sor truly be hiding from the mob? If the answers
to these questions keep you up at night check
out Black-Ops—before it’s shut down, that is.
An alphabetized listing of conspiracy theories
ranging from Area-51 to Loch Ness to the New
Mexico desert gives you access to information
you may not be ready for—but you owe it to
yourself to find out. FColagiovanni
MOVIES
Filmdug
Filmbug.com
Trying to find the right movie for a date? Boning
up on your movie trivia? Stalking your favorite
movie star? Updated daily, filmbug.com features
plot summaries and cast lists of new releases and
less current films. The site is chock full of
Academy Award listings, biographies, birthdays,
and movie polls. Searches for movies or stars
bring up links with the expected—reviews, MPAA
ratings—and the unexpected—a nearly nude
Antonio Banderas or Jennifer Lopez. HHubbard
Moviesounds
Moviesounds.com
Have you ever wished your computer could talk
like they do in the movies? Well now it can.
Moviesounds.com has a complete, well-organized
catalog of sound clips from some of the most
popular movies of the 80s and 90s. If you want
Ferris Bueller on your answering machine or the
voice of Morpheus from The Matrix as your shut
down sound—or if you want to wake up your
roommate with Robin Williams screaming “Good
morning Vietnam," check out this site.
FColagiovarmi
Movie mistakes
Movie-mistakes.com
Does Kate Winslet have a tattoo on her arm in
Titanic? Is Indiana Jones in the crowd at the
podrace in The Phantom Menace? Can you spot
a film discrepancy at 50 feet? Then check out
movie-mistakes.com. Loaded with some of
Hollywood’s best films, and best mistakes, you
can also submit or correct as desired. Read the
latest movie news and reviews, and “watch films
differently." EFeick
STUDY HELP
Novelguide
novelguide.com
Lit-101 just got a little easier. If you’re looking for
summaries, character profiles, theme and
metaphor analysis, quotes or author bios for the
books on your syllabus, you’ll likely find them at
novelguide.com. With titles ranging from Alice in
Wonderland to Wuthering Heights it’s a good,
cheap alternative to Cliffs Notes. It’s still no sub
stitute for reading the book but if you’re unpre
pared for class discussion at 9am on a Monday
morning, you can’t beat it. FColagiovanni
Funk&Wagnalls
funkandwagnalls.com
My first exposure to Funk & Wagnalls was when I
was a little kid and my mom got it to help with
my homework—it was a pile of brown books.
That was then, funkandwagnalls.com is now. It’s
an easy to navigate and simple to use online
resource for anyone looking for quick informa
tion on a broad range of topics. Combining an
encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas and
media gallery (photos, animations, interactive
content), it has a little something for everyone.
FColagiovanni
TRAVEL
Frommer's
frommers.com
If you have ever spent time researching travel, or
looking through the travel section at your local
bookstore, you have likely come across the name
Arthur Fommer. He is a travel guru, and
frommers.com is the new media home for this
acclaimed travel expert. Fortunately, it is not just
an electronic reprint of his BudgetTravel maga
zine; rather, it is a separate entity offering a daily
newsletter, advice, travel ideas, message boards
and links. Perhaps the best thing about this site
is that its candor is not disrupted by big
money/big business like so many other travel
sites. Its candid opinions are presented on a
clean, nicely framed site with fast uploads—a
good resource for any traveler. MDougherty
Lonely Planet
Lonelyplanet.com
The famed off-the-beaten track guidebook series
offers its services for free on the web, with
advice for the frugal backpacker setting out for
destinations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
Lonely Planet eschews traditional tourist
approaches to travelling, refusing to hold your
hand. Instead, it offers all the essential advice
necessary to safely travel the world on your own,
as well as rich cultural background. At the end of
each entry (categorized by country and city) it
offers reading suggestions ranging from essential
health handbooks to “The Odyssey” for travelers
to Greece. CDavenport
FOR FUN
The Periodic Table of Funk
www.toshistation.com/funk/funiLhtni
L Silky is the funkiest chemistry professor you
will ever find. I mean, c’mon, he wears a purple
pinstripe suit. Silky speaks in jive as he goes
through all the elements like T, the Mr. T ele
ment, or F, Bruce Lee’s fist. Clicking on each ele
ment brings you to a small lesson on a crucial
individual or item in 70s funk history that corre
sponds to the first letter of the element. When
you’re done going through the periodic table,
return to the station entrance and explore some
more. Ya dig? TMaor
Black comedy
Fadetodlack.com
Instead of retelling ridiculous jokes based on
incredible scenarios, fadetoblack.com succeeds in
presenting the inherent humor in everyday life
that most people are too uptight to recognize.
From highlighting the absurdities of contempo
rary civil rights leaders (Why do they have to
rhyme all the time? D’oh!) to their Dumb Quote
of the Day, usually victimizing notable Hollywood
role models, Fade to Black’s humor is aimed most
harshly towards its readers, as they are the ones
who celebrate the idiocy that FadetoBlack.com
presents as humor. JLowenthal