

Language

RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
The Hacker Jargon File
Wheelock's Latin Grammar
Notre Dame Latin-English Dictionary (superb!)
Latin-English Dictionary
Jim Breen's Japanese-English Dictionary Server
Bibliofind: Used books

Computer-Related

Propaganda
USB Floppy... RAID!
FreshRPMs
SpamAssassin, the free version; one of the absolute best spam filters
Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text
Linux keyboard shortcuts
Macromedia - Version test for Macromedia Flash Player
The Linux Wacom Project

Humorous

Must see:

The Gallery of Regrettable Food, at The Institute of Official Cheer
Deep Fried Live - the only Flash cartoon on the web I will actually watch. It's tasty, too!
They Fight Crime!

When you have time:

404 Research Labs
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This Page Is Not Here
404 Not Found
Web Page Shredder
Web Page "Pornolizer"
Snoop Dogg's "Shizzolator"
The Gallery of "Misused" Quotation Marks
Googlism
So You Want To Learn Japanese
The Geek Heirarchy
Jokes and Stories: Truth is Funnier than Fiction
The Bonehead of the Day Award is back up. The mailing is worth subscribing to...
This Is True, and one of its sister sites, JumboJoke.com
The Secret of Mousehand
Hello Cthulhu!
Tales of the Plush Cthulhu - 1
NASA Apollo moon hoax faked science physics (kook alert)
Goofy Image Gallery
iWorkWithFools.com - Anonymously Share Work Related Stories
Potatoes Can See
Digital Wav: Sound Archive
The IgNobel Prize
American Apology Shirt
Vampire: the Masquerade humor. I don't like the Camarilla much, but they have a good collection here.
The Crackpot Index
The Japanese Game Title Generator is gone. Weep, my children, for I shall never see "Stewart's ESP Jesus Master" again.

Thoughtful

SUV - Changing the Climate

Blogs:

Talking Points Memo
Eschaton
Washington Monthly
Discourse.net

Health-Related

Immune Syndromes and Disorders

Immune Web
Living With Fibromyalgia (Tidalweb)
FMNet

Fibromyalgia Syndrome Overlaps
Fibromyalgia and CFS Diagnostic Criteria

Co-Cure: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Information Exchange
CFS News
About.com: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CFS FAQ
Porphyria - The Unknown Disease

Reference

EXTOXNET: The EXtension TOXicology NETwork (look up chemicals here)
Plant Choices: Phytochemical Databases
The Health Risks from Perfume
Fragranced Products Information Network
A review of Nova: Sick Buildings
Vegetarian Times: Hair Color to Dye For
Health and Environment Resource Center Newsstand
Green Marketplace
Dave Flockhart's Drug Table

Food

Learn2 Shop for Cooking Oils
Nutrition Action Healthletter: Water, Water, Everywhere
Notmilk/The Dairy Education Board
EatWild

Miscellaneous

Adrenal Steroids
The Newfoundland & Labrador Lung Association
Not Too Pretty: TV ad
Dr Mercola: all sorts of reviews and articles in a common-sense tone
Holistic Medicine

Fiction and Art/Writing

Eleventh Doctor stories by Rebecca Anderson
The Eye of Argon - it has to be seen to be believed
The Eye of Argon - MST3K

Friends

Dangerous Introspection (ShadowWalkyr)
Alex Stewart
Jacques Strappe (Jim Stewart, my father)
Xocolatl @ Chaos Castle
Mark McGrew (Argustin)

Et Cetera

The Silicon Valley Tarot
Perpetual Bubblewrap!
The Unofficial Iron Chef Site is back up
Iron Chef, Bay Area Style -- by Tanith Tyrr. Also check out the main page, The Bay Gourmet.
The Rapture Index