Return of the Lucas
Lovers of Star Wars films will be pleased to hear that Atom films is to show George Lucas's first ever short film on the web. It's part of the site's commitment to showcase student films, and the Lucas short, Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138, come as part of an archive from the USC film school in the US. The site does require the very latest versions of both browser and RealPlayer plug-in for access to the top-notch stuff. Some material is available to those with older browsers. The short digital film, Not Without a Fight, documenting last November's "battle for Seattle", is a potent demonstration of how power ful the medium can be, however jerky the image, however tinny the sound.

Unhackneyed
The London borough of Hackney has a new website, and it is a lot friendlier than the site's government departments. www.hackney.gov.uk is full of clickable maps, useful directories and local history. It does not forget that there's more to Hackney than finding a dentist and paying the council tax, so leisure sites and an e-zine are part of the package. A borough council that is fun to deal with? Whatever next?

Leave it to Jeeves
Despite a dispute with the estate of PG Wodehouse over its name, US search engine, AskJeeves, has launched a UK-specific site at www.ask.co.uk and www.askjeeves.co.uk . One gripe: the site uses frames. Once an answer is clicked on, rather than simply sending you to the site like everybody else, AskJeeves imports the requested site, leaving you with heavy branding and the inability to bookmark the page directly.

Cool site for hot stuff
Auctions like to sell themselves on how hot their goods are, but insurance company CGU has gone one further. It has cut a deal with the police and put unclaimed stolen goods on the web at www.bluecycle.com. The site is already an Aladdin's lock-up of bikes, boats and electrical goods. By far the most telling category is the list of private number plates that have "I've never had a proper job" written all over them.' But if T1FFF (£1,500) and L1YAN (£2,000) have already been seized by the police, just who do the auctioneers think will buy them the next time around?

On the move
Upmystreet.com showed how useful a website could be without actually selling anything. Since then, most major property sites seem about as reliable as, well, estate agents. So the launch of www.reallymoving.com - a site to help you plan and prepare a move - is long overdue. Full of useful links, tips, information and a neat removal planner, the site could give the more overtly commercial www.home.co.uk a fright.

Online onwine
A whole case of wine sites has popped up and the latest, www.madaboutwine.co.uk, picks up where the old AmiVin site left off. It has a number of new features but best is the wine expert who answers questions via email in less time than it takes to knock back half a bottle of Chablis. Also worth a sniff is www.chateauonline.com, which aims at the connoisseur but features a useful wine diary telling the rest of us what is available. And London's wine temple has just launched a site at www.vinopolis.co.uk.

On the air
National Public Radio, the closest thing the US has to the BBC, has started webcasting an online-specific show, All Songs Considered. It's an eclectic mix, mostly instrumentals but far better than anything produced by the UK's major radio players. Seekers of original net radio could try http://contour.net which seems to push the boundaries of net radio week-by-week.

A home in space
Space station homeless offers a bizarre vision of how humanity might really go about colonising space. Naturally it is no utopia, full of homeless astronauts, stray space dogs and enough junk to destroy the planet. It's very witty and not without a few pointers to how we might manage life on earth.

Jumbo offer
Milky Elephant is the home of Norton Love Doctor, a wonderful download for Mac users, that lets you give your computer the love and care it really needs. Go to www.milkyelephant.com if you love your Mac.

Early learning
Aimed at kids, but loose enough to entertain anyone www.willing-to-try.com is a simple but rewarding way for children to teach themselves about interactivity.

Koyaanisqatsi
Godfrey Reggio's poetic documentaries are some of the most distinctive the medium has ever produced. There's now a site devoted to them at www.koyaanisqatsi.com

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