Interesting Recreational Web sites


AirSafe.com   NEW!
Are you nervous about flying?  If you are don't go to this site!  With categories such as Recent Fatal Events, Fatal Events by Airline, Most Fatalities, and Baggage Hazards you are sure to be horrified before your next flight.

Dr. Koop
Check out the website of a former U.S. surgeon general.  Lots of health related information.  Oh by the way, the IPO made him filthy rich.

Writer Guild of America
This site is jam-packed with useful information on agents, writers programs, resources and writers guild standards, not to mention information about how to register a script with the WGA.  The success stories alone are enough to make anyone want to sit down andstart typing. But in addition to being incredibly informative, this site is well designed and features a swell fortune cookie that spits out randomized quotes from classic scripts that will keep you amused for hours.

Foreignwire.com
The UK-based international affairs news service offering free news, comment and analysis on world issues. Automatically add your link to the Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Middle East links pages.

Free Recipes
Free recipes from Granny's Collections, a fifty year collection of great family recipes.

Science Fiction Weekly
Hosted by the Sci-Fi Channel at "The Dominion", this e-zine brings sci-fi buffs all of the latest news, reviews, and interviews. Get behind-the-scenes looks at upcoming movies and videos, as well as news fromthe literary front. The site is divided into sections covering everythingfrom books to video games, making for easy navigation. Register fortheirfree weekly newsletter to be updated on breaking news, as well as site updates.

Digital Planet
A very addicting online version of "Pictionary" or "Win, Lose, or Draw". This free demo version allows several users to be in one room together and compete to win games by guessing other player's sketches. You also get points as the drawer if someone correctly guesses your word. Scores drop as time passes during a round, making speed a key component to winning.

Stating the Obvious
The most intelligent of all e-commentary sites, Michael Sippey has recently revamped and relaunched his critically acclaimed Stating the Obvious after a much-deserved hiatus. Simple and sleek in its design, the site is a goldmine of commentary and criticism on what's new and controversial on the web and in technology. Updated three times weekly, this site is a "must bookmark" for those who are or who want to be on the forefront of digital life.

TotalNEWS
A directory of news sites designed to increase your access to information. Areas covered include Business, Politics, Sports, National, Local, International, Weather, Entertainment, and Guest Opinion. Constantly updated!!

Cool Site of the Day
The original Cool Site of the Day. If one cool site a day is not enough for you than bookmark the Cool Site of the Hour which provides you guessed a cool site every hour.

PACKET
Published each weekday, Packet contributors provide informed analysis and track how Net culture and technology is redefining business by creating new markets and business models. Packet's writers have some serious credentials. Internet analysis doesn't get more professional than the content at this site.

Warner Brothers Animation
Great cartoon characters such as Bugs, Daffy and Emler are waiting!!!

Monty Python
Revisit the times when the members of Monty Python were funny. Spam, Holy Grail, men, etc...somethings change for the worse.

The Comic Strip
A collection of newspaper comic strips. Many to choose from updated regularly.

Crayon
Create a custom index of news sources based on your interest and geographic location and Crayon will place it on it's server as your own Web Page. A great way to catalog all your favorite news links without filling up your bookmark file.

Hollywood Stock Exchange
You start with $1 million in this online game and consult online characters for trading tips. Sell celebrity bonds and movie script shares. View all your stocks, your portfolio and the current "Mogul of the Year All-Stars" Future versions may let you invest real $$$ in real independent films!

Cleveland Live
For information about up coming events in Cleveland, as well as, community news, sports news, and information about local businesses.

Learn2
Teaches people tasks that they may be embarrassed to admit they don't know such as ironing, good putting, cleaning mildew in hard to get at title cracks, and varnishing a floor. Learn2 collects common sense, with short articles and illustrations that teach visitors "the stuff people won't admit to other people they don't know."

Comedy Central
Click here for big chuckles. In additional to the usual promos for shows, you'll find a birthday salute to Jell-O shockwave surgery for Boris Yeltsin, the Fabulous build Michael Jackson's baby game, and the Kathie Lee Giford's Sweat site.

New Orleans Page
New Orleans info about Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, New Orleans special events, New Orleans Saints, hotel accommodations, tourism, French Quarter.

BED & BREAKFAST INNS ONLINE
Browse these 1400+ US bed and breakfast listings for your next vacation. The listings include location, amenities, nearby attractions and a picture. Also find state innkeeper association info here. Check the link page for worldwide B&B directories on the web.

