Phil's Wonderful Links!

These links are finally in a particular order! Also, I have recently gone over these links, and to the best of my knowledge they are all up to date.


Employment

America's Job Bank Main Menu
Big place. Many jobs.
College Grad Job Hunter - WWW Home Page
As they say, this page is supposed to be
devoted to getting a job for recent College
Grads.
Ohio State Business Job Finder
I don't know why I have a link to this page.
It is devoted to finding jobs in the business
world.
Philip Engdahl's Resume
Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me
Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me Hire Me
Get A Job!
Although hard to use, this place will also
attempt to link you up with a prospective
employer.
Entry Level Job Seeker Assistant
I have had a link to my resume on this page
for the past year and a half, and not a
single employer has even called about it.
I did find Eve Astrid Andersson's page here,
though.

Engineering

Australia's Telerobot On The Web
This site will let you play with their robot!
Don't expect it to be fast, though.
CAD-related software
Extra programs for AutoCAD and 3D Studio.
EDS HOME PAGE
Electronic Data Systems. Not specifically
related to engineering, but it has a lot
to do with technical stuff.
Manufacturers Information Net Home Page
This site is of particular interest to Mechanical
Engineers. It has all kinds of stuff related
to manufacturing.
The Boeing Company
Maker of airplanes.
IndustryNet
If it isn't here, maybe it doesn't exist.
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Mechanical Engineering
Links to sites related to Mechanical
Engineering. Has University sites.
Rockwell Home Page
Also makes airplanes, along with car parts,
space technology, the innards of modems,
and quite a bit more.
Catalog Services Page
One place to look for parts.
Shadow Patent Office
You can conduct a patent search on-line!
Of course, if you really want to do it well,
they want some money.
PartNet Home Page
Another place to get parts.
Mechanical Engineering (Engineering and Technology)
Links to other Mechanical Engineering
Sites.

Games

Game Reviews and Overviews

The Ultimate Warcrat II Page?
Supposedly, this site has the Warcraft 2
Alpha Demo
The Gamer's Ledge
Just another review/announce game page.
Raptor's Warcraft and Warcraft2 page
Very cool page devoted to Warcraft.
The Game Info Station
Onethumb's Games and rumors site.
NUKE Home Page
This is an entertainment reviewing site.
They have movies, computer games, and
more here.
Games Domain - Games related information site
Very good site in the UK.

Places to get Games

The NetHack Home Page
NetHack, despite what it sounds like, is not
a network multi-player game. It is the current
incarnation of Hack, or Rogue, as it used to
be known. Nethack is probably the single
best ASCII text RPG ever created.
Pacific HiTech Home Page
This is an FTP site. Really. It carries many
many games.
Happy Puppy Software Games Onramp Home Page
Only the best of the 'net. This is by far
the coolest page for gaming anywhere.
Lord Soth's Games on the Internet
Has all the latest shareware--Probably the
single most complete list of shareware
software in the world.

FAQ's, cheats, etc.

Kodes
Want those MK3 Kodes? Get 'em here.
Remote DOOM FAQ
DOOM FAQ
Unofficial Mechwarrior II FAQ Part 2
Part 2 contains info on how to play the
game, cheats, etc.

Multi-Player Internet Gaming

Netrek Home Page
Netrek is an old real-time internet game,
based on Star Trek. It is fun and fast,
but it is hard to learn, and you will be jeered
at if you don't know what you are doing.
Multiplayer Games and Simulations - Portland, Oregon
A fairly complete description of multiplayer
games and how to play them.
MUDs (Multi-User Dimensions)
Links to MUDs. If you don't belong to at
least one MUD, your life is meaningless.
PCBolo
A long time ago, this only existed on the
Mac. Back then, the programmer said it
would NEVER be put on a PC.
Stellar Crisis
Stellar Crisis. Online space conquest
game in real time.
KALI Home Page
This is the real KALI page. It is not as
cool as the other one, but it is more
informative. KALI allows multiplayer games
over the internet.
Kali-Internet Gaming
Check this out if you are interested in
playing multi-player network games over
the Internet!

