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This is an archive of the HotSites section of the newsletter <:>inter alia<:> for 1998. <:>inter alia<:> is a newsletter of resources from the internet collected, repackaged and published periodically by David J. L'Hoste. Topics vary widely, but intermittently include: A Word A Day, Weird Facts of the Day, HotSites, Graphic of the Day, On This Day, This Day in History, Quote of the Day, and Cool Fact of the Day. To subcribe to the <:>inter alia<:> mailing list send an email with "subscribe inter alia" only in the message section to cyanocitta@hotmail.com To unsubscribe from the <:>inter alia<:> mailing list send an email with "unsubscribe inter alia"only in the message section to cyanocitta@hotmail.com |
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01 April 1998 LibrarySpot Great library and reference resources, including useful reference tools and periodicals and online texts in the reading room. http://www.libraryspot.com 06 April 1998 It's time to think about taxes! Wegner, LLP - CPAs and consultants has a very good web page explaining the 1997 tax law changes: http://www.wegnercpas.com/encyclop/97update/direct.htm Wegner, LLP - CPAs and consultants also has a great online tax encyclopedia. The encyclopedia is based on 1996 tax law, but much of the information is still valid and it is a great resource. http://www.wegnercpas.com/encyclop/96encycl/encyclop.htm Here is another good explanation of the 1997 tax law changes: http://www.fsonline.com/mkt/tra1997.html Not many people really understand Roth IRAs. They are really one the the VERY BEST investments you could make. Roth IRAs are not tax deductible, but the whole thing is tax deferred and it comes out tax free too! Here are a couple of web pages that calculate which IRA is better for you, a regular IRA or a ROTH IRA. Strong Funds: http://www.strong-funds.com/strong/Retirement/iras_whichtype.htm http://www.strong-funds.com/strong/Retirement/iras.htm T Rowe Price IRA analyzer: http://www.troweprice.com/newira/index.html Grant Thornton has a great online newletter (including past editions). VERY useful and good info: http://www.gt.com/gtonline/tax/tba/tbatoc.html Lacerte software publishes tax software for CPAs. They also have a very good website with an image map to select your state tax forms (VERY cool). Select a state and that state's forms and links are reflected on the right frame. Other helpful info is also available on this web page: http://www.lscsoft.com/links/links.htm The Tax Prophet is a great place with lots of tax info and other neat stuff. Be sure to check the interative tax applicactions! http://www.taxprophet.com/ http://www.taxprophet.com/apps.html Here is a GREAT place to keep informed and up to date with tax stuff: WHAT HAPPENED? "These are tools I use to find what is happening in the U.S. Income Tax World Today." http://www2.best.com/~ftmexpat/html/taxsites/newdynamic.html Maxwells Taxing Times is an electronic compendium of information related to the upcoming task of filling out and filing your Income Tax forms for 1997. http://www.maxwell.com/tax/ Here is a place that has a retirement calculator. http://www.savemoney2.com/famplan/famplan.htm PPC is a company that publishes guides for accountants. They also have some great resources on their website. Here is a very good tax data sheet: http://www.ppcinfo.com/nta-257c.htm Dennis Schmidt's website has long been regarded as the best place to go for tax resources and info: http://www.taxsites.com/ Here is a great tax resources website: http://www2.best.com/~ftmexpat/html/taxsites.html#contents 1040.com is another good place for individual tax info: http://www.1040.com/ H & R Block has a pretty good site too: http://www.hrblock.com/tax/ H & R Block even has a tax refund calculator: http://www.hrblock.com/tax/refund/ Here is a website that lists the AFR (Applicable Federal Rates). The site even has the rates going back to 1990: http://www.pmstax.com/afr/index.html HERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF TAX HELP... Client Valuation Services has a pamphlet called "Ca$h for your used Clothing" that I *HIGHLY* recommend. The book is $17.95 including shipping charges and a 1 year audit protection warranty. "You can order a copy of the booklet by calling 1-800-875-5927. If, after completing this booklet, you don't save an additional $200 on your income taxes, then return it for a full refund." http://www.taxsave.com/ HERE IS SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR ELECTRONIC FILING: There are many options for filing your tax returns electronically. There are also many other options and programs that allow one to file tax returns electronically. Here are some of those options: 1. If you can file a form 1040EZ, you can use the telephone to file your tax return. 2. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) and TCE (Tax Counseling for the Elderly) offer *free* income tax preparation and help and many of these sites also offer *free* electronic filing. For the VITA site nearest you, contact the Taxpayer Education office at your local IRS office. FYI - the main IRS phone number is 1-800-829-1040 You may also contact the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to find out the nearest TCE/Tax-Aide site by calling: 1-888-227-7669. 