Miscellaneous
Austin, Texas
- Austin City Connection -- the official City of Austin site
- Austin 360
- CitySearch Austin
- Digital City: Austin
- Yahoo! Austin
- About.com Guide to Austin
- Everything Austin Texas
- Austin Community's Journal -- Austin Livejournal site
- Austin weatherunderground forecast
- Austin Weather Channel forecast
- Austin Bloggers Meta-Blog
- Austin Independent Business Alliance
Friends
- Amanda Vance
- Carlos Tronco
- Chris Gronlund
- Cynthia Griffith
- Doug Melamed
- Julia Stavenhagen
- Sam Jones
- Doug Fowler -- follow Doug's travels
- Dudley Fox -- Dudley's live journal
- Bob Apthorpe
- Jeremy Frank
- Nelson Guda -- includes a photography portfolio
- Tammy West -- Tammy's Wildwood Studios exhibit design business
- Shana Merlin -- check out Shana's improv workshops
Juggling
- Internet Juggling Database -- the latest and greatest in juggling information on the web
- Juggling Information Service -- comprehensive juggling resource
- Texas Juggling Society -- the Austin juggling club
- JuggleStay -- short stay accommodations for travelling jugglers and unicyclers
- Micro Juggling -- coin, pencil, and miscellaneous small object manipulation
- Pentrix -- pen manipulation, maybe not technically juggling, but still very interesting
Improv
- Improv Encyclopedia -- improv comedy resource
- Improv Page -- another improv comedy resource
- YESand -- articles and other information about improv
- Austin Improv
- Improv Everywhere HQ
Photography
- Photo.Net -- a great photography resource and incredible over-all site
- photoSIG -- photo critiques
- ImageStation -- a great site for sharing photos (no disk usage limit)
- Amateur Photography
- panoguide -- guide to panoramic photography
- Photo Friday -- a weekly photo challenge
- phototag -- disposable cameras released into the wild
- Mirror Project -- photos of mirrors and what they reflect
Other Hobbies
- Unicycle Page
- Recreational Dancing in Austin
- Four on the Floor -- Austin swing dance classes
- Bicycling in Austin
- Disc Golf
- Austin Disc Golf
- Rock Climbing
- Volleyball World Wide
- WWW Backgammon Page
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
- The Magic Cafe -- a magic bulletin board
- Magic Show -- magic tricks and tips
Learning
- University of Texas at Austin
- Austin Community College
- St. Edward's University
- Learn2.Com -- illustrated tutorials on a variety of subjects
- eHow -- tutorials on a variety of subjects
- Globewide Network Academy -- catalog of Internet-based distance learning
- Mentat Wiki -- exploring ways to become a better thinker
Writing
- WritersWeekly.com
- mediabistro.com -- a useful bulletin board for networking with other writers
- Travelwriters.com
- The Travel Writing Portal
- Media Kitty
- Poynter Online -- "everything you need to be a better journalist"
- FreelanceWriting.Com
- Absolute Write
- Writing for DOLLARS! -- includes a large database of magazine markets
- Paying Markets -- another large database of magazine markets
- Worldwide Freelance Writer Markets -- yet another database of magazine markets (available after subscribing to email newsletter)
- The Writer Gazette -- various resources for writers
- The Writer Gazette: Article Listing -- lots of free articles on writing
- Freelance Success -- a (subscribers only) site for writers
- OrganizedWriter.com -- lots of writing links
- Writing Prompts
Reference
- OneLook Dictionaries -- searches for words in several online dictionaries
- Merriam-Webster -- online dictionary and thesaurus
- Visual Thesaurus -- a graphical thesaurus
- Word Count -- a graphical tool for exploring word popularity
- Biography.com -- includes a searchable database of 20,000 biographies
- Who2 -- more biographies and information about famous people
- FindArticles.com -- search magazine articles
- My Virtual Reference Desk -- lots of reference links
- Wikipedia -- a free content encyclopedia
TV
- Kill Your Television -- anti-television resource
- National TV-Turnoff Week -- join in April 25-May 1, 2005
- MyBestBets -- TV recommendations
- Main Page - The TV IV Wiki
- Yahoo TV -- includes local TV listings for Austin
- TV Tome -- episode guides for lots of shows
- epguides.com -- more episode guides
- Television Without Pity -- recaps of television shows
- Upcoming Guests on Late Night Talk Shows
- Rock on TV -- who's playing on TV today?
