Bookmarks for a cynical biped

Last updated December 26, 2012

Me Alan P. Scott—Home the cynical biped his own self Gmail Added 11/30/2005. Updated 12/6/2005. Infinity Internet—Webmail ...And beyond. Added for convenience 4/4/2006. Updated for even more convenience 4/15/2009. MyPCC—Portland Community College Classy. Added 12/8/2006.

Inside Alpha paging via Metrocall Alphanumeric paging. No address book (must enter 10-digit subscriber number). Added 10/4/1999. Updated 12/29/2011. Evergreen Portal Citrix XenApp. Added 11/13/2003, updated 2/3/2006, 12/29/2011. Evergreen Public Schools New! And Improved! Updated 6/29/2007. ENet (Evergreen's Intranet) Improved! And new! Educational Service District 112 ESD112 contains the Evergreen School District. Updated 8/30/2002. Evergreen bandwidth stats from Washington State K-20 Telecommunications Network Pretty graphs monitor the District's link to Washington's K-20 network. Added 2/4/1999; updated 4/9/2004, 8/15/2005, 12/13/2005. Evergreen IT/Fixed Asset Management Added 2/6/2003; updated 10/1/2004, 5/27/2010, 12/26/2012. NW Regional Data Center Technical Operations Tips and tricks for accessing WSIPC services. Added 1/21/2010. Outlook Web Access (OWA) Look out! Added 4/20/2009 (or thereabouts). PDXInet The cloud, added 12/12/2003. Student Access Portal—Evergreen Public Schools Added 11/15/2006. Updated 12/29/2011. WSIPC The Washington School Information Processing Cooperative. Added 4/12/2004; updated 12/28/2007.

Frequent Flyers Ars Technica Dispatches from the Ministry of Innovation. Added 12/26/2012 after years of use. Dark Roasted Blend A Thrilling Wonder publication. Added 1/1/2008. Updated 2/29/2008. Google The search engine. Includes archived Usenet news. Added 1/28/1999 via early adopter CJ Silverio. KEXP 90.3 FM, Seattle's Experience Music Project and the University of Washington are partners for this slick, wide-ranging stream. Much better than I'd have expected. Added May 15, 2003. Metafilter The massive community weblog. Added 3/12/2001. Photo Critique Qiang Li's online photography forum. Added 4/25/2002. Wired News Current and electrifying (heh). Added 6/13/2007. Blogs Alas, a blog. Articulate, intelligent and liberal—but I repeat myself. Plus, cartoons! Portland, OR. Added 8/30/2002; updated 1/12, 3/17/2005. Arts & Letters Daily Dense, multifaceted, wide-ranging and current. Added 12/28/2000; updated 6/11/2001, 10/7, 28/2002. bOINGbOING "A Directory of Wonderful Things." Eclectic. Added 3/20/2001. The Comics Curmudgeon Yep. Focused and funny. Added 4/5/2006 via Greg Knauss, guest-starring on Kottke. Crooked Timber "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made." Politics and general awareness. Added 2/5/2009. David Byrne Journal Yes, THE David Byrne. Long, thoughtful posts from this brilliant artist. Added 3/23/2007. defective yeti Funny. Added via RW 1/21/2003. Updated 12/29/2011. The Early Days of a Better Nation SF author Ken MacLeod. UK perspective—a real leftist. Added 4/14/2003 per More Like This. Flavorwire High-density pop-culture tracking. Added 3/1/2011. Flutterby Eclectic, San Francisco. Added 3/20/2001. GirlHacker "Random." Silicon Valley. Added 3/20/2001. Haddock Eclectic. Australia. Added 3/20/2001. io9 "Strung out on science fiction"—a blog from the future. Added 1/2/2008 via, well, everywhere—but specifically Haddock. Updated 12/29/2011. JOHO the Blog David Weinberger, coauthor of The Cluetrain Manifesto. Computing. Added 10/17/2002. Kottke Eclectic; design. NYC. Added 3/20/2001. Looka! Food and drink, New Orleans. Los Angeles. Added 3/20/2001. Updated 12/29/2009. Making Light Editors Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's way-cool blog. Added 1/16/2002, updated 5/1,7/2002, 3/20/2006. Neal Pollack Previously known as Alternadad and "The Maelstrom"—now somewhat muted but still occasionally a pure and shining beacon of hostility in a world gone mad. Added 9/20/2002. Updated 12/26/2012. Neatorama Neat and high-density collaborative blog, added via BBspot 6/2/2011. the notes Author and observer Miles Klee. Was "hate the future" for awhile. Added 12/29/2011. Updated 12/26/2012. The Null Device Music, computing, politics. Australia. Added 3/20/2001, updated 2/4/2004. Poise: The Blog Eclectic. Textbooks and crafts. Added 3/29/2002 (as "Did You Know...?") via rebecca's pocket. Updated 2/18/2003, 3/5/2008. Political Animal Kevin Drum, formerly of CalPundit, at the Washington Monthly. California, politics. Added 4/1/2004. UNDERNEWS The Progressive Review—News You Won't Find Elsewhere, by Sam Smith. Added 5/18/1999; updated 1/23, 12/31/2001, 6/11/2010. RC3 Computing, politics. Added 3/20/2001. rebecca's pocket Eclectic. Web design, politics. Added 3/21/2001. synthetic zero Contemplative, arts. Added 11/8/1999. Tigers & Strawberries Barbara Fisher's tasty blog. Added 10/10/2005; updated 11/28/2005, 2/21/2010, 11/25/2010. "Down for maintenance" as of 8/30/2012... Warren Ellis Acerbic. Added 7/9/2008. Waxy.org: Links Miniblog Wide-ranging. Added 4/4/2008. Whatever—John Scalzi SF author, media critic and smart, sarcastic guy. Added 2/24/2011. Wil Wheaton dot NET 2.0 Wil Wheaton, ever more impressive as an actor and a person. Added 4/5/2011; updated 12/26/2012.

