Well, this is of course a fairly selective list of Not Really Hamster-related Resources. After all the general category could include nearly every single page on the Web. Rather this is a list of Web pages that really have nothing to do with hamsters at all but which have the name "hamster" in them for some reason.

nb: this site is no longer being updated and a majority of the sites linked here are probably defunct.

Fellowbug's Laboratory

I'm not sure what this stuff is all about, exactly. Some sort of commercial page advertising something. Anyway it has a cartoon rat who claims to be a hamster. Go figure.

Greg's Home Page

The home page of some guy who calls himself Hamsterman. Contains no hamsters, but does have some Far Side kangaroos.

Hamster

Any search of the Web for the word "hamster" will bring up zillions of references to hamster cell line biology - and this. It's apparently a computer in Finland named "hamster." Otherwise it has nothing to do with hamsters. (aside from a picture of a cartoon animal that looks more like a gopher.)

Hamster: How Much

Nothing to do with hamsters, really. An exercise from a school curriculum using a hamster to teach kids problem solving or something like that. A skill I know I've never needed as a nominal adult.

HamsterWorld

A promotional page for an unfinished text adventure that's been in vapourware since 1992. Should be pretty cool when it's done, though.

Hamster World

Totally different from above; this one's a new English play by mail game. "The game for furry folk."

HyperCard Square

This is a collection of HyperCard stacks written by a group of Japanese HyperCard fans. One of them is a strange piece named MU-chan which tells the story of cartoon character who meets a hamster at a party. I think. It's in Japanese with kind of English subtitles alongside.

the Jargon File

According to this entry in the Jargon File, the word "hamster" holds special meaning to hackers.

Mahonri Web

I don't know if I can believe this page is for real or not, but it apparently belongs to a - er - rather dedicated fundamentalist Mormon who claims his "hampster" (sic) served as divine inspiration. Or something. The Lord works in mysterious ways, eh? Lots of very progressive 19th century religious tracts.

Weird Al Yankovic songs

Mr. Yankovic, that kind of annoying curly-haired twerp who turns up on teevee with alarming regularity, has written two songs that denigrate and belittle the noble hamster.

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