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Translate Web Jargon http://www.lingo2word.com/index.php Lingo2word.com offers a great translator service for the special language of the Internet. And if you want to learn about emoticons, smileys, acronyms, ICQ, and other communications shortcuts, this website has some great lists definining each. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/30/2004 11:13:00 PM 
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Free Wireless on National Mall http://www.openpark.net/ If you are visiting Washington DC and just have to catch up on your e-mail, drag your wireless laptop to the National Mall and you will be good to go. Starting this summer there will be free hot spots on the Mall. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/29/2004 01:52:00 AM
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You Can Find About Anything on Ebay E-Bay - Size 12 Wedding Dress For your daily dose of humor, you may want to have a look at this ebay auction. A guy with tatoos on his arms is modeling a wedding dress that he is trying to sell for a little game and beer money. His sales pitch isn't your everyday description of a wedidng gown and is sure to bring a laugh. So far he's had several marriage proposals, offers of game tickets, and e-mails from as far as Scotland. The hit counter shows that over 1,186,590 people have visited his ebay page. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/27/2004 10:28:00 PM
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How Bad Can A Website Get? http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/main.htm If you are a budding webmaster, there's much to learn from the the self-proclaimed worst website. It was designed to demonstrate many of the common mistakes made by new web designers. Get your barf bag and go look. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/26/2004 09:24:00 PM
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Hook, Line, and Stinker http://www.space.com/news/columbia_coffins_040423.html Too often people believe what they see and read on websites without exercising any critical thinking or asking questions. Apparently, the news media leads the pack in not exercising thinking. The news media jumped on what they thought was an opportunity exploit grief without checking out the facts when they relied on photos from a website to publish what they thought were photos of flag-drapped coffins of war casualties. Now we know better. Space.com has just published an article, "Columbia Crew Coffins Mistaken for Caskets of U.S. Military Casualties," explaining that many of the images broadcast on TV and in newspapers were actually pictures of the coffins of the the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Was the news media blinded by their desire to encourage a negative view of the war or were they just negligent in not checking out the facts? We'll probably never know. If a lesson is to be learned, it has to be that information on the Internet is not always accurate. Don't fall victim to Internet Hoaxes and Myths. If you see a story or a photo that seems compelling, check it out first. There are many websites listed at http://www.webnme.com/HoaxMyth.asp that specialize in debunking hoaxes, myths, and misinformation. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/25/2004 09:57:00 AM
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RSS News Feeds If you would like news delivered to your desktop without chasing it every day, you may want to download and install RSS Reader and pull content from one of these news feed sources. It is free and simple to do. RSS News feed sources
You may also want to visit http://www.syndic8.com for information on getting news feeds and http://newsisfree.com for information on hosted pages with your news feeds. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/24/2004 04:45:00 PM
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It's Spring - Crank Up Your Lawnmower http://www.lawnmowerworld.co.uk/ Okay, so lawnmowing isn't your favorite thing and a chore that you could do without. But, think about how lucky you are to have a modern machine. Take a look at the British Lawnmower Museum online to see some real vintage lawnmowers that exemplify the best of British Engineering. After a visit, you'll be glad to have your cranky lawnmower. The site navigation is a little difficult, but the pictures are interesting. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/23/2004 08:47:00 AM
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EarthLink Spy Audit http://www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/ Earthlink has launced a free spyware checking service online. This does involve a small download. The check is fairly quick and produces a web page listing what was found. The program stops there. No changes are made to your computer. Once you've completed the scan and reviewed the findings you may want to download an anti-spyware program. I recommend Spybot Search and Destroy -- it is free and very effective. See, http://www.safer-networking.org/. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/22/2004 10:11:00 AM
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It's A Dog's Day http://www.dogware.com/1040-DOG.htm Well you've filed your federal taxes or got an extension by now, so its time for a little tax humor. The above site has a tax form for your favorite canine friend. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/21/2004 12:37:00 PM
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Helpful FTC Information on Internet http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm The FTC has dozens of helpful topics to help you avoid common Internet scams, privacy issues, and much more. The list is worth a look. In addition you may want to visit one of these helpful websites:    Posted by WEBnME @ 4/20/2004 08:02:00 AM
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Take A Sneak Peek At Google's Gmail Gmail Sneak Peek As the search engine competitions heat up, Google is preparing to launch its own e-mail service. If you'd like a sneak peek at some of the user screens, click the link above. Google is in the process of testing its new e-mail service with a limited group, so it isn't available to the public yet. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/19/2004 09:36:00 AM
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A Biker's Web Photolog of the Ghost Town of Chernobyl http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/ Through the wonder of the web you can, in a sense, "ride with Elena" into the dead zone of Chernobyl and see what it looks like today. The pictures are stunning and amazing. Be prepared to take awhile to read the narrative and explore the photographs. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/18/2004 12:47:00 AM
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Search Engine Wars The New Face of Searching EAA: Purdue engineers design 'shape-search' for industry databases Purdue University's Professor Karthik Ramani has designed a new search engine capable of finding three dimensional objects. This isn't really a jump into the battle for the best search engine, but the technology he is developing will change the face of search engines in the future. This search engine was designed to help find industrial parts, but could easily have application in medicine or any other area where it would be helpful to locate an object by its shape. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon are girding up to see who can best couple searches with e-commerce for consumers. This technology could be useful for business-to-business and research-to-business searches. It will be interesting to see whether any of the prime contenders look in this direction to get an edge. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/17/2004 01:31:00 AM