Game Company Home Pages

Electronics Arts Home Page
This has the Origin Page, the Bullfrog Page,
and a few others.
Sega Saturn
I don't have one of these, but if you do,
you might want to look at this page.
Blizzard Entertainment Home Page
The company that brought us Warcraft
and Warcraft II.
MicroProse
MicroProse is the strategy gaming giant
that brought us Civilization and Master
of Orion.

Graphics

Texture Land
Cool textures of all kinds.
MPEG Movie Archive
You want movies? Here they are! This is
one of the most popular sites on the entire
Web, so they are often busy. They have
MANY cool MPEG animations.
Tristan's MPEG Page - MPEG Resources on the Web
This page has links to all kinds of MPEG
related pages.
Computer Graphics
This page has quite a few links to other
pages devoted to computer graphics.
The Graphic Utilities' Site & Version FAQ
Definitely the place to look for new
Graphics utilities and updates.
Vern's SIRDS Gallery
Links to places with Stereographic images.
You know- those funny looking pictures of
dots that everyone can see the 3D image in
except you?
Ftp site with pictures
This ftp site has a good collection of
fantasy art.
M.C. Escher's Virtually Gone Gallery
This page has links to other pages with
M.C. Escher Pictures.

3D Stuff

Suspended Animation Web Sites
This site has links to other sites related
to computer graphics.
3DS Objects
This page is in Germany, so it can be slow
when accessed from the USA. However,
it has an extensive list of object files for
3D Studio.
Gary Turner's 3D Studio Link page
This page has links to pages of interest
to users of Autodesk's 3D Studio program.
Avalon Ftp Site
Avalon has traditionally been the main
repository of files related to 3D imaging,
including Pov-Ray and 3D studio.
3D Studio
The 3D Studio FAQ is here, along with
hundreds of links to various pages.
Loonlink BBS
Loonlink is an internet BBS with forums and
files devoted to 3D modelling. You need
the First Class client to get in.
PhotoModeler 3D Web Links
This page has links to other pages of
interest.

Hardware

Manufacturers Link
This page has a link to just about every
hardware manufacturer on the 'Net.
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
Diamond primarily makes video cards, but
they also make sound cards and modems.
Motorola World-Wide-Web Server
Motorola makes products related to
communications.
Epson America
Epson makes printers.
Diamond -- Fixes and Opinion
This is not really the Diamond Multimedia
home page. This page is devoted to
identifying problems with Diamond products
and fixing them. It is also devoted to griping
about said problems.
Creative Labs
Creative Labs makes the only truly compatible
sound cards on the market. I found this out
the hard way. They also make modems
and video cards, like Diamond.

Humor

OZONE
Dr. Ozone has some pretty buttons.
The hall of Shame
Just when you thought the Web couldn't get
any worse... You will find the absolute worst,
and I do mean WORST, looking pages on the
entire Web here.
Nitpicker Central Home Page
Star Trek Nitpicker's Cental - Home of the
famous Nitpicker's Guide to Star Trek books!
The Imagination Homepage of David de Vitry
Excellent page. Contains MadLib link,
in-line comics, the page of a million links,
and more.
The Comic Strip
United Media's page. This page has links
to syndicated strips on the Web.
The Dilbert Zone
If you don't check out the Dilbert Zone on
a regular basis, you're a weenie.
Daily Comics on the Web
These are in-lined comics, which means
that they all appear on your screen
simultaneously. This page can take a while.
Gadget Guru!
Although you can no longer buy a remote
control that looks like a Star Trek phaser
from this site, it has links to other interesting
gadget sites.
The Garden of Eden
I had a crush on this person for about a
week after I first saw this page. Her page
is probably the single best individual user's
page I have ever seen, and I haven't even
seen it all!

