The truth is out there
The web has always been home to the most whacked- out theories, not least of which is the search for extraterrestrial life. But last week, the search for ET took a potentially serious turn when the hallowed halls of the Washington Press Club hosted the launch of the Disclosure Project.

Made up of nearly 350 former US military and intelligence personnel, the project not only insists that UFOs exist, but its organisers now want an official inquiry to find out why the evidence of their existence has been kept from the public.

UFO technology, they say, could solve the energy crisis and end global warming. The project also wants a complete stop to the "weaponisation" of space. Check out the deadly serious webcast at: www.disclosureproject.org.

Metamute
One of the internet's great survivors, Mute magazine, has been shouting about art and technology since 1992. Last year it announced it was taking a sabbatical to sort itself out - many feared that the break would prove permanent. But Mute is back with a totally revamped website at www.metamute.org. Welcome back.

Doodle
Online art seller Eyestorm has launched a snazzy little e-card service at www.eyestorm/bump. Doodle uses the crude graphic interface found on digital watches and calculators and invites users to make up their own letters and email the results to friends. Be prepared to waste the entire afternoon.

Dream on
The Collective Unconsciousness Project (TCUP) might sound like the Rugby Club by another name, but it is in fact an online community interested in dreaming. Users record dream diaries or skip from dream to dream seemingly at random through a lovely flash-animated interface. Certain key words are used to give the sense that connections are being made. See Current Form

Jam today
Celebrating the cultural exchange between London and Tokyo, more than 40 artists are taking part and details can be found here. There are also some delightful screensavers, wallpaper and desktop icons at www.onlinejam.co.uk.

In the mix
UK garage virtuoso MJ Cole has just launched a new website at www.MJCole.com. The site boasts an "interactive studio" (PC only) which uses exclusive samples from MJ Cole and lets you create and mix tracks live with a 12-channel mixer, drum machine and sequencer. There are also several tracks to download for free.

Meanwhile dub reggae legends Lee Scratch Perry and the Mad Professor are now mixing it online at www.proteinOS.com/275 and hip hop pioneer Grand Master Flash has his own website at www.grandmasterflash.com.

Tank Zone
E4.com - the online arm of Channel 4's new digital TV station - has just added ancient video game Tank Zone to its impressive roster of online games. It is slick enough to be worth a few visits, especially as it offers a multi-user option. Channel 4 has also revamped its Big Brother website in time for the new series at www.bigbrother.terra.com, while you can find Big Brother's big rival, Survivor, at: www.itv-survivor.com.

Camera planet
Meanwhile, Camera Planet is a new US site that wants to bring reality TV even closer to you. Prospective subjects have been calling up the site and if selected, CameraPlanet asks them to shoot a first-person reality TV short and send footage (plus camera) back to CameraPlanet, where it is edited and screened. See www.cameraplanet.com.

Use it
Good news for Usenet users: Google is gradually restoring the old Deja service. You can now search back to 1995. Seehttp://groups.google.com/ advanced_group_search.

O-N-L-I-N-E
Worldpop has teamed up with G-A-Y to launch a microsite that will broadcast live performances from the legendary London club night. Melanie B and Steps are among the first of many high-profile artists set to be filmed and broadcast by Worldpop. The microsite also has loads of other features, including interviews, G-A-Y radio and promoter Jeremy Joseph's own weekly column. See www.worldpop.com/g-a-y

You've been...
The Desperate Optimists follow up their groundbreaking online soap opera www.map50.com with a new drama, this time set in the near future and involving a mad scientist and a deadly virus. The Optimists used real people and filmed at six locations in London. See www.londonframed.com.

New & noted
• Tate Modern continues its series of webcasts at www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/live.htm .
• Check out the Canadian plan for world domination at www.standonguard.com.
• A new secondhand office furniture site has been launched at www.wantdontwant.com.
• Avantenoise.com is a new MP3-based music website that pays musicians.
• Book tables in restaurants around the world at www.bankrestaurants.com.

Six of the best Election satire

Two jabs special
www.rancon.co.uk/prezza/main.html
Silence Hague
www.urban75.org/useless/hague.html
Unspin the spin
www.spinon.co.uk
Vote Bob Dobbs
www.thefreeparty.org.uk
The Guilty Party
www.guiltyparty.cc
History of election cartoons
http://politics.theguardian.com/gall/0,9352,488233,00.html