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California Professional Practices surf team will continue to bring you a list of sites that catch our eye, can make us laugh, help us work, and quench our thirst for the outlandish . . you get the idea.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION
Nearly every article from the print edition, plus the Interactive Edition's round-the-clock coverage of late-breaking news.

EUROPE ONLINE
Available in English, French, and German, this site offers up-to-date news and information, business assistance, online games, and even the latest CD charts.

HEALTH ONLINE SERVICE
A first for the Internet - knee surgery was transmitted live from the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg on Friday, March 29, 1996. A ten-minute summary is now available.

NEWS CLASSIFIEDS
Easily search or browse Australia's largest classified ad database, with listings from all the major newspapers Down Under.

C|NET
C|net covers the newest Web technologies - and demonstrates trendsetting ways to use them - in its online magazine and cable television show.

SHAREWARE.COM
A searchable shareware archive, shareware.com offers easy access to over 190,000 shareware and demo programs.

MAPQUEST
What's the best route from Biloxi to Bogalusa? This free, interactive street atlas of the continental United States does everything but drive you there.

ESPNET SPORTSZONE
Hey Navigator 2.0 fans: Now you can customize and control your own Java-enabled ScorePost. (No, you can't change the actual scores.)

VEGGIES UNITE!
A rich harvest of vegetarian resources that falls into that rare category of useful and fun. Choose a recipe, click the shopping list function, and generate a printout of ingredients that will put the hand-scribbled lists of other shoppers to shame.

BANDWIDTH CONSERVATION SOCIETY
Picture the highway at rush hour: Cars creeping, drivers enraged. Substitute Web for highway, the bytes that make up images for cars, and Net surfers for drivers. Sound familiar? These folks are building a carpool lane.

AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT WEBSITE
Each panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was created in memory of a person lost to AIDS. When its 45,000 panels are unfolded at the National Mall next Columbus Day, it's expected to cover an expanse equivalent to 15 city blocks. Now, information about this touching, powerful, global memory project is available online.

QUICKEN FINANCIAL NETWORK
A wealth of information for Quicken users, including feature articles, Quicken tips, and news on new financial tools. Online banking via the financial network will make fiscal responsibility downright fun.

BANK OF AMERICA
Need a money tip? Build your own bank and choose from a full range of financial services, apply for loans and credit cards, or check out daily rates. Features a Netscape Publishing System.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CYBERSPACE
MIT's Media Lab hosts the biggest online forum in history. Word, sound, and pictures are the palette for painting a global portrait of life in the digital age. With 50 servers, a T3, and 1 to 2 terabytes of disk space, there's room for everyone to stand up and be counted.

EPICURIOUS
From the publishers of Gourmet  and Bon Appétit. Recipes, articles, snappy graphics, and wit. It's your chance to give Julia Child an online high-five.

WOMEN'S WIRE
Well-designed business and information resource helping to debunk the male/female Internet ratio thang.

NETNOOSE
Hang more than ten with this cool cybertwist on an old game (and send the author email to beef up the dictionary).

CNN
How can the Cool News Network give users free access to updated headlines, sound files, news photos, and QT movies and still be worth $8.5 billion?

INTERNET CONFERENCE CALENDAR
A great resource for Internet-industry events, courses, symposia, and other gatherings.

WORD
"Issues. Culture. Neat-o" New York design. Check out the server pushes.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL ONLINE
Discover the interactive wonders of the world right from your desktop.

BARGAIN FINDER
Intelligent agents born to shop: Plug in a title and find the best price from among eight online music stores.

IMPACT ONLINE
A great resource for helping nonprofits get wired for the Web - check out in particular the information-packed Internet primer.

RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK
A beautifully designed community and information resource for the activist and professional. Check out the online action-fax capabilities.

MACROMEDIA
The Multimedia and Design Source for info, demos, and links to the hottest in interactive media development.

SPORTSLINE
Stats and beyond: Enter to win an official NFL football signed by Broadway Joe Namath.

GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
Well-tanned, hang-ten Web advertising and design from Hawaii.

WELLS FARGO BANK
Pioneers of the digital age, too: the first in online banking, using a secure Netscape Commerce Server.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
Hip design and online package tracking from those cool folks in brown.

TEEN MOVIE CRITIC
Four stars: Solid film and video reviews by a Net-smart 16-year-old.

ONSALE
The silent auction is far from going, going, gone.

PRODUCT NET
Women's clothing design fitted to great Net design.

NJONLINE WEATHER
"Refrigerate onions before chopping them" - Old Farmer's Almanac  wisdom as well as weather from the Garden State and around the nation.

FILM SCOUTS ON THE RIVIERA - 49TH CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The buzz, the gossip, the deals, the stars, the parties, and even the movies

SUBWAY NAVIGATOR
No-frills armchair travel: from A to B in over 30 cities around the world.

KODAK
Features some stunning sample high-res digital images.

