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Sole Mates - The Century in Shoes - See shoe styles from the 1900s through 1990s via Dial a Decade, revealing 1910s Eastern-style jeweled slippers and the 1970s famously chunky platforms, along with style commentary. Kermitage.com - The site offers a comprehensive character list and five-season episode guide covering 1976 through 1981. Steal It Back - At Steal It Back.com, you can get help recovering your stolen property or bid on unclaimed items via an online auction site run by former police officers. SHORT
TAKES: The MP3 Party Wants You - There's not a keg or even chips and dip at the MP3 Party, just a platform based on Uprostism, the principal that there is a limit to how complex something can be before it loses its efficiency. Classic 'Hulk' - Visitors can revisit the Hulk's screen history, see clips and photos from the series, talk with other Hulk fans. <><><><><><><><> Global Network of Dreams - An artificial intelligence system living at the Global Network of Dreams. African Aperture - Open an aperture on Africa without even buying film at African Aperture, where the best photographers of Africana expose the environment, travel, culture and people. Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site - Mark's Very Large National Lampoon Site is an unauthorized guide to the magazine's golden age, from 1970 to 1975. The Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia - Health topics, drug info, dictionaries and directories are offered along with a searchable index of diseases from Aarskog Syndrome to Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp - Associated with dadaism, surrealism and other unconventional concepts but slave to none, Duchamp was among the first to insist that art was about ideas, not objects. '60s Odyssey - Communes, psychedelic buses, Woodstock and anti-war rallies - all the icons of the counterculture are faithfully recorded at A Visual Journey. The American Highway Project - At The American Highway Project, vanishing Americana - the motels, billboards, service stations, signs, tourist attractions, drive-in theatres and diners - is being documented and preserved. Literary Traveler - The literary imagination is explored through articles about writers, artists and the places that inspired them. SHORT
TAKES: Rent a Celebrity - Adam Sandler is not your typical wedding singer, but you can find him or a cheaper act, like Cheap Trick at a mere $25,000, to rent at Clear Channel's Artist Availability. Gallery of Regrettable Food - These photos right from the recipe books, menus and ads, may be the best explanation for why American families raced to embrace the cookie cutter sameness of fast food. <><><><><><><><> Leonard Nimoy Should Eat More Salsa Foundation - Journeys where no man has gone before to bring together two excellent condiments. Totally off the Record - Totally Off the Record is where people go to share weird stories about life on the job. Censorship Files - Created by a group of artists, art students and teachers, the project began as an effort to gather case studies of censorship into a database to stimulate debate. It Seems Like Yesterday - Our national obsession with the culture and style of the post-World War II generations gets another treatment at It Seems Like Yesterday. Guinness World Records - From the most elastic man to the most pierced woman, why does this stuff fascinate us, even in the age of ho-hum? Gateway to Another Dimension - High-powered mind-warping multimedia by the Master of Digital Illusion promises to bliss you out at Virtual Om. Guerrilla News Network - The underground news group bares the underside of politics and society through programming that looks and sounds a lot like MTV but spotlights big issues. Plastic Fork Diaries - Go to Plastic Fork Diaries from Maryland Public Television for an intimate look at life and lunch at Stockinda Middle School via six real kids. SHORT
TAKES: Dognose Heaven - Admirers of proboscis canis will find all the dog snoots they've ever dreamed of at Dognose Heaven, a tribute to "Nature's truest work of art. British Youth - Teddy boys, rude boys, mods, rockers and all British youth movements since are celebrated in words and images at Once Were Heroes. <><><><><><><><> Supernatural Crime - Mix the sexy dames and two-fisted action of hard-boiled pulp fiction with the drooling gargoyles of supernatural fantasy and you've got Supernatural Crime. Date the Men of Silicon Valley - Where those hot sexy network engineers and digital imaging consultants post their photos, perfect date fantasies and qualities they seek in a partner. Atmospheric Optics - Stop and see - really see - the visual spectacle of everyday phenomenon like rain drops and dust at Atmospheric Optics. Vintage Ads - More than 9,000 images and a massive database of info trace the history of advertising in the US, from 1850 to 1920. Pulp Zone - Visitors are seduced into pulp - its lurid images and its mysterious heroes - in much the same way that readers were lured to buy the cheap pulp. Science of Cooking - Visitors can cook to perfection while picking up the theory behind the art. Why a Duck? - Marxists unite at Why a Duck, chockfull of trivia, news, games, postcards, memorabilia and photos created by a group of major Marx Brothers fans. Clarifying the Mid-East Muddle - There's no understanding today - or tomorrow - without first getting the history, so explore the past 100 years of the multicultural, multi-ethnic region and its complex relationship with its neighbors. SHORT
