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Links to interesting places that don't quite fit into my other categories...


Miscellaneous - Links to interesting places that don't quite fit into my other categories...
 Air Traffic Control - Listen real-time to conversations between pilots and control towers at airports across the world. - www.liveatc.net/
 Annals of Improbable Research - You wouldn`t believe what people have researched! - www.improbable.com/
 Assistive Living Devices - The Boulevard - Buy, Sell or Rent Wheelchair Vans & trucks - blvd.com
 Astronomy - What do you see when you look up, way up?
  Astronomy - Lunar Phases Web Tool - An interactive web tool to teach the relationship between the lunar phase, the time of day, and the direction of the Moon. - www.calvin.edu/academic/phys/observatory/
  Navigator Star Finder - shows the celestial bodies used in celestial navigation (most visible stars (56) and planets (4), Sun and Moon). For more details on calculations and abbreviations, check the FAQ. For a more powerful celestial navigation application, visit the Navigator software website. - www.tecepe.com.br/cgi-win/cgiasvis.exe
  SkyView - is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray - skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  Top 25 Public Astronomical Observatories - Here is a list of the top 25 public observatories in the United States, organized by state. There may not be an observatory in your backyard, but a little bit of travel can be more than worth your while. So pick an observatory close to you, wait for nightfall, and enjoy the view! Also, the photographs of the observatories, themselves, are stunning... - www.publicrecordsreviews.com/education-center/top-25-public-observatories/
  Top Astronomy NASA Photos Of All Time - Here is a list of the most interesting moments in the history of NASA. Astounding photos with great captions. Also links to many other interesting astronomical sites. Includes Bios of the Astronauts in the photos. - www.thehubpost.com/top-50-astronomy-nasa-photos-of-all-time/ and apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
 Atlanta Braves Home page - www.atlantabraves.com/
 Automatic Readability Checker - Gunning FOG Index. Analyze written text to compute the approximate grad level of the text. - readabilityformulas.com/gunning-fog-readability-formula.php and readabilityformulas.com/free-readability-formula-tests.php
 Badge Maker: Make your own ID cards. - Make your own ID card, press pass, name tag, or any other kind of identification. Print it out, laminate it, wear it with pride! Make any kind of identification* easily in just a few seconds. - bighugelabs.com/badge.php
 Be My Eyes - Bringing sight to blind and low vision people. Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. - www.bemyeyes.com
 Berrien County, Georgia - Historical Photos Collection - www.berriencounty.smugmug.com/
 Better Business Bureau On-Line! - BBB's Vision: An ethical marketplace where buyers and sellers trust each other. - www.bbb.org/
 Blokart - Check out these little land sailing rigs at: - blokart.com
 Blue Books - Prices for Cars & Trucks - www.kbb.com/
 Calendar - Print your own?
  Calendar - Blank Printable Calendar - Monthly, Yearly - www.wiki-calendar.com/blank-calendar.html
  Calendar - Printable Calendar - Monthly, Yearly - www.calendarlabs.com/
  Calendar - Printable Calendar - Monthly, Yearly - www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?country=1
 Clark Howard - Consumer Action Center. Save more, spend less and avoid rip-offs. - clarkhoward.com/
 Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports Online - published weekly. - www.consumerreports.org/
 Doodle - Doodle simplifies scheduling. Tentatively schedule an event and your invitees can indicate their availability so you can know when most people are available. - doodle.com/
 ElderHostel - Elderhostel, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization with 25 years of experience providing high-quality, affordable, educational adventures for adults who are 55 and older. These short-term educational programs are a fun and exciting way for you to share new ideas, explore new places and make new friends - www.elderhostel.org/
 Electronic Frontier Foundation - A non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media. - www.eff.org
 Empire State Building - The official web site of the building with good info & pics. - esbnyc.com/
 FEDEX Home Page - OnLine Services & Tracking - www.fedex.com
 FTD Flowers - See Pictures, Order OnLine or Locate Florists. - www.ftd.com
 Farmer's Almanac - Just what you'd expect from the Farmer's Almanac. - www.almanac.com/
 Find products advertized on late night TV - www.asseenontvlive.com/
 Funeral - Funeral and Memorial Societies of America. FAMSA is dedicated to a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. - www.funerals.org/
 Genealogy
  Cemetery Records - Welcome to Interment.net Contained in this website are published transcriptions from 5,000+ cemeteries across the world. Searchable! - www.interment.net/
  Find-A-Grave - Looking for someone's final resting spot? - www.findagrave.com/
