Allen Bell's Other Addresses Page Page

This page contains some other WWW addresses I want to remember for now. They may not be all that interesting -- I still have to check them out or decide about them.
Naturally their inclusion here does not constitute any kind of endorsement by me or by UWM.

Wordbot -- translates Web pages into various languages
HotBits (Random Numbers)
- Request a random number
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
- XML FAQ
- Robin Cover's XML Page
Displaying Math on the Web
- HTML-Math
- MathML based on XML (part of Robin Cover's SGML site)
- latex2html
Institute for Scientific Information (publisher of Science Citation Index)
- Products & Services
- Web of Science Info
- CompuMath Citation Index Info
Newsgroups, chat rooms, email lists links
- Liszt
- DejaNews
- Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
- Vivian Neou's List of E-mail Lists
- Newsgroup Index
- WebChat Broadcasting System
- LookSmart Chat
- Chat Seek
Urban Legends
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, etc.
- National Research Council Associateships
TeleWorth (Compares long-distance telephone rates)
Math Department Addresses
- UC Berkeley
  - Rob Kirby's Letter about Math Journal Prices
- UCSB
  - UCSB campus home page
  - Santa Barbara's CityNet entry
- Texas A&M
  - Outside World List
University of Washington
- Course Evaluations
- Columns Alumni Magazine
- Email directory of UW alumni
Quantum magazine home page
The Seattle Times
NSF
- NSF fast lane
- NSF grants info
National Institute for Science Education at UW-Madison
- NISE Welcome Page
- The Why Files: Science in the News
Consumer Information
- AdBusters Culture Jammers Headquarters (not friendly to some browsers)
- ConsumerInfo Site (Credit Check Monitoring Service) (not friendly to some browsers)
- Consumer World
- BizRate Guide to online retailers
- Better Business Bureau online
- Council of Better Business Bureaus online
Guides to People & Businesses
- The Big Book (yellow pages)
- Four11 Directory Service (white pages)
- WhoWhere (not friendly to some browsers)
Airlines
- Alaska
- America West
- American Air
- Midwest Express
- Northwest
- Southwest
- Continental
- TWA
- Delta (not friendly to some browsers)
UWM's CFAC
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
New York Times (you must register to use this)
- Books (including Sunday Book Review) (you must register to use this)
US News & World Report
- College & Careers Center (take with a grain of salt)
United Parcel Service
Send and receive postcards by email
Volcano World
Bill Arnett's Tour of the Solar System
- Other Pages by the Same Author
Exploratorium ExploraNet
The Matrix Music Site
Music Specialists CDs (Live/Import)
Prelude To The Flatpick (Bob Dylan)
Alroy & Wilson's Music Reviews
CD Clubs
- Colubmia House
- BMG Music Service
Classical Music
- Classical Net
- HNH International
- Magnus Svanfeldt's Baroque & Classical Music
- Classical Is Cool
A Literary Quiz on first lines of books (not friendly to some browsers)
Books & Publishers
- Amazon Books in Seattle
- Powell's Books in Portland
- Borders Books & Music
- Springer-Verlag Publishing Company
  - In New York
  - In Berlin
- Academic Press
  - Home Page
  - IDEAL: Electronic Access to Journals
- Internet Public Library
- Bookwire
Discovery Channel Online
Real Audio
- TimeScape: list of sites using Real Audio
- WebActive: list and reviews of Activist Web sites
Houses & Apartments
- National Association of Realtors (not friendly to some browsers)
- CyberHomes search service
- HomeScout Real Estate
- Internet Real Estate Digest
- Rent Net
- Apartment Blue Book Online
- For Rent
- aptguides
- ABreak4Students (off-campus student housing in the U.S. and abroad)
University & College Information
- College Network
- Internet College Exchange
- University Links
- Complete Source for Financing Education
Experian (formerly TRW) (credit reports)
Federal Government
- University of Michigan Federal Government Resources on the Web
- FedWorld
- Search government pages
- National Park Service
- Securities & Exchange Commission
- US Department of State
  - Travel Warnings
- US Department of the Treasury
  - IRS
- FBI
- NASA
  - Solar System Simulator
- US Census Bureau
  - Most Common Names
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  - El Niño
Travel
- US Department of State Consular Affairs
