Table of Contents
- Retro Computing - Links to peoples collections, info sites for various systems, and FAQs
- Software Sites - Some general archives that feature free or almost-free software. Mostly IBM-type, some Mac and Apple
- Computer, General - General info covering additional computer issues, search engines and such
- Anime and Manga - A long and disorganized list that has links to sites for individual series, ftp/MP3 archives, fanfics, image galleries, and info/FAQ pages. At the very least, make sure to visit the first link
- Japanese Language - Many links to sites that offer help in the study of the japanese language, software sites, FAQs, and more.
- Japanese Media Sources - Site featuring news and current events in Japan
- Japanese People - Some real-life folks
- Japan, General - Various links to site of interest for students, travellers, and the curious.
- Comics - Links to various comics archives and information sites
- Miscellaneous Interests - David Letterman and Zen, Black Ops and Dave Barry, and more!
- Internet Radio - Links to a variety of RealAudio, Vivo, and WebView sites. Definately check out the Prarie Home Companion link!
- Tumbleweed's Pages - Links to my other pages and contact information
Retro Computing
- The Retro-Computing Society of RI, Inc. - What? You haven't been here yet?!? Get thee hence!
- Carl Friend's Computer Collection - For personal retro-computing collections, this is one of the very best. Major recommendation!
- conan.ids.net/~mikeu/collection.html - Mike Umbricht's collection, featuring many items from the Digital line. Mike also maintains the RCS/RI BBS VAX.
- www.cca.org/retro.html - Dave Fischer shows off his own impressive collection of retro computer, FRC documents, and a link to his own RCS/RI page with many detailed pix.
- Ma collection personnelle - Philippe Dubois's computer history museum page. (French only)
- Internet Society (ISOC) All About The Internet: History of the Internet
- Computer History and Emulation Homepage
- TRS-80 Color Computer Homepage - Totally complete page devoted to collectors pf the TRS-80/Tandy/Coco line of computers. Screen shots, gathering info, and software.
- emulation.net - Pretty odd site. Loads of great classic computer emulators, all ported to the Macintosh!
- The Apple 2 emulator page - Emulators and disk images from the Apple 2 for the IBM and Mac.
- The Apple II Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Atari 8-Bit Computers: Frequently Asked Questions
- USENET FAQs - comp.sys.cbm - CBM = Commodore Business Machines
- PDP-8 Frequently Asked Questions
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Software Sites
- Beginners Home Page Starter Kit - Great place for learning the basics of HTML.
- "You have always been here SOFTWARE" - Links to various shareware and freeware sites
- DOWNLOAD CENTRAL - Downloadable software, mostly Internet-related. Worth looking at for Windoze users.
- Freeware Shareware World Center - Nonags Main Page - Same as above, only more!
- The Boggi–s Official Web Site; The Editors Choice Of Free Softwares - Freeware site for WinNT users.
- Washington University Data Archive - Archive for Windoze users, Linux, BSD, Mac, Amiga, and misc. others.
- Welcome to RealMedia ! - RealPlayer download site. A must for Internet radio fans!
- Welcome to TUCOWS - Probably the best place to look for Internet-related and otherwise useful software. This is the site local to RI users.
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Computer, General
- Yahoo Search Engine - My personal choice for search engines.
- Lycos Search Engine - Another good search engine. I don't use it as often as Yahoo, but it's my second search choice.
- VMS page - Links, FAQs and info on VMS and related topics.
- Zoomer PDA Home Page - One of very very few web sites that cover the poor li'l Tandy Zoomer PDA.
- SMT Mission Statement - The home page for the SMT (Situationist MIME Troupe) Computing Society based out of Providence's own AS220 Alternative Art Space. This is the cutting edge of grass-roots computing in Rhode Island.
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Anime and Manga
- Anime Web Turnpike: Your #1 Guide to the Anime and Manga Internet World! - Your best starting point for information on anime and manga!
- Anime Examined - Anime 101 - Fairly good site for a background into anime and anime fandom.
- Ming's Saber Marionette J Page - Come learn about our favorite android trio: Lime, Cherry and Bloodberry! Images and MP2 files also available.
- NGE... - Good site for fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion and their web ring.
- http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/7603/ - Site for fans of Devil Hunter Yohko...lots of images!
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes WWW Info Center - Very complete source for information on this classic and compelling series. (Hint: good site for space war gamers)
- The Anime Fortress - Good anime goods here. Music, images, animated gifs, info on Fushigi Yuugi, Evangelion and Sailor Moon.
- Kaldain's Anime Central - MP3 collection, Evangelion, Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2
- The JBBs' Japanese Anime Stop - The Jusenkyou Blood Brothers provide MP3 info, links and humor.
- Directory of /pub/IAC/sorted - A neat ftp site. Music, images, animations, and more! (Italian only)
- Anime Music MP3 Box - Site with MP3 goods from Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Ah! Megami-sama, Kimagure Orange Road, Nuku Nuku, Porco Rosso, and Tenchi Muyo. (Recently went through a major revamping)
- THE HUGE ANIME SOUNDS PAGE - Good MP2 and MP3 site with entries from various animes, a good site for Macross and Robotech fans epecially.
