Links

The Best of the Web These are the sites that I check each and every day, plus some favorite columnists. The Corner and Phi Beta Cons ( National Review ) The Daily Gut - Iowahawk - The Daily WTF - The People's Cube   Jonah Goldberg & Mark Steyn at National Review Matt Labash at the Weekly Standard Robert Cringely

Gausman and Moore - My dad's firm.
Anna Hersey - My sister's page.

Leiran.com (Brandon Leiran) - My buddy Brandon's site.

Iowa State University of Science and Technology - My alma mater.
Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - One of my departments.
Iowa State University Department of Computer Science - My second department and occasional employer.
University of Minnesota - My academic home since 2001.
 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Association for Computing Machinery
 
Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical and computer engineering honor society; I was president of Nu Chapter at Iowa State.
Tau Beta Pi - An engineering honor society.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon - Computing sciences honor society. I served on the executive committee of Iowa State's chapter.
Golden Key International Honor Society - Another society.
Phi Kappa Phi - Yet another honor society.
Phi Beta Kappa
 
Medtronic, Inc. - My former employer (2000-2005, intermittently).

 
Cognitive Techologies Laboratory, Dept. of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago - Great research and readings on human factors, patient safety, &c. (I'm not affiliated with this lab. I'm just interested in their research.)

New Advent - A great site, in general.
 
Saint Olaf, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Downtown parish in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Church of St. Charles Borromeo - My current home parish.

The Holy See - The Holy See.
 
<dead link>PopeChart.com</dead link> - Home of the Original Pope Chart. (Apparently defunct.)
 
<dead link>TrueCatholic.org</dead link> - Sect of goofy sedevacantists. (Link was for amusement and does not constitute an endorsement. Sorry it's dead.)
 
St. Augustine's writings, in Latin - St. Augustine's writings, in Latin and Italian.

I'm a euphoniumist, but this old Besson advertisement is not the reason.
 

Baritone or Euphonium? - Read this if you're wondering what a euphonium is.
Brian L. Bowman - A favorite euphoniumist of mine, whom I had the honor of meeting in 1998.
Steven Mead (Euphonium.net) - Another favorite.
International Tuba and Euphonium Association
 
Iowa State University Wind Ensemble - Iowa State University Wind Ensemble, my band (1997-2001).
Michael Golemo - Director of Bands and Department of Music Chairman at Iowa State.
Dustin Seifert - My teacher at Iowa State, now Director of Bands and Department of Music Chairman at Eastern New Mexico University.

I am indebted to a few other notable people for my excellent musical experiences over the years, including Rita Docter, C. David Elzea, Douglas C. Orzolek, and the late Joseph Z. Christensen.

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - National fraternity for professional musicians. I was Alpha Delta chapter president at Iowa State.

RWagner.net - Libretti, etc.
Synopsis, Der Ring des Nibelungen - By Topi Ylinen.
Online Medieval and Classical Library - A great service.
The Nibelungenlied - One of the sources on which Wagner (loosely) based the Ring.
The Volusungasaga - Another source.

The Cato Institute - A great D.C. think tank.
The Muzzle Awards - Given each year to people or organizations who threaten free speech.
Walk for Capitalism - An advocacy group.
Future of Freedom Foundation - Another advocacy group.
Americans for Tax Reform - Lots of great information.
ChillingEffects.org - Helps web sites who are threatened with cease-and-desist letters.
John Taylor Gatto - An education reformer.
 
Articles of Confederation
Constitution of the United States
The Federalist Papers
Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Uh, papers. Just papers. Uh, ya know, my papers. Business papers.
The Anti-Federalist Papers (Constitution.org)
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
The Rights of Man (Thomas Paine)

Star Wars - The big "official" site. The prequels really stink, which is too bad.

The Crackpot Index - Tried any amateur physics lately? Evaluate your theories here.
The Sokal Hoax
<dead link>Dogbert's New Ruling Class</dead link> - I'm a long-standing member of DNRC, and I've even received personal email from Scott Adams.
Classical Music Bloopers - From Clemson.
Monty - By Jim Meddick.
Ballard Street - For those of us with a "special" sense of humor.
News of the Weird - By Chuck Shepherd.
Bedtime Stories for Imaginary Children - Archive.org copy of Alan Jordan's "Bedtime Stories for Imaginary Children."
 
Rinkworks.com - A great site that's full of assorted funny and clever stuff.
Things People Said
It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Movie
Computer Stupidities
 
The Jargonizer (McCullagh.org) - Spews random bits of hype.
 
GeekCode.com - The original Geek Code.
JoeReiss.net - Joe Reiss, inventor of the Geek Code.

My geek code.
 
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GE/CS/M/MU/MD d++ s+: a30 C++ UB++ P+++ L+>++ E W++ N++ o-- K++ w O+ M-- V- PS- PE++ Y+ PGP+ t 5 X R>+ tv- b++>++++ DI++++ D+ G e++>++++ h---- r+++ y+++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches
Kibo.com - Nutty, but funny.
SpamRadio.com - Streaming audio of a computer reading spam over synth tracks.
<dead link>Captain Vegetable</dead link> - Am I the only one who remembers him?

Starcraft Broodwar (Blizzard Entertainment) - One of the greatest computer games of all time.
Dark Forces - Another great game.
JediKnight.net - Star Wars gaming site.

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SDF Public Access Unix System
 
Lynx Viewer (Delorie.com) - See what your site looks like in Lynx, which some people actually still use.
W3C Validator - HTML validator from W3C.

- An unbelievable collection of garbled help-desk tickets.

Computer Stupidities

The Daily WTF - Stories from the trenches. The following are my personal favorites.   A Barely Accessible System When Comments Go Wild An Alternative to Traditional Array Resizing SQL Injection Protection Tenacious Dave Those Responsible Have Been Sacked - The last screenshot is priceless. The Re-Interview Consulting the Consultants Could You Explain Programming, Please? Sticking to the Method Security By Insanity Nepotism Trumps Interview Hey! You! No Line Breaks - Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The F*ckhead Pattern - Check out the third story in this collection. On a Budget The Incidental Expert

I, Rearrangement Servant - A.k.a. Internet Anagram Server.
Atomic Rockets - A fun site.

Here are a few awards from the Corporation, which is now defunct.
 

 
There are a few other site certifications, too.
 

 
NewGif at Kevdo.com (Kevin Crossman) - I use new.gif here and there. It's a web classic.

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