- TVNow
- Music From TV Commercials -- find out who plays those catchy songs
- Mr. Hat's Hell Hole -- a comprehensive South Park site
- Chef! Home Page -- a page devoted to the British comedy Chef!
- Build Your Own PVR -- information on building your own Personal Video Recorder
- PVRblog -- news about Personal Video Recorders
- tv-all.net -- world-wide TV broadcasts available via broadband
Directory/Mapping Services
- Google Maps
- myGmaps -- customized Gmaps
- quikmaps -- more customized Gmaps
- gMapTrack -- another enhanced interface for Google Maps
- Mapblast!
- Maps On Us
- Maporama.com -- includes maps of Europe
- WorldPages
- BigBook Directory Search
- Zip2
- MapQuest
- Tiger Map Server
- Map Builder -- DIY Google or Yahoo! maps
- Roadlessland.org -- maps of the lands covered by the 2001 Roadless Rule
Q&A
- Welcome to Wondir -- quick answers to questions
- Answerbag.com -- a user-generated collection of frequently-asked questions
- Internet Public Library
- Allexperts.com
- Ask an Expert
- Ask the Expert
- MAD Scientist Network
- Experts Exchange -- funky point system
- Abuzz -- questions are routed to those most knowledgeable on a particular subject
- Ask Jeeves -- another option if the humans aren't answering
Art
- AusTIX -- Austin theater tickets
- No Shame Theatre -- creative experimentation theatre
- An/Exquisite/Corpse -- collaborative surrealist art via the web
- scottmccloud.com -- a great site by the author of Understanding Comics"
- Sketchbook Sessions -- great cartoon and illustration links and the drawing board/forum is excellent
- Blogs Illustrated -- blogs with regular illustration entries
- J.S.G. Boggs -- money artist
- Shag -- tiki art
- Arthur Ganson -- sculpture meets engineering
- Kurt Wenner -- street painter
- Arborsmith Studio -- tree sculpture
- Jane's Addiction -- a directory of folk art environments around the world
- Lowrider.com
- Haring.Com -- pop artist Keith Haring
- Community Bridge -- trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye") mural painting
- RTMark (®™ark)-- intelligent product sabotage
- digitalart.org -- lots of computer generated art
- Stencil Revolution -- examples of stencil art and how to make stencils
- Flounder -- tiki & lowbrow art
- gapingvoid -- business card art
Crafts
- ThriftDeluxe -- learn to make cool stuff
- UniqueProjects -- free plans for a wide variety of unique projects
- craftgrrl's LiveJournal -- more craft ideas
- not martha -- a great blog, including lots of good craft links
- reusablog -- craft projects using recycled materials
- craftster.org
- Sticker Guy! -- a source for inexpensive custom made stickers
Origami
- Money Origami
- Paper CD Case -- origami and technology meet
- OrigamiUSA -- an organization dedicated to the sharing of paperfolding
- Origami -- a great database of diagrams
- Origami Diagrams -- more diagram links
Health
- Dr. Weil -- natural health information
- Healthwise
- Organ Donation -- comprehensive information on organ donation
- Ashtanga Yoga with Sharon Moon -- a great yoga teacher in Austin
Serious Weirdness
People
- Eric Bogosian's Home Page -- actor, playwright
- Kurt Vonnegut -- author
- Michael Moore -- writer, director
- Houdini! -- magician, escape artist
- Penn and Teller -- magicians
- Richard Feynman Online -- scientist
Good Causes
- PledgeBank -- join others in mutual pledges to make the world a better place
- Charity Navigator -- information about many different charities
- Yellow Bike Project -- free loaner bike program in Austin
- Habitat for Humanity
- Austin Habitat for Humanity
- Austin Free-Net
- VoluneteerMatch -- find volunteer opportunities in your neighborhood
Creativity
- Creativity Techniques -- a comprehensive list of creativity techniques
- Map of Creativity -- very cool, flash-based map of creativity sites
- IdeaFlow -- creativity blog
- Innovation Network
- Innovation Tools -- resources for being creative
- Creativity Web
- Creative Think -- creativity tools
- Creative Whack -- new creativity tip each time you reload the page
- Mind Tools -- includes a great area on improving your memory
- Compendium of idea generation methods
Humor/Fun
- Canonical List of Weird Band Names
- Random Bandname Generator
- Archie McPhee -- novelty catalog
- Rec.Humor.Funny Archive
- Collection of Yo Momma Jokes
- Fade to Black -- one of the funniest websites around
- Dumbentia -- parodies in print
- Answering Machine Audio
- Art of Prank Calls -- RealAudio recordings of prank calls
- George W. Bush's Resume -- funny and scary at the same time
Games
- Card Games Web Site
- BoardgameGeek -- lots of information on board games
- Seattle Cosmic Wiki -- a board game wiki
- Cheapass Games -- cheap and even free games
Comics
- Red Meat
- Sinfest
- Bizarro
- K Chronicles
- Milk and Cheese -- comic book ("Witness the intellectual montage that is Milk and Cheese!")