- Rurouni Kenshin Shrine : Music section - Excellent collection of Rurouni Kenshin MP3's. Make sure to download the Uncook program though!
- Anime Music - MP3 - Nicely collected set of MP3 files. Mostly at the 90 second limit, but worth looking at for the Nurse Angel Ririka OP.
- Virtual Idols: Rhythm on the Web - Okay, not technically an anime site, but many idol singers are also voice actors. This is a particularly good site to see what Hayashibara Megumi has been up to lately.
- Otaku World! anime and manga - This place could become the next Anime Turnpike! For now though it's a great site for anime related software and links. Check it out!
- Anime in the Limelight - A realAudio Radio show devoted to anime music and topics.
- Anime Radio Streaming Internet Talk Show on Japanese Animation. Good source for industry info and gossip.
- Various Anime Related FTP sites and Homepages - A list of very good and useful ftp sites. (Warning, some "H" sites)
- The Vision of Escaflowne Compendium - Complete episode and FAQ list for Tenki no Escaflowne.
- Here is Greenwood - One of alarmingly few sites devoted to my favorite shoujo title, Koko wa Greenwood!
- The Wandering Mage Chichiri's Homepage - Good Fushigi Yuugi site with fanfics, fan artm lyrics and images.
- Fushigi Yuugi - Huge image archive. Lots of manga images here in addition to anime.
- Richard Lawson's Fanfics - One of the best fanfic writers around. I highly recommend his Nuku Nuku series, the Thy Inward Love series, and the Ranma short stories. (This is a recently updated link)
- Bast!'s Ranma 1/2 Page - Excellent source for fanfics and links for Ranma 1/2!
- The Hayashibara Megumi (Megumi Hayashibara) Internet Fan Club - Speaking of Ranma! ^_- Hurry up and join the club! (I hold fan club member card #146)
- Inoue Kikuko - Now why doesn't she have a similar fan club? Hitoshi Doi keeps on top of the latest for us though with this most excellent site!
- Hitoshi Doi - This guy claims more than 50 million hits on his pages. I can see why! He has the best searchable anime database available... anywhere! Seiyuu, cels, UFO cathcer dolls, everything!
- Maison Ikkoku Home Page - In my opinion the best and most complete site devoted to one of my all-time favorite series... Mezon Ikkoku!
- The Tendo House - This is a very good site to learn all about the Ranma 1/2 series. I've watched this page grow from infancy and it looks like it has grown very well indeed.
- The Ranma 1/2 Gallery - Fan Fiction - Great fanfics, especially the Ranma/Belgariad crossover series and the short-fics.
- cosplay-LINK - Links to loads of anime Cosplay (Costume Play) sites (Japanese only)
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Japanese Language
- The Rhode Island-Japan Society Home Page - This is a web page that I maintain for this group. If you are in the Rhode Island area, come by to see us!
- Japanese Language Learning World Wide Web - Old site, but good language learning tips. His software looks interesting too.
- Alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ - Interesting questions answered that are current, yet not in the usual FAQ.
- Hideki's Home Page - Information on using Japanese on your computer. (Linux, Win95)
- Jim Breen's Japanese Page - Site for the EDICT Project (a growing multi-platform on-line English-Japanese dictionary) and the GNU-ware Japanese Word Processor. If you're running Windows and want to do Japanese. Come here! If you're on other platforms, you still won't be disappointed.
- Using Japanese with a PC - Just what it says, but for various programs, and various OS's including OS/2 and DOS. Good info sources too!
- Directory of /pub/nihongo - Huge ftp archive (with links to mirror sites) out of Australia for Japanese software. Multiple platforms covered.
- Directory of /pub/japanese - Links to more ftp sites for Japanese-related software and info.
- Alternative sci.lang.japan FAQ's other WWW sites page - A very good list for those exploring Japanese language interests on the Web. Some of his links are old, and his comments may not be wholly accurate, but worth much time going through.
- EASY WEB JAPANESE - Good site for some basic Japanese on-line tutorials and info.
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Japanese Media Sources
- Welcome to The Japan Times Online - English language Webzine covering Japanese news, seasonal info, politics, columns, and tourist info.
- Asahi-NewsPaper-enews - A daily stop for me. English edition of the Asahi Shimbun (newpaper) covering local, national, and international news. Updated daily!!!
- Japan Links - General collection of links... news, current affairs, language, culture, technology, places, and more.
- JAPAN ECHO - An interactive magazine covering a wide variety of current affairs and opinions. The Editor's Choice section is a great place to start.
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Japanese People
- Johoku Junior High School - Meet the students and faculty at Johoku Junior High School in Okazaki, Japan!
