I think that the links I've collected here are the best places online to start exploring the topics I'm interested in. I hope you find them useful!
Last updated: 7/25/03
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ferrets || flute, didgeridoo, and other cool wind instruments
home management || life management || products and services
charity and volunteering || useful links || web searches
interesting reading || fun and games || the Bazaar
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Ferret organizations -- great sources for all kinds of information
Ferret Central
American Ferret Association
Everything Ferret
see my book recommendations
Shop for ferret stuff online!
PetSmart's ferret shop
Everything Ferret's shop
TheFerretStore.com
PetFoodDirect's ferret foods
Hyper-Fur Ferrets: the Cheweasel and Foamy Fries treats
Corner Creek Cages
The Weezl Watchr ferret gate
Martin's Cages Inc.
Ferret checks
The Ferret Company: products about and for ferrets
Ferret health
Ferret First Aid: A Handbook
The ASPCA's animal poisoning hotline -- I've used this, and it's a godsend
Pathology of the Domestic Ferret: by Dr. Bruce Williams, DVM, for veterinarians and owners
Ferret Central's basic health care FAQ
Miamiferret.org's health care information
The Ferret Lovers' Club of Texas health articles
Ferret vet List #1
Ferret vet List #2
Ferret vet List #3
American Animal Hospital Association's Hospital Locator (not ferret-specific)
Angell Memorial Animal Hospital: where our ferrets get their care
Veterinary Pet Insurance
Care Credit (credit that you can earmark for vet care, among other things)
1888pedmeds.com
Pounds-to-Kilograms converter for keeping track of fuzzy weights
see my book recommendations
Ferret nutrition
Ferret food ingredients chart
Ferret nutrition requirements
Ferret food analysis
Performance Foods' Totally Ferret food -- this is the basis of our ferrets' diet
see my book recommendations
General ferret ownership information
The Ferret Owner's Manual
Oregon Ferret Association's A to Z
Simple overview of ferret ownership
see my book recommendations
Ferret fun and community
Ferret chat forum
List of pet names for singletons, pairs, trios, quads, and more!
Lightning Strike: a pet-loss support resource
Modern Ferret magazine
Ferret welfare
Ferrets Across America: Getting ferrets safely from one place to another ... looking for a coordinator!
Ferrets in Need: a link compendium
Ferrets Anonymous: the California legalization movement; here's another
Other ferret links
Ways to modify Midwest-brand ferret cages (slow pages)
Flute.com a link compendium and really great information resource
The National Flute Association
The Flute Network a flute community resource, like a bulletin board
Nearly New Flutes good flutes at good prices
The Flute Exchange for buying, trying, and selling used flutes and piccolos
Flute World Online I believe, although it was many years ago, that I got my flute from Flute World
A nice selection of flute-related accessories and tchotchkes for sale
Erik the Flutemaker a variety of natural-material world flutes
An analysis of flute acoustics -- interesting!
Interesting article analysing a Neanderthal flute
Woodwind Fingering Guides
a helpful equipment checklist for practice session
Advice about tuning woodwinds practical and comprehensive
Dreamtime: A Didjeridu Resource
Didj Dude another didgeridoo resource
Didgeridoings another didg resource -- scroll down towards the bottom for the cool links
Charly's didgeridoo another didg resource
Didgeridoo catalog #1
Didgeridoo catalog #2
Didgeridoo catalog #3
Didgeridoo catalog #4
Didgeridoo & Co. magazine
Museum of unusual didgeridoos
An analysis of didg acoustics -- interesting!
Good, basic online instructions for didg construction and circular breathing
Online playing instructions with a helpful diagram for circular breathing
Apollo's Axes huge variety of world wind instruments
The Ring Flute a flute ... in the shape of a ring. I dunno, check it out!