THE ARTVARK GALLERY
Those talented Hollanders are at it again. Check out the speedy server.

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL
Webmaster the possibilities.

HITCHCOCK: THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE
Don't view this site when you're in the shower.

THE AMAZING FISHCAM!
The world-famous Fishcam, now with the Continuously Refreshing Fishcam Image.

REALAUDIO
Imminent: Real-time audio over the Net, even at 14.4Kbps.

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN ARCHIVE
Photos, festival databases, librettos, and more.

CRAYON
Fun for the whole family: CReAte Your Own Newspaper.

BLUE DOG CAN COUNT!
Stupid Net tricks?

WIT BEER
Drink the prospectus carefully before investing.

KAI'S POWER TIPS AND TRICKS
Photoshop resource extraordinaire from the friendly gnomes at MIT.

MTV, MUSIC TELEVISION
MTV, the folks who brought you music videos, is now on the Net!

MR. SHOWBIZ
Fun star stuff from our friends at Starwave. See the many faces of Rob Reiner and more.

INTERNET SHOPPING NETWORK
A one-stop shop for hardware, software, flowers, and sheepskin slippers.

COOL SITE OF THE DAY
The ever-popular list from Richard Grimes at InfiNet.

MERCURY CENTER
News from the Pulitzer Prize-winning San Jose Mercury News.

FEDERAL EXPRESS
Home base for the package-delivery giant; you can even track a FedEx package online.

SPIDER'S PICK OF THE DAY
Bob Allison's daily list, with an archive.

UNITED STATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Your peace dividend at work.

DECLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Your peace dividend at work, part deux.

LE WEBMUSEUM
Nicholas Pioch's unparalleled art exhibition.

THE VIRTUAL TOURIST
Find a site anywhere in the world. Also see Virtual Tourist II.

RSA DATA SECURITY
Download a free evaluation copy of RSA's award-winning new software, RSA Secure for Windows.

THOMAS
Jefferson, that is. If you'd had this in high school civics class . . .

HAWAII BEST ESPRESSO COMPANY
Think Kona coffee . . .

NOVELL
Netscape partner Novell leads the Net in online technical support.

FUTURE FANTASY BOOKSTORE
So good it could be fantasy - hosted by Netscape partner Digital Equipment Corporation.

VIRTUALLY HAWAII
Visit the islands courtesy of NASA.

INTERNET UNDERGROUND MUSIC ARCHIVE
Just keeps getting better and better.

MATTHEW GRAY'S COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SITES
Key word here is "comprehensive."

EFF'S ACTION ALERTS
The suit to overturn United States cryptography export restrictions, and lots more.

TALKER
A real-time chat application from InfiNet.

FLY WITH US
Go for a spin in a Russian Mig 29 fighter jet.

INDEX LIBRORUM LIBERORUM
John Walker's archive of arcana - from French lessons to a Windows tool to view the moon's phases. Truly cool. Includes the complete Autodesk File.

RANDOM LIGHT BULB JOKE
A new one every ten seconds, actually.

FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LAB
Learn all about the discovery of the top quark.

WORLD BIRTHDAY WEB
From Sunsite and the inimitable Tom Boutell. Beyond the obvious - a great way to look at lots of individual home pages on the Net.

THE OFFICIAL ALT.FAN.DAN-QUAYLE HOME PAGE
Lots of information about the man who called the United States "the greatest planet on Earth."

ADAM'S FOX BOX
It appears that Adam likes foxes.

THE TEMPLE O' PACMAN
Our very own George Stephanopolous look-alike. Go Tom!

SILICON STUDIO
Netscape partner Silicon Graphics, showing off its many projects.

TiReD-WiReD
Not exactly your dad's monthly Wired list. Results courtesy of David Bianco's patented AI algorithm.

TREASURES OF THE CZARS
A virtual museum tour from the St. Petersburg Times.

CARLOS' COLORING BOOK
Another truly cool. Check out how you can draw a picture right in Navigator's window!

U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
You wanted to see this here, didn't you?

OFFWORLD METAPLEX
A new approach, to say the least . . .

MIRSKY'S WORST OF THE WEB
As it says.

THE VIRTUAL HEADBOOK
Bringing casting and talent together.

BROWSER WATCH
From Dave Garaffa, one of the earliest uses of tables on the Net.

MICHIGAN PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
If ever there was a reason to get a great graphical browser . . .

CBS EYE ON THE NET
Includes (of course) Late Show with David Letterman  info.

WHAT IS MILES WATCHING ON TV?
Don't touch that dial!

THE CAPITOL STEPS
Satire. Oh really? With semi-live topical and classic hits.

THE SPRAWL
A collaborative extension of cyberspace. "Moo + Web = Woo!"

HOWARD L. RHEINGOLD
The man's a regular idea factory.

THE ENHANCED FOR NETSCAPE HALL OF SHAME
It was bound to happen . . .

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