1-1-98: Is a better diet one of your resolutions? (It is for me! 8-) )
1-2-98: This site practically defines the word "potpourri."
1-3-98: Not at all what it first appears to be!
1-4-98: From the UK, a gorgeous digital art site.
1-5-98: Free trial of an updated version---about as secure as possible
1-6-98: Nice, varied resource; tons of good stuff here.
1-7-98: Many of this type of site are confusing--- but no this one!
1-8-98: Everything you every wanted to know about....
1-9-98: Interesting to see how the French handle this sort of thing...
1-10-98: HotSpots READERS CHOICE selections!
1-11-98: Quiet, thoughtful site for a Sunday.
1-12-98: Great content---and no nags! 8-)
1-13-98: Rich site for any small-to-medium business.
1-14-98: Spiders and crawlers and robots (oh, my!) 8-)
1-15-98: Nice complement to Mike Elgan's page here at WinMag.Com
1-16-98: Uh, Ok. 8-)
1-17-98: I've subscribed to this for years...
1-18-98: Some amazing visuals---well worth the download.
1-19-98: Very interesting approach--- read the explanation!
1-20-98: Some sobering, scary reading here!
1-21-98: Free web based chat--- IRC without an IRC client.
1-22-98: Nice use of DHTML (you'll need a 4.0 browser to view it).
1-23-98: Check out the Pig Latin section (I'm not kidding!)
1-24-98: Useless, yes--- but fun!
1-25-98: Rich resource!
1-26-98: Lots of goodies here.
1-27-98: What a great concept!
1-28-98: Very quirky--- but some really interesting stuff.
1-29-98: Some nice freeware, direct from the author's home pages.
1-30-98: Just for grins.
1-31-98: Nice project--- nice web site. 1-1-98: A very literate site. Check it out!
2-2-98: Great collection of user-to-user tips! Check it out!
2-3-98: Elegant site design.Check it out!
2-4-98: Nice way to create a readable, dense page.Check it out!
2-5-98: Good info from a very early Win98 adopter.Check it out!
2-6-98: Everyone needs some of this once in a while... Check it out!
2-7-98: Their number grows every week... Check it out!
2-8-98: Some real eye-candy here. Check it out!
2-9-98: Wow--- looks like Sci-Fi, but it's not. Check it out!
2-10-98: Finally! A hotspot for OS/2 users! (Win95, too!) Check it out!
2-11-98: Eclectic, useful, and information-packed. Check it out!
2-12-98: In a word: Gorgeous. Check it out!
2-13-98: Find out who's behind *any* site... Check it out!
2-14-98: Nice weekend resource! Check it out!
2-15-98: C'mon---admit it. You *want* to! 8-) Check it out!
2-16-98:Protect your privacy while you surf. Check it out!
2-17-98: Check out the "Win98 Lite" link... Check it out!
2-18-98: A little nasty--- but also funny!  Check it out!
2-19-98: Chaotic design, but lots of good info. Check it out!
2-20-98: Talk about a "cool" design... Check it out!
2-21-98: You gotta admire the site... Check it out!
2-22-98: Interesting service! Click Here
2-23-98: I love the clarity of this site's navigation. Check it out!
2-24-98: VP Gore launched this at the White House. Check it out!
2-25-98: Ultra-easy way to get your home page noticed. Check it out!
2-26-98: Free email. Check it out!
2-27-98: "Ambitious" doesn't begin to describe it. Check it out!
2-28-98: By gamers, for gamers. Check it out!
3-1-98: A different spin on live, over-the-net gaming. Check it out!
3-2-98: If you can stomp one a day, you're doing great! Check it out!
3-3-98: Bet you haven't seen this site before. 8-) Check it out!
3-4-98: Two words: Lots. Free. Check it out!
3-5-98: Some nice freeware, direct from the author.Check it out!
3-6-98: It'll break your heart, and then heal it. Check it out!
3-7-98: After a long winter, I need this site. 8-)Check it out!
3-8-98: Looking for some weekend computer fun? Check it out!
3-9-98: Warning: Tasteless (in parts)--- but funny! Check it out!
