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- {subhead} Dr. Strange, Web Wanderer{def}{p}
- Article by Mark A. Tierno
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- Note from the Articles Editor: Oops! It appears that someone (looking
- around innocently) accidentally forgot to send the June web article to
- Chris along with the rest of the Articles section and Chris didn't find
- out in time to tell me. I am Really sorry about this but the web sites
- reviewed still work. So, for those that missed them, here is the original
- article...
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- (Memo to self: never email stuff to Chris at 1 or 2 Am at night)
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- ______
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- Well, June/July and with it summer for us in the northern hemisphere (sorry
- Australia). Since Summer is a light-heart time, included you'll find a
- few light-hearted sites. Some humor, music, and art to lighten your
- Summer nights. Enjoy!
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- The Main Event{p}
- {link http://web.missouri.edu/~c744677/mainevent.html}http://web.missouri.edu/~c744677/mainevent.html{end}
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- To quote the web site, imagine if you could pick any two people to get
- in a fight- fictional or real- who would it be? Ever want to see if
- Popeye could beat up Mike Tyson? Or Calista Flockhart vs food? Well,
- each month two contestants are chosen, each side argued for and
- against in a heated debate (read as: mud-slinging name calling), and
- then the final decision left up to a vote of the web site viewers (that's
- you). Now if only they had this on Cable...
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- A+ Art{p}
- {link http://www.aplusart.com}http://www.aplusart.com{end}
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- Another good web-art source, categorized into icons, bullets (a
- Smile-face bullet anyone), animations (600+), clipart, backgrounds, and
- bars, with further sub-categorizations making browsing easy. If you're
- into these then you can't have too many web art sources, and this one's
- pretty darn good.
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- Exotica!{p}
- {link http://exotica.amigascne.org}http://exotica.amigascne.org{end}
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- A great Amiga nostalgia site, though it conentrates primarily on music.
- Want to get some of those old mods made in some bizzare format? Want to
- Play said format? Then here is where to find them; thousands of tunes
- that date back to the C64 days! Add in a growing section featuring some
- classic utils, games, and art (a kickstart pic from WB 1.1 days anyone?)
- and it's definitely worth a check.
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- Humor Archives{p}
- {link http://www.visi.com/~nathan/humor/index.html}http://www.visi.com/~nathan/humor/index.html{end}
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- Twenty megabytes of 57 uncompressed files all devoted to humor.
- Categorized in everything from Babylon 5 and Star Trek, to computers,
- politics, and lists, it's good for a few hours of amusement while you're
- downloading that big Phantom Menace trailer.
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- {bold}Pick Of The Month{nobold}
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- Dumb Laws{p}
- {link http://www.dumblaws.com}http://www.dumblaws.com{end}
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- Ever wonder about the supposed basic intelligence of our elected
- officials? Ever figure the hamster's dead in that little squirrel-cage
- they call a brain? Want proof?
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- Well, here it is. A web site devoted to actual laws still on the books.
- Laws that go past the rare occurance of amusement to wondering if all
- the world's a sitcom. Categorized by country and State (for here in the
- USA), there must be thousands of of laws out there that have been made
- dumb by the passage of time (some are a century old), or the passage of
- a brain cell or two in the guy that wrote it.
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- To site just a few...
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- Baldwin Park California: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a
- swimming pool.
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- Arkansas: Arkansas must be pronounced "Arkansaw"{p}
- The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge
- in Little Rock.
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- England (This one's {italic}really{noitalic} outdated): All English Men over 14 are meant
- to carry out 2 hours (or so) of longbow practice a week supervised by
- the local clergy. [-ed Ahhh, so thats what i've been doing in my
- spare time!]
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- Chelsea Pensioner may not be impersonated (one of you people over in
- England want to explain this one to me?)
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- China: Drivers of power-driven vehicles who stop at pedestrian crossings
- are liable to a fine of up to five yuan, or a warning. -Article 40 of
- the Beijing Traffic Laws (Crosswalks must be used as target zones then).
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- You get the idea; I could go on like this for pages. Check this site
- out, it should be good for laughs for most of the summer.