Search Engines
Sports Sites
Newspapers
Computer Resources
Games Online
Cool Sites
The Weird and the Wacky
Resources
Email, Address, and Telephone Number Searches

Have you just finished a test and are doing the after-test-go-to-the-computer-lab-and-veg-out routine? Or are you just wasting time in general because you're skipping class? Here are some cool sites to look at. All of those site designated by a chili pepper are some "hot" site that we, the "web masters," really think you should check out. are If you've got any sites that you want to put up on this page, please send the web address to Peily (psoong@uab.edu). There is no way that we can find all of the cool sites ourselves. Plus, by doing so, you'll have a place where you know your favorite site is book marked.


Search Engines (Finding Stuff on the Net)

Yahoo!
Infoseek
Hotbot
Metacrawler
Altavista


Sports

ESPNet
CBS Sportsline
USA Today
CNN/SI
UAB Athletics
University of Alabama Athletics Homepage
Vanderbilt University Athletics (With links to all SEC Schools' Athletics Homepages)
Auburn University Athletics Homepage


Newspapers/News

USA Today
CNN
New York Times
Washington Post
Entertainment Weekly
The Onion (A satirical look at news)


Computer Resources

Shareware Software (from shareware.com)
c|net.com (Computer news)
Digital/Email Cards (send your friends birthday, Christmas, etc. cards online)
Apple Computers
Microsoft


Games

Online Jeopardy and Wheel
Register (you must first fill out the online registration form. it's still free)
Jeopardy
College Jeopardy
Wheel of Fortune

UpRoar Games(From Cosmo Trivia to CBS Sportsline Trivia)
Comedy Central Games (From South Park Games to The Daily Show Questions)


Cool Sites

USA Today Cool Site Listing
Billboard Magazine (Reviews, news, and chart listings in music)
Click and Clack/Car Talk (info on car questions from the the two funny brothers on NPR)
Comedy Central (Games and Downloads)
Humor Archive (archive of those email jokes that you get from your friends)
iMusic Reviews (One of the most complete listings of music reviews)
Jay Leno Headlines (Scans of those wacky headlines on "The Tonight Show")
The Late Show with David Letterman (with archive of Top 10 List)
Mother Goose and Grimm Comic Strip
Rolling Stone (News and reviews in music)
United Media Comics (including Dilbert and Peanuts)
Upcoming CD Releases (thanks Ice magazine!)
The UAB Mission Statement (The pretty plaques are now online!)


The Weird and the Wacky

Bunny Survial Test (Must see to believe that someone has this much free time)
Listing of Cliches
Cool Word of the Day
E-IQ Test (Take the Emotional IQ test. Based on the infamous book.)
Field Guide to North American Boys (A site made for women)
Literary Insults (Be insulted by the Bard)
Love Calculator (See if your compatible to another based on your names)
Payphone Project (Listing of Payphone numbers. Makes the Bunny people look like they've got a life)
Phone Spell (Make your phone number into a word)
Rectal Foreign Body (Some interestingly real X-rays of objects that you didn't think would fit)
TrippyHappy's Coloring Book (Feel like doing some coloring?)
Useless Fact of the Day (What the title says.)
Zeitgeist Fortune Teller (Check out the Magic 8 Ball, Fortune Cookies, and Crystal Ball)


Resources

Listing of References Online (extremely useful links)
Bartlett's Quotations
Born Today (Britannica Lives)
Freebie Compilation (Listing of free stuff you can get online)
InfoBeat (Get personalized email updates on sports, news, weather, stocks, and more. Just don't tell Paula.)
Lowest Fares (Where to get the lowest fares on airline tickets)
Roget's Thesaurus
Speed Trap Listing (Making a road trip? Check out where all of cops are.)


Email,Telephone, and Address Information

UASOM Directory
AT&T 1-800 Directory (Look up 1-800 numbers online)
BellSouth Yellow Pages
BigBook (Online Yellow Pages. Includes maps on how to get to places. Very comprehensive.)
Four11 Telephone Directory (Basically the White Pages online. Fairly comprehensive)
Four 11 Email Directory (Search email addresses. Not really that great, but you can try)
Mapquest (Create maps for virtually any street in major US Cities.)
WhoWhere (Find email addresses)
Zip2 Maps (Almost identical to Mapquest. Does have interactive (java) maps.)
Zip Code Search