Links to Miscellaneous Resources

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• Personal Websites

  • HardwareHacks 2000 by Don Luchini. Features a podcast and several interesting computer-related articles.
  • Welcome to Kelly Welnicke by...er, Kelly Welnicke. A matter-of-fact personal website by my cousin, preceded by a foreboding disclaimer from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
  • Wolfey's Website by Timothy Paul Wolfe, unupdated since January 2005. The works.

• General Computer-Related Topics

  • Slashdot
  • AXCEL216's MAX Speeed WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets. Software tweaking tips for various versions of DOS, Windows, and associated software.
  • DOS Games Archive
  • Interface Hall of Shame. A mirror of a (sadly) defunct website critiquing dubious user interfaces in computer software, including elements such as button-style menu titles that everyone seems to take for granted nowadays.
  • Nathan's Toasty Technology Page. A comprehensive "GUI Gallery," early Doom screenshots, and a lot more! Not for IE users.
  • OldVersion.com. A convenient Windows software archive and discussion site.
  • ERPMan's Windows 95 SP1-OSR1 & OSR2.x System Updates Page
  • Windows NT 4.0 Reference Material

• Browsers

  • evolt.org - Browser Archive
  • The Mozilla Museum
  • Pretty much OK with . . .
  • Technology Evangelism - mozilla.org
  • SeaMonkey.be
  • Lynx Information

• Music-Related Links

  • Steve Hoffman Music Forums
  • Progrography
  • Rate Your Music
  • See also: Third Eye Blind links

• Television

  • The Rockford Files Homepage
  • Square One TV.org. A recommended resource for the great math show of the late '80s and early '90s!

• Fun Stuff

  • XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
  • The ever-exhaustive Muppet Wiki.
  • ThinkGeek: Stuff for Smart Masses.
  • Gallery of the Absurd, v2.0. Photographs of strange and bizarre things, primarily from around the Boston area.
  • X-Entertainment. If you ever wanted a 13-page documentation of the 1984 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, or a detailed account of what Fruity Bubble Gum Hi-C is like after sitting on a grocery shelf for 10 years, this is the site for you. Rated PG-13.

• Automobile License Plates, Road Signs, and Traffic-Related Miscellany

  • Automobile License Plate Collectors Association (ALPCA).
  • The Back Bumper by Jon Upton. A website dedicated to license plates of Ontario, featuring engaging and sometimes amusing commentary by the webmaster.
  • DCplates.net; a specialized and extremely detailed site maintained by Richard Dragon.
  • Royce's Alaska License Plates by Royce Williams; yet another specialized site with lots of photographs.
  • License Plates 1969-Present by Dave Nicholson. An excellent museum-like gallery covering all North American jurisdictions chronologically.
  • Manual of Traffic Signs
  • Signspotters. Photographs of Australian road signs and traffic signals.
  • H.B.'s West Virginia Highways Page
  • Wisconsin Highways, Michigan Highways, and Ontario Highways; a series of fine sites by Christopher J. Bessert.

• Retail History

  • Deadmalls DOT com
  • Groceteria.com: A site devoted to the history of the American supermarket.
  • Labelscar: The Retail History Blog.
  • Malls of America: Vintage photos of lost Shopping Malls of the '50s, '60s & '70s.
  • Not Fooling Anybody: An (amusing) chronicle of bad conversions and storefronts past.

• Everything Else

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
  • Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF).
  • West Virginia University, my alma mater.
  • Google Advanced Search
  • Internet UPC Database

If you would like me to consider adding a link to your own site, please contact me.

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Last update September 5, 2008.