Humor
The Institute Of
Official Cheer.
--the irony and the agony--
The Parking Lot Is Full
--demented comics--
The Onion
--all the news that's fit to print. Slow due to heavy advertising, but
worth it anyway--
Fade To Black
--a rival to The Onion--
Brunching Shuttlecocks
--uh, yeah, right...--
Hastings UFO Society
--channeled directly from the Society by psychic CB radio. Unfortunately this
site seems to be broken or down most of the time, and it doesn't carry
archives of the Society's hysterical arrival in the misc.rural newsgroup, but
you can get an idea of what goes on--
Reading Material
Project Gutenberg
--public domain books and documents in text--
Banned Books
On-Line
--what various people didn't want you to see--
The On-Line
Books Page
--links to various archives--
National Academy Press
--the National Academy Press has the full text of many of their offerings
online.--
Novels and Short Stories
Light On Shattered Water
- HTML
Light On
Shattered Water - text
--Greg Howell's alternate universe masterpiece. Very good stuff. Think of "A
Connecticut Yankee" crossed with "Planet of the Apes." More angst than I care
for, but this is polished, professional work and a good read too--
Human
Memoirs - HTML
Human
Memoirs - text
--an earlier attempt at what eventually became Light On Shattered Water. Not
bad, but not LOSW--
"Ever The Twain Shall Meet"
--The Mark Twain Home Page--
The Keepers of Forever
--nanotech vampires from outer space. Not bad for a first try, needs some
character development though.--
Computer Stuff
THE BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL
OFFICIAL ARCHIVE
The Register
The front page links to more up-to-date BOFH episodes.
--if you are, or have been, a sysamin, sysop, or tech support dweeb, this is
for you! I ran right over to my parts supply and made up my own wall socket
to RJ45 patch cable after reading this. Why didn't *I* think of that?--
Computer Security Tools
COAST hotlist
--Computer Operations, Audit, and Security Technology - massive security site
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Car Stuff
OBD-II protocol home page
--much data about OBD-II--
non-CFC refrigerants
--George Goble's Autofrost page; information on his propane/butane drop-in
replacements for R12 and R134a--
Motorcycle Stuff
The Recipes For Handmaking A
Motorcycle
--Hidemi Iwata of Hiroshima, Japan, shows how to build exotic custom
motorcycles step by step. Mr. Iwata's superb craftsmanship is complemented by
his nicely designed web site. Check it out!--
Government Stuff
The United States Department of Transportation
--main page, select text only or heavy graphics--
The United States Environmental Protection
Agency
--"The smog goomers!"--
United States Customs Service
--the current bogosity now required to import a foreign car--
Code Of Federal
Regulations
--where all government regulations come home to roost, search engine--
Transport Canada
--Canada's equivalent of the DOT--
Technical Stuff
STInet
--gateway to NASA and NACA technical reports, with some available from as far
back as 1915! Full text, PDF again.--
Other Stuff
Emperor Norton Home Page
--a biography of Norton I, proclaimed Emperor of the United States and
Protector of Mexico in 1859. I bet you didn't read about Norton I in your
history classes--
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