Links from the Rivers Edge
Madison / Mac-Tech / Library / Politics / Arts / Comics / Culture / Podcasts / History / Friends / Textpattern
Madison
- Mudcat Pottery
The beautiful pottery, ceramic sculpture and tile of my wonderful wife, Darlene Yarnetsky. Made in Madison! - P.M. Cunningham Tinner
A master tinner whose specialty is 19th century reproduction tinware. His work can be found in museums and movies. - Madison: The Movie
The dramatic underdog story of Madison’s community owned hydroplane winning the 1971 Gold Cup race against all odds. A real decent little movie filmed largely in Madison - River Stage
River stage at Madison. It’s interesting to watch when we have flooding. - Thomas Family Winery
This is a great place to hang out. It has a real Irish pub feel. They have great wines, awesome hard cider along with bread, meat and cheeses and free entertainment every Saturday night. - Visit Madison
The official tourism website - The Madison Courier
The local daily newspaper
Mac-Tech
- MacSurfer
Get your Mac headlines here! - Version Tracker
The place to look for shareware, freeware and updates! - CSS Zen Garden
How many ways can you make the exact same web content look different. This collaborative experiment in cascading style sheets is simply amazing.
Library
- Open Stacks
Friend and librarian Greg Schwartz hosts this LIS blog and podcast. Good stuff - Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
The oldest library in the Northwest Territory, founded 1818. The cool library where I work. - Harry Lemen Photo Collection
One of the photo digitization project I work on at the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library - LISNews
Collaborative blog for all things library and information science. A great LIS resource. - Inspire
A you a Hoosier? This is your online research library!
Politics
- Daily Kos
Home for reform Democrats!
Arts
- Clayart listserv for potters
A listserv for all things clay - e-Tinsnips
A forum for all things tin
Comics
- Unshelved
A fun indy comic strip about the Mallville Library. What Would Dewey Do? Read and find out! - Mutts
For beautiful art and gentle humor, this is unmatched. - Joy of Tech
A great geektoon! - Questionable Content
A library worker in the strip has a t-shirt that says..."She blinded me with Library Science" nuff said.
Culture
- Internet Movie Database
All things movies. This has solved many a bet. - All Music Guide
You name the album or artist and it’s in there.
Podcasts
- The Escape Pod
A great Science Fiction short story podcast. - MacCast
“A Podcast for Mac Geeks by Mac Geeks.” - On the Media
One of my favorite NPR programs. This one really disects how media covers the news and the underlying story.
History
- Prevervation Online
The magazine of the National Trust - Buffalo History Works
A great history website from my hometown, Buffalo, NY
Friends
- Streets of Dreams Studio
Our friend Chris Ueberroth-Krall does really cool three-dimensional art.