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8th December 1999

The Cartoon Research Library

“The Cartoon Research Library (CGA) houses multi-media collections of primary source materials representative of American culture. Cartoon art, film posters and stills, historic photographs, and magazine illustrations predominate. Original works and related manuscript materials are held, in addition to more than 10,000 published works on cartoon art … [BUT:] Original cartoons will not be posted on our web site due to copyright concerns.”

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8th December 1999

areacode-info.com

Your definitive source for area code data. Just in case you’re really, really interested in that sort of thing.

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8th December 1999

The Visual Telling of Stories

This is the neatest site I’ve seen in… days… Actually, this looks like one of the coolest, smartest places I’ve found. These folks have made the display of information interesting rather than academic. It’s valuable to someone who does this for a living; but it could be interesting to just about anyone. Just bookmark it and look through the whole thing when you can. Part of Images in Practice, a collaborative internet experience for image makers, something that’s interesting all on its own.

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8th December 1999

VoyCabulary

This is neat. VoyCabulary transforms any webpage into links to dictionary, thesaurus, medical, computer or acronym definitions — it also translates 10 languages using other sites’ scripts.

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8th December 1999

Acronym Finder

“Look up 119,300 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings. This is a searchable database containing common acronyms and abbreviations about all subjects.” Focuses on computers, technology, telecommunications and the military.

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8th December 1999

T H E : B O M B

Did someone in your office annoy you just a little too much yesterday? Send them to one of the links on this site. It’s a collection of JavaScripts built for one reason and one reason only: to hose your browser. NOTE: This link will not crash you.

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8th December 1999

The Visual Telling of Stories

This is the neatest site I’ve seen in… days… Actually, this looks like one of the coolest, smartest places I’ve found. These folks have made the display of information interesting rather than academic. It’s valuable to someone who does this for a living; but it could be interesting to just about anyone. Just bookmark it and look through the whole thing when you can. Part of Images in Practice, a collaborative internet experience for image makers, something that’s interesting all on its own.

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