3. Some banks and employers offer electronic filing. However, I am not aware of any specific banks or employers offering this service and do not know of any list of them... 4. Here is information about electronic filing of your tax returns: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/elec_svs/index.html http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/elec_svs/ets.html Here are the software programs recognized by the IRS to file tax returns online. http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/elec_svs/ol-txpyr.html#Soft 5. H & R Block and most major NON CPA income tax preparers offer electronic filing. Many of those businesses provide electronic filing for a fee even if they do not prepare your tax return. This is often a better option than buying a tax preparation program that will only be used once. 6. Even though the thought of filing your tax return online sounds appealing, I am not a big fan of this approach especially if you owe the IRS. If you will be receiving a refund you *might* get it a little earlier by filing electronically and having the check automatically deposited to your bank account. Note that you can also have your refund automatically deposited to your bank account without filing electronically... Tax forms can be received by Fax from the IRS or they can also be downloaded from the IRS web site. The faxback telephone number is available here: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html 07 April 1998 For those who indulge: http://www.cigarlife.com/ This HotSite was submitted by subscriber, John F. Whitney. Millard Humor Magazine: http://www.millmag.com/ 09 April 1998 THE SPEEDTRAP REGISTRY Planning a roadtrip? Take a look at the Speedtrap Registry before you go. This site includes lists and helpful hints about speedtrap locations around the world. Although the U.S. has the largest collection, there are plenty of entries from other countries as well. Most entries include location (latitude, longitude, and mile marker), what speed measuring technology is used, and whether or not the car is marked. The average ticket cost and scanner frequency are icing on the cake! The site includes links to Web sites about driving, and a form to add your least favorite speedtraps to the Registry. http://www.Nashville.Net/speedtrap/ -- WEGMAN WORLD The Weimeraners made it onto the Web! William Wegman's been photographing his Weimaraner dogs, in costume and out, since he got his first one, Man Ray, in 1970. Wegman World includes a few select images, and a family tree to help you tell the pooches apart. You can also order books, videos, t-shirts, and every other product branded with the Weimaraners. http://www.wegmanworld.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- From: Your WebScout http://www.webscout.com/ 16 April 1998 Current and past Pulitzer Prize winners, and more: http://www.pulitzer.org/navigation/index.html 17 April 1998 Traveling on the cheap and other useful information about airline travel: Discount Ticket Homepage: http://www.etn.nl/dttickets/ Internet Airfares, guide to low-price flying: http://www.air-fare.com/ The Air Traveler's Handbook, the FAQ posting for the rec.travel.air newsgroup: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/mkant/public/travel/airfare.html Travel Library (travel and tourism information): http://www.travel-library.com/ 21 April 1998 a) Government.thelinks.com (reference/research) http://government.thelinks.com/ b)TEXAS.NET MUSEUM OF ART http://lonestar.texas.net/~mharden/ftp_site.htm Bill Gates doesn't own everything of import. Sure, he's got the Codex Leicester, but Mark Harden's got the Texas.Net Museum of Art. His collection doesn't house original da Vinci manuscripts, granted: just big, clear scans of several hundred artists' work. Harden has assembled virtually all the masters, from Altdorfer to Wyeth, organized in a neat, clean sidebar. Click on an artist's name and get instant access to reproductions (viewable in either large-scale or thumbnail versions), plus books about the artist (through Amazon.com), histories, and related links. A great resource for new wallpaper as well as putting an image to an artist's name. -- From TipWorld - http://www.tipworld.com The Internet's #1 Source for Computer Tips, News, and Gossip 22 April 1998 Want to fly to Paris? Name your price at this site, where the custumer's in control. If your price is accepted, you'll be strolling the Left Bank on the cheap. Priceline.Com The Buying Service Where You Name the Price http://www.priceline.com Leisure Airline Tickets * New Cars 23 April 1998 http://www.ibiscom.com/ EyeWitness recounts history through the words of those who lived it, using personal narratives and other first-hand sources to illuminate the past. Experience an historical event through the words of those who witnessed it. EyeWitness is presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational CD-ROMs. Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, Assassination of Lincoln, Pearl Harbor, and much more! 14 May 1998 The Internet Mall http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.shopnow.com/is a popular Buy IT OnLine, where I can quickly search more than 30,000 online stores. By category or by keyword. Then purchase via secure servers. http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.buyitonline.com These sites let you compare features, prices, even product reviews: Excite's Jango-powered shopping site http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.jango.com/xsh/index.dcg? NetBuyer http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.zdnet.com/netbuyer/ Specialty stores: eToys http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.etoys.com/ Virtual Vineyards http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.virtualvin.com/ AutoWeb http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adstlink/www.autoweb.com/ 21 May 1998 Ocean Planet The Smithsonian Institution's "Ocean Planet" exhibit admirably tries to make the leap and lands, if not with a splash, at least on reasonably solid ground. The online exhibition contains all the text and most of the panel designs and images found in the travelling exhibition (currently ensconced at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry). Navigation is a bit obscure at first, but once inside exhibition halls, it's quickly apparent that text lists of exhibit subjects are the route to follow. While Ocean Planet online necessarily lacks the intimacy and immediacy of the real thing, it makes up for that shortcoming with sometimes huge quantities of links to sites for more expansive information on specific subjects. If you can't get to Oceans in Chicago, this is obviously the next best thing. http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html Mangroves and coral reefs Mangroves and coral reefs worldwide are rapidly being destroyed. Some scientists estimate that this winter's El Nino alone will result in a 10-20% coral reef die-off. This site describes a well funded three-year study by the IBM International Foundation and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. The study is aimed at finding ways to better manage and protect these econiches. In addition to thorough scientific reports and links to related resources, you can view some dynamite .mpgs, such as fish larvae plume simulation at Bowden Reef. (They're in a nonstandard format, but the site provides pertinent technical instructions and links.) http://ibm590.aims.gov.au/ Where's the ring? Every now and again the rings of Saturn simply appear to disappear during periods dubbed "ring plane crossings". The last of these occurred in 1995 and 1996 when Saturn's rings were seen edge-on from the Earth's perspective on three occasions. Ring plane crossings offer astronomers unique observation opportunities as the glare from the rings drops and faint objects near the planet are far easier to see; 13 of Saturn's moons have been discovered during these events. For a gallery of images from the 1995-96 crossings, plus a trove of information and images on Saturn, visit the Saturn Ring Plane Crossings page at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. The links are extensive, some of the images stunning, and the information solid. Be warned that there's an odd mix of verb tenses here - some text written in anticipation of the event, some in review of the event. Still, given that you'll have to wait until 2038 for the next triple ring crossing, that's hardly a reason for not stopping by. http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/ 26 May 1998 ScienceNet You may have thought that only presidents, billionaires, and 007's megalomaniacal dversaries had access to a staff of, say, 11 scientists and over a 1000 volunteers eager to research and answer any imaginable question. Now that power is within your grasp! ScienceNet is an organization with such resources, ready to respond to your questions - provided that they fall within the general areas of archeology, paleontology, biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, technology, environmental science, geography, earth science, mathematics, computer science, physics, astronomy, social science, or psychology. You may also query or browse over 5500 on-line documents that answer questions already asked. Answers are geared to the education level of the inquirer, so you needn't fear embarrassment. Articles, interviews, and radio programs are also provided for your perusal. So was that, "add water to acid" or "add acid to water"? Don't take a chance! Ask the experts! http://www.campus.bt.com/CampusWorld/pub/ScienceNet/first.html 27 May 1998 Excellent legal resources: http://www.llrx.com/ http://njlawnet.com/w3lawyer/ http://www.legal.gsa.gov/ http://www.netlawlibrary.com/ 28 May 1998 'Tis the season (1 June through 30 November): Everything cyclonic: http://www.taifun.org/atlantic.html --- The latest hurricane news and information with constant special reports including our Florida Focus reports. We feature real-time info with reference and a channel. http://hurricanes.hypermart.net/index.htm Stan's Weather and Hurricane Page: --The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. --Latest Hurricane Warnings from the National Weather Service http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/weather.html --- More: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jnese/chap11_2.htm 29 May 1998 Avalon Project, from Yale University Full-text digital documents in the fields of law, history, economics, politics,diplomacy and government arranged chronologically with browsable author/title index. