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This is an entirely self serving post, but maybe you dear reader, will benefit from it.
I have been purging everything I possess. I am striving for streamlined efficiency. Unfortunately, I have not achieved that with my computer. In fact, I have lost an entire 80 gig drive in it somewhere. I know it’s there, but my computer doesn’t see it. I feel like I am in a Monty Python sketch when I try to get the computer to recognize the hardware. So, I am going to give my machine an electronic high colonic (If you don’t hear from me again, I love you all.)
I have many websites that I have collected from friends, found on other sites, or happily stumbled across on my own. Unfortunately, I doubt that I will be able to find them all again, and it is doubtful that my laptop will have a floppy drive, so I am parking a large chunk of the contents of ‘my favorites’ from my web browser here for retrieval at a later time. So, without further ado, My Favorites:
Reference Sites:
Dictionary.com (yup, I plagerize it quite frequently)
Communecom (another dictionary link)
The Word Spy (a good reference for new/coined/recycled words)
Wikipedia (good non-partisan reference)
everything² (fun site, still havent fully explored this - I could easily spend several days here)
bibilomania (a virtual library)
The Ism Book (this was via headlessness)
Food Reference Website (fun to peruse, as well as reference)
Don Markstein’s Toonpedia (It is so a reference site)
Education sites:
Journalism.org (I need to read this more)
Physics at Kenyon (Kenyon College is right here in Ohio - Professor Greenslade rocks)
Knatz.com (I really enjoy Paul Knatz.)
Golan Levin Homepage (all about exploring possibilities)
Toki Pona (This is my current foreign language elective)
Personal interests:
Snowdrift Farm Formulary (yes, I make soap)
Trailsource (I have a subscription.)
CinemaNow (The super lazy and very portable way to watch movies.)
Bookcrossing.com (I think everyone should do this)
Macrobiotics (dabble, but I need to do serious study)
Plants Database (longtime interest)
1000 Journals (very cool, via JH again)
Playground:
the5k.org (My very first ‘play’ site.)
No Effort Online (Home of Tales for the L33T. Chris Coutts, w00t!)
10 second films (making films for fun)
Political:
ACLU (the government is supposed to work for us; good managers stay informed)
Fair Trade Federation (speaks for itself)
Vegan Blog (moving towards this goal)
Just Because:
haiku contest (win free books)
Who’s We Design Studios (The coolest design site I know - I like to just look at it.)
Anarchist’s Cookbook (I periodically check to see if they are still up. It is one of my freedom of speech gauges.)
Polar Image (incredibly beautiful photos)
I hope you found something interesting or useful in all that. I’m off to do more deconstruction.