Look 100 Useful Niche Search Engines You’ve Never Heard Of | College@Home Meta. Added June 25, 2008. Ask.com Search Engine Was "Ask Jeeves"—more useful than it used to be, too. Added 1/8/1999, updated 11/3/2006. Dogpile Comprehensive meta-search engine. Added 11/9/1999. Excite! Excite! search engine and more. Added 4/14/1997, updated 2/21/2002. Google The search engine. Includes archived Usenet news. Added 1/28/1999 via early adopter CJ Silverio. Internet Movie Database (IMDb) The movie info search engine. Added 10/26/1995, updated 6/12/1996, 5/5/2010. ipl2—Information You Can Trust Was the Librarians' Index to the Internet. Added 2/4/2002. Updated 12/29/2011. MapQuest! Interactive atlas and trip planning. Added 3/8/1996. Merriam-Webster Online Online dictionary and thesaurus—single-word lookup. Added 2/20/1997, updated 12/29/2003. The National Atlas of the United States of America It's official. Added 3/20/2002 via GirlHacker. Tele-Tech Services Area code lookup—funky interface, though—from Gerald D. 2/13/2007. Added 2/28/2007. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Official site includes online trademark search. Added 5/26/1999. Vendor/Ethernet MAC Address Lookup and Search Enter NIC address or vendor. Added 2/2/2004 to replace the Shmoo Group's offering when that broke. WHOIS lookup (InterNIC) Added 3/19/2001. WHOIS lookup (Network Solutions) Added 3/19/2001. Updated 1/7/2002. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Added 2/17/2006. Windows Secrets Formerly Brian's Buzz. WinFind—the Windows Tips Search Engine. Per FollowMeHere 2/20/2003. Updated 4/5/2005. XE.com—The World's Favorite Currency and Foreign Exchange Site Exchange rate calculator and much more. Added 1/2/2008. Yahoo! The ur-engine. Added 3/30/1995.

