So what's good on the internet?

[Bob]

Is there anything you've found that's interesting or fascinating online that you'd like to share?  Any good websites?  Any really useful things you get done online that people might not be aware of?

[richard w]

https://pianoforum.net/



 

[Brian Healey]

I like these websites:

https://terraserver.microsoft.com/  (Aerial photos from satellites)

https://www.theonion.com/  (Best "magazine" ever)

https://homestarrunner.com/  (Not sure what to say about this one)

https://www.dasdc.net/forum/  (Da SDC, most people from this forum are probably familiar with this one)

[Glissando]

Some of my favorite sites:
https://www.myprecious.co.uk/
https://www.icanspin.com/
https://www.tolkientrail.com/
https://www.baroquemusic.org/
https://www.classical.net/
https://www.pianosociety.com/index.php?id=6
https://www.kalsey.com/tools/buttonmaker/
https://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/collect/botanical/
https://www.nal.usda.gov/curtis/
https://joyofhandspinning.com/
https://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/
https://www.thepiper.com/fiberart/koolaid/basic-howto.html
https://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/
https://rinkworks.com/stupid/
https://rinkworks.com/said/
https://www.tennis.com/homenew/home.sps?itype=1500
https://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/
https://www.famousquotes.me.uk/


Just the tip of the iceberg.

[pianonut]

magdalena kozena singing love songs (dvorak, janacek, mcAinu) on amazon.com.  I was going to use this for the "most profound" forum, but decided on another for the profound since it is not piano music.

going to indiana university site to get a "study score."  woopee. 

it's kind of smaller print, tho.

e-mailing Thibeaud on mozart forum and seeing if i get a response.

NOW< my biggest dream is #1 Getting someone to pay my way to see Barry Douglas this summer in IRELAND.
#2  Getting someone to pay my way to the Van Cliburn competition.

What sites would allow me to find out the following info:

ie EARN MONEY IN YOUR SPARE TIME TRAVELLING TO HEAR PIANISTS PERFORM.

[jeff]

www.thepbf.com  good times here

www.somethingawful.com  here too

[SteinwayTony]

www.popdex.com -- lets you see the most popular sites on the internet at any given moment (gets pretty interesting sometimes)

www.alexa.com -- lets you see the most popular sites on the internet...in the history of the internet (goes by total hits, I think)

https://www.alexa.com/site/ds/movers_shakers?lang=en -- lets you see the sites on the internet whose popularity has changed drastically (interesting...you'll get some cool results here that aren't popular enough for PopDex)

[Bob]

Wow!  Very cool.  I think it's amazing to be able to tap into the what's on the mind of the world with the internet.  Tony's links are interesting that way.

Any more?

Any specifically music ones?

[SteinwayTony]

A classical music (not just piano) forum that I frequent is at www.good-music-guide.com.

There is also www.mozartforum.com -- strictly Mozart, of course.

[jlh]

https://www.ebaumsworld.com

Lots of random media for bored minds.  Also, this is the place to find the Super Mario pianist.

[Etude]

https://www.ebaumsworld.com

 

[ehpianist]

Non musical, but my all-time favorite nonetheless is the website for the radio show This American Life.  They have stored soundclips for every single one of their hour-long investigations into what makes people, communities, societies, America and the world tick.  I have listened to hundreds of their programs and have yet to hear a one where I didn't learn, laugh, cry or was left indifferent:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org

Great for political arguments:

https://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/

And a great place to browse for history of ideas:

https://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html

Elena
https://www.pianofourhands.com

[ehpianist]

Bob, I'm starting to realize that I am the kiss of death to threads.  So many end with my posts...

sorry about that.

Elena
https://www.pianofourhands.com

[Bob]

(wonders if EHpianist might not have a husband or boyfriend then.  Hmmm....) 

I'll pop this thread back to the top.  It's not dead.

I wouldn't worry about it.  That may be all people have to say for now.  You might also have that "Bernhard Syndrome" where people see you giving an expert opinion and decide not to post anything beyond that because they think there's nothing more to say or don't think they're idea is a good as an expert.

Someone will probably add more in the future.  Maybe that interesting website hasn't even been created yet.

Here's a "Thanks in advance" for everyone replying to this thread in 2006! 

[ehpianist]

Thanks

Elena
https://www.pianofourhands.com

[ehpianist]

Doh!

I did it again!!

Elena
https://www.pianofourhands.com

[annabell]

https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php

[bernhard]

Bernhard syndrome?  Is that what it is then?

