| Here are some links that may be interesting, fun, and/or useful. | Friends |
| Digital Essence | This is my friends Nick's site, check it out, he's much better at this than I am. |
| Slackersden.com | Some more boys from back in CT (and one now in FL.) If you look really closely you may be able to find somebody doing stuff on Japan. Gee, I wonder who that could be??? |
| Gaijin Diary | This is Andrew's site (another AET in Shiraoka). He tends to be overly dramatic with many of the things I have come to think of as normal. |
| Work | |
| Shiraoka BOE | This is the web site for the Shiraoka Town Board of Education. It's where I work. The page is in Japanese but you can get an idea of what things may be like by looking at the pictures. |
| Web Design | |
| Web Monkey | Great place to begin learning HTML. It has very useful information ranging from the basics to more complex stuff like style sheets. |
| PS Workshop | Another good place for tutorials but this time with Photoshop. There is a lot of stuff here to keep you occupied for quite a long time. |
| Places I Frequent | |
| Penny Arcade | This site has some funny comics. The strips appear every few days. It's quite a bit of fun to go back in their archives and look at some of the older stuff. |
| Python Online | Come on now, it's Monty Python, what more needs to be said? |
| Coming Attractions | If you like movies and want to know what may or may not be coming out, this is a good place to start. They show the stages of the projects in question, plus inside info of the movies and more, but be careful about spoilers. |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Yes, I did used to watch Conan with regularity when I was back in the States, but now I can only go to the web site. |
| The One Ring.net | I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Lord of the Rings movies, and this is the place to go for info. It also has links to the individual movie sites. |
| Guide to Japan | If you are interested in learning about Japan, or you plan to travel there anytime soon, I suggest you check this out to find out what you need. It has some good links to other informative sites. |
| Tokyo Q | Since my Japanese isn't up to par to understand the news and I don't have a newspaper subscription, I go here to find out about the major news of the week. |
| Darwin Awards | Do you want to see how stupid some people can be. Well here's your chance. Various stories about people who have proven to be examples of natural selection. |
| The Ultimate Band List | If you like music and want to learn more about your favorite bands then this is the place to go. |
| Robotech.com | Now, I don't really enjoy the dubbed version of Macross, but this site does have some cool info on some of the toys, and the forums are always interesting. Plus there are links to find out about the upcoming subtitled version by Animego |
| GameFaqs.com | If you are having a problem getting past that one level in a game, go here to find out how to get past it. |
| Dragid.com | If you use AIM and want to mess around with the icons, this site has some awesome anime icons and animated GIF's |
| One Across | I have Rutgers to blame for getting me hooked on crosswords, and this site has some links to free online puzzles as well as a solution option in case you get stuck. |