  Genealogy - Ancestry.com -- Enter a few facts and they’ll help you discover a lot more. One name is all it takes to start your family tree. - www.ancestry.com and trees.ancestry.com/
  Get started on your own genealogy with these resources: - A well written, beginners` introduction to Genealogy with links to a plethora of other web sites for getting started, finding information, and what to do with it.... (Thanks to Alexa and the gang) - www.homeadvisor.com/r/guide-to-genealogy/#.WK9UMPkrJEY
  Home Genealogy Guide for 2021 - A good starting place for those who are contemplating jumping into the world of family trees, relationships, facts, and everything else that goes with Genealogy research. Lots of references, too! - householdquotes.co.uk/ultimate-genealogy-guide/
  National Archives - Resources for Genealogists - www.archives.gov/research/genealogy
  Obituaries Help - Obituaries Help is a resource anyone looking for condolence/sympathy and funeral related information, examples, and resources. There is also an extensive genealogy section that can be used for anyone who is starting a family tree or dealing with the genealogical implications of a passing. Great obituary locator/resources. - www.obituarieshelp.org
 Graffiti - All about Graffiti. Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall - graffiti.org/
 GreenPeace - Ecosystem protectors - www.greenpeace.org
 Hardware - Grainger - Big hardware store over there in Norcross. Full catalog on-line. - www.grainger.com
 Heraldry on the Internet. - This site is designed to help you conduct heraldry research on the Internet. I have compiled as many links as I can find to the various sources of heraldic material available. Includes programs for building a coat of arms. - www.digiserve.com/heraldry/
 Home Repair Your New House - Home Repair Your New House
  Home & Garden TV - How-To for home projects - movies about how to fix things around the house like: Kitchen, Bath, Deck, Yard, Electrical, and more. - www.hgtv.com/
 Industrial Signage - print official looking Warning Signs, etc. - www.stclaire.com/go/industrial_signage/default/html
 Juggling Information Service - Info about juggling and the juggling community - www.juggling.org
 L.L.Bean - Outdoor clothes & stuff. Catalogs & Product Guides. - www.llbean.com
 Lottery - Georgia Lottery. Claim your prize!!! - www.galottery.com/
 Marine Traffic - Shows marine traffic all over the world. Navigate to a location (like New York City) to see all vessels there right now! Pick one and get details. - www.marinetraffic.com/de/ais/home/centerx:-84.1/centery:30.8/zoom:4
 Marine Traffic - So you are standing an an ocean or river port anywhere in the world and see a ship (or a big boat) and you wonder what it is, how fast is it moving, and where is it going. Look here for these details and more.... - www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-81.1/centery:32.2/zoom:10
 Mayberry RFD - All about our favorite home town - www.imayberry.com/
 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority - How to get around Atlanta! - www.itsmarta.com/
 Mississippi River Float Info: - Mississippi River Heritage, Natural History, and Recreational observations - greatriver.com/
 Mississippi River by Canoe - Planning Your Mississippi River Canoe Trip - bucktrack.com/Mississippi_Canoe_Planning.html
 Moon Phase Calculator - for this month. - stardate.org/nightsky/moon
 Movies
  Lord Of The Rings Trilogy - About the movie - www.lordoftherings.net
  Movie Review Query Engine. - Reviews of movies. Search by movie title, actor or director. - www.mrqe.com
  Movies Internet Movie Database - Query for any info for any movie. Second link is Search: - www.imdb.com/
 New York Metropolitan Transit Authority - How to get around NY City! - www.mta.info/
 Obituaries Help - Obituaries Help is a resource (maintained by volunteers) for a person looking for condolence/sympathy and funeral related examples and resources. Virtually anything related to a funeral and how to express your condolences after losing a loved one is listed on this site at no cost. Words of Condolences and message samples for expressing words of sympathy to someone after the loss of a loved one are available. Use these condolence examples to help you write your condolences in cards or letters of sympathy. There is also an extensive genealogy section that can be used for anyone who is starting a family tree. - www.obituarieshelp.org
 POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE HITS 100 - Popular Mechanics magazine celebrates its 100th birthday in 2002, and is throwing a yearlong party. They want you to share how PM has changed your life or affected someone you know. They also want the longest continuous subscriber in each state. - www.popularmechanics.com/
 Personal Flight
  Personal Flight - Moller International - Home of the Rotapower Engine - www.moller.com/
 Pets
  Cat Fanciers Page - We offer General Information about Cats and Cat Care, and Cat Breed Descriptions - www.fanciers.com/
  Fleas - Information on Fleas and flea remedies - everydayroots.com/flea-remedies-for-cats
