!!!
Search Engines and other robots
Just that, silly! Search engines and other robots, duh!
Google - A Search Engine for
the Rest of Us
Google is a great search engine because it (supposedly) indexes
almost all of the other search engines and is VERY fast to
load as it has almost NO graphics or banners on its homepage
(YAY!!!)
DogPile - A MetaPhasic, Multi-Search-Engine,
Search Engine...
What DogPile does is it searches other search engines
for the desired search items. It save you the trouble of having
to go to other search engines and learning each one's particular
'language'. It is also surprisingly fast. If you need more specific
search results, you might try one of the other engines below,
starting with HotBot, but for an overall chance of finding something,
nothing is better than the DogPile.... The name stinks, but
atleast you won't forget it!
HotBot - Simply the best search
engine.
HotBot tends to return more hits per search than the
others, and is also most up-to-date, with 10 million web pages
searched and updated into its database EVERY DAY.
Netscape
Internet Directory - Need a search engine? It's here... TRUST
ME!
This has most of these search engines, plus a lot
more! I mean they have search engines out the.... well, you
get the idea. Go there and check it out for yourself.
Yahoo! - Topical directory
of sites submitted by other netizens
Not really a "search engine" per se, but rather a
list of sites that other people have submitted. This yields
fairly good results on hits, but is sowmewhat more limited in
scope than a true search engine would be. All in all pretty
good, but not *awesome*
AltaVista - Web
and NEWSGROUP searches
AltaVista searches not only Web sites, but also Usenet
(newsgroups) locations. Most others only search web pages. Not
as many hits as HotBot, but powerful in its own right.
Infoseek - web, newsgroup,
email addresses, company directoris & more
Infoseek scans just about everything. Use this to
get hits on a subject so you can get more keywords. Then use
HotBot on those keywords... The nicest thing is that I've installed
QuickSeek on our systems, which is a search window ON the browser
menu bar that automatically jumps to infoseek's search routine
and prints out the results of your search.
Lycos Home Page - offers a
rating system (points) on hits
The oldest search engine, is often a favorite for
ease of use and the fact that it rates the hits with points
(apparently to rate how *neat* a particular web page is... I
guess). Other than that...? Big deal.
Exite Com - Apple
sponsered search engine, topical in nature.
Excite Com's search page (sponsered by Apple). Works
more like a topical index (see Yahoo!'s description), but still
pretty good. Contains quite a few links to other areas, and
has a daily news section.
Download.com - a searchable
database for software and updaters.
Download.Com has software directories for most areas
of computing, and even offer IBM software (in a different directory
so as not to confuse you with "is this for Mac or not?") and
often offers updaters for software you already have.
SHAREWARE.COM - software,
Software, SOFTWARE. (and other stuff, too.)
Very similar to DOWNLOAD.COM, you can download a *LOT*
of software. This site offers access to news, help sections,
and other useful stuff. Oh, yeah... it has a searchable database,
also.
Version Tracker -
Wonder if that piece of software your running is outta date?
No prob. Come here!
At http://www.versiontracker.com they keep track of
all your favorite Macintosh software, and keep up to date records
on which version is the latest and greatest. They can even tell
you a little bit about each piece of software, just in case
you don't have it, and want to get it. They even tell you what
system requirements are needed to run it. Seriously, this is
one of the best places to get Mac 'wares....
Ultimate Apple Search
- Hardware, Software, Music...
Simple, self-guided search area, primarily focussing
on Apple stuff.
EarthLink - Search:
a list of search engines with descriptions
Contains most of the above search engines, plus a
couple of others.
Webster Dictionary
- The Marion Webster Dictionary Online
Wonder what kind of sycophantic, sciolistic, sophistry
is included in this website? Is it just a little bit of maternalistic
furtive guile by some sacerdotalistic writer, without the style?
Between this link and the Thesaurus link below, you should be
able to limn with laborious lucubration and tittilate with your
vast comprehension of superb syllabication scintillation and
flabbergast your friends and foes alike. Inn uthur werds, lyke,
fer shure, doode!
