oh, link it

links:

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I like to use this page as my extended bookmarks list, especially while travelling. So if there is stuff here that is of no interest to you, tough luck.

astronomy

+ Palomar Observer's information
+ the institute for astronomy site map at the university of hawaii
+ sun rise/set times for Palomar
+ sun rise/set times for Mauna Kea
+ sun rise/set times for everywhere else
+ UKIRT cam
+ SMA cam
+ Mauna Loa cam
+ JCMT cam
+ Gemini cam
+ CSO tau
+ The Digitized Sky Survey from HST
+ mkoweather
+ ukirt graphical weather
+ astronomical database query form
+ most current list of transneptunian objects
+ most current list of centaurs and scattered-disk objects
+ JPL's HORIZONS www ephemeris generator
+ JPL's HORIZONS telnet ephemeris generator
+ Hubble Space Telescope search forms
+ Web of Science library search

news/politics

+ The UK Independent, finally some free press
+ The Guardian, a non-profit news source
+ Truthout, another non-profit news source
+ more alternative news: L.A. Indymedia
+ Democracy Now
+Listen live to KPFK
+ The Afghan Women's Mission, the only U.S. link to R.A.W.A.
+ Get the real story at The Onion
+ The Boondocks comic strip
+ The BBC
+ Los Angeles Times,
+ the New York Times.

web resources

+ Merriam-Webster's dictionary
+ Alta Vista has the "NEAR" operator
+ But Google is usually the best
+ MapQuest
+ Travelocity for plane tickets

southern california ocean links

+ Current Southern California Swell Model
+ Southern California Three-Day Swell Prediction
+ Surface wind vectors
+ L.A. Tides

gimmicks/stupid

+ on-line calculators (>5,000 of them)
+ visit the tasty world of marshmallow fluff
+ Galileo gives you the bird

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Chad Trujillo
email: trujillo at gemini dot edu

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