3-10-98: Struggling with Outlook Express? Here's help! Check it out!
3-11-98: Great (free!) stuff! Check it out!
3-12-98: Stealth surfing. Check it out!
3-13-98: Change of pace from Hong Kong. Check it out!
3-14-98: I can think of others, but they're not printable. Check it out!
3-15-98: I'll need this for my kids, soon...Check it out!
3-16-98: Bet there's 1---maybe 2---you didn't know about. Check it out!
3-17-98: How could I resist today? Check it out!
3-18-98: Good answers to lots of questions. Check it out!
3-19-98: It may be perverse of me, but I love this site. 8-) Check it out!
3-20-98: If you ever need a mailing list... Check it out!
3-21-98: Eclectic, weird, fun... Check it out!
3-22-98: *Lots* of attitude... Check it out!
3-23-98: Very techie, but very deep. Unbeatable info. Check it out!
3-24-98: I learned some new things here.... Check it out!
3-25-98: Wow! This free site is as good as commercial!  Check it out!
3-26-98: Holds up remarkably well in digital form. Check it out!
3-27-98: Good resource in a *very* hot area. Check it out!
3-28-98: In a word, poignant. Check it out!
3-29-98: Potted ham poetry? 8-) Check it out!
3-30-98: Virtually, eh? Check it out!
3-31-98: *Lots* of free stuff here... Check it out!
4-1-98: Free trial of an interesting applet. Click for today's site!
4-2-98: Fascinating! (And timely!) Click for today's site!
4-3-98: Bizarre and hilarious---fake spam you can mail to frien---er, victims. 8-)    Click for today's site!
4-4-98: Spring hath sprung. Click for today's site!
4-5-98: What the college crowd listens to these days. Click for today's site!
4-6-98: Your tax dollars at work---spinoffs from NASA. Click for today's site!
4-7-98: Arghhh! Click for today's site!
4-8-98: A no-risk way to learn... Click for today's site!
4-9-98: Talk about specialized! Click for today's site!
4-10-98: Interesting reading! Click for today's site!
4-11-98: Kewl! 8-) Click for today's site!
4-12-98: Readers' Choice In Fast Directory Format! Click for today's site!
4-13-98: Fascinating! Click for today's site!
4-14-98: Gotta love the first one. 8-) Click for today's site!
4-15-98: I can't decide for sure if it's a joke or not. 8-) Click for today's site!
4-16-98: Yikes! Click for today's site!
4-17-98: Soothing. Click for today's site!
4-18-98: Chaotic design, but *great* info! Click for today's site!
4-19-98: It's a safe bet you've never seen this before! 8-) Click for today's site!
4-20-98: Support for just about all your modem problems! Click for today's site!
4-21-98: Quirky, interesting, and, um, *dis*informative... Click for today's site!
4-22-98: Very, very handy... Click for today's site!
4-23-98: Weird little things, aren't they?Click for today's site!
4-24-98: Good tips, free applets...Click for today's site!
4-25-98: Very cool. If the sky's clear, give it a try!Click for today's site!
4-26-98: My teen daughter *loves* these things.Click for today's site!
4-27-98: One of the best uses of a popup console I've seen.Click for today's site!
4-28-98: I love the Daily Dose of Irony... 8-)Click for today's site!
4-29-98: Talk about a cheesy site...Click for today's site!
4-30-98: The new season is about to start... Click for today's site!
5-1-98: There's a million sites doing the same thing, but this one stands out.
             Click for today's site!
5-2-98: Virtually live... from Africa!Click for today's site!
5-3-98: Umm, umm, good.Click for today's site!
4 May 1998: Maybe it was low expectations, but this was better than I expected. 8-)
                     Click for today's site!
5 May 1998: Don't be put off by the design--- there's a ton of good stuff in here!
                    Click for today's site!
