Trent's Favorite Links

If my home page hasn't yet convinced you of my commitment to non-conformity, the following links should.

Nerd Stuff

• Several years ago I switched to the Dvorak Keyboard. Why do you keep using that 19th century keyboard layout??
• GNU Project
• Jakob Nielsen's Website which has his column The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
• HyperContent, HyperJunk: Hypertext theory as if the WWWeb matters
• Linux and Palm Pilot and J-Pilot (I am still using a USR Pilot 5000)
• Freshmeat If you can't find the software you need from GNU, try this.
• Use Perl;

Veganism

It's kind of sad how long it took for me to see the light and become vegan... but I have done it! Here are some useful links:

• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine -- Lots of good info about nutrition. Their articles are what convinced me to go vegan.
• The Vegetarian Resource Group Everybody should read their Fast Food Guide! You'll be appalled at the junk put in our food to make a buck.
• EarthSave
• VegSource -- A wealth of Vegan info and news
• SoyStache
• Vegan For Life
• Vegan Outreach
• Vegetarian Pages -- lots of good info, but it hasn't been updated in several years.
• The book which started me down this path is Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford

Cooking

Since I became Vegan I started to spend more time cooking and have come to enjoy it. It may be my next career.

• SoyaJoy Soy Milk Maker -- Way cheaper than commercial soy milk!
• K-Tec Blenders -- I've had mine for over a year. It's great! And U.S. made!
• Magefesa -- the best pressure cookers.
• The School Of Natural Cookery
• How It All Vegan -- My first vegan cookbook and one of my favorites.

Cycling and Transportation Activism

Many people, including lawmakers, seem to think that cycling is a mere hobby. This is simply a strawman. It is no more true than to say that cars are a hobby. Bicycles are transportation equal to, if not superior to, all other forms.

• International Human Powered Vehicles Association -- Promoting all forms of human powered transportation, rather than the bland white bread crap served up by most of the bicycle industry.
• Recumbent Cyclist News
• Bike Culture Quarterly -- An excellent cycling magazine that has, sadly, ceased publication.
• Henry Bliss Memorial -- Over 100 years of CAR-nage.
• John Forester's Home Page
• Critical Mass -- I have mixed feelings about Critical Mass. It seems that there is a fine line between raising awareness and pissing people off. Some people show up intent on the latter. *sigh*
• Ken Kifer's Bike Pages
• The Future of SUVs -- you and I know that this is a joke, but you know that there is some loser out there who will think it is a neat idea. Argh!
• The Metal Cowboy and Spokesongs. I laughed, I cried, I had an urge to ride across the country...
• You must read The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler and Asphalt Nation by Jane Holtz Kay. Then you'll understand why are our transportation system is so screwed up.
• Just Soap -- pedal powered soap manufacturer!

Music

• Robb Johnson
• David Rovics
• They Might Be Giants
• John Wesley Harding
• Dar Williams
• Richard Shindell
• Dan Bern
• Billy Bragg
• Anne Weiss
• Al Stewart
• The Kinks
• Northwest Folklife Festival
• Chumbawamba
• Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

Sailing

• West Wight Potter
• Streamflow data for Oregon rivers
• Columbia River Sailing

Humor

• SatireWire, BBspot, The Onion
• Journal of Irreproducible Results
• Monty Python
• This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
• Tom Toles
• Matt Wuerker
• Dennis Miller

Books and Authors

• Frisco Pigeon Mambo By C. D. Payne. Brilliant!
• Terry Pratchett
• Ambrose Bierce
• Johnathan Swift
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Douglas Adams
• A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr.
• Tom Weller, whose hilarious books Science Made Stupid and Cvltvre Made Stvpid are, sadly, out of print.
• ... more to come ...

Politics

• Ralph Nader for President -- The election may be over, but the corporations won again.
• Ending Corporate Governance -- a wealth of information and links about the true history and nature of corporations.
• Corporate Watch provides a wealth of timely information about corporation misdeeds.
• Michael Parenti
• Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment -- Ever hear the one about the steel worker and the environmentalist?? It's no joke!

Religion/Spirituality

• The Jesus Seminar
• Kundalini Yoga
• The Tao of Pooh
• Athiests for Jesus

Geography

Portland, Oregon

• Bicycle Transportation Alliance -- Promoting cycling as transportation in Oregon.
• Alberta Cooperative Grocery -- a fledgling coop in Northeast Portland.
• Food Front, the other coop I go to, does not yet have a web page.
• Powell's Books -- THE bookstore! Now Unionized! Whether in Portland or online, shop there!
• The Portland Alliance -- Portland's progressive community newspaper.

Bellevue/Seattle, WA

• EarthSave Seattle
• Bicycle Alliance of Washington
• Cafe Ambrosia An incredible vegan restaurant.
• Puget Consumer's Coop

Burlington/Boston, MA

• Boston Vegetarian Society
• The Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition
• The Regent Theater
• Harvest Co-op Markets
• Organic Garden Cafe

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