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Fun Web Sites

Sure, there are great research sites, business sites, and places to get work done... but the reason we all hook up to the web is for the fun sites. Here are a few places I've found in my travels.

WMBR Home Page- WMBR is the MIT campus radio station, broadcasting to the Cambridge/Boston metro area on 88.1 FM. During my younger days at MIT, I did some radio shows, a bunch of production bits, and sold our old call letters (WTBS) to some guy in Atlanta. I worked with a lot of cool folks during my college days, including Tony V.

Check out the MIT Hack Gallery, where past hacks are immortalized (the police car on the dome is classic!).

TiVo Hacking - My current (2005) hobby is hacking our Tivo unit.  I've added a bigger hard drive and installed several software packages so I'm able to access the Tivo via a web browser anywhere on the Internet.

Slashdot - The best site on the web for news and commentary about all things geek (yes I'm a geek).

The Onion - A very funny news parody site.  I've also been spending a lot of time at fark.com lately.

Bruce Springsteen - He's the boss....got some cool photos I took back in 1978 here.  Also, check out Richard Shindell, an incredible singer/songwriter.

Sourceforge.net - Cool software development site with lots of open source programs.  Current favorites of mine are PHP-GEDView which I use to run the Fix family genealogy site and Asterisk @ Home which I'm experimenting with to use in my hardware store.

Political Web Sites

Now that you've had your fun, make sure you follow some of these links and really accomplish something.

Library of Congress - Really cool site.... almost belongs in the fun section as well. You can search all sorts of government databases, plus look up any House or Senate bill by number or text contained within the bill. Jump over to the site, and look for bills containing the word "indecent"..... scary.

First Amendment Web Site - A great online resource for information on the First Amendment, censorship, and other issues related to your personal freedoms.

Znet Magazine - Great alternative to CNN and FoxNews - news and commentary.  Also check out Michael Moore's site, Daily Kos and Raw Story for news with a liberal slant.

Rock and Rap Confidential - Now Rock and Rap Confidential has a web site! One of the best sources for the latest on all aspects of popular music, especially censorship issues. Opinionated, but always fun to read...

dKospedia - A political encyclopedia with a liberal bias, similar in style to Wikipedia.

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When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.”
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