How random? Very random. These are just some cool sites that I find myself telling people about. I put them on a page here to make it easier to point people at the links.
Want a shorter URL to pass around? http://tinyurl.com
Want to know how something works? http://howthingswork.com/
Trying to choose a domain name? http://www.domainsurfer.com/
Want to learn more about religions (any)? http://www.beliefnet.com/
Trying to learn something about good and bad web page design? http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
Want to invalidate a patent, or make money helping someone else do so? http://bountyquest.com/
Want to learn how to play a song on the guitar? http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab.html
Want to be notified whenever your favorite musicians schedule concert dates? http://www.pollstar.com
Want to know something about marijuana? http://www.yahooka.com/
Want to know what job titles people get when they graduate from places like the School of Information at the University of Michigan? http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~mach/realjobs.html
The definitive reference site: http://www.baseballreference.com/
All about ballparks: http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/index.htm
The greatest baseball team in the world: http://www.mets.mlb.com
Links to more baseball web sites than I would have believed possible: http://www.baseball-links.com/
The late, lamented, best printed (non-web) baseball magazine I know of: http://www.efqreview.com/
Some good baseball trivia and additional links
A nice collection of baseball trivia and history, with thanks to Kendal in Maine for sending it to me.
A nice introductory site about baseball for kids, with thanks to Tyler in Minnesota!
If you're either a Yankee fan or a masochist, you might enjoy this New York Yankee timeline
When will you die? http://www.deathclock.com
Want to track down an urban legend? http://www.snopes2.com/
Want to find out what adolescent boys did in olden times, before computer graphics were good enough for real pornography? http://www.asciipr0n.com/
Trying to comprehend how rich Bill Gates is? http://www.quuxuum.org/~evan/bgnw.html
Trying to find a mnemonic for a phone number? http://www.phoneSpell.org/
Want to see what the letters in your name can be rearranged to spell? http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html
The coolest video game system ever built without raster graphics: http://www.roachnest.com/vectrex.html
My other home is a broomstick: http://maxpoweraero.com/ACHomes.htm