For navigation ease, you can use the Mini Navigator above, or these navigation tools: in Virtual Reality, as a JavaScript PopUp for Netscape, Internet Explorer 4.x or Opera, as a Java Console for Internet Explorer and as a WebTV Quick Navigator .

 Unofficial Pacoima

As the unofficial source of information about the San Fernando Valley, we've started our own online directory to help both locals and tourists find businesses and fun things to do. It's just getting started, so not a lot in it yet, but like every Pacoima Ranch project, this one will grow huge with time.

 The Portal

On a server far, far away, Pacoima Ranch once had its own freehost. While most of it is gone, its history (and a few extremely popular sites and features), live on here. Includes Chat World, Founders History, Hampster Dance, Midi Jukebox, Newsletter, and VRML Resources.

 About Your Webmaster

Almost for sure far too much information about your Web Master, his family's insurance business, a brief history of his cats, how you too can rent a house at or near Pacoima Ranch, and your Web Master's current resume.

 The Boardwalk

Arcade games, card games and old favorites from the '80's redone in Java and JavaScripting. Your choice of music while playing games. Amazingly interactive using JS. A most excellent time waster. ***JPG ALERT***

 Virtual Immersion

In beautiful, 3D Virtual Reality (VRML 2.0 open standard). Our most ambitious site to date--it will blow your socks off. VRML 2.0 compliant browser instructions included on opening screen. Scamper among the dinosaurs; walk through green valleys; take a cool look at the penguin colony; feed the flamingos; help the guardian dragons in a last ditch effort to save humanity; hang with the Daria gang at the Lane House. 3D immersive chat environments, complete with dozens of avatar choices. Another Pacoima Ranch breakthrough!!! Grab an avatar and see 3D in a totally new way. ***JPG ALERT***

 Chat Rooms

Because we just knew you wanted to chat. The Chat Rooms have been given a full facelift and now run on CGI/Perl (no more bloated Java applet to download). Light, full-featured, fast and fun. Chat away.

 Pacoima Ranch Discussion Boards

If you're feeling nostalgic for the BBS of the mid '80s, here's an answer. The Pacoima Ranch Discussion Boards. Five different boards for the many things that go on here at Pacoima Ranch. More permanent than a chat room conversation and more topical than a guestbook.

 Graphics Frenzy

Icons, cursors, hex charts, buttons, bars and exclusive galleries of the computer-generated art used throughout the Pacoima Ranch Offices Websites. A definite "look see" for Newbies. ***JPG ALERT***

 Electronic Greeting Cards

Send last-minute (or maybe even planned) E.Mail cards. Lots of exclusive Pacoima Ranch artwork as your graphic choices and easy input with preview mode. Fully interactive CGI/Perl. Now with even more art choices and new music!!!

 Mirikin's Poetry

Mirikin's Poetry--the intrepid child Leader of the Lower Caves of the Red Eyed People shares his poems, songs and stories. Mirikin's Poetry is a small preview of what's in The Whitebook. Not for the faint hearted. ***CONTENT ALERT***

 Aileen's Recipes

Great American food done with everyday items anyone can find at the grocery store. International contributions are solicited and should be E.Mailed to us. Include your name and E.Mail address and we'll give you credit.

 The Whitebook

A cyber journal about the Circle and it's fight to return to reality from hyper reality. Based in part on the mind-control experiments conducted by the United States and Canadian governments as revealed at the Vancouver Trials in the late '80's. ***CONTENT ALERT***

 Inner Worlds

A stunning Virtual Reality tour of many of the locales mentioned in the Whitebook. Features some of the most beautiful artwork in the Pacoima Ranch Website in glorious three-dimensional vibrancy. ***JPG ALERT***

 Family Room

Lots of photos of the Murphy family, some really tacky midi's and an amazing interactive mouseover style map page for kids featuring hidden photos, music, games and educational pages, including two incredible interactive coloring books. ***JPG ALERT***

 Back Porch

Pull up a chair, have some lemonade, get an earful about nothing in particular and take a gander at photos of an historic mud-brick hacienda in Pacoima (Los Angeles), California. History with an attitude!!! ***JPG ALERT***

 Dead Bozo

***GRAND REOPENING*** Our adult humor (spicy, not prurient) site moves to Pacoima Ranch. The Dead Bozo Message Board is online and functional, with all other parts scheduled for public upload by mid May. New official home of the Coveted Dead Bozo Award.

