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The hurtin' coyote above is courtesy of my father. Seems he had too much time on his hands too!!!!
| You know, there's a few things that I've played with over the years that stick to me. |
| The original Adventure game, the 350 point version of Collossal Cave by Crowther and Woods is one. I've wasted more time than I like to think about with that game. It's an example and the first of a genre known as Interactive Fiction (IF). For more IF than you'll ever be able to play and a great archive, see the IF Archive. You'll need a Z-code (Infocom) interpreter the inform fiction site is a good place to look. Frotz is my favorite. |
| Emily Short has designed an outstanding IF challenge, a Non-Player Character (NPC) game with a multilinear plot. What this means is that you interact with the main character and there are as many endings as there are players. Galatea is a wonderful way to spend a few evenings. See if she'll let you hug her. :^) |
| The Atari 2600 machine was another that kept me spellbound for long periods of time. There's a Windows based Atari emulator called Mame and you can pick up legal ROM dumps at AtariAge. Asteroids is there and the sounds are right. And I still love locking up the dragons in the Atari Adventure game. |
| I first saw Project Gutenberg in 1996 and thought then that it was an outstanding idea. They've got 53000 volumes now and are still growing. And the Internet is being very complimentary, eBook sites are going concerns. |
| This one has caused me to get cussed at more than any other. The Digital Traditions Folksong Database at Mudcat.org is a collection of folksongs like Project Gutenberg is a collection of books. The major problem with this collection of folksongs is that people begin to check for just one more song ... look up ... its four oclock in the morning and they have to get ready for work in two hours. Yeppers, been cussed at for that ;^) |
| Another oldy but goody, who woulda thought it would last. The Internet Pizza Server which used to be at Chico State University. Now at the author's personal site. Order one with everything, kitchen sinks included! |
| NASAs Astrological Picture of the Day. With its archive, probably worth every bit we spend on them. (APOD) |
| If you can grovel well. Usenet oracle. An outstanding example of what we can do. Even if it's just in fun. |
 [The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything] One of the net's all time greatest!!! Poke around that site while you're there. Stefan Gagne has been around the 'net quite a while. [Spatula City] Forever!!!! |
 The Pink Ribbon, Avon's greatest creation |
 These guys have it right. The Internet shouldn't be owned by a bunch of expensive bloatware. |
 Let's keep the Internet useable by everyone. Not just the priviledged. |
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| | So many sites, so little time.... Why pussyfoot .' `. .' `. around with window dressing? Take BIG bytes out ; : \_..--.._/ : . of the 'net with | . ' ` . | ' ___ ___ ` dF ' `. `. .' .' ` dF : `-.| |.-' : dF Yb dF dbdHb 7p dF . . ` ' . , dF YbdF dF dF .dF' / `. \ / .' \ dFdFdF XF dF dF oF'Tb `,' . . .` `' '. . . `.' dF `,' .__.--.__. `.' dF [and DosLynx] `,' `.' `,'-`;::....::;'-`.' from the University of Kansas ` ''::::`` ' ASCII art by Dan Strychalski dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw Dec. 1995 |
Why not _really_ mystify the browser snobs on the web. You can get browsers and mail clients that work under DOS on this site. |