8L2C)pJJJJ IH(ȱH:=IH[H`@HcH  $ +   I/H`JLNGȄBȄF aK  haaFF  mJm# KKJ UJ )J ۈ) ;J3ȱJFȱJGJKaȄM  aaNNJFLGJL L INTERNET.06A9' -READ.ME.FIRSTBIGSURF.1 :#FINDER.DATATp? &PRODOS `DaElH$?EGvѶK+`L HHLy XP LM ŠϠĠӠS)*+,+`F)) (*=GJFjJJA QE'+ '== `@ STSP8QSS8 m P o R(8R APPLE II FAMLY INTERNET STARTER'S KIT Compiled by: David Ottalini WAP /// SIG Co-Chairman September/October 1995 Welcome to the WAP Apple Family Internet Starter Kit! We've attempted to compile literally a ton of information ----------- Japanese Anime Page http://interactive.line.com/~cyber/cyber/anime Holy anime-page Batman! Gadzooks! This web page has literally hundreds of links to seemingly every known anime page in the universe. You'll surf for days and weeks on end with  !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDNIME-niac Web Page http://www.cris.com/~Alkelly An upstart on the anime scene. Promises to be a great site. Has many links so far and it just keeps getting better and better. Check this out. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Arts and Graphics part 1 ///////////////////////// Anime - Web page http://www.umich.edu/~tld/others.html Hip home page has tons of other Anime links. Way cool stuff here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A5:#82 BIGSURF.1u#' :#' '-ART.GRAPHICS18Vm:#8 *ALT.SITES1F>y:#8 *ALT.SITES2(M:#8 -ART.GRAPHICS2:#8 -BIGSURF.INTRO#B:#8; -BIGSURF.NOTESITES1 ART.GRAPHICS1 SIDE TWO BIGSURF.2 (Directory) EDU.REF1 CHATS.ETC. GENERAL.REF EDUCATION FOOD.DRINK ENVIRONMENT EDU.REF2 ge - sometimes often - so while this is a pretty good compilation as of October, 1995 - some listings have likely gone away or already changed. BIGSURF.NOTES BIGSURF.INTRO ART.GRAPHICS2 ALT.SITES2 ALT.Se entire Apple II family! INTERNET.06 SIDE ONE Read.Me.First : A compilation of what's on this disk. BIGSURF.1 (Directory) : A tremendous resource of World Wide Web sites you can surf for all kinds of great information. Note that addresses chaneed. These disks are a work in progress - please let us know how we can improve them for you. IF you would like to contribute more to them, or make some adjustements here and there, please let us know. We want these disks to be a wonderful resource to ths the Macs and PCs can do these days with their Web Surfers, etc. BUT computers were accessing the Internet for years before these latest software goodies ever showed up. And besides - you don't need the memory or special software that the newer machines nfor you about the Internet and how you can use it with your Appe II or /// computer. That's right - literally ALL Apple IIs - from the Plus on up to the GS and any version of the /// - can and do have the ability to surf the Internet. It's not as pretty a this one. I do not think there is another anime site out there that can top this one for sheer numbers of other links. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Egon Schiele Anime Page http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/paint/auth/schiele http://www.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~goudal/Musee/Schiele/Schiele.html One of the true masters of anime. This has to be seen to be believed. Even people who don't particularly like the genre wind up appreciating what Schiele has to offer. Agonizisters are up to and who knows - maybe the next mouse-dragging artist of the future will come from this site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPS clip-art http://www.webscope.com/artrageous/info.html Contains me------------ Plugged In: Young artists work site http://www.plugged.org Young children display their work online. The ages range from 4 years old to 12 years old and although the quality may not be awesome the thought and content truly is. See what youngxhibited there. I liked the Coffee Talk section much better than the Art Gallery but you be the judge... In any case the Coffee section and its links are worth the trip alone. Cream and sugar? --------------------------------------------------------------- links to coffee related pages. You'll find an exhaustive listing of coffeehouses, cafes, coffee recipes, coffee related links and even coffee related sounds! You can also choose to head into Solon's digital "Art Gallery" and see some of the work that is e------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Solon http://www.csulb.edu:80/~solon/ Is it an art exhibit or a cafe? Well... it's a little of both. Solon is your host as you enter into "Coffee Talk" and then find tons ofU. has made a whole collection (450K) available: http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/gifs/gifs.tar.Z http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/gifs/gifs.zip Try also this private site (containing other pointers): http://colargol.edb.tih.no/~geirme/gizmos/gizmo.html ---/betty.music.temple.edu Another well done home page with many links to other fine-arts sites and fine-arts information related sites. (Go Temple Owls!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clip-Art site(s) Stanford ll be as good as the promise it shows now. Check it out and then come back and visit later - watch a fine project in developement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Temple University Gallery of the ARTS http:/tive is always nice. Besides being graphically rich, there are art auction announcements, theme topics and classified ads section. There is also a forum where you can fell free to express your ideas on art related subjects. Everyone hopes that this site wiress. It is a visually rich site but unfortunately the gopher site has you download images before viewing. A web site is planned but it would be nice to also maintain the gopher site as well. Many folks do not have access to the WWW so a gopher site alernand filled with original works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art Liaison Virtual Gallery Gopher to: artspeak.dorsal.org This site is just getting started so be patient - it's a project that's still under progAn eclectic mix of art from around the world featuring original works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Place http://gertrude.art.uiuc.edu/ludgate/the/place.html Another collection of digital art. Way cool a of arts and fine-arts related sites. Includes many virtual galleries and also has fine galleries of Avant-Garde art works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthole http://www.mcs.net/~wallach/paris/panic1.html ngly beautiful. The images willstay with you long after your journey here has ended. Tres bien. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art web sites http://www.art.net/ http://www.art.net/links.html Links to all sortsgabytes of EPS clip art. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Louvre Web page http://mistral.enst.fr/~pioch/louvre/ http://mistral.enst.fr/louvre/ Entrance to the Web Louvre. A virtual trip to Paris and beyond. Includes exhibits at the Louvre as well as a tour of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysees. There's over 1,300 pages and over 800 graphics. Tres bien! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QuickTime site ftp://ftpage out as it has a lot of potential. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Art (IAMfree) http://www.artnet.org/iamfree The Internet Arts Museum - completely free and no jacket required. ----------------------------------------------- Mark Diiorio's Home Page http://www.marshall.edu/~diiorio1/index.html Offers pictures of the Bronx as well as many other pictures. This web page is one of the top-ten at Marshall College. Always growing and evolving - check this r/gvpda-en.htm http://dmf.culture.fr/culture/gvpda-en.htm Pictures of recently discovered cave paintings from the Paleolithic age. These cave drawings were discovered in France and are beautifully shown. ------------------------------------------------------------------ IMAGE WWW site For hours of fun on those late Thursday nights... Check this web page out! http://web.cnam.fr/bin.html/imageWWW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cave Paintings http://www.culture.f it go to waste! The vitality of this site is up to you alone. The WWW Graphics Page is your online WWW resource for Graphics Utilities! Give it a try! (Note: this is a very well done web page) ------------------------------------------------------------ering CDs via WWW * The Playboy Enterprises, Inc. homepage -- now * A section on graphics links The material is presented in a refreshing format, just for YOU! If you do not want this site to die, your feedback must be submitted via email. Do not let's hOmeY page -- Graphics * Michel Buffa's Video Games Page (3DO, Atari * The UnOfficial Nine Inch Nails Homepage * The Beastie Boys Homepage * The Llama Mailserver (MPEG resource and more!) * The alt.sex.movies Homepage * The CDnow! homepage -- orde, movies; information on XAnim, a wonderful graphics program by Mark Podlipec * The QuickTime Support Links * Archie link added! * Winsock support area. o The Tennis Center o Favorite Links * The Yahoo Sever * The Multimedia Maddmanon of QPEG, along with a link to Oliver Fromme's homepage in Germany) NOW DIVIDED INTO COGENT areas: JPEG/GIF/MPEG viewers, contact sheet makers, AVI viewers, and other juicy tidbits. -- Unix/X-Window MPEG sourc -- Macintosh MPEG players, contact sheet makers, dl/gl/fli viewers, etc. -- IBM PC MPEG players, JPEG viewers, a link to the Xing Technology FTP site, and official QPEG support site for North America (including the latest versior of this web page has a lot to offer users. Information on the following subjects awaits you... o The FAQ desk -- Graphics information -- Internet Service FAQ pages -- Miscellaneous FAQs (selection subject to change) o Computer Support Areas --------------------------------------------------- Graphics Page WWW http://www.best.com/~bryanw The WWW Graphics Page is now online via the World Wide Web! Contains graphics links and MUCH more - check this surfin' place out! Bryan Woodworth, the auth Graffiti Page (Art Crimes) http://www.gatech.edu/desoto/graf/Index.Art_Crimes.html Contains photographs of graffiti from around the world. Cities such as Bridgeport, Conn., US and Amsterdam are here. Pass the spray paint please! ------------------------p.netcom.com/pub/fl/flypba/QuickTime --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray-traced 3D web pict site http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bsteuer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fractal Images http://www.rain.org/~ayb Ah... those freaky fractals. Like wow, psychedelic! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Photographic Images ftp to: ftp.netcom.com/pub/bbrace Brought to you by Brad Brace. Contains 5000 JPEGs and GIFs of Brad's own interpretation of post-modern photography. The collection is hard to describe but it is multifaceted, eccentric and always beautifully done. -------------------- the form (room dimensions, how many coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate" button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll need for the job. It's accurate and not a toy. This is a professiona----------------------------- Painter's Calculator http://www.btw.com After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other neat tools too!) Fill in the blanks one you can browse for Icons for many different platforms (DOS/ Windows and Mac). They are freely available. This site also contains many graphic-related, painting and drawing shareware programs. Very good site. ----------------------------------------------ity. Another virtual vacation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICONS web page http://www.di.unipi.it/iconbrowser/icons.html OK - so you're too lazy to make your own icons. Well fret no more! Here is a place wher-------------- The Israel Museum http://www.macom.co.il/museum Fantastic archive and photographic exhibit. A glimpse into Israeli culture and sights to see. Some historical photos are quite old and have been digitally retouched to preserve their viewabils and for those directly interested in art or who are artists themselves - GET HERE PRONTO! I can't say enough how great this journey is! The ambiance is never condescending and all are invited. -------------------------------------------------------------e your ideas and comments concerning their works on web form pages. You can learn a lot about these artists as the pages contain brief bio's, music and of course art. A truly sharing environment and a hip, open style make this a MUST SEE for all web surfer oils to Math art or "fractal art" (images generated by math formulas). You are allowed to download artworks or print them out - no royalty fees here. There are numerous links to the home pages of other artists and many of these pages encourage you to writng from traditional works of art to post-modern and beyond. People are encouraged to submit their own works and thus this is a showcase for much new and imaginative talent. Everything that is art is acceptable and shown here from charcoal to pen and ink to---------------------------------------------------------------- OTIS Home Page http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/otis.html A hip online gallery that always stays "fresh" and up to date. New works and new artists are always to be seen here and there is everthiils also makes for quick and effiecient viewing. A must see for all those interested in photography and a must see for anyone interested in seeing the pictures and learning the story of one of the premier photographers of our time. Fascinating! -----------expect, there are hundreds of images to be seen and each one is more and more compelling as you become drawn into the exhibit. The graphic format is done well so you won't be waiting forever for images to download to your screen. The liberal use of thumbnatimedia biography of the lens-master is also included. The Ansel Adam's Chronology is a must see for all photographic students and you really get some insights into the way Adam's lived and thought as he worked on various projects. Of course, as you might ------------------------------------------------------- Ansel Adams: Fiat Lux http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042/AdamsHome.html Ansel Adams, a renoun photographer, exhibits his portfolio for the whole world to see, and it's quite impressive! A complete mull tool. