Assignments: Week 2

Task 1
 We're going to begin collaborating on a story. The first part of this assignment involves working in assessing resources that you've gathered on the web. You will have come up with four URLs that might provide some pieces of a collage for the story. The sites gathered by previous authors are listed here. To post links to the four sites that you have chosen, use the form below.
  • Hypertext Fiction

  • Members of Rock Band Maimed
    A rare medical condition attacks members of Austin rock band rendering them "auto-morphed."
  • hypertext and hypermedia

  • pilot of enola gay before drop
    The Enola Gay was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb during WWII. Here's a picture of the pilot before the bomb is dropped.
  • Calvin and Hobbes Authority
    If you love Calvin and Hobbes check out the Comic Gallery and the Characters as well as interviews with Watterson, what's new and research about Calvin and Hobbes.
  • EDK's Intergalactic Launchpad!
    a potpourri of creative writing
  • 101 Dalmations
    Let's you shop at the Disney store!
  • View the world on the Discovery Channel
    This is the home page for the Discovery Channel. It show places that many people have never been to ,or to explain new inventions that have been developed, and also give new ideas that may enrich our lives in the future.
  • The Warm Fuzzy Page
    A collection of pictures to make you smile.
  • Ghosts...
    This provides links to other paranormal sites including a dictionary of ghosts, a list of hauntings, a ghostly bibliography, and a link to other ghostly sites.
  • Da Vinci's Man
    The famous sketch of the human body.
  • Shadow of a Woman
    This is a ghostly, yet striking, image of a woman's face.
  • The Fable of the Information Hungry Hacker
    More stories of the future.
  • International Photos
    Cool black and white photos with multiple themes.
  • St. Petersberg Salvador Dali Museum
    An exquisit art gallery of Salvador Dali works.
  • steelo

  • Frida Kahlo
    Images of the life and art of Frida Kahlo.
  • Hyperborea
    Curiouser and curiouser....the alchemical garden at the edge of time.
  • Medicine Net
    This has a lot of information related to health and medicine.
  • Ghost Page
    This is a good site with cool pictures of ghosts and all kinds of information about them. The photos seem to fit into the idea of the episodes of the story. There is a plethora of information here.
  • The Worst of the Web
    A "Talk Soup" of amusingly stupid web links.
  • Stanley Kubrick: Master Filmmaker
    A complete review of Stan the man and his movies.
  • Vermillion Cliff
    This picture is of Vermillion Cliff looking east in Arizona
  • Jaberwocky
    Lewis Carrol's Jaberwocky poem, complete with a link of explanation by Humpty Dumpty.
  • Cryptozoology
    This site deals with the ever greater problem of bigfoot-like monsters invading the U.S. Read up on Grassmen, Bigfoot, and the Alligator Boy.
  • Aspen Movies
    Has some movies regarding things to do in Aspen.
  • hypertext and hypermedia
    the correct url for the one listed below
  • Hypertext and hypermedia
    This is a site that describes what hypertext is, along with disussions on multimedia used in web pages.
  • The WORP PRoject
    This is a scholarly hypertext that uses frames and cgis to make things go
  • Hypertext
    Results from a search on Hypertext in the Britannica (Copyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. All Rights Reserved) Hypertext Definition and Links.
  • The Elements of Style by WILLIAM STRUNK, Jr.
    CONTENTS: I) INTRODUCTORY, II) ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE,III) ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION, IV) A FEW MATTERS OF FORM, V) WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLY MISUSED, VI) WORDS COMMONLY MISSPELLED. - This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It aims to lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention (in Chapters II and III) on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. The numbers of the sections may be used as references in correcting manuscript.
  • Guide to Catalina Island
    Guide to catalina island
  • Solar Cooking
    Cook using the power of the sun...
  • Computer Ethics
    Discusion on computer ethics
  • Online Dating
    Online personal adds.
  • Graphics Controller
    New graphics controller from intel
  • Castle Tours
    Links/Tours of many castles
  • The Way Things Happen
    Really short murder story.
  • Chicago - City Link
    "Chicago for Dummies"
  • Breaking Windows
    A small fiction story from one of these web quarterlies. A regular story with a couple of characters and a home made theme.
  • First_Sightings
    This is first exposure to Joe and his kind.
  • Joe's_Planet
    You can view Joe's habitual environment
  • Edinburgh Tour
    This is an official tour of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It includes pictures and history of most of the major landmarks in the city, as well as links to many other sites about Scotland.
  • Joe_Alien
    This is portrait of Joe our alien protagonist.
  • Killing_Alien
    This is a Java applette which shows the extermination of alien.
  • The Silent Monks
    Logic puzzle about a bunch of monks with Black Nose disease.
  • Exotic Cars
    Pictures of cool exotic cars.
  • Boeing Strike
    Has article about Boeing Strike.
  • Chicago - City Link
    Gives a description of things to do in Chicago "Chicago for Dummies"
  • Boat and Fish
    This is an image of a person in a boat at sea who is catching a fish
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    Evaluate the site in a few sentences:
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    The second part of this assignment begins a dialog about potential themes, characters and plots for out hyperfiction. We will hold discussion on the web, so you can post the ideas that you have come up with using the form below. When finished, read and respond to the postings of others.
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    Also, don't forget to sign up for the     class e-mail list. If you have questions, let me know.
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    Modified 8/29/96
    Daniel Anderson