In July 1969, three men went to the moon and two walked on the surface for the first time. That was cool.

In August 1969, 500,000 people went to Woodstock for three days. That was freakin' cool, man.

August 15-18 marks the 40th anniversary of the music and arts festival that, over time, seems to have more people claiming to have attended than actually went.

It was a muddy, messy, musical affair featuring more than 30 bands and singers including Santana, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and many others.

The gathering spawned a successful concert movie and two best-selling double disc LP albums. With each passing year, more music from the concert found its way into public release. Today, you can buy a nearly complete concert set from Rhino Records that features 77 songs on six CDs. But, for some reason, you still can't buy a recording of the entire concert.

You'd think, after 40 years, they'd have worked that out.

There were actually two follow up Woodstocks after 1969: the 1994 and 1999 events but, like "Rocky" movie sequels, these were just shadows of the original.

Hey, man, if you want to learn more about the "Woodstock Experience" and what it had to do with peace, love and harmony, that's cool - check out some of the groovy sites below:

Woodstock

www.woodstock.com

Official home of the event. Lots of stuff to buy. More music from the event, more videos, more audio, more everything. Not only from the 1969 festival, but the follow-up 1994 and 1999 gatherings. Yes, the music was the draw, but it also was about marketing, selling and promoting back then. It still is 40 years later.

Wikipedia: Woodstock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival

A good introduction to the three-day event, along with what appears to be a complete set list of the artists and songs.

Woodstock '69

www.woodstock69.com

"Good morning. What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000." With that audio clip, you're off to explore the sounds and sights of the 1969 Woodstock Festival and Art Fair. Good stuff here.

Woodstock Story

www.woodstockstory.com

A good compilation site that highlights the history of the Woodstock festival and related events years after the 1969 event.

Woodstock Preservation

www.woodstockpreservation.org/media.html

A rather unorganized site that's a bit difficult to navigate. But there is a page with links to numerous articles online related to the 1969 Woodstock festival.

More time wasters

Last week, I told you of several Web sites where you could kill a little (or a lot) of time. Janell Cole, Bismarck, sent in one of her favorite games: "Paper Pilot" at www.funny-games.biz/paperpilot.html. Design and modify your paper airplane and toss it. See how far it can go.

Challenge your friends or co-workers - why waste time alone? Thanks for the site, Janell.

Another paper airplane type site is "Get That Jet" at http://flightsimx.archive.amnesia.com.au/. Be forewarned: This one is really addictive. The idea is to throw a paper airplane out an office window and as far as possible in a park. Once you master throwing the plane, your goal will be improving how fast you can throw it. I managed 115 meters at one point, but I can't get anywhere near that distance since then.

(Keith Darnay has worked in the online world for more than a decade, the traditional media world for a few decades more and manages the online department and Web site for the University of Mary. His own site, featuring this column going back to 1995, is at www.darnay.com.iec.)