Recorder Home Page
music88.com recorder home page
American Recorder Society
Courtly Music Unlimited recorders and recorder accessories, music, and advice for recorder players
The Recorder Player's Page Norwegian folk music on the recorder, and lots of useful features
Online classical music scores for recorder
HarmonicaLessons.com a large links and information resource as well as online instruction
Harmonica Central instructional books, tapes, and videos, as well as equipment, forums, and online lessons
Ten lessons for learning to play the harmonica
HarmonicaLinks.com "over 441 links and growing", they say
Harmonica Home Page
The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH)
Wilbur's Music and Blues Page includes info on harmonica and penny whistle
Chiff & Fipple a great place to start or to keep going
Brother Steve's tin-whistle pages learning to play the Irish tin-whistle
History of and information about tinwhistles
Catalog of pennywhistle books
Instructions for making a copper pennywhistle in the key of D (also, how to play it)
A huge list of links regarding pennywhistle construction and physics
A variety of whistles for sale
Pennywhistles of all kinds
The Ocarina Room links and information
Online ocarina song scores #1
Online ocarina song scores #2
Ocarinas and related items for sale
Interesting and different -- flat, wooden ocarinas for sale
Hints from Heloise
Environmentally friendly cleaning
Housework tips
Good Housekeeping's cleaning archive
Good Housekeeping's winterizing checklist
Good Housekeeping's organizing advice
Good Housekeeping's spring-cleaning checklist
Good Housekeeping's childproofing checklist
Good Housekeeping's Stain Buster
iVillage's cleaning index
iVillage's organizing index
Fun article: Housecleaning in Space
Jen's book recommendations
Home management: budgeting
Ron & Debbie's Penny-Pinchin' Page great site!
A Frugal, Simple Life
The Frugal Page articles and links from FedupFeds
Gran's Place a good essay on frugality and some links to get you started (most broken)
How to do a home energy audit
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for fridges and freezers
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for dishwashers
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for the kitchen
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for water heaters
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for laundry
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for indoor lighting
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for heating
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for cooling
Energy-saving (money-saving) tips for ducts
FCIC Housing Index articles about government resources for homebuying and home ownership
Home management: recipes and cooking
Food safety test from the FDA
Epicurious my friends who really cook swear by this
Allrecipes.com recipes, meal ideas, and cooking advice
The Food Network website has recipes from its shows, and more
Allfood.com 20-minute meals, cooking tips, cooking show videos
About.com's Food & Drink inde
Cheap Thrills Cuisine cool site -- recipes in comic strip form
Baking recipes from the Pillsbury Bakeoff
Healthy desserts from WebMD.com
A list of ingredient substitutions lists; includes themes such as vegetarian and allergen-specific
The Cook's Thesaurus pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and substitutions
Ingredient substitution list from Allrecipes.com
Ingredient substitution list from BlueSuitMom.com
Ingredient substitution list from About.com
Ingredient substitution list from Land O'Lakes
Cooking.com products and recipes
Omaha Steaks order yummy meat online
Wine.com order wine online
Home management: redecorating and remodelling
HGTV network home page
DIY network home page
HandyMan USA "expert help and advice for do-it-yourselfers"
Canoe.com's Home & Garden section (Canada-based)
That Home Site forums and a shopping guide; searchable
Good Housekeeping's home improvement archive
Good Housekeeping's decorating archive
iVillage's decorating index
iVillage's home improvement index
BlueSuitMom.com "Advice to help executive working mothers balance work and family"
iVillage.com "busy women sharing solutions and advice"
Life management: housing and location
Homefair.com a complete resource for figuring out where to live and how to get there
FCIC Housing Index articles about government resources for homebuying and home ownership
BestPlaces.net city statistics - compare two cities head-to-head, search by characteristic of interest
The Salary Calculator compare salaries by location, degree, title, field, etc.
Tenant.net "the online resource for residential tenants" based on NY, with links to info for other states
Housing law introduction specific to MA, but probably broadly comparable to other states' laws
Tenants rights and responsibilities in MA - again, likely to be comparable to those in other states, I think
Life management: jobs
The job searching homepage at About.com
The Job Hunter's Bible from the guy who wrote "What Color is your Parachute?"
FCIC Employment Index articles about government resources relating to employment
JobDirect.com a job-searching and advice site
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) jobs
Salary.com tons of information about salary and benefits
Life management: no more procrastinating!
A very helpful article about procrastination -- it can be a good thing!