Webster Thesaurus
- The Marion Webster Thesaurus Online
Whether you are looking for other words that mean
exenterate, expiate, or extirpate, you can find it in this nifty
online thesaurus.
!!!
Software and Mac Information (i.e., the GOOD stuff!)
Locations to download software for the Mac - ranging from
games and applications, to utilities and system updates -
and some resources for information, like MacAddict magazine.
Download.com - a searchable
database for software and updaters.
Download.Com has software directories for most areas
of computing, and even offer IBM software (in a different directory
so as not to confuse you with "is this for Mac or not?") and
often offers updaters for software you already have.
SHAREWARE.COM - software,
Software, SOFTWARE. (and other stuff, too.)
Very similar to DOWNLOAD.COM, you can download a *LOT*
of software. This site offers access to news, help sections,
and other useful stuff. Oh, yeah... it has a searchable database,
also.
Hyperarchives
- If you want a Macintosh file, you would do well to look here.
BEAUCOUP number of programs and updaters for Macs.
stars: ***** Configuration holds hundreds of files for Macs.
This is a VERY simple smorgasb..., smorgassbo..., smorgu.....
*TRUCKLOAD* of files. It ain't wrapped very pretty, but the
toys are neat! Shareware Shop - Thousands of Shareware, Games,
Freeware, and much more!
Version Tracker -
Wonder if that piece of software your running is outta date?
No prob. Come here!
At http://www.versiontracker.com they keep track of
all your favorite Macintosh software, and keep up to date records
on which version is the latest and greatest. They can even tell
you a little bit about each piece of software, just in case
you don't have it, and want to get it. They even tell you what
system requirements are needed to run it. Seriously, this is
one of the best places to get Mac 'wares....
MacUpdate.com - Updates
and software by the truckload. A great alternate for Version
Tracker.
Updates. (duh.) Seriously, though, this place really
is a great alternative location to check for software updates
and new releases. Between this site and VersionTracker (c.f.)
you can find just about anything for the Mac. Pretty quick transfers,
too. Well, usually, anyway.
- Shareware
Shop - Thousands of Shareware, Games, Freeware, and much more!
-
- Lotsa files, and layed out in easily recognizable areas.
And trust me, they have thousands of files like they claim.
All in all, a pretty good file repository.
ZDNet Mac
A 'net magazine layout, with a software section as
well. Nice place for Macintosh and Apple news, and if you are
looking for a modest selection of 'wares.
- Excite
Shareware
-
- A combination of magazine and file transfer site for
shareware and freeware, it is a lot like ZDNet Mac (above).
In fact, it uses ZDNet as part of its layout. Basically,
a variation on a theme, like most Mac-izines.
Apple
QuickTime VR Home
QuickTime VR is Apple's award-winning photorealistic
cross-platform virtual reality technology that makes it possible
to explore places as if you were really there! All major applications
that play QuickTime movies can also play QuickTime VR movies.
This is really some awesome stuff, and if you don't already
have QTVR, you need to get it NOW!
EvangeList -
Guy Kawasaki's great jump-off place for lots of Mac information,
'wares, etc.
Run buy Guy Kawasaki (no relationship to the motorcycle,
I think...) this web site is absolutely fantastic as a resource
place for just about anything having to do with the Mac. Guy
is world-renown for being "The" Mac Evangelist, and he
has quite a few resources if you are looking to help convert
some poor, misguided Wintel user, and thus help save their soul...
not to mention their sanity! Also has web creating stuff available.
Apple:
OS Discussion Forum - Info on Mac OS, AppleScript, and other
'techie stuff'
This site contains quite a bit of information about
how to use such things as Mac OS (both 8.x, and 7.6.x) and a
whole lot of AppleScript answers. Not exactly a 'wares download
site, but close enough that I thought I might include it.
!!! Weather
and Travel
Satellite images, RADAR, forecasts and travel advisories,
along with maps for traveling to those areas you probably
should be avoiding...
World Weather - Yahoo's
weather, forecasts, and satellite images for the world
This website has quite a bit of information for travelers
and just about anyone who needs a good weather report or forecast.
