LAND OF LINKIN'
Mark Time's all-purpose Bookmarks/Favorites/Useful
Links, sorted (when possible) by subject matter. In progress 9/5/01...suggestions
welcome here!
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball's official corporate
site
Minor League Baseball
MarkTime
Ballpark Reviews - includes links to each team, and to pictures of
old and proposed new parks
Baseball
Quotes and other humor
Baseball Weekly
Many pix of old parks on ballparks.com
Go see the Kids in the Hall
of Fame
Sportsline Baseball
Statistics
The statoholic's dream...Total
Baseball
J-Ball
- Japanese Baseball, from an American fan in Japan
Anaheim Angels - my
local team now, alas
Chicago Cubs - keep up with the
old home-town team
Cubs' 1969
lineup
Los Angeles Dodgers - get a
lot of press around here for some reason
Oakland A's - my AL
team of choice
San Francisco Giants - another
former home-city team
CITY PLANNING
LA Conservancy
- city architecture and design
Delirious
LA - Architecture and Urban Design Events in LA
FUN-HOUSE
My "Home" page
The Onion - America's Finest
News Source
News Of The Weird -
Also hilarious, though mostly all true?!?
Ask Dr. Science!
Duck's Breath group
Get
Fuzzy - comic strip
One
Big Happy - comic strip
This Modern World
- Tom Tomorrow cartoons, commentary
Will Durst - political commentary
Mother
Jones Magazine
Harry Shearer - satire,
radio, and lots of Simpsons voices [being remodeled?]
Shrubonics del
Duh-Bya (closed??)
The "Darwin Awards"
Michael "Roger & Me" Moore / The
Awful Truth
Childhood
Memories of Food (BoomerBaby.com)
Soft Drinks, past and
Present
Def
Dedication! - Casey at the Mic (.wav file)
Negativland
Yahoo! Negativland
message board
'Scuse Me While I Kiss This
Guy - Baking carrot buscuits
"Brick a Brand"
and other wacky games
Solitare,
an "educational" game from the Travel Channel
Freecell,
Yahoo style
Waste
of Time
HIKING/Biking
Bike Paths in Los Angeles
BikeStation
Long Beach
Bikes on
Transit
Orange County Trails
MAPS
National Geographic
- map section harder to use than before
Mapblast
- especially to get a city map without a full address
Expedia
- clean, though not always detailed
Mapquest - ads slow things down and take up space
50states.com - state maps,
info, capitals, etc
Color Landform Atlas
of the United States - also including counties
Netscape Maps
Directorys
MOVIES
Movies : Classic Sci-Fi Movies : All
time favorite movie quotes
Cashiers
du Cinemart Online
Charles
Schneider mini-biography
Wasting Time on Bad Movies (by the
makers of Thrift Score): Main
Page
Buzz Kilman's
Drive-in Reviews - a fan of "quality kills"
Svengoolie's
Movie Poll
Moviefone
- reference for current films, theatres
Internet Movie Database
MUSIC
Tower Records
Yahoo! Swing Out Sister message Board
Yahoo! Basia message board
Pop/Rock
Music Collection & trades
NEWSPAPERS
Inland
Empire Online (Riverside Press-Enterprise)
La Dog-Trainer
(Los Angeles Times) [archives for a price only!]
LaTimes - Orange
edition
LA Weekly
OC Weekly
OC Cage-Liner
(Orange County Register)
Chicago
Sun-Times
Newspaper links
More links...fewer
papers, but cleaner and easier to use
RADIO - Stations and Networks
National Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio - Ideas
Network
Wisconsin Public Radio - NPR
News & Classical Music Network
KCRW - NPR/Santa Monica College
KCSN - Cal State-Northridge
KLON - Cal State-Long Beach
KPCC - Minnesota Public Radio/Pasadena
City College
KPFK - Pacifica
KUCI - UC-Irvine
KUCR - UC-Riverside
KUSC - University
of Southern Cal
KVCR - NPR/San Bernardino Valley
College
Weatheradio
Canada
RADIO - Lists/References/Articles
My favorite
local radio programs list
My Bay
Area station list
My Las
Vegas station list
My Southern
California station list
My Chicagoland
Radio History list
Gruesome, gory details on the many lives of 94.7
in Chicago
Tim Noonan - Wisconsin
area radio
Robert Feder
- Chicago Sun-Times (Tues-Fri)
Gary Lycan
- Orange County Register (Sundays)
radio-info.com
- still more LA radio news
radiostation.com - station
lists, location maps
Broadcast Station Locator
Page
Radio & Records - ratings,
music charts
FCC - Mass Media Bureau
AM Query - search
the FCC database, such as it is
FM Query
- not exactly up-to-the-minute either
AM Stereo
Stations
A Cappella Singers - Doo
Wop Radio Shows
Blue Highway
- Blues Radio Shows
Fat Music Radio Network
- KFAT homage page, music shows online
Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy links - some work, some don't (he's just
this guy, you know?)
