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Internuts: A Compendium of Sites Both Useful and Curious

These are sites we thought were interesting or unusual in some way, and might prove useful and amusing to our readers.

By Bob and Joy Schwabach

www.meetup.com 

An interesting idea, whose time has probably come. Visitors can list their location and the subjects that interest them. The site then tries to get people to form groups of like-minded participants. If they can get enough in any area, they meet. There weren't enough people interested in playing bridge to meet in Wilmette, Ill. But web designers are meeting now in Calgary, Alberta, and Albuquerque, NM, and fans of Japanese anime films are meeting in Birmingham, Ala. The vampires are meeting in Chicago.

http://www.sacbee.com/content/shopping/on_computers/story/10087887p-11008800c.html