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Dead Websites http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Titled, Ghost Sites: Where Dead Web Sites Live On, this website provides a listing of websites that have failed or which are dormant. It is an e-museum complete with screenshots of over 350 websites as they were when they became ghost sites. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/16/2004 10:05:00 AM
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Search Engine Wars Amazon Entering Fray with A9.com http://www.a9.com/ Although still in Beta development, this search engine is pretty sophisticated and offers some great features. A9 offers a search toolbar for your browser similar to those offered by Google and Yahoo. This toolbar also includes a pop-up ad blocker. An innovative new feature is a diary button which allows you to take notes on any site that you visit. A9 will allow you to save your search history on Amazon's servers where you can go back and review results to find something quickly. The search results include a neat little "Site Info" button that harnesses the power of the Alexa databases to allow you to find out information about each website including name, traffic rank, speed, and other sites visited by people who go to that site. Of course there is a commercial benefit to Amazon too. Search results can include "Search Inside the Book" where you can see exerpts of books available from Amazon.com, if you are a registered member. Find out more about this new search engine at http://www.a9.com/-/company/whatsCool.jsp Posted by WEBnME @ 4/15/2004 12:04:00 PM
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See the Awe of an Air Show Online http://www.bruenjes.org/airshows/index/index.html Fred Bruenjes has taken hundreds of wonderful photos from air shows over the past two and a half years capturing historic and modern aircraft. You'll find everything from a Forker triplane to the latest stealth aircraft and pictures of the first public flight of the F-22 Raptor. His photo album is worth a gander. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/14/2004 10:55:00 PM
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iRobot - You're In The Army Now http://www.packbot.com/ With a named borrowed from Asimov's "I Robot" series, it's hard not to chuckle a bit when you say "iRobot" to refer to a leading high tech firm. For over seven years they've been hard at the business of making useful robots and now their PackBot Explosive Ordinance Disposal robot has probably just made history. Today iRobot announced that one its robots was a casualty in war. For the first time we are hearing news of robot casualties. The good news is that its destruction probably means that a soldier's life was spared. Click the link above to have a look at this robot. See, Reuters News Story. iRobot is also the maker of the Roombavac for consumers that have a taste for a little robotic vacumn cleaner. iRobot also just signed a $32 million contract to develop small unmanned ground vehicles (SUGVs) for U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems Program. In November 2000, iRobot made the news with a 45 pound, $5000.00 robot that could be controlled via the web. See, CNN News Story Posted by WEBnME @ 4/13/2004 12:08:00 AM
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A Website with Good News Only! http://goodnewsindia.com./homepage.php If you take TV and media journalists too seriously, you'd believe that everything is pretty bad, that you ought not to venture out of your house, and that every thing from the air you breath, the water you drink, and the food you eat is killing you. Well take a break from depressing news and have a look at Good News India. This website is the work of D V Sridharan, a 61-year-old marine engineer refused to believe that India was corrupt and without hope. His website inspires with stories of positive accomplishments, great endeavors, and successes. Now wouldn't it be great to turn on the tube some morning and get a half hour of all the great things that have been done with stories that inspire the imagination to greatness instead of the latest slime? Posted by WEBnME @ 4/12/2004 01:09:00 AM
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Russian Imperial Porcelain Eggs http://www.alvr.com/eggs/ Wonderfully crafted, these Russian porcelain Easter Eggs are beautiful and inspiring. This site features eggs from the collection at the Amalienborg Palace and the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/11/2004 12:47:00 AM
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More Easter Eggs http://www.eggheaven2000.com/ This website is another repository of links to computer related Easter Eggs. Although there are some listings that seem to be out-of-date, there still are some goodies to be found here. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/10/2004 06:15:00 PM
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The Easter Egg Archive http://www.eeggs.com Nope - this site isn't about chocolate eggs or Easter baskets. An Easter Egg is geek-speak for a hidden or secret function, presentation, or feature in software. Developers with a sense of humor or sometimes mischief frequently included an undocumented little add-in to software. And there are folks that look for them with the same excitement as kids on a real Easter Egg hunt. This site has cataloged about 3000 software Easter Eggs and has expanded the concept to also include movies, music and more! If you want to discover some of the hidden secrets in software, this is a great place to visit. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/10/2004 12:02:00 AM
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Concorde's Last Flight http://www.catsprn.com/concordes_last_flight.htm Great photographs with a reasonably pleasant musical background make this a great nostagic scrapbook page for aviation fans who marveled at the elegant lines of the Concorde. Here is the last flight of the Concorde. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/09/2004 11:37:00 PM
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Mapping the Internet http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html Since the beginning of the Internet people have used metaphors about traffic, highways, routes, and maps to try to make it easier to understand how it all works. This site is a collection of different efforts to map the Internet with everything from artistic maps to topologies. Fascinating stuff and worth a look. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/08/2004 08:24:00 PM
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Traffic Reports for the Information Super Highway http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm Packet collisions are more frequent than car collisions and the number of packets traveling from one place to another simply boggles the mind. So it is only natural to find a top-notch website ready to provide traffic reports on the Internet. This site offers a clickable map by continent allowing you to drill down to major routers to see how busy the Internet really is, response times, and packet losses by percentage. Way cool.