Biz Browser News Dispatches from the front. Added 8/14/2001. DNS Stuff DNS, reverse DNS, MX record and blackhole lookups online. Added per Gail 11/20/2002. Commercialized and no longer immediately useful as of 4/18/2008. Common Errors in English Useful usage hints, added 7/14/2003 via FmH. Don't Spread that Hoax! Broad (but shallow) debunking of many memetic viruses. A useful backup resource. Added 12/29/1999; updated 1/26/2001. Font Squirrel Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. Added 4/28/2009 via Haddock. Gibson Research Corporation Maker of SpinRite, ShieldsUp! and other fine products for Windows... tightly written in assembler! Added 4/4/2000. Hewlett-Packard Printers, scanners, sometimes even computers. Added 3/1/2000. I want a Freeware Utility to... (eConsultant) Hundreds of links to utilities. Added 4/17/2006 via email. LinkedIn: Answers: Software for managing a support department Various HD software recommendations to research. Added 12/31/2008. Lotus Notes product support Lotus Notes support. Added 10/28/1999; updated 11/17/2006. Mailing and Posting Etiquette Entirely good, clear and concise advice. Via Kottke 4/16/2003. Outlook-Web-Access.com "Everything OWA"—Added 2/10/2010. Power Pine: Getting the Most Out of Unix-, Mac- & PC-Pine by Nancy McGough Look into this. Added 4/13/2006. Ralan's Webstravaganza—Ralan.com Online sf&f market resource, added 3/11/2003. The Register UK "Biting the hand that feeds IT." Added 7/28/2000 per Robot Wisdom. Registry Guide for Windows Tips, tweaks and utilities—lots of meat. Formerly RegEdit.com. Added 2/24/2000 via memepool; updated 4/5/2005, 12/31/2007. SANS—Internet Storm Center—Cooperative Cyber Threat Monitor And Alert System Added 1/3/2006. Scanner Basics 101 Wayne Fulton's scanner tips site. Specific and comprehensive help. Added 8/6/1998. Softplatz—Freeware and shareware downloads Software catalogues, features user reviews, awards, search, download statistics and more. Added 11/22/2006. Startups—Contents Windows startup programs that might appear—and what to do about them. Via Flutterby 4/2/2003; updated 12/30/2003. STC :: fontBROWSER :: Cross-browser, cross-platform installed font browser—could be useful. Added 10/21/2003 via Kestrel's Nest. ThinkGeek :: Stuff for Smart Masses Dozens of droolworthy devices, via Randy M. 1/20/2005. TinyApps.Org : Home Could be the start of a beautiful relationship... Added 2/14/2002. Windows Annoyances Not just a list of peeves, but sometimes how to FIX them. Added 7/2/1998. Windows XP—Command-line reference A-Z Added 3/15/2007.

Kinder

Sites specifically for children and/or education.

Bembo's Zoo: LOVELY evocation of animals using typography. You need Flash, though. Added 2/6/2001.
P E A C E F I R E: Teens run this anti-censorship site, itself often blocked by censorware. Watchdog group to watch. Added 3/18/1998.
TeleRead Home Page: Keeping a sharp eye on education and the 'Net. Updated 8/8/1997, 12/29/2011.

Local Interest

Sites close to home

Archaeological Collage Interactive: Interactive Flash site at Reed College merges photos of Portland, Oregon, then and now... added 7/22/2003.
Belmont Station: Right down my street. Beer from around the world and imported British food. Added 11/6/2006. Updated 12/29/2011.
City of Roses: Serial fantasy set in Portland, by Kip Manley. Via More Like This 3/16/2007.
C-TRAN: Clark County Public TRANsit page. Bus schedules &c. Added 11/24/1998.
Emil Fries School of Piano Tuning and Technology—Home Page: A man on the bus told me about this landmark school for the blind. Added 12/4/2002.
Kaiser Permanente: HMO site added 4/5/1999. Updated 2/24/2000, 12/30/2003.
Movie Madness: Movie Madness—as far as I'm concerned, the best video store on the planet—now has a searchable database. Added 2/24/2006.
Multnomah County Library: Portland OR's library system. Added 4/22/1997; updated 1/26/2001.
Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington: Searchable clearinghouse for WA laws and codes. Added 8/9/2000.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI): Added 6/18/1996.
PDX History: Backstory. Added 5/15/2009 via Metafilter.
PDX—Portland International Airport Flight Search: Airline information, arrivals/departures at PDX. Updated 11/18/2002, 12/30/2003, 4/5/2005.
PortlandMaps: City of Portland data by address. Added 1/2/2003 via Jenn.
Powell's Books—New, Used, and Out of Print: Powell's City of Books. One of the country's—if not the world's—great bookstores. Added belatedly 2/23/1999.
Tri-Met: Public Transit in Portland, Oregon: Bus and light rail service. Added 3/30/1999.