Hour 25 homage page -
the greatest science fiction radio program I have NEVER heard?!
Harlan Ellison's
homepage
RADIO - Airchecks
Airchecks R Us
- Yahoo! message board
My tape
collection list - such as it is
My Station Tapeable
List
My "Most
Wanted" list
Tape-Trading
Guidelines
Bobonradio
- Boston area radio, tape lists
Other tape-trading
market lists
Metro Golden Memories -
old radio show store in Chicago
Yahoo! Airchecks
R Us message board
eGroups Airchecks
message board
RADIO - DXing
Glenn Hauser's World
of Radio
Weatheradio
Canada
ACE - Association of Clandestine
Enthusiasts
WTFDA -
TV & FM DX Association
Hobby Broadcasting
- low-power/"pirate" radio and TV
Popular Communications
- radio hobbyist magazine
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(domestic)
RCI - Radio Canada International
Deutsche Welle - German international
Radio
BBC World
Service - British Broadcasting Corporation international radio
AFRTS - American Forces Radio
& Television Service
VOA - Voice of America, aka your
tax dollars at work, for overseas consumption only
REFERENCE
50states.com - state maps, info,
capitals, etc
Munisource - links to links
for most city, state and provincial governments
Color Landform Atlas of
the United States - also including counties
Bureau of Engraving
and Printing - Dep't of the Treasury
Earthquakes
- US Geological Survey/Pasadena
Dogpile - multi-engine search
party
Northern Lights - great
at times, when not bogged down by paid listings
How Stuff Works - basic
reference
Introduction
to HTML - U of Toronto
Fill-out
FORMs in HTML
Dictionary.com
Word of the Day
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster
Translations
- for text or Web pages
Internet Public Library -
book reference from University of Michigan
Fullerton Public
Library
The Weather Channel
RESTAURANTS
Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles
- My kind of brunch!
Del Taco - local rival to
Taco Hell [site under construction]
Yoshinoya -
Japanese-owned teriyaki chicken & "beef bowl" chain
Fresh Choice
- salad and soup bars, in northern California, central Texas, Seattle area
Souper Salad - salad
and soup bars, in
Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes
- salad and soup bars, in
Steak N Shake (wake up
folks, it's NOT fast food!)
Bishop's Buffet/Furr's
Cafeteria - cafeteria-style buffets in Iowa and southwest US
In & Out Burgers - for
that in & out urge
Sonic Drive-Ins - the
hedgehog of carhop chains
Skyline Chili - Cincinnati-style
chili
Weinerschnitzel - not
a Chicago or New York dog, but when stuck out west...
Kopp's - frozen custard in Milwaukee
Cracker Barrel -
franchise home cookin'
Waffle House - no waffling
about my favorite breakfast
CiCi's Pizza - not authentic,
but great for the price (especially the buffet!)
Jack's - odd
little burger & lunch chain in Alabama
Wendy's/Tim Horton Donuts -
somewhat uncommon out there
Farmer Boys - Hey, you
gave me too much food! (moving west from Inland Empire)
Baker's
Drive-Thru - Great Food Close To Home (if home is near Riverside)
White Castle -
home of the gut-bomb
Vienna Beef -
Chicago hot dog tradition, whose yellow signs show up occasionally out
here too!
SHIPPING
Airborne Express
DHL
FedEx - aka Federal Express
FedEx Supplies
- sporatic service
United Parcel Service
United
States Postal Service - general information
USPS Zip
Code Lookup - including zip+4
Canada Post/Postes
Canada
TELEVISION
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service,
with a grant from the [ _fill-in-blank_
] Corp.
KCET - PBS Los Angeles/28
KLCS
- educational Los Angeles/58
KOCE - PBS/educational Huntington
Beach/50
KVCR-TV - PBS San Bernardino/24
ABC - American Broadcasting
Company, aka the Mouse House
CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System/Infinity/Viacom/Paramount/etc
FOX - a public service
of The News Corp.
