Sites of the Moment
 

Every now and then, I come across a site I want to share with people...then I forget it. Damnit!

I will use this new topic to post those sites that are either useful, funny, or just stupid. Feel free to contribute your own as well.

--I am an avid road geek. I like learning about highways, driving them, seeing pictures of them, whatever. By accident, I've become a regular on the misc.transport.road ng now. Here are a few of my personal faves:

kurumi.com: Contains the 3-digit interstate section. Very informative...more info than most people would care to know.

The End US Highway Page: A listing of all the US highways, with their beginning and endpoints...pics too in many cases.

The International House of Zzyzx: Lots of cool stuff beyond the Interstate Highway List

AARoads.com: Highway signs, photos, etc.

Other sites of interest or disinterest to you:

touristguy.com: I find this site to be ridiculously funny. Sort of a new version of "Where's Waldo?" (Note: photo heavy, takes a bit to load on 56K)

I am a fan of webcams (for the scenery...not the naked chicks):

View of the St. Louis skyline from the Mississippi River

The Nomecam (from Nome, Alaska)

Various webcams from the Buffalo area: I keep meaning to look at these during the day...I'm curious to see what it looks like up there right now.

The Wing Bowl website: The mere fact that this is listed under the "sports" section is funny enough. For non-Philadelphians, the Wing Bowl is an event hosted by 610-WIP sports radio. Leading up to the event, people try to qualify for it by eating a ton of food in a certain amount of time. Then, the qualifiers go to the Wing Bowl and try to eat the most chicken wings. This is the 10th year of the Wing Bowl, and it has grown to the point that it is held at the First Union Center, and attracted 12,000 people last year...at 6am in the morning. It is truly a spectacle...and only solidifies Philadelphia's place as the fattest city in the United States.

Thanks for posting these links, Sycamore! I particularly like the End US Highway page, as it has US 6 on it. I lived most of my life in Bishop, CA and for a while lived north of Bishop right off of US 6, so I would always see the point where they took the picture. Recently they added a sign mentioning how long US 6 is and where it ends, so it was very interesting to see all of this. Maybe someday I will travel the whole length of US 6...

Very cool. I've only driven on US 6 once, as it goes through the suburbs of Chicago.

One of these days, I'll drive the entire length of US 50. I've seen its beginning point in Ocean City, MD, and have also driven large stretches of it in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

I like the interstates and all, but you see even more driving the old US highways. US 61 is another one of my favorites.

50 runs right by my house. Jenni and I drive on it every day. :)

I'm relatively close to US 50 as well, which runs through Carson City, NV.

Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: For those unfamiliar, it is in the Canadian Maritimes. The Newfoundland part is an island that has its own time zone (1 1/2 hours ahead of US Eastern time). Labrador is on the Canadian landmass. From what I've seen, it's a beautiful place to visit. I'd love to go there sometime. You can download a free screensaver with pictures of the province.

St. Pierre and Miquelon: A small group of islands owned by France, just off the southern end of Newfoundland. Again, another little fascinating place I'd like to visit. Of course, I don't know French.

And of course, some of my favorite places online these days...job sites. :rolleyes:

HotJobs

Headhunter.net

Monster

Net-temps

Lastly...

Philadelphia: Come to our wonderful city! Eat a cheesesteak and a soft pretzel. Go to the Art Museum and climb the steps just like Rocky did. Check out South Street. SPEND YOUR MONEY BABY!!! (Watch out for the hotel deals that are offered on the site...apparently, they're not as good as they're made out to be.)

The Cellar - Heh. You know I like this one.

MSNBC - I'm addicted. There's something about MSNBC that I really like, and I always have. I've been going here for news for some 4 years now.

DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK - I'd be lying if I said I didn't spend a lot of time here.

Apple - MacWorld San Francisco is Monday, and they're hyping it up. It's driving me nuts to watch - I want to know!

and really, that's all I visit on the web with any regularity. Other than that, I'm working or something. Of course, I spend a lot of time reading, and I have those sites at home in bookmarks - I'll post 'em later. Definitely some fascinating stuff.

This here is the "Web Guide" on my personal site...it's basically my bookmarks file Yahooified. The "Toolbar" folder section ""Regular Haunts" shows where I hang out most often.

I need to implement a link-checker one of these days.

I notice you like the weather. You might also enjoy - and this applies to everyone BTW - www.my-cast.com, where they basically try to pinpoint weather more accurately to your location, especially for the next 9 hours. It's convenient for figuring out when to head out of doors.

The thread that would not die
 

Where I've been lately...

Neopets: Rho got me hooked on this one. Think of the tamaguchi times 9000. You create a pet, feed it, play with it, buy it books, challenge other neopets in the battledome, build it a home, start it a bank account, buy neostocks, etc. It is utterly ridiculous, yet satisfying and fun.

The Cherokee Nation: The home of my true peeps. I'm currently trying to register with the tribe, which is a rather daunting task.

And yes, I WILL open my own casino and smoke shop soon. :)

Sycamoreland: My site. I happen to like it a lot...der! It needs a bit of tidying up though.

Virtual Crack Rock: Send crack to the ones you love.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus: Always handy, especially when I am trying to spell words like connoisseur.

The United States Department of State: Very cool site. Background notes on every country in the world. Informative...allows me to continue my path towards Cliff Clavin-ness.

MSNBC: I like the news...and CNN and Fox News irk me.

Google: Searching for things is good. I used to be a faithful Yahoo fan, but google just kicks major ass.

And lastly...

City of Baltimore: Soon to be the new home of the Sycamores.

The Fighting Whites: I heard about this from Rho...it apparently has been getting some attention recently. Yea for my peeps. :)

Used Car Appraiser: I found this at WNBC's website (New York City's NBC affiliate). You can get an idea of what your car is worth. Our car is worth a whopping $400...it even lost $100 because it's purple. :p

livin' large
 

Ha! Our 1991 escort wagon is worth $450. (well I did kinda fudge the condition a little)

You can also try going to the Kelley Blue Book website as well for your car's current value: http://www.kbb.com/

From Kelley, I got $690 (trade-in) and $1290 (private sale). The private sale one sounds decent, but I'm pretty certain I could get more for a trade-in, especially if I were to purchase a new car.

Incidentally, my current dream car is the VW Passat W8. I built one a few weeks ago at vw.com. $40,000. :(