A long, helpful book chapter about fighting procrastination
Strategies for fighting procrastination
Making a tasklist to fight procrastination
Time Management advice and information site from the University of Guelph
A useful article about fighting procrastination from CalPoly State University
Life management: money matters
National Student Services, Inc. insuring students' property
Inflation calculator
Life management: health and body
AMA the American Medical Association
Consumer health care information
WebMD.com
AlcoholScreening.org
Go Ask Alice! health Q&A
Planned Parenthood
Night Terror Resource Center info and resources
Online stores, general merchandise
Amazon.com Outlet
Overstock.com
Sears.co
Food and Drink
Cooking.com
Cabot cheese
Omaha Steaks
Wine.com
Health and body
Just for Redheads makeup
Clinique online
Gifts and trinkets
Darwin fish and other godless commie buttons and things
FTD.com flowers
GiftCatalog.com
Red Envelope deluxe gifts
Surprise.com gift guide and catalog
SwissArmy.com
Popula vintage stuff
Glarkware amusing t-shirts, posters, and someday hats
The HomeRoom Catalog gifts for teachers
Levenger.com gifts for readers
PlanetOutdoors
GrayWolf Galleries gems & minerals, jewelry, and supplies
NOVICA National Geographic's world gifts
Home goods
Organize-It
Woodwitch Jewelry Organizers
Anderson Ultimate Bed
EasyClosets.com
Allwall
Art.com
Perfect Pancake
Chef Wizard
Handi-Stitch
Bed, Bath, and Beyond
IKEA
First Alert Home Safety Product
Media and games
Amazon.com
Half.com
Djangos used and new music and movies
Are you game? games and toys
Time-Life
4Jays classic video games
AandE.com
Spilsbury.com games and toy
Other products
ASC Scientific
eHobbies
Amerlink Log Homes
Consumer Reports
Epinions.com product ratings, price comparisons, and shopping
Replacements, Ltd. search for replacements for china, silverware, and flatware patterns
craigslist online classifieds for major metropolitan areas -- works really well
Genealogy.com
Lightspeed Panel online marketing surveys; participants can win prizes and rewards
Mapquest
Netgrocer
Peapod online grocery shopping and delivery in several major metropolitan areas
SmarTraveler frequently updated highway travel conditions in several major metropolitan areas
CardBlast free online email cards
PageFree Publishing self-publishing service
Netflix
Free stuff
Online tickets
Ticketmaster
Fandango
Moviefone
Telecharge
Good works: charity and volunteering
Corporation for National and Community Service
Volunteer Match
Donate a phone battered women can use donated old cell phones for 911 calls
Vietnam Veterans of America will come to your house to collect donations of clothing, household items, etc
Sylvia's Haven a MA organization that provides transitional services to homeless women and children
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer you can walk or support a walker financially
Operation Dear Abby online send an encouraging message to a member of our military overseas
The Hunger Site
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Earth 911 recycling information for your community
I Am Ugly Litter anti-litter activism
Get rid of junk signs more anti-litter activism
Citizens Against Ugly Street Spam
Massachusetts wildlife rehabilitators
Save a Duck
Hearts and Homes for Homeless Dogs in New York City
Useful links: general reference
SpamPal the spam-filtering program I use -- it works quite well
Seti@Home join the global distributed computing effort to locate "messages" from "ET"!
mIRC Internet Relay Chat shareware program
USPS United States Postal Service
FCIC Federal Consumer Information Center
NCSA: a beginner's guide to HTML
Holidays on the Net "Your source for holiday celebrations on the WWW"
Online German, French, Spanish, and Italian dictionaries
State and County Quickfacts
MapQuest
Airlines and Airports
How Stuff Works
Inflation Calculator
The Christian Science Monitor
The New York Times
CNN.com
Directory of U.S. Political Parties descriptions of and links to both major parties and all of the "third parties" (large and small)
Democracy Net from the League of Women Voters
No More AOL CDs
Useful links: science news
Science Next Wave
Beyond 2000
Nature's science news updates
Nature's Genome Information Centre
Archaeology magazine
Google the best general search
Altavista
Yahoo
About.com
Zeal.com
Ask Jeeves
Contentville
xrefer
GeoRef
Science Direct
Webopedia
InfoSpace
SearchBug PeopleFinder
Rand Corporation (research)
Internet Movie Database
Citysearch
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Interesting
reading: language
The Roots of English an apparently free, downloadable etymological dictionary
World Wide Words etymology and usage of English words and phrases
The American Dialect Homepage
The Alternative Dictionaries
London Slang
The College Slang Research Project
The Online Dictionary of Playground Slang
the English Club an amazingly useful ESL (English as a Second Language) resource
Interesting reading: travel destinations
Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island
Pothole town Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
The Mayan Dude Ranch Bandera, Texas - I visited years ago, as a child, and loved it
The Cat a car ferry that lets you take your car from Bah Hah-bah, Maine to Nova Scotia
Parker River Natural Wildlife Refuge Plum Island (Newburyport), Massachusetts
Enchanted Rock central Texas, near Fredericksburg - one of my favorite places
Sedona, Arizona we honeymooned there - it's gorgeous and relaxing
Flagstaff, Arizona I wouldn't mind living there someday
The American Sign Museum in Cincinnatti
Interesting reading: politics and philosophy
The Free State Project Could it work? It's a fascinating idea.
