NOTES

NB:
This site has been dormant for over a year (as of June, 2007), and
I am just now wondering what I should do with it.  I recently did a
Xenu scan of the site and found that well over a quarter of the links
are broken or dead.  Per an explanation below, some of these are salvageable
and others can still be found, but still others are probably lost for good.
In other words, at least one out of four links you check will be a dud.
My apologies if you are a victim in this regard.  I am unlikely to
to attempt a repair of all the busted links; more likely is that I
will simply delete all such links.  Less likely, but still possible,
is that the site has been disbanded if this is the only link that
appears on the site - it's been a lot of fun and too much more work.
Google rules the world these days, anyhow.


The pages here are best viewed with the following parameters:  a 
recent version of Internet Explorer (IE), with a text size of "larger" 
(under "view" in the bar above), and with a screen resolution set for 
800 x 600 pixels.

This work remains primarily a bookmarks list - perhaps it should be
called a bibliographic portal - for my own personal research, but has
been modified to a degree to accommodate some external interests that
developed when I learned it had been discovered through various search
engines and being used by others (which is fine).  The links here have
no political bias, i.e., they include Government of Iceland policy
sites as well as sites which oppose such policies; the environment and
fishing policies are just two examples of such differing philosophies
that will be found here.

Many of the dead links found at this site are being left there for 
particular reasons.  Even though they may be unavailable now, there is 
a possibility that they can still be found.  Go to the WayBackMachine
of the Internet Archive and type in the URL address of the missing link 
and see if it might be available there.  Further, I have learned that
broken links are sometimes temporary for technical or other reasons and 
often return after a few days.  In addition, using a search engine with
a specific word or term (such as the title of what cannot be found here)
often leads to a cached site.  I have also discovered that English-
language sites, particularly in Iceland, change addresses often; if
you backspace to the parent site, the link there to the English version
will often be found and likely under a different address.  Lastly, the
very title of a link may serve as inspiration for a search on the topic,
even the specific link with a new URL perhaps; the web is a trove of
serendipity (please let me know if you find such a new link).

I am also considering linking only to the Icelandic version of a site,
even when there is an English version.  The reason is that the English
sites very often change addresses, while the Icelandic address is
constant but includes a flag link to the English version.  If you
get an Icelandic site, then please check on that page to see if an
English version exists.

The intellectual level of the links here runs the gamut from elementary
education through university, private, and corporate research.  I am
especially happy to encourage the work of the kids, in Iceland and
elsewhere, represented here.

I want to express my thanks to Baldwin-Wallace College for their hosting
the original version of this website.  It seems that all Internet sites
are transient (hence the reason for this caveat page).  I hope it will
stay around a little while yet; my most permanent address is here if you
would like to be advised of any new address.



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