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm 04 June 1998 No matter the operating system, you can find help for your computer problem at NoWonder. Check postings on the OS-specififc bulletin boards, or send your note to the experts for a reply within 24 hours. It's all free! NoWonder http://www.nowonder.com/ 05 June 1998 The website of the Louisiana Ornithological Society offers information about the organization as well as links to scads of sites about birds and birding. The design is nice, too. http://losbird.org 08 June 1998 Recipes with background info for popular and not so popular beverages with a punch. http://www.hotwired.com/cocktail/ 11 June 1998 The tree of life When biologists talk of phylogeny, they mean the relationships between groups of animals - the tree of life. Phylogenetic analysis uses many tools: morphology; stratigraphy; cladistics; molecular analysis; and more. Any Web site trying to cover the phylogeny of all life had better have access to limitless resources and desk space. The University of California Museum of Paleontology has both. Don't expect to find the entire history of life here, though that may be an ultimate aim. The pages here do enough to just skim the theories, the methods, and the phylogenetic groups. Links to special projects, like one on vertebrate flight, enliven your visit. The sheer amount of content and numbers of links here cannot possibly be covered in one evening. Bookmark it, and take your time. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html IBM U.S. Patent Site with pages on the weird, the useless and the Gallery of the Obscure. IBM: http://www.patents.ibm.com/ibm.html 18 June 1998 ReMarq Usenet on the net http://www.remarq.com/ == == == == == == Northern lights The Aurora Borealis - the Northern Lights - is illuminated for us by the Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Technological University. With prolific links (mostly valid) and several outstanding images (including some from space), the visitor has access to a variety of articles, tutorials, forecasts, and other scientific information. You don't need to imagine that the sky is on fire, that the government is performing bizarre electromagnetic experiments, or that the drive-in by the lake is showing another double-feature when you can learn the true facts of nature, as collected here. Did we mention the great pictures? Northern Lights: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ 22 June 1998 Netscape Communicator 4.5 Netscape released the latest version of their browser/package this week, for all major platforms. One important change is the incorporation of a search feature in the URL input box, called Smart Browsing. Type a phrase where you would normally type a URL and you'll be taken to a Netscape search engine. Another major change improves the handling of IMAP and LDAP e-mail protocols. It will be easier for people who travel with their laptops to manage their mailboxes. The press release has details. Strictly speaking, we never found the software on the site, but we're it'll pop up soon. Netscape also unveiled a beta version of Netcenter. Give it a look and tell them what you think. Communicator: http://home.netscape.com/communicator/v4.5/index.html Press Release: http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease634.html?cp=nws06flh1 Netcenter: http://home.netscape.com/beta.html?cp=hmp06tbet 23 June 1998 Bizarre scientific facts http://www.newscientist.com/weird/weird.html 07 July 1998 AIRLINERS.NET Come, explore the biggest aviation photo gallery online. Just the place for aviation enthusiasts and those obsessed with aircraft. The site includes photos of all kinds of aircraft - helicopters, gliders, propeller craft, jets, military, commercial and private planes - even spacecraft. You can even upload your own favorite aircraft photo! Drop by for a dose of aviation humor, view the gallery, or use the photo database for your class papers or articles. <http://www.airliners.net/> ARTNETWORK This site for art lovers and artists is dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of high quality ART on the Global Electronic Information Network. They exhibit the work of internationally prominent artists as well as less-known, but equally gifted emerging artists. Art lovers can wander through the galleries, visit the new monthly exhibit, sculptures, paintings, photography, digital art and more. Their Call For Entries lists exhibitions, contests and symposia. <http://www.artnetwork.com/> COASTAL TOOL & SUPPLY There are thousands of power tools on the market--enough to make even the most experienced and knowledgeable craftsman dizzy. Coastal Tool & Supply provides an in-depth online information resource for power tool users that includes a free e-mail newsletter, free tool advice from an expert, and a free searchable database for finding a local factory service center. http://www.coastaltool.com 08 July 1998 If you could only have 15! news: http://washingtonpost.