NBC - National Broadcasting Company,
rive from Rybia tonight....
PAX - Paxson Network, a subsidiary
of NBC
UPN - United Paramount
Network, pending assimilation by the CBS Borg?
the WB - Animaniacs,
aka Warner Brothers
Low Power TV USA
- not to be confused with....
TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Nuthouse
My station "tapeable"
list
This Hour Has 22
Minutes - CBC satirical news show
Yahoo! Royal
Canadian Air Farce message board
TV Party Tonight!
Northern
Exposure links
The Prisoner
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - Sci-Fi
Channel
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 - (unofficial) Gizmonic
Institute
The Persuaders
TRANSIT - Associations, Info
My Transit
Page
American Public Transit Association
- transit links
So.CA.TA - Southern California
Transit Advocates
RAOC - Rail Advocates
of Orange County
Odyssey - Transit Agency-oriented
Sacramento group
SoCal Transit page
Transi2000
- Yahoo! message board
North
American Light Rail - Yahoo! message board
Subways of the
World
Light
Rail in California
Transit Rider
Charles Hobbs' Transit
page
Kymberleigh Richards' Transit
Insider
California Transit Links
Friends 4 Expo
- advocating new light-rail LA-Santa Monica (am on their message boards
sometimes)
Transportation and Public Transit, An
Online Lesson (a transit-user's training "course")
Electric Railway Historical
Association of Southern California - the "Red Car" fans
Trainweb - mostly into the
long-haul freight and passenger, but a bit of local rail too
TrainWeb - Fullerton, Santa Ana WebCams
BusFan
- LA, Orange, other bus photos
California Transit
- statewide coverage, including lots of links
Links to transit
advocates (mostly Canadian)
The New, New Electric Railway Journal
- online version of former rail magazine
Transit
Gazette - Portland OR (not updated since 1999, but some useful
links)
AORTA
- The Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates
The Transit Times
- Chula Vista CA (metro San Diego)
Transit
Gloria Mundi - rail videos (ones I've seen on A&E were good)
Socaltip - Southern California
Transit info
Streetcar
Boy
More general
transit info
Stalking the Wild Bus
Stop
TRANSIT - Systems, Districts
APTA US transit links
APTA California
transit links
Foothill Transit -
San Gabriel Valley/east Los Angeles County
Long Beach Transit
LADOT -
city of Los Angeles
LAMTA - metro Los Angeles
Big Blue Bus - aka Santa Monica
Municipal Bus Lines
Metrolink - southern
California commuter rail
OCTA - Orange County
OCTA
Bus Routes - updated to 9/9/01
Omnitrans - southwest San
Bernardino County
RTA - western Riverside County
San Diego
transit - one-stop shopping for the county's several transit districts
Sunlink - Palm Springs/Coachella
Valley
Monorails - the society
for big trains on little tracks
Transtar - southern
California transit routing (misses San Diego!?)
OTIS
- San Diego-centric transit planner
Ventura County Transportation
Commission - has own version of Transtar, too
Bay Area Transit Information
CTA - Chicago Transit
Authority
TRANSIT - Museums
Seashore Trolley Museum -
Kennebunkport ME
Illinois Railway Museum - Union
Orange Empire Rail Museum -
Perris CA
Baltimore Streetcar
Museum - MD
Market Street Historic Streetcars
(F/Market line) - San Francisco CA
New York City Subway
Museum
Fullerton Railroad
Days
TRAVEL
My Travel
pages - trip stories, notes
Yahoo! County
Collectors' message board
County-Counting Maps
Automobile Club of Southern
California (AAA/ACSC)
Expedia
Travelocity
State
Tourism links
CHI Blue
- Chicago tourism, info links
Indiana Dep't of
Transportation - info for IN and surrounding states
50states.com - state info
Motel 6 - will put your lights
out for you
Super 8
Trailside
Motels
Amtrak
Greyhound -
Green Tortoise - adventure
bus travel
National Park Service
Roadside America (kitschy,
garish and goofy tourist spots)
ZINES
My Zines
page
APA Centauri - official APA
site
APA Centauri's Yahoo
message board
APA Centauri's eGroups
message board
Obscure Store and Reading
(Obscure Publications)
Working For
Change - political action
Adjammers
- Billboards edited for discontent
LA Weekly (Los Angeles)
OC Weekly (Orange County)
The Onion
Angelfire
&TC.
In The
Crease - minor-league hockey
Angelfire Web-pages
Yahoo! mail
Yahoo! message boards
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