There is no particular reason for this haphazard group of sites listed here. I just like them. As you may see, not all of the sites are entirely useless. (If you discover any broken links, please fill out a feedback form. Please note that there will be no response to solicitations for reciprocal links. Under no circumstances will I link to sites simply because they are linking to this one.)
useless
- Abacus: Mystery of the Bead how to use an abacus (some people will say this should be in the "not-so-useless llinks" section)
- Amazing Mousetrail Clock See the amazing clock (javascript and css must be enabled)
- Anguish Languish by Howard L. Chace to improve the public's understanding of the Anguish Languish. (includes the complete version of "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut")
- The automatic complaint-letter generator
- Bird Songs Greg Kunkel's recordings of bird vocalizations with simple, inexpensive equipment
- North American Bird Sounds
- Book-a-Minute Don't have time to read it all? [...] Our ultra-condensed books are just the ticket.
- BookWorm Once you've started, can you stop playing this insidious game?
- The Buckner Mint Julep Ceremony
- Cathouse Webcam live photos of cats
- Chile Pepper Hell scoville heat chart
- The Cliche Rotation Project
...replace our current set of cliches with new ones of equivalent meaning
- Comic Strips: Dilbert, Get Fuzzy, The Adventures of Nerd Boy, User Friendly, Wapsi Square
- Cooking With Soroban guide to fine dining with abacus
- David's Twisted Mind Day-to-day insights into [David's] dubious mental state
- Densa quizzes, puzzles, brain teasers and other fun stuff! Choose the fun stuff link
- Despair, Inc. Underperformance Awards, Demotivators, Variety Packs, DespairWear, Pessimist's Mug....
- Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division the controversy surrounding dihydrogen monoxide... reports on the environment, cancer, current research, and an insider exposé about the use of DHMO in the dairy industry
- The Dialectizer
Translate any page into choice of five or six dialects
- The Enigma Device Two new word puzzles every day
- Evil Overlord, Inc. Planning your Future, One Step at a Time while you're there, take a look at "The Parody Home Page" page
- FinchCam from the FinchFarm Aviary Your One-Stop Source for Everything Finch!
- Gallery of Regrettable Food introduction to poorly photographed foodstuffs and horrid recipes
- Hyperdictionary English, Computer, Dream, Medical Dictionares, Thesaurus (was 'The Ghostwheel Information Project' The Exploding Dictionary of English and Technojargon)
- How fast can you type? (requires java enabled browser)
- Internet Anagram Server
- Kaleidescope Painter Just drag the mouse and watch what happens (java must be enabled)
- The Left Hand The largest retailer of left handed products (some people will say this should be in the "not-so-useless llinks" section)
- Lost in Translation What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between 5 different languages?
- Macaroni & Cheese Adventure We actually LIKE Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Dinner!
- Metric usage and metrication in other countries
- My Bike Lane Toronto bike lane violations
- my subjective list of top 100 movies of all time
- Nerd Test only a true geek would utter something to the
effect of: "Nerdity test?!? What a stupid concept! I'm too cool to take something as dumb as that."
- "Paint-by-Number" Puzzle Page
- Peep Research: those resilient little birds.... Don't miss the links to other scientific journeys: not all great research involves Peeps®
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phpBB at etherwork discussions of various subjects - emphasis on food and recipes, travel, art, gardening
- PopCap Games many free online games including BookWorm (Once you've started, can you stop playing this insidious game?) and Typer Shark Move over, Mavis Beacon: it's the typing tutor with teeth!
- Really Big Button Doesn't Do Anything
- Rubbish Low Tech Space Invaders!
Play a game that looks totally crap - even by 1980 standards!
- My insane rules for SCRABBLE®
- Spelling So you think you know how to spell?
- Storm Track
- The Surrealist Compliment Generator
- Tim Tang Test series of mind-bending riddles (Please note that you may NOT post any links, answers, or walkthroughs on any discussion board or forum, public or private, unless previously approved by me in writing. Forums may be started about the TTT, but must be spoiler-free).