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Need Info About A Domain - WHOIS+ http://www.betterwhois.com WHOIS searches are great for finding out who owns a website. Betterwhois.com has gone beyond this to offer much more and its free! You can
At betterwhois.com, enter the URL of your website or a favorite website, then click on one of the three options that appear in blue below the returned results to get additional options. Click on "if you own this domain" to get to information on who links to the URL, how much traffic the site gets, and to find out what the site looked like in the past. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/06/2004 01:38:00 PM
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Share A Web Entrepaneur's Experiences The Little Website That Could; or, How To Turn Your Little Caboose Into A Cash-Hauling Freight Train If you are thinking of starting an online business or trying to fix one that is broken, you will want to read Lynne Schlumpf's account of her success in turning the Route 66 Cyber Cafe into a successful computer parts e-commerce store. ___________________ _ _ _ _ On the subject of building your website, one thing you can't overlook is getting a good search engine ranking. Don't miss this handy digital phamplet: Getting The Search Engine Ranking Your Website Deserves: : META Tags Yield To Google's PageRank As Search Engine Standard. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/06/2004 12:34:00 AM
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Rx Interactions Help Is A Click Away Check Interactions - DrugDigest Taking two or more medications? If so, you may want to bookmark this site's database on drug interactions. It isn't a substitute for the advice of your doctor and pharmacist, but it can equip you with information to ask good questions. Thumbs up to the web designers of this site for a very useful site that is easy to navigate, makes good use of design elements, and provides useful information quickly. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/05/2004 11:05:00 PM
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Interview with the Spyware Slayer PCWorld.com - Three Minutes With Spybot's Creator Patrick Kolla Spybot Search and Destroy is one of the most effective and useful anti-spyware tools available. And best of all, it is free. Meet the man behind the code that protects your computer - Patrick Kolla. If you haven't installed this product, go to http://www.safer-networking.org/ and get your copy. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/05/2004 03:24:00 PM
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Tornado Season - Web Resources NOAA Home Page - Tornadoes On a Palm Sunday many years ago, dozens of twisters ripped through the Midwest leaving destruction and death in their wake. I recall seeing two on the ground and a third as it formed. So today, in memory of that terrible day, I'm dedicating this news column to information on Tornados. If you live between the Appalacian Mountains and the Rockies, you need to visit the NOAA Tornado weather site and learn more about Tornados. Learn about safety and some myths. For example, there is a slide presentation debunking the myth that highway overpasses provide good tornado shelters. The National Weather Service page at http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/ has particularly good information on tornado preparedness and safety. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/04/2004 05:45:00 PM
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FEMA FOR KIDS: TORNADOES FEMA FOR KIDS: TORNADOES The Federal Emergency Management Agency has prepared a website for kids on the subject of tornados that includes helpful advice for kids along with stories from kids that have lived through a tornado. This is an excellent educational site to share with children. It is a good place for a parent to surf to with a child and share the content. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/04/2004 05:43:00 PM
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The Tornado Project Online! http://www.tornadoproject.com/ Good statistical information on tornado activity can be found on this site. The site also features videos, books, posters and other tornado realted items. If you are curious about tornados, this site has a lot to offer. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/04/2004 05:42:00 PM
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Go Bananas Washington Banana Museum Visit the Banana Museum - all things banana are found here. The collection ranges from antique photos to banana emblazened boxer shorts. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/03/2004 11:23:00 AM
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Digging Into Websites with Bookmarklets http://www.bookmarklets.com/ Browsers only present a selected amount of data available from a web page. Bookmarklets allow you to pull information from a page that isn't always readily apparent like the freshness of the content, the e-mail links available, the links within text that may be hidden, and much more. This site advertises about 150 toys for folks that would like to add a little power or zest to their surfing. If you are a webmaster these could also be useful in your own site design and review. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/02/2004 11:04:00 PM
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April Fools From Google A website with a sense of humor that doesn't always take itself too seriously is a rare thing. Google in the spirit of April Fool's has two must see pages Posted by WEBnME @ 4/01/2004 05:53:00 PM
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Back Away From The Computer and Exercise The Presidential Challenge Fat and getting fatter is how some news reports