It has access to satellite, radar, and a whole bunch of other
information about what's happening outside.
Corpus
Christi Weather Information - Yahoo's Weather just for the Corpus
Christi, Texas, area.
Just a shortcut to the Corpus Christi site,
rather than having to weed your way through the above website's
host of maps and pages. This is just done as a consideration
to those of us in ST. MUG. The radar imagery is not all
that great, so you might want to use the site listed below for
a better radar image. This site, however, does have an optional
looping gif image so that you can view the movement of the storm
cells.
Corpus
Christi Radar Image - Texas close up.
This isn't a live feed, instead, it is Intellicast's
radar image for south Texas, and includes cloud tops, direction,
and movement in knots. Considerably better image and detail
over the Yahoo weather site (c.f.), but does not have the option
of a looping gif image like the Yahoo site's radar image page.
In order to know when the last image was taken, subtract 6 hours
from the "zulu" time; 5 hours if we are observing daylight savings
time. (i.e., if it reads 0800z, then the image was taken at
0200 CST, or 0300 CDT.)
The Weather
Channel - Some really nice weather information, maps, radar,
and satellite images.
Like the link name says... Of course, if you just
want to go straight to the Corpus
Christi Weather Information.... The weather channel site
has some really nice banners!
Some pretty advanced
weather stuff. Worth looking into.
Unfortunately, this is a GOPHER site, but still, some
of the information is really nice and up to date - even if the
server is not. They have information such as hurricane tracking,
satellite images (visible, infrared, and water vapor), surface
analysis (temperature, dew point, humidity, barometric pressure,
wind speed and direction, and moisture convergence.) All this
and more, makes this a very useful place for getting the more
scientific information about the weather. Why you would need
to know all this is beyond me, but it's here, none-the-less.
Texas Department of Transportation
- Check the roads before you go!
Need to know if there is a travel advisory for the
area you are going to be going through? Wonder if there is construction
that might slow you down? Or do you want to know about Texas
events and places to go for your vacation? Well, this is the
place to come. Whether you are wonder about where to go, or
how to get there, this site has all (or at least most) of the
answers to your questions. They are even considerate to tell
you what the laws are so that you know if you have to wear your
seat belt or buckle your kids on, or even if that lemon of a
car your brother-in-law still drives is legal on the roads.
Maps. Maps. Maps. - If you
need to get somewhere or know where something is, this is the
place.
Need to know where that company picnic is? What about
that new doctor you need to go see? Or just where the heck is
Aunt Josephine's house? Well, if you're looking to find a map
of it, chances are, it's here. While I have noticed that sometimes
they get the side of the street wrong, I haven't yet found a
street that they haven't mapped. Really, this site is awesome.
Yahoo Travel - What's the
best price for your ticket? What about hotel reservations? To
find out, come here.
If you need to find out something about travel, cost,
reservations, food, and facilities, then come here to find it.
A great suppliment to the "Maps. Maps. Maps." link above.
Airline Tickets - Plain
plane tickets? Cost too much to fly? Not any more... NAME YOUR
PRICE!
The cost of air transportation has gotten quite expensive
these days... But if you don't like the price that they name
you then simply name your price in return, and this site will
tell you if it's the "Wright" price! Now I haven't used these
guys (gals?) yet myself, but frankly, the whole idea sound ludicrous
enough to not only save some money, but to be a blast while
I'm doing it, as well... Let me know what you find out and if
they actually saved you any money, or if you just have fun trying...
Of course, I probably wouldn't mind hearing 'bout that, also!!!
!!!
Image and Sound Locations
These links to locations were you can find images (photos,
paintings, computer generated, or whatever...) and sounds
(for startup/shutdown, songs, special effects, presentations
or...) and such locations are updated frequently enough to
warrant bookmarks.
STScI/HST
Pictures - Hubble Space Telescope Images and accompanying information.
After 8 years (yes, EIGHT!) of unprecedented
images, the Hubble Space Telescope has altered our very
understanding of our universe, and the ways in which stars are
birthed, live, and die. We have learned about comets, and asteroids,
and even verified planets around other stars besides our own.