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Putrid Afterthought http://www.bazaar.com/Art/mendoza.html Not for the faint of heart. Truly a self-named "cesspool of hyper-reality" Shocking and engaging - like looking at a horrible motor vehicle accident. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pompidou Center http://www.cnac-gp.fr/horaires.html Computer artist Lillian Schwartz exhibits her finely rendered work on the web. The siteion URL: ftp://tuda.newcastle.ac.uk/pub/local/n1ka0/animation Animations -> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu Path: pub/ascii/art/movies URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/movies Animations -> Host: ftp.uwp.edu Patow's files, all of Steve Sullivan's files, and Gifscii for many systems. -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart -> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animat, plus other ASCII art files, and the technically oriented "asciitech.aa". Chris' FTP site -> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive Contains all the Scarecr pub/ascii/art/pictures URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/pictures Jorn's FTP site -> Host: ftp.mcs.com Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art Has Scarecrow's fileson 11 for a table of all the Scarecrow's files, showing file name, size (uncompressed), version, name it has at the Scarecrow's FTP site, and the subject line for email requests. Mordor's ASCII Art ftp site -> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu Path:s on the Internet Scarecrow's ASCII Art FTP site FTP to: ftp.wwa.com look in the --> /pub/Scarecrow ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more. See Questitockholm, Sweden. He is a writer and contributor of cultural articles to various Nordic dailies and magazines. The editor may be reached at e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASCII Art Sitey section you will find not only images, but also music and texts: Collages with text by Jan Stenmark, paintings by Lena Ryd`n, prose (in English) by Jukka Lehmus, music by Dror Feiler and Jorgen Adolfsson ... THE ART BIN's editor is Karl-Erik Tallmo of S by Raymond Queneau (in French). Some very old texts are here as well: Chaucer's "A Treatise on the Astrolabe", (the first technical "manual" in the English language) or Swedish provincial code of law from the 14th century (in old Swedish). In the Galler their original languages, e.g. French, German, or Swedish. THE ART BIN features classics like Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Smith or Marx in the original languages, but also more rare material like the fragments of Novalis (in German) and the Exercises in styletc. Here you will find articles, essays, poetry, fiction, paintings and music as well as some rare classical and other source texts. Much of this material could be useful for educational purposes. The editorial language is English, but several texts are in the 'net in search of cool fractal images! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art Bin WWW page http://www.algonet.se/artbin Art Bin is a Swedish/international forum for art, literature, music, cultural politics ed they are mondo cool! Give 'em a try - great graphics for fractal fanatics! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanky Fractal Database http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/other_images.html Point your browser here to surf is in French but the art work transcends all languages. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SnakeByte Fractals http://www.packet.net/business/artwhere/ SnakeByte Fractal Note Cards are now available at Artwhere anh: pub/msdos/demos/ansi URL: ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/demos/ansi Color graphics o Gopher Servers: ASCII Art Bazaar -> Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu Items: 11, 1 Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in many categories. Scarecrow's ASCII Art Gopher -> Host: gopher.wwa.com Items: 3 URL: gopher://gopher.wwa.com/11/ascii Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and moredart/ Gopher to: gopher.kidlink.org We are very pleased to announce the opening of the 1995 KIDLINK Worldwide Computer Art Exhibition. The show presents computer graphics created by kids between the ages of 10 and 15 years as part of their participation ias cross platform compatible formats. A treasure trove of info for graphic format info-seekers. Good site! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1995 KIDLINK Worldwide Computer Art Exhibition http://WWW.UC.EDU/~kifo FTP site ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/misc/file.formats/graphics.formats/ Thia site includes comprehensive descriptions for different graphics file formats including JPEG/JFIF, GIF, TIFF, and many more. Mac, Amiga and PC graphic format info is here as well ml A great guide and linked listing to many graphics sites on the WWW. You can consider this as a "master" directory of graphics web sites. Updated often. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graphics file format inhose friends of yours a greeting when you're off on virtual vacations. No need to stop surfin and shop for cards! WAY COOL! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Images, Icons and Flags http://white.nosc.mil/images.htress. This is where the recipient of your digital fondness can view your postcard greetings. If the recipient does not have a graphical web browser they can still see the text of the postcard - but will not be able to view the graphics. Great for sending td hit "Send" and away it goes. Color and b/w postcards are available for the choosing. This sure beats going shopping for cards. The recipient will get a claim number and email notification that their postcard is ready and waiting at the site's pick-up add/Postcards/ MIT Media Lab's version of the Hallmark card rack. You can pick a postcard out of 35 designs and send them to friends by typing in their email address and then typing in your message on the virtual "postcard". Then add your name and address anour Artwork online, please email them to: gyip@uci.edu This site is brought to you by the folks at the Univ. of CA at Irvine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Postcard http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu------------------------------------------------------------- ASCII Art EMail http://www.oac.uci.edu/~gyip With ASCII Art EMail, you can send postcards to your friends anywhere on the net and include an ASCII picture of the online choices. If you want y> Address: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu Message: subscribe asciiart o FTP Mail Servers: -> Address: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Message: help -> Address: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu Message: help -> Address: bitftp@pucc.bitnet Message: help --------------of ASCII art, with links to everything. Chris' WWW Page -> URL: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/chking/HTML/HTMLs/ascii.html -> URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/WWW/homepage.html o Mailing list: ASCII Art listserv list -anford Gopher -> Host: medmail.Stanford.EDU Items: 2, 1 URL: gopher://medmail.Stanford.EDU/11/other.stuff/pictures/ o World Wide Web: Scarecrow's WWW Link -> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Gateway to the wold . Everything the FTP site has is available from the Gopher, with friendlier menus. TTU Gopher -> Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu Items: 7, 1 URL: gopher://gopher.cs.ttu.edu:70/11/Art%20and%20Images/ClipArt%20%28ASCII%29 Stn the KIDLINK global dialog. For more information about the art activities connected with KIDLINK, send an email message containing these commands: in the subject and message body: GET KIDART ARTHELP GET KIDART MASTER to: LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU For more information about KIDLINK, add the command GET KIDLINK GENERAL. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Wu's Origami Page http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html Fascinating page that contains superb gra---------------------- Vietnam Pictures archive http://sunsite.unc.edu/vietnam/vnpic.html Various graphics relating to Vietnam. Well run archive. Lots of Pics! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasures of the eryone who visits sees Paradox in a different way and I defy you to explain everything you see with rational mind. It sounds odd but these are images that you feel rather than see. You have to see this. -----------------------------------------------------ox1/index.html A graphical trip into the realms of life's paradoxes and beyond. The images are mystifyingly beautiful in a serene yet haunting way. I am not one to offer judgemental decisions and so you're own your own after you reach this destination. Evver. High quality and hi-res pictures. Although the GIFs are in 8 bit (256 colors) most of the JPEGs are in full 24 bit color. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paradox http://dcpu1.cs.york.ac.uk:6666/fpg/wh/parad it out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital-Picture Archive http://olt.et.tudelft.nl/fun/pictures/pictures.html A rather extensive collection of pictures in GIF and JPEG format from a Netherlands based ser----------------------------------------------------- Cyber Gallery http://gertrude.art.uiuc.edu/@art/gallery.html An eclectic mix of wonderfully rendered art works. Black and white, color, impressionary, digital, and all sorts of goodies are here. Checke and will give viewers a chance to see his many photo offerings and personal favorites. If it's anything like his work in Rolling Stone and Time then this site is sure to be a winner. By the time you read this the page should be up. ----------------------. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Kraft Homepage http://www.pic.net/~ckraft Professional photographer Chris Kraft (Rolling Stone, Time Magazine and many other publications) has put up his personal homepagd experience. From a Photon magazine of Scotland comes an unbelievable well done index of fantastic photos from sites all over the world. A virtual travelogue of interesting photos well rendered for view on the WWW. It really doesn't get better than this..ome 26,000 works in its Permanent Collection, which has established its reputation worldwide. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTONet http://www.scotborders.co.uk/photon/netindex.html A truly beautiful renderem of Fine Arts http://www.interax.net/tcenter/tour/mba.html The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada's oldest art museum, was founded in 1860 by a group of devoted art lovers blonging to the Art Association of Montreal. The Museum is justly proud of the sbition space that has yet to be defined. Please feel free to inquire about setting up your own exhibit space here on this web site. All requests will be considered. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montreal Museullery http://www.asu.edu/asu-cwis/finearts/image.gallery An experimental art project exhibting the best works of faculty, students and other artists associated with Arizona State University. You are invited to participate in a search that may reveal exhiphic examples along with helpful instructions on the supreme and beautiful art of "paper-folding". Many shapes and objects are included. A wonderfully well done page! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Image dot gaCzars http://www.times.st-pete.fl.us/Treasures/TC.Lobby.html If this were just a wonderful exhibit of Romanov art and treasures then it would be a fantastic virtual art exhibit to explore. But it's even more than that! Not only does this site contain a virtual exhibit filled with eleven galleries to see - it also offers insights and info into the Russian culture and what life was like in the time of the Czars. This is both a visually stimulating and educational tour brought to you by the Florida Internatiom/~duke/wsw/ There's a new list of web sites called "Web Site of the Week", because as Forrest Gump's mother used to say..."The Web is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get". Always fresh and interesting sites! -------------------EGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~ternative Web sites (new and unusual) http://www.mcs.net/~rune/home.html New and unusual links from around the world. Strange and amusing! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Site of the Week http://www.best.co ALTERNATIVE SITES part 1 ///////////////////////// 8 Ball page http://resort.com/~banshee/Misc/8ball the net version of the ol' 8 Ball advice giver. Will I or won't she...? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alxcellent. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- hing to read, for example, about the plight of people in Yugoslavia but it is another to view powerful images while you read. I really enjoyed this "museum" but it is rather a fine exhibtion of photo-journalism that will keep you informed and interested. E-------------------------------- Photo Perspectives Museum http://www.i3tele.com/ This is a powerful image-filled site that is like "LIFE" Magazine only better. Photo journalistic efforts combine text and pictures with topics that are varied. It is one tou need. This is one of the best web sites to start your architectural surfing adventures. Pictures, texts and historical perspectives are all included and the linked sites are all very informative and well done. -------------------------------------------rchitecture (from the World Wide Web Virtual Library) http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html Lots of links to architectural related resources. This site includes an easy to use search engine so you can find a particular site or information y?" My reply is that I feel that architecture and architectural design is an artform unto itself and so I choose to place this information in this section of BIGSURF. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Library of Asorts of architectural info with links and related links to many other gopher sites. Text files, drawings, diagrams, etc. This is a great place to start finding out about arcitecture and architectural design. You may ask, "Why is this topic in this sectionf architectural design awaits you at this site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Architectural Gopher Database Gopher to: library.berkeley.edu select --> Research Databases and then select --> Architecture All nal Museum at St. Petersburg. Simply wonderful! ***** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Architecture Images Gopher to: servo.hs.jhu.edu select --> Images and then select --> Architecture A photographic journey o-------------------------------------------------------- Netscape Live Aquarium (Fish Cam!) http://www.netscape.com/fishcam/ A live picture of an aquarium at the Netscape offices. Lots of fish and plants. Take the worry out of setting up your own - use this instead. Also includes links to other "fishy" web pages. Of course we all know that while surfing one is apt to see fish in the wide open web ocean. Way cool stuff! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambridge eat URL to check out. Rummage around here for other pertinent info. Put your surfboard down though - no hanging ten while high! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin's Links from the Underground http://raptor.srfing site. I surfed for hours on this one - catch a wave and go! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Psycho Drugs URL gopher://culture.atcc.org:70/0R1345504-1345792-/txtfiles.dev/FUNGYEAS.TXT Hey kids, here's a gr LEGO Product site http://legowww.itek.norut.no This has to be one of the coolest and most fun commercial sites around. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mossy Rock Links http://www.Direct.CA/~ssibbet Unusual suor not - it seems that people would rather hide in ascii text typing to others than to speak with them. This is not as big a success as everyone first thought it would be. Hmmm... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- and funny. There's always great places to go here and great things to read. A "MUST VISIT" place on the web. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Phone http://www.vocaltec.com hat with someone. Believe it sual links plus standards. Good "alternative" starting point for web adventures. Lots of out of the way places to see. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotwired! http://www.hotwired.com/ Informative, irreverant http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain Tons of fun! Online games galore. Multi-player games too! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GhostRider Web page http://www.iscs.nus.sg/~tankhimb well done site - new and unu. It's really a well-done site and you might even learn something. Gays will have a field day on this one. Hey - no flames. I've included a wide variety of sites. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games Domain wwwrzine.org/html/GLAIDS/glaidshomepage.html If you're gay, lesbian or anything in between then here's the page for you. An exhaustive list of info and links to cover about every imaginable topic related to homosexuality. Even if you're curious - take a look "The Spider's Web" You'll get lost in this one for hours on end. Try to start your surfing excursion on a weekend - you won't be to bed for a while --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberQueer Lounge http://cybes comfort and absolution of sins. No need to wake up early on Sundays anymore - sleep late and confess later. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fun and Games on the Spider's Web http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/fun.htmlg to be fun surfing through this page of wacky links. Off the beaten path. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confession Booth http://anther.learning.cs.cmu.edu/priest.html A virtual Priest listens to all and giveeir comfy dorms to get a cup o' java. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathouse.org site http://cathouse.org/CathousePeople/JasonHeimbaugh/ You're never sure what going to be here - but you always know it's goinUniv. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html Cambridge Univ, England A live picture of a coffee pot in a corner of the Trojan Room at Cambridge University. Lets students know if there is any coffee in the pot before wasting precious energy to leave thwarthmore.edu/jahall http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/jahal/index.html Unusual sites from around the world! Who else has links to the Ollie North page. An unbelievable collection. You could surf through this for months. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paranoia - Web page www.paranoia.com/links.html need I say more? hey - what was that? who's there? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addventure 2 http://acm.rpi.edu/addventurone get out of their easy chair or put down the browser button ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Condom Country http://www.ag.com:104/condom/country Ahem... comes in flavors too! -------------------------------he place to meet interesting folks? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Personals http://www.montagar.com/personals/index.html Another Internet "personals" service. If the 'net was more sensory - would any-------------------------------------------------------- Virtual Meetmarket http://wwa.com:1111 http://sashimi.wwa.com:1111 Place your own personal ads or just "shop around" Plenty of available GIFs for the open-minded to see. And you thought bars were t--------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Confession Booth http://anther.learning.cs.cmu.edu/priest.html The Digital Priest is waiting for you... after drive-in churches and web confessions - what's next? ------------------------- Webaholics Top 50 Page http://www.ohiuo.edu/~rbarrett/webaholics/favlinks/entries.html The webaholics version of a Top 50 sites to surf to list. The linked list changes frequently but the sites are always fresh and funny places to go. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webaholics home page http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/personal.rbarrett.html Kinda like alcoholics anonymous - only kewler. --------------------------------------------------------------------- that are complete gaffes and boners. Weird. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cool Site of the Day http://www.infi.net/cool.html Let the cool site of the day take you away. Always fresh and different! ---------- 'em but try not to fold 'em. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danfuzz's Wall O' Shame http://web.kaleida.com/u/danfuzz Hmmm... I'm not sure what this is but it seems to be a collection of miscellaneous messagesdu/user/zarf/www/games.html#games This is the "list of lists" when it comes to online games on the WWW. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackjack card server http://www.ua.com/blackjack/bj.html Hold 'em or hitly adults will play for hours with this one too! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interactive Toy and Game List http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew/org/kgb/www/zarf/games.html http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.eions of the old favorite. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lite Brite site http://www.gal-cit.caltech.edu/~ta/lb/lb.html Plug in colored pieces on a grid and watch 'em light up! Just like the children's toy - on------------------------------- Battleship http://manor.york.ac.uk/htdocs/bships.html http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/htbin/battleship/battleship Play "Battleship" game via WWW. "You sunk my battleship!" These are two web sites featuring slightly different verseft or Go Right, etc... cool fun! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Veb Village http://manor.york.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vv.sh An unusual "must visit" for all avid Web surfers --------------------------------------------e Follow the links and when at a dead-end, create your own link to extend the adventure. (You'll be at a blank forms page and prompted to enter your own directions. Such as "You walk along the road until you come to an intersection". Then you enter "Go L-------------------------------------------- Games Domain http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain A well-endowed page chock full of game FAQs and numerouos links to other games pages. This is a must see for all games afficianados. Try it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extremely Strange and Weird sites collection No explanation given on these - cruise at your own risk - but I guarantee that you'll get lost surfing on these time and time again. You won't take my w--- How to tell if your head's about to Blow Up http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/mkgray/headexplode.html I'm not making this one up folks! So this is what they do at MIT? ----- Wonderful World of Barbie http://deepthought.armory.com/~zenugirl/barbielingo.ht? ----- Barney's home page http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/barney Yes, it's the purple dinosaur but it's definitely not for kids! ----- Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches page http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/toast I think these tarts got toasted. --was altogether there... ----- The Fascist Game http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/fascist/fascist.html He who makes all the rules - Wins! ----- Church of Sub-Genius http://www.voicenet.com/voicenet/homepages/SirWill1/slack.html Alien prophets? Living Saints? Wha---- Kook's Report of How Weird are You? http://www.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/weirdness/weird Repeat after me - this is only a test... only a test... A 20 question test designed to test your "weirdness" factor. I don't think the person that made up this test l. ----- Bogosity http://www.phil.uni-sb.de/fun/jargon/bogosity.html A site for sore eyes, strange knowledge and net jargon ----- The Websurfer's Handbook http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/handbook.html This is how your mother didn't teach you to surf. -olina.edu/nerd Gopher to: prism.nmt.edu then select --> tests Find out the difference between a geek and a nerd and other odd things. Also take the nerd test and other geeky-nerd stuff. Also includes the infamous Luke's Hippy Dippy Nerd Page. Truly awfuThis page is genuinely creepy and contains numerous links to even creepier pages. Yikes! Leave the lights on! ----- Geek and Nerd sites http://samsara.circus.com/~omni/geek.html http://www.cshl.org/people/corp_reed_dir/geek_code.html http://www.engr.scarhtml A coffin full of Vampire facts and fictions. Pages beckon you to join "Other Creatures of the Night on the Vorld Vide Veb" Bela Lugosi would be proud. ----- Heather Rose Gothic page http://chico.rice.edu/~busbyhea/gothic.html Not just for Halloween. Lock Picking http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/mit-guide.html For the criminally inept. Ah geez, I locked the keys in my car... ----- Vampire Index http://www.wimsey.com/~bmiddlet/vampyre Vampyres Only! http://www.wimsey.com/~bmiddlet/vampyre/vampyre.http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/Gender.html Problems getting down with your bad self or just confused whether you're a boy or a girl. Do you dream of women but hate your mother? Need I say more? Well I won't - go there yourself! ----- Complete Guide toIt just doesn't get much weirder than this folks! alt.tasteless home page http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~jnash/alt.tasteless.html From the alt.tasteless Usenet newsgroup postings. No wonder they call them the "alt" groups. ----- Gender and Sexuality page on the data! (Hey Cheech - what about the bong man) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even Weirder and Stranger Web Pages collection *Definitely* not for the faint of heart, squeamish or anyone logically minded. ww.clark.net/pub/murple/weird.