- US Departemnt of State Travel Warnings
- Universal Currency Converter Page
- Maps
  - MapQuest
  - Road Watch America Direct
- Restaurants
  - Dine.com
  - Zagat Survey
- Lonely Planet Publications
- Moon Publications
- North Cascades Institute (not friendly to some browsers)
- Epicurious Travel Web
- Biztravel.com
  - En-Route Flight Tracking (not friendly to some browsers)
- TheTrip.com
- Atevo Travel
- Excite Travel by City.Net
- CNN Interactive's Travel Guide
- American Express
  - American Express Travel
- Microsoft Expedia Site
- Travelocity
- Travelweb (Good for hotels)
- Internet Travel Network
- France Discovery
- Recreational Travel Guide
- Smilin' Jack's Airport Page
- Rick Steves's Europe Through the Back Door
- Time Out Web Site (you must register to use this)
- Alaska
  - Alaska Information Cache
  - Alaska Gold's Alaska Travel Guide
  - Alaska Guide
  - Alaska State Web Site
  - Alaska Travel Travel Guide
- Ireland
  - Ireland: the Internet Collection
  - Access Ireland
- Official Government Tourism Sites
  - California
  - European Travel Commission Travel Planner
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Britain
  - Scotland
  - Northern Ireland
  - Denmark
  - France
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Ireland (supports only Netscape 3 & Internet Explorer)
  - Monaco
  - Norway
  - Poland
  - Spain
  - Switzerland
  - Turkey
Zoos
- San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
- Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo (not friendly to some browsers)
- Sydd's Internet Zoo (not recognized)
- Zoo Net
Aquariums
- SeaWorld's Animal Information Database
- Underwater World
Informative Graphics Human Anatomy Online (not friendly to some browsers)
Informative Graphics Automotive Learning Online (not friendly to some browsers)
Weather
- Intellicast
- The Weather Channel
- The National Weather Service
Food and Drink
- Dining Out on the Web
- Epicurious Web Site (Gourmet Cooking)
- Internet Food Channel
- The Kitchen Link
- FoodWine.com
- Smart Wine Magazine
- Robin Garr's Wine Lovers' Page
Chess
- Internet Chess Club
- Inside Chess
- London Chess Center (not friendly to some browsers)
The Web & the Internet
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Web-Site Building Tools
  - AOLpress
  - Lorenz Graf's HTMLtool
- Christopher Cooper's note on teaching mathematics over the Web
- MIT Student Association's site for Freedom of Expression on the Net
- What is the Internet, Anyway? by J.S. Quarterman & S. Carl-Mitchell
- Yahoo Page on WWW
- GTE SuperPages directory
Search Engines
- MegaWeb
- ProFusion
Colors on Web Pages
- Lynda Weinman's Page
- Ian Winter's Reliable Web-Page Color Page
- Color Chart for Web Pages
Slate Magazine
Salon Magazine
Forbes Magazine
Encryption: Pretty Good Privacy
- Pretty Good Privacy - the company
- Aegis Shell for Pretty Good Privacy
- Pretty Good Privacy at MIT
TechWeb (causes Lynx to crash)
- Technology Encyclopedia
Personal Computers
- Newbridge Small Computer Book Club
- University of Michigan's Shareware Archive
- Nexor's Mac Software Catalog
- ZDnet's Macintosh Downloads/Shareware
- Tucows: downloable software, with ratings
- MediaBuilder: Multimedia shareware
- Nonags Shareware
- Shareware95.com
  - List of Hardware Drivers
- Magazines
- Companies
  - US Robotics
    - US Robotics x2 site
  - Netscape
  - Microsoft
    - Microsoft Knowledge Base (It's outrageous, but Microsoft won't let you in unless you accept their Cookies)
  - Corel (includes WordPerfect, Quattro Pro)
  - Niles & Associates Bibliographic Software
  - Dell
  - Gateway
  - Micron
  - Compaq
  - CyberMax (not friendly to some browsers)
  - NEC
  - Iiyama (monitors)
  - ViewSonic (monitors)
  - NSA-Hitachi (monitors)
  - Matrox
  - Soundblaster
  - Ensoniq
  - Cambridge Soundworks
  - Boston Acoustics
  - Altec Lansing
  - Walnut Creek CD-ROM (has Linux stuff)
  - The Software Source (geared toward educators & students)
  - Allaire Corporation (HomeSite Web Builder)
  - Macromedia (Dreamweaver Web Builder)
  - Microsoft FrontPage (Web Builder)
  - Farallon
  - Plextor
  - Intuit
  - Cybermedia
  - Quarterdeck
  - Symantec
    - Symantec Trialware
  - McAfee
  - Mavis Beacon
  - Helix Software
  - ViewSonic
  - IntelliData Technologies
  - Epson
  - Brother
  - Canon Computer Systems
  - Cornerstone Imaging (Monitors)
