by Alan Mann
Here are ten local sites of interest for your web browsing delight. The URL,
or address, needed to visit these sites appears in bold type.
Just type the URL into your web browser and press
State of Utah (official) homepage pulls
together a variety of information available on Internet about Utah. From
1997 budget to proposed legistlation, from job listings to state agencies,
from education to county governments, from a list of WWW sites to "technology
2000," this site pulls together hundreds of things available to your web
browser. You can see the latest from the legislature, courts, get stats on
elections, or see which Utah towns are online (links included). This is a
very useful site. Don't just read this paragraph, become a part of the government
process.
Utah Sports Teams are well represented on Internet. I really
like the unofficial Utah
Jazz homepage. So it's based in Alberta, Canada, it has a list of 20
different web sites with Jazz information, including the official Utah Jazz
Homecourt, USA Today, Fox Sports,
Nando Net (latest box scores), SportsLine, the Tribune, and Deseret News.
One of the listed Jazz homepages is based in Japan. It also links to two
Karl Malone fan home pages, and the David Benoit homepage, called Benwassome!
There's even a link to the Utah Jazz newsgroup (talk radio on the Internet).
Statistics, league standings, and a listing of all Jazz games with final
scores await the serious Jazz fan. For you other sports enthusiasts, try
the Salt Lake Buzz,
Utah
Grizzlies, or your favorite college team (see the "Education sites",
below).
Utah Centennial and 2002 Olympics are online.
The centennial site offers information,
press releases, a calendar of centennial events, gifts ideas (a beautiful
1996 calendar), and a history with time line for Utah. It also has an email
link to the centennial commission. The
2002 Olympic committee has
set up its homepage, where there are in the process of adding detailed
information about the Olympics and the various venues. This is a site to
keep checking in the future.
Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Visitors &
Convention Bureau are excellent sites with links for the whole state
as well as the city. The Chamber of
Commerce page links to the Utah Travel Council, information about climate
(including current & forecasted weather), cost of libing, education,
benefits, and more. It's an advertisement for potential vacationers as well
as a source of data for those considering a move to Utah. The
Convention and Visitors Bureau
includes news, questions & answers, trivia, ski report, and links to
info on tours, attractions, dining, shopping, and accomodations. It lists
groups booked into the Salt Palace and convention center in 1996, with
anticipated attendance and revenue that will be generated. It even includes
links for other cities and counties in Utah (yes, even Utah Valley). All
in all, an informative site, even for locals.
Channel 4 Utah is one of several broadcasters on the Internet.
Their homepage contains links
to news information (can be delivered to your emailbox daily), weather and
sports updates, olympic coverage, TV schedules, Salt Lake Buzz, and more.
It even has a link to ABC News Online. KUED, KTVX, KBYU, and KJZZ also have
web pages, as do several local radio stations. There are many listings of
TV and radio stations on the Internet, and none seem to be complete. You
can also check out other a few other
broadcasters
online.
UTAH Virtual Tourist shows a map of Utah with the location
of web servers (web sites) in the state. Each map location is also a "hotlink,"
which allows you to click on the site and be connected directly to that site.
The map includes connections to our universities (BYU, UofU, and others),
various high schools, and many businesses. This site lists hundreds of websites
in Utah. Virtual Tourist is
out of New York, and includes similar maps and lists for the other 49 states
as well as several foreign countries.
If this hasn't been enough, let me point out a few quick references, namely
:
These are some local Internet HotSpots. Don't be afraid to try them out.
Just type the URL given in bold type into your web browser,
and you'll soon be spending your leisure hours learning more about Utah,
a pretty, great state.
Education sites abound in Utah. All of the major colleges
(universities) have web pages. All of them start with
http://www. and end with .edu/. What goes
between depends on which school--BYU, UVSC, CEU, SCI.DIXIE, SUU, UTAH, USU,
or WEBER. We could spend all our time talking about any one of these fine
homepages, but you'd best explore the one of interest to you on your own.
BYU, UofU, and USU have such extensive information available that you could
never see it all. By the time you checked out everything there today, thousands
of news pages would have been added. Note that the
University of Utah was one of the founders
of the Internet. I hear a lot about the Utah
Education Network, but there isn't much there yet.
Utah Computer Society, or
Blue Chips, is a site to keep
Utahns informed about the latest developments in computers. They meet on
the second Wednesday of every month at the University of Utah. They have
several special interest groups (SIGs), including Communications & modems,
Databases, Entertainment, Finance, Genealogy, Internet, Multimedia, New PC
users, NeXTstep, Open Access, OS/2 Warp, VisiualBasic, Windows, and WordPerfect.
They also publish a monthly magazine and a calendar of events. Their regular
computer interest group meetings can be a gold mine of information.
Utah Links
(KioskUtah) will help fill in the gaps if you haven't seen what
you're looking for. It has links to Utah newspapers (yes, you can read the
Tribune, Standard Examiner, Deseret News or Church News from Internet), arts,
TV & radio stations, hobby groups, government sites, educational institutions
(even Utah elementary schools on Internet), libraries, phone books, maps,
sports (hiking, skiing, fishing, hunting, golf, biking), businesses (real
estate companies & more), recreational sites (parks, lakes, forests,
etc.), and more. Be ready to spend a lot of time following up hundreds of
links. You may prefer to try a text (no pictures) list of
Utah
links.
BrionZion just
might liven up your web surfing. With his friends Anna Tsazi, Baldy Gull,
Yosemite Salmon, and Old Yellerstone, you can ride off on an exciting tour
of Utah. Brion also has a centennial activity book ($4.96 at numerous locations)
and sponsors a creative writing contest called This is the Write
Place. Throw in some graphics and good writing, and you have a site
that is informative and entertaining for young and old alike. This is a must
see for those with children.
Utah Facts
(state flower, insect, etc.)
Utah Symphony
UTAHNET (government offices
online)
Infobases (scriptures & Family
history)
Corel (convert WordPerfect to HTML)
Deseret Book Online
WorldWide Web 1st Ward
(info on LDS)
LDS Church Official Internet site
Max Bertola's photos of SouthernUtah
(hundreds!)
A tour of Temple Square
Images
of Utah (scenic pictures)