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/ http://www.foxnewsinternet.com/ Search: http://www.yahoo.com/ http://www.altavista.digital.com/ Financial: http://quote.yahoo.com/ http://cnnfn.com/ Computer: http://www.cnet.com/ http://www5.zdnet.com/ Government: http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html Law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ Reference/Lists: http://www.tstimpreso.com/hotsheet/ http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference.html (but ads are threatening this once fine site) Other: http://lhostelaw.com/ia/index.htm 10 July 1998 SPECIAL EDITION FOR LAWYERS HotSite Texas trial attorney, Howard Nations, maintains list of links on his law firm's site which anyone would find interesting, and is of particular value to lawyers. Links Page: http://howardnations.com/nll2.html Howard Nations Home Page: http://howardnations.com/ A very small sampling: KnowX http://www.knowx.com Perform background checks;locate people, business and real property records. Vital Records http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm Vital records of all U.S. Citizens USPS Zip Code Lookup and Address Information http://www.usps.gov/ncsc Search for change of address or express mail tracking. Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov National Highway Transportation Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov National Transportation Safety Board http://www.ntsb.gov Insurance Institute for Highway Safety http://www.hwysafety.org 10 July 1998 Plan on spending some time at The Gourmet Spot, a website packed with information about food. There is a great food resource page from Oregon State University, restaurant guides from numerous cities, everything you wanted to know about beer, and much much more. http://www.gourmetspot.com/ 15 July 1998 Online Crossword I must admit periodic addictions to them: http://excite.ten.net/ten/word/crossword.html 20 July 1998 Looking for a Place to Go or Stay? You can search for bed-and-breakfast establishments, elegant small hotels, "All-Suite Hotels", Pacific Rim hotels, and among 14,000 golf courses around the world. The site has brochureware for several Travel Guide books, and the bookstore (associated with Amazon.Com) is only a click or two from most pages. http://www.travelguides.com/ My recommendation for small elegant hotel on the noerthern CA coast: Point Reyes Seashore Lodge,Olema, CA http://www.travelguides.com/elegant/nj_display.cgi?esh=577 Surf the Great Northern Expanses A tightly tailored Web portal, Alcanseek searches the Web for all things Canadian and Alaskan. Aimed at both travelers and residents, the site provides free classifieds, homepages, and chat areas as well as valuable guides to weather, road conditions, wildlife watching, lodging reservations, and more. You can also have brochures snail-mailed to you from a site form. http://www.alcanseek.com/ 21 July 1998 NY Times Books In case you didn't know: A searchable (is that a word?) database of 50,000 books reviews from the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/books/ 22 July 1998 For kids and those who care for them This is actually a repeat on HotSites, but its worth repeating -- more than 700 sites from the American Library Association. If you have kids, you must have this site bookmarked. http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html 31 July 1998 SMART WINE HOMEPAGE Like wine? Then this is your page. Lots of info and articles about wineries, wine varietals, festivals and the wine trade. Visit the forums to post questions and interact with other wine lovers. Check the wine of the day before heading to the links page with over 800 wine related links! http://smartwine.com/ Gardens and Gardening: http://www.garden.com/ http://www.pathfinder.com/@@s9*s9AQACw4hUSTV/vg/ Gardening Resources galore from inter alia's own HotSites://archive: http://lhostelaw.com/ia/ia2/hotsite_051297.html 06 August 1998 Bats Online You do know, don't you, that bats don't actually get tangled in your hair? Nor do they attack people or have an unusually high incidence of rabies. The Bat Conservation International site dispels such myths in caverns full of information about bats of all kinds and the benefits that they provide to humans and the ecosystem. For example, a common North American brown bat can eat 600 mosquitoes per hour, far exceeding the capability of our NSS corporate bug zapper (which looks suspiciously like Arthur wielding an old 5 1/4" floppy disk). From the tiny bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny, to the giant flying foxes of Indonesia, possessed of six-foot wingspans, over 1000 different species cover the globe, playing a role in pollination, seed dispersal, or night-flying insect control. This site contains bat facts, bat workshops, bat excursions, bat magazines, bat detectors, bat distribution, bat bridges, bat girls (sorry, wrong site), bat earrings, bat kites, and even a bat condo that you can build yourself! -- BCI: http://www.batcon.org/index.html