We have even confirmed the existence of black holes -
including one that is so massive that it is literally eating
up an entire galaxy. If you wish to learn more about these
phenomena, and see some really impressive images, then
this is the first place you should check out!
Hubble
Space Telescope - Related links to bunches of sites.
This is a search result yielding a bunch of HST sites
that can cater to your every HST desire. Enjoy!
Time
Life Photographs - From the pages of Time, Life, and Sports
Illustrated, these photographs are some of the best
With pictures from the humorous to the shocking to
the disheartening, this site has many of the best photographs
from over fifty years of publication. Many of the photographs
featured here have won awards for their outstanding imagery.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then these folks wrote
the dictionary...!
ClixSounds - From the
simple to the awesome to the simply awesome, this is where to
hear it!
ClixSounds has some of the best sounds and sound effects
that I've ever heard. This is a great place to get a new system
alert beep, honk, burp, chime, ding, boom, or whatever. Some
of the startup sounds are simply incredible, and make for a
nice way of showing off your Mac - especially to those poor,
misguided, Wintel users.... This site has both free sounds and
commercial sounds, including a new CD with over 1,000 sounds
for your use.
!!! Apple
If you need Apple Computer Company links, here they are.
Apple Computer - Home Page
Just that. The home page for the best computer company
that has ever been.
Apple Product Information
- Looking for a new Mac or something to go with one? Look here.
Apple now has on online store that allows you to purchase
directly from them, and they can even build-to-order the platform
as you wish. Be sure to check out the new PowerBook G3's and
the awesome iMac; two products that are virtually guaranteed
to take the industry by storm.
Apple Customer Support
- Need help with your Mac? Come here for the answers.
This area is dedicated entirely to customer support.
This is part of the jump-off point for the Technical Information
Library (c.f.).
Apple
Technical Information Library - Over 16,000 articles about your
Apple product.
Welcome to Apple's Technical Information Library (TIL).
This knowledge base contains product information, technical
specifications, troubleshooting information, is updated daily
with new and modified articles, and contains over 16,000 articles.
This is the database that they use when you call them for technical
support, and here it won't cost you $25 an hour!
Apple
Software Updates
The Apple Software Library is a collection of updaters,
utilities, and full software installs to help keep your Apple
Products running smoothly. You can locate a particular software
file by either searching our library, browsing our hierarchy,
or viewing a list of the most recent postings.
Contacting
Apple - Need their phone number or their address? Look here.
An information page containing their phone numbers,
addresses, web sites. This page can tell you how to reach Apple
in every country they do business. Great if you are not in the
states and you need some assistance.
!!!
Support and Information (Evangelist/MacCentral/etc...)
Great places for information about How To and WHY Macintosh...
EvangeList -
Guy Kawasaki's great jump-off place for lots of Mac information,
'wares, etc.
Run buy Guy Kawasaki (no relationship to the motorcycle,
I think...) this web site is absolutely fantastic as a resource
place for just about anything having to do with the Mac. Guy
is world-renown for being "The" Mac Evangelist, and he
has quite a few resources if you are looking to help convert
some poor, misguided Wintel user, and thus help save their soul...
not to mention their sanity! Also has web creating stuff available.
MacCentral
The Ultimate Macintosh
- If I don't have the link on the STMUG webpages, then The Ultimate
Macintosh does.
The Ultimate Macintosh is a site that has * BUNCHES
* of resource links; from software to magazines, to news groups,
this site is a great suppliment to the STMUG links page. Check
it out for yourself.
MacCentral - An online
Mac-azine with good articles and information.
An online magazine with information about Apple and
Macs and Mac OS, as well as other things that pertain to our
wonderful computer company and its products. A very good place
to catch up on things.
The
Motley Fool - What does Sleeping Beauty, Adam and Eve, and investors
have in common? Come here and find out.
This link accesses an article about Apple's turn-around
since the magical intervention in its self-destruction by Steve
Jobs. I'm not certain how long this link will remain good, so
if it should become broken, please E-Mail me at the address
located at the bottom of this page.