Directory of U.S. Political Parties descriptions of and links to both major parties and all of the "third parties" (large and small)
Belief Net a resource for information about most religions and some philosophical systems
Introduction to atheism
What is secular humanism?
The Council for Secular Humanism
A well-written atheist epistolary apologetic
Interesting reading: evolution and creationism
The Talk.Origins Archive dozens of articles, discussions, and links
A directory of websites relevant to the topic, collected by Talk.Origins
Things creationists hate there are links to related essays at the bottom of the page
Kimball's Biology Pages basically, an online biology text
Lexicon of Evolutionary Genetics
Online text of Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species
Interesting reading: miscellaneous
Jen's book recommendations
Tomato Nation weekly essay or story, daily advice column, links to neat sites
New Yorker columns by Malcolm Gladwell
Bruce Campbell Online
WilWheaton.net "50,000 monkeys at 50,000 typewriters can't be wrong"
The Wrong Lessons true and thought-provoking
"Work from home" what are those signs all about? detailed report from cockeyed.com
Healthy Flying interesting, but of questionable accuracy (see the first Q&A in this article by a pilot note: you may need to watch an ad to get access to the article)
How Stuff Works
Physics 2000 explanations of tons of physics in cartoony, accessible style (from U. of CO at Boulder)
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
Inflation Calculator
Time U.S. goverment official site for issues relating to time
Daylight Savings Time
Insects on the Web
Indigenous Weather Knowledge
Urban Legends Reference Pages
The Encyclopedia Mythica
The Annals of Improbable Research
Plane crash information database
Dumb Laws
Unusual Museums of the Internet
Zen stories
Urban Exploration Montreal
The City Stories Project
Good quotations by famous people
Poetry.com
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions
Juko-kai Okinawan karate
Photos of Oolong note: this page is all in Japanese; clicking on any of the links takes you to photos of Oolong the rabbit
Supersnail.com - interesting drawings and photos
Found Magazine
Dale Chihuly - glass artist
Photos from Levittown a photo essay about life an American suburb in the 1950s
The Cleveland Memory Project
Molecular Expressions microscope photos
The KnotPlot Site art from math
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Fun and games: humor
Dave Barry
Joe Bob Briggs
News of the Weird
The Onion: America's Finest News Source
Television Without Pity
Miss Abigail
Cockeyed.com
My Cat Hates You
And the bride wore...
Jen's funny pages
Fun and games: time-wasting sites o' fun, web-cams, tests, and toys
Rinkworks
Thee Temple ov thee Lemur
The Panda-Cam at the San Diego Zoo
The Polar Bear Cam at the San Diego Zoo
The Peregrine Falcon Cam
Uncommonly difficult IQ tests
Optical illusions (especially the "What's Wrong With This?" selection)
The Weather Pixie
The Mystical Smoking Head of Bob
The Public 8-Ball
Lee's (Useless) Super-Hero Generator
Scott Pakin's Automatic Complaint Letter Generator
Brickshelf Gallery
Bricktales
Fun and games: entertainment (tv, songs, videos, games)
Monty Python
Kids in the Hall
Blackadder
Laid Off: A No-Nothing Production
Star Trekkin
The Crossover Universe you know crossovers, right? "If Luke Skywalker fought Spiderman, who would win?"
eEggs.com devoted to stuff hidden in other stuff
Welcome to Animal Crossing! the nuttiest console (GameCube) video game I've played
Shattered Star Confederation community of PC gamers (Freelancer, Warcraft III, Freespace II, D&D, Descent III, etc)
AtariAge everything Atari
Atari Land downloads of Atari emulators and games
Atari Adventure play the game on your PC - small downloads, big fun!
The Dark Tower 1981 board/electronic roleplaying game online!
Trogdor!
20 questions can an AI guess the word you're thinking in 20 questions?
Hangman
Yahoo! games
Jen's music page
Jen's tv page
Jen's movie page