The Online World resources handbook

Hobby, games and fun http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/4.html
On Exec PC, play Startrek. Select an identity and "play it out" according to its
character. If a real aficionado, check out rec.arts.startrek.info on Usenet.
MUD is also a popular game.
Multi User Dungeons (MUD) is a structured and user modifiable online
environment. It allows users not only to interact with each other, but to do
role playing, build and furnish living areas and interaction areas, extend
and create the interactive "space," and make rules for using that space.
As programmers create new types of MUDs, new names appear.
These include TinyMud, DUM, MOO, MUCK, MUG, and many others.
For information, including addresses to places where you can try
them out, consult the Frequently Asked Questions files. Perform a keyword
search for "mud."
Then, check http://www.godlike.com/muds/
Chat
Chat, or "keyboard talking," is a popular attraction, and in particular on the large online
services.
Your first attempt will probably be a strange experience. Your monitor will look
like an unfolding screenplay, with you speaking one of the several parts.
When many people talk simultaneously in chat, incoherent sentences seem to fly
over your computer screen. It takes some training to be able to read what each of them
is saying.
Some users are serious about chatting. Several large companies are heavy users,
and it also has educational applications. Although this kind of talking is a slow process, it
has advantages. It is easy to document the discussion. People from places geographically
far apart can meet and talk at a low cost.
Jokes
The India Humor, Jokes & Fun Site is filled with jokes, cartoons, funny facts. For
South African humour, jokes and fun, visit the za.humour newsgroup. For the
occasional joke, visit The Barking Spider.
My hobby
There are online forums for most hobbies: collection of stamps and coins, genealogy,
music, holiday travels, skiing, purchase of consumer electronics, video, filming, and
more.
The people you meet in these "clubs" share your interests. They come there to
exchange information and experiences, to listen, swap stamps or coins, participate in
club auctions, and exploit favorable group discounts when buying things for their hobby.
The main attraction is the open messages that people write to each other. Many
clubs also have libraries filled with special software, like database programs for
collectors, and information files.
You'll find links to stamp collectors organizations world wide at
http://www.stampshows.com/clubs.html. Also, check out the alt.stamps,
rec.collecting.stamps and rec.collecting.postal history newsgroups.
The GoSKI Network World Resort Database OLVWV RYHU PRXQWDLQ UHVRUWV
with skier and snowboarder reviews, facts, contact information, and snow conditions. It
said this about Hemsedal in Norway (1996):
Hemsedal, Norway [IMAGE]
240 km northwest of Oslo
(about 4 hours by train/bus).
Vertical Drop: 800m/2,624'
Lifts: 15 (5 chairs, 10 surface)
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