2001 a Web odyssey.

Apart from a tower and the fact that Barry Norman's programme will become ridiculous (whoever heard of Film 00?) the Millennium doesn't seem to have grabbed much attention.

There's only four years to the year 2001 - the official start of the Millennium, though most people won't wait that long to celebrate. So what's it all about?

Well, the Millennium Insititute would seem a logical place to find out more about it - but only do so if you are the sort who can resist buying The Big Issue, or body swerve the cancer collecting can.

These people want to know if you will devote the remainder of the decade to helping Planet Earth.

They are weird, but they are exactly the sort of enthusiasts who may make all the difference.

http://www.cgv.org/ millenium/

While the Millennium Institute may be weird, it is positive and upbeat - the perfect counter to In Dread Of 2000.

These are apparently normal professors in hysterics, who see Mad Max not as a movie, but as a prophetic glimpse of the future and have written serious articles about same.

http://detnews.com/menu/stories/18282.htm

Close - and probably inbred - cousins of the above are The Angelic Conspiracy.

This is a Website which states that the Millennium belongs to Satan and his legions, who will ravage it using aliens as demonic helpers. This should have a flushing handle on it.

The only good thing about it is an animated picture of the Sphinx, which morphs nicely into the "face" allegedly spotted in the Cydonia region of Mars.

The scariest thing about it is that these guys believe it.

http://www.mt.net/ watcher/

A much more frightening prophesy is that champagne will run out. Now that IS the end of my world.

Seemingly, more people than ever before have been buying champers and expected consumption for New Year's Eve 1999 is so high that there are dire fears of the bubbles being burst.

But wait - these nice people of Gisborne Events 2000 will sell us some they happen to have right now, so we can stock up, too. Yes, it is a marketing hype here, but cleverly done and is well worth a visit.

http://www.delacroix.com/

Greenwich UK is a little more laid-back about the Year 2000 and is mainly a Website for those in and around the borough.

It offers info, a mailing list and free homepages to anyone living in the time- line town.

http://www.greenwichuk.com/

A sign of things to come may be that there are now angels on the Net. No, I'm not barking - the CyberAngels have arrived to save us all. They are, in fact, the latest manifestation of the Guardian Angels - remember them? Los Angeles vigilantes? Silly red berets and T-shirts?

Having made minimal impact on the underground rail systems of America, they've now moved on to the Internet and membership has mushroomed - 1500 of them, in 34 countries, with 50 in Britain alone, tracking down stalkers, hackers and paedophiles.

However, America's FBI aren't happy. They say the CyberAngels are actually hindering investigations - especially when they pose as children on the Net to entrap paedophiles.

http://www.cyberangels.org

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