Anne Collects Some Links


These are a few of my favorite links on the World Wide Web. New links are marked with a new star. Sorry - I don't update this list often, so some links may be broken.

Silliness on the Web | Films, Movies, Cinema | French | Travel | Languages | Friends & Family | Unclassifiable

Silliness on the Web
  The Onion   -   Proof that Madison is the coolest place in the universe.
  The Straight Dope   -   Explanations of the world's most puzzling mysteries.
  News of the Weird   -   And you thought your life was strange?
  The Dilbert Zone   -   The classic - can't be beat. Scott Addams is the god of the nerds.
  Dave's Web of Lies (Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls)   -   Silliest web site ever.
  Wacky Patent of the Month   -   Makes me feel better about my own pathetic ideas.
  Foam bath fish time   -   What time is it in fishies?
  The Toast Homepage   -   No, not stuff to say at your friend's wedding...
 
Films, Movies, Cinema
  Internet Movie Database   -   Helps answer those burning questions: Who *is* that actor? What *was* the name of that movie?
  The University Film Society (UFS)   -   Quality international films of cultural and artistic interest.
  The Oak Street Cinema   -   Great theater for revival and international movies.
  Walker Art Center Film & Video Program   -   Eclectic. Challenging. Artistic.
  Dralle's Video   -   The place to buy used videos.
  Facets Multimedia   -   Chicago Film Society that rents films by mail.
  eye weekly movie reviews   -   These hip Canadians are definitely NOT Roger Ebert!
  Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies   -   Curmudgeonliness raised to an art form.
  Chicago Reader On Film   -   What a great movie-seeing town.
  Reviews in Rhyme   -   From Ms. Dana's seventh-grade poetry class.
  Yahoo's Film Festival Links   -   Drool over films that most of us will never see...
  Vidéothèque de Paris   -   Movie theatre and museum of cinema in Paris. Their amazing database contains any movie that mentions or shows Paris. (In French and English.)
  France Cinéma Multimédia   -   Tout sur le cinéma francophone (en français).
  Plot-O-Matic   -   Write your own screenplay
  In Development?   -   Test your Hollywood-mogul quotient with this web quiz.
  The Worst Movies...   -   Brunching Shuttlecock's reviewer on the movies he didn't see in 1998.
 
French
  Branchez-vous!   -   Le meilleur d'Internet, français-anglais (en français, bien sûr).
  The (virtual) Baguette   -   Discussion en direct (chat), humour et divertissement (en français).
  À la découverte de Tintin   -   Le tout premier site consacré à Tintin entièrement en français!
  L'Ecrivain public virtuel   -   Des tas des lettres utiles (en français).
  Apprenez le français avec Internet   -   Surtout comment rire en français.
 
Travel
  Roadside America   -   Forget the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon. This is America!
  City.Net World Directory   -   A nicely organized set of links.
  The Rec.Travel Library   -   Anywhere you go, someone's written a travel report. (Warning: Ad-driven site.)
  Subway navigator for the world   -   But which way do I turn when leaving the subway?
  Bookstores around the world   -   The famous and useful rec.arts.books FAQ.
  PARIS.LINKS   -   Lots and lots 'o links.
  Les Pages Zoom   -   Explore the real Paris - street by street, shop by shop!
 
Languages
  travlang's Word of the Day   -   Learn dozens of languages at once!
  HLP: The Human-Languages Page   -   Well organized directory of links for almost every language.
  The Alternative Dictionaries   -   Caution: Contains adult language, expletives, and body part names. (Whee!)
And here's one Web page for each language I've studied:
Albanian Language   -   A fascinating language (with lots of Q's) spoken by interesting people.
  American Names in Chinese   -   Part of the amazing Zhongwen.com web site.
ZipZap France   -   A virtual tour of France for kids, in French and English
  Die Stadtbücherei Stuttgart   -   The city with the best food in Germany.
  Japanese Signs   -   Learn how to read "Curb Your Dog" in Tokyo!
  The Virtual Macedonia Network   -   The good info is worth fighting annoying Java barriers.
  Poland - In sound, noise and Pictures
  Dazhdbog's Grandchildren   -   An extensive site of Russian news, language, culture, and more.
Azbuka   -   The Serbian (Cyrillic) alphabet.
  Dr. Rix's Spanish Pig Latin Page   -   Jerigonza / el idioma de la f.
  All about Turkey
Like languages? Please help me decide which language to study next! (Send me email.)
 
Friends and Family
  Pete   -   A Mystery Man and Dispenser of Web Server Tips
  Adam   -   Very Dreamy.
  The Lee Family   -   They who write on bathroom walls.
  Ian   -   A non-professorial professor.
  Mike   -   A man of many shields.
  Jeff W.   -   Help him find his hat.
  Jon Chenette   -   My composer cousin.
  Craig R. Johnson   -   A specialist in the music of Eisler & Rautavaara, and the 1999 Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year.
 
Unclassifiable
Book-A-Minute   -   Because who has time to read?
  Virtual Aquarium   -   Very soothing, and educational, too.
Internet Anagram Server   -   A favorite of me, TEN CENT CAN HEE!
Bonny Doon Vinyards   -   Check out the animated wine labels!
 

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