MacInTouch - A Developers
information site.
This site is geared more for developers and compu-nerds,
but can still be of interest to some of us dummies. It has a
lot of information about newly developed softwares, and also
is a good place for the "power-user," or somebody who may be
in charge of a company's Mac systems and need some really "serious"
'wares.
Appleaholics Anonymous (AA)
- A Twelve-Step program for thetrue Mac-Addict.
Do you Mac on a regular basis, and not just socially?
Do you use the Mac as a pick-me-up, or to calm down with after
a stressful day? Do you find your life becoming unmanageable?
Can't seem to stop thinking about it? There's help. Just come
to this website for help in overcoming your Mac addiction. Take
heart! Appleaholics Anonymous is a non-profit organization that
seek to help encourage you and support your desire to bring
your life back under control.
!!!
Macintosh Publications (MacAddict/MacWorld/etc...)
If you're looking for online publications, here are a few
good starters.
MacAddict - You've read
the magazine. You've cleaned out the disk. Now visit their website.
MacAddict is the fastest growing new computer publication
ever. And after reading it's whimsical, yet informative magazine,
it's easy to understand why! Though tongue-in-cheek, this magazine
manages to get across some pretty decent information in an enjoyable
style that isn't too heavy in the "techno-jargon." But best
of all, it comes with a disk each month that is absolutely packed
with software - that alone is worth the cost of subscribing!
Well, here is their website; enjoy! Good alternative if you
don't like the MacWeek style.
MacHome Journal - Yet another
'zine.
Mac Home Journal is another variation on a theme of
Mac-oriented online magazines. Somewhat drier than most, it
seems aimed more at PC users in its layout and writing style
(i.e., boring....). Well, that may be a little harsh, but still,
it does seem to lack the pizazz of some of the other sites.
MacTech - At their new site.
MacTech's website has quite a few press releases about
new software/hardware for the Mac. The also have a fairly extensive
database of answers to Mac programming questions.
MacWeek - After it's
merger with MacUser magazine, it's site has incorporated aspects
of both mags.
MacUser and MacWeek have combined. While still called
MacWeek, some definite changes have occurred. Good alternative
if you don't care for the MacAddict style.
Macworld - A more technical
magazine.
MacWorld is more of a techie's very of Mac stuff.
Basically, another 'zine.
!!!
Hardware and Software Resellers
*** Note: these are locations to PURCHASE stuff, and
very little - if anything - is free. Still, worth visiting...
Where To Buy Apple Products
The easiest way to locate sales, consulting, and service
options for Apple products.
BuyDirect.com - Buy software
directly from the manufacturer.
Okay, so you've gone ahead and downloaded all the
freeware and shareware that's available, only thing is that
the software you want isn't either of those... What do you do
now? Why, you go here, of course!
Cyberian Outpost
- A great place to buy things off the internet.
Not so much software, but they have quite a bit of
hardware, and their memory prices are quite good. The only real
drawback to them is that they also sell Wintel stuff.... <Yuck!>
MacMall
- Another online computer hardware retailer.
They have lotsa stuff. They seem to cater more to
the IBM world, rather than the real one (i.e., Mac!), and also
seem a little pricey, but that's just my opinion.
MacWarehouse
- Another retailer, as indistinguishable as the rest.
They sell all kinds of things, but have a better selection
of software than MacMall or Cyberian Outpost. Average pricing.
Mac
Zone - Can it be? Yes! It's ANOTHER retailer... Oh, joy!
Yadda, yadda, yadda. Another of the above. Go figure.
Software.net - Specializing
in (can you guess it?) SOFTWARE....
Average selection. Average prices. All in all, about...
well, average.
!!! Software
Developers
If you are looking for one of the major developers of software
for the Mac, this is a good place to begin. While not an extensive
list by any means, it does have some of the basic ones.
Mac OS Software
Guide - Lots more than just OS, but plenty of software.
