| American Cowgirl Kodak e-Magazine offers yet another fascinating feature, this time focusing on America's cowgirls and the roles of women in the traditionally male sport of rodeo. Take a tour through the History section, a compelling and comprehensive photo essay documenting the past 120 years of women in the rodeo, and meet some of the early legends, daring women who entered the adventurous world of "roping and riding." In the Movies section, you'll find three clips focused on current world-class bull riders Lisa Stipp and Rene Mikes. Watch Six Seconds, On the Road, and Motivation to enter their world and hear what it's like to ride a bull and travel the circuit. |
| PBS: American Field Guide Tour the American countryside and explore ecosystems, art, history, public policy, and more with just a few clicks of the mouse, thanks to PBS. Go snowboarding in the backcountry near Mt. Bachelor, Oregon. Look for seashells on Sanibel Island in Florida. Take a twig furniture making class in southeast Alaska. Public television stations from across the U.S. provide over 1,200 video clips along with transcripts, which makes searching easy. After seeing these amazing places on video, you'll want to pack your bags and take a hike! |
| Idea Line Arranged in a "fan of luminous threads," the Idea Line presents a timeline of artworks in which each thread corresponds to a type of artwork or technology. The line's brightness indicates the number of artworks in that year. The array of artworks and technology is impressive -- minimalism, abstraction, animation, video, Java, and many more -- but our favorite aspect of this clever site is watching the lines ebb and flow as the mouse is moved over them. When you see something that piques your interest, you're just one click away from immersing yourself in it. |
| FirstGov Working to connect the world to all U.S. government information and services is no easy task, but this web site does an amazing job. The government "portal" contains over 47 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions. An amazing repository of information, the site offers links to an enormous number of government sites -- from information on agriculture and food to facts about money and taxes. And if you're hoping to find more information on the recent tragic events and subsequent U.S. policy, don't miss the U.S. in the World section. |
| CoolXTerra.com (R.I.P.) These rag-tag "XPackMates" punctuate their existence with a capital X -- as in the Nissan XTerra SUV. Meet the elitist connoisseurs of mud, mayhem, and off-road muscle driving. Unlike their luxury sedan or classic car counterparts, scratches and dents are a matter of pride. The more the better. Their SUVs don't haul bratty kids off to soccer practice, they climb snow-capped mountains, cross meandering streams, and take their human cargo across some of the prettiest terrain in the country. To the XPack, life's not just about the road less traveled, but also the roads that have yet to be paved. |
| PBS: Electric Money Robert "Triumph of the Nerds" Cringely takes PBS viewers and web visitors on a whirlwind tour of money. We visited the money timeline to see how payment systems have evolved over several centuries from gold to paper to electrons. It was plastic that launched the e-money revolution in the 1950s, when a New York businessman, who forgot his wallet at lunch, conceived of the Diner's Club charge card. The pace quickened with credit-card consolidation in the '60s; the evolution of computer networks, electronic transactions, and ATMs in the '70s and '80s; and the rise of the commercial Internet in the '90s. What's next? Learn about the smart card, a slim piece of plastic with a chip built in. |
| Cultural Profiles Project Created by the Canadian government's Citizenship and Immigration Department for their Host Program, here's a resource for communities everywhere. Over 100 country profiles provide information for volunteer hosts, who welcome new immigrants and help them adapt to an unfamiliar country. Online brochures present an overview of life and customs in all corners of the world, from Afghanistan to Zambia. Most profiles are accompanied by photographs, details of landscape, climate, history, religion, family life, food, and festivals. What better way to begin to understand the experience of newcomers? |
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