Then this will sure kill the thread…

https://www.intellectualwhores.com/
(finally the answer to what women want. And the true reasons Beethoven composed Fur Elise).

https://maddox.xmission.com/
(The best page in the universe)

https://www.lechantier.com/jodorowsky/wisdom1.htm
(The wisdom of jokes – some good jokes but mostly about their teaching power)

https://www.flylady.net/
(This is mostly about house-cleaning – someone in the forum suggested it – however, most of its organisational tips and motivational patter can be transferred straightaway to piano learning and practice).

https://www.mbt-uk.com/
(Masai Barefoot Technology – MBT: an amazing piece of shoeware)

https://www.tomatis.com/English/index.htm
(The intriguing and revolutionary Tomatis method which every musician should know about).

https://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cmc/
https://www.classicalmidi.gothere.uk.com/page7.htm
https://www.classicalarchives.com/
https://www.kunstderfuge.com/saintsaens.htm
(MIDIs)

https://www.midiworld.com/scarlatti.htm
(John Sankey’s excellent site on Scarlatti – midis for all sonatas and scores for 176)

https://members.aol.com/cc88m/PianoBook.html
(Chang’s unmissable book on the fundamentals of piano practice)

https://hjem.get2net.dk/Brofeldt/
(Best site ever for one-hand piano music)

https://pianoeducation.org/
(Excellent and vast site dedicated to piano pedagogy with over 600 midis of superior intermediate pieces from the repertory)

https://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/recorder.html
(The best ever recorder site)

https://www.findfreesheetmusic.com/pages/Piano/
(comprehensive guide to free sheet music sites)

https://www.free-scores.com/centre-uk.php?CATEGORIE=70&Submit=Show
(An even more comprehensive guide to free sheet music sites)

https://users.bigpond.net.au/nettheim/pachmann/pachindx.htm
(a wonderful collection of articles, interviews etc. on Vladimir De Pachmann, one of the most colourful characters ever to grace the piano world)

https://jan.ucc.nau.edu
(Incredible resource in general, but particularly good on Bach: preludes and fugues all analysed with animation)

Jut the tip of the iceberg.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[Bob]

*cough, cough*   Hmmm.... The thread's not dead.    Guess Bernhard will just have to send that iceberg....

Very cool links here.  Thanks everyone! 

[e60m5]

*posts and kills topic, beating both Bernhard and Elena*

 

[allchopin]

Nah.

Sheet music:
https://muslib.mmv.ru/piano_eng.htm
https://piano.francais.free.fr/alkan/04_partitions_en.html
https://pianofiles.com/

*buh duh, buh budu dum..* Bud Light presents.... 
https://www.ksilebo.com/realamerican/

Legendary wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Learn how stuff works:
https://www.howstuffworks.com/

And my personal favorites, the latest deals and savings on the internet - never buy anything computer-related without checking these out first.
https://slickdeals.net/
https://passwird.com/

Free stuff (samples anyway):
https://freestufftimes.com/

Dazzling chemistry expertiments with videos (including my favorite, the detonation of nitrogen triiodide, contact explosive compound):
https://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/index.html

[keys]

some of my favorite sites:

www.emotioneric.com ~ I call him genius face
www.toothpastefordinner.com ~ funny comics
www.explodingdog.com ~ nothing to do with blowing up Rover, rest assured
www.creaturesinmyhead.com ~ I love these drawings. He must be as weird as me
www.songstowearpantsto.com ~ okay, so he's no Beethoven, but he's still darn entertaining

These are all fun sites to go to when your brain needs a rest 

[SteveK]

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html  Illusions 

https://www.pianosociety.com/index.php?id=215   

[kilini]

The search engines are the best.

Mainstream:
www.google.com
www.altavista.com
www.teoma.com

How to search:
www.searchlores.org

Find anything on the web with these links.

[Nightscape]

A very funny, free online game that is a parody of other role playing games:

www.kingdomofloathing.com

[lenny]

dictionary.com and thesaurus.com

freak our your friends with newfound amazing vocabulary!

INDUBIDABLY! 

[brewtality]

you might want to stay clear of rock forums as you're likely to be called out for being articulate.

[lenny]

lawl leik no way dude!

[Bob]

Any more?  New ones?

[pianistimo]

no.  the internet is a huge waste of time.  and, you lose your eyesight.  better to go read a book.  that is my latest decision.  but, then again - there is always shopping on the internet.  my latest searches have been overstock.com.  but, strangely despite advertising 'closeouts' - the prices are still somewhat exorbentant.  do you think they add shipping costs and then claim they ship for free.  just wondering. 

bob, do you need something to do?  besides deleting 20,000 e-mails at yahoo.  why are you not answering your e-mails?  are you like me?  the only ones you answer are music related?  yes.  i understand that.  who cares about winning a car or going to las vegas. 

*bob, do you ask for e-mail?  i mean - if you fill out questionnaires - you are bound to get replies.  does your wife know about all these e-mails?  are you trying to make her jealous?

[Bob]

Answering my emails?  All 20,000?   lol   Those are just notifications of someone posting on a forum somewhere.  The rest is spam.

I'm not asking for emails.  Spammers harvest them off websites when you post.  The more you post, the more they send. 



Two ideas I have heard...
Use Yahoo Beta.  Transfer emails into a new "dummy" folder.  Then delete the folder.  Use a library or public terminal if you're connection isn't fast enough.

[pianistimo]

bob creates a new 'worm' at the public library.

[Bob]

What???  (thinking... bookworms... computer virus worms.... tape worms?!... decides to put paper down on any public chair before sitting....)

[pianistimo]

computer virus worm. 

my problems tend to be: can't get into windows because password is forgotten.  it's so odd.  i used to have a password - then - for a long time, the screen never came up.  all of a sudden one day it came up and i couldn't remember the password.  i was so mad.  then, my son just clicked enter without putting in any password at all - and i was in the system. 

[Bob]

I don't create computer worms.   (Where did that come from?)

I will create "ear" worms though.  Don't think about... It's a Small World.