Nooz and Whether The News-Review Online Oregon news from Douglas County. Added 4/4/1996, updated 7/9/2002, 12/29/2011. The New York Times on the Web Added 8/18/1998. The Portland Mercury Local indie. Added 5/24/2001. Weather Outlook for Portland, OR The Weather Channel. Added 12/30/1996; last updated 10/30/2003. The Weather Underground Wonder why they picked the name? Added 6/8/2001. Willamette Week Online Indie local. Added 5/24/2001.

Fun Cosma Shalizi's Hyper-Weirdness by World Wide Web Text-based and opinionated. Added 7/3/1995; updated 2/28/2000, 5/6/2010. DaFONT Fun and funky free and shareware fonts. Added 7/31/2003 via bOING bOING. DP: The Distributed Proofreading project Added 4/1/2008 (no joke), for when I get time... An Entirely Other Day Greg Knauss' very funny—if very occasional—personal journal. Added 1/18/1996; updated 6/8/2000, 4/5/2005. Harlan Ellison/Islets of Langerhans Added 11/20/1995. Updated 2/20/2002, 1/16/2003. H.R. Giger The artist's official website. Added 2/14/1997. Imagination Engines Dr. Stephen Thaler builds neural nets, then kills them—and makes other nets watch. From this he draws some very interesting conclusions. Added 4/2/1997. insanity check I keep coming back to the Juicy Cerebellummmmm... brainz. Tina, I love you but you've got to let me eat your BRAINNNNGH. Added 7/28/1998. Justin's web love Unbridled inquiry into the dark side of the human condition. And computer games. Be a grown-up. Added 5/1/1995. Kevin Kelly—Cool Tools Things that work, in whatever category. Via Randy M. 1/20/2005. Kibo : Kibo's official main menu Added 4/2/1999. I wanted to say added 4/1/1999, because that would fit this site better than you know, but that would be a lie and I never lie in a Bookmark Properties Description. I'm also ten feet tall. Honest. James Howard Kunstler Author of The Geography of Nowhere, et al. Added 5/29/2003 via RC3. Monk Peripatetic and Flashy. Added 7/13/1995; resurrected 2/29/2000; updated 12/31/2007. The Onion | America's Finest News Source Chronicle of our times. Added 7/11/1997. pictures for sad children Fundreary is a word I just made up to describe this mopey miracle, added 3/2/2010. Updated 12/26/2012. Rotodesign Sly humor and fine free fonts in the same package! Added 2/8/2001, updated 2/20/2002. Scientific American Official Scientific American site—good-looking and content-rich. Updated 12/23/1996. Skeptic Friends Network Thomases rejoice... added 3/10/2006. THE SLOT: A Spot for Copy Editors Just my style—curmudgeonly. Though I think he's wrong to call the word "email" an "abomination." Added 12/28/1998. The Straight Dope "Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 (It's taking longer than we thought.)" Added 3/2/1998 per Jeff G. Strange Horizons Weekly speculative fiction magazine—added 2/8/2001. TechTales::Tech Room True Tales of Tech. Support... all the old urban legends, but real ones too. Added 12/10/1997. Uchronia: The Alternate History List Added 6/2/2003—at least in THIS universe... Urban Legends Reference Pages The most comprehensive and frequently-updated urban legends site—plus, Snopes is just plain fun to say. Snopes Snopes Snopes... Added 4/19/2002. The Word Spy It's verbalicious! Via Kottke 4/23/2004. Toyz Things that DO things ACME License Maker Neat, if weird, little webtoy. Added 2/28/2000 per CJ Silverio. ASCII Art Generator—Make your picture into text Flexible and fast. Added via Kottke 3/22/2007. ATOM.SMASHER.ORG Their pictures, your text. Added 12/19/2006. Coyote Cult: Random Word Generator For some reason random word generators seem to come and go. Added this one 2/18/2009. Flickr Photo Sharing—Search For added fun, use this with the Random Word Generator. Added 4/7, updated 7/12/2006. FreeRice Charitably speaking. Multiple-choice synonym game. Added to this list 7/8/2008. Heavens-Above (Satellite Visibility) Watch the skies! Updated 12/30/1999. Instant Rimshot Ba-DUM-pum. Via Metafilter, June 2008. Newspaper snippet generator Neato... added 5/9/2006 via Metafilter. Online Alarm Clock Free online alarm clock displaying your computer's time. Added via Cool Tools 4/27/2009. The Pixel Lab Java and VRML stuff—neat. From memepool 11/29/2000. Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus A neat concept—proximity in meaning displays as proximity in space. Added 3/11/1999. Updated 1/16/2003. Traveler IQ Challenge Geography quiz added via Kottke 12/13/2007. Sad Trombone Wah-wah-wah-waahhh. Via Metafilter, June 2008. unled.net Generates random first/last names from REAL data (the 1990 US Census). Via Kottke 4/11/2008. Web Cam—The Herald-Dispatch Hometown view. Added 7/10/2008. Tunage Things that SAY and PLAY things 3WK Internet-only alternative radio, 24/7. Added 2/28/2000. H O B E R Thinking Radio Incredibly eclectic—Appalachian folk, Tibetan throat music... if it's good music by human beings, it could show up. Added 1/15/2003. Updated 12/29/2011. KEXP 90.3FM, Seattle Seattle's Experience Music Project and the University of Washington are partners for this slick, wide-ranging stream. Much better than I'd have expected. Added May 15, 2003. KEXP Song of the Day—powered by FeedBurner One at a time. Added 12/31/2008. KNRK 94.7FM, Portland OR Portland's alternative rock station. Added 7/9/1997; updated 7/7/2004, 4/5/2005, 12/31/2007. Pandora Radio Personalized Internet radio based on the Music Genome Project. Added 9/9/2009 via Jolly and Cathy D. Updated 12/29/2011. Real.com Since 1/31/1995. SomaFM Commercial-Free, Independent Internet Radio—eclectic, mostly electronic, several streaming types. Added 2/27/2008. Southern Shelter Sloan Simpson maintains this extensive collection of shows recorded in and around Athens GA, occasionally featuring Bloodkin and the Dashboard Saviors. Added 6/13/2007. Unchanging or Rarely Changing Links Things that DON'T DO MUCH AT ALL, but they're still around... Book Happy World of Weird Books Donna Kossy, Portland, OR. Enter and linger, mere mortals. Former home of the Kooks Museum; the weird books are cool too. Added 8/16/1995; updated 5/24/2001. Bruno Chris Baldwin's brilliant comic. Via Alas, a blog: "Like the real thing, but cross-hatched." Added 2/6/2003. Alas, discontinued 2/14/2007. Caledos Home Page Windows-based wallpaper changer. Free ("cardware") and very well-behaved. I sent 'im a postcard and got a mention! Added 10/17/1997; updated 1/25/2001. Chip Rowe—Humor, Humour, Satire, Pranks, Reviews by Chip Rowe From Boing Boing 6/1/2000. Creating Passionate Users That's pep! Added 4/6/2005 via Haddock. Officially abandoned by creator 4/2/2007 due to online harassment; keeping around in case she ever changes her mind. Heather Garvey's Home Page BOFH and other sysadmin fun. Added 2/12/1999. "I Just Want To Be Friends." From one insignificant other to another, a sardonic look at people who, you know, just don't like you *in that way*. Added 2/16/1996. Actually updated 4/5/2005. memepool Sparkly little links, occasionally updated. Added 2/10/1999. Moribund beginning April 2008; sporadic updates in 2012. MkzdK 2002 Grmphgh? Fmrfl! Don't forget to expand your screen... Resurrected 11/1/2000. Last updated July 2003. Modern Humorist Nice retro design, plus, it's funny! Added 5/23/2000; updated 7/7/2000. Last updated sometime in 2009. More Like This Programming, sf. Canada. Added 3/20/2001; updated 4/4/2005. Infrequent updates; last one was 10/21/2009. The Museum of Jurassic Technology Deadpan—a 100% serious examination of ridiculous claims and offbeat science. The physical Museum in Culver City, CA, just off Venice Boulevard, is well worth a visit. Added 1/30/1996. Philip Verghis' Help Desk FAQ "The definitive global resource" for Help Desk info. Added 1/21/1998 per Jolly W. Updated 1/26/2001. No longer being updated (last change 12/11/2004). Plep in New York World-spanning detail. Added 1/23/2002 per Bifurcated Rivets. Updated from http://www.nutcote.demon.co.uk/nutlog.html 12/28/2007. Infrequent; last update 2/3/2011. portland ground Behold the beauty that is the Rose City at Miles Hochstein's "Virtual Tour of Urban Oregon," added per Willamette Week's Best of Portland 2006 issue 8/14/2006. Last change 8/5/2009. Pricelessware Vetted freeware for Windows & Linux, from Usenet. Via Metafilter 1/24/2005 but last updated 9/4/2004. Thoughts from the Center of the Universe. Clever. Hometown friend Randall Moeller's friendly blog. Added 3/11/2004 via the author. Word Gamer's Paradise! A fun list of links to word games (many interactive) on the Web. Added 6/3/1997.

