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A human being  should be able to  change a diaper,  plan an invasion,  butcher a hog,  conn a ship,  design a building,  write a sonnet,  build a wall,  set a bone,  comfort the dying,  take orders,  give orders,  cooperate,  act alone,  pitch manure,  solve equations,  analyze a new problem,  program a computer,  cook a tasty meal,  fight efficiently,  and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.  ~Robert A. Heinlein~

"Take a blow, fellas."

Weblogs (blogs for short), are online hyperlinked public jotters where anyone can keep notes of interest to themselves and others, add to them from anywhere that has internet access and even allow visitors to contribute their evaluations and observations. These are some of my favorites. Click around, you're sure to find a favorite of your own.

Newsfeeds demonstrate programming that allows the filtering of online news. Visit them to feel the flow of data that is passing around the Web.

Get General! The Neuroscience Tutorial is an illustrated guide to the essential basics of clinical  neuroscience created in conjunction with the first-year course for medical  students. It's a Motors' Manual for brain surgeons.

Valley of the Shadow: Civil War history in source materials. This archive contains some 5000 pages of digitized photographs, newspaper articles, records, wills, census figures, and diaries covering the years 1857 to 1870 and issuing from two representative counties, one in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia.

How to describe this art in a way that doesn't refer to the implements that were used to create it? The picture is named, "Cherries." The artist's name is Angel. More than just a pretty face: her website is called BreastPals.  Of course you can Scan 'em! Who knew you could paint with 'em?

When you've been around as long as the Jewish religion has, you collect a lot of anniversaries. Considering their history, you'd think there'd be more like      this one, but Tisha B'Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.

Serious about wine? The Oxford Companion to Wine is online. You can visit my favorite winery.
Or pick one from the database at Wine.com.

He works in mysterious ways...at CloneJesus.com: They took a hank of hair, a piece of bone...and have scheduled the Second Coming for December 25, 2001. An Unexpected Consequence of genetic engineering or is this the way it was meant to be? (A temporary suspension of reality may be required. It's your sanity and you can take care of it all by yourself.)

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By now, everybody's heard of Napster and the Napster clones, software for sharing personal files over the internet. Wesley Felton has posted a comparison of distributed file sharing systems on Hack the Planet.

Freenet manages to "route around" some of the limitations of those programs by creating a distributed, autonomous network among anonymous users. The ultimate in free speech, it's promising, it's frightening, it's not going to go away and it's anarchy, online.

Some artists are embracing the internet and are being rewarded for their initiative. Stephen King has published The Plant and fully discloses the financial details in his FAQ. The artist formerly known as  and now Prince (again), has his own record store at New Power Generation . Read his take on Napster by clicking on "4 The Love of Music" at Freedom Newz. While you're there, scroll the left side frame and have a look at "What Should B Souled," for his next endeavor and "A Political Statement."

Hypermind Multimedia Gadjets: Megabytes of animation, video, screen savers and desktop toys.

Compare book prices: If you buy books online, you should be shopping around. Amazon.com isn't the only seller in this buyers' market.
An  company, Half.com is where you can buy and sell used books, music, movies, and games online. For half.

President Clinton signed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN) bill into law on June 30. For insight into more "Unexpected Consequences", take a look at this paper that deals with inconsistencies that have arisen between legal and crypto meanings of "non-repudiation".

They keep track of some REALLYBAD bugs at Vaccines.org.

Love her or just leave her alone: Martha Stewart's place is Home Economics, 2K. Extensive recipe database under Cooking, Stain Removal under Keeping, an Encyclopedia of Plants under Gardening and lots more.

Sheriff Arpaio believes the public has the right to know what's going on in his jails. This is a real life transmission of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Madison Street Jail. Except for the deputies, it's as close as anybody should get. Registration is NOT required, just close that annoying pop-up window.

ConcordeJokes: Tasteless and few, but growing...default is English but with one click you can translate them to French or German.

The IFCC (Internet Fraud Complaint Center) provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. Already been victimized?

Heckle with the best: "You're killing me blue - Can I pet your seeing eye dog after the game? - It sure sounded like a strike! - How'd you get a square head in that round mask? - Have they stopped printing the rulebooks in Braille?"  Want more? Click on that big red H.

Acronymsearch.com: over 80,000 acronyms and abbreviations, with over 300,000 definitions in the database.  TTFN (ta ta for now)