Amanda's Favourite Places To Go
Here are all of my favourite places to visit, some useful,
all fun. Created: 10/2/95 | Modified:
Regularly
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to let me know!
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| Fun | Useful | Art | Stories & Comics | Odds & Ends | Shopping | Family & Friends |
Fun
- The site I check out more often than any other, the Internet Movie Database is a must visit.
- The Open
Directory Project is the best web search ever! (I'm an editor so I
should know!)
- My favourite band, They Might Be Giants, have a really fun site.
- National Geographic's website is lots of fun.
- Asynjur's Forum for Friends is a light hearted forum for friends, old and new.
- Useful Trivia has a cute Star Trek Trivia page. I didn't know half this stuff! Don't forget to check out their other trivia too.
- Outpost 10F has the funkyest Star Trek Chat room around (in Ten Forward of course).
- For the funny side of Star Trek, including jokes and stories, you can't go past Star Trek Humor.
- Linda's page has everything for Voyager fanatics.
Useful
Broken links happen. But instead of a boring error page, you can give your visitors a wonderful, useful 404 page! Find out how at the 404 Research Lab- Web Developer is a good place to start when you're learning about web developing.
- WebDeveloper's Journal provides a diverse collection of useful articles.
- The Gimp is a completely free graphics editor! Lovely.
Stories & Comics
-
The Infinite
Matrix contains original short stories which have to be read to be
believed. - Online comics that I visit way too often:
- Don't forget my own comic, Totally Teddies!
- 'Banph' is the cutest little tale about the bravest and most noble of ants.
Odds & Ends
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Digital Dimensions is our internet service provider, and what a coinkeydink, it's my own company too! - My favourite midi files are here.
- Read my favourite anagrams of friends and family.
- Visit my Women of Strength and Inner Beauty (WOSIB) - Creator's Page.
- Babynames.com is a wonderful resource which I have used to name most of my Page Guardians. You can look up the meaning of your name there too.
- Muslim Baby Names is another great reference site, with a huge online database of muslim baby names and their meanings.
- I support the following amazing organisations/groups:
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Shopping
These
sites all sell quality somethings. Well worth a visit if you're in a spending
or browsing - mood :-)
- Buy for Baby sells adorable stuff, including a bear-chair I'd kill for if it was adult sized!
- Comp-U-Garg Gargoyle & Dragon Statues is a great site for Gargoyle and Dragon fans, with a cool links database.
- At DC Green Yarns you can read the first five fascinating chapters of "Erasmus James & the Galactic ZAPP Machine" - a fast, funny fantasy for 8-108 year olds.
- Enchanted Australia Castle are currently looking for finance to build a castle and motel in Australia shortly which will be 100% family orientated.
- Fairy Doors and Windows sell the cutest creations for your garden.
- Fantasy Gallery Art sells figurines and prints of faeries, dragons, angels, mermaids and more; including art by Amy Brown.
- Fantasy Landscapes at the Niagra Art Collection, a gallery which focuses on contemporary painting.
- La Grenouille dans le Billabong (The Frog in the Billabong) is the story of a French woman living in Tasmania. You can email Marie-Paule Leroux to order a copy.
- Lugansk Art Gallery has fascinating drawings, sculptures and paintings for sale.
- Lyante's World of Whimsical Pins and Earrings sell a whole lot of really cool fantasy jewellery. If you remember to let them know that Amanda Penrose sent you, they'll agreed to give you 5% off their regular prices.
- Manga Arts is an Australian Manga/Comic drawing materials wholesale supplier. Their products include manga manuscript paper, screentone, pen nibs, and more.
- Mystic's Mountain offers some beautiful candles, oils, and many other lovely things.
- Product Review Australia - "Your reviews on products and services on the Australian marketplace".
- Sharon Sutton is a talented artist specialising in classical family and animal portraits.
- SmartDraw drawing program "Our Drawing Program Creates Great-looking Graphics Fast". I've loved using this program, especially for flowcharts.