| Link | Site Details |
| 50 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time | Is the CIA exercising mind control over innocent civilians? Is the presence of aliens on the moon being kept secret? Delve into the murky secrets that they don't want you to know - just don't expect to be able to sleep tonight. |
| Addicted to Noise | A colourful magazine on alternative rock, with news, interviews and opinions on the musicians of the moment. There's also an alphabetical index of album reviews. |
| Adobe | The firm behind Photoshop and Pagemaker offer a glimpse of the future of the Web. Many of Adobe's Web site documents are stored in their Portable Document Format, which enables Web pages to look more like printed magazine pages. You can download a free copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program so you can view any PDF document. |
| Apple Computer | The centre of a large growing family of Apple Web sites, which includes links to pages containing the history of Apple, news releases and contact telephone numbers. Another page offers links to many other companies that produce Mac hardware and software. There's also a complete index of the topics covered in across all the Apple servers. |
| Apple QuickTime | Apple's video system has its own Web site, with information about new developments like Quicktime VR, and loads of free clips for you to download. It's also fast becoming the best site to find out about rock artists' work on the Mac, with links to record company pages elsewhere. |
| Apple Support and Information | So big it needs two servers to contain the pages, this site is devoted to technical information on Apple Macs and their peripherals like printers, with complete product descriptions. You can also download Apple software like System updates and printer drivers. |
| BBC | The BBC enters full-bloodedly into the Web, with on-line television and radio schedules and articles from your favourite programs. There are education resources and the latest BBC job vacancies. |
| Boston On-Line | The Web offers local resources as well as national and international ones. Here you can discover information on the people and activities of Boston, including the Arts, the economy and the environment. There are also some digital snapshots to take a look at. |
| Buena Vista MoviePlex | Visit the MoviePlex for details of the latest releases from Disney and related studios like Touchstone. You can download QuickTime video clips of films - if you have the patience. |
| Camera Van Caravan '95 | A picture documentary tracking a parade of extravagantly customised cars across the United States. It's the sort of surprising material you come across all the time on the Web. |
| CD Now! | Go shopping without leaving your seat. Some say on-line shopping is a serious threat to the high street store - decide for yourself by visiting this excellent record emporium, with thousands of discs and hundreds of magazine subscriptions available by mail order. |
| Clamen's Movie Information | A short but useful jumplist of film-related sites. There are links to movie companies and unofficial fan sites, a movie review database and some excellent news resources. |
| Comics 'N Stuff! | The top jumplist for comic fans, with dozens of links - both for on-line comic strips like Dilbert and Marvel Comics' Generation X, and for news and discussion sites like Forbidden Planet Reviews. |
| Mac Games(FAQ List) | The Web version of the welcome for newcomers to a popular newsgroup. Read this for the most popular hints and tips for games before you join the discussion group itself. |
| Dilbert | 'This web project is the most self-indulgent, egotistical thing I have ever done in my life,' says Dilbert creator Scott Adams. 'But the day is young. I can top it.' If your monthly fix in MacFormat isn't enough, you can now read lots more strips on-line - and see how a strip is made. |
| DTP Internet Jumplist | The starting point for a whole series of different sites of interest to anyone who does desktop publishing. There are links to sites full of fonts and clip-art, as well as official and unofficial sites about DTP and graphics programs like PageMaker and FrameMaker. |
| E-Zine List | A jumplist of e-zines - magazines produced for the love of it, rather than for profit. Sample titles ranging from Armadillo Culture to Zen Anarchy or even My Screws Aren't Loose - I'm Just Wired a Bit Different. There are hundreds of publications to try. |
| Entertainment Weekly | America's sassiest showbusiness magazine is just part of Pathfinder. The cover feature is placed on-line each week and there's plenty of gossip to enjoy. There's also an excellent jumplist of entertainment-related sites, including pages for film, TV and music. Registration required |
| FutureNet | The Web site for Future Publishing, makers of MacFormat, .net, Classic CD, Future Music and a host of other magazines. Each title has its own pages within FutureNet and there are plenty of links to explore. There's also a daily news bulletin. |
| Geekgirl | An infrequent but packed magazine looking at women in politics and on the Internet, Geekgirl meets the Electronic Witches, looks at the consumer cult in Tokyo and talks to Noam Chomsky about the effects of the information revolution. |
