Links

''No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money."
--Samuel Johnson

Blogs

Bitter Shack of Resentment. Brooke Biggs. "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up".

George Monbiot: Captive State The collected articles of British journalist and author George Monbiot.

American Samizdat. American political blog.

Fanatical Apathy. A funny political blog from Adam Felber

Pepys Diary Go and keep up with the seventeenth-century joneses. A ten year long project to blog the Diary of Samuel Pepys, day-by-day.

Neil Gaiman's Journal. Neil Gaiman, author, artist, genius. You know, that guy. See what he's up to.

Wil Wheaton dot net. Wil Wheaton's blog. Yes. Wesley. Go! He's so much fun.

Kuro5hin. 'Technology and Culture from the trenches

Fan

Ex Astris Scientia. One of my favourite Trekker resource sites.

MuggleNet. For Harry Potter resources and news.

Harry Potter Lexicon. Including a spell encyclopedia, who's who, atlas and handbook of quidditch. And lots more.

Professor Snape's Dungeons. Snape and assorted Potteralia.

The Professionals Introduction. Comprehensive guide to the 70s British TV show.

Whoa. Good myth. A Firefly resource site.

To Shanshu in LA . Comprehensive (and pretty) site dedicated to Angel (the series).

Buffy Dialogue Database. Huge, comprehensive and up to date. Includes transcripts, commentary and essays.

Buffy's Domain of Delight. Episode info, multimedia, fun stuff and the largest number of Giles pictures I've seen in one place.

Ardalambion. "Of the tongues of Arda, the invented world of J.R.R. Tolkien". Guide to Tolkien's invented languages.

The Encyclopedia of Arda A reference collection for all things Tolkien. A fantastic place to geek out about footnotes.

Cursed Gold. A comprehensive fansite for Pirates of the Caribbean.

Historical Resources for Fanfic Writers. An index of historical links from prehistory to the twentieth century.

Fanfic Symposium. Fans on fans and fannishness.

Fanfiction Archives

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Media

Guardian Unlimited. "The UK's most popular newspaper website", with a leftist bent.

Newcity. Updated daily. A site listing articles on everything from news to comics from partner sites (newspapers and magazines) across the U.S.

Ms. Magazine. A U.S magazine concerning feminism and women's affairs. I particularly like the blog.

Mother Jones. Critical American magazine.

CounterPunch. A "bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month we bring our readers the stories that the corporate press never prints."

Spin Of The Day. From PrWatch.org, between the lines "daily reporting on public relations, propoganda and media spin".

Spinsanity. "Countering rhetoric with reason". Lies and deception from both the right and the left? It's all here.

The Nation. "Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865". The magazine on the net.

disinformation. "Largest and most popular alternative news and underground culture destination on the Web".

NewsTrolls. A current affairs site with a troika of contributers who represent a collective spirit dedicated to the expression of free speech through our links, articles and postings."

Corporate Watch. A UK watchdog "committed to ending the ecological and social destruction wrought by the corporate profit motive."

CorpWatch. "Holding Corporations Accountable". A US corporate watchdog.

NoLogo. Naomi Klein's baby. See what's happening in the world of corporate exploitation and global resistance.

The Philosopher's Magazine Online. Including articles, games and quotes.

Salon. A news site which now includes a quarterly contribution from the Zoetrope short story magazine.

The Onion. Famous news satire paper, with, my favourite, the not-so satricial a.v club (entertainment pages).

Daily Rotten. "News you cannot possibly use". Weird news.

Freezerbox. American news site with articles on Criticism, Kulture, Power and Sci-Tech.

Mark Fiore's Animated Political Cartoons. More palatable (and funny) online commentary.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation. A watchdog featuring news on free speech and censorship; "created to defend our rights to think, speak, and share our ideas, thoughts, and needs using new technologies."

The Institute for Public Accuracy. The IPA aims to "broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions."

Comics & Comedy

Damn Hell Ass Kings. A site collective for pop-culture randomalia and humour.

Tomato Nation Humour and comment by Sarah D. Bunting.

Fark.com For the funny side of the news.

Something Awful 'Because the internet makes you stupid'. My favourite part of this site? The photoshop parodies.

Lileks. Including the Instiute of Official Cheer and, my favourite, the Bureau of Corporate Allegory. Gently mocking Americana.

Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants. Comic strip? Comic art? Comic spoof?

T-Shirt Hell. Well, I think it's funny. Commercial site for the selling of offensive t-shirts.

So You've Decided to Be Evil. "Step by step guide to joining the forces of darkness".

Red Meat. Comic strip from the secret files of Max Cannon.

Darwin Awards. "The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in really stupid ways."

Useful

Bartelby. The reference guide?

Everything2.com . A guide to everything, by we the people. A good place to while away the hours.

Dictionary.com. Free online dictionary and thesaurus.

Encyclopedia Mythica. A source for info on mythology, folklore and legends.

The Blue Book of Grammar and punctuation. Handy dandy guide.

The Armchair Grammarian. Everything you ever wanted to know about grammar and punctuation.

NovelAdvice. A "compendium of Internet Research Resources" for writers.

The Fanfiction Glossary. Everything you ever wanted to know and were too cool to ask.

Writers University. "The most comprehensive guide to fan fiction on the internet".

International Curse Words Dictionary. Swearing from Acadian to Yiddish.

British/American, American/British dictionary. Valuable for fic translation.

The Best Of British. American's guide to Brit-speak.

Guide to Britain for the confused. Guide for johnny foreigner.

Directory of Royal Genealogical Data. For the history geek. Names, dates and family connections of royal houses, popes and saints across the world from earliest times to the present.

10,000 Year Calendar. From 0000 to 9999.

LawGuru. Legal advice and information.

RealPolice. An American law-enforcement resource.

Gratuit

Epitonic. Free MP3s in the alternative vein.

MP3.com. All kinds of music, including the weird and wonderful.

Blackmask Online. "Like getting a drink of water from a fire hydrant". Source for ex-copyrighted books in various formats.

Project Gutenberg. Free ex-copyrighted books online.