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Information server http://www.paranoia.com/drugs An informative and honest page supplying vast quantities of information. Try not to O.D. ord on it eh? Well, I dare you to try these - you'll come back for more. Really Different Sites http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~aure/htmls/strangepts.html ----- Rumor Mill http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/rmill.html ----- Murple Web Weird Stuff http://wtml http://deepthought.armory.com/~zenugirl/barbie.html More than you ever wanted to know about that plastic fantastic girl. Includes the Plastic Princess Collector Page and many links to other Barbie topics. A Barbie glossary and Barbie discussion are only a few of the Barbie related items here. For the Barbie enthusiast! ----- 100 Point Purity Test for Non-Virgins http://www.circus.com/~omni/purity.html OK - virgins can take the test too. ----- Puking! http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/ljray/ralph.txt As to Visit The Cygnus Christmas Tree finger xmastree@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/xmastree Only opened seasonally. Can you guess which season? ----- Kirk McKusick's Wine cellar telnet to: chez.cs.berkeley.edu 451 Another absurd and useless connecti.cis.upenn.edu /pub/NH3.1/binaries Fantastic Dungeon and Dragons game ala Internet. Even non-fans quickly become addicted to this one. Don't say I didn't warn you... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Absurd Placecabals abound. An eclectic group of folks show up here and it is always intellectually stimulating. Pour a cup o' java and let your hair down. A trip for all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nethack ftp to: lincmagazine. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alternative X gopher to: marketplace.com Talk, rant and discuss with the likes of Mark Leyner, Allen Ginsberg or Ken Kesey. Everything from elitist structures to govt. r places to visit. Siskel and Ebert couldn't do much better than this. Not great - but still worth the trip. The info is updated constantly so surf on over occasionally to get the scoop on what is hot and what is not. A web page from the folks at NetGuide rily interesting and you'll be surfing this site far longer than you expected. Bizarre and unique. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberGuide home page http://techweb.cmp.com/net Reviews, picks and pans of Cybe----------------------------------------------------------------- The Obituary Page http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/obituary/readme.html A continually updated collection of obituary listings from around the world At first this seems quite strange - but it is ee------------------------------------ WXYC Radio http://sunsite.unc.edu/wxyc Student run campus radio station that also broadcasts over the net. You'll need a Mac or Unix box with Maven and/or CU-SeeMe. Visit the station's home page for details. ----------> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calendar site point your finger client to: copi@oddjob.uchicago.edu This is soooo coooool! Just try it! finger this address and enjoy! ---------------------------------------3000 Online theater group that performs at the Theater of the Absurd (TOTA) The theater is part of the Rivendale Chatlines and uses ASCII art as a backdrop and scenery during plays. Now this is a drive-in movie. Had enough weirdness yet? Sheeesh! /pub/tv+movies/letterman The definitive Letterman site. Top ten lists and everthing! ----- Rectal Foreign Bodies http://www.well.com/www/cynsa/newbutt.html Is that a gerbil in there? ----- Fates of Dragon's Lair Telnet to: 204.156.18.1 7777, 5000, or tta see this one to believe it. Our college youth is in trouble. ----- Astroboy's Yo-Yo Status Server ftp://www.neosoft.com/pub/usera/a/astroboy/yoyo.html The epitamy of uselessness ----- David Letterman ftp site FTP to: quartz.rutgers.edu then cd to -- only the beginning. This is wonderfully useless web fun! ----- Scratch and Sniff Theater http://www.erc.msstate.edu/~lush/scratch_n_sniff/index.html ----- Joe's Couch Rating Chart http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss/people/jgross/couches.html You go pretty complete compendium of synonyms for blowing chunks, kissing the bowl and... well... you get the idea. ----- Useless WWW page http://www.primus.com/staff/paulp/useless.html Where else can you find the link to "scratch 'n sniff" theater? And this ison to show the current temperature of Kirk's wine cellar and suggestions for the "wine of the day". ----- A Thermometer in Maine telnet to: small.eece.maine.edu 9876 You can check the temperature of an office somewhere in Maine. A person named Andrew Sheaff actually connected his office thermo into the net! ----- Vending Machines at various Colleges and Universities finger pony@sail.stanford.edu finger coke@cs.cmu.edu finger coke@mackerel.gu.uwa.edu.au finger cocacola@columbia.edu Don't bother leaving t of others who share your score. People from Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Asimov could be your personality peers and the four letter personality code is recognized world-wide by many Psychiatric and Psychological organizations. Give this a try - it's fun! ---simply answer the multiple choice questions (70 questions) then total up your score. After your score is tallied your "personality traits" are reduced to a four letter code that is your Keirsey Temperament Test Result. Your score results also get you a lisoy. This is a professional tool. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myers-Briggs Personality Test http://sunsite.unc.edu/jembin/mb.pl A forms based web page that gives you the famous Myers-Briggs test online. You o!) Fill in the blanks on the form (room dimensions, how many coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate" button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll need for the job. It's accurate and not a t------------------------------------------------------ Painter's Calculator http://www.btw.com After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other neat tools toinformation on game play and directions. Basically, anarchie reins supreme and there really is no law or order or rules for that matter. It might all seem too chaotic at first - but in order to survive you'll have to make alliances... --------------------- II - Rise of the Free Jacks Telnet to: tdome.montana.com 5555 log on using your name and a password of your choosing. (You will have to remember or write down your password for future log-ons) New users should type in "POLICY" after log on for important make an origami frog and information on frog species from around the world. Undaunted by previous reports I could not seem to find recipes . A frog lovers dream! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thunder Dome---------------------------------------- The Froggy Page http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/froggy.html Contains info and links to all sorts of "frog" information. There is an assortment of clip-art and pictures of frogs. How tote and this page will search for people born on that date! You can feel free to register your own birthday and if you include your email address, people can then send you Happy Birthday! email cards. No candles included. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Boutell's Birthday Server http:// sunsite.unc.edu/btbin/birthday This page will not only tell you who shares your birthday with you it will provide links to these persons home page if available. You can enter any datml This guy hooked up his hot-tub to the Internet and now lets the public come on in and visit. You can check the water temp, outdoor air temp, and other hot-tub info. Ahhhhh relaxing... bring your own towels! --------------------------------------------ometer that says how cold the sodas are. Ah... the meager college existence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul's Hot Tub finger hottub@hamjudo.com email: hottub@hamjudo.com http://hamjudo.com/cgi-bin/hottub.hyour dorm on a useless journey to the soda machine. Waste bandwidth and have fun fingering these machines to see if your favorite is in stock. Many also tell when the sodas were put in the machine so you can tell if they're cold enough and some have a them------------------------------------------------------------------------ TallWeb page http://www.planet.net/tallweb A web site especially made for tall people. Info and links to places where tall people can go and find suitable material for their ilk. Pointers to stores and mail-order houses where tall folks can buy stuff. Even contains lists and info on Tall Clubs and the Global Tall List. A towering web site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live Nude Video-coStuff Web page http://www.magicnet.net/~rsola/free.html/ Contains links to companies that give away free merchandise or have contests for those that visit their site. A good companion site to the "Free-Stuff" site gleaned from the "alt" newsgroup (also main here and the info and lists are continually flooding in and being updated. The info is gleaned from the Usenet newsgroup "alt.consumers.free-stuff" Check this out! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Free-com/~xinh/freestuff.html Lynx/Text version: http://gn2.getnet.com/~xinh/freestuff/alt.html Wow! Tons of new, interesting and free "stuff" is offered by various companies, agencies and individuals from all over the world. There is lots of free stuff to obtof course along with cool 'net stuff there is a bit of erotica - so keep the kids away from this site... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alt.Consumers.Free-Stuff Home Page Graphic version: http://gn2.getnet.s anyone? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RedStar's Web Page of Internet Fame/IRC Channels/Erotic Pick of Day http://www.cyberspace.com/~chronos The title says it all - a neat place to check out occasionally - as neat gifts or become gifts to yourself. The talking keychain and the memo-maker are just a few of the odds and ends you'll find here and each has a photograph that shows you what it is you're going to buy along with a description. Talking picture frame------------------------ Speak to Me Catalog of Talking Products http://www.clickshop.com:80/speak/ An unusual commercial site that's way cool to browse through. It offers a neat assortment of talking paraphenalia that is not expensive that might wind up) rather it is a party in progress and you'll never who who you'll run into or meet. There are forms based discussions and it's like a community on the 'net that never goes to sleep. Check this place out! ---------------------------------------------------the moment you check in. You are given a virtual map of the "shack" that includes a dozen rooms to travel through - from there you're on your own as I don;t want to spoil the fun and surprises. It's not really X-rated (unless that's what you want out of it------- Bianca's Smut Shack http://bianca.com/shack/ This has got to be one of the coolest places to visit on the 'net if you're an adult and want to have a little fun. Bianca's is a virtual romp through a "party house" that will have you engrossed from irst Lite Brite server on the Web so you can make cool pictures while you bang on your cell walls. Hip and irreverant - remember to check out when you're done... you might decide to stay. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Asylum http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/cgi-bin/asylhome-ta This wacky site provides the user with virtual padded walls and has a gonzo psychological questionnaire for prospective inpatient inmates to take. It also includes the f http://galen.med.virginia.edu/~gpr3w/johnkelsey.html A virtual trip through the Rakes family home. Contains links of all the family favorites. He's a pediatrician and she's a story writer. Hmmm.... --------------------------------------------------------nferencing http://www.cts.com/~talon The author has no personal experience with this site but it does sound interesting and possibly interactive... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- John and Kelsey Rakes web pageentioned in BIGSURF). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yellow Rose of Texas http://www.yrose.com/~yrose/ A strip club goes online. This is only one of many of these kinds of places that are littered all over the WWW. I include this site hesitantly if but only to show that the WWW is indeed "wide-open" in scope... OK - who talked me into putting this into BIGSURF? Was it... *you* ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. O/FileRoom/documents/homepage.html A rather large and comprehensive catalouged list of censored resources and materials. Most of this material has been either banned in public or school libraries or has been banned from various countries and/or political ad (the home of Gothic) and another from Carnegie-Mellon (US) Both offer unusual and interesting info and links... strangely interesting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The File Room http://fileroom.aaup.uic.edurch in this field. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Gothic and Occult Web sites http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~feorag/pagan-link/plhome.html http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~sk4p/occult.html One from Englan://www.cascade.net/dark.html Another eerie but informative site for anyone interested in finding out available resources on the Internet that have to do with gothic, paganism, vampire, occult and other "dark side" topics. A good site for those doing reseathelair.zynet.com:80/~grotesk http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~djb/GotG/GotG_top.html Not for the squeamish! Formaldehyde babies and postmortem stiffs abound! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Side of the Net https/OMNet/magi Resource guide and list to the Occult and Paganism found on the net. Eerie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gallery of Grotesque ("Dan's Gallery of the Grotesque") http://zynet.com/~grotesk http://on. Also to be added soon are many black-oriented magazines and publications presented in online format. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mage's Guide to the Internet ftp to: ftp.portal.com in the --> /pub/s an interest increating their own linkable areas are Motown Records, Perspective Records and U.S. West's US Avenue electronic marketing division. Also planned is an area for Black literary artists which will be soliciting original manuscripts for publicatiulture, sports info, music related topics, business and educational interests. Plans to add many more Afrocentric/ethnic forums and topics are in the works. Planned topics of interest include: Religion, politics and corporate sponsors of the site that haveool idea. This page offers a brief guide to available CyberCafes. New cafes are added often. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NetNoir Online http://www.netnoir.com A "cyber-gateway" to Afrocentric information, coffee - the perfect mix (?) Cyber Cafes are opening up all over the place. These cafes let people sip on java, order sandwiches and rent Internet access time. That's right - go cybersurfing, email and look up a few usenet newsgroups while you have lunch. Cth it. For those in the know it's another place to go and check out occasionally. Suggested reading. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberCafe Guide http://www.easynet.co.uk/pages/cafe/ccafe.htm Computers and c pages http://www.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts/underground/hack-faq.html An enriching batch of info designed to... um... let users get the most out of their computing resources. Very well done and always has something in there that makes the surf over well worzone's WWW page http://www.winternet.com/~drozone Remember.. you're in the "alternative" section of BIGSURF. You're strictly on your own here - be brave and explore! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- alt.2600 FAQnd religious structures due to the content of the material. Not quite a full blown learning or educational resource and not quite an "alternative" site, this site is still unusual in its content and scope. Remember - not all banned works are necessarily pornographical as much of what has become to be banned is ideological or religious in nature. There are many different genres included here - from works of art to works of literary merit to blatant propoganda and religious ranting. In the right hands the pends you to random URLs and from there you're off surfin' again! Take a spin on the wheel! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games Domain http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain The infamous Games Domain site that is ly MUST surf over to this site. *************************************************************************** URouLette http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/uroulette/uroulette.html Web "Roulette wheel" You never know where you might go. Sennd affection - but if you fail - your master will eagerly show his nasty disapproval. This has to be one of the most unique, inventive and highly imaginative web pages and/or web games out there. It just doesn't get any better than this folks. You absolutethrough Harvard Square and then you may have to wait in line at the Hard Rock Cafe or try and get through MIT's Infinite Corridor passage. All this and more awaits you - but if you succeed in bringing back the stick to your master then all will be praise a it's off to the chase! This is no easy task as you have to manuever through evil kids, weird folks, airport terrorists and other unsavory characters in your quest for that dog-gone stick you have to fetch. You'll ride the subway and then have to navigate rts (if you manually type in the URL listed above) after you get to this fantastic page. It's part game and part virtual tour of Boston, Mass. (US). The premise is easy enough. You are to chase and then fetch a stick (you play the role of the dog) and then ALTERNATIVE SITES part 2 ///////////////////////// *************************************************************************** Drool http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/b/jbreiden/game/entry.html You'll be well rewarded for all your effoldish attempts at gothic fright but most of these images will be rolling 'round your mind for some time... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- s site is one step beyond abnormal and is truly weird and eerie. Well rendered and high qualty graphics of gothic baby nightmarish pictures. Some are bizarrely beautiful while others will give the little ones many sleepless nights. Others are blatantly chileast one visit by anyone connected to the WWW. Grab your surfboard and catch a wave over to this web page - and learn. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baby Gothic http://bazaar.com/megadeath/baby/baby.html Thi it will give you (hopefully) a deeper understanding of various cultures by what they *don't* allow and may let you re-define or view the words, thoughts and concepts of "freedom" and "freedom of speech" in a whole different way. This site should merit at is thy sword and the words created are sharp and cut deeply. The old adage, "sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me", is given little credence by many people in power. This place on the web is a very worthwhile site to visit asthe central repository of games games related info and games software on the World Wide Web. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW Addict's Pop-Culture Scavenger Hunt http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~ta/hunt/wwwhunt.html This is a wild and wacky scavenger hunt that will have you in wipe-out form as you surf the web looking for sites and clues. Several hunts are offered - some easy - and some very hard - but one thing is for sure - you'll be addicted in no time to thrally. All sorts of links to gay related sites and happenings around the world including the International Gay Games and info on lesbian and gay athletes. There aremore gay links here than I could begin to list and it seems that more are added daily. Uniquy is this fun - but you'll get a chance to exercise your mind as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsewhere in Queer Cyberspace http://www.qrd.org/QRD/www/QueerCyber.html The site title is to be taken lites.sund.ac.uk/online/quiz/quiztime.html Various trivia quiz contests that are ongoing - you can come here anytime and see how much you know about various topics and subjects and then see how well you score and match up against other trivia players. Not onlface is a bit clumsy - but once you get used to it - you'll be playing and challenging ACBot almost every chance you get. It's quite addicting fun! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Osiris Trivia Quiz http://osiri opponent awaits you - and this player is *extremely* good. The ACBot computer opponent will beat the pants off you unless your at the top of your scrabble playing form. Don't even try to sneak past a non-word for ACBot will catch you every time. The interb pages can't be fun AND informative? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WisDOOM (Internet Scrabble server) Telnet to: next7.cas.muohio.edu 8888 Telnet to: eel.st.usm.edu 7777 A nearly unbeatable computer scrabblet the current version of Adobe Type manager?". If you have a question or problem - give this web page a try. It's a lot of fun to read even if you don't have a question or need a solution. Well worth the visit even if only for the "fun factor". Who said we---------------------------------------------------- Ask KEN! (web page) http://www.enf.org/~andrec/ask_ken.html From meaningful issues to the absurd - this page has it all. There are items ranging from "fake Christemas tree or real tree" to "how do I ge smells of rivulets as molten steel runs down my spine" and "The ocean's foam matches the froth of hair streaming from your lips". I'm not sure if this surreal but it is lots of bizarre fun. Try these out on a friend or loved one... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Surrealist Compliment Generator http://pharmdec.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/jardin_scripts/SCG This has got to be tried to be believed. Outrageously weird compliments are randomly generated for you. Things like "Your haird sites that keep getting more and more bizarre and outrageously bad as you delve further into this madness. This is so bad... that's it good fun! Truly the goofiest and most horrid web sites are all linked from this page. ---------------------------------k. Ride a virtual roller coaster and more! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Worst of the Web http://turnpike.net/metro/mirsky/Worst.html Well... you've heard of the "Best of" now see the "worst of". Truly baing for hours on end. Hang out the "Do Not Disturb" sign and start scavenging! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amusement Parks http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Amusement_Parks/ Visit an amusement or theme paris scavenger hunt. If you succeed then you get a chance to put your name up (or whatever else you want to put up) on the "Winner's Wall". Lots of folks like to win just so they get a chance to write graffiti on the wall. Tons of fun that will have you surfe site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CyberSight http://cybersight.com/cgi-bin/cs/s?main.gmml Not to be confused with the online publication of the same name (and emanating from the same server) this is the URL address for an ultra-cool web page that allows "real-time" conversation between people. Easy to use clickable web interface make this a fun place to visit and meet people. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- De y test and a list of Steven Wright jokes. She also has some of the silliest links you'll ever see. Imagine titles like "Spiffydoodlefiggypudding" and "Church of the Sacred Aardvark." Now this is my kind of alternative site! Wacky good time! ---------------of Sherlock Holmes related material. The game's afoot! Quick Watson! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KC Smith's Home Page http://www.xnet.com/~whoops She has links to a lot of strange goodies, like a personalitto come. You've got to try this one out - really! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherlock Holmes Collection http://www.peak.org/~tirk/holmes Mike Krejci (aka Tirk Derango) has made available a cool collection ---------------------------- Mind Games http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/mindgame.html This is a neat place to visit for it offers a few little "mind games" games/experiments/tricks that you can take in a few minutes yet remember them for a long time ------ PC Gifts and Flowers http://www.pcgifts.ibm.com Order flowers from the web and have them sent anywhere world-wide. OK - you can't smell the flowers but there are online catalogs that you can look at. -----------------------------------------------ssified site that is also non-commercial in nature and is for the general public. No links to usenet groups but it is still a great place to check out. Everything from soup to nuts here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------ng and trading. Just like a "Trader pages" paper or a "local yokel" you'd pick up at a town store or local grocery. Cool! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPages http://ep.com Another for sale, trade and buy cla-------------------------------------------------- IMall Classified http://www.imall.com/ads/ads.html A non-commercial for sale and posting site that has links to all the various Usenet newsgroups that have for sale items. Also has its own page for listifreakish site that will send chills up your spine for a long time to come. A digital nightmare that many folks simply refuse to leave or do without. You be the judge. I would definitely keep the youngsters away from this site. -------------------------how! http://www.zynet.com/~meatlog/freakshow.html This site is even one step beyond "Dan's Gallery of the Grotesque" This site is truly "not for the squeamish or those with heart conditions or even those with any moral character". A trippy, grotesque and on services and other assorted sundries within the digital city and actual Amsterdam. This site is expanding and most engaging. This is the best "virtual city" on the web. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freaksnd dwellings and there are many "nooks and crannies" to discover just like old back alley ways in a real large city. Getting lost is half the fun here but please do visit the Town Hall as this has links to the "outside" world of Amsterdam and provides infoegin to realize that any large metropolis is tough to navigate (with or without a map) when you first arrive. There are reportedly over 10,000 regular "inhabitants" of this digital city and more come to visit every day. People have set up permanent shops aDigitale Stad (The Digital City) http://www.dds.nl/ A true virtual "digital city" on the web. This place teems with people and links resembling streets and sidewalks throughout the town are littered all the place making navigation questionable until you b------------------------------------------------------------ Beavis 'n Butthead Page http://quadralay.com/Combs/BnB/BnB.html Yes - these guys have their own page. Get the skinny on these two morphs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrecked Humor Page http://www.cs.odu.edu/~cashman/humor.html A very good site that has lots of fun stuff to see and do. Top-ten lists, satires, parodies and goofy songs plus lots of links to other fun places. ------------------------ have you both laughing and informed as you see "waz up" with the newspeak language. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Potato Head http://winnie.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/potatoe Funny Mr. Potato Head... This ------------------------------------------------------ How to Talk New Age http://www.well.com/user/mick/newagept.html A funny look at all the "new-age" talk going 'round. The words and phrases are defined in an A to Z list and what isn't new to you will--------------------------------- Spatula City http://www.wam.umd.edu/~twoflowr/index.html Interesting and different that is self-described as "Specializing in Web Silly Stuff" Quite honestly - this site is all *about* silly stuff. ---------------------picked contestants and... well... you get the idea. A neat idea that hasn't taken off yet but who knows...? Come here and see what's up or send in a GIF and become a contestant and see what happens... hmmm.... ------------------------------------------ the web. People send in GIF images of themselves and request to be a contestant. If chosen then you are asked five questions by your potential dating partner. The audience - web surfers who come to the site - get to vote on the answers given by the three finitely... different and unlike most other comedy related sites. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The World-Wide Web Dating Game http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~aure/date Just like the Dating Game except it's on.std.com/homepages/stevec/index1.html A high-tech humor site that borders on nerdish. Still - it's fun if you happen to understand the "techie" side of life. Good satire on current scientific projects and well... it's pretty good stuff all in all. It's defair site with moments of funniness. Has stories, techno-jokes and other comedic stuff. When it's bad-it's real bad. But when it's good-it's good. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SteveC's UUUU-UU Page http://ftp Tons of places to browse. Most of the links here work fairly quickly as the web pages are quick downloads. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay's Comedy Club http://paul.spu.edu:80/~zylstra/comedy/index.html A of places. Surf over to here if you need a good laugh or some good fun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insomniac's Page of Humor http://rohan.sdsu.edu/home/elewis/Humor.html Another fun set of links to follow.or you! This makes a great companion to the above listed "Rollercoaster!" web page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fun! http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~werdna/fun.html Comedy and otherwise fun links to all sorts e.unc.edu/darlene/coaster/coaster.html Has a database of parks with rollercoasters (all types of coaster rides). You can search the database by park, state, name of ride or type of coaster If you enjoy rollercoasters or coaster rides - then this site is ftscape enhanced page set-up (all the new html tags and codes). A Bulletin board is coming soon. Special section started for "wood 'coasters" only. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coaster Compendium http://sunsit--------------------------------------------------- Rollercoaster! web page http://www.echonyc.com/~dne/Rollercoaster! Take a ride on the only website that needs a lapbar! Coaster trivia, new attractions, biased rants and raves and lots of cool pix. A Neis a way cool web site that serves up Mr. Potato head... ala web. Click and change Mr. Potato Head all around using a graphical browser. Easy - takes no brains at all. I like that! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strange Things Out There on the Web http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/strange-things.html Features links to (you guessed it) strange things and places on the web. Actually this site is very entertaining and if it continues will be put on BIGSURF's "Gener---------------------------------------- The Mother of All Humor Archives http://www.tc.cornell.edu/~ckline/humor/maillist.html You'll quickly lose track of time here as you go through this very funny web page of jokes, sayings, excerpts from TV shows anso includes political humor and political satire. Nothing is sacred here and the stuff is genuinely very funny. There is even a techno-joke area and there is something for all tastes and dispositions at this gopher site. ---------------------------------------------------------- Wiretap Gopher Humor Archive Gopher to: wiretap.spies.com in the --> /library/humor All sorts of jokes and gags here. One liners and stories and all types of ethnic jokes too. Check out the Irish jokes in the /Jokes directory. Alride... literally. Now this is super hip stuff. Way cool! Of course one day there might be an army of NetCam folks and that is no longer in the realm of way cool - gosh - that would be way scary. Hmmm... ---------------------------------------------------- a small video camera and wireless TV transmitter that instantly beams back the live video feed to the web server that then feeds YOU the resulting images. You never know where Steve might be going, but wherever he does go, you'll be along for the walk or ------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Mann's NetCam Home Page http://www-white.media.mit.edu/~steve/netcam.html Steve Mann is a student at MIT and walks around with a NetCam. What is a NetCam? It's a helmet devoce that holdsalways advised to pick at least one number over 31 because lots of people only choose birthdays which limits the numbers over 31 being picked (ever hear of a month with 32 days?). If you are a lottery fanatic - then get on over to this site! --------------of previous winning numbers and a graph showing the frequency distribution of winning numbers and the outcomes so you can better plan your number picking strategies for the next round of tickets you buy. Lots of tips for picking winning numbera and you're there is *one* sorority here too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.K. National Lottery Web Server http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/rkl/lottery Winning lottery numbers and lottery info. Also has a helpful chart O Web Pages http://www.bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/Kurt1.html A list of fraternities that have a presence (or a page) on the WWW. The frat houses are linked sites and there are pointers to frat archives as well. Oh.. should I mention the fact thatative section". What more could you ask for than your very own lock-picking guide. Lots of pictures and diagrams to ease the learning curve of this most delicate of operations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GL it in the general starting points section. Yes! <<< --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW Guide to Lock-Picking http://www.lysator.liu.se:7500/mit-guide/mit-guide.html OK folks... I told you this was the "alternist all the links available through this page as separate sites. The Weird Zone and Mr. Potato Head and many more sites are to be found as links here. As you can see, I really enjoy this site and it is constantly growing. Surf here! >>> OK - so I *did* putal Starting Points" section. This is a great place to start out your web surfing adventures when you're in a fun mood and want to get a little silly. Even the kids will love this one. Try it! There are so many unusual and neat links that I decided not to ld lots more. This is a bold title for a web page and it mostly lives up to its billing. Bien! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tarot Resources http://www.iii.net/dtking/tarot.html A fine starting point with links to all sorts of Tarot and Tarot related resources, info and files. Links to Tarot related IRC chats, Usenet FAQ, Tarot societies and much more! One of the best Tarot sites available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------2" x 12" 24bit color image will take up roughly 39 megabytes. These figures represent non-compressed image data. Using JPEG, compressed PICT or other compression algorithms may significantly lower the file size considerably (and sometimes also lower the fch in 24bit color. 12" X 300dpi = 3600 pixels high 12" X 300dpi = 3600 pixels wide 3600 high X 3600 wide = 12.96 mega-pixels 24 bits per pixel X 12.96 mega-pixels = 311.04 mega-bits 311.04 mega-bits / 8 bits to a byte = 38.88 mega-bytes of data or... a 1ill be the number of pixels wide the image is. Multiply the number of pixels high by the number of pixels wide. Multiply that by the color depth in bits e.g. 8bit 16bit 24bit 32bit Then divide by 8bits to the byte. Example: 12" X 12" at 300 dots per inmage Formula for calculating Image File Size Multiply the number of inches high by the scan resolution (dpi). This will equal the number of Pixels high the image is. Multiply the number of inches wide by the scan resolution (in dpi) The answer you get w the files. This info is mostly for PC users but some of the information is essential even for Mac users and is general enough to be of importance for all users. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Basic Scanned Iessed files, games, software, pictures, sound and music, movies, foreign languages, etc. It also explains the ways to identify the different files and how to download and use the files. There are many pointers within the guide that you can use to download Arts and Graphics part 2 ///////////////////////// Multimedia File Formats on the Internet - a Beginner's Guide http://ac.dal.ca/~dong/contents.html An extensive multimedia guide for novice Internet users. It explains the file formats for texts, comprtalk with people next time Kahune is accessed and talked with. Not for kids only. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- e computer) by typing in a sentence and then Kahune will reply back. Kahune learns from a combined past with the many users met and interacted with over time. Not only will you be having fun but you'll be adding to Kahune's knowledge base on how to better ----------------------------------------- Kahune (from Aloha.com) Telnet to: aloha.com Log in as: child WWW site for Aloha.com http://hisurf.aloha.com From the beautiful Aloha state comes a wonderful little gem. This is where you can speak to Kahune (ththing is what you want yet you yearn for more information before you abandom your browser and other worldly devices - flow on over here for a peaceful and informative outlook and insight into the Zen philosophy of living. --------------------------------------- Zen@SunSITE http://sunsite.unc.edu/zen/ Ben Walter has put up a simply stunning rendition of what Zen is (or isn't) and created this informative page with peaceful and flowing pages and links to other Zen and Zen related info on the Internet. If noile's perceived image quality). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Scanning FAQ (World Wide Web site) http://www.dopig.uab.edu/dopigpages/FAQ/The-Scan-FAQ.html Everything you wanted to know about proper scanning tecniques and more. Jeff Bone at the Univ. of Alabama created this page. He covers four primary categories of scanning material. Line Art, Half-tones, grayscale and color. There is also info on address resolution and copyright issues. The techniques havex/ ---------------- MPEG Audio Resources Playing MPEG Compressed Sound Files http://www.io.org/~cme/MPEG_Utils/mpeg.html MPEG Facts and Info (MPEG-1 Audio) http://www.dreamscape.com/putz/mpegfact.html"> Information and FAQ about MPEG Audio Layer-3 ftplateau.cs.Berkeley.EDU:80/mpeg/ ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Commitee) http://atsc.org/ ---------------- MPEG Systems Resources Home of mplex (MPEG-1 public domain Systems multiplexer ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/graphics/mpeg/mplual Property Rights Licensing information http://www.cablelabs.com/PR/950327mpeg_ipr.html The "home site" ftp archive of Chad Fogg [mpeg2play, mpeg2decode, vmpeg, etc, for PC's] ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/cf/cfogg MPEG Research at U.C. Berkeley http://www-EG FAQ at BTU-Berlin http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~phade/mpegfaq/index.html MPEG Archive at BTU-Berlin http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~phade/mpeg.html Video on the Internet: The MPEG Technology http://www.netvideo.com/technology/technology.html MPEG IntellectFTP to: ftp.netcom.com in the --> /pub/mpeg,pub/mpeg2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other MPEG Resources on the Internet General Information MPEG FAQ at CRS4 http://www.crs4.it/~luigi/MPEG/mpegfaq.html MP/MPEG2 Encoders/Decoders plus source code FTP to: sunsite.unc.edu in the --> /pub/electronic-publications/IUMA/audio_utils/converters also in the --> /pub/electronic-publications/IUMA/audio_utils/mpeg_players MPEG1/MPEG2 video encoder/decoder source code are planning to make MPEG multimedia or video then you need to come here first! An abundance of information awaits the MPEG-minded traveller! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPEG Info + Source Code sites MPEG1echinfo/mpeg/mpeg.html http://cui_www.unige.ch/OSG/MultimediaInfo/ http://random.chem.psu.edu/mpeg.html Lots of information and pointers/links to information on the technicalites of how best to process and understand the MPEG file format structure. If youiles. See the chapter(s) "Mostly Mac" for more information on where to obtain SPARKLE (MPEG viewer for Macintosh) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPEG audio and visual file format Info-sites http://www.eit.com/tn_stuff_movies.html http://www.best.com/~johnp/fun.html http://www.wit.com/ Enough sites? Look for the ".mpg" or ".mpeg" suffixes and those will be the MPEG animations you came looking for. Don't forget - you'll need a MPEG viewer to see all these great f:70/1/internet/mpeg http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu/~johns/sl9.html http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/images.html http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/sl9/sl9.html http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/multimedia/mpeg/movies/ http://ice.ucdavis.edu/whimsy/fun_stuff/fuon the Internet FTP to: s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu (look in -> /pub/multimedia/mpeg/movies) ftp://havefun.stanford.edu/pub/mpeg gopher://ftp.cs.ttu.edu/11/pub/mpeg/movies gopher://epoch.CS.Berkeley.EDU:70/11/multimedia/mpeg/movies gopher://samisdat.unh.eduf/index.html Information, discussions and white papers on various graphic formats. Not just for the technically minded but developers are intended audience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPEG Movie Resources e graphic examples right on the web page. If you do any scanning whatsoever - then you need to read this page! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIF, JPEG, and other graphic formats http://www.xmission.com/~mgm/gip://fhginfo.fhg.de/pub/layer3/MPEG_Audio_L3_FAQ.html MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Audio software and data ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/MPEG/audio/ ---------------- MPEG-related Companies and Organizations http://www.crs4.it/~luigi/MPEG/mpegcompanies.html A list of MPEG-related Companies http://www.cnm.bell-atl.com/ Bell Atlantic Center for Networked Multimedia http://www.cnm.bell-atl.com/davic/davic.html DAVIC (Digital Audio Visual Concil) http://www.ftelinc.com/ FutureTel http://www.gi.com/ General Instr I am only asking a meager $5.00 donation to help continue to support the BIGSURF publication effort. You could easily pay a lot more for commercially published site lists and still get far less than what BIGSURF offers... think about to enjoy! BIGSURF is "donation-ware". You may use this document and the information provided freely - but - I hope that many users will hear my plea for needed donations as this is a project that takes a lot of effort and time.y way unless permission is obtained by the author. I encourage people to share copies of BIGSURF with others but I must also ask that no modified or altered copies be distributed. Please - share BIGSURF with friends and family members URF digital document. This BIGSURF publication whether in Mac application self-viewing document format or plain text format or published and accessible through Internet sites (WWW, FTP, Gopher, etc.) should not be modified in ana ("Pinochle") Please see the final "Copyright and Closing Messages" section for more details concerning the author and information on the publication and distribution of this BIGS>>> Fun and Informative places to go! <<<<<< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pinochle's BIGSURF Netguide is 1995 by... S. DiRos\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///// B ///// I ///// G ///// S // U // R // F // vol 3.1 July 1995 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >>>>>> BIGSURF Netguide <<<<>ledge of availble resources located on the Internet. =========================================================================== on Advanced Digital Video in the National Information Infrastructure http://www.xingtech.com Xing Technologies My personal thanks to Tristan "RAMBO" Savatier for supplying many of these sites for inclusion in BIGSURF and helping to further people's knowemens/siemens.html Siemens Inc. http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/index.html Sony Electronics http://www.nta.no/brukere/DVC/ Telenor Research (Digital Video Coding Group) http://www.eeel.nist.gov/advnii/ United States government info-document on the Workshop R Teltech http://www.netvideo.com Netvideo - Internet Video Services, Inc. http://nvr.com/htdocs/NVRHome.html North Valley Research http://www.optibase.com/ Optibase http://www.optivision.com/ Optivision Inc. http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/Commercial/Siument http://www.hp.com/ Hewlett-Packard http://www.ibm.com/ IBM (International Business Machines) http://image.mit.edu/~pshen/imedia.html I-media Corporation http://www.kauai.com/~bbal Kauai Media - MPEG Audio Software Solutions http://www.mpr.ca/ MPit. 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This inclusive format of BIGSURF will change in the very near future so it is advised that you do save volume 3.edu:70/11/.computing/.acs/.microsys/.mac/BIGSURF Gopher to: gopher.uta.edu then select "Computing" then select "ACS" then select "Microsys" then select "Mac" and finally select "BIGSURF" The Univ. of Texas at Arlington's Academic Computing Sst and not get lost then surfing the 'net will be a minor challenge. - Pinochle. *************************************************************************** New gopher site for BIGSURF! BIGSURF online gopher site at UTA gopher://gopher.utas. The Internet (as a whole) is truly one huge "web" of information and as your travels expand so will your knowledge of where things are located and how to find what you wish to know. In any case... If you can "surf" your way through this liointers to each other. Rather than listing all ten sites I have listed one or two of the main sites and realize that if you follow the links or pointers to further information on the subject or topic that you will eventually get to these other siteeep BIGSURF down to a manageable size - site listings that I feel are redundant have been omitted. For example: I could list ten sites that each have slightly different bits of information but are all inter-related and have links or pse - this guide would have little value to you. Oh well... as I said... I am available for requests... Note: the FTP sites contain the Mac application version only. The Gopher site maintains sorted text and application versions. In order to kyou (at least) make an attempt to download and obtain the BIGSURF Netguide using the access sites listed below. I honestly can't see a reason to send a request for a copy unless your access to the Internet is limited to email only and in that caknow which way is best for you I will always make a concerted effort to accomodate your specific needs. I always answer my email so don't hesitate to write! I do ask that before I am swamped with email requests to send copies of BIGSURF that r ASCII encoding format to use when sending through email. For instance - PC users will get a BIGSURF.ZIP (UUencoded) Mac users will get a BIGSURF.SEA archive - Unix users will receive a BIGSURF.TAR (UUencoded) and so on. Of course if you let me URF you'd like me to send (Mac application or plain text file). Please let me know if your emailer accepts attached files or what type of computer you have. This lets me know the best way to format the document and which compression scheme and/oponses and replies. At this time I cannot afford to mail via postal route actual floppy disk copies and requests for the BIGSURF compilation can only be sent electronically in application format or plain text version. Let me know which format of BIGS*********************************************** I will always maintain a complete and unified collection of the entire BIGSURF Netguide as one complete and inclusive document and this will always be available to those who request it using email res- have fun! Don't forget - you can use your browser's built in "search" function to search the text that is onscreen for keywords or potential sites of interest. ********************** NO NEED TO WORRY! ********************** ****************.1 of BIGSURF for future use. ________________________________________________________________ For users of the new WWW linked version of BIGSURF: Well folks... ease of use is what this is about! Use your web browser and point and click away ervices has graciously given BIGSURF a gopher hole to call home! James Stewart of the ACS at UTA has informed me that he has the BIGSURF gopher site up and ready for use. This now allows users of platforms other than the Macintosh to read and utilize the BIGSURF Netguide containing all its info and site listings. BIGSURF is [still] originally published and distributed as a Macintosh specific application (self-launching document) but is now happily offered via gopher to be used by Internet enthoicenet.com/macshare FTP to: ftp.voicenet.com in the --> /macshare Please see the Copyright and closing section for more info on VoiceNet _________________________________________________________________________ Here is some great news to put inst recent Mac self-launching document version of BIGSURF available. My thanks and encouragement to Craig Hillwig who maintains the macshare archive at the VoiceNet ftp site. While you are at VoiceNet stop by the Macshare archives at: ftp://ftp.vt Macshare archives ftp://ftp.voicenet.com/macshare/texts/bigsurf-netguide-31.hqx My "home" ISP (Internet Service Provider) has a wonderful ftp site for Mac users. Try the /macshare directory for other great software. This site always has the moi who maintain the best (IMHO) info-mac mirror on the planet and who also have a great ftp site being offered to the public for anonymous ftp access. Aloha to all! _________________________________________________________________________ VoiceNe1.hqx Note: BIGSURF is available on the "home" sumex-aim/info-mac site at Stanford Univ and many info-mac mirrors. My thanks to all the folks involved with the info-mac archives and dedicated mirror sites. My special thanks to the folks at Hawairectory or if you are using a graphical ftp client (such as Fetch) looking in the /info dir for the recent BIGSURF upload. Presently the full path of BIGSURF 3.1 looks like this... ftp.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/info-mac/comm/info/bigsurf-netguide-3FTP FTP to: ftp.hawaii.edu in the --> /mirrors/info-mac/comm/info/ ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/info-mac/comm/info/ Since BIGSURF versions are continually being updated and re-numbered I suggest using the "dir" command once in the ***/info di This web server is now up and available 24 hours a day. BIGSURF night and day! Josef has also placed a helpful link here to the gopher site at UTA. _________________________________________________________________________ BIGSURF available via onated site space for BIGSURF updates. My personal and humble thanks to Josef for his interest, support, time and effort. This Web version of BIGSURF is not linked but presents an exact copy of BIGSURF in text format available to everyone on the web. Alternate WWW site for BIGSURF! http://dipmat.unife.it/Root/d-Internet/t-Bigsurf Josef Eschgfaeller in the Mathematics Dept. (Dipartimento Matematico) at the Universita' di Ferrara, Italy, has graciously put up BIGSURF on the WWW and has dCopyright and closing" section of BIGSURF for further information on the services CAPABILITY MANAGEMENT offers and how to contact this forward-thinking and progressive company. ________________________________________________________________________ users. You will find this site well laid out and easy to use. My thanks to Rowan and to Capability Management for their efforts in putting BIGSURF on the web in fully site-linked format. Now *this* is surfing boys and girls! Please see the final "____________________________________________ BIGSURF Online (New and Improved WWW site) http://www.capman.com.au/bigsurf/ Rowan Simms at Capability Management has been busy at work providing a fully linked version of BIGSURF to World Wide Webusiasts the world over. Need I say more? Point your gopher client to this URL and burrow on over. My personal thanks to Mr. Stewart and the Internet community for making BIGSURF a successful and informative resource. ___________________________ your cap for future reference. My good friends are busy at work creating what will be the "ultimate" site on the World-Wide Web for Macintosh users. Please take the to read the following information. I'm personally involved with this site and can hardly wait to announce its *official* opening here in the BIGSURF Netguide. HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC===HYPERMAC Welcome to HyperMac! The newest, hippest and most comprehensive Macintosh site on the Internet.d starting points within this section also Telnet users can find a great start point towards the end of this section /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A Fantastic Starting point for WWW surfers! 