- Google Weblog -- unofficial Google information and news
- Google Sets -- find sets of items from a few examples
- Googlism -- what does Google think of it?
- GoogleDuel -- compare items and find out which one occurs on more pages on the web
Phone/Fax
- The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service -- free faxing via the Internet
- PhoneSpell -- What does your phone number spell?
- 1-800-555-TELL -- free useful information over the phone
- Phone Scoop -- news and reviews on mobile phones
- Payphone Project -- let your fingers do the walking
- Amabuddy -- comparison shop via your mobile phone
- IYHY.com - Make It Mobile -- makes web pages more usable on mobile phones
Color
- Color Schemer Online -- a useful web page for choosing color schemes
- Color Scheme -- another useful color scheme tool
- colormatch redux
- RGB to Color Name Mapping -- another useful color tool
- ColorBlender.com
- Technicolor Experiment -- another color tool that automatically produces CSS
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
- USPS Domestic Calculator -- calculate US postage costs
- nervousness.org -- experiments in Land Mail
- 20 things, 20 people, 20 days -- swap art with people
- MEETUP -- meet people from the Internet face-to-face
- Modest Needs --both a charitable organization and a community designed to help people in need
- postcardX -- send people stuff & receive stuff
- Letterboxing North America -- treasure hunting
- Geocaching -- techno-treasure hunting
- gust of simple -- share your simple pleasures
- Ticketstubs -- read about the stories behind ticket stubs
- metacritic -- combined reviews of movies, music, and games
- The Today Page
- Cirque Du Soleil
- BadAds -- combat pervasive advertising
- humanclock -- photos of the time
- Highly Unofficial alt.fan.dr-pepper FAQ
- Shotgun Decree
- The Original Tipping Page -- how much to tip
- Official Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide -- "I'll Roshambo you for it."
- Free Site -- great source of free stuff
- Infiltration -- information on urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage
- Urban Legends -- the truth of the matter
- Veggie Van -- bio-diesel powered van
- Strawbale Construction Links -- information on building strawbale structures
- Syracuse Cultural Workers
- Universal Life Church
- Lovingyou.com -- romance tips
- Romancetips.com -- lots of romantic date ideas and romance tips
- Global Ideas Bank -- tons of interesting and innovative ideas
- Brightidea.com -- ideas, but poorly organized and poorly edited
- halfbakery -- a communal database of original, fictitious inventions, edited by its users
- Amanda's Mnemonics Page -- a large collection of memory tricks
- Tacky Postcard Archive
- Human-Languages Page -- comprehensive catalog of language related resources
- BBC - Languages -- online language tutorials
- Language Exchange Community -- practice foreign languages
- Canonical Abbreviation/Acronym List -- every TLA you can think of ('net-based acronyms)
- Acronym Finder -- every kind of acronym
- Renaissance Faire
- Where's George -- do you know where that thing's been?!?!