- Tanaka Seminar Homepage - Mrs. Kazue Tanaka teaches English at Yokuyama Women's College in Yamaguchi, Japan. She uses the e-mail and the web to help her students practice English. I am pleased to be writing with three of her students on a regular basis right now (Rie, Yumie, Kanae... HELLO!)
- TANAKA Tomoyuki home page - Another Tanaka, this one is a fairly controversial character on sci.lang.japan. His page covers some issues of anti-Asian racism, Anti-Americanism, and the Kimba/Simba Disney-Tezuka issue.
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Japan, General
- THE TOKUGAWA ART MUSEUM - English version of the Tokugawa Art Museum. A visial and informative tour of the Edo period.
- MegaList of Japanese Topics - Very comprehensive list of Japan and Japanese-related topics ranging from news to culture to language and computer issues.
- The Dead Fukuzawa Society Journal - Topics of interest to US-Japan relations. Named for one of my favorite historical people, Yukichi Fukuzawa. Government and political links also available.
- Martin laurent's bookmarks - Links to various Japanese topics, language, media, people and more.
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Comics
- King Features Syndicate - Comics - King Me! A great archive of some of my favorite comics!
- United Press Syndicate - More of your favorite comics.
- United Media - Even more favorites!
- Comics Creators Syndicate - A here are yet a couple more! ^_^
- Welcome to the Dilbert ZoneÆ - A legendary Internet site for computer geeks and office automatons.
- washingtonpost.com: Style Live: Comics - A good site with many different comic archive links, as well as a host of Editorial cartoons.
- Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall - Trudeau's own site for his Pulitzer Prize winning Doonesbury strip.
- The Official FoxTrot Web Site - Bill Amend's own site for one of my favorite family strips, Foxtrot! Shockwave and downloadable games, archives, history, loads of stuff!
- Official Tumbleweeds Home Page - My namesake. Visit this site for many archives and FAQs on our favorite comic strip cowboy and company.
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Miscellaneous Interests
- Survival Guide - A great defnitions and info list for would-be graphic designers in the printing world.
- Doc Savage Story Summaries - Anyone remember the Man of Bronze? Okay, this is very hokey pulp fiction, but it's fun to read at times. Here you can read story synopses and FAQs as well as other links devoted to Doc Savage and his gang.
- CBS Late Night | Late Show - 1998 Top Ten Lists - Updated daily, here's the ultimate archive of the Top Ten List. Do what I do and start your day with a chuckle.
- Frequently Asked Questions from alt.zen - A well organized and presented Zen FAQ from the Zen@SunSITE page.
- Dave Barry - HeraldLink - Updated every Sunday, read Dave Barry's latest column, and while you're still laughing, check out the archive of past columns.
- Blackops--The Robert Anton Wilson and Miriam Joan Hill Conspiracy Theory Homepage - An amusing collection of links to all sorts of conspiracy theories and other nutcases. Half tongue-in-cheek, half-serious. Much like R.A. Wilson's writings.
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Internet Radio Home and Abroad
- Welcome to RealMedia ! - RealPlayer download site. A must for Internet radio fans!
- Internet Radio - List of Internet RealAudio Radio sites
- Seeing Ear Theatre - Great site for old-time radio shows, new radio shows, and more!
- THE SYNC Internet Broadcasting - RealPlayer site focusing on the multi-media art scene.
- RADIO FREE OZ - HOME PAGE - Internet radio art/humor shows
- NetRadio Network- Listen to over 150 Free Music Channels - Loads of Net Radio resources. Blues to New Age Rock to World Music,
- WORLD BAND RADIO - Live Internet Radio from all over the world!
- BRS Web Radio - Internet Radio covering a wide variety of formats, topics and countries.
- ÅöÅöÅöÅöÅöHYPER TV ÅöÅöÅöÅöÅö:MAC InterNet - VivoActive Mac-friendly Internet TV site. Hyper TV! (Japanese only)
- BeachFM Homepage - Jazzy/Lite music format. RealAudio live transmission with a video camera in the DJ's booth! (Japanese only)
- MUSIC BIRD - multi-platform, mostly music Internet radio site. (Japanese only)
- Anime in the Limelight - RealAudio music and news from the Anime world
- Anime Radio - Anime talk show in RealAudio
- Station GAIA - More Internet TV! Many formats and sources. (Japanese only)
- A Prairie Home Companion, from Minnesota Public Radio - RealAudio archives of bits from past shows, updated regularly. Also a great source for anything related to this classic radio show!
- WebView-Livescope - The English page for Canon's WebView page gives you the ability to not only view, but control live webcams in various areas of Japan (and one in NYC's Time Square).
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Tumbleweed's Pages
Tumbleweed's Corner
Tumbleweed's Computer Shack
Tumbleweed's Anime and Manga Page
Tumbleweed's Picture Albums
Tumbleweed's Guide to Learning Japanese
Comics Page
Links Index
Tumbleweed's Shack / tumble@ids.net / last rev. June 28, 1998, 9:15 p.m.
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