Bat house: http://www.alaskaoutdoorjournal.com/Ecology/bathouse.html === The History of Chocolate "The Land of Chocolate" is Homer Simpson's idea of heaven. Willy Wonka's factory can engender a fascination more enthralling than Oz. With over three billion pounds of the stuff consumed annually in the United States, it seems that more than a few of us could be considered "chocaholic". Thanks to the generosity(!) of Emperor Montezuma (who drank 50 glasses of the stuff each day in warm, liquid form), who shared with Cortez the wonders of the cacao tree (and you thought Cortez was after gold!), we partake of the food of the gods (at only around 210 calories per candy bar). Discover the food that uses 8% of the world's sugar production. Trace the preparation of the product from tree to candy aisle, and examine the evidence that chocolate isn't linked to headaches, obesity, acne, addictions, heart disease, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, tooth decay, hyperactivity or other undesirable side effects. (Some may dispute these findings, but they're probably fanatics who don't want you to have any kind of fun, right?) -- http://www.candyusa.org/chocstry.html 10 August 1998 Turn-of-the-century Photos From the Library of Congress: A searchable site, the query "louisiana" returned 311 photographs made about a century ago, including the attached of the Southern Yacht Club before 1900. This collection of photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States. The collection includes the work of a number of photographers, one of whom was the well known photographer William Henry Jackson. A small group within the larger collection includes about 900 Mammoth Plate Photographs taken by William Henry Jackson along several railroad lines in the United States and Mexico in the 1880s and 1890s. The group also includes views of California, Wyoming and the Canadian Rockies. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html 12 August 1998 Top 10 Shopping Top Ten Shopping sites ranked by visits at http://www.100hot.com/ 1 http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com 2 http://www.onsale.com ONSALE - Auctions of Computers, Peripherals, and Consumer Electronics 3 http://www.cdnow.com CDnow 4 http://www.surplusdirect.com Surplus Direct 5 http://www.flifo.com Flifo Travel Reservations 6 http://cayman.ebay.com/aw/index.html eBay Auction Classifieds - Buy and Sell Anything 7 http://www.egghead.com Egghead Computer 8 http://www.ticketmaster.com Ticketmaster Online! 9 http://www.virtualflowers.com Virtual Flowers 10 http://www.iqvc.com QVC Home Page 20 August 1998 How Stuff Works It's not often that you run across a site on the Internet that explains the science of everyday things in simple terms. It's also not often that the site you run across will be written by a person whose real name is Mr. Brain (no kidding). If his name alone isn't credential enough for you, perhaps his work as a teacher of computer science at North Carolina State University or his authorship of ten published books will sway you. Either way, his straightforward articles on "how stuff works" will appeal to the curious kid in anyone. http://www.bygpub.com/HowStuffWorks/index.htm 21 August 1998 pertinent sites of the US government The first place to look for U.S. military information, DefenseLINK is the official gateway to most things armed and uniformed. Each of the nation's service branches has its own site, from which you can link out to a world of U.S. defense info, but this starting point provides plenty of context on the entire American military establishment. More importantly, it's also the repository for Pentagon annual reports and fact sheets on aircraft and vehicles. Big military operations, like those in Bosnia or the Middle East, get special attention. http://www.defenselink.mil/index.html Even if you aren't a foreign policy expert, the U.S. State Department has plenty of material for you. For instance, ever travel overseas? State offers guidelines for Americans visiting foreign lands -- like which ones to avoid -- and advice on passports and health care concerns. Of course, it also serves as the voice of America's foreign policy, and on that count it delivers speeches, daily analysis and the official line on NATO and other pertinent policy issues. http://www.state.gov/ 25 August 1998 miscellany Billion dollar weather disasters http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/billionz.html Working on the best athletes of the last 100 years http://espn.sportszone.com/sportscentury/ 1999 college rankings form US News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/corank.htm 26 August 1998 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Computer Science The Collection of computer science bibliographies URL: http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html Learn the Net: an Internet guide & tutorial URL: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html PC Webopaedia URL: http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/ Programmer's oasis URL: http://www.utu.fi/~sisasa/oasis/ The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies URL: http://www.otal.umd.edu/~rccs/ Symantec AntiVirus Research Center: virus encyclopedia URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html The Web developer's virtual library URL: http://www.stars.com/ 27 August 1998 Wine: http://foodwine.com/food/wineday/ http://www.winespectator.com/ http://www.speakeasy.org/~winepage/wine.html http://www.speakeasy.org/~winepage/winelink.html 28 August 1998 Scout Report Sure, it's well known to most, but just in case there is anyone out there who doesn't have it bookmarked, here it is again: The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators. However, everyone is welcome to subscribe to one of the mailing lists (plain text or HTML).Subscription instructions are included at the end of each report. 