- Anti-Clown Page
- Quotations Page
- Land of Quotes
- Taglines Galore -- more one-liners than you would ever want to read
- Tongue Twister Database
- Grammar Lady Online
- How to Tie a Tie
- Straight Dope
- cartalk.com
- Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
- Practical Jokes
- Cruel Site of the Day
- Progressive Directory
- The Exploratorium
- Useless WWW Pages
- Convert Me -- online unit conversion calculator
- Current Time
- Calendar -- a perpetual calendar
- netLibrary -- a library of ebooks
- RioWorld -- resources for Rio MP3 players
- Zeropaid -- P2P file sharing portal
- After Napster -- more P2P file sharing information
- Slyck -- more P2P file sharing
- Doom9.net -- The Definitive DVD Backup Resource
- Pop vs. Soda Page -- analysis of the "Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy"
- Dr. Weil
- Gizmodo -- gadgets blog
- Engadget -- another blog devoted to gadgets
- Lifehacker -- productivity blog
- kartoo -- visual web search engine
- Creative Commons -- changing the way we think about copyrights
- Creative Commons Search Yahoo! Search
- Common Content -- an catalog of Creative Commons licensed content
- Recomendo -- recommended tools and products from the guy who brought you the Whole Earth Review
- WebSeitz/wikilog -- a blog with lots of interesting info on wikis, blogs, and information
- Mazeguy.net -- ton of smiley icons
- Song Fight! -- weekly battles between many songs all with the same name
- HowStuffWorks -- details explanations of how things work
- Simple Living Network
- Upcoming -- a collaborative event calendar
- Animal Trustees of Austin -- low cost animal spay-neuter services
- Rockbox -- an Open Source replacement firmware for Archos MP3 players
- panoramas.dk -- 360 degree panoramic images
- Japanese Emoticons
- The Random Name Generator
- FreeConference.com -- free teleconferencing
- ideabook.com -- a fantastic resource on graphic design
- St. John Links
- Mediachest.com -- share your media with friends and the Internet
- Rollup.org -- aggregates (rolls up) a number of different RSS sources
- GeoURL -- find out where websites are located
- WhatTheFont -- identify fonts in scanned images
- news search portal -- lots of news links
- Button Maker
- Barbara Sher
- Mayomi -- create mind maps online at this flash site
- Shooting Rubber Bands -- everything you ever wanted to know about shooting rubber bands
- TinyPic -- a free image hosting site
- Threadless -- cool t-shirts
- Made Unique T-shirts -- more t-shirts
- Split Reason -- even more t-shirts
- Syracuse Cultural Workers
- what happens is the news -- weekly hand-written news highlights
- Air America Radio -- "America's Progressive Talk Radio Network"
- TimeBucks -- "trade your own skills and talents for other people’s skills and talents"
- AustinPostcard.com -- an excellent site dedicated to old Austin postcards
- Essential Fonts For Designers -- "300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have"
- ResumeWiki -- "community edited resumes"
- Wordcount -- information about words and their popularity
- Sperling's Best Places -- compare various U.S. cities
- FlyLady.net -- excellent cleaning and organizing tips
- The CSS Playground
- MoneyMutt -- Austin eBay auction drop with low commissions
- Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age
- FreeFlashTutorials.com
- Search Free Fonts -- a searchable database of free fonts
- SuperBorrowNet -- lend and borrow stuff from others around you
- Procrastination Research Group
- Typophile | The Smaller Picture -- a collaboratively designed font
- Guru.com -- a directory of freelancers-for-hire in a variety of fields
- Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists - a free ethics advice/answer service specifically for journalists
- Ourmedia -- free storage and free bandwidth for your media creations
- The Journalist's Toolbox -- useful links for journalists/writers
- ShawGuides -- a directory of learning vacations and conferences
- Buzztracker -- map of world news
- Bicycling in Austin
- Pointment.com -- a tool for setting up appointments
- mambofrog » Color Pallete Tools
- Flashcards -- a large collection of flashcards on a variety of topics
- SYMBOLS.com -- an encyclopedia of signs
- Gefilter Fish -- a collaborative meeting planner
- digg -- user moderated technology news
- gmapPedometer -- a Google Maps application for tracking walking routes
- About CodeCrawler
- GetUsedParts -- used car parts
- Honda Element Owners Club
- idea generation methods -- creativity tools
- IdeaFlow -- even more idea generation methods
- ZabaSearch.com -- excellent utility for finding information about people
- Dontbuyjunk -- compare features of various consumer products
- Online Conversion -- convert just about anything to anything else
- My WikiMap -- a great site for finding low gas prices
- Grid Paper PDFs
- Google Maps Mania -- tons of Google Maps links & tools
- PocketMod -- print free custom one-page organizers
- WikiMatrix -- compare features of various wikis
- Learning Languages -- tips and tricks for learning foreign languages
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