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Cyberanthropology - Non-commercial resource dedicated to the anthropological study of cyberspace. Includes virtual seminars, an e-library, discussion groups, a course finder, a glossary, a calendar of activities, comics, and book reviews.

Edge - Promotes inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, and works for the intellectual and social achievement of society.

Bud.com - Weird, wired, and wonderful links selected by a group of contributors.

Need To Know - Britain's most sarcastic high-tech newsletter (weekly, +e-mail).

Suck.com - A fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun.

NetRants - Views and opinions on the latest Internet issues. New rants appear about every 2 months.

Index of Matt Drudge - A list of linked articles by Bob Brand, including some Wired columns Matt has written.

Foundation for Digital Culture - A non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote and support digital culture and art on-line.

Contact Consortium - A Forum about Virtual Worlds, Avatars, Virtual Community.

Meditations on First Cybersophy - An Internet version of Descartes' conslusions regarding the Self and the existence of God.

Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies - An online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.

The Virtual Community - Online version of Howard Rheingold's book.

Axis Mutatis - An attempt to revive the bulletin boards of old, infusing them with new world style, counterculture and technoculture, and free expression.

Absolute Cyberculture Books - Book listing of 50 cyberculture books. Links back to Amazon.com where you can purchase the titles online.

Economic TeleDevelopment Forum - Dialogue and collaboration with leaders of other communities that are embracing the concept of smart cities or smart communities.

The WELL - Online community known for engaging conversation and intelligent debate. Features more than 260 conferences ranging from technical and specific to abstract and surreal.

Cyberculture - Links to Net culture and virtual reality.

CyberStudies Links - A site full of links to articles, papers, online journals, discussion lists, and other pages of links dealing with the study of the Internet and Internet culture.

CyberNik - A collection of politically incorrect multimedia.

e-vangelism - Teach uses of the Internet for Christian evangelism.

Cyber Behavior Research Center - Research center with information on the interface between human behavior and new technology, especially the web.

BETA Online - A monthly webzine about technology's impact on culture. Essays, books reviews, and cartoons.

Glossary of Internet Terms - Basic web and internet terms defined.

Stange's Cyber Space Shuttle - A huge, searchable database of Internet addresses regarding both arts and sciences, taken separately and together.

Cyberspace - Contains various links to topics related to cyberspace.

The Virtual Community - Free online version of a book by Howard Rheingold that examines the nature of computer communications.

The Lost Library of MOO - Reconstructed version of the old MOO/MU* document library.

Net Culture - Information on online communities, personal pages, informatin on hackers and cyber-liberties, and examination the nature of online life and identity.

e-generation - A public service from BEA dedicated to documenting the e-generation through its autobiographical stories.

Cyberculture Weblog - Links to organizations and studies about cyberculture, from hackers to gender issues.

Reflections In The Mirror - A satirical and informative view of an online subculture.

About Virtual Communities - A refreshing and comprehensive overview of the effect on virtual communities on the net. Includes links to other sites about virtual communities.

Barry Wellman - Research by Barry Wellman and associates into social networks, social support, virtual community, computer networks as social networks

CALT Encyclopedia - A collection of resources related to the study of Virtual Communities. Approaches, technologies, CMC, etc.

Identity and gender in cyberspace - The Synthetic Environment is used to describe a setting where any electronic cue to the persons identity is entirely under their own control.

Cyberculture News - Headlines and links to cyberculture news stories from 1,600 sources worldwide. Webmasters can also put customized cyberculture news headlines on their site for free.

The Dog Museum - Research site that is primarily concerned with how humor and humanity are conveyed online.

NewsSynthesis - News portal that draws headlines on the emerging cyberculture from across the net.

There are many web sites that will give a feel for the Internet and Web culture. What exactly is web culture? It is all about links, information, entertainment, education, exploration but most of all communication. It can be exciting, too slow, too fast, cool, wow, frustrating, enlightening, and fun! There are no rules but there is Netiquette. Why would anyone want to use the web when they can just watch TV? Please, come on, talk about boring...TV? What could be more booooooring. Well, just check out the web sites on this page to get a better idea of what the web is all about?


A good place to get started is Screen.com. The WWW3 is mostly in text form, but so all the best books. HotWired is much more lively and cutting edge. There are sites on the web people won't like and other sites that may become indispensible. For education, how can the Library of Congress be beat? CNN news, Nando news, and all the world's news organizations can't be wrong. From GORP to ESPN, there are all matter of sports sites. To the White House and the FEDworld, all politics is on the web.


Families will not be disappointed with ParentSoup to children's museums like ExploraNet. Shoppers must visit Amazon Books to Land's End and to get cured try the
Mayo Family Clinic. Budding scientists will love the Science Magazine Online.


Worldwide exploration like the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, will expand your mind. City.net will take folks to Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and to the Americas, all the United Nations are represented.

Live Music, from Paris to Houston. Before leaving your PC to travel, check out the maps at Mapquest and the weather. Monitor your finances at Bloomberg before departure with Lonely Planet. Look up a friend's phone number or challenge them to a game.

For web travel, start with the search engines such as Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Infoseek, Hotbot or Lycos. Get the latest browser at Netscape or Microsoft and don't forget to grab a favorite plug-in. With Apple, IBM, and Compaq, a new computer may be in the works. So go ahead! Explore the web culture, then create your own home page!