"The Mac OS Software & Hardware Guide lists the
hottest software and hardware products available for the Mac
OS today. It includes products that are available in retail
stores, product catalogs, online, and directly from the publisher.
Shareware and freeware are also included. You can browse thousands
of Macintosh products in the following categories, or do a keyword
search. We can also help you locate Mac OS products." (Hey,
it's a quote off their page. Their words, not mine...)
Adobe Systems - Photoshop,
Illustrator, Type Manager, and just about everything else.
If it's made by Adobe, it's here. If it's not, then
it isn't....
Aladdin Systems - Stuffit
Expander, DropStuff with Expander Enhancer, InstallerMaker and
more.
When it comes to file compression utilities, these
guys sure know their stuff.... (No pun intended.)
Bryce and company - One
of the best 3-D terrain generators I've ever seen.
Bryce 3-D is one of the most incredible 3-D terrain
generators I've ever seen. The ease of use and the sheer power
of this program, combined with its rendering speed, make this
program stand head and shoulders above the rest. It is one of
those few 3-D programs that is actually worth the money.
Claris - ClarisWorks,
Homepage, FileMaker Pro
This is the leader - and the originator of the multi-function
business application, ClarisWorks (soon to be retitled to it's
original name: AppleWorks. FileMaker Pro is the quintessencial
application for record keeping. And, Claris HomePage (what this
website is primarily generated on) is really outstanding. Check
out their homepage (again, no pun intended...) and see what
they have to offer.
Macromedia - Dream Weaver,
Shockwave, and Director, as well as others.
This is Macromedia's new website, and is where you
can download their latest and greatest software. Shockwave,
for instance, is really at the forefront of its field. Pay them
a visit and you'll be shocked. (Okay, okay... I meant for that
one to be a pun. It was like the funny type.... only different.)
Netscape - Navigator and
Communicator.
Come here and download the best internet web browser
available. We won't even mention that other guy's product,
here. =:o)
Real Audio/Video - High
quality video and audio streaming and playback.
Come here and download a free copy of their RealAudio
player and plug-in.
!!!
Web Creation Resorces
If you are looking for some help in creating web pages, learning
HTML, Java, JavaScript, or AppleScript, then these are the
links you have been looking for. Here, you will find resources
such as backgounds, buttons, and basic programming information.
Some of these links are very helpful for the person interested
in trying their hand at developing a web page. It's not easy
to do, but these resources can help.
Ace Of Space - Backgrounds
by the cazillions
Ace of Space is the place where you can get the backgrounds
you're looking for. With currently over 400 backgrounds, and
more being added frequently, you can find some very nice backgrounds
for your webpages. A special thanks goes out to the Ace of Space
website for the backgrounds used in the ST. MUG website.
!!! Multimedia
Here are some of the multimedia producers for the internet.
These are places to get the plug-ins for the most commonly
encountered additions to websites.
QuickTime Guide -
Apple's Cutting-Edge Standard that has swept the internet in
a tour d' force.
Quicktime is the Apple technology that makes video,
sound, music, 3D and virtual reality come alive for Macintosh
and Windows. Now QuickTime takes your multimedia capabilities
to the next level &emdash; and the one beyond. Introducing QuickTime
3 and QuickTime 3 Pro.
Real Audio/Video - High
quality video and audio streaming and playback.
Come here and download a free copy of their RealAudio
player and plug-in.
Shockwave Guide
- Sound for the Internet
This is MacroMedia's website for Shockwave and Shockrave
!!! Neat and Helpful
Places to Visit
These are some miscellaneous links, but neat and helpful places
that can generally make your life easier.
Visit them and enjoy!
The folks at http://www.2fords.net
have been not only most helpful, but have provided the opportunity
for us at ST.MUG to
use their server - a most generous offer, so I would like to
take a moment and some space to thank them. If you live in the
Corpus Christi/Aransas Pass (Texas) area you might wish to try
them as you ISP, as their rates are good, and are digital capable.
They even have 24 hour tech support (yes, a real, live, honest-to-goodness,
breathing human being at the other end of the phone line. Tired,
maybe, but breathing... <I hope!>) =:o) Their tech support
numbers are: 512-758-5527 or 800-741-3855.