| Geffen Records | The record company behind Nirvana, the Stone Roses and Sonic Youth displays its wares over the Web. You can look at pictures and download samples of the music. If you like what you hear, you can go straight to CD Now!, where the work of the bands you've been looking at is automatically listed for you to buy. |
| GNN (Global Network Navigator) | A huge magazine site with sections on the Internet, personal finance, travel and sport among others. The Digital Drive-In highlights the best of creative multimedia on the Net, while there are loads of recommended links you can explore. And then there's the Whole Internet Catalogue. |
| Goldsite Europe | One of the most-visited sites in Europe, with news and job vacancies among its selection of features. You can also read The Guardian On-Line or try the Guide to the Internet, a range of links covering basic Net services. |
| HotWired | An electronic version of the hip US magazine Wired, HotWired offers news, features and opinions on the impact of computers on society. The site also offers some of the freshest design around. Registration Required |
| Info-Mac Digest | The Info-Mac Digest is the single biggest resource of Mac Shareware and free software, with thousands of programs. This is one of over sixty sites that contain the software - the original server in the United States cannot cope with the demand! |
| Internet Movie Database | Search the database for information on your favourite movie or star. There are filmographies and huge images of many performers and directors. You can give your marks out of ten for a film to contribute to an ongoing poll, and there are links to film-related sites. |
| Interplay | Discover news of the latest releases from a top Mac games company - one of the many commercial sites on the Web. |
| Kai's Power Tips and Tricks for Photoshop | A Web reprint of designer Kai Krause's step-by-step tutorial for the top image editing program. Plus links for other design sites. |
| Kaleida Labs | The firm behind a new set of multimedia authoring tools called Script X. Kaleida offer a free program you can use to try out examples of the software you can write using the system. You can download animated objects or a car database program, adding objects from the Web whenever you like. |
| Kaleidospace | Artists can show their work to a whole new audience using the Web. Kaleidospace is home to dozens of creators, including Clive Barker and Thomas Dolby. Musicians, painters and craftsmen come together under the same virtual roof. |
| Kids Web | A jumplist for teachers and students, with links to sites arranged into basic subjects, including art, drama, music, history, science and geography. |
| Kodak | A visual feast, this site contains dozens of photographic images to look at, and details of sites you can visit to download high quality pictures in Kodak's Photo CD format. |
| MacFormat | As well as articles and reviews from the printed pages of MacFormat, the Web version of Britain's best-selling Mac magazine offers advance look at the month's news and complete contents list of each issue. If you have this issue's CD-ROM edition, take a look at the sample pages on the disc. |
| Macintosh FAQs | Oh no! You're completely stuck on a Mac problem and need an answer fast - and it's two in the morning, so there's no-one to phone. Try this list of Frequently Asked Questions, many of which offer help on Mac difficulties or help you to understand the Internet better. |
| Netscape | The site for the program that's taking over the Web. Netscape is the most-used Web browser, and this site offers news, advice and links to interesting sites. You can also download the latest Mac versions of the program as they come out. |
| Offworld Metaplex | An on-line mall highlighting the more esoteric side of the Web, where different organisations join under a single banner and get seriously weird. Have a whinge with the Big Black Hole of Pain or explore the Never-ending Pages. |
| P Craig Russell | With the Web, you can find out about people you may never have heard of - like P Craig Russell, a wonderful American illustrator. His interpretations of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales are soon to be released as a Mac CD-ROM. Take a look at what else he's done. |
| Pathfinder | Some of the most popular magazines in the world - including Time and People - go on-line in this site. And there's a huge bulletin board section, where you can read discussions on all sorts of topics - then join in yourself. Registration Required |
| Power Computing | The first company to sell official Mac-compatible computers. Power Computing provides news of its newest systems on-line - as well as details of how you can order a machine direct with e-mail. |
| Price Jamieson On-Line | Now you look for a job on the Web. Price Jamieson's site includes descriptions of vacancies in marketing, design and programming. You can also send in your CV by e-mail and ask to receive news of suitable vacancies direct. |