6 May 1998: Graphically intense, but worth it.Click for today's site!
7 May 1998: A real -WOW!- concept, although a bit confusing at first....Click for today's site!
8 May 1998: One of the most impressive opening pages I've *ever* seen!Click for today's site!
9 May 1998: Reader's Choice Number 26!Click for today's site!
10 May 1998: You didn't forget a card for Mom, did you? 8-)Click for today's site!
11 May 1998: Wow! You can find *anything* through here!Click for today's site!
12 May 1998: You'll probably see the movie. Now see the real thing!Click for today's site!
13 May 1998: Using the web not to *show* art, but to *create* art...Click for today's site!
14 May 1998: Weird and wonderful: a bizarre approach to a cool concept!
                      Click for today's site!
15 May 1998: You'll find ideas here ranging from the very smart to the very dumb. 8-)
                      Click for today's site!
16 May 1998: Not too soon to start planning for summer...Click for today's site!
17 May 1998: Talk about getting away from it all...Click for today's site!
18 May 1998: Check out that logo! (requires a 4.0 browser...)Click for today's site!
19 May 1998: When goes totally mainstream, it'll change higher education forever.
                      Click for today's site!
20 May 1998: I can't explain it. It's really dumb, but I love this site. 8-) Click for today's site!
21 May 1998: Paging Dave Letterman--- a great collection of Top 10 sites!                                   Click for today's site!
22 May 1998: Is it a joke? 8-) Click for today's site!
23 May 1998: Elegant personal page.Click for today's site!
24 May 1998: Beautiful stuff here. Click for today's site!
25 May 1998: Misleading title; but some cool illustrations. Click for today's site!
26 May 1998: Finally! A contest I could win! Click for today's site!
27 May 1998: Has it really been 30 years? Yow!C lick for today's site!
28 May 1998: Everything but the panhandlers... 8-)Click for today's site!
29 May 1998: An amazing high-tech trek. Click for today's site!
30 May 1998: Goatsuckers... and you know who you are. 8-) Click for today's site!
31 May 1998: I thought this stuff died out with line printers. Click for today's site!
6-1-98: Good info on an overdesigned site... Click for today's site!
6-2-98: I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Click for today's site!
6-3-98: Stand-out design, and interesting use of a target window. Click for today's site!
6-4-98: One page from a whole site devoted to this kind of thing. 8-) Click for today's site!
6-5-98: Understated... nice! Click for today's site!
6-6-98: On the anniversary of D-Day... Click for today's site!
6-7-98: Talk about your outbound links... Click for today's site!
6-8-98: Alternates between funny and tasteless... Click for today's site!
6-9-98: Kind of like the web's own Easter island... Click for today's site!
6-10-98: Some days, I *really* need this. 8-) Click for today's site!
6-11-98: In web page design, sometimes less really is more. Click for today's site!
6-12-98: Save this URL for the next heat spell. Click for today's site!
6-13-98: One for the rug rats... Click for today's site!
6-14-98: It's sooooo stupid... but I want one! Click for today's site!
6-15-98: Mondays make you sleepy? Click for today's site!
6-16-98: How *did* they do that? Click for today's site!
6-17-98: Holy smokes! Click for today's site!
6-18-98: This is turning into a space-themed week... Click for today's site!
6-19-98: In a word: Wow! Click for today's site!
6-20-98: Nice tech, slick design. Click for today's site!
6-21-98: Graphically intense, but worth it!Click for today's site!
6-22-98: Provocative! Can they do it? Will they?Click for today's site!
6-23-98: With all the talk of lean browsers...Click for today's site!
6-24-98: And now for something silly...Click for today's site!
6-25-98: Gone, but never forgotten. 8-)Click for today's site!
6-26-98: Some are familiar. Others... not!Click for today's site!
6-27-98: It's ba-a-a-a-a-ck...Click for today's site!
6-28-98: A worthwhile cause...and site.Click for today's site!
6-29-98: Subdued design, but deep, deep info! Click for today's site!
6-30-98: See if *your* house or business is in it!Click for today's site!
7-1-98: Wow! Galileo would have loved this. Click for today's site!
7-2-98: Hack *this!* They want you to! Click for today's site!
7-3-98: Gorgeous photos, perfect for Summer Friday daydreams. 8-) Click for today's site!
