Take Two Aspirin…: For help with headaches, there's probably no better place than the National Headache Foundation. You'll find the latest news in the field, a special section on dealing with migraines, details of studies, and other useful information.

Tribute to the Recently Departed: Good Bye! is the journal of contemporary obituaries. There are in-depth obits on lots of well-known people, along with a section called Deaths by Mayhem, and another on Darwinian Events.

Harvard: Research Matters: Research Matters - Researchers at Harvard explore many topics, and this site reports on the latest developments and discoveries in their labs.

The Genesis Mission: NASA JPL - NASA's Genesis mission is a three-year trip to gather samples of the solar winds. The site includes photos that are updated every 10 minutes, and also has materials teachers can use in the classroom.

Preserve Your Privacy: Privacy Rights Now - Ralph Nader and Remar Sutton created this site devoted to helping ordinary citizens maintain their privacy. There's information about pending legislation, tools to opt out of privacy violations, and more.

Helpful Advice from InfoWorld: The best thing about InfoWorld for me has always been the columns: Brian Livingston's "Windows Manager," Ed Foster's "The Gripe Line," and others. You can subscribe to those here.

This Month's Half-Baked Idea: The Halfbakery - There's got to be at least one half-witted entry in this column every month, and this is it for this month. The Halfbakery specializes in not-yet-invented dumb inventions in many areas, like a car coffee-maker. Add your own ideas to the database.

Who Is Demetria Gene Guynes?: Famous Name Changes - Okay, so you know what Reginald Dwight changed his name to. But if you don't know who Demetria is, you probably don't know her former husband, Walter, either.

Weird But True: This Is True - Of 200 Anglican priests surveyed, only 68 knew all ten commandments. Half believed in space aliens. Weird but definitely true stories are collected here, and you can read them online or subscribe (for free) to their weekly newsletter.

Better Than The Onion: Chortler - Special media forces have picked up radio signals believed to be the voice of Gary Condit. President Bush dispatches 50 oil drilling rigs to Alaska in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. This site specializes in very funny parodies of current news.

Check Your Privacy at the Door: Privacy.net - Visit this site to see how much information is available to any Web site you visit about who you are and where you've been.

An Arab-American FAQ: The Detroit Free Press, which is published in the area with the highest Arab-American population in the US, put together 100 questions and answers about Arabs and Arabic life. A valuable introduction to one of the world's great cultures.

Librarian's Choice: Digital Librarian - There are numerous "Best of the Web" sites, but this one is particularly interesting and well-maintained.

Acadia Magic: I'm a sucker for beautiful nature photos, and there are some terrific ones on this site, which shows off Acadia National Park in Maine.

Need a College Degree?: Box Free Concepts - How about a Ph.D. from Federal State University, or a Masters from Massachusetts Institute of Los Angeles? They're available here, along with a matching transcript and recommendation letter. Lots cheaper than the real thing.

P.U.-Litzer Prizes: Fair.org - The worst journalistic performances of the year get these annual awards, as determined by Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

More Microsoft Trickery: ZDNet News - ZDNet reveals how Microsoft stuffed the ballot box in a British poll to make it look like its .NET technology is more popular than Java.

Public Record Searches: Search Systems claims to have the largest collection of free public records on the Internet. It's certainly an impressive collection: property sales, court filings, sex offenders, parking tickets, licenses issued, and much more are here. This is a terrific site for researchers.