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World Wide Words
History, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. Investigating
international English from a British viewpoint by Michael Quinion - from the
website
If words and their origins hold any fascination for you, this site should prove
riveting. Discover why
Site of the Day for Friday, June 29, 2001
The Onion
Haggar Physicists Develop 'Quantum Slacks' and other whimsies grace this
long-running website. If the gloom of real news headlines is getting you
down, then it may be time to refresh your spirit with the irreverent
stories presented
Site of the Day for Monday, July 2, 2001 - Belated Canada Day Greetings
to our Canadian List members!
The Republic of Cascadia
Just your average totally off-the-wall website! Or some people have
nothing better to do with their time than provide amusement
Site of the Day for Thursday, July 5, 2001
Introduction to Trilobites -
In the words of Sam Gon III, creator of this over-modestly titled site,
trilobites are one of the key signature organisms of the Palaeozoic.
Those who don't know their cephalon from pygidium . . . should
Site of the Day for Tuesday, July 17, 2001
Exploratorium Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
Scientists first imagined putting a telescope in space in the 1920s.
Hubble, launched into orbit in 1989, is the fruit of many years of
experimentation and a whole lot of painstaking engineering
Site of the Day for Thursday, July 19, 2001
The Word Detective
Flummoxed by Flabbergast? Perplexed by Pandemonium? Nonplussed by ...
Nonplussed? Annoyed by Alliteration?
The Word Detective on the Web is the online version of The Word Detective,
a newspaper column answering
Site of the Day for Tuesday, July 27, 2001
Typing Injury FAQ
The Typing Injury FAQ provides a wide variety of information about
repetitive strain injuries (RSI's), resources for dealing with these
ailments, and a broad description of assistive products to reduce injury
risk
Site of the Day for Monday, July 30, 2001
Mensa Workout
On the assumption that subscribers to Site of the Day are indeed among the
brightest and the best, the List offers a site for a little mental workout.
This quiz is provided for entertainment purposes only, it is not an IQ
Site of the Day for Wednesday, August 1, 2001
Antisurvivor.org
Did the Survivor hype leave you cold? Does the ethos of the programme
cause you considerable dismay?
Antisurvivor.org is a free volunteer matching website dedicated to
enriching lives and building communities
Site of the Day for Thursday, August 2, 2001
Men's Health from HealthTouch
While there are many sites that deal with various health issues of
particular interest to women, it is more difficult to track down those that
deal specifically with men's health. This site, in a plain
Site of the Day for Friday, August 3, 2001
MadKane
If the week has worn you down, revive your spirits with the gentle humor of
New Yorker Madeleine Begun Kane. Describing herself as a recovering lawyer,
Kane atones for her former profession by laughing at the world rather than
Site of the Day for Monday, August 6, 2001
Amusement Park Physics
If there's an amusement park on your holiday itinerary then this site will
provide some reassuring information which may allow you to face a roller
coaster ride with equanimity.
You've bought your ticket
Site of the Day for Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Handwriting Repair
So How's Yours?
Before you write off this Site of the Day as irrelevant, take a quick tour
of the Handwriting Problems link. Although this website is essentially
the author's presentation for her
Site of the Day for Thursday, August 9, 2001
Metacritic
Is your mind already gearing up for the weekend? Planning to take in a
movie? The List has a little site for you.
Instead of tracking down what a number of reviewers have written about a
particular movie, stroll over
Site of the Day for Friday, August 10, 2001
Retrofuture
This site recounts the the glories postulated by science fifty years ago.
Explore the way life was going to be lived in the twenty-first century by
the scientific dreamers of yesterday.
According to the visionaries, life
Site of the Day for Thursday, August 16, 2001
Food Safety
Warm temperatures heighten the dangers for consumers for foodborne
illnesses. Not wanting to see the List's highly regarded members keel over
because of something they ate, Site of the Day offers this well-designed
Site of the Day for Monday, August 20, 2001
WorstCaseScenarios
Danger! It lurks at every corner. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot
of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you
do? - from the website
Now that the List has scared your socks
Site of the Day for Tuesday, August 21, 2001
A.Word.A.Day
Do you really need another mailing list? Probably not. However, if you are
intrigued by words and their etymology, then you may indeed need this one.
