USED
ABUSED
& MOSTLY RECOMMENDED

Queer Stuff on the Net...

Freely available from anywhere in the world...until" they" find out about it and have it all banned

...in Australia
• Melbourne Queer Film Festival - Yearly queer film festival held each March
• Hares and Hyenas Books Store - home Melbourne based queer book store & "Screaming Hyena "queer literary online book review.
  ... and around the world
• Queer-Nasty - overseas queer fanzine full of thoughtful queer ravings, I'm gonna subscribe to this one when I can get round to it.
• XY Magazine - the latest queer mag aimed at queer youth. Its got a few good articles, a few good pics and a few good cartoons.
• Check out San Franciscio's Pansy Division for a queer band with attitude.
• For a heap of interesting stuff land on PlanetOut Mak sure u check out popcorn q for online short films and trailers for upcomming queer flicks
• Gay.com - for all things errr gay...kinda mainstream gay news and chat chat chat
• Gaydar.com.au -
• Ohh and if your gonna do " it " them make sure u do " it " safely

Apple

Think Different If u have to have a computer then u might as well choose a Mac, either one of those cool iMacs or one of Apple's even cooler G5 Towers whatever just make it an Apple

For your daily news needs check out:
• Macintouch
• Mac Resource
• Mac Central
• Mac NN
• MacFixIt - Trouble shooting needs
• VersionTracker - Latest release mac software
• os x
• mactimeline - compreshensive listing of Apple updates in hardware and software
  iPod
• Apple iPod - My Favorite mp3 player ever
• iPoding - Latest Gossip / News & Views
• Ipod Lounge -
  Up to the minute geek news
• MacSlash
• slashdot.org
  For your regular fix on rumors, misinformation and the latest gossip
• MacRumors
• MacOS Rumors
• Apple Insider
• Think Secret

Apple Software

• Fire - a great open source multi service IM client
• Vienna - open source RSS client
• Cyberduck - open source ftp/sftp client
• Growl - open source notification system for OS X
• Smultron - text editor
• Lingon - graphical interface for editing launchd files
• ffmpegX - a graphical interface for video and audio processing tools
• Geektool - show logs and commands on the desktop

Music

General Music Sites
• rocknerd - musicy kinda stories
  
  Web sites to my favorite musicians on the web in no special order
• Sigur Ros - Words cannot express
• Sigur Ros News - News site
• Bjork - Possibly Maybe one of the best talents
• David Bowie - Multi talented Artist - The Coolest Of The Cools, The king of reinvention
• Tricky - Tricky, one of the more interesting artists of our times
• Nine Inch Nails - Music for the mind, body and soul
• Gerling - Teenage mutant space cowboys
• GusGus - Cool band from Iceland
• Madonna - The queen
• Ash - burn baby burn
• Me'Shell Ndegéocello - She is FUNKY
• Pansy Division - Queer punk music
• Prince / O+>/AFKAP/Camille - Site for his musical rants and ravings
• Jens Lekman

TV

• South Park - Those crazy little cartoon kiddies
• The Real World - reality tv at its realist
• Invader Zim - Room With A Moose - filled full of zim goodness
• Big Brother - Hes watching
• Shameless - Funny comedy from the UK
• Mythbusters

Film

• David Lynch -
• Gregg Araki -
• Kevin Smith -
• Apple - great selection of the latest movie trailers in quicktime
• PopcornQ - at PlanetOut have a great slection of the latest queer flick both main stream and indie
• ifilm - Large Selectiuon of online movies including queer stuff

Bits & Pieces

(A.K.A.. the other stuff that i couldnt be bothered cleaning out when i updated i.e. NEVER!!)
• Polyester Record Store Melbourne Based Record and Book Store...This is worth a look...U can find a wide range of music as well as wide range of books on subjects from computer hacking to drugs and a whole host of bizarre subjects....check it out!!!!!! If your into fanzines then check out
• MEGAZEEN 2. Its an online directory to Australian fanzines and comics

• A list of some of the E-Zines out there on the net

• If u use a mac then u should have this game called Infotron Its really really cool, but very very frustrating and u can end up hating it, but still wanting to conquer it...in other words get a copy of it...NOW!!!

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