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Autocade
JY&A Medias new international wiki on cars, with professional
editing and accurate information
AROnline
The best Austin Rover site we've seen. If you're in to the BL
era and think about the opportunities that the Harold Wilson government-force-merged
company missed, this is the site. Keith Adamss site has a wealth of information about prototypes
and development stories of everything from the TR7, Princess and
Allegro to the unreleased Rover P8 and Pininfarina 1100. In mid-2005, it charted developments nearly daily as MG Rover went into administration. A virtual treasure
chest for the car nut Auto Bild Online
Exclusive scoop photos, road tests, and archives are here. We've
yet to see better than this site, from the publishers of Germany's
weekly Auto Bild. Should whet the appetites for the printed
version and spread Auto Bild goodwill in countries where
the title's not available.
Autocar
Its taken years for the worlds first car mag to get
online. Its now here, and not a moment too soon. An excellent
site
Autolist
Car retail site, bringing together millions of US listings under one banner
Auto Trader Classics
A great collection of articles on classic cars, some licensed from
the beautifully photographed Octane magazine
The Car Connection
Highly informative North American site on the latest models, complete
with regular road tests and a daily update
Car Design News
One of our favourites, sponsored by the Academy of Art College.
An examination of the automotive industry from a design perspective.
Regularly updated, including motor show news and design analyses
of the débutantes Carfolio
Completely human-edited using thoroughly reliable and official information, Carfolio details a wide array of car models throughout history
Carmica
Comprehensive image database of car models
from Russia, though, ironically, Russian models are absent Carsalesbase
A comprehensive website tracking car sales around the world
Carview
If you ever thought the Japanese car industry was hard to follow,
the guys are Carview have databased what they could. In Japanese but indispensable to the car boffin Chinamobil.ru
Tracking Chinese cars and their specifications as exported to the Russian market. In English and Russian Daily Kanban
Excellent automotive website by industry veteran Bertel Schmitt and Edward Niedermeyer, with daily news and regular features
Detroit News Autos
One of the best round-ups of US and worldwide automotive news on
the web
How Stuff WorksAuto
Channel
This may sound like a Popular Mechanics-type website but
its better, including a car guide from the editors of Consumer
Guide, detailing plenty of US-market models and starting, in many cases, from their founding
Nissan Museum
Nissans latest slogan might be Shift_the future,
but it doesn't stop the Japanese automaker from celebrating its
past. This Nissan Museum shows the history of several model lines,
including old home-market brochures. There are omissionswhere
are the prewar Bluebirds?but a wonderful trip to the days
when Nissan first really began feeling international success Plays with Cars
Doug DeMuro’s series of hilarious motoring columns
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Entertainment and Culture |
Chicago Magazine The way a CMS-driven lifestyle and urban magazine should lookthe Windy Citys dining guide, events, nightlife, people covered
CommandN
A Canadian blog that has BitTorrent video feeds covering technology
trends
The Cool Hunter
The coolest items available, presented in blog style
Culturelines
Wonderful to find a site that, as of 2021, has a fresh appearance. By its own manifesto, Culturelines is living in the future, in a post-COVID world, and tracks cultural shifts (4/21)
Current Affairs
Covering culture and politics with a leftist bent
The Fourth Turning
The authors of The Fourth Turning theorize that the United
States runs on a cycle of 80100 years, and this century will
bring challenges that will make the nation face the issue of its
very existence. The web site dates from 1997, yet remains poignant
today
Joi Itos Web
A blog from an internet pioneer worthy of listingMr Ito has
invested into Technorati and other high-tech ventures
Logictivity
The site of author, futurist and speaker Jonar Nader, the man behind
the chilling novel Z
The London Review of Books
Arguably the finest literary review publication in the world, now
online with a tasteful design and articles from the current and
recent issues
Magasinet Filter
Cool Swedish culture magazine on the arts, music and whats hip
Palais de Tokyo
Found by our friends at Lû, a new Flash-driven site
for contemporary art, with exhibition news and more. Palais de Tokyo
has art, a restaurant and a boutique in Paris
Relevant
A well designed, progressive Christian culture magazine
Transparency Now
A site dealing with transparency but featuring its applications
in popular culture, such as television shows and the news Yale Review of Books
America's first undergraduate review of books from Yale University,
distributed free to the university community and the surrounding
New Haven, Conn. area
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Food |
Epicurious
What started off as an online Bon Appetit has since swallowed
Condé Nast Traveler Online, so now you don't just
dine, but do so in the best spots. Our view: the best mag that Rochelle
Udell's had a hand in
Peaceworks
Founded by Daniel Lubetzky, PeaceWorks produces fine foods and gifts
made by Arab and Israeli companies. A diverse group with either
Arab or Jewish backgrounds sits on the board of directors: the company
promotes understanding by setting an example. As of 2020, the venture is on hold
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Humour |
TV Dregs
Youd never write home about the design of this site, but youd
still pore over it for ages. For anyone whos followed British
TV, and enjoys this sort of humour, TV Dregs takes a hilarious and
fictional (though presented as fact) look back at the forgotten
shows of the UKs postwar history. Theres everything
from a Supermarionation sitcom called Fab
Liverbirds Are
Go (1969) to Hi-de-Hi Uncut (2002), set at Maplins
newest resort: a Club 1830 on the Greek island of Rhodes
The
World of Lily Wong
After a stint in the UK during a time when he suspected he made
the Beijing Politburo hit-list for his political satire in a certain
English-language newspaper, Larry Feign's back at it, drawing cartoons
in Hong Kong under a new masthead. Welcome back, Larry! There's
a whole new bunch of creeps to poke fun at!
