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- {subhead} Dr. Strange, Web Wanderer{def}{p}
- Article by Mark A. Tierno
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- Okay, so I goofed and you didn't get to see last months article until
- this month. Well, that doesn't mean that I'm slacking off. I'm Still
- doing this month's web article, so consider yourself blessed with twice
- the web sites! The other article covers last month's sites, and this
- one this month's. That's ten sites in all, with TWO monthly picks!
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- That should keep you people too busy to drown me in complaints.
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- Ben And Jerry's Flavor Graveyard{p}
- {link http://www.benjerry.com/graveyard/index.html}http://www.benjerry.com/graveyard/index.html{end}
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- Just when you thought it was enough entertainment to see what strange
- flavor names Ben & Jerry's ice cream would come up with next, they think
- up this idea for a flavor graveyard. Browse through all the retired
- flavors and amuse yourself with the vast numbers of strange flavor names
- that have toured on through the frozen section. Sambucca Chocolate Chunk
- anyone?
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- Sporks{p}
- {link http://www.spork.org}http://www.spork.org{end}
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- Yes, someone actually put up a web site on that bizarre little eating
- utensil (and even bought the domain name apparently!). Aside from the
- various uses for a spork (the least of which is eating with one),
- there's sporks from around the world, spork links, and an AVI of
- someone trying to eat ramen with a spork. Oh, and don't forget how to
- turn one into a Foon, or getting a spork tee-shirt!
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- IRIS{p}
- {link http://www.irishq.dk}http://www.irishq.dk{end}
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- Have a yen for more demos? What with Amiga CD mags vanishing like
- American wildlife finding those great looking demos is getting harder.
- Well, here's something to get you going. The demo group IRIS not only
- has a web site, but they have a whole bunch of their demos, intros, and
- slideshows available for download there. Check it out and start filling
- up your hard drive.
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- Museum Of Dirt{p}
- {link http://www.planet.com/dirtweb/dirt.html}http://www.planet.com/dirtweb/dirt.html{end}
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- Nowadays they'll have a web site for anything, and here's proof. With
- carefully cataloges of dirt from all around the world, celebrity dirt,
- and more, you can view just what dirt from places you'll never go to
- look like; each type of cataloged dirt is accompanied by a picture of a
- glass jar filled with the stuff. Of course to my untrained eyes it all
- looks just like dirt, but I guess it'll do until someone comes out with
- the paint-peeling site.
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- {bold}Pick Of The Month{nobold}
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- Shaolin Gung Fu Institute{p}
- {link http://www.webcom.com/~shaolin/home.html}http://www.webcom.com/~shaolin/home.html{end}
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- First off, I did Not spell it wrong. Gung Fu is the correct spelling,
- Kung Fu is the incorrect English translation (I point this out because
- my old Gung Fu instructor would have my hide otherwise). That said, if
- you have ever been curious about the lgeendary mystery that is Gung Fu,
- and want a bit more exposure than just the latest Jackie Chan movie,
- then this is the place to go. Brought over from China in the early 1920s
- by 8 Shaolin priests that fled to America, the information here is as
- accurate as it gets.
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- Start off with the history. Going back to 540 AD when an Indian
- Buddhist priest came up to China to spread his religion and had to
- develop certain exercises to keep his priests awake during meditation,
- to the burning of the temples after World War I, it's an interesting
- dive into a history most consider all but lost.
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- From Taoism, to Budhism, to Chan, you can see how the philosophy varies
- among the Shaolin and how it affects their training and styles. You can
- also see how the temple structure was laid out, with the titles,
- rankings, and general life in the temple.
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- Finally, the part that is the most interesting, the different styles of
- Gung Fu. Hard versus Soft, External versus Internal, this sites gives
- all the general animal forms available as well as several family styles.
- With praying Mantis, Crane, Tiger, Dragon, Leopard, and Snake, and the
- classic division of Northern versus Southern styles, you can discover
- the techniques and history of each style and gain a better understanding
- of what was until now just but a name.
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- Then maybe the next time you see a Jackie Chan movie you can point out to
- the friend sitting next to you "Hey, that's tiger style he's using
- there."