Links
Below is a list of links associated with Supraterranean and links to sites that we recommend. If you have a link to suggest for this page, you can use the form at the bottom of the page.
Our Social Media
Our Micro-Sites
- Oneirisms A collective journal of metaphysical experience, where you can post dreams and visions
Our Blogs
- Flux Window Jacob Rendell blogs about live media, graphic design and visual research.
- Prana Genius Multi-media artist Kaliptus shares with the World Wide Web a wide variety of posts relating to multi-media arts, motionography, consciousness expansion, all types of psychedelia, and much, much more.
- Refractor Site creator and administrator Nick Meador discusses creativity and culture, mostly in relation to books, movies, and technology, all filtered through the lenses of psychology and philosophy.
- Thumpme "I’m going to immerse myself in the wispy pages of the bible, running from front to back, Old Testament to New."
Other Blogs
- ampm "A walk in the shoes of creative and crafty allstars."
- Big Northern Girl Goes Down The blog of writer Ry Collins.
- Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company A Henry Miller blog based in Toronto.
- Editorial Ass An editorial assistant writes about the book publishing industry.
- Feeding The Pidgeons, One Last Time "World literature through the bottom of a beerglass."
- From The Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog "With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? ...will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably?"
- Grandfather Smiles Impassioned judiciousness amidst a setting sun.
- IP in the Digital Age Students from CPSC 182 at Yale College discuss our digital world.
- Jack's Take Jack Lessenberry is the senior political advisor at Michigan Radio. He posts a daily essay (with audio and text) about current affairs in Michigan.
- Lawn Gnomes in Space The blog of writer Bradley Sands.
- Lawrence Lessig Lawrence Lessig is a Stanford law professor and an important figure in the free culture movement. He helped develop Creative Commons and Change Congress.
- Tao Lin's Blog The author from New York. The URL is http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/
- Walking Paris With Henry Miller "A blog about Henry Miller's Paris of the 1930s"
Magazines
- Adbusters "Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine concerned about the erosion of our physical and cultural environments by commercial forces."
- MyNorth.com Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine -- covering the places that all southern Michiganders wish they could visit more often.
- Pank Magazine Pank is a literary magazine based at Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI.
- Reality Sandwich "...a web magazine for this time of intense transformation."
- The New York Times Magazine An in-depth look at what's happening in the world, published every Sunday.
- Third Eye Magazine "Thirdeye is a collective of artists dedicated to promoting positive social change through the use of creativity." Originally based in Traverse City, MI, founder Jason Glover now runs the site in Portland, OR.
News
- Detroit Army Positive Detroit news and commentary. "As proud metropolitan Detroiters, it's our responsibility to revitalize the attitudes of our citizens, the political, economic and social atmosphere of our state, and the perceptions of outsiders."
- Michigan Messenger A new independent, non-profit online newspaper. It's part of the Center for Independent Media, who are setting up similar sites around the country. They fill the gaps left by mainstream media.
- Michigan Positive "We started this site to get the word out about Michigan’s most inspiring stories: Its best minds, its most innovative businesses and institutions and the everyday heroes that make their communities better places."
- Michigan Radio The NPR news affiliate station broadcasting from three places around southern lower Michigan.
- National Public Radio (NPR) "NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization..."
- ProPublica "...an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest."
- Spartanedge An online alternative weekly student newspaper at MSU.
- The Atlantic Wire "The Atlantic Wire is your one-stop portal for opinion news. While other sites aggregate headlines, the Wire focuses on the columnists and commentators leading the national dialogue."
- The Environment Report "The Environment Report is a news service committed to revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people."
- The Guardian "The Guardian newspaper... was founded in 1821 and has a long history of editorial and political independence." Based in London.
- The Rapidian A new citizen journalism site based in Grand Rapids, MI.
- WikiLeaks "The Sunshine Press (WikiLeaks) is an non-profit organization funded by human rights campaigners, investigative journalists, technologists and the general public."
- Wired "Wired.com is a daily technology news website" and "the digital home of Wired magazine."
Websites
- American Booksellers Association "The national trade associaton for independent booksellers."
