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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Birth-name origins
The etymology and history of first names
http://www.behindthename.com

Thursday, December 08, 2005

The Comic Database
Remember that comic from when you were a kid, who drew that?
the data base will help. why use your brain when you have the internet.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/index.htm

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Napkin Folding
For waiters or dinner parties alike
http://www.customlinenservice.com/napkins.htm

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Millitary story
An amazing guide to the wars America has fought.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Posters of the WPA
The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA. Putting hungry artists to work.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html

Thursday, January 27, 2005

MATH
A great source for RE-learning all those math formulas that i have forgotten how to do. i was all like "i'll never need this" i was right. but its good to know in case you might need it that one time.
http://www.math.com

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Guide Vitamins and Minerals
Helpful for finding out what does what, to give yer body what it needs.
http://www.vitamins-nutrition.org/

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Olive Guide
One of my favorite foods, olives. I'm gettin' all gourmet on yer asses, not that anyones listening.
http://www.arborfood.com/dining-in/

Cheese Guide
AHHHH, the power of cut cheese.
nothing like a good cut cheese, joke.
http://www.ilovecheese.com/cheese_guide.asp

Monday, October 04, 2004

Business letters
Don't let the man get one over on you.
Fight back, Write back, and always look professional.
http://www.4hb.com/letters/index.html

Thursday, September 23, 2004

Back Yard Gardening
Tips and stuff on how to grow an herb garden.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/herb/

Friday, September 10, 2004

Info site
lots of great encyclopedic stuff.
http://www.infoplease.com/index.html

Thursday, July 08, 2004

Great Buildings
and the architects behind them.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

MOOCH
I should just give up, these guys are kinda doing what im doing, giving you what you want, and need. But theyre much cooler.
http://www.mooch.info/

Friday, June 25, 2004

Business Leaders of History
The men that lead the way in making the Benjis.
thanks johnnyJ
http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/index.html

Thursday, June 24, 2004

Nautical Flags
Arrrgh matey, heres are the flags which indicate messages on boats. have a nice summer.
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/flags.htm

Proofreaders marks
These are a handy device for editors and the like for corrections and such.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/charts/A4proof.html

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Language Translator
A handy dandy Phrase translator, useful when your trying to see what those damn germans are saying about us!!
http://world.altavista.com/

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Front Pages
The Front page for every newspaper around the country and world.
thanks joe
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Sunrise, Sunset
whens it go up, and whens it goes down.
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/

Thursday, April 22, 2004

Menu Pages
Good spot for ny-ers to find menus for all the local restuarants.
http://www.menupages.com

Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Impress yer friends with your knowledge of architectual elements.
http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/vocab.html

Illustrated Dictionary
The Bartleby illustrated dictionary, nuff said.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/indexillus.html

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Grays Anatomy
Grays anatomy online, with medical illustrations. Bartlebys.com itself is a great resource.
http://www.bartleby.com/107

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Classical Music
AllMusic, one of the most comprehensive music guides, has a classical music guide.
http://www.allclassical.com/

Monday, April 05, 2004

Judaism 101
Stop using Dylan as a source for all of your jewish questions, he doesnt know anything anyways.
http://www.jewfaq.org/

Saturday, March 27, 2004

MorseCode
Translate text to morse code, phonetic alphabet.
http://www.scphillips.com/morse/

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Currency Converter
Find out how much yer gonna get paid if you take that job in Sri Lanka
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

How Stuff Works
A great reffrence for all kinds of things.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Area Code Finder
find out who that mystery phone number is coming from.
http://www.yellow.com/areacode.html

Monday, February 09, 2004

Big Cartoon Database
Its got it all, i think. try and stump it.
http://www.bcdb.com/

Friday, February 06, 2004

The Expanded Dictionary of Obscure and Obscene Sexual Terms
The 3rd edition.
http://www.powdermonster.com/amusing/txt/obscene.php

Thursday, February 05, 2004

Cat Breeds
Some People like dogs, others like cats. theyre all ok by me.
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds.html

Thursday, January 08, 2004

Poker Glossary
Learn all the terms so you dont Fish on the Flop.
http://www.worldpokertour.com/play_poker/glossary.phtml

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Star Wars
Geek out into another galaxy with this database of star wars crap.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/

Thursday, December 11, 2003

Gay Slang Dictionary
So you fit in at the next fasion party you go to, or if you move to SF. oh snap!
http://www.hurricane.net/~wizard/19a.html

Tuesday, December 09, 2003

NYC Subway Map
A good interactive subway map in several different sizes.
http://www.brail.org/transit/nycall.html

Virtual Tourist
This is a good place to look for travel tips from people who trekked through just about everywhere.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/

World Clock
What time is it there? More than just a good movie, here is the place to go to find out the time anywhere.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Dogs
Every dog breed recognized by the AKC (American Kennel Club )
http://www.akc.org/breeds/

DVD Covers
movie covers too.
http://www.slothradio.com/covers/dvd.php

Album Cover Art
Music album covers.
http://www.slothradio.com/covers/

Super Pages
online yellow pages.
http://superpages.com

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

NHL Uniforms
Another one from the BvonB, apparently when he says "too busy", he means too busy looking at website with pictures of sports uniforms
http://www.nhluniforms.com/

The Helmet Project
the BvonB asked me to put this one up, he's "too busy"
I got a little worried when i saw the title, but it turned out ok in the tight end.
teehee, football jokes.
http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Everything Wichita
That's right Whichita, never been there, but now i don't really need to go.
http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/wdl/index.asp