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We have the WWW version of the world's only newsgroup dedicated to helping the Macintosh/Internet newcomer: alt.sys.mac.newuser-help. We have (new address!) http://www.yahoo.com/ Holy Cow! You'll be surfing for years from this one site alone! Very cool! Another GREAT place to start your net surfing adventure(s)! This Home page is one of the most popular in the WWW and also offers a superb sear.com/~boba/fun.html (for fun and games) http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/spider.html (The Spider's Web) "The Spider's Web" and Fun and Games. You'll get lost in this one for hours on end. Try to start your surfing excursion on a weekend - you won't be to bces to visit or just want to find out what's new on the net. Get this once a month. The TV guide of the Internet! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spider's Web + Fun and Games on the Spider's Web http://gagme.wwas: Yanoff special internet connections http://www.uwm.edu/Mirror/inet.services.html http://www.w3.org/hyper-text/DataSources/Yanoff.html These are the "premier" lists for internet travel. Always has the new mixed in with the old. Great if you need Mac plane of the best "personal" web pages that offer a fine starting point and many links to search engines to find what you want. A good general surf page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yanoff Internet List WWW URLstart your Internet Explorations! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Hillman's Home Page (Josh's Junkyard) http://gold.acns.fsu.edu/~jph9502 Many informative links, Web search engine links and places to go! O general starting point for ALL types of users. Check it out - you'll like it! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netscape Escapes Page http://home.mcom.com/escapes/index.html From Netscape comes a great place to to put down the mouse and relinquish the browser! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great web site "chock full-o-nuts" http://www.mecklerweb.com Yes there are better sites but this one is hard to beat for a good in many different countries. This is one of the best all around starting points on the Web for kids (and adults too). This site even had me busy for hours and I really recommend this site highly and without any reservations. Now just try and get your kids for hours on end. Maybe you too. This site has been thoroughly checked by Bob Allison (Uncle Bob) and contains nothing offensive or obscene. Just good clean fun! Besides games links there is lots of neat links educational pages and links to virtual travel------------------------------------------ Uncle Bob's Kids' Page http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/kids.html Tons of links to fun and interesting stuff all over the web. For kids of all ages (especially the younger ones).This will keep 'em occupied and engagedp://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/cwis/organizations/kucia/uroulette/uroulette.html Web "Roulette wheel" You never know where you might go. Sends you to random URLs and from there you're off surfin' again! Take a spin on the wheel! ---------------------------------.mit.edu:8001/cgi/random Random selections from the great Yahoo list of sites. Fun because you never know where it will take you. Be adventuresome and try this out! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- URouLette htt is an acronym that stands for... get this... Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle. No... I'm not fooling. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo Random Link http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/ryl http://wwwchable database of over 40,000 Web pages and the database continues to grow. The search index is free and if you don't visit this page - then you can't say you've been surfing on the web. A must see for all WWW travellers. By the way - an aside note: YAHOOed for a long, long time. It's hard to find a better surf site than this. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Keepers of Lists http://www.dtd.com/cgi-bin/topall A "list of lists" that is not to be missed. Updated daily. User enhanced for it encourages you to enter new sites and vote for your favorite sites. Everyone should surf here regularly and browse away. A truly great place! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Whon to a television documentary about the history and growth of the Internet, produced by Andrew Cochran Associates in association with The Discovery Channel (Canada). The documentary features interviews with pioneers of the Internet and WWW sites of signifen.com/start "Understanding the Internet" is a new WWW site which provides over 200 references for beginners, including links to the latest Internet software, background guides, and several lists of online resources. It was developed as an online companiet works. It's a good idea to have an understanding of the waters you'll be surfing in - get here soon! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Understanding The Internet - WWW Site & Video For Beginners http://www.scre page is clear and concise and contains many links to other great help sites. In fact, this page is so good I've listed it as a start point in the other section of this BIGSurf Net-List. Every 'netter should get here at least once to check up on how the 'n--------- Global Network Navigator Help Desk (GNN Help Desk) http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/helpdesk/index.html This is one of the premier and best surfing start points for finding out and understanding all about how the Internet works. Easy and breezy, thisail the message off to: listserv@clark.net You'll get constant updates and new URLs that the keepers of the listserv deem as worthy of top-ten status. Always something new and interesting. ------------------------------------------------------------------nvironment links --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listserv of Top-Ten URLs To get the listserv documents follow this format: Subject line: Subscribe top-ten Message body: subscribe top-ten m------------------------------------------------------------- Planet Earth Home Page Virtual Library http://godric.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html A great linked list of fun and educational places to surf to. Includes a lot of science related and Earth e---------------------------------- GNN Best of the Net http://nearnet.gnn.com/wic/best.toc.html List of sites that could be considered not only fun but useful as well. Almost all of the sites here are very well laid out and worth visiting. --------------anning to have 1000 new reviews compiled each month of various web pages found across the globe. Each site is rated and this could prove to become a very potent and powerful resource for web surfers. Give it a try! -----------------------------------------onder if you ever leave beyond this section of BIGSURF because just these starting points can keep you surfing forever. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Point http://www.pointcom.com A new web service that is ple to surf to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- InfiNet Cool Site of the Day http://www.infi.net/cool.html Another great place to start that always has new and fresh links ready for you to surf to. It will be a w------------------------ O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator and Catalog http://nearnet.gnn.com http://nearnet.gnn.com/gnn/wic/alpha.toc.html Index of Net resources. Travel info, financial, weather and a host of other links and info make this a good placole Internet Catalog http://nearnet.gnn.com/wic/index.html Definitely check out the "Top 25" list of sites. Also includes tons of cool and interesting sites to visit. So much to surf... so little time... ---------------------------------------------------icance. A full list of the people interviewed, together with corresponding links, is included in the site. Copies of the video are available for sale. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strange Things Out There on the Web http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/strange-things.html Features links to (you guessed it) strange things and places on the web. Actually this site is very entertaining and if it continues will be put on BIGSURF's "General Starting Points" section. Tthis Freenet site helps some people. 1. About Suncoast Free-Net (Administration) (admin) 2. Around the Network (INDEX) (index) 3. Arts & Entertainment (arts) 4. Businessoks like when you log in. Take a look! This site was listed here because not everyone has WWW access. However, most folks on the Internet on limited dialup unix connections or limited email/newsread connections still have access to telnet sessions. I hope te a telnet session. This site provides a wide and varied array of information that is accessible (once you log in via telnet) through a numbered menu list. Rather than attempt to explain all the topics available I thought I would show you what the Menu loting Points for Telnet users //////////////////////////////// Suncoast Free-Net telnet ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us -or use- 204.198.80.2 login: visitor Here is a wonderful "free" free-net site for all those who have access to telnet or have the ability to crea/Special Internet Connections - a selection of great burrowing sites for your gopher client. Point your gopher here for great places to go. Updated frequently. A must see. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starce. It just doesn't get any better than this. For "burrowers" everywhere - give this Gopher Jewels URL a workout - you'll come back here time after time after time.... Yanoff Internet list gopher to: gopher.uwm.edu then select /Remote Information ServersURL I could ever give to you. Mountains of info available here with pointers and gopher links to elsewhere. Nearly every topic is covered - even WWW access via Telnet is possible through here. Also includes search engines to find your way around gopher-spaes/Gopher-Jewels Or use this URL: GOPHER://cwis.usc.edu:70/11/Other_Gophers_and_Information_Resources /Gopher-Jewels - as it says... neat places to gopher - constantly updated and changing. Too much to list here. This is *the best* single gopher ota "Home" gopher - the "mother" of all gophers still maintains an impressive site. This has become a true Internet standard in the world of gophering. A must see. Gopher Jewels gopher to: cwis.usc.edu then select /Other Gophers and Information Resourcopher to: liberty.uc.wlu.edu Washington and Lee University in Virginia, US - a fantastic alternative to "boom-box". Includes a WAIS-indexed database and provides a list of new gophers updated daily. Gopher to: boombox.micro.umn.edu University of Minneso else has links to the Ollie North page. An unbelievable collection. You could surf through this for months. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting points for Gopher users //////////////////////////////// Gints section. Yes! <<< --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin's Links from the Underground http://raptor.swarthmore.edu/jahall http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/jahal/index.html Unusual sites from around the world! Whrough this page as separate sites. The Weird Zone and Mr. Potato Head and many more sites are to be found as links here. As you can see, I really enjoy this site and it is constantly growing. Surf here! >>> OK - so I *did* put it in the general starting pohis is a great place to start out your web surfing adventures when you're in a fun mood and want to get a little silly. Even the kids will love this one. Try it! There are so many unusual and neat links that I decided not to list all the links available th & Employment (business) 5. Clubs & Organizations (clubs) 6. Cyberspace Gateway (Mail,Teleport,News) (cg) 7. Education (school) 8. Government & Law (govern) 9. Home, Garden & Automobile (home) 10. Informacion en Espanol (spanish) 11. Libraries (library) 1qp$**B READ.ME.FIRSTf BIGSURF.1Erald.usask.ca/~scottp/free.html Various helpful links to freenet providers. Has links to regional public access nets with Web sites. A good resource for free-net searchers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (science) 16. Social & Human Services (sochum) 17. Sports & Recreation (sports) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeNets Home Page http://he 12. Medicine & Health (health) 13. Multicultural Heritage & History (heritage) 14. Religion & Philosophy (religion) 15. Science & Technology