Dave's Recommended Links

Jokes, One-Liners and Assorted Amusement from HCG (added 12/29/98) Plenty of Jokes. Includes top ten lists, Clinton jokes, Bill Gates jokes, drinking humor, and -- of course -- lots of sex jokes.

How Stuff Works (added 1/25/98) Explanations of how TVs, automobile motors, computers, and other things work.

Boycott Microsoft Homepage Publicizes anticompetitive practices by the large software maker. Encourages consumers to try similar products from other companies instead of relying on Microsoft's brand name. This site has some interesting articles. A list of alternative products by Microsoft's competitors should be added soon.

Star Trek Lost Episode (joke)

Netscape NetCenter Includes several search engines, links arranged by categories, and downloadable files.

Netscape Communicator is really good. You can download version 4.5 for free from NetCenter. It includes a web browser, email/news reader, webpage editor and AOL Instant Messenger

Free QNX demo This demo fits on a single 1.44 meg floppy. It includes an operating system called QNX, a graphical interface called Photon, a web browser from Spyglass, and a puzzle game. (added 12/17/98)

The full version of QNX is now free for non-commercial use. You can order a CD from the website. The software license is free, but they charge around $30 to cover the cost of the media (CDs) and shipping.

nVidia They make the TNT and GeForce graphics cards. They also bought the Voodoo line from 3dfx. You should be able to get a Voodoo 3 for around $100, I think.

SonicBlue S3 Inc. bought Diamond Multimedia, the makers of the excellent Monster 3D video cards. (Diamond also made modems and soundcards.) Then S3 named the combined company SonicBlue. Updated device drivers and demos can be found there.

Red Hat Homepage Red Hat offers a version of Linux. Red Hat Linux has support for a wide variety of PC hardware including videocards, soundcards, CD-ROM drives etc. It comes with an optional graphical interface. Red Hat Linux is free to download here. (Don't do that unless you have broadband.) Or you can mail order it on CD for about $50. (I got version 4.2 for $30.) You can have Linux and Windows installed on the same computer simultaneously. Red Hat also offers applications for Linux, including an office suite called Applixware. (Linux is a version of UNIX that works on IBM compatible computers including some 386 machines.)

Mirabilis Homepage Mirabilis is an Israeli company that offers free internet software. Their program ICQ allows users to see when their friends ("contacts") are logged onto the internet. AOL bought Mirabilis and the ICQ software.

Jokes Page
Tons of jokes. Includes a search engine. You can search according to type (one-liner, story); category (dirty jokes, insults, blonde jokes, etc); or quality rating from 1 to 10.

PC Terminology Encyclopedia
Lookup explanations of computer terms. Includes links to related sites.

ZDNET Publishing
Find articles from PC Magazine and Computer Shopper online

Apple Computer
Website for the company that created the Macintosh and one of the first graphical user interfaces. Considering buying a computer? Consier the PowerMacintosh G3 or G4, or the iMac.

Amiga Computer
Amiga had multimedia and multitasking ages before Microsoft released Windows 95. The AmigaOS had a graphical user interface way back in 1985. A new version of AmigaOS is in the works. The Amiga computers used to be made by Commodore Business Machines. Gateway bought the Amiga technology and planned to release new Amiga machines, but they backed off and sold the Amiga rights.

Bored.Com
A grab bag of weird stuff. If you are immature (like me), check out the Farts page. If you are morbid (like me), check out The Death Clock.