The Photo Vault
Pictures of lots of things. lots of pictures. Did i say lots?
http://www.photovault.com/

Monday, November 17, 2003

Poker Games
Wanna make it big some day on the Travel channel? better start here. All kinds of varitions on the game.
http://www.homepoker.com/

Friday, November 14, 2003

How to Build an Igloo
In honor of the cold weather (shut up eric) i thought i would bring this dream back.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/denali/extremes/survigloo.html

War!
ugh!!! what is it good for?!...ask that to the pople at the History Channel.
http://militaryhistory.about.com/?once=true&

Flowers and Veggies
get yer greens.
http://www.gardenguides.com/flowers/flowers.htm

Bugs
should i be worried about that thing that just bit me.
http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/insect_id_guide.htm

Guide to Lock Picking.
you can pick your friends you can pick your nose, now you can also pick a lock!
tools not included.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/mit-guide/chapter9.html

DRUGS!!
red, green, blue? which is the one that makes you go side-to-side?
maybe you found a strange colored pill in yer travel shaving kit, and yer not sure what it is. here's how to ID it.
its not the best site, so i hoping someone will find a better one
http://www.stopdrugs.org/identification.html

BANG BANG!!
choose yer weapon.
http://www.impactsites2000.com/site3/firearmshome.htm

Thursday, November 06, 2003

Graphic Design USA Annual Color Forecast
Color forecasting has become a vital process for many organizations. In normal times, color trends are evolutionary, changing gradually and subtly. But these are not normal times and the stresses that beset our society are having a direct influence on the color palette.
http://www.gdusa.com/feature/0307_index.php

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

Religion
Since were on religion...
http://www.colby.edu/rel/guide/

Guide to Greek Mythology
Sure there might be a better guide to the most scandalous families
ever to be religisized (lookie i made a new word). But the illustrations are so darn cute!
http://www.mythweb.com/index.html

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago.
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

20 Ways to Tie a Necktie
Diagrams for all sorts of impressive necktie knots, including the Plattsburgh Tie Knot, the Onasis and the Diagonal Tie Knot.
http://www.krawattenknoten.info/krawatten/Krawattenknoten/tieknot.html

Knot Knowledge
Twenty-three practical knots are presented with photographs of the steps involved in tying each knot. Every step is also described in text.
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/

CIA - The World Factbook -- Flags of the World
Okay, yeah, the CIA Factbook is already listed. But I know Dylan loves flags. This is all the falgs of the world, displayed on one page. A very important reference.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html

Latin Phrases
A list of Latin phrases, Latin mottos, Latin definitions, and Latin abbreviations.
http://www.24hourtranslations.co.uk/lphrases.htm

The Old Farmer's Almanac
No Kidding ... Astronomy, Astrology, Weather, Gardening and Food (Including Recipe Finder!). This site is the original disinformation.com.
http://www.almanac.com/index.php

AirNav: Airport Information
Enter any city or three-letter airport code and get reference information on any airport in the world, including runway lengths, control tower frequency, operational limitations, etc. Runway 4 at La Guardia? Dimensions: 7000 x 150 ft., Surface: asphalt/concrete/grooved, in good condition, Weight limitations: Single wheel: 80000 lbs., Double wheel: 170000 lbs., Double tandem: 360000 lbs
http://www.airnav.com/airports/

More Nasa Stuff
This collection contains digitized drawings, graphics and line art of many of the unique research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California from the 1940s to the present.
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/graphics/index.html

MEGA CONVERTER "2"
this suckeres got it all. convert anything. also has links to other conversion sites.
http://www.megaconverter.com/mega2/

Drink Recipe Book
this has been my favorite source of booze recipes since i was a kid.
http://hotwired.wired.com/cocktail/

Hardboiled Slang
Looking to improve your vocab? or just long for the good ol' days. thanks to lorian.
http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html

Crime Library
looking for that guy that stole yer lunch money? well he might not be on here, but pleanty of other bastards are.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/

Video Games
All the games that have ever been made, plus pictures.
http://www.klov.com/

C.I.A. Factbook
All the skinny on every stink ridden piss poor country you've ever been curious about invading.
god bless America.
and god bless Information.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2028.html

Boxing Weight Classes
So you wanna study the sweet science, well you better learn yer weight classes you tomato can.
http://homepages.shu.ac.uk/~acsdry/quizes/boxingw.htm

British Fireworks Museum
it's only british because the people who made the site are.
the site consists of great fireworks art from all over the world.
http://www.fireworkmuseum.co.uk/

Monday, November 03, 2003

TerraServer V5.0 Homepage
TerraServer contains 3.3 tera-bytes of high resolution USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps. It's like Mapquest, but its all aerial and satellite photos. I think we all remember this one from 9/11.
http://terraserver-usa.com/

Dictionary/Thesaurus
Everyone needs a dictionary/thesaurus, plus this site has a great Dictionary toolbar to add. check it out.
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Word Origins
Shaub found this site when we were tring to figure out what "all sixes and sevens" meant.
For example, "The term Generation X is much older than those that are usually assumed to belong to it. The term dates to 1952 and originally denoted any lost or disaffected generation. The X is from the mathematical use meaning an unknown quantity."
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm

RETRO: design/culture
heres a great site that catalogs the histy of all things retro, broad i know, but a good source.
http://www.bitlounge.net/retrolounge/

Hey, here's a place for us to gather purely referential websites.
Title:give the post a recognizable title.

Description: then try and give a very brief description of topic that the site covers, no longer than one line please.

Link: add the link. make link clickable.

and that's all

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