Music sites:

Mike Batt  - A superb musician and composer who appreciates good poetry (Hasn't commented on my music yet though)

Kyle Gann  - Texan composer with an awesome intellect and immense knowledge of music (and other things!)

Leon Theremin  - The inventor of the first electronic musical instrument

The Gerard Hoffnung Website   - Musician and cartoonist extraordinaire

Classical Archives - Excellent MIDI classical music site

Midiworld  - Another great MIDI classics site

Poetry sites:

MENSA Poets  - The official MENSA poetry group website, created and maintained by Yours Truly.

Nylon.Net - The original home of the Bad Poetry pages, but still a good site for Goons & Sabrina fans.



Friends' sites:

Kant Predict  - Electronic rock music from a talented young composer. Remember the name!

Jonathan Orwig  An Internet friend - He's on the far side of the U.S. so I don't suppose we'll ever meet.

 

Found on the Net:
These are the sites I visit more than most: generally sites to do with music, computers & humour.

Celestia  - Absolutely brilliant and totally FREE planetarium software. The next best thing to owning your own spaceship!

Discworld Monthly  - For all Discworld fans (and if you aren't one yet, put that Harry Potter book down and go here NOW!)

Pratchett Quote File  - If you don't have time to read all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, read these quotes instead.

Darek's dirty little secrets. - Crucial p.c. related information from an expert (pity about his Metallica obsession though)

The Bad Astronomer - Actually he's an excellent astronomer, what he does is expose bad science - and there's a lot of it.

The Hunger Site - Click on the icon and feed a child in the third world - at no cost to you. DO IT NOW!

Harpo Marx Tribute Site - Hear Harpo speak on this site. A great tribute site for a great comedian.

The Darwin Awards - Celebrates the bizarre ways people remove themselves from the gene pool

Computer Stupidities - Hilarious but true stories from Computer Technical Support people

The Flying Spaghetti Monster - A brilliant satire on religion and 'Intelligent Design' theory.

Hunt The Boeing - So where IS the plane that we all KNOW crashed into the Pentagon?

The EDSAC Simulator  - Simulate & learn about the world's first "proper" computer

Latest Hubble Telescope Pictures  - Amazing high quality images from deep space

Relativity Explained  - All in words of four letters or less. No, really. Take a look!

Everything - Welcome to Everything! A bit like Wikipedia, but more interesting.

The history of Microsoft Windows - Have a look at Windows version 1 and laugh

Isaac Asimov Home Page  - One of the most prolific writers of the 20th century

Unworkable Devices - Perpetual Motion Machines and why they don't work.

Digiguide  - Free UK TV/Cable/Satellite/Radio listings; a great program!

The Obsolete Computer Museum  - Exactly what it says it is. Fascinating

British Comedy site  - Everything from the Goons to Fools & Horses.

SETI@HOME  - Join the search for extraterrestrial radio signals

John Conway's Life  - Life is not a dream - it's a game!

Fractal music  - Create your own fractal music (wot?)

Fractal exploration, Mandelbrot sets etc.

Plus here's some great websites that I check out on a daily basis (all highly recommended):

Boing-Boing.net
Digg.com
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)


All the above sites are recommended by me without any financial motivation.
If you want a link to your site, email me on elwoodherring©blueyonder.co.uk - If I like it, I'll include it!

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