Wayne Cunningham, news editor
Captain Morgan's CyberShip, http://www.rum.com
The dipsomaniacal adventures of Captain Morgan and his notorious Web crew will continue throughout 1997. Look here for periodic updates.
The Terrorist's Handbook, gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Library/Untech/terror.hb
Whether you need some explosive information to counter government oppression, or want to ensure a real bang-up Fourth of July, this is the resource for you.
Yahoo's Random Web Site, http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl
With no end in sight to the number of new Web sites, the only feasible way to track them in 1997 will be to go random.
Heidi Swanson, webmaster
Construct, http://www.construct.net
Web evolution from the top of the food chain.
[aRt]sLab, http://sgva-vr1.ucsd.edu/~art-slab/
An endless supply of University of California, San Diego undergrads assures that more tangled bodies, forbidden fruit, and bad-boy painters will always be on the horizon.
GeekCereal, http://www.geekcereal.com
GeekCereal is the fun you never had in college.
Alicia Eckley, managing editor
Salon, http://www.salon1999.com
"Substance, intelligence, grace, and wit: Salon elevates good writing over digital hip." That's what the people at NetGuide say, and, yes, they got it right.
Beakers Bird-Related Links, http://www.probe.net/~beakers/links.htm
Links to just about anywhere parrot enthusiasts could want to go.
Celebrity Slugfest, http://slugfest.kaizen.net/
Nothing compares to dukin' it out with David Letterman and Madonna, especially during deadline crunch.
Iolande Bloxsom, associate editor
oscariana, http://www.walrus.com/~jonnonyc/oscariana/
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." So wrote Oscar Wilde. With the millennium upon us, I urge others to commune with the fin-de-siecle Irish playwright, aphorist, and originator of "the love that dare not speak its name."
The Art of Aubrey Beardsley, http://www.glyphs.com/art/beardsley/
Examine the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator of Wilde's scandalous play "Salome." Includes black-and-white drawings of a lascivious Salome gloating over John's head. Leaves Robert Williams in the dust.
Being Left-Handed, http://www.emf.net/~estephen/facts/lefthand.html#local
After a bloodless coup, all computer mice, potato peelers, and scissors henceforth are made for left-handers. Instead of having to respond to "Why can't you use your right hand?," sinestrals can now say to the world, "Just use your left hand--it's no big deal."
Cal Joy, associate art director
The International Association of Xena Studies, http://www.teleport.com/~gater/IAXS.html
For the flames and messed up hair--just for the Xena of it...
David Bergstad's Xena Page, http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2774/
One of my favorite snaps of Xena by the lake. At 56Kb, the splash image if worth every second of download.
Razorfish, http://www.razorfish.com
As a designer, I like to have contemporary materials at hand, and Razorfish allows access to the most innovative concepts.
Jon Zilber, editor-in-chief
Firefly, http://www.firefly.com/
An online consigliere that suggests music and movies you might like, learning from your ratings of previous suggestions.
Electric Library, http://www.elibrary.com
Works like a search engine for proprietary reference material. My favorite: transcripts of National Public Radio shows. Great for catching the piece of the story you came in late on.
William Gibson's Yardshow, http://www.vkool.com/gibson/index.html
Because it's there.
Rey Serrano, art director
The Net, http://www.thenet-usa.com
The coolest. The greatest. It will change your life. Just don't CU-SeeMe the editors after hours--some of us run around naked.
PC Gamer, http://www.pcgamer.com
Check out the virtual arcade room, and match your skills with the experts. Then prepare to die.
Playboy, http://www.playboy.com
See and speak to Ms. July 1997. I think she lied about the bachelor's degree in speech communication, but nice lingerie.
Lauren Guzak, digital media editor
Windows95.com, http://www.windows95.com
The ranks of 16-bit partisans will finally crumble, and when they do, they'll queue up at the pearly, 32-bit gates of Windows95.com.
Browserwatch, http://browserwatch.iworld.com
Originally the definitive resource for Netscape Navigator and plug-ins, Browserwatch.com '97 will be the definitive resource for Internet Explorer and ActiveX controls.
Animal Rights Law Center, http://www.animal-law.org
OK, OK, so human nature won't reverse itself this year, but the Rutgers Animal Rights Law Center is one of those small, yet irreducibly significant rays of hope that will carry us into the 21st century.
Pat Joseph, reviews editor
Discovery Channel Online, http://www.discovery.com
As bandwidth issues disappear and the Web starts to look more like television, watch for slick, well-funded, TV-driven sites like this one to lead the way in interactive entertainment and education.
The Why Files, http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu
A wonderful resource which will prove to be about as popular and profitable as PBS.
No Shitting in the Toilet, http://www.magna.com.au/~nglobe/nsitt
A great example of successful self-publishing on the Net, this off-the-beaten-path travel zine does what no corporate site could ever accomplish: revel in the pure joy of traveling without trying to sell you a load of crap.
Jon Phillips, features editor
The John Gotti Tribute Page, http://www.gotti.com/
I promise this is the last time I'll ever plug this site. But let me just say this: When I go, I hope it's in front of a steak house (a car bomb would be pretty cool, too).
Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner, http://www.daveyd.com/
D is a true hip-hop authority: He's in the game, yet retains a big-picture perspective. The freestyle message board is exactly what the online hip-hop community needs, and is entertaining link in and link out.
Turbo Regal/Grand National Home Page, http://ni.umd.edu/gnttype/www/#about
If you can find me a more bad-ass rod than the Buick Grand National, well then, mister, point me to it. Buick stopped production of the GN in 1987, but this page perpetuates the mystery.
Jason Boor, the mail room guy
He-Man Page, http://edisto.awod.com/gallery/rwav/ctyner/he-man.html
The perfect way to reminisce about your childhood--well, at least my childhood.
Movie Sounds Home Page, http://www.moviesounds.com/
A great source for samples from your favorite flicks-- "Star Wars" being my personal fave.
More Than Meets the Eye, http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~dylan/trans.html
Clips and pics from "Transformers," the coolest cartoon ever made, can now be downloaded for your own personal archive.