01 September 1998 mp3.com Music moguls are shaking in their Gucci's. Mp3 is a new compression technology which allows music to be download, stored and played on your computer. The quality of the sound is indistinguishable form CDs. Go to mp3.com, snoop around for awhile, download a freeware player, and you're in business. The site also has scores of selections of legally downloadable recordings of musicians who see this new technology as a way to get their sound out to the masses without a record label contract. Trouble is, if you plug mp3 in any search engine worth its salt, it will return scores of sites from which you can download, illegally, most of the world's copyrighted music. http://www.mp3.com A Journey of the Heart -- A Land of War --by Paula Bock The story of civil war in Burma, Dr. Cynthia Maung's unending giving, and the orchid girls. Paula Bock's story and its presentation evidence the "best use" of the internet. Excerpt: "ON THE BORDER, there are times when it seems like nothing can be done; the war will never end; the orchid girls have disappeared forever. In these dark moments, it is a comfort to know Dr. Cynthia. She somehow rises above the violence and misery and hopelessness around her, carrying on with her work, doing what the rest of us cannot. Day after day, she helps people." http://www.seattletimes.com/burma/tunnel2.html -- This HotSite submitted by subscriber Renee Rasha 03 September 1998 Total News http://www.totalnews.com/ Very useful site which, aside from a rather complete directory of news links, maintains a news search engine. For example, I plugged in "volcano" and 719 online articles from various newspapers, magazines, etc. were listed. The query "lewinsky" returned 13,246 hits. ;) 07 September 1998 Starting Point http://www.stpt.com/ A goog "starting point" to explore what's online in thirteen broad categories -- Business, Computing, Entertainment, Health, Investing, Magazines, News, Reference, Shopping, Sports, Travel, Weather 10 September 1998 Hot off the AP wire news about Clinton, though on some days it's about Washington in genral. http://www.newsday.com/ap/washingt.htm 14 September 1998 northernlight.com New and different and very intuitive search engine. Try it. You'll like it. northernlight.com 18 September 1998 Astronautics & Astronomy The NASA homepage URL: http://www.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html The Nine planets: a multimedia tour of the solar system URL: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/ Views of the solar system URL: http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/ StarWorlds--astronomy and related organizations URL: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sfworlds.htm 24 September 1998 Mr. Football Do you play fansty football? Improve your team and pick all the winners with Mr. Football's help. http://www.mrfootball.com/ 01 October 1998 global sea states http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/wrldmap.shtml This NOAA-run site provides current and historical wind, wave, temperature and other data from moored and drifting sea buoys around the world. (Data from 42007 - 22 nm South-Southeast of Biloxi, MS., for passage of Hurricane Georges is not yet available on the archive page). --- Site submitted by Paul Cordes (he got it from a salty in-law). 02 October 1998 Outdoors http://www.alloutdoors.com/ http://www.gorp.com/ http://www.greatoutdoors.com/ http://outside.starwave.com/ 09 October 1998 Salon ezine -- very good online magazine bold enough to cover both sides of the Monica thing. http://www.salon1999.com/ 13 October 1998 Financial Source MotherLode Worldwide Banks, Stock Exchanges, Venture Capital Sources, and much more: http://www.cardinalfund.com/Linkspage.htm 22 October 1998 TotalNEWS http://www.totalnews.com/ This may be a repeat, but it's worth repeating. Aside from a rather complete listing of news links, this site offers a powerful search engine of newspapers articles online. Plug in "Hurricane Georges" and more than 1200 links to articles are returned. "Rush Limbaugh" returns 19; "internet censorship" gets 213. Bookmark this one. -- Baseball http://www.worldseries.com/ http://www.totalbaseball.com/index.html 27 October 1998 Halloween Origins of Halloween http://pages.prodigy.net/davedennis/halloween.htm http://www.csulb.edu/~merielle/darkside.html Carving Jack-O-Lanterns http://www.cyburban.com/~gusick/Pumpkins/index.html http://www.thepumpkinfarm.com/carvemenu.html