The music and magic of words -- that's what A.Word.A.Day is all about
Site of the Day for Monday, August 27, 2001
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Even the List indulges in the tacky on occasion.
Vacation a distant memory but the bills for it are not? Just heard your
mother-in-law is arriving for an extended visit? The dentist said . . .
root
Site of the Day for Thursday, August 30, 2001
Naval Historical Center
Naval Historical Center Mission: To enhance the Navy's effectiveness by
preserving, analyzing and interpreting its hard-earned experience and
history for the Navy and the American people. - from the website
Site of the Day for Monday, September 3, 2001
Bad Meteorology
It is better to communicate good information than to offer misinformation
in the name of good communication. from the website
The List is loathe to assume that any of its enlightened members would
actually
Site of the Day for Tuesday, September 4, 2001
Organized Home
Are you up to your clavicle in an avalanche of paper, drowning in a tide of
laundry, on the verge of declaring a domestic disaster because you can't
find anything? Then this site might provide the inspiration
Site of the Day for Wednesday, September 5, 2001
The Street
The Street in question, is, of course, Wall Street. The Street.com is the
web equivalent of a musical chestnut. However, practically all of the
List's gentle members were having far too much fun watching their stocks
Site of the Day for Friday, September 14, 2001
Emergency Relief and Information
This website from Yahoo contains extensive links to relief agencies
working in New York City, as well as emergency contact numbers for
airlines, government agencies and several companies which had
Site of the Day for Monday, September 17, 2001
Good Quotations by Famous People
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
From Dr. Gabriel Robins of the University of Virginia comes a simple text
website
Site of the Day for Thursday, September 20, 2001
Washington (DC) Humane Society
These are extraordinary times and because of this the List would like to
divert the minds of its gentle members by suggesting a slightly different
focus.
The Washington
Site of the Day for Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Epicurious
Or as they say on the website, As into food as you are.
This is surely another Internet chestnut but a fine website nevertheless.
Simply run your cursor over the row of little headings for drop-down menus
Site of the Day for Monday, October 1, 2001
Word for the Wise
Word for the Wise [is] a popular radio program broadcast on public radio
stations nationwide. The show offers a daily glimpse into the intriguing
world of words and language. You can read transcripts of past shows
Site of the Day for Tuesday, October 2, 2001
The Glory of Chinese Printing
This website has been composed from an exhibit of ancient Chinese artifacts
on loan from the Printing Museum of China. Tracing the development of
printing in that civilization, the site is replete
Site of the Day for Wednesday, October 3, 2001
GuideStar
This website for The National Database of Non-profit Organizations (U.S.)
can provide the information that many of the List's gentle members need to
direct their contributions to worthy charitable agencies.
Search
Site of the Day for Thursday, October 4, 2001
IMDB.comThe Internet Movie Database
IMDB.com - a name to remember.
The Internet Movie Database has been around long enough (since 1990) to
qualify as another of our Web chestnuts. However, in case
Site of the Day for Friday, October 5, 2001
Useless Knowledge
UselessKnowledge.com is the best site on the web for Trivia, Quotes,
Quizzes, Imponderables. An online index of more than 25,000 trivia tidbits,
9,000 quotations, tests, and useless facts. If it isn't here - it isn't
Trivia
Site of the Day for Thursday, October 18, 2001
Opera Hater's Guide to Opera
It is easy to forget that opera is an acquired taste - somewhat like
enjoying spinach. Opera is an art form that is so complex that it takes
awhile to really understand and appreciate it. One must
Site of the Day for Friday, October 19, 2001
The Apostrophe Protection Society
The Apostrophe Protection Society was started in 2001 by John Richards,
now its Chairman, with the specific aim of preserving the correct use of
this currently much abused punctuation mark in all
Site of the Day for Monday, October 22, 2001
Guess the TV Show or Movie Game
Not up to much more than twirling your cowlick today? Have a bash at
playing this trivial but amusing little game. It's just what it states: one
mentally chooses a TV show or movie
Site of the Day for Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Guide to the Quantum World
Once upon a time, Newton prevailed, and the world was a safe place for all
of us. Will we ever be able to teleport people to faraway places? It all
depends on the strange uncertainties
Site of the Day for Thursday, October 25, 2001
Atlas of Cyberspaces
An interesting and at times visually arresting website with an array of
images which may leave the List's gentle members either hopelessly baffled
or gratifyingly enlightened.
