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The Blog of Maz Letting off steam through the age old art of the written text
Ramblings of a Geek and General Funnies from the Weird Wide Web. Covering subjects from Fitness to Food to New Technologies and much much more.
The official Dilbert Website by Scott Adams, for all those Dilbert fans out there features a daily Dilbert cartoon strip and a shop to buy all your essential dilbert goodies.
Brady Magazine is an international literary/writer's trade magazine. They accept articles, fiction and poetry from writers all over the world. Not only are they a magazine, but an online forum where writers meet writers.
A site dedicated to bringing you the truth in the media, with a unique Christian view. Cross references the End of Day's Prophecy, with whats happening in the world, by bring you UNCENSORED news from around the world
Link | www.thechristianreporter.com
Salon is an interactive magazine dedicated to ideas, books and the arts in general, and its bristling manifesto pledges primary allegiance to the written word. Developing the theme of a late 18th century debating society, it provides a place for people to congregate and engage in intellectual discussion, kind of like a highbrow happening on anything from Jane Austen or crack culture to the exodus of smart young things going East, as in Asia (not New York)! The list of staff behind this effort reads like a who's who of American journalism: ex-San Francisco Examiner staff, Village Voice, Vanity Fair writers, a one-time contributing editor of Hotwired and so on. But if you think you'll have trouble tagging along with the top thinkers, don't worry it's not that hard to keep up.
Picking your way through the pages of Retro is like rifling through the first two thirds of the 20th century, coming across a Goblin teasmaid and breaking into a mile-wide grin because it works. Its affectionate catalogue of familiar household objects, old commercials, 30s shoes, Pengin paperbacks, Italian scooters and sexily-styled American cars is an expertly edited read about 20th century lifestyles, design and entertainment like a junk warehouse with words. The San Francisco-based magazine's old-style love affair with jazz, blues and Hawaiian eight-note harmonies is a real find for the early popular music fan and from the casual browser of kitsch to the serious 'practically antique' collector, Retro looks back at the modern stuff we took for granted and writes about anything that ever had any style.
A length of fuse burning from each side of the screen changes on the click of a mouse to a filing cabinet, finally opening to reveal a 'whatever happened to?' feature about the stars of cult TV series Mission Impossible. This is the weekly American People magazine online, featuring stars of film and TV or the rich and glamorous and, like this particular issue's Demi Moore cover story, it spares no details of their alcohol, drug, family and trouble-getting-on-with-normal-people problems. The cover is an image map, so you can go straight to anything or anyone that takes your fancy. It's gossip, but extremely well written at that and with cool artwork.
Less self-consciously cool than some of the other 'wired generation' ezines but not quite as interesting. Much of the mag is caught up in campus concerns - PC or anti-PC pieces composed in a condescending sixth form style. It's nicely designed but somewhat self-contained and lacking in hotlinks. Still, don't write 'em off too soon these things take time.
When journalistic parody is this finely honed, it ends up becoming what it apes. Perhaps Melvin will find its way into the Murdoch stable. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Mind-bogglingly well linked online version of author and film-maker Jayne Loader's witty mag, combining passions of media, anti-censorship and anti-nuclear issues to give an irreverent journey onlineī. Stemming from her involvement with the 1982 highly-prized document The Atomic Cafe, about propaganda culled from material produced by the US government,ī Loader's creative juices flow freely, as in her 'co-authored' I Was a Hollywood Sex Slave by Carrie Jo Starkweather. The tale in question is one of exploitation and racial hatred, weaving surprising links to the White Aryan Resistance Hate Page dedicated to white racismī and a page of vibrators for sale. Short on graphics, long on (hyper)text and most appealing of all it plumbs the depths of sanity and good taste.
Eschewing the ultra hip in return for a more relaxed, less self-conscious sideways glance at technology and culture, Danny Drennan's Inquistitor is full of quirky articles and smart , ascerbic, observational stuff. High-tech Low Tech looks at technological advances down at Toys R Us, whilst Iconography charts the cultural icons that changed our lives. Check it out.
At first I thought this was just another ezine about UK clubs, music and related culture. Thankfully Fused is a lively and informative read which looks as though a helluva lot of work has gone into it. You can go in on music categories such as Chill-out, Drum 'n' Bass, Dub, House, Hard House or Techno or review what's new on the site. Each section has reviews of new releases and charts from record shops and labels. A real labour of love.
Tripod comes off like a wacky little community with a conscience, engaging with all sorts of issues in a fairly savvy kind of way. It's quite difficult to get a grip on its agenda, though as a guide it's based at the University of Tennessee. Some of the writing is quite condescending in a 'it's-for-your-own-benefit' sort of way. Currently it's preoccupied with the American primaries and there's some discussion about Northern Ireland and the IRA but, overall, content is broad-based, quite newsy and continually updated. Other areas cover work and money, lifestyle and travel, so on balance it probably works for students sort of worthy but informed. Tripod should also be applauded for its design and the strength of its supporting links. A good example for student journos to follow.
Probably of most interest to the pre-teen, this site is bright, fun and extra-shiny clean. You can bet your so-called life that your parents would approve - there's stuff on the environment, high school hang-ups and something called the fun zone. It's a difficult age!
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