FREE
STUFF - Interested in what you can get for free? Now there's
a website dedicated to helping you find it!
From software to magazines, travel and family, sometimes
what you get is more than what you pay for... Atleast, that
is the concept behind this website that apparently has nothing
better to do than go around and find all the free stuff available
on the 'Net, and bundle it together in one location for you
to peruse at your discretion. Want some free film? No problem.
Want a free, 6-month, trial subscription to Sports Illustrated?
Got that, too! How about a free Acura NSX sportscar? Go someplace
else, buddy - they can only do so much... Still, this place
is well worth checking out to see if they have anything that
you might be interested in getting... and getting for free!
Jobs and Resumé's -
The commercial says that they are what most company's prefer...
Well, I don't know, and I haven't tried them yet myself,
so I can't comment, nor do I know anyone who has used
them, so I guess I really can't comment... Oh, well.
If any of you know more or have had personal dealings with these
folks, please don't hesitate emailing me with some info, 'cause
I prefer to use reliable info for these links...
Quakeintosh - If you
love Quake, you have GOT to go here and see what is available
to you
Ever since its release, Quake has been a fantastic
game; one that provides a realistic, 3-D, virtual world into
which you can delve and explore. But if you have become bored
with playing the same old levels over and over, then check out
all the resources that Quakeintosh provides. From new levels
and new graphics, to modifications that change the very nature
of the game, you can find it here. My favorite modification
is called Team Fortress, which allows you to select from various
classes (such as Heavy Weapons Guy, Pyromaniac, Soldier, Spy,
Sniper, Medic, Engineer, and others) and then allows you to
challenge others in a team game of capture the flag or death
match. Check out Mac
Fortress for these mods and where you can meet and play
against others. From playing a clan member to playing James
Bond, and even being turned into a jet aircraft and fly around,
the mods here are simply AWESOME!
CNN - Access the news up to the
minute.
CNN gives you access to the news, weather, sports,
financial, fashion and other areas that may interest you. yadda.
yadda. yadda.
Amazon.com - The World's Largest
Bookstore.
If you'd rather not surf the net, or listen to your
"Best of Vietnamese Polka Music" (on 78s!), or watch Married
With Kids Who Are Smarter Than Their Parents...., and instead
would rather just sit down to a nice, calming, peaceful book
(something by Wes Craven, no doubt...) then come here and buy
it. No, they can't send it through the modem, and you can't
read it on the screen, but you can save a pretty penny in buying
it here. (Why is it always a 'pretty' penny...? Why isn't
it ever an 'ugly' penny? Or a 'not-so-pretty' penny? Or how
about even a 'would look great with some massive plastic surgery'
penny? But why is it always a 'pretty' penny...??? But I digress...)
Anyway, come here and buy your books. It's that simple.
Borders Books - Borders Books
is now online, offering a nice selection of items you can purchase
over the 'Net.
Similar to Amazon.com, but not as big. (Sorry, Micelle,
but I can't come up with a review as long as the one for Amazon.com.
If you can, send it to me....)
Nest Entertainment Animated
Hero Series - As seen on HBO, these videos are great family
entertainment
The Nest creates some of the best videos I have ever
seen. Stories about heroes and heroines that stress the inportance
of patriotism, courage, honesty, determination, and hope. By
following the example of these role-models, our children can
have these values reinforced, but not only are these videos
educational, they are wonderfully enjoyable and entertaining.
From the adventures of Marco-Polo, to George Washington, to
Florence Nightinggale and Helen Keller (and others), you and
your children will find these videos worth watching time and
time again.
The Institue for Genomic Research
(TIGR) - They're mapping the DNA that makes up viruses, bug,
animals... and us!
The Institute for Genomic Research is a not-for-profit
research institute with interests in structural, functional,
and comparative analysis of genomes and gene products in viruses,
eubacteria, pathogenic bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes (both
plant and animal), including humans. They are making incredible
progress that promises to revolutionize medicine and our understanding
of how DNA is structured. This is one of those high-IQ sites,
but if you can understand it, it has a high "Gee Wiz" factor.
