There are hundreds of thousands of groups, organisations, collectives and such - all jockeying for position on the net. Many are cheap advertising vehicles, many are unmaintained and hopelessly dated; but out in the virtual world - dotted about, sometimes extraordinarily difficult to stumble upon - exist some wonderful websites: disingenuous, thought-provoking, alluring or simply too original to dismiss. "CultPrime" has spent the countless man-hours research so you need not waste your valuable time; and this page is intended to act as a helpful inclusion - by no means definitive - in one's repertoire of quality control.
Project Syndicate describes itself as "a world of ideas" but it is perhaps more relevant as your frontline uncensored source for global news and current affairs; in-depth analysis, expert contributors, the antithesis of tabloid ephemera.
Virtual Museums: Art Project is one of Google's most innovative and illuminating contributions to the internet. It allows you - in virtual-space - to walk through the major collections of many of the world's foremost art museums. Peruse masterpieces with superb detail without the crowds and the cost.
Global Railway Timetable is a service provided by Germany's excellent "Bahn" but rather than merely showing German railway timetables (with meticulous detail, train numbers, inter-connections) this site covers the entirety of Eurasia. Try typing Paris to Beijing as your route and marvel at its potential.
Michelin Guide Online provides travel services like driving directions and vacation planners of singular usefulness but, as any gastronome knows, it is the guide's hotel and - above all - restaurant ratings whose judgment is the closest any organisation has come to definitive. A meal at a Michelin three-star restaurant not only promises pleasure in the moment but adds a lifelong memory to one's repertoire of 'taste'; an experience to lay the foundation of genuine, unapologetic excellence.
Real-time Plane Traffic covers the world's air traffic in real-time; which means you can watch the skies across the entire planet and track planes en masse or individually as they plough their furrows through the stratosphere. No other site is as accurate, as intuitive, nor as comprehensive. It also provides applications for your mobile phones of superb quality.
Michelin Guide Online provides travel services like driving directions and vacation planners of singular usefulness but, as any gastronome knows, it is the guide's hotel and - above all - restaurant ratings whose judgment is the closest any organisation has come to definitive. A meal at a Michelin three-star restaurant not only promises pleasure in the moment but adds a lifelong memory to one's repertoire of 'taste'; an experience to lay the foundation of genuine, unapologetic excellence.
Marine Traffic begins with a world-map divided into zones; choose your zone and you will be able to see in real-time detail all of the vessels, ships, tankers and other craft sailing that region of the seas. The site is easy to navigate, gives info on individual vessels and - for anyone with a sense of history - engenders a curious sense of the timelessness of the oceans and a wanderlust to explore firsthand.
Wikipedia is the exception to the "CultPrime" rule regarding non-populist sites, since Wikipedia has remained true to its founding precepts with such dogged determination; and while one should NEVER rely on it as definitive, one can ALWAYS rely on it as informative. Wikipedia has become more a paradigm than a mere website and its ease of use and breadth of content have, in their way, changed our world. What better epithet - and what greater responsibility?
"CultPrime" is your portal through the morass; sorting the wheat from the chaff and helping to direct your valuable attention the gold that does more than merely glitter.
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