Rot the dot
Dot.com scepticism is all the rage these days, especially since so many people failed to get rich quick after the stock market "corrections" of March. Express your frustration - and raise a laugh - with this delightfully titled site's collection of dot.com-cynical stickers. There are entertaining examples of what you can do with your stickers, including a guerrilla-style sabotaging of the toilets at the Webby's - the internet's "Oscars" held earlier this year in San Francisco. See www.blowthedotoutyourass.com
Daring view
A great thing about the web is that it allows other people to do stupidly dangerous, yet exciting, things then let you relive the experience vicariously. A perfect example is explorer Kevin Kelm's home page, which takes us on a tour of an abandoned underground missile silo in the US. Alongside pictures of the rusting machinery and tunnels winding into darkness, is a running commentary, peppered with scary phrases. "Flaking asbestos lining", "flooded lower levels" and the "immortal radioactive gas radon builds up" give you an idea of the fun to be had. Fascinating stuff: www.xvt.com/users/kevink/silo/silo.html.
Web ring
Is your mobile phone ring just not irritating enough? Then it is time to get yourself along to Your Mobile, and download a new tune for your Nokia or Ericsson handset. Many phones are capable of receiving a new ring tone by SMS message. This site sends that message, and gives instructions for changing your tune. At the time of writing, the James Bond theme was top of the tinny pops, with Alice Dee Jay's Better Off Alone at number two. We're not quite convinced by the adaptation of Tom Jones' Sex Bomb, but the version of John Williams' Star Wars Imperial March is just fantastic. Go to www.yourmobile.com.
The prisoner
Some people have given up their freedom to promote the noble cause of e-commerce. Take dotcomguy, (that really is his name), who, noble chap, has locked himself in his home supported only by e-merchants, and watched by several webcams, all to promote the cause of ecommerce. Each day there are events in his home sponsored by dotcoms, just to prove how well you can live using only your PC and friendly internet merchants. Sadly, the important effort has been derided in Salon, the online magazine, which cruelly branded him a poster child for internet idiocy. See www.salon.com.
Very Fetching
Urban Fetch, the US delivery service for gifts, gadgets and food, is now in the UK. If you live or work in London, it will whisk whatever you want to your desk within the hour. Anecdotal evidence on delivery times is positive so far, although users must have deep pockets - six bagels costs £3.60 and gourmet cream cheese weighs in at £2.10 a tub. Music, games and books seem better deals for the terminally impatient, or idle. See www.urbanfetch.co.uk.
Royal watcher
After the raw emotion of last week's royal birthday celebrations, you're probably desperate for 360-degree, panoramic pictures from inside Buckingham Palace. Luckily, this is exactly what you'll get at the online royal magazine, Royal Insight. Spin, zoom, uncover some hotspots! See www.royalinsight.gov.uk.
Tartan flash
It's great news that the Highlands of Scotland tourist board is trying to sell itself to the 16-35 age group, normally more likely to be found avoiding sunlight in Ibiza, rather than avoiding the midges in Inverness. A first glance at the board's new Flash "enhanced" site suggests they've made quite an elegant job of it, too - some funky Celtic music and cute animations sell it well. It's just a shame you have to back out of the Flash bit and go into the plain HTML version to check out prices and booking information.
Look back
Already there's a web nostalgia business hankering back to those innocent days in the early 90s. Deja Vu lets you see the web of today through the browser of yesteryear, providing geeky entertainment for those of us who remember the browsers first time around. And it should be required surfing for all web designers who complain today's web doesn't give them enough control...
New and noted
Organise your night out at www.latenightlondon.co.uk, buy some posh shirts and ties at www.tyrwhitt.co.uk, or play virtual basketball (and give away lots of personal information) at www.sunnyd.com.
Six of the best Nationwide kick-off
Newly promoted
www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Euro 2000 kings
www.sportal.co.uk
Former champ
www.football365.com
Redesigned
www.soccernet.com
Two weeks in...
www.scottishfootball.com
Who else?
www.footballunlimited.co.uk