7-4-98: It's Independence Day in the USA. Click for today's site!
7-5-98: Independence Day Weekend Continues...Click for today's site!
7-6-98: Netscape killed its Javagator last week. Here's what's
             taking its place.Click for today's site!
7-7-98: A little rough around the edges--- but someone's gotta do it! 8-) Click for today's site!
7-8-98: Very cool. Fun, too! Click for today's site!
7-9-98: Very subtle (and appropriate!) use of DHTML...Click for today's site!
7-10-98: Tune in, via the web, to world radio! Click for today's site!
7-11-98: Special! 300 READERS' CHOICE SITES! Click for today's site!
7-12-98: Wow. And I thought Klingonese was hard... 8-) Click for today's site!
7-13-98: Just don't take it too seriously, OK? 8-) Click for today's site!
7-14-98: Well, at least they're honest! Click for today's site!
7-15-98: Acronyms can be such a PITA. 8-) Click for today's site!
7-16-98: From Denmark, in the Alpha Quadrant... Click for today's site!
7-17-98: The hotter the heatwave, the better this looks... Click for today's site!
7-18-98: Some strange but interesting stuff here. Click for today's site!
7-19-98: Useful! Click for today's site!
7-20-98: A very cool and useful Java applet! Click for today's site!
7-21-98: Excellent resource! Click for today's site!
7-22-98: First, there was web-based email... Click for today's site!
7-23-98: Elegant! Click for today's site!
7-24-98: Good third-party source for Win98 Info! Click for today's site!
7-25-98: You can almost smell the kerosene... Click for today's site!
7-26-98: Great, mellow site! Click for today's site!
7-27-98: Vicious, but some funny stuff too... Click for today's site!
7-28-98: A definite bookmark! Click for today's site!
7-29-98: Bet you never saw this on the web before! Click for today's site!
7-30-98: Have Outlook Express? You need this.  Click for today's site!
7-31-98: Some beautiful---and strange---photos! (Caution: Not for the easily offended.)
Click for today's site!
8-1-98: Another interesting batch of READERS' CHOICE HotSpots! Click for today's site!
8-2-98: A new site about an ancient subject. Click for today's site!
8-3-98: Visually tame, but great content! Click for today's site!
8-4-98: Old tech never dies---it just moves to the web! Click for today's site!
8-5-98: Everybody talks about it... Click for today's site!
8-6-98: Bizarre, but some clever material here. Click for today's site!
8-7-98: Elegant design, unusual concept. Click for today's site!
8-8-98: Not too late to amend your summer reading list... Click for today's site!
8-9-98: And now for something completely different... Click for today's site!
8-10-98: Requires Flash 3 (free!), but makes excellent use of it! Click for today's site!
8-11-98: Good excuse to go outside tonight. Click for today's site!
8-12-98: Hilarious, scary, sad.... (Caution: some very bad language!) Click for today's site!
8-13-98: Tips, tips, tips... Click for today's site!
8-14-98: Need to know anything about a computer virus? Click for today's site!
8-15-98: And I thought I had strange hobbies. Click for today's site!
8-16-98: Fun site to explore with your kids. (or without!) Click for today's site!
8-17-98: Tick, tick, tick... (warning: macabre subject!) Click for today's site!
8-18-98: Hey, it's only play money! Click for today's site!
8-19-98: Essential, for Outlook users.... Click for today's site!
8-20-98: 500 days, and counting... Click for today's site!
8-20-98: I can't afford it, but I want one. 8-) Click for today's site!
8-20-98: This guy specializes in great reviews of awful movies. Click for today's site!
8-20-98: My favorite vacation spot. Wish I could get there now. Click for today's site!
8-20-98: If your browser can handle it, an elegant use of DHTML. Click for today's site!
8-20-98: Sort of like the old Eliza program, in Java. Click for today's site!
8-20-98: Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.... Click for today's site!
8-20-98: Bizarre little thing, isn't it? Click for today's site!
8-20-98: Not Windows, but a slick windowing UI with 3d effects. Click for today's site!
8-20-98: Humor about women, by a woman. Click for today's site!