 Phasers! - HSV Technologies Inc., of San Diego, California is developing a non-lethal weapon that uses ultraviolet laser beams to harmlessly immobilize people and animals at a distance. The Phaser-like device uses two beams of UV radiation to ionize paths in the air along which electrical current is conducted to and from the target - www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/showthread.php?179546-non-lethal-weapon-that-uses-ultraviolet-laser-beams-to-harmlessly-immobilize-people
 Pin Up girls - View drawings and pictures of famous people like Vargas and M.Monroe - www.fanpop.com/clubs/pin-up-girls/images/5494187/title/marilyn-monroe-photo
 Pipes & Cigars - A great place to order from.... - www.pipesandcigars.com/
 Printable Paper - Free Printable Paper - 1,900 papers you can download and print for free. We've got graph paper, lined paper, financial paper, music paper, and more. - www.printablepaper.net/
 Quayle - Quotes From J. Danforth Quayle - www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dan_Quayle/
 Renaissance Faire. - Welcome lords and ladies. Come, step back to a time when romance and chivalry abound. Enter a magical world where knights, dragons and fairies play. Step back to a time where people take pride in their craft and trade. Come now and explore our renaissance faire! - www.renfaire.com/ and www.faires.com/
 Roadside America - A guide to America's off-beat attractions - www.roadsideamerica.com/
 Robots
  Humanoid Robots - Go here for more info (including some movies): - asimo.honda.com/
  New Scientist - Artificial Intelligence - WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE of humanoid robots, intelligent insects and virtual creatures designed to fly real planes... Search for Robot - www.newscientist.com/search/?q=Artificial+Intelligence
  Robotics info - www.thetech.org/search/node/robots
  Robots - AIBO - Sony's robot dog - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
 Royal Palace - All about the world's Royals - current news, history, lineages, etc. - www.camelotintl.com/royal/
 Rube Goldberg - the official Rube Goldberg page with biography and gallery of cartoons! - www.rube-goldberg.com/
 Science Fiction
  A Wrinkle in Time - by Madeleine L`Engle - www.madeleinelengle.com/
  Diane Duane - A source for information on the novels and other writing of Peter Morwood and Diane Duane, members of The Owl Springs Partnership - www.dianeduane.com/ and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Duane
  Jerry Pournell - Science fiction writer and computer person - www.jerrypournelle.com/
  Orson Scott Card Home Page - www.hatrack.com/
  Sci Fi Chanel - Breaking news and information about the Sci Fi world: Movies, Books, Games. - www.syfy.com/
  Spider Robinson Home Page - www.spiderrobinson.com/
 Scuba Diving - Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus". Online magazine dedicated to the recreational and technical SCUBA diving community. - www.scubadiving.com/
 Segway - Smart Self-Balancing Electric Transporter, Intelligent Following Robot. Two Wheel Personal Transportation - www.segway.com/
 Sierra Club - Promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions - www.sierraclub.org
 Skylines - What do the Big Cities look like?
  Skylines Emporis Skyline Ranking - Which Cities have the best skylines? See them here. Includes a color photo or each city! - www.emporis.com/statistics/skyline-ranking
  World City Photo Archive - Serving up aerial photos and skyline views of world cities on the internet since 1998 Housing 10,890+ photos from Aalborg to Zurich and many cities in between! - www.worldcityphotos.org/
 Society for Creative Anachronism - The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. - www.sca.org/
 Tests - AllTheTests.com - the online test search engine and your guide through the jungle of different tests on the Internet. An Exciting Exploration into your Personality and IQ -
 The Spy Zone - learn about some of the latest technology in surveillance and counter-surveillance equipment and techniques - www.spyzone.com
 Time What time is it? - Official US Time - time.gov/
 Unusual Human Powered Vehicles - Unusual Human Powered Vehicles - Links and Patents - www.geocities.ws/rcgilmore3/
 Urban Legends
  TruthOrFiction.com... - your Email Reality Check! Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are TRUTH! or FICTION! - www.truthorfiction.com/
  Urban Legends - Snopes - Source for urban legends. Look here to know if a rumor or a post on the web that you think mignt not be right really is. (or not) - www.snopes.com/
 User Guides - User Manual and User Guide for many equipments like mobile phones, photo cameras, motherboard, monitors, software, tv, dvd, and others. - www.usersmanualguide.com/
 Veterinary Manual Merck - The best first place to go for veterinary information. Thousands of topics in all veterinary fields. - www.merckvetmanual.com/
 Virtual Flowers - An FTD Flowers page. Real flowers for sale and delivery, Virtual flowers for free - www.virtualflowers.com/
 Water Gardens - Flowing Art
 Who's Alive and Who's Dead - The web site dedicated to helping you find out which of the noted celebrities of our time are with us, and which ones have died. - www.wa-wd.com/
 Wonders - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and other wonders! - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World

 

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