This is an atlas of maps
Site of the Day for Monday, October 29, 2001
Polar Bear Fan Club
Here is a fan club for people who loathe fan clubs, which may include most
of the List's discerning members. This website will lead you gently into
the week without upsetting your equilibrium.
As far
Site of the Day for Friday, November 9, 2001
GoodThings
... [W]e believe that by celebrating and supporting goodthings we inspire
more of them. We started GoodThings as a virtual sandbox for people wanting
to get together to create things that make a difference, a virtual front
Site of the Day for Wednesday, November 21, 2001
EarthEasy
The List offers a site which may make most of us feel guilty, in one way or
another.
Are you a devotee of natural fiber clothing? Modern cotton farming uses
more pesticides than any other non-food crop. Using
Site of the Day for Friday, September 28, 2001
Software of the Month
WinKey
You thought the Windows key was useless?
The List would like to suggest to its tired members a small but practical
utility program to reduce arm stress caused by extensive mouse use.
Start
Site of the Day for Thursday, November 29, 2001
The Amazing Race Forum
Confess!
Many of the List's gentle members have disdained reality TV programs like
Survivor and Temptation Island. However, The Amazing Race, with its
whirlwind dash across the globe, requiring ordinary
Site of the Day for Friday, November 30, 2001
Software of the Month - Mozilla
Many of the List's gentle members using Internet Explorer have become
increasingly irate with its shortcomings but have felt there was not much
in the way of alternatives. Some have turned to Opera
Site of the Day for Monday, October 8, 2001
Andante
A special greeting to all the Canadians on the list who are celebrating
Thanksgiving today - may your holiday be filled with much warmth and
happiness.
This rich and rewarding site offers classical music lovers not only
Site of the Day for Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Leaking Electricity
Don't be alarmed! The leaking electricity term, although now considered
to be technically incorrect, refers to energy consumed by appliances when
they are switched off or not performing their principal functions
Site of the Day for Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Epinions
It's time for another Internet chestnut. If you haven't encountered
Epinions.com yet you may be in for a bit of a surprise.
This is the ultimate review site. Are you in the market for a new printer,
a snow blower
Site of the Day for Thursday, October 11, 2001
AmeriStat
One stop source for U.S. population data. - from the website
Writing a paper? Curious about American population trends? In need of a
reference for U.S. population data? This website may provide you with all
Site of the Day for Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Ghostsites
This exhibit - The Museum of E-Failure - is an attempt to actively
preserve the home pages of sites that will probably disappear in the next
few months. Our goal is not to laugh at these failed enterprises
Site of the Day for Thursday, December 6, 2001
SuperCroc
Did you miss the announcement of its discovery?
The List features many worthy sites but often times worthy becomes
synonymous with dreary. Today's website may not exactly be worthy but it is
the antithesis of lackluster
Site of the Day for Friday, December 7, 2001
Pearl Harbor: The 60th Anniversary
December 7th this year marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most
poignant and somber days in our history, a date President Roosevelt
declared at the time to be one that would forever live
Site of the Day for Monday, December 10, 2001
NutriWatch
Your Guide to Sensible Nutrition
Contrary to accepted practices, the List would like to direct its gentle
members to a nutrition site before the holiday gourmandizing begins.
This website, under the aegis
Site of the Day for Tuesday, December 11, 2001
For the Love of LEDS
What comes to your mind when you hear somebody talking about LEDs? If
you're like most people, you probably think of those dim red or
yellowish-green lights on the fronts of stereos and the red digits in alarm
Site of the Day for Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Everything about Kwanzaa
During the holiday month of December, the List presents another event
looming large on some calendars - Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus
Site of the Day for Friday, December 14, 2001
David's World of the Useless
It's Friday; lighten up.
No, this site would never be included in a list of worthy websites.