Folks A Sanitarian Abroad Sean Carver, posting from WV and elsewhere. Added 7/9/2008. Last updated 11/26/2008. Hill Trash Sarah Einstein, posting from Morgantown WV. Added 4/18/2008. Strawbelly Jerry Films LLC Former cow orker Jeff Grinta, on to bigger and better things—added 8/15/2006 per Rob and the Columbian. Updated 12/26/2012. Journey to the West Online comic by Zak Kramer with help from Barbara Fisher, added per email from Barb 2/3/2003. Still up 8/15/2006 although the content's a little sparse... Loch Lomond Music Portland chamber folk ensemble. Viola player Amanda also taught violin to certain children of my acquaintance. Added 11/15/2007. marlee macleod home page Minneapolis MN musician—former Wenton Goner John Crist toured, with her once upon a time. Added 3/23/2007. Official Website of "Burning Annie" Van Flesher's feature film. Added 12/30/2002. The Pondering Potter Renee Margocee in WV. Added 7/9/2008. Pua Lahilahi Laura (hey, Hap!), posting from Hawai'i. Added 4/18/2008. Last updated 5/6/2009. Rattling Thunder Fun and funky embroidery designs. Added 11/15/2007. Talisman Talented traditional Celtic music. Added 7/6/2001. underdog hopelessness Added 10/29/2001 per JG, updated 4/9/2003, 12/21/2005. Talk.bizarre Oldbies and newbies and cavenewts, oh my! Ceejbot Former t.b regular now focused on physical fitness. Added 7/7/2004 as http://www.ceejbot.com/blog/space/start; updated 7/7/2009, 5/5/2010. chez merde Wore her scatological userID with pride. Updated 3/31/1998. Last known change 9/22/2007. nj's face Talk.bizarre emeritus Narciso Jaramillo, or alter ego Rictus Hep. Added 4/9/1997; updated 1/25/2001. rone's Recent Entries Met in meatspace (though no longer solo!). Added 9/20/2002. talk.bizarre's Friends Graduate spool. Added 4/9/2004 via Rone. The talk.bizarre 'Web Directory Selected t.b posters—a club that has, as of March 2003, enfolded me in its loving molten biomatic arms! Added 3/8/1999, updated 3/11/2003. The 100 Words Stories Podcast Laurence Simon—check out 100-word stories read aloud. Added 1/12/2007 as "This Blog Is Full Of Crap"; updated 12/26/2012.

HTML Art and the Zen of Web Sites Opinionated and quirky Web advice. Added 12/14/1999. Dave Raggett's Introduction to CSS Cascading Style Sheets for beginners. Added 2/19/2002. Hypertext Markup Language—2.0—HTML Public Text Document Type Definition for HyperText Markup Language, level 2. Added 12/23/1998. The W3C Markup Validation Service W3C's easy-to-use HTML validation service, based on an SGML parser. Added 7/9/2008.