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Some of my Bruce's sites, for various reasons and in no special order.  Oh yeah, that was Bruce, back in 1973. ARRAY(0x8761200) Other Independents (most at CD Baby) This web site doesn't have to be all about ME-ME-ME (OK, Doug and me, US-US-US).  There are a lot of other independent artists around who are really, really good.  Here are a few I happen to know and like (most of these artists have CD's available through CD Baby).  Based (like me) in the Worcester, MA, area, Valerie and Walter Crockett (http://vwcrockett.com) create a fine blend of Americana and have recorded several CD's of excellent acoustic music.   Janet Feld (http://www.janetfeld.com ) is a wonderful singer/songwriter in the Boston area (she is also one of the coordinators for our local NSAI section).  Vermont-based Meg Devlin Irish (http://www.megdevlinirish.com) is also a fellow NSAI member who is an excellent writer and performer.   Stephen Rippy (http://www.stephenrippy.com) is a Dallas area singer/songwriter who has put out some amazing music over the years (he's also music director for PC game developer Ensemble Studios).  Another Stephen I like a lot is Stephen Bishop - he had some real hits in the 70's and 80's and now records independently.  A really fine songwriter and performer (http://www.stephenbishop.com).  Someone else I'm really excited about is Toronto-based Suzie Vinnick - great songs and a gorgeous voice (she's not on CD Baby, contact her at http://www.suzievinnick.com).  There are more artists I would recommend, but until I get a better web site design on line (early 2004 I hope), I can't do much more without making this a HUGE glob of text. SENS: A Cure for Aging? This is the web site of Aubrey de Grey, a British computer scientist and biogerontologist who is trying to gather support for a massive research program to "cure aging" and thus greatly expand the healthy lifespan of human beings.  He believes that the basic science of molecular biology has already identified the main factors that cause cells to break down over time, and that a genetic engineering approach can be developed and applied to eventually stop and even reverse these aging processes at the cellular level.  Can people really live for 1000 years?  Wouldn't you love to try?  So why not at least learn more about it and maybe encourage funding of the research.  It couldn't hurt!  De Grey is a controversial and charismatic man, and his web site is fascinating at the very least. MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum In addition to music, I love everything about airplanes, real and simulated. My Australian friend Pete Inglis shares this unusual pairing of interests (see below for his music site), and this is one of the best sites on the internet for flight sim fans. The Whole Guitarist Pete Inglis is a professional classical guitarist as well as the web's chief flight-sim historian. This site has a wealth of material on the many factors involved in playing the guitar well. Recently redesigned for easier access with additional tutorial material added. Good stuff. NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International) NSAI is a great organization for songwriters, even if you are not in Nashville and don't write country music. They sponsor excellent song camps where you work with pro writers and meet other writers, and they have local sections all around the USA. Good people, good services. Rob Simbeck (Nashville Scene) I met my friend and sometime co-writer Rob Simbeck at college in Pittsburgh. He is now a writer in Nashville. He doesn't have his own web site, but there's a bio at the link above (search there to find some of his articles on-line). In addition to writing for the weekly Nashville Scene, Rob has published several books, his most recent being "Daughter of the Air," a biography of a WW2 woman pilot. He also writes for the weekly American Country Countdown radio show, and has written for many magazines. In addition to his writing talents, Rob knows several excellent guitar licks and vocal harmony notes. The picture above shows Rob and Bruce when they had beards (and hair), in 1978. Optics for Kids In real life, I'm an optical engineer, and I wrote up this little page as a simple introduction to optics for kids. It has a bunch of links to other kid-friendly (or non-specialist) optics resources. Just Plain Folks - Grassroots Music Organization This web-based organization is FREE to join and now has over 18,000 members world-wide. They are mainly a networking and support group for songwriters and musicians. Their ongoing "road show" sets up showcases for members in cities all around the USA. I attended and played songs at the two Boston shows in September 2002. These were great events -- I met and heard a lot of cool singer/songwriters and got a nice response to my songs. If you write or play music, this is worth looking into! Band-in-a-Box A great piece of software for songwriters or for anyone who just likes to fool around with music. Makes a great jamming partner as well as a source of ideas for arrangements in many, many styles. Although the interface looks a bit clunky because of the many features, it is musically very easy to use (based mainly on chord names and style choices, although underneath it all, it is quite musically sophisticated).

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AltaVista

Was this the Internet's original search engine? I guess so. I still use it sometimes.

Dogpile

This is a "meta search" engine, which means it submits your search to a bunch of other search engines for you. This can often save time, though they aren't always the best engines for the job, and the results can still take a while to digest.

Yahoo!

With over half a million sites, divided into more than 25,000 categories, Yahoo! is both browseable and searchable. Still my favorite somehow (old habits).

Google

Not just news groups, one of the best search engines (and now the biggest too).

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