- Tom Weller presents ...now featuring five sure-fire zucchini recipes
- Viola Bow You've heard of Tai Bo? Now try VIOLA BOW - America's Latest Fitness Craze
- Viola Jokes
- VK's ascii-art webchat forum
- W3 Schools: Download the Internet "the best things in life are free"
- Websites as Graphs
- Whoohoo! This completely and totally useless translating service English to Scottish, Yorkshire, Irish, Cockney Rhyming Slang, etc. etc. is a must see ...when did you last whoohoo?
- A.Word.A.Day a word and its definition every day
- Word games Got two minutes? Play a new puzzle every day....
- Zeek's REAL Magic Trick!!
not-so-useless
- AVG Anti-Virus System
Free Anti-Virus Protection!
Download, install and use AVG 6.0 Anti-Virus system to reliably protect your computer and data free of charge.
- Phone Busters Canadian Anti-fraud Call Centre Fraud. Recognize It. Report It. Stop It.
- Trend Micro FREE Online Virus Scanning Service for personal computers
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Guidelines for Accessible Web Authoring
- Web Pages That Suck
learn good Web design by looking at bad Web design
- Net Mechanic link checker very useful for finding dead links (limit of 25 links per page for free link checking)
- Xenu's Link Sleuth free download -
a report can be produced at any time
(you set the limits)
- W3 Schools "the best things in life are free" Web-building tutorials: HTML, XHTML, XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia, WAP
- So you want to make a web page easy to follow html tutorial
- Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi a comprehensive guide to writing web sites
- Crosswinds Cadre Support Site tutorials and other help resources for crosswinds websites
- Crosswinds Help Forums
- ace.net.nz - file formats and file name extensions
for almost every file format in the world
- ASCII-art banner creator (javascript ASCII-animation)
- how to put ASCII-art on your web page
- IrfanView FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer and image convertor for Windows
- EditPad -The Best Postcardware Text Editor on Earth
- Microsoft's TrueType core fonts for the Web (free)
- care2.com environmentally friendly e-mail, etc.
Care2 make the world greener
- The Free Site free things on the web
- Coda Music: Finale® NotePad™ (free) is
your invitation to the world of music notation software
- Dynamic Drive "free, original DHTML scripts... the latest in JavaScript and DHTML technology, with emphasis on practicality and backwards compatibility"
- The JavaScript Source free JavaScripts
- Biking Toronto a citizen on a $20 bicycle is as important as a citzen in a $20000 car
- City of Toronto Bike Plan Bicycle Friendly Streets, Bikeway Network, Safety & Education
Promotion, Cycling & Transit, Bicycle Parking
- Community Bicycle Network promoting neighbourhood-friendly sustainable transportation initiatives within the City of Toronto, including West Toronto Railpath and bikeshare
- Critical Mass Bicycle Rides Directory directory of Critical Mass rides worldwide
- I
TO bike safety, international advocacy, bike lanes...
- David Suzuki Foundation solutions are in our nature
- Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) work[ing] to protect the best of natural Canada
- Toronto Environmental Alliance to promote a greener Toronto
- World Carfree Network how to revitalise our towns and cities and create a sustainable future
- I Can Garden Canadian Internet Gardening Resource (includes zone maps)
- Gardening links
- Epicurious Recipes archives of Gourmet, Bon Appetit Magazines
- Recipes from our kitchen
- Recipe and Cookery links
- Online Conversion convert just about anything to anything else
- Intellicast World Weather Report
- Basic Dictionary of American Sign Language Terms "dictionary has both animated and text definitions"
- Babel Fish language translation program
- Lexin Swedish-English dictionary
- Red Cross (Canada) Please donate what you can
- Urban Dictionary
slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "the free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit; written collaboratively by people from all around the world."
- The World Clock - Time Zones Current local times around the world