Cirque du Soleil
Montreal's surreal, sequin spangled Cirque du Soleil has become an exemplar of the postmodern circus. A white-faced "host" accompanies you through pages on Cirque's history, its upcoming tour schedule, a merchandise shop, and since everyone has dreamed of running away with the circus--a schedule of auditions. The mysterious, poetic titles of many of the site's sections (the section about the circus's origins is called "Aurora" for example) lend further panache to Cirque's class act.

NEW JIM ROSE CIRCUS
Some of you might have caught the dark, disturbing, and phenomenally intriguing Jim Rose Circus sideshow at Lollapalooza or on tour with Nine Inch Nails. Don't expect to be as amazed here at the online address, which is several notches tamer. Though it features news and sightings, a tour schedule, a Mutant Museum, and Freak Memorabilia, most of the thrills and chills are left to those brave enough to witness the act in the flesh. Some nudity. The horror, the horror!

Goodyear
Information about tire care, the company and the blimps. Grouped under a lot of user groups the site provides different information designed for students or researchers to get what they need quickly. Features also include tire selector and dealer locator.

Brouse and McDowell
This site actually provides information about the law. The site currently offers information about joint ventures, new IRS regulations, how to make an initial public offering and other hot topics.

Connect.Ohio
An introduction to electronic commerce of buying and selling goods on the internet. The site helps Ohio companies sell a wide variety ot products. The site is also intended to provide links to sites in Ohio as well as information about Ohio. Features include an Ohio Search Engine and job search database.

THE DAILY .WAV
Every weekday The Daily .WAV posts a new sound file that can be played  online or downloaded and used for system event sounds. Most sound bytes are  taken from movies, TV shows and cartoons. Requests are accepted.

E-ORGANIZER
Is it time to feed your hand-held organizer and calendar through the paper shredder? A new site called e-Organizer lets users manage their appointments, to-do lists, important personal events, telephone and addresses all online. Many entries can be configured to be e-mailed as reminders. All data is e-mailed according to the user's local time zone specified during registration. Future organizer features will include project and time management capabilities and address book print functions.

BETANET
If you're constantly on the hunt for the bleeding edge of technology, BetaNet is your site. Whether it's Internet or regular desktop software, you can read a short description and follow the link to download it and try it out yourself. There's also information on where to apply to various beta programs, so you can test the latest software from companies like Apple, Intuit and Microsoft.

GARFIELD ONLINE
A 'funtastic' site for Garfield fans. Garfield is a wonderful comic strip fat cat who delights readers with his obstinate ways. On this web site everything is funny, even the copyright page. Play Garfield's 'Lasagna From Heaven' game or submit your favorite lasagna recipe to Garfield's cookbook. Have the kids try out the online coloring book or download pictures to color. Get a free screen saver or buy some Garfield goodies such as coffee mugs.

THE GREEN TRAVEL NETWORK
A complete online resource for planning active vacations. Adventure travelers can research trips and contribute advice and stories of their own.

 Chank
FREE cool looking fonts every week.

Wills on the Web
Read actual wills of people like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, President Nixon, Elvis, and Babe Ruth.

White House Sex Scandal by All the Top Editorial Cartoonists
This site is updated daily with the newest scandal cartoons from scores of award winning cartoonists such as Pulitzer Prize winners Jim Borgman, Mike Peters, and Signe Wilkinson.

Cyber-Cards Electronic Greeting Cards
Free virtual greeting cards to send to anyone all year round. Despite the graphics, the pages load relatively quickly. The artwork is dynamite! You've got the see the "Space Shots!" And J.C.'s visions of CyberSpace definitely belong on the cover of a science fiction magazine. The "Dream Room" has images of cars - real and fantastic. You can go back to the past and see "Granny's Old Attic." The black and white shots take you all over the US - long past. With J.C.'s landmarks, you can travel the world. And send your friends postcards as if you'd been there. CyberCards let's you stay in touch for free - or fantasize and dream of things that could be.

Hottest web sites
Check out the 100 hottest sites broken down into several areas.

Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves is the fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves allows you to ask
a question in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the question, Ask Jeeves takes you
to one and only one web site that answers your question.

Revamped Chicago Tribune
The Tribune features a constantly updated rotation of Web-tuned content screens, each of which points to a different part of the site and is accompanied by related advertising. Even frequent visitors will find that each story looks new, with many graphics, info, and links. The site echoes the newspaper's coverage of sports, community, and a large classified marketplace.

Price Line
PriceLine pushes ahead into a new territory: bidding for airline tickets. The premise is simple - decide when and where you'd like to fly, enter how much you're willing to pay and your credit card number. If your offer is accepted, you'll be the proud recipient of a non-refundable airline ticket. If not,  then you'll either have to surf around the airline web sites to try to find a cyberfare, or pay Price Line $25 for another bid at your trip.
 

Last Updated on: May 9, 2002