Mark Harden's Artchive: If you're serious about art, want to view the works of the Great Masters at leisure and read scholarly anaylses of the masterpieces, this is the where you should head. The links-on-tasteful-graphics home page takes you directly to the various sections -- 'Juxtapositions', 'Galleries', 'Parton Program', 'Theory & Criticism', 'Art CD-ROM Reviews', 'Artchive' and 'Links'. Among the works you can view in the 'Galleries' are Goya's Black Paintings, classics by Rembrandt, and Beckmann's Departure. You can also visit an authentically replicated virtual gallery hosting 'The First Impressionist Exhibition, 1874'. And the 'Theory & Criticism' pages offer such enlightening, though somewhat turgid, essays on Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus', Cezanne's 'Portrait of Chocquet', Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa', Picasso's 'Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier', Van Gogh's 'Self-portrait' and dozens more. Access time is pretty fast for an image-heavy site such as this, but it still depends on how good your connection is.

Science Fiction Weekly: Boasting "more than 162,000 Registered Readers", this Webzine is one of the most up-to-date online resources for all things sci-fi. The main page may give it a dull newsletter look, but it works and the summaries under the various sections -- 'News Of The Week', 'Off The Shelf' (new books), 'Classics' (scientific fiction that has stood the test of time), 'Site Of The Week', 'On Screen' (films with sci-fi themes), 'Games', 'Cool Stuff' (sci-fi collectables), 'Letters' -- immediately clue you in on the contents. The 'Interview' features -- with everyone from television writers to film directors -- are also excellent mind-fodder for readers seeking to discover what makes the top sci-fi creators tick. You can also go through 'Back Issues' and send in your own 'Submissions' and 'Suggestions'.

NationWide Bowling: OK, it's quite unlikely that you'd go all the way to New Jersey just to bowl, but virtually speaking, this site still has a lot to offer. The 'Bowling For The Beginner' section is definitely a good place to start. But the 'Bowling History', 'Lichstein's Ball Guide', 'Bowling Score Calculator' and 'More Bowling Links' pages are also full of useful information on the game. Pinball wizards addicted to videogames will love the 'Shockwave game of bowling! (it's a drag to download, though) and the 'Free Bowling Software Game'. There's great use of white space on the main page even though it could accommodate a few more features.

Center for the Study of Autism (CSA): Based in Salem/Portland, Oregon, the CSA is probably one of the most focused organizations to conduct advanced research into autism. And its Web portal is packed with information on the condition... enough to help people who have autistic dependents and those looking to deepen their knowledge on the subject. This is a text-only page so it's a breeze to get in and select whatever interests you from the 'Table of Contents'. There's an 'Overview of Autism' that you can read in English, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean or Spanish. And there're loads of links under such headers as 'Subgroups and Related Disorders', 'Issues', 'Interventions' and 'Exclusive Interviews'. But take note of the disclaimer that the information on the site is research- and education-oriented and "not intented to be medical advice".

Hugging Hands International: Like many sites devoted to social and charitable work, Hugging Hands International is now facing "financial difficulties". But this "nonprofit online kid's art museum" is still a must-visit as it generates funds from individual and corporate sponsors through traffic volume and donates them to children's charities around the world. So bookmark it and stop by as many times as possible daily to make the world a better place for children. As for the exhibits, there are "14,344 images from 12,355 kids in 89 countries" and you can view some of them here and others at Save the Children and the Chicago Children's Museum. The home page is almost skeletal in look but has all the relevant links including 'Art Around the World', 'Y2Kids: Art of the Millennium' and 'Schools Exhibits & Contests'.

Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia: Men are from Mars and women are from Venus... Didn't you know? We're a race of aliens from outer space. And before man became the dominant sex (was he ever?) as an Earth citizen, both sexes were indistinguishable from each other ('Yes, and my mother was a man!' -- Editor). Which is why, we need home pages like this to correct countless misconceptions, including the highly pervasive one that only men can write science fiction and fantasy stories. This is another straightforward site that wisely leaves the dancing graphics to TV-wannabe portals. There's a 'Table of Contents' that links you to resources 'About the Site', 'For Readers: Fem/SFFU Bibliographies', 'For Researchers', 'For Writers' and 'Other Material'. Plenty of great space and spaced-out mysteries here though the site is -- irony of ironies! -- probably going to attract more male readers than female.

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