web-consultants is a discussion list about WWW consulting resources, issues, and stories. A moderated digest is also available, with an archive on . Send a "subscribe web-consultants" message to [new address] or . [Al Silverberg , NEW-LIST, 4/12/96.]

WebToolz Magazine is "the webmasters online resource, with toolz, linkz, articlez, reviewz, tipz, trickz, and more." . [, newjour, 6/1/96.]

TopSpin "is the simplest web server yet: you just plug in a CD ROM SCSI drive and network cable." . [Web Informant, 5/26/96.]

A new Javascript mailing list is described in . [Dave Wagner , comp.lang.javascript, 6/21/96.]

Java-networking is for people interested in Java and Java library networking issues. Send a "subscribe" message to . [Peter Parnes , comp.lang.java, 6/1/96.]

The Java Developers Journal (JDJ) aims to be helpful, with lots of code examples. Articles and ideas are needed by Andrew Zolli . For subscriptions, call 1-800-513-7111. [, comp.lang.java, 5/27/96.]

Internet Developers Association (IDA) is for webmasters, programmers, graphic designers, marketers, etc. $45/year. . [WEBster, 6/25/96.]

WebWomen-Tech provides a space for technical women on the web, such as female webmasters. Send a "subscribe" message to . A companion WebWomen-HTML list is for content providers, with discussions covering HTML, Java and Javascript, standards, and design issues. For more general discussions of WWW, sign up for WebWomen-Chat. [Donna , NEW-LIST, 6/12/96.]

Leonardo, the J. of the Int. Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology, offers a home page, articles, gallery, sound files, and forum at . [newjour, 5/28/96.]

cti-art-design is a CTI-sponsored list about computers and software in higher-education fine art and design courses. Send a "join cti-art-design your name" message to . [, new-lists, 6/18/96.]

Acropolis is "the magazine of Acrobat publishing," published only in Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf). Free on . [. Alex Edelman , newjour, 6/18/96.]

The AMKDEV mailing list covers the Apple Media Kit (AMK) cross-platform multimedia development tool. Send a "subscribe amkdev your name" message to . [Gess Shankar , NEW-LIST, 6/6/96.]

Over 30K stock science photos can be found on . Hank Morgan Photography. [net-hap, 8/1/95. Ken Barker.]

If you generate murals or other computer art, or even business cards, how do you print them out? OUT-OPTS is about hardcopy options for artists, publishers, and marketeers. Send a "subscribe out-opts" message to . [David E. Le Vine , NEW-LIST, 2/15/96.]

Mariposa Distributed DBMS, V. Alpha-1, from UCB.

PolyAnalyst v2.01: data mining product.

PCRaster V. 2: spatio-temporal modeling in GIS.

Fuzzy Logic Pack for Mathematica: fuzzy t-norm and t_conorm, etc.

Neural Planner: NN system for MS Windows.

Neural Network Recipes in C++: book by Timothy Master.

Java neural network software from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum.

Java-based Prolog Logic Server from Amzi! inc.

Amzi! Logic Explorer: logic programming environment and tutor.

ADATE: Automatic Design of Algorithms Through Evolution.

Mindy 1.5: simple Dylan language implementation.

Mac CodeWarrior compiler bundle with Pilot 5000 Organizer. Also a discount on MacTech Magazine.

Harvest C: free C compiler.

LibMoto: Motorola's free math library for PowerPC.

Matlab for Linux: old ("classic") version.

Emacs editor/interface for Poplog (including Pop-11, Prolog, Common Lisp, and ML).

Pixcon/Anitroll 1.0: free 3D rendering and animation source code.

Primordial Life/Primordial Arena 3.0: alife simulation for Windows.

How to Finance the Start-up and Growth of Your Business: self-published book for entrepreneurs.

A quarterly peer-reviewed Int. J. on Failures and Lessons Learned in Information Technology Management has been founded, to start 1/97. Dr. R. Sadananda is seeking articles for a special issue on information systems for sustainable development. , (66-2) 524-5702, (66-2) 524-5721 Fax. [dbworld, 5/20/96.]

Requirements Engineering Journal will cover software specification and the elicitation, representation, and validation of requirements for software-intensive information systems and applications. The first issue is on ; subsequent issues will post abstracts only. Springer-Verlag London; , +44-(0)1483-415144 Fax. [, dbworld, 6/13/96.]

