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Margaret
For all you "Friends" friends out there, Mr. Showbiz has created a truly
terrifying vision of future generations of Coutney Cox and David Schwimmer
babies: It's the Plastic
Surgeon Game ... but I warn you, the results are nothing short of frightening.
Christina
As we're heading into one of my favorite seasons of the year, I'll take a
foray into one of my favorite topics ... Yes, folks, the confirmed X-phile
of the Tripod staff has a confession to make. My eyes are peeled for only
one sort of paranormal phenomena ... Angels.
Let's start with Touched By An
Angel, the show I'd be watching at 8 pm on Sunday night if I wasn't
over at Jeff's getting an extra hit of my favorite Fox show. Be sure to
check out the poem by Maya Angelou while you're there, written for the show
and its viewers.
Angel Times is the must-read
magazine for all friends of angels, and Angels on the Net boasts a wide
array of angel links and information. And for a touch of divine
inspiration, I recommend the Angel Forecast on Angels Online.
Ethan
The Kotel -- the Wailing Wall -- is one of Judaism's holiest
sites. There's an age-old tradition of offering prayers by placing notes in
cracks in the wall. But Jerusalem's a hike for most of us. The thoughtful
folks at Virtual Jerusalem have solved this problem. Use the online form to submit your supplication, they'll print it out and stick in in a crack in the wall.
Evidently God prefers print to e-mail...
Michelle
Reaganomics
Revisitied, or, why Reaganomics is wrong. A guy who calls himself a
Ft. Wayne Progressive uses Federal Budget Office and tax figures to show
that Reagan and Gingrich have pretty much just made the rich richer.
Also, I know it's been brought up before, but I also really like The Fray.
Jesse
The Low Res Film and Video Festival -- Dedicated to quality film and video on a thrift-store budget.
Includes movies to download, tips and tricks for making your own films, and Low
Res film festivals.
Mike
Microsoft is going to spend two billion dollars to make MSN the future of the Internet. Shouldn't you
be listening? And don't forget to bring along your Active X or Future
Splash plug-in.
Bob
Who's responsible for the epidemic of crack use in our inner-city
neighborhoods? Could it be the CIA? Well, that's what's strongly
implied (but not stated) in the San Jose Mercury News series Dark Alliance. Ever since
the series ran in August, several other newspapers have jumped on the
bandwagon ... only to try to debunk the anti-government conspiracy
theories that the Mercury News fueled. Remember Iran-Contra, and
decide for yourself.
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Emma
Did you see the New York Times Magazine issue on "Heroine Worship"? (Vamps,
tramps and the girls next door.) Well, FEED has partnered with the New York
Times in a dialogue called Becoming
Her. Join some great women journalists in their debate of the female
icon. If you talked back to NYT's magazine, if you were pissed at Naomi
Campbell's inclusion, if you were delighted to find Wonder Woman or if,
like me, you found yourself defending Jenny McCarthy as a new '90s icon, get
over to FEED and have your say.
Dan
All this newfangled e-mail got you hankering for a nice, cheesy postcard
from Walla Walla or Truth or Consequences? Well head over to the Electric
Postcard and for once send something with a stronger graphical element
than the damned winking guy ;-). They've got art cards, literature cards,
science cards and even a gaggle of holiday cards, just in time for the
Season of Commerce. Of course, they don't have Walla Walla cards yet,
but I'm waiting...
Randy
StupidQuest is the place
to ask a stupid question and get a stupid answer.
Josh
Yeah, I'm one of those pathetic guys who wishes they'd been around in the
glory days of Las Vegas, between total gangsterville and the current
Disney-fied state it's in. A couple of interesting sites to visit if you're
interested in the most fabulous town in America are: the postmodernly
titled Relearning From Las Vegas, where a bunch of would-be semioticians take a stab at saying what Vegas symbolizes in our culture; or -- better still -- the Rat Pack Home Page, where a bunch of guys who would have thought "semiotician" is an ethnic slur are profiled with loving affection.
Jeff
Since 95 million people will be watching tripod.com on T.V. in three
months, I thought I'd check out the Technical Specification for that thing called WebTV.
Kara
Like many other airlines, USAir now offers a weekly e-mail that lets the
impoverished and spontaneous traveler know about last-minute deals. Sign up
for their E-Savers newsletter. The fares are generally mailed out on a Wednesday, with fares for travel the
following Saturday through Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. They're pretty sweet
deals -- my mom was able to come up and make me chicken soup a couple of
weeks ago (Pittsburgh to Albany) for next to nothing.
Tung
Hi, my name is Tung and I like Star Trek. There, I said it. After getting
all kinds of grief from my co-workers about wanting to see the new Star
Trek movie, I finally admitted that I actually like Star Trek, at least in
moderation. I don't claim to be a "Trekkie", "Trekker" or whatever, but did
check the Star Trek: First
Contact Web site. While it's a little over the top, I have to admit that
it was incredibly well done and somewhat entertaining.
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