However, that doesn't stop the List from adding this entirely trivial page
to its inimitable collection
Site of the Day for Tuesday, December 18, 2001
Tropical Slide Show
These are the Halcyon Days, the seven days before and after the Winter
Solstice, a time of such tranquillity that the mythical bird, the halcyon,
was said to nest upon the seas.
If the week before Christmas
Site of the Day for Wednesday, December 19, 2001
EurekAlert!
The List has received a request from one of its gentle members for a Junk
Science site - no, not a site where they get it terribly wrong but rather
a site featuring the latest in scientific news, which all too
Site of the Day for Thursday, December 20, 2001
Origins of the Compass Rose
The List knows some of its gentle members will be heaving a small sigh of
contentment not to be reminded of the upcoming holiday by another website.
This single web page is a brief but thorough
Site of the Day for Friday, December 21, 2001
Solstice
Happy Winter Solstice!
Today marks the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. To illuminate
this date on both scientific and historical levels, the List presents an
exceptional website to bring its gentle members up
Site of the Day for Monday, December 24, 2001
A Victorian Christmas
The List is not going to babble about simpler times, in suggesting this
charming website. Christmas for the Victorians had its own complications.
When so many elements of the holiday were made at home
Site of the Day for Tuesday, December 25, 2001
The Wassail Page - Christmas Day
I have created these pages to aid in my yearly celebration of a festive
Wassail and to spread the good news of these customs. We hold this event
the weekend or so before Christmas when all can
Site of the Day for Thursday, December 27, 2001
National Gallery
Enjoying Christmas vacation this week? The List has places for you to go.
The National Gallery's permanent collection spans the period from about
1250 to 1900 and consists of Western European paintings
Site of the Day for Monday, December 31, 2001
Software of the Month - Clipomatic
This month's software is a teeny-tiny program - 96 Kb zipped (why did they
bother?) which may prove as indispensable to the List's gentle members as
it is to the List.
Relying heavily on copy
Site of the Day for Tuesday, January 1, 2002
Calendar
No, the List is not about to send its gentle members willy-nilly to a
do-it-yourself calendar creation site. Instead, ever mindful of possible
hangovers from Hogmanay celebrations, the List offers a straightforward
text
Site of the Day for Wednesday, January 2, 2002
The Euro
On 1 January 2002 the euro banknotes and coins [were] put into
circulation. This official website offers you all the information related
to this momentous occasion . . . the largest monetary changeover the world
has ever seen
Site of the Day for Thursday, January 3, 2002
You Can Control Your Weight as You Quite Smoking
Just in case a few of the List's gentle members have Quit Smoking on
their list of New Year's Resolutions, here is a useful site to answer some
common concerns.
If you want to stop
Site of the Day for Friday, January 4, 2002
The Why Files
or
Fun with Science
First published on the World Wide Web in February of 1996, The Why Files
blazed an early path to web popularity by providing cogent, accurate and
often droll explanations
Site of the Day for Monday, January 07, 2002
Starmatt Astrophotography
Matt BenDaniel's stunningly beautiful Astrophotography site is just what
the List ordered for its world-weary members. If the trials and terrors of
terra firma are weighing heavily on your spirit, take
Site of the Day for Tuesday, January 8, 2002
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UN Wire
UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and
its sister organization, the Better World Fund, which are dedicated to
supporting United Nations efforts on behalf
Site of the Day for Wednesday, January 9, 2002
American Veterinary Association
Fido misbehaving? Fluffy not himself?
This informative website, from the folks you rely on in an emergency, is
replete with advice about the common concerns experienced by many pet
owners. From how
Site of the Day for Wednesday, January 16, 2002
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation
The List confesses its helpless devotion to dogs. With that in mind the
List's gentle members may forgive another canine site with a broader
purpose.
Disasters happen. Earthquakes shake
Administrative Notice
Site of the Day has been hosted through the kind offices of Alan S.
Harrell, to whom we offer our thanks. However, it has become necessary to
find a new host for the List. The kindly folks at FreeLists.org have
accepted Site of the Day for inclusion among
Site of the Day for Friday, January 18, 2002
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
The List has found the very thing to enliven the winter blahs which some of
its gentle members may be experiencing - a fiction writing contest,
sponsored by an august institution of higher learning
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