By Robb Murray,

ctoncall@aol.com

A.  AWESOME "BIG PICTURE" SITES:
       1   Earthcam  Views-- http://www.earthcam.com/
       2   Kite Aerial Photography -- http://scotthaefner.com/kap/gallery/
       3   Your Life in Context -- http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html
       4   Fly on an Eagle's Back -- click "continue" and "mini cam in action" --
http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html?ct=1329.15073148073
       5   Google Topics of the Day -- http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html


B -- "NEW MEDIA"  SAMPLES:
       1   "Smart Trailers" -- http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/nationaltreasure/index.html
       2    Monterey Bay Web Cam -- if you right-click and zoom these into full-screen, you have a kind of live screensaver, with sound -- http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
       3   Great Web Radio Archives -- http://www.explain.com/webradio/
       4   Put Your Advice on Amazon -- "So You'd Like To . . ." http://www.soyouwanna.com/
       5   Open Source Radio -- "New Radio" -- pod casting -- http://kyouradio.com/website.php


C -- NOVELTIES:
       1   Slam into a Planet with a Comet -- http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/home.html
       2   Shoot Your Name Into Space -- http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html
       3   The U.S. National Debt to the Penny -- http://www.uwsa.com/uwsa-usdebt.html
       4   Reaction-Time Game -- http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/dodge.html
       5   "Site Pal" -- http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/?promotionId=561&bannerId=135 and Virtual Girlfriend (nuts, but real! -- this one employs surrogates --  others use smart software)   http://www.imaginarygirlfriends.com/ 


D -- SIMULATIONS and LEARNING:
       1   Stand on a Planet -- http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
       2   Embalm an Egyptian -- http://orientalinstitute.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html
       3   Build a Fish -- http://www.sheddaquarium.org/SEA/interactive_module.cfm?id=7#
       4   Play Meso-American Ball --  http://www.ballgame.org/
       5   All About Backyard Ballistics -- http://www.backyardballistics.com/ 

MANY THREE-D VIRTUAL TOURS -- at the bottom of this Interactive Museum Web Sites piece: http://www.explain.com/museums.htm