It can be hard to separate fact from fiction on many political satire e-zine web-sites. Most famous, for breaking Lewinskygate, is www.drudgereport.com, but worthy rivals include www.bbspot.com (a recent headline: "Microsoft Announces Office 10 Will Cure Cancer") and www.geekpress.com (which claims: "Catholic Church is Top Internet Service Provider in Philippines" - try to enter the Playboy website and you get the message: "Thank God you were not able to enter that bad site").
Plan that holiday now. Shoestring Travel, Intrepid Traveler, Desert USA and Conde Nast Traveler are just some of the online travel zines listed at www.kasbah.com/traveltoolbox/travelmagazines.htm
"The best and shiniest cutthroat modern thinking on aspects of culture, lifestyle, sport and travel" comes from the Dublin-based Inept e-zine. Those who want to see their names in HTML can submit articles to www.inept.com
Interested in DIY? Visual arts? Fashion? For links to hundreds of e-zines and online journals on topics ranging from academic theory (40 e-zines) to science fiction (22) and news parody (14) see the Flying Inkpot's Zine Scene at www.inkpot.com/zines
For the latest on the Irish music scene, including album and gig reviews, and MP3 songs by unsigned acts to download, check out the award-winning Cluas e-zine at www.cluas.com
E-zines can be sent directly into your e-mail inbox. Register for e-zines on everything from health, gizmos, music, horoscopes and WAPs to the latest on the Irish movie scene at www.esearch.ie
"DiCaprio hung over, Scorsese pissed" is the top entertainment headline on the e-zine with the latest in Hollywood gossip and satirical news on music, sports and TV. At http://bizcotti.com
smarriott@irish-times.ie
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