The Ultimate Macintosh
- If I don't have the link on the STMUG webpages, then The Ultimate
Macintosh does.
The Ultimate Macintosh is a site that has * BUNCHES
* of resource links; from software to magazines, to news groups,
this site is a great suppliment to the STMUG links page. Check
it out for yourself. (repeat link from Support
and Information)
Yahoo.Com - An alternative
FREE EMAIL location.
Until Apple sets up a free Email service, and using
Hotmail.Com is about as appealing as kissing that aunt who smells
kinda funny because "That Other Guy's" company owns it, then
here is an alternative that should be more acceptable. Although
the layout is not quite as clean and comprehensive as Micro-sloth's
free email site, you can at least avoid feeling guilty for using
this one. If you are wondering why you would even want
a free email account even though you already have an Email address,
then go read the article "Free
Email - Avoiding spam is not just for vegitarians anymore..."
in the Technical Support
area of the STMUG
website. It's really worth the effort (IMHO.)
Hotmail.Com - Possibly the
best thing that Microsoft has ever produced, and best of all,
it's free!
In spite of all the bad publicity and bloated software
that this company has produced, it has now established an E-Mail
location where anyone can have an E-Mail address - FOR FREE.
All in all, it's pretty decent. It's also a great place for
you to have an account that you can give out to anyone, without
fear of getting SPAM in your private E-Mail address. And if
you start getting too much garbage EM, then all you have to
do is get a NEW free account.
Ambrosia - The makers
of Avara and Escape Velocity (amoungst others) has its own web
site... here.
If you have ever wanted to conquer the galaxy, or
run around inside of a bipedal machine and solve problems and
shoot your buddies up, then come here to get the latest information
and versions of the software. Besides these two games, they
have lots of other programs available, and the software they
produce is of the highest quality.
MechWarrior
for the Mac - The ultimate in firepower has just been placed
in the galaxy's most dangerous hands - yours!
Grab your neurohelmet and strap yourself into a multiton
metal behemoth as Activision's hot-selling Mechwarrior 2 makes
its way to the Macintosh. With all the explosive action of the
PC version, Mechwarrior 2 for Macintosh chronicles the career
of a young Clan mechwarrior as he (or she) defends their honor
and rises through the ranks of the dominant Clan Wolf or the
crusading Clan Jade Falcon. They jockey for position in the
30 lightyears of known space, all the while trying to capture
the most glorious prize of all, Earth itself. Stunning graphics,
mesmerizing video sequences, thundering sound-effects, and an
impressive musical score package a game with an outstanding
plot and unbelievably smooth engine.
Babylon 5 - The hottest
science-fiction television show to ever hit the airwaves has
its own webpage.
If you are a B5 fanatic, or just wondering what all
the excitement is all about, come here and get the information,
pictures, sounds and episode synopsis. Wondering who played
a part, or what happened during that episode you missed, then
come here. If you need an encyclopedia on B5, then go to: http://interweb.uml.edu/B5/Enc/
Star Trek - The homepage
for Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek television show and its spin-offs.
If you are interested in the Star Trek series, or
in any of its spin-offs (Star Trek The Next Generation, Star
Trek Voyager, or Star Trek Deep Space 9), then here is their
official homepage. While the characters are more 2-dimensional
when compared to the Babylon-5 ones, and the plot no where near
as complex, these shows do offer an acceptable amount of storyline
to hold the average sci-fi fan an hour's worth of entertainment.
Now, if they could only do something about the "technology fix"
they seem to have for so many of the episodes.... Oh, well.
All links were valid as of 02 September, 1998 04:00 hrs CDT.
If any of these links should become broken, please notify
me by clicking on the link below
AppleAngel
Note: The opinions
expressed in these link reviews were _strictly _ those
of The Bard Erin MacDonald (thebardmacd), and therefore
do not necessarily reflect those held by ST.MUG, nor
it's members, nor Apple, nor anyone else for that matter....
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