Amanda's Favourite Places To Go

Here are all of my favourite places to visit, some useful, all fun. Created: 10/2/95 | Modified: Regularly
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| Fun | Useful | Art | Stories & Comics | Odds & Ends | Shopping | Family & Friends |

Fun

• The site I check out more often than any other, the Internet Movie Database is a must visit.
• The Open Directory Project is the best web search ever! (I'm an editor so I should know!)
• My favourite band, They Might Be Giants, have a really fun site.
• National Geographic's website is lots of fun.
• Asynjur's Forum for Friends is a light hearted forum for friends, old and new.
• Useful Trivia has a cute Star Trek Trivia page. I didn't know half this stuff! Don't forget to check out their other trivia too.
• Outpost 10F has the funkyest Star Trek Chat room around (in Ten Forward of course).
• For the funny side of Star Trek, including jokes and stories, you can't go past Star Trek Humor.
• Linda's page has everything for Voyager fanatics.

Useful

• Broken links happen. But instead of a boring error page, you can give your visitors a wonderful, useful 404 page! Find out how at the 404 Research Lab
• Web Developer is a good place to start when you're learning about web developing.
• WebDeveloper's Journal provides a diverse collection of useful articles.
• The Gimp is a completely free graphics editor! Lovely.

Stories & Comics

• The Infinite Matrix contains original short stories which have to be read to be believed.
• Online comics that I visit way too often:

• Don't forget my own comic, Totally Teddies!
• 'Banph' is the cutest little tale about the bravest and most noble of ants.

Odds & Ends

• Female leads in movies and tv - help me make a list!
• My favourite midi files are here.
• Read my favourite anagrams of friends and family.
• Visit my Women of Strength and Inner Beauty (WOSIB) - Creator's Page.
• Babynames.com is a wonderful resource which I have used to name most of my Page Guardians. You can look up the meaning of your name there too.
• Muslim Baby Names is another great reference site, with a huge online database of muslim baby names and their meanings.
• I support the following amazing organisations/groups:

Shopping

These sites all sell quality somethings. Well worth a visit if you're in a spending or browsing - mood :-)

• Amanda Pinkas of Amanda’s Designs creates handmade jewelry with the utmost attention to detail using pearls, beads and collectibles from across the globe.
• Buy for Baby sells adorable stuff, including a bear-chair I'd kill for if it was adult sized!
• Comp-U-Garg Gargoyle & Dragon Statues is a great site for Gargoyle and Dragon fans, with a cool links database.
• At DC Green Yarns you can read the first five fascinating chapters of "Erasmus James & the Galactic ZAPP Machine" - a fast, funny fantasy for 8-108 year olds.
• Enchanted Australia Castle are currently looking for finance to build a castle and motel in Australia shortly which will be 100% family orientated.
• Fairy Doors and Windows sell the cutest creations for your garden.
• Fantasy Gallery Art sells figurines and prints of faeries, dragons, angels, mermaids and more; including art by Amy Brown.
• Fantasy Landscapes at the Niagra Art Collection, a gallery which focuses on contemporary painting.
• La Grenouille dans le Billabong (The Frog in the Billabong) is the story of a French woman living in Tasmania. You can email Marie-Paule Leroux to order a copy.
• Lugansk Art Gallery has fascinating drawings, sculptures and paintings for sale.
• Lyante's World of Whimsical Pins and Earrings sell a whole lot of really cool fantasy jewellery. If you remember to let them know that Amanda Penrose sent you, they'll agreed to give you 5% off their regular prices.
• Manga Arts is an Australian Manga/Comic drawing materials wholesale supplier. Their products include manga manuscript paper, screentone, pen nibs, and more.
• Mystic's Mountain offers some beautiful candles, oils, and many other lovely things.
• Ooh la la's craft shop offers CDs of wonderful images (including mine!) that you can use for your craft projects.
• Product Review Australia - "Your reviews on products and services on the Australian marketplace".
• Sharon Sutton is a talented artist specialising in classical family and animal portraits.
• SmartDraw drawing program "Our Drawing Program Creates Great-looking Graphics Fast". I've loved using this program, especially for flowcharts.