RECOMMENDED LINKS
People
John McKernon lighting designer and Lightwright author
Scott Holdredge, scenic and production designer
Beth Turomsha, lighting designer
Minor Apocalypse, home of Greg Emetaz
spinachdip nyc, for all your East Village news
Jobs
Johnson Schwinghammer Lighting
Lighting and theatre
Nemetschek, makers of VectorWorks
Auto Plot, by Sam Jones, to make Lightwright and Vectorworks talk
New York City's Big Apple Lighting shop
Scharff Weisberg, sound, projection and lighting shop
Hello World Communications, sound and video gear, if you're making a small film on weekends
Adorama, for all your photo needs
B and H for the need to watch the best Rube Goldberg
ETC Lighting
Lighting Dimentions magazine
Entertainment Design magazine
Backstage Jobs, a great free site by Patrick Hudson, lighting designer
Tisch School of Design, NYU's graduate school for stage and film design
Graduate Tisch as a lighting designer? Stop by sometime and hang out.
Hobbies
BigSoccer, I'm there probably too often, but it's a great place to go for soccer discussion
MLS, America's top soccer league
Chicago Fire, Chicago's MLS team
Photo.net, a great resource for anyone who has camera or film questions
Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, Seventh Son
Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon
Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Red Mars trilogy, Antarctica
Doug Chiang, artist or Robota and Star Wars illustrator
Good Ways To Waste Your Time, a potpourri of internet joys
The Sneeze, pure comedy, especially "Steve, Don't Eat It"
Cockeyed, ever wonder how much toothpaste was in that tube?
Savage Chickens, chicken cartoons on Post-It Notes
overheard in new york, the reality of the banality
Post Secret, fascinating, people write in secrets on hand made post cards, artistic and voyeuristic