"Writer's Block" Science & Computer related sites

Sites that I found interesting and notable enough for mention.


spacedaily.com - "Your Portal to Space."

NASA Spaceflight - Space Station , a NASA website with the latest in space news and space station and space shuttle updates.

* New * - SpaceshipOne Images - "Check this site for some pretty interesting pictures of the latest aircraft to make it into space." from William J Lee

The Trench - The Space Exploration Site of former Flight Dynamics Officer Roger Balettie, "a tribute to the men and women of space exploration - Space is our Future! "

Encyclopedia Astronautica

J-track spacecraft finder page Just where in the sky are the space station and shuttle?

3D Star Maps an astronomy website with a dowloadable map creating program (Windows), and links to maps created by others.

The Planetary Society - "a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, funded by dues and donations from individuals around the world. With more than 100,000 members from over 140 countries, we are the largest space interest group on Earth."

Spacewander "Welcome to SpaceWander! You are about to take a virtual space-trip to the depths of the Universe! All of SpaceWander's space pictures are real NASA images!" found by the webmaster's Dad

Astronomy Picture of the Day - "Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer." found by the webmaster's Mom

Current Sky information - What's in the night sky, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from the webmaster's Mother

Apollo Archive - "The Project Apollo Archive serves as an online reference source and repository of digital images pertaining to the historic manned lunar landing program." found by the webmaster's Mom

Year2000.com de Jager, often known as the "Y2K guy," had his site purchased for $10 million. See what the fuss is about.

SETI@home Join the biggest search for extraterrestrial intelligence

National UFO Reporting Center If there's something strange, in the sky above, who you gonna call?

The COMETA report Something that UFO buffs will really like. This French report doesn't quite have the "no evidence" conclusion Project Blue Book had.

Future Speculation Resources on the Web Futurists, and others, give their opinions on life in the future.

The Second Edition Society - "Our mission is to examine, discuss, disseminate and exchange information, resources, philosophy, opinions and ideas pertaining and related to the study and debate of the science and theory cloning."

Lateral Science - a long list of some interesting and strange science experiments, mostly of the Victorian Age.

exploremarsnow.org An interactive guide to a planned Mars base.

scumware.com - "Get the latest information on the lowest forms of Internet traffic hijacking."

found on http://kresch.com/resources/Fight_Scumware/

HACK THIS! break into this website and win $2,500 dollars

Tips, Tricks, How To, and Beyond A website that shows you how to make a better one.

A reference page to webpage code:CNetBuilder

"Stop that Spam" - "Eating more spam than ever? Here's how to keep junk e-mail from ruling your in-box."

"Seven Rules for Gaffe-free e-mails"

"The Worst Internet Hoaxes" - Gotcha! E-mail hoaxes are out to get you. Here are the ten most cunning ruses to watch out for.

"The Weirdest PC Mysteries" - "40 top-secret methods for ridding your hardware and software of alien phenomena. The truth is in here."

"Software secrets " - "Secrets in Your Software. Got a deadline? Procrastinate some more with these fun diversions, hidden right in your PC."

"Secret Windows Tricks " - "Who Knew Windows Could Do That? PC World's resident Windows Tips wizard, Scott Dunn, presents a dazzling array of secret shortcuts, speed tricks, and special settings that can help you transform your operating system."

The Internet Archive - Using the "Wayback Machine," you can find old websites no longer updated by old owners and "surf the web as it was."

howstuffworks - Learn How Everything Works "an amazing award-winning online destination for anyone who wants to know how anything works!"

Popular Science - "Fuel for the curious mind."

National Geographic - The website of the one magazine people collect rather that throw away. - National Geographic News for articles of the day.

Smithsonian Institution - "You can view this museum without spending a dime on gas." found by IBLaffing

Moonhoax - "This web site looks at the 'evidence' that the conspiracy theorists present to prove their notion that NASA faked the whole thing, while at the same time not actually being very good at it.Ê Much of this 'evidence' is so transparently moronic you'll wonder just how anyone believes it."

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy - "devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics."

Android World "This site is devoted to androids. An android is an anthropomorphic robot - i.e. a robot that looks like a human. Many android developers call their creations "humanoids" rather than androids. We also have robotics links, robot links, animatronics links, and research links."

Mechanized Propulsion Systems . Can these guys actually build their own "Mecha?"

Wikipedia - "The free encyclopedia ... Wikipedia is a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate free content encyclopedia. We started in January 2001 and are currently working on (over 170,000) articles in the English version. Visit the help page and experiment in the sandbox to learn how you can edit any article right now."

Stargazer's Delight "The Desktop Planetarium for the Macintosh" from the webmaster's Mother

versiontracker.com - "The Mac Addict's Home on the Net"

The Memory Bank Where I go for help when my computer acts up, which isn't often compared to the IBMs.


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