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Movies and Celebrity |
Codesign:
The Italian Job
If youre a fan of the filmthe Michael Caine, not the
Mark Wahlberg, oneenjoy this tribute site, which features
everything from the (slightly incorrect) lyrics of The Self-preservation
Society to sound bites (e.g. Caines Youre
only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!). Well designed,
too
Internet Movie Database
The ubiquitous and long-running movie site, originally built up
through individual contributions
Kendte.dk
Denmark's Hollywood and celebrity site but without the mean streak
that's normally found in this genre. It's exceedingly popular with
both sexes thanks to its up-to-the-minute news and has useful links
for film, music and sport
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Museums and Exhibitions |
Fondazione Prada
The Fondazione Prada presents two exhibitions, dedicated to new
projects, annually, with accompanying books. This site previews
these
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
An exercise in good identity and web design. The MMA's current web
site is tasteful and ties in nicely with the museum itself, while
an all-new site is slated for 2000
MoMA—the Museum of Modern Art
Check out the collection, exhibitions, books, research projects
and everything (and we mean everything, including where to eat)
that makes up New York's Museum of Modern Art. This site is beautifully
done
National Gallery of Art
The collections at Washington's National Gallery of Art belong to
the people of the United States. The site itself is a delight: accessible
information, beautifully presented, and a useful preview to the
exhibitions. Past special exhibitions dating back to 1941 can be
searched, too
Whitney Museum of American
Art
A beautifully designed and easily navigable site, though we're a
bit iffy on the logotype spacing. Typography aside, it's comprehensive
and even has info on past, present and future exhibitions
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Radio |
Groove FM
Our favourite Wellington, New Zealand radio station, playing jazz,
acid jazz, lounge, swing and other real music
Radio.garden
Impressive collection of radio stations from around the world, with an interactive globe as its user interface, rather than a list. Intuitive, and makes the world seem a lot smaller
Radio.se
One of the few Windows Media Player-cast radio stations that we
could readily find from Stockholm is Radio.se. Not quite as hip
as Metro FM but has a good mix and the usual European RDS information
on what song is being played, in a wee pop-up window
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Television |
The Mary & Rhoda List
The daily mailing list where you can relive and chat about The
Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda and classic television, as well
as the TV movie Mary & Rhoda
TV Ark
Billy Ingrams TV Party
site, linked here since the 1990s, gives a wonderful insight into
the United States. TV Ark does the same for Britain, saving advertisements,
bumps and opening sequences for some of that countrys most
loved television TV Party
Most of us here are old enough to remember most of the old shows,
some popular, some forgotten, that TV Party reviews. Be prepared
to spend ages reading up on everything from Shaft to Happy
Days
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Travel and Region-specific Sites |
Lucire:
Volante
The travel section of JY&A Medias fashion magazine, Lucire,
with comprehensive features
Bali Paradise Online
Everything you need to know about getting around Indonesia's jewel:
the best sights, where to stay, where to shop, and more
California Coastal Records
Project
Aerial photographs of the California coastlinepick a spot
using the map, or feed in latitude and longitude, and the aerial
photograph, regularly updated, will appear in the main window. There
are 10,000 images here, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Pt Reyes,
Pt Sur and the Queen Mary
Oberösterreich Online
One of the coolest general-interest sites from Austria. There's
news, weather, and sport, plus cultural reports on music, dance,
literature and art
Pariscope
Pariscope takes a look at the capital of France. This is the best
site we've seen on the city and doesn't force you to download endless
pages of tourist photos
Seekom
A great new system of online bookings. It's not what you'd expect.
Until now, most accommodation booking systems are probability-based,
but Simon Casey has come up with one that is real-time. The bed-and-breakfast
industry has jumped on board this system in New Zealand and frankly,
we think Simon's on to a world-beater
Te Taura Whiri i
Te Reo Māori
The Māori Language Commission of New Zealand. New Zealand has two
official languages and Māori is not given the prominence it deserves
in its own nationfor instance, the banknotes are monolingual
in Aotearoa. The Commission is charged with furthering the language
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