ONLINE and DATABASE magazines are now on the net, at and . You'll also find links to ONLINE USER, CD-ROM Professional, and MultiMedia Schools. [Nancy Garman , newjour, 5/31/96.] (A gopher version, , will no longer be updated.)

Geographic data, maps, and other resources are the subject of the GRC list. Send a "subscribe grc email_address" message to . . [c.i.gis, 6/15/96.]

Datapoints Online is a new online newsletter from SPSS, a leading vendors of statistical software. Product announcements, bug patches, etc. Contact . . [John Penn , comp.soft-sys.spss, 6/24/96.]

Inc., "the magazine for growing companies," has a new website with articles, work sheets, and even a free area for entrepreneurs' web pages. . [Liz W. Tompkins , inet-news, 6/4/96.]

Inc. magazine recently profiled owners of home businesses, using data from Find/SVP. Of 11M-14M people working at home in the US, 75% run their own businesses. 5% of those businesses are technical (including programming). Average age is 42.9 years, with nearly as many home-based proprietors female (47%) as male. 44% are college graduates, most are married (85%), and 54% have children under 18. Average household income is about $55K. [Inc. special issue on The State of Small Business 1996, p. 58. NewtNews. Bill Park.]

Network-l is a semi-moderated support list for those in small or home-based businesses. Send a "subscribe email-address" . [David McDermit , NEW-LIST, 5/21/96.]

Internet Entrepreneurs Support Association (IESS) has a new email-based Q&A list for Internet entrepreneurs. Send a "subscribe iesslist-digest email-address" message to . For info about IESS, contact or . [Ron Ehrens , net-hap, 5/25/96.]

BizWeb lists over 4K companies on the net, by category. 19 subcategories for computer-related businesses. . [Home Biz Cyber Weekly, 6/2/96.]

The Home Biz Cyber Weekly is a free resource newsletter (or ad listing) and forum for entrepreneurs. Contact . [newjour, 6/1/96.] ("FREE Internet RESOURCES to PROSPER your HOME BUSINESS. DIRECTLY PROMOTE Your Business or Service * ONLY * in a PERSONAL EXCLUSIVE Home Biz SUPPLEMENT." The style gives me a headache, and they signed me up by default, without asking first -- along with 100K other people. Ads are about $5/line or $70 for a separate mailing; business directory listings are free.)

The Ultimate Mastermind (TUM) is a free newsletter about running a business -- online or off. It's from the Let's Talk Business Network, serving entrepreneurs and small businesses. Send a "subscribe tum your name email-address" message to . [Larry Kesslin , NEW-LIST, 5/13/96.]

Business Roundtable is a "business networking" forum for executives, lawyers, and other professionals. Send a "subscribe roundtable your name" message to . [Ralph Welsch-Lehmann , NEW-LIST, 4/29/96.]

Enter Magazine is "a dynamic, take-charge monthly magazine for young people who want to set their own course after college." . [, newjour, 3/8/96.]

YoungWives is a new life/career discussion group for women. Send a "subscribe yngwives your name" message to . [Kristina S. Brown , NEW-LIST, 4/7/96.]

Success Express Journal is dedicated to passing on "positive energy," to public speakers and others. . [, 6/17/96.] (This is a promotional vehicle for public speaker and author Eric Edmeades .)

Price Watch, a "street price search engine," is . [John Doyle , net-hap, 4/4/96.]

Cyber$mart is a new e-magazine about saving or earning money on the Internet (including software offers and contests with cash prizes). Write to John Dillman for a free trial subscription. [net-hap, 5/16/96.]

GRATIS! is a free, sponsored, weekly newsletter about free software and services on WWW or the Internet. Send a "subscribe gratis" message to majordomo@mystery.com. [Bob Collister , NEW-LIST, 6/20/96.]

Free contests, games, and "stuff" can be found listed on . [, net-hap, 4/5/96.]

You can subscribe to the Free Stuff Mailing List from the Free Stuff Homepage, . [Robert Samet , net-hap, 4/21/96.]

The Free District listing is . They'll even give you a free link, if you're giving something away. [Monique , net-hap, 4/26/96.]

Scrooge's Freebie Page is . [, net-hap, 5/9/96.]

FREEway is another guide to free samples, trials, net services, internet access, magazines, etc. . [S. Wood , net-hap, 5/14/96.]

-- Ken