John Pretz's Links
The American Civil Liberties Union
I'm a card-carrying member... And you should be too.
Am I Annoying Dot Com
Amusing... Sometimes.
Google and Google News
One of the finest resources in the world.
cnn.com
There's probably better news source out there, but its ok for the headlines
UMD Physics Department's website
Ranked in the low teens among physics departments.
Ice Cube home page
A 1 cubic kilometer neutrino detector that will be built at the South Pole starting Dec. 2004
Particle Astrophysics at UMD
The finest research group at the University of Maryland. And the host of this website.
Joslyn's Webpage
The best
IceCube at the University of Maryland
The 'IceCube' page here at Maryland
Fedora Homepage
An alternative to Windows. A cheap alternative to Windows.
80's tee shirts
In case you want a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt
The Dog Game
Bored?
Family Page
My family's e-mail list
Netflix
An alternative to Blockbuster.
Bored.com
A great place to visit when you have nothing to do.
Stupid Videos dot com.
Just look around for the cat herding one.
U.S. National Debt Clock
For a running tally of the (U.S.) national debt.
CIA ... for Kids!
The CIA's "for kids" page.
The ROOT Page
ROOT is an object-oriented analysis framework that comes out of Cern.
Dad's E.A.P. page
My father's homepage for Elizabeth Anne, my new niece.
Pop versus Soda
Some interesting findings in the pop vs soda debate.
Dragonsmyth's home
My father's webpage.
Whitehouse.org
A 'whitehouse.gov' parody. Be sure to check out the gift shop.
Knoppix
A cd-based distribution of Linux that runs on your computer's memory without using the disk at all.
So you can boot to it on a Windows machine and it'll still run Windows when you're done. Very cool.
Joslyn's Penguin Page
Formerly Joslyn's page of Poop. The Penguin's name is Mr. Hanky
The Star Wars Kid
Don't laugh! The poor kid's in therapy. Sign the petition to get him into Episode III.
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
'Nuf said
The Acme Klein Bottle Shop
Nice place to pick up your very own klein bottle.
Play 20 questions
It's an online neural net that will guess an item which you pick
Pepe's Lounge
Pepe's ads for Long John Silver's
FBI's new Terrorist-Tracking program
Courtesy of my cousin Ruth
Help Find a Copy of Ducky
This guy's trying to find a duck for his little sister. Ain't that sweet?
Opte.org
An open-source internet mapping project.
A 'Powers of Ten' Applet
It starts at cosmological distances and zooms into the center of an atom. Pretty neat
The Tobin-Hewett Gallery
My
Google's Year-In-Review 2003
Just neat to look at. Especially the search rate of particular terms. Google could tell there was an earthquake
just 'cause the rate of 'earthquake' searches spiked. Don't let John Ashcroft get a hold of Google's power.
A Penguin-Batting game
Smurf Name-Generator
A website for finding out your Smurf name. I'm Killdozer Smurf.
Google Technology
An In-depth study of how Google works.
A page analyzing traffic patterns
A neat puzzle game
Password for level 13 is: 'enterprise'
Password for level 14 is: 'krasnow'
Password for level 16 is: 'mertin'
Credit to Joslyn
NB: It only goes to level 22
Become a Diamond when you die
These guys will extract carbon from your cremated corpse and compress it
into a diamond for your loved-ones to cherish always.
Myers-Briggs-based test
It's a knock-off of a pretty famous personality test. I'm an 'INTJ' if you believe it.
Physical Theories as Women
A humorous comparison between girlfriends and fundamental physical theories.
Maggie and Annabelle's 'Blog'
Yes, our dogs have a blog. Don't laugh
Just fucking Google it!
For people who ask dumb questions that Google can easily answer
Where I work
Badger Badger Badger
Be sure to check out the wallpaper and the animated gif
Fish
A little unix shell. I've messed with it a bit and I really like the syntax highlighting at the command line. Not compatible with IceCube software, though.
Lair of the 9ine
Professional webpage design. Pretty cool stuff.
The Brick Testament
A set of Lego still shots illustrating various scenes in the Bible.
Shed Skin
An Optimizing Python-to-C++ Compiler. I haven't used it ... yet
Chuck Norris Facts
100 Facts about Chuck Norris. "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits."
Church Sign Generator
Put any statement you want on a church sign. Like this one.
Cosmotions
This is the page of some guy who takes time-lapsed photos of some really cool stuff. Very cool.
3D Logic by Alex Matveev
A 3d color-matching brain-twisting puzzle.
New Click Survey
An interesting experiment in where people 'prefer' to click.
Missile Game
A kinda neat flash game