Getting Off AOL
Why, how.

Self-education is the best kind

Fun:
Paris's Rodin Museum - See the master's work.
Internet FAQ Consortium - provides hours of fascinating reading on almost any topic imaginable. A USENET companion.

World:
French Graff-X-Pression TV
Strategic Forecasting - world news

Tech:
Whatis.com - Technology terms broken down.
How to Become a Hacker
GeekTools
BJ's Unix Primer

Music on your mind?

Check out thousands of online radio stations.
Publish your own music in MP3.
Or start a recording company.

Tired of what's going on in the world?

Check out the Sun.
Or publish a book.
Or read The World's Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide.
Or say no to junk mail. (US)

Alphabets, name buckles, typography skills

Mr Wiggles has one of the best sites ever. He even put alphabets up for you to drool over. The Hip Hop Facts are historical events everyone will want to know.

Finally, name buckles online (we haven't tried buying one yet, so let us know how it goes).

Before and After is the best graphic design and typography magazine I've ever seen. It covers both FreeHand and Illustrator methods. Back Issues are all worth getting if you're interested in teaching yourself how to do design and publishing on the computer.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Who fights for your rights online? EFF does. Stuart Brand, John Perry Barlow, Larry Lessig, and many of the other EFF folks are cultural, legal, and moral heroes of our time. If you ever get a chance to hear one of them speak, just go. Be part of the solution and join today.

Meta and Twist on TV in US

The US national re-broadcast for "Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century"
will start this Thursday, January 17th at 10pm ET. "Art:21" is the first
broadcast series for national public television to focus exclusively on
contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.

The first episode is "Place," introduced by host Laurie Anderson, and
featuring contemporary artists Richard Serra, Sally Mann, Margaret
Kilgallen, Barry McGee, and Pepon Osorio. You should check your local
listings to be sure your PBS station is carrying the show (just enter your
zip code in the Station Finder at
http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/calendar.html).