TAKES: Monty Python LEGOs - LEGOmaniacs learn how to make their creations defy gravity, stop motion and other special effects for their next film. Duct Tape Fashion - Nothing to wear? Please. If you've got duct tape, you've got a wardrobe. <><><><><><><><> At Home Astronomy - Kids have been building backyard rockets since Sputnik, and at UC Berkeley's At Home Astronomy, families are shown how and why to make rockets, astrolabs and other fun space stuff. Pop History - History can seem like a blur of famous dates and infamous people. Digest it week-by-week at Pop History Now. Matisse Picasso - Twin giants of modern art are stacked side-by-side for a close look at how opposites attract at Matisse Picasso, an online visit for those who can't make the major exhibition touring London, Paris and New York. Haunted Britain and Ireland - Haunted hotels, creepy castles and ghostly walks -- nobody does it better than the Brits and the Irish. Animal Painters - Consider the cross-sectioned tunneling patterns of the mole or the pyramidic dunghills of the stallion. Art or accident? The Schøyen Collection - The Schøyen Collection, the world's largest private manuscript collection of the 20th century, presents more than 12,500 manuscripts spanning 5,000 years of scribbling. Yoga With Cats - Spare your furniture and bliss out together at Yoga Kitty, a "practical guide" for people and pusses who seek to achieve physical, mental and spiritual ecstasy, without drugs or catnip. Film Journal - Skulk down the seedy back alleys of film noir, meet the femmes fatales and the two-bit losers, as well as the cinematographers and directors. SHORT
TAKES: Glass Eating - The kids at Harvard are at it again at the I Can Eat Glass Project, which is more like the I Can Say I Can Eat Glass in Swahili Project. NewZoid - The #1 and perhaps only source of false headlines since 2001, the site offers computer-generated headlines like "MSNBC Gets Spanked In Chinese Landslide". <><><><><><><><> Dumb Warnings! - Besides reproducing warnings we shouldn't need, the site links visitors to such related sites as Dumb Instructions. Dinosaur Depot - Parents or teachers with kids who are crazy about dinosaurs will want to take the youngsters on a trip to The Jurassic Park Institute. Dark Alliance - Exposes a Bay Area drug ring that sold cocaine to LA street gangs and funneled the profits to Latin American guerrillas who, as the story goes, were run by the CIA. Theban Mapping Project - Creating a comprehensive database in hopes of out-running treasure-hunters, pollution, rising ground water and tourist hordes that threaten the area. Kinoko-ya - Hiroshi Takahashi is a kinoko-ya, a "mushroomer," but neither grows nor sells the fungi. Hiroshi just photographs them. Origins of Writing - Learn how writing began in many cultures: the Gaelic Cycles, Olmec Scripts and King Sejong's new - for the 1400s - writing system for the Korean language, Han'gul. Laugh Lab - Punch lines like "…go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you" are the sidesplitters at Laugh Lab, conducting unofficial research on what tickles funny bones the world over. African Voices - The site explores the continent's peoples, cultures and history via artifacts and contemporary objects like sculptures, textiles and pottery, plus audio and video clips. SHORT
TAKES: Google Fight - Where visitors type in two keywords to be searched by the master search engine to see which one gets the highest return. Belly Button Study - The Hole Story, exposing more than you may want to know about the debris in belly buttons. <><><><><><><><> The Helmet Project - For a different kind of hardhat, visit the Helmet Project, where football helmets from 1960 to the present are gathered, illustrated and recorded in detail by an avid headbanger. Beneath Los Angeles - Beneath Los Angeles.com shows visitors the tombstones, grave markers and memorial plaques marking the final resting places of the "famous, infamous and just plain dead.". The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy - A Cal Tech scholar is studying how we order up that most American of icons - the carbonated beverage. Tolkien Obsession - "Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien," brimming with news of release dates, a frame-by-frame peek at the trailer for the next release and lots more. His Life For Sale - Deciding that all he really needed should fit in the trunk of his car, John invited friends over to tag the rest and, this being the 21st century, sell it all on eBay. I Used To Believe - Share those bittersweet moments when childhood beliefs melted into real life. Birds of Prey - The four-year-old comic series now has a comprehensive web site with character biographies to help visitors sort through the allies and the bad guys, detailed notes to catch up on complicated storylines. Strange Science - Visitors will find a timeline chronicling major events in paleontology and biology, biographies of the brilliant scientists whose persistence gave us what we know today about our roots, and resources for further learning. SHORT