Internet Computer Dealers

Cyberian Outpost Home Page
Cyberian Outpost is a new site, but they
seem to be up on what's hot and what's not.
NECX Direct Login Page
NECX is the single coolest Internet distibuter
in existance. Not only do they have thousands
of products, excellent prices, and a secure
site, but there is no tax in California, and
items arrive within about 3-5 days.
Computer Shopper
Computer Shopper- brought to you by Ziff-
Davis Publishing company, this is the
computer "Bible". This site has only the
articles and links to their advertiser's
home pages.
Computer Direct Wholesale
This ugly page has not been worked on
much, but you can comparison shop here.
Egghead All You Need To Know
Egghead Software's Home Page. You can
buy software on-line.
CanTek Microsystems -- Umatilla, Fla.
This page has some great design work.
The prices are OK, too.
Diamond Technologies
Another pretty page. Currently under
construction, but they have some good
deals.
VCC COMPUTER CATALOG
Another small business setting up shop
on the web.
Total Systems, Inc. Home Page
Low Prices, high inventory. Now supports
Netscape 2.0.
CDM Distributor's Home Page on the Internet
This company is in Indiana. Another pretty
page.
INTERTECH COMPUTERS HOME PAGE
Another small business with low overhead.
HiQ computers
Has a cool form-based quotation feature.
Motherboard Specsheet
Want to know how one motherboard stacks
up against another? Check this out.
PYRAMID COMPUTER PRODUCTS
Nice tables-based pricing system.
Corporate Systems Center
The best wholesaler of SCSI devices and
hard drives I have ever seen. Their
prices cannot be beaten.
The PC catalog on GOPHER
Listings of just about everything you
can think of for your computer. Many small
businesses advertise here, and it is always
up to date. Check here first!
Internet Shopping Network
Very large, very good Internet vendor.
This site is very similar to NECX, but the
prices are slightly higher.
DAKCO PC Products Division, Inc.
Another small company with low overhead.
Home of the Steelblue line of products.
LOGIC COMPUTERS: Dallas, Texas
Another local company. They probably
specialize in systems, but you might be
able to get parts.

Internet Resources

CGI Scripting Pages

A while ago I had to look for some CGI
scripts, which let you do interesting things
with your home page, such as adding a
counter and putting in animations.
The CGI Collection
Interactive Model Railroad - Software Pieces
perlWWW
NetForum Home
Matt's Script Archive
GIFs on the FLY
Mooncrow's CGI/PERL Source Page
Jason P Schanuel's Nifty Scripts Page
Teleport CGI Scripts
Scripts for Web Pages
Rasmus' Home Page
WWW FAQ: Can I safely allow my users to run their own CGI scripts?

Web Page Counter Services

These links take you to places which will
give you a counter for your home page.
Internet Audit Bureau(tm)
Web-Counter Home Page
wusage 3.2
HTML Access Counter 4.0
Creative Element World Wide Web Production: Counters

DejaNews Research Service - query form
This link will search through all the Usenet
articles for a text string. Very cool.
Welcome to Britannica Online
The entire Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online! Only problem- they want money.
UPS Home Page
United Parcel Service. Track your package
on-line!
L'Hotel Chat
A place that will allow you to chat with
other people in (semi) real-time.
Snoopie Internet File Finder
Snoopie does what Archie used to do, which
is this: if you know the name of the file you
want, you ask Snoopie, and they tell you
where you can get it by anonymous FTP.
MacSwami's Mac Resource Page
Normally, I'm not a Mac person, but I thought
I'd add a few Mac pages just for the heck
of it.
Andrew's MacTCP Drive-Thru
This page catalogues Mac internet software.
If you're a Mac user, check this page out!
Welcome to Real Audio !
Real Audio is a plug in for Netscape which
allows sound to come out immediately after
you click on the link. Sound quality STINKS,
though.
The Macintosh Software Catalog
Like it says, you can get Mac software here.
Quote.Com Home Page
Get an up-to-the-minute stock quote.
The American Stock Exchange - The Smarter Place to Be
More stock stuff.
Stroud's CWSApps List - Main Menu
This page lists all the latest and greatest
Internet apps for Windows 3.1 and 95.
This is probably the single most indispensible
page on the entire Web.
California Weather
Get the weather forcast for sunny California!
THE NETCENTER
The center of the Internet- so they claim.
Just about everything you can think of is
on this page, including blinking text.
UC 153 On-Line Internet Resources
How-to page on many aspects of the
Internet in general.
HTML Developer's JumpStation
Hints on how to write HTML code.
VDOLive Armchair
This is a plug-in for Netscape that will
play a movie as it downloads it from the
Web. This works pretty well, and the audio
is better than RealAudio.