- Authors On The Net An online community that helps with self-promotion.
- BioMed Central "BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which... views open access to research as essential in order to ensure the rapid and efficient communication of research findings."
- BookSurge Independent publishing service that helps with production, promotion, and distribution (recently acquired by Amazon).
- Change Congress Lawrence Lessig's new Congress reform movement. They're trying to end the influence of special interests in the lawmaking process.
- CouchSurfing "A worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit."
- Creative Commons How all content is licensed on Supraterranean (i.e. the way of the future).
- Definition of Free Cultural Works A guide to "works or expressions which can be freely studied, applied, copied and/or modified, by anyone, for any purpose."
- E-Books Directory "...list of freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet."
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) They fight for our rights on the Internet.
- Evolver A social network and blog platform based around the slogan "It's our world to change"
- FML: Your Everyday Life Stories "It’s a collection of everyday anecdotes and stories likely to happen to anyone and everyone, sent to us exclusively by our users, which we then publish on the site."
- Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund THIS IS NOT THE NEWSPAPER IN DETROIT. It's "a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media." They're pushing for "independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications."
- Free Use (Wikipedia page) "Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders...."
- From The Wilderness Michael C. Ruppert's site. "From The Wilderness is about the publication of documented truth and the letting go of fear through education."
- History Is A Weapon "History isn't what happened, but a story of what happened. ...History is just one tool to shape our understanding of our world. And every tool is a weapon if you hold it right."
- IndieBound A network of independent booksellers, authors, and readers (or as they put it, "Free Thinkers and Independent Souls") that spans the U.S.
- Internet Archive Great for concert soundboard recordings and other free-use content
- Lawrence Lessig Stanford Law professor, author, blogger, and member of the Creative Commons Board of Directors. His books are made available as CC PDFs.
- Metacritic Presents average scores from critic reviews of music, movies, games and more.
- MSU Catalyst "A student-organized website that uncovers the extraordinary happenings of students on campus and alumni around the world."
- National Headquarters "National Headquarters is the future of cultural exchange. It is a diverse network of individuals and ensembles committed to the examination and expression of the contemporary social condition through the creation of original artworks and events..."
- Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal "<em>Nexus</em> is seeking manuscripts and photoessays that explore any aspect of Henry Miller's work and life."
- Scribd A social network for books and reading
- Students for Free Culture "An international chapter-based student organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and information and communications technology policy."
- Texts From Last Night Just what it sounds like: all sorts of texts that never should have been sent, but that we now get to laugh at.
- The Freeconomy Community The Freeconomy Community's aim is to help reconnect people in their local communities through the simple act of sharing.
- The Prometheus Institute A libertarian think tank based in California.
- Voices of a People's History of the United States "Voices... brings to life the extraordinary history of ordinary people who built the movements that made the United States what it is today..."
- WFPF - World Freerunning & Parkour Federation "A parkour social network for people who move."
- Wikimedia Foundation Home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, etc -- one of the absolute greatest resources to appear on the Internet.
- ZDocs Book Printing On-demand publishing
Michigan Groups
- EcoZoic Detroit "We are a locally focused initiative... working to catalyze paths towards community empowerment, sustainability, and resilience in the city of Detroit."
- Refresh Detroit "We are a group of web professionals whose goal is to promote web standards, usability, and accessibility, and to spread the knowledge of web design in the Detroit and Ann Arbor Michigan areas."
- The Center for Michigan "A Forum for Our State's Future"
Meador Family Links
- Adventures in Autism Peggy Meador's blog
- Autism in Troy Schools A Meador Family web site intended to raise autism awareness, issue complaints to the Troy (Michigan) School District, and promote special education reform.
- Eridanus - MySpace page Nick Meador's electronic mash-up recording project
- Jeff's Holiday - MySpace page Jeff Meador's indie electronic recording project
- NickMeador.org
- Think Feel Pictures David Meador's film production website
- Think Feel Pictures - YouTube channel
Web Tools
- AddThis We use their "share" buttons
- BlueHost
- Google Analytics
- jwhol on deviantART The designer who created the social media icons that we use
- Wordpress The open source software used for blogging and as a content management system
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