TAKES: Monty Python LEGOs - Draw inspiration from LEGO-ized film clips of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spiderman and Jurassic Bark. Duct Tape Fashion - Nothing to wear? Please. If you've got duct tape, you've got a wardrobe. <><><><><><><><> A Brutally Honest Parent Blog - At Irony Central.com's Story About the Baby, little Cordelia Vogel's brand new dad spills his guts about the joys of caring for Daddy's little girl. Cosmic Baseball Association - With 381 strikeouts, musician and ace hurler Duke Ellington bests former per season leader Andrew Carnegie. Missing Matter - Discuss dynamic music in video games or hear what people like artificial intelligence maestro Dr. Ian Lane Davis of Mad Doc Software have to say. Big Cartoon DataBase - With more than 42,000 cartoons, 2,000 series and 1,300 cartoon reviews, the Big Cartoon Database can reasonably describe itself as the Net's largest searchable database of cartoons The Ig® Nobel Prize- Honoring achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced," the Iggies celebrate such work as a report on the courtship behavior of ostriches towards humans. Sex in Our Century - The great cultural shift that is traced from its stirrings in the 1950s to its climax in 2002. Public Defenders - Tales of the Public Defenders tells the other side of law and order: how and why everyone in America deserves a fair shake. Defective Yeti - The thoughts are random but not pointless, and sometimes they are near-poetry. Reviews and commentary are organized into Movies, Games, Books, Tools and Toys and News. SHORT
TAKES: Cobain's Journals - Cobain's eccentric spelling, grammar and angst are preserved in the excerpts printed at "If You Read You'll Judge". Seat Guru - Find the perfect mid-air perch by clicking on the carrier and the aircraft you're flying to view the seating chart. <><><><><><><><> Iraq Journal - A news-based counterpoint to mainstream US media who have become cheerleaders in the game of war, according to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill. Bio Interactive - Dive head first into human biology and some of the most exciting and puzzling topics in human health today: biological clocks, infectious diseases, cardiology and neurobiology. Treasures of Ancient Egypt - Exploring the civilization that so stubbornly resisted the idea that life is fleeting that it created complex religions and devoted vast resources into a search for forever. Magdalene Institution - Created in response to prostitution, venereal disease and general moral decline, the Asylum - closed in 1958 - is documented at the Glasgow University Library Special Collections Department web site. Drive Me Insane- Control freaks will find an eager victim at Drive Me Insane, where Paul Mathis of Plano, Texas, invites you into his home via 6 web cams and an incredible number of contraptions to take charge of his house. Visual Thesaurus - The Visual Thesaurus isn't just another way to find the right word, it's a way to understand the English language in all its subtlety. Shoot Bill O'Reilly Into the Sun - the National Organization To Send Bill O'Reilly Into the Sun has been organized to --- well, it's obvious, isn't it? Math in Daily Life - If you ever need to buy a car (or insurance for it), follow a recipe, sail a boat, build a home, or bet on a horse race, you'll need math principles. SHORT
TAKES: Sign Spotting - Alter your view of the road with help from Monsieur Jean, who has gathered an international collection of road signs. The Gallery of Unfortunate Cards - The most unfortunate holiday cards into one big misbegotten gallery of insults, boo-boo's and plain bad taste. <><><><><><><><> Grand Illusions - The site offers a mixed and very full bag of brainteasers, scientific toys, visual effects and "even a little magic". TV Program Facts & Trivia - Covering both prime time and Saturday morning fare, the "ultimate" subject guide to TV facts offers an A to Z index of "things," from aardvarks to worms. The America Project - The story of blues man Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his 57 offspring and the diary of a woman who nearly killed for her children are just two of the tales told via RealAudio. Invisible Library - Doug Adams, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Irving and Charles Dickens are among the writers with a penchant for referring to unwritten, unread, unpublished and unfound books within the pages of the books they actually do write. Lost Liners - With statistics, photos and classifications of the great ships, the site features detailed narratives. Ninjai, The Little Ninja - A group of young stuntmen, window washers, surfers and animators make up the world-wide creative team that is the Ninjai Gang, creators of the Little Ninja, the childlike hero of an engaging action adventure series. Manimals & Company - Check out a real PhotoShop artiste, illustrator Daniel Lee, whose uncanny human portraits with animal features are on view at Daniel Lee.com, his online portfolio. Politics: Open Secrets - The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics yanks the complexities of campaign financing out into the open. SHORT
TAKES: Odd Couples - Lions lie with lambs and iguanas romp with cats at Amazing Animals, where photos showing odd pairings of various creatures. Saddam Hussein's E-Mail - Read Saddam's e-mail at Wired News' Dear Saddam, How Can I Help? Hundreds of messages are sent to Iraq's president, giving an uncensored look at global opinion. <><><><><><><><> ImplosionWorld.com - Implosion World.com is nothing more and nothing less than the latest in high-profile explosive demolition - at a safe distance. Civil War Medicine Museum - The Civil War Medicine Museum gives the imagination a helping hand by preserving and explaining the implements of healing during war. Jazz History - Where one of America's national treasures is perpetuated through collections, exhibits, performances, recordings, oral histories, calendars of live events and educational programs. French Comics - French culture is more likely to suggest Jean Paul Sartre or Renoir - not Madame Atomos or Supermatou, but even the French love their comic strips. Footnote TV- TV viewers fired up by the fast-paced drama of West Wing, heroics of JAG or satire of Jon Stewart's Daily Show can delve deeper into the ultimate reality show -- life -- by visiting Footnote TV.
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