Sites Worth Seeing

General Interest Sites | Sites about Spam

General Interest

1. "Monoculture Considered Harmful"… Thought-provoking article by John S. Quarterman comparing the Internet to an ecosystem and warning of the dangers of a "monocultural," homogeneous Internet.
   http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_2/quarterman
   
   
2. The Online Books Page… Full texts online, including over 18,000 books, literary news, special online literary features such as A Celebration of Women Writers and Banned Books Online, and general and foreign language archives. Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom at the University of Pennsylvania.
   http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
   
   
3. Locally produced E-book holdings…
   
   - A selection of texts, most in Microsoft Reader format, a few in PDF format. Many topics in Asian history, culture, and literature.
   http://fluffy.uoregon.edu/read/product.html
   
   - Renascence Editions, an online repository of works printed in English between the years 1477 and 1799. The site is created and maintained by the UO Library's Richard Bear.
   http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/
   
   
4. "A radical rethink..." on current copyright laws… Opinion column in Economist.com tackling the thorny issues surrounding copyright in the digital age.
   http://www.economist.com/opinion/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=1547223
   
   
5. Unofficial Visio 2000 FAQ… Questions and answers about Microsoft's diagram preparation tool, Visio.
   http://www.diagramantics.com/diagenvs/visio/faq
   
   
6. AOL.Webmaster.Info… Technical information on AOL and its operations.
   http://webmaster.info.aol.com/
   
   
7. Ripoff Report… If an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But to be sure, you can check it out at
   http://ripoffreport.com
   This site includes publicly searchable consumer complaints from around the country.
   
   
8. "Why Doesn't MSN work with Opera?"… Is Opera specifically targeted by Microsoft and MSN? An analysis of the technical background of Opera problems.
   http://deb.opera.com/howcome/2003/2/msn/
   
   
9. SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Analyzer… Type in your network address and see your stats at
   http://forums.speedguide.net
   
   
10. Test Your Network Connection and Throughput… Check out
    http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/
    
    
11. Tech Bargains… Interested in discount computer deals? Check out
    http://www.techbargains.com/

Sites about Spam

1. All About Email Headers… A comprehensive introduction to the behavior of email headers. Primarily designed to assist the victims of unsolicited email, but also useful to the general reader.
   http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers/headers.html
   
   
2. Spamfaq.net… Voluminous FAQs about unsolicited bulk email, including a glossary.
   http://www.spamfaq.net/terminology.shtml
   
   
3. Anti-Spam Research Group… A research group affiliated with the Interent Engineering Task Force that is dedicated to investigating spam problems and solutions. Ycu can subscribe to the mailing list and contribute to the discussion. For details, see
   http://www.irtf.org/charters/asrg.html
   
   
4. Spam Forum… The FTC is hosting a three-day "Spam Forum." See details at
   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/02/spamforum.htm
   
   
5. SpamGlass… If you want to get a sense of the spam people are seeing, check out the Spam Looking Glass, or SpamGlass, at
   http://www.openrbl.org/spamglass?s=last
   
   
6. Another Way to Block Web Ads… If you’re interested in an alternative way to block ads from your web browser, you may want to visit http://www.smartin-designs.com/hosts_info_main.htm
   
   
7. Get the Scoop on Open Proxies… Comprehensive report on the privacy and security pitfalls of open proxy servers (pdf and ppt formats).
   http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/proxies/