http://pumpkinmasters.com/ Pumpkin Pie Recipes http://www.camellia.org/kitchen/pumpkin-pie.html http://www.recipe.com/recipe/whatcook/recipes/libbypump.htm http://www.bcbsma.com/hresource/recipes/pumpkin.html (low fat) http://www.cgs.clemson.edu/hallow3.htm (other pumpkin recipes) Costume/Makeup Tips http://www.allhallowseve.com/makeup/index.html http://users.aol.com/nebula5/hallocst.html http://cgi.cadvision.com/~burke/halloween/costumes.htm http://www.FabricLink.com/Closet.html Directories of Halloween Links http://www.atlantic.net/~bdarl/hallow1.html http://www.halloween.com/ 29 October 1998 Great coverage of the Micro$oft antitrust suit by JOEL BRINKLEY AND STEVE LOHR of the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/index-microsoft.html -- Exihibiting the power of the internet, AnyWho is a powerful searchable database of phone numbers with reverse directory, addresses and maps. For example, subscriber Paul Cordes lives on Audubon Street in New Orleans. So what, you say. Well, some of his neighbors: J. Klein, 620 Audubon St. Alejandro Centurion (no joke), 626 Audubon St. Paulette Hurdlik, 618 Audubon St. http://www.anywho.com/ 04 November 1998 Travel "The hottest travel deals on the net." http://www.bestfares.com/ "Lowest Airfares available on the Web. 20% - 70% off lowest published regular airfares available direct from airlines." http://www.tiss.com/ Hot hotel deals. San Francisco's Union Square for $99.95! New York's First-Class Moderne for $159.95 First-Class Opera Cadet in Paris' 9th District from $129.95! http://www.180096hotel.com/track/netfind.html "Tens of Thousands of the Best Travel Websites!" http://www.travel.com/travel.htm --- BONUS for Paul and Marc Cordes, new netsurfers: "This page was created for the pleasure and use of Julia Ramsey and Julia L'Hoste and all who wish to visit." http://lhostelaw.com/ia/julia.htm 10 November 1998 ===Educational Resources for Teachers and Parents=== http://ericir.sunsite.syr.edu/ http://www.edweek.org/ http://www.ala.org/parentspage/ http://www.ed.gov/ http://www.classroom.com/ ===Glaciers=== way COOL site! http://www.glacier.rice.edu/ 18 November 1998 Hate Groups http://www.bcpl.net/~rfrankli/hatedir.htm http://www.hatewatch.org/ 27 November 1998 American Memory National Digital Library from the U.S. Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html Examples of collections: Baseball Cards--2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914 Northern Great Plains--900 photographs of rural and small town life at the turn of the century Civil War Photos--1,100 Civil War encampments, battlefields, and portraits as captured by Mathew Brady and other photographers. Browse collections by title: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amtitle.new.html 03 December 1998 The United States Government is into the internet like no one else in the world. The amount of information it posts and maintains on the WWW is staggering. Here is a collection of a few thousand sites that barely scratches the surface: Megasite of Federal Government Links from Poppa Sterby http://www.erols.com/irasterb/gov.htm U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html U.S. Givernment Information Xchange http://www.info.gov/ The Federal Web Locator http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html Archive of featured federal sites http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/fedguide/archives.htm 10 December 1998 CR Shopping Guide http://www.consumerreports.org/news/holiday/ Consumer Reports' Holiday Shopping Guide Before you indulge in an online orgy of Christmas shopping, check out the Consumer Reports Shopping Guide. Although only subscribers can access some parts of the site, a rich selection of valuable articles and advice awaits all. The practical and realistic Guide to Shopping Online is especially useful - and is as good a guide for designers of e-commerce sites as it is for users. A first-class, high-quality consumer site with neither ads nor a bias, the site is a must-bookmark for any time of year. http://www.consumerreports.org/news/holiday/ From NetSurfer Digest 15 December 1998 Shopping Guide Britannica-Newsweek Shopping Guide Comprehensive shopping guide with site reviews from Britannica-Newsweek. http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/inetguide/iguide_4403167.html 22 December 1998 Reference Page Here's an all inclusive reference page from Bob Drudge (Matt's father). Bookmark this one: http://www.refdesk.com/index.html 28 December 1998 FAQs The Internet FAQ Consortium <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/> FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. It's a compilation of questions and answers that attempt to answer your question before you have to ask someone. They range from being pretty cheesy to being better than the documentation that came with your hardware/software. Not only do they cover topics like computers, but others such as movies, birds, aviation etc. The Internet FAQ Consortium has placed all the best ones on an easy to access web site. -- From the Virtual Book Of Knowledge (VBOK) VBOK Homepage <http://www.biogate.com/vbok/> |
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