All of our sites are optimized for the six true browsers:

.....Netscape 4.7x, the best, NS 7.x and Mozilla 1.x bug report
.....Internet Explorer 5.5x, IE 5.5x and IE 6.x bug report
.....WebTV (Deluxe Spring 2001), WebTV bug report
.....Opera 7.x, Opera 7.x bug report
.....Konqueror (Linux KDE), Konqueror (Linux KDE) bug report
.....Lynx and other special browsers for the impaired

This does not mean that they display as well on all six. Nor does this mean that all six will be able to use all pages on all Pacoima Ranch Websites. Where conflicts (HTML or .jpg) developed, Netscape has been maximally optimized, though many special text effects may only work best in Internet Explorer, Opera and Konqueror. The size of .jpg pages has been purposefully kept below 400K for faster loading (this is less important to WebTV due to it's incredibly fast load speed). Some pages have NOT been optimized for WebTV nor Lynx. Sites with a ***JPG ALERT*** contain .jpg web photos, .gif web photos, .jut files , .wrl files, .swf Flash movies and Java multimedia applications. These may take longer to load than our other sites. Special plugins may also be needed to completely view these sites. ***CONTENT ALERT*** means that this site is not a good one for the kids. No smut or dirty language, just not something children need to read or know about.

 Awards And Webrings

Be amazed by our eclectic collection of awards and webrings, apply for the Vision Award--hosted, funded and operated right here at Pacoima Ranch.

 The Blaxxun Webring

Got a site about anything Blaxxun, 3D chat or VRML? Then we're your webring. Official homepage, with navigation code and join links.

 Browser Center

Just what every really large site needs, a concentrated area about browsers. Easy links to all three major browsers.

 Business Friends

We interrupt your reading to bring you a word from...the friends and associates of Pacoima Ranch Offices. Use them every chance you get, they're as broke as we are.

 The Business Park Webring

As part of our ongoing committment to small and medium E.Commerce sites, we host the official homepage of the Business Park Webring. Contains joinpage, code, code help and images.

 Chapel

The Pacoima Ranch Chapel and Patio Church of the Sacred Hibachi has now gone online. Stop in and view the Ordination Certificate, or maybe even 'E.Mail the Reverend'.

 Comments, Guestbook and Polls

Here's the place for those of you who love guestbooks and feedback forms. These pages are powered by fully interactive CGI/Perl with instant full-color results. This is also the entrance to our Discussion Boards (BBS), Free For All Links Pages and Free Classifieds Pages.

 Credits and Links

While the work and art of all of these sites is not part of our sites, we did use them for ideas, inspirations and help. Graphic, CGI/Perl, Java, JavaScripting and VRML 2.0 links galore.

 Disclaimers and Legalese

All that legal jazz that must be included. Feel free to never click this button if you feel you know what this page says (the standard legalese about who owns what, our COPPA and privacy policies).

 News Letter

The official newsletter of the Business Park Webring, the Vision Awards, Pacoima Ranch, and PortalWorlds.COM (LLC). Contains the complete archive of articles by Kathy Ritchie. Now entering its third year in continuous publication.

 Site Search

You just know you saw it somewhere on one of our sites, but where...the Pacoima Ranch Site Search will help you find it again. Turbocharged by fully interactive CGI/Perl. We now also maintain a local copy of the DMOZ Directory.

 Webring Roundup

A central page for all the many webrings acquired by Pacoima Ranch. Official homepage for the 3D Port, First Person Plural, and WebWeavers rings.

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