8-30-98: About as weird as it gets. Click for today's site!
8-31-98: Some groans... but some clever stuff, too. Click for today's site!
9-1-98: I joined. How about you? Click for today's site!
9-2-98: Clever, funny, offbeat... Click for today's site!
9-3-98: Primary election day is coming soon in many parts of the US... Click for today's site!
9-4-98: Sneak Peek at a new site from columnist Larry Magid Click for today's site!
9-5-98: Not Java, but Lava... Click for today's site!
9-6-98: Neat way to spec a new system... Click for today's site!
9-7-98: WinMag Editor Mike Elgan told me about this site... Click for today's site!
9-8-98: Interesting way to dramatically improve web pages! Click for today's site!
9-9-98: Early look at a new web service---you'll recognize the company! 8-)
            Click for today's site!
9-10-98: Interesting approach to user-to-users tech support. Sort of like WinMag's!
             Click for today's site!
9-11-98: I'm pretty cynical about the whole thing... 8-) Click for today's site!
9-12-98: And now for something completely different... Click for today's site!
9-13-98: A *Latvian* Humor Site---and no, I'm not kidding! 8-) Click for today's site!
9-14-98: From Hong Kong, a very different kind of web gallery. Click for today's site!
9-15-98: Experimental Norwegian DHTML site... cool! Click for today's site!
9-16-98: Are you annoyed? 8-) Click for today's site!
9-17-98: Requires Shockwave, but makes spectacular use of it Click for today's site!
9-18-98: Wow---talk about information-rich... Click for today's site!
9-19-98: You know, I think they're actually serious! 8-) Click for today's site!
9-20-98: Nice, topical, and with an attitude. Click for today's site!
9-21-98: Start your week with something silly! Click for today's site!
9-22-98: In a word: Slick. Click for today's site!
9-23-98: I guess everyone needs a hobby. Click for today's site!
9-24-98: Lots of cool stuff here for your web pages. Click for today's site!
9-25-98: Some of these are awesome! Click for today's site!
9-26-98: Very silly! Click for today's site!
9-27-98: Looking for an exotic taste in your cooking? Click for today's site!
9-28-98: Free webapps, yours for the taking. Click for today's site!
9-29-98: The first-ever UNIX-oriented HotSpot! 8-) Click for today's site!
9-30-98: It's this time of year, here where I live. 8-) Click for today's site!
10-1-98: Strange 'alternate' news source. Click for today's site!
10-2-98: A man on a mission. (A weird mission!) Click for today's site!
10-3-98: Some grins here. 8-) Click for today's site!
10-4-98: The first three were quite funny! Click for today's site!
10-5-98: Love the easy-to-use format. Click for today's site!
10-6-98: A little paranoid, but good! Click for today's site!
10-7-98: I love this kind of thing. 8-) Click for today's site!
10-8-98: Don't panic--- it's just a clever and harmless HTML hack! 8-) Click for today's site!
10-9-98: Interesting: sort of an upscale hacker site... Click for today's site!
10-11-98: Great site for smart students. Click for today's site!
10-11-98: Great Sunday reading! Click for today's site!
10-12-98: The first feature-length movie created specifically for the Web---really! Click for today's site!
10-13-98: Bet this is the first site from this region you've seen!
Click for today's site!
10-14-98: Gosh, I owned some of those! Click for today's site!
10-15-98: The best (and funniest) '404' you'll ever see! Click for today's site!
10-16-98: Requires free regisitration---worth it! Click for today's site!
10-17-98: Honesty in web site naming. Click for today's site!
10-18-98: I dunno. *I* was amused. 8-) Click for today's site!
10-19-98: Outstanding treatment of a tough subject. Click for today's site!
10-20-98: Style. Wit. Even some substance! 8-) Click for today's site!
10-21-98: It's NOT what you think! Click for today's site!
10-22-98: They want their site to be a disaster... Click for today's site!
10-23-98: Not a search engine, but a *relevance* engine! Click for today's site!
10-24-98: What the heck is going on here? Click for today's site!
10-25-98: It's---the anti-Pez! [yuk!] Click for today's site!