Links Pages

Search Engine Central
This page has links to places with more
links.
Starting Point
An alternative to Yahoo for finding interestng
pages.
Infoseek
Infoseek- The best way to find things on
the Web.
Point Communications --> Top Sites
This is the place that rates pages, and
decides that some are good enough to
rate within the top 5% of the web.

Literature

Shakespeare Homepage
The complete text of all of Shakespeare's
works on-line, in a searchable index!
Literary Links
This page has links to things that have
to do with books. Do you remember what
a book is?
Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature Page
Um, literature in English. What it has to
do with space is beyond me.
Yahoo - Art:Literature
More links to things that have to do with
books.
Learning Tool - Literature
Even more links to things related to books.
Maybe one of these links will actually have
some literature.
Fiction Plus
This guy has created a really cool home
page, with all kinds of things related to
books. Check out the horror pages and
banned books page!

Local

Hole in the Wall
This is my brother, Peter Engdahl's home
page. He's into poetry.
Philip Engdahl's Home Page
My home page. You're on it right now.
SnowCrest Home Page
I work for SnowCrest. Snowcrest is the
local Internet provider, and is a family
run business.

Magazines

Electronic Magazines
The definitive e-Zine resource. A Zine is
an amateur magazine. An e-Zine is an
amateur magazine on the internet. Any
questions?
Discover Magazine
Maybe you could save the subscription
price.
Techweb
CMP's Techweb- this site is probably mostly
of interest to information providers, but it
does have links to many computer magazines.

Miscellaneous

Schools on the Net
Supposedly, on March 9, 1996, 'Netday'
will occur. Thousands of engineers will
spontaneously work all day long to put
every school in California on the Net.
Paramount Pictures
This is without a doubt one of the coolest
sites on the Web. It is home to, among
others, the Star Trek Voyager page.
WebMuseum: The WebMuseum network
Check out the fine art!

Music

Sheet Music on CD-ROM(tm) Other Resources
This is actually a page of links to places
with sheet music. The Celestin company
is only interested in selling you one rather
boring looking CD with sheet music on it.
Music Boulevard
Music Store on-line. Very cool.
Harmony Music List
This is a list of lots of sites having to do
with music on the Net. Courtesy of UCSD.

Roller Coasters

SIX FLAGS
Specifically, the Batman ride.
Roller Coaster FAQ
This is the FAQ for the Usenet group
rec.roller-coaster.

Windows 95

Windows95 Annoyances
And how to fix them.
Microsoft Windows 95 Home Page
Microsoft's Official Windows 95 Page.
Frank Condron's Windows 95 Page
One of the better Windows 95 pages,
when it is available. Caution- the main
page is BIG.
The Windows 95 QAID
The Question and Answer Document.
Very informative.
Randy's Windows 95 Resource Center
Lots of info on how to get Windows 95 to
work.
Net Ex Unofficial Windows 95 Software Archive!
Ftp site with all kinds of Windows 95 stuff.
--- Win95 Stuff ---
Skull and Sam^'s Windows 95 page,
mirrored here in America. It is originally
published in Germany, and has a slightly
different feel.
Win95-L Windows95 FAQ
A Windows 95 FAQ in HTML.
Windows 95 Tips
More nifty things you can do.


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