A good starting point is Heartless Bitches International, chock full o' vitriolic goodness. Join the bitches as they bash sappy people and sappy sites. The site also has "Mail from Males," the most entertaining being letters from angry males, who--surprise surprise--can't take a joke.

You can also try to join the HBI. Just fill out the application. Warning: you better have good reasons for wanting to be a Heartless Bitch International, or you risk having your application posted and ridiculed by one and all.

Keep yer pants on: Aliens are abducting our pants: www.sock-monkey.com/pants.html. Need I say more?

What results is a very slick, fun to watch Star Wars spoof, with the Titanic playing Star Destroyer and a lifeboat replacing the X-Wing Fighter. It's 15 megs and you can find it here: http://www.dailysci-fi.com/media/SimWars2.MPG.

He has a great Web site called The Truth, which includes a series of documents known as the Majestic 12 (MJ-12) documents. To find them, once in the site click on "They Are Watching Us Now." There are scans of the original documents and some analysis. If it's real, it's pretty heavy, and if it's a hoax, it's a damn fine one--which raises its own questions.

On his site you'll find a condensed version of his upcoming book, The Truth.

The sites contains a traffic cone field guide, which you can use to identify cones in the wild. The guide tells you how to recognize the deadly Conus Estheris from its more benign cousin Conus Leprecus. Examine the evolution of the traffic cone via the pictorial history of cones through the ages. And, lest we forget, the contributions cones have made to pop culture are also chronicled.

On your way out, check out other cone-related links and be the first of your friends to join the Traffic Cone Preservation Society.

And then there's Jurassic Girl, who's become a bit of a celeb for her quality flash of the automatic camera on the Jurassic Park ride. Get a check up from Doctor Girl and maybe grab some Fast-Food Girl on the way out. Not for the kiddies.

Bork, bork, bork: Get the skinny on swearing like a Swede at Anne & Johan's Cursing in Swedish website.

Disinformation is divided into six areas: propaganda, revolutionaries, censorship, counterculture, counterintelligence and newspeak.

On the site you'll find tons of useful information and some good reading--which is welcome, given political counterculture's tendency towards overwrought manifestos and calls to arms.

Of particular interest to pranksters and media jammers is the section on barcodes. Learn how to make and break barcodes. Slap a $2 barcode onto a $10 item--fun for the whole family!

There are plenty of valuable links here, so it's worth trawling, even if you're not of the mind for reading.

There are a number of different categories to choose from: computers, notebooks, monitors, upgrades & accessories, office products, cameras & optics, consumer electronics, travel, sports & fitness equipment and a treasure chest.

The pickings are a bit slim compared to U.S. auction sites, and the prices aren't super, but it's a start.

If you are inclined to do the gymnastics involved in ordering from a U.S. site, a good one to check out is Onsale (www.onsale.com), with hourly auctions, a large selection and great starting bids ($1) on a lot of products.

This site's been around for a while, and I often wonder if it's just a hoax/joke or someone with a serious, albeit far-out vision: to build a nation on a man-made island in international waters. On the site you will find rendered images of the Oceania model, as well of some sounds of Oceania.

There is also a lengthy Oceania constitution (in English and Spanish), not to mention the Laws of Oceania.

The Oceania mall has slim pickings, though you might want to pick up a bumper sticker or flag. The most attractive product offered, though, is the Oceania passport. Confound border guards, impress your friends. Be the first on the block and get a special price on the first run.

You can look through his trash (he scans the bar codes of everything he throws out), see stats on toilet flushes (599 since September 12), what's in the fridge (and when it was last opened) or who's at the front door and how long they ring.

There are 6 cameras set up around the house so you can keep tabs on van Es, as well as his cat. Or you can go vote at the MP3 alarm clock for van Es' wake-up song.

Amused to death: Looking to kill some time? Why not visit the Centre for the Easily Amused (www.amused.com), and amuse yourself, easily.

Satisfy your voyeuristic inclinations with "workplace diaries"--accounts from fellow stiffs on the front lines of inane corporate culture.

You'll find features ranging from "Is My job Killing Me?" to "Twisted Knickers" (dealing with office romances). There is also a place to "Speak Up" on the job-related discussion board. Garner some free advice on your workplace dilemmas and test your workplace stress with the "Stress-O-Meter". Then visit the "Action Guide" and move beyond bitching.

Another aptly named work-related site is Disgruntled (www.disgruntled.com). The most interesting thing on Disgruntled is the plethora of short work-related horror stories posted by many wage slaves.