10-26-98: Need to borrow a cup of uranium? Click for today's site!
10-27-98: As usual for this group---excellent! Click for today's site!
10-28-98: Need to get away? Click for today's site!
10-29-98: For a unique Halloween look... Click for today's site!
10-30-98: If yesterday's site didn't do it for you... Click for today's site!
10-31-98: *Hundreds* of READER-SELECTED sites! Click for today's site!
11-1-98: Some people avoid this site like... well, you'll see!
Click for today's site!
11-2-98: Very, very handy! Click for today's site!
11-3-98: A 'next generation' search engine? Click for today's site!
11-4-98: Some beautiful stuff here. Click for today's site!
11-5-98: Is it a joke? Click for today's site!
11-6-98: Yum! Click for today's site!
11-7-98: Another *great* batch of READER-SELECTED sites!
Click for today's site!
11-8-98: Nice design! Click for today's site!
11-9-98: Interesting web app! Click for today's site!
11-10-98: Surf multiple sites simultaneously in one browser...
Click for today's site!
11-11-98: Awesome collection of news and research links.
Click for today's site!
11-12-98: OK, I know it's silly, but... Click for today's site!
11-13-98: Is that a 'gator in your sewer? Click for today's site!
11-14-98: Put down that Lysol! Click for today's site!
11-15-98: Can he do it? Click for today's site!
11-16-98: Set your alarm! (I'm going to...) Click for today's site!
11-17-98: Phone.... home... Click for today's site!
11-18-98: Lots of space stuff this week! Click for today's site!
11-19-98: Fun, and it mostly works, too! Click for today's site!
11-20-98: Interesting style and navigation, but a wee bit lacking in content. Click for today's site!
11-21-98: Just in case you ever need some, um, tail.
Click for today's site!
11-22-98: Microsoft's big announcement from Comdex...
Click for today's site!
11-23-98: Provocative! Click for today's site!
11-24-98: '...unorthodox visual imagination.' Yup.
Click for today's site!
11-25-98: Some free tools for site owners. Click for today's site!
11-26-98: Nice, non-rabid, business-oriented Mac site.
Click for today's site!
11-27-98: Worry not: It is not what you think! Click for today's site!
11-28-98: What the heck is this all about? 8-) Click for today's site!
11-29-98: Great stuff, even if you saw the original.
Click for today's site!
11-30-98: Offbeat and very original personal site. Click for today's site!
12-1-98: Who doesn't like free? Click for today's site!
12-2-98: I could spend all day exploring this. Click for today's site!
12-3-98: If print is dead, here's the graveyard. Click for today's site!
12-4-98: It's on the way... Click for today's site!
12-5-98: Here's an invention you probably never thought of...
Click for today's site!
12-6-98: What on earth is this about? Click for today's site!
12-7-98: Looks like an interesting idea that didn't quite make it to completion. 8-) Click for today's site!
12-8-98: Create your own simple online VRML world in seconds!
Click for today's site!
12-9-98: Restful images for the midweek blues. Click for today's site!
12-10-98: Does the world really need this? (Nice DHTML, though...) Click for today's site!
12-11-98: Silly, but fun for the not-so-easily offended.
Click for today's site!
12-12-98: Now *this* is *strange!* 8-) Click for today's site!
12-13-98: OK, you knew this was coming, right? Click for today's site!
12-14-98: Kind of appropriate for a Monday, eh? Click for today's site!
12-15-98: Free software to grab files from Usenet.
Click for today's site!
12-16-98: Cool idea. Some nice source, too. Click for today's site!
12-17-98: I bet you've had fantasies about this... Click for today's site!
12-18-98: Need a holiday gift for the geek in your life?
Click for today's site!
12-19-98: A nice way to give back, for the holidays or anytime.
Click for today's site!
12-20-98: Great concept (but the execution is a little weak!) Click for today's site!
12-21-98: P.T. Barnum would have loved this. Click for today's site!
12-22-98: Need to send a last-minute card? Click for today's site!
12-23-98: Wow! Amazing graphics power--- for free! Click for today's site!
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