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Swany’s swarm of weird sites

57 sites - updated May 31, 2004


Ad Critic

All ads, all the time.
December 5 2001

Altoids


October 18 2000

Angelfire

Fantasy illustrations.
October 24 2002

Archie McPhee

Outfitters of Popular Culture: squeak nuns, bizarre candy, voodoo dolls, animals of all shapes and sizes, gargoyles.
April 12 2000

Art of the Fantastic

A personal view of science fiction, fantasy, and comic art.
October 24 2002

Atom Films


July 24 2000

Atomic Books

Literary finds for mutated minds.
April 12 2000

Brontonic Weapons

Electrolux death ray with glowing power supply.
September 28 2003

Canadian Firearm Centre

Information for firearms owners.
July 29 2000

Cannabis Culture

Magazine of marijuana lifestyle and hemp happenings.
August 18 2001

CEO Wealth Meter

How many billions did Larry Ellison earn today?
October 31 2000

Circlemakers

Home of England’s crop circle makers.
August 21 2001

Cold War Recognition Certificate

Available to all members of the armed forces and qualified federal government civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States anytime during the Cold War era. Which is defined as Sept. 2, 1945, to Dec. 26, 1991. Affected by the Love Virus, they lost a bunch of applications.
August 11 2000

Computer Virus Myths

Computer virus myths and hoaxes.
August 16 2001

Conelrad: All Things Atomic


September 5 2000

Demotivators from Despair, Inc

Featuring the Year 2000 Calendar.
August 11 2000

Digital Burgess

1997 conference of boita.org
August 16 2001

Essential Media Counterculture Catalog

A discount catalog and guide to alternative and underground culture.
August 16 2001

Fallout Products

Commemorative medals made from Russian missile salvage.
August 18 2001

Fark

odd news
November 19 2001

Fortean Times

News, reviews and research on all manner of strange phenomena, prodigies and portents.
April 12 2000

Galaxy of Terror

B-movie moments.
September 1 2001

Gollner art images


January 5 2002

Hot AIR

Annals of Improbable Research
August 18 2001

Hot Air

Annals of Improbable Research
August 15 2000

Inequality.org

News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth, and health. “The average CEO makes more in a single day than the typical American worker makes in a year.”
August 15 2000

Is art lawful?


April 12 2000

Japanese Engrish

Engrish masquerading as real English in Japan.
November 19 2001

lileks Institute of Official Cheer


June 20 2000

Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch

We all pay... we all lose.
August 18 2001

Mr Potato Head turns 50


February 12 2002

National Report

One step beyond the National Enquirer.
October 9 2000

News of the weird

New stories every week.

NORML

Working to reform marijuana laws.
April 12 2000

notamax


Oracle of Bacon

How far removed?
October 19 2001

Plants call for help when attacked

Some plants under attack by insects send out chemical cries for help to attract predators who will feast on the leaf-chewing pests. A spokesman for vegetarians refused to comment.
March 18 2001

Pulp Fiction Postcards


January 5 2002

Rageboy

All noise — all the time.
May 11 2004

Redmeat


December 3 2001

Shakespeare smoked pot?


November 14 2000

Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Inc.

Our charitable purpose is to bring about the Singularity - the technological creation of greater-than-human intelligence - by building real AI. 
April 1 2002

Smokedot

Reefer sanity: drug info, rights, awareness.
July 27 2000

St. Isidore proposed as patron saint of internet


July 29 2000

Strange Attractor

voices in your head
August 21 2001

Superman’s Fortress


August 16 2001

The Astounding B Monster

B movie history and the people who made it.
September 1 2001

The Effects of September 11 on the Leading Search Engine


October 8 2001

The Stile Project


May 12 2000

The Vatican

Also known as the Holy See.
July 29 2000

Tunguska

On 30 June 1908, witnesses saw a fireball hurtle through the dawn sky over eastern Siberia before exploding with a force of 1000 Hirohsima bombs.
August 11 2000

Urban Legend Archives

Including the top ten urban legends.
April 12 2000

Useless WWW Pages

A waste of electrons.
August 18 2001

Vernor Vinge on the Singularity

When computers are smarter than us.
August 3 2001

Villain Supply


W. J. Heron Collection of Speculative Fiction

Unabashedly pulpish. Last updated July 1999.
August 18 2001

Weird old comic book cover


January 5 2002

  
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