| Random Light Bulb Joke | A pointless but fun site that presents one of a legion of light bulb jokes several times a minute. Q:How many editors does it take to change a light bulb? A:Only one, but first he has to rewire the entire building. Actually, it does show how some Web pages can be changed even while you're watching them. |
| Silicon Graphics | Does this site hold the key to the future of the World Wide Web? Find out by reading about Webspace, the Silicon Graphics program that enables you to travel around 3D environments on the Web. If you own a PowerMac, you'll soon be able to download Webspace and try it for yourself. |
| Sony | Read about the latest releases from this giant corporation, including records (with sound clips of music to download), films, electronic products and software - which includes downloadable images and video clips. |
| Surf This! | While sites like the WWW Virtual Library are serious research aids, Surf This! brings out the fun side of exploring the Web. Sites make it onto this jumplist only if they're cool enough. Visit JAZZ Online, a site all about frogs or even Eliot's Home Page, run by a guy called Eliot. |
| The British Comedy Pages | This site is for fans of comedy classics like Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers and The Day Today. There are articles, pictures and excerpts of scripts, as well as links to other sites for each programme. On the down side, it also has images from The Brittas Empire. |
| The Ever-Expanding Web Music Listing | A vast jumplist maintained by a student - inbetween studying! There are links to general music sites and record companies, and an alphabetical list of bands and artists on the Web. One of the best starting points for music fans. |
| The Virtual Tourist | If it's travel you're interested in, this is a fine starting point. Just click on the right area of the map to get details of the country you want to know about. Even far-flung destinations like Kazakhstan have basic census facts and tourist advice. |
| The Web Wide World of Music | A jumplist run by a record company with thousands of links to bands, radio stations and much more. There's also a music trivia quiz and a reviews section you're invited to contribute to. |
| The Well-Connected Mac | A superb and exhaustive list of every Mac-related site on the Internet - if it's Mac, it's there. And there are telephone numbers and addresses of hundreds of companies that sell Mac hardware and software. |
| The XPresso Bar | A list of Internet resources for top DTP program QuarkXPress, including news and downloadable software - and a couple of coffee-related links for late night sessions! |
| TidBITS | TidBITS is an excellent weekly electronic magazine about the Mac and the Internet. It's edited by Adam and Tonya Engst, the people behind books like The Internet Starter Kit. If you have e-mail, you can have TidBITS sent straight to you, but looking up this Web version is just as easy. |
| UK Guide | An unofficial tourist guide to the United Kingdom, with dozens of towns for you to tour. There are postcards and good descriptions including historical details. There are links to the local servers based in each town. |
| Underground | A graphically intense site that's worth being patient with. Download the Adam Ant Farm, check out the Lollapalooza rock festival or visit Rocktropolis, 'the city of the future', for music news and interviews. Underground's Crash magazine looks at all things alternative, from art to polotics. |
| United States Government | See what the President of the United States has been up to with this official US Government site. As well as news releases of President Clinton's activities and speeches, there are links to other Government resources. Our own Government has some catching up to do. |
| Voyager | Some of the most creative CD-ROMs around come from Voyager, and this site is their equal. Sample images from the latest Voyager releases or browse through the selection of on-line essays and interviews. |
| WebMuseum | The paintings of the Louvre gallery have been photographed and converted so you can see them on the Web. You can view world-famous Impressionist works or try one of the regularly-changing exhibitions. |
| Whole Internet Catalogue | Part of GNN, this site lists links to other Internet sites, all arranged by category and sub-category. Every site that's covered gets its own brief description. From business to the arts, from government to humanities - it's all here. |
| World Wide Web Worm | If you can't find what you're looking for at Web catalogues like Yahoo or The Well-Connected Mac, then try this search facility. Type in a word or phrase, and the Worm will search through the Internet looking for sites that contain that text. Search sites like this are essential if you're to find your way around. |
| WWW Virtual Library | A catalogue co-operative of Internet sites listed according to subjects ranging from Aboriginal Studies and Aeronautics to Wine and World Wide Web Development. This marvellous site takes you around the world, with different servers containing different subject listings. |
| Yahoo | One of the best places to start when you want to look up a subject on the Web. There's a regularly updated index of sites, arranged by subject, and a daily digest of new Web sites. Essential! |
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