  - CTX International
    - Monitors
  - ATI Technologies
    - XPERT@work AGP video card
  - Hewlett-Packard
  - Iomega
  - Lexmark
  - Okidata
  - Diamond
  - STB (not friendly to some browsers)
  - IBM
  - Sony (something is wrong with this site)
  - Motorola
  - Intel
    - Intel Developer Site (seems to be the same as Intel home)
    - PC98 Standards
  - AMD
- Shareware.Com Library
- System Commander (Run multiple operating systems)
- SCSI Info (Granite Digital) (not friendly to some browsers)
- Online shopping sites
  - Internet Shopping Network (recommended by PCWorld)
  - Micro Warehouse
  - NECX Direct
  - Insight
  - Computer ESP
  - CompUSA (not much of a site)
  - ComputAbility
  - Computer Discount Warehouse (not friendly to some browsers)
  - PC Connection
  - Elek-Tek
  - Computer and Electronics Home Page
- My Desktop Network
- Windows (95,98,NT)
  - Microsoft
    - Windows 95
    - Windows 98
    - Microsoft's Knowledge Base (It's outrageous, but Microsoft won't let you in unless you accept their Cookies)
    - PowerToys
    - KernelToys
  - Mithril Software (includes Start Menu Cleaner)
  - K/os Freeware (includes X_Setup Windows customizer)
  - Windows95.com (not affiliated with Microsoft)
  - ClubWin
  - WindowsCentral
  - Cutter's Windows 95 Crossroads (rather out-of-date)
  - Frank Condron's World o' Windows
  - Windows95 Annoyances
  - WUGNET's Shareware Hall of Fame
- DVD (Digital Versatile Discs) Info
CultureFinder
Health
- Mayo Clinic Health O@sis
- American Medical Association
- Food & Drug Administration
- US Government's healthfinder (a gateway consumer health information Web site)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Medscape Database
- Jonathan Tward's Multimedia Medical Reference Library
- Achoo Healthcare Directory & Search Engine
- Healthatoz Medical & Health Search Engine
- GlobalMedic
- Centers for Disease Control
Learn2 do everday things (the ability utility)
FINDOUT odds & ends
Sports
- SPORTQuest
- ESPN SportsZone
Worldwide Film Festivals Server
LikeMinds Movie Critic
Siskel & Ebert's Movie Reviews (not friendly to some browsers: you may not be able to access anything)
University of Wisconsin Credit Union (not friendly to some browsers)
Investing
- MutualFundWorld
- Investor Protection Trust
- TIAA-CREF
- Online Money (Magazine) (not useful with a text-based browser)
- The Motley Fool
- Morningstar (you have to register to use this site)
- Mutual Funds Interactive Fundlink
- Xplore Investing
- Investment Research
- Fidelity Investments
- Vanguard Mutual Funds
- The Annual Reports Library
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Streeteye
Evaluating Web Sites
- Cornell University's Criteria and Tools
- Hope Tillman's Tips on Evaluating Quality on the Net (long)
- Evaluating Internet-Based Information at Mankato State University
- Thinking Critically about Web Resources by Esther Grassian, UCLA Library
Century Chat: Index of Chat Rooms
NCSA Virus Lab
Java Sites
- Active Web Networks Java Faqs
- Sun's Java Faqs
- Steven Petrowicz's Java Books and Faqs
- Netscape
- EarthWeb's Archive
- Vijay Mukhi's Java tutorial
- Elliotte Harold's Java tutorial
- Frequency Graphics JavaScript Tutorial
- Voodoo JavaScript tutorial
- The Java Developer
- University of Hamburg Site
- Java Porting Projects
  - Solaris, Windows NT & 95, MacOS
  - Macintosh (Netscape) [Bad URL?]
  - Linux
  - OSF
  - Amiga
Karin Kedlaya's Home Page
- Math Competitions Archive
Russian Mathematicians
Math-Sci FAQ
CTAN Archive
Whole Internet Catalog
- Whole Internet (Webcrawler) Math Node
Galaxy
- Galaxy Math Node
Nova Inter-Links
Computer Science Departments
A Web Usage Counter [URL no good?]
Syllabus Home Page
The Great Outdoors
- National Park Service
- Page on Edward Abbey
- Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
- Backcountry Home Page
- UW-Madison Hoofers Page
- REI
Baseball
UW Green Bay getting started (on the Web) page
Not me
Elvis
Home Repair
- Fix It
- Home Central
- Kitchen.net
- Electronic House
- Pete's Dry Dock
Integrals
Excite Web Search
Web Rings and Tours
- WebRing (central Weblink database)
- ExciteSeeing Tours
Jobs
- Acorn Career Counseling (Fred Nagel, the Resume Doctor)
- Rebecca Smith's eResumes & Resources
Bettina Arnold's home page
University of Virginia Exhibit on Tibetan Culture

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