Robin's Bookmarks
Some World Wide Web Links
Note: this page is VERY old, as web pages go.
The list dates back to 1997, for the most part, and I last made significant updates in 2002 - both long before Wikipedia and thousands of other useful sites existed. It remains here primarily for nostalgic purposes.
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Politics OF the Internet
(These are here FYI; I'm not necessarily endorsing them...)
Electronic Privacy Information Center Home Page
EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation - Focuses on Free Speech
Green Ribbon Campaign for Responsibility in Free Speech
- The On-line Guitar Archive and the EMI and HFA Copyright dispute
- John Perry Barlow's Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
- The World Wide Web Consortium's recommendation for an image format - PNG
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Politics & Government ON the Internet
(These are here FYI; I'm not necessarily endorsing them...)
- Politics Now
- Project Vote Smart
- The White House
- Interracial Voice
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- FedWorld Information Network
- Access to US Government information, from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- The Capitol Steps - A marvelously entertaining troupe
Capitol-Hill-staffers-turned-performers who do very clever political satire (a la Mark Russell
or Tom Lehrer).
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Trains, Planes, and Maps
- Robas Air- and Satellitephotography
- Census Bureaus's Tiger Mapping Service
- MapBlast- Create a map
- MCW International Travelers Clinic
- Amtrak
- The FAA
- FAA list of airline web sites
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Ohio and Cleveland
- Official City of Cleveland web site
- Official State of Ohio web site
- The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Remarkable, informative site. Easy to browse.
- Ohio Biz - index to Ohio web sites.
- Welcome to Randyville
- Welcome to Cleveland, Ohio
- Cleveland Flats (Cleveland Ohio USA)
- The Discovery Guide - Outings in Cleveland
- Cleveland Public Library
- The Cleveland Clinic
- University Circle - several of Cleveland's most prominent cultural and educational institutions.
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum
I consider it a must before visiting the HOF. Also has some terrific information about Cleveland.
- Steamer William G Mather Museum
- RineStock Studios Photo Gallary - Lots of great photos
- Cleveland.com The Plain Dealer's news & community information site.
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Movies and Music
- The Internet Movie Database - Another remarkable site. A great resource.
- Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?"
- the text and a sound file!
- MovieLink - Search for current showings at theaters across the country!
- Songs of Texas
- My Virtual Reference Desk - Music on the Internet
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People's Home Pages & Genealogy
- John G. Faughnan
- A friend and renaissance man from Minnesota. Also an Informatician.
- Nettie Lagace
- John's sister-in-law. Worthy of her own entry.
- John Matthews
- A friend from United HealthCare, who obviously spends his time away from work very constructively.
- John's Genealogy Junction
- Shari.com - I found this in a genealogy page search, but it has a lot more.
- Todd Sherman's Genealogy Home Page
- The USGenWeb Project - A wonderfully ambitious volunteer
project. The goal is to have a volunteer for every county in the country to post resources about
histry, families, and data sources for that county. Here are a couple of example counties:
- Genealogy Online
- RAND Genealogy Club Home Page
- Utah Valley PAF Users Group - Home Page
- GED2HTML: A GEDCOM to HTML Translator
- This software is widely used on Genealogical sites.
- Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
- Family Genealogy Forums
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Other Interesting or Fun Pages
- Web U.S. Universities
- Merriam Webster dictionary site An invaluable resource.
- The Smithsonian Institution
- Dead People Server - is he or isn't he
- The Random Tom Swifties
page seems to be gone, but there are Tom Swiftie pages
here,
here, and
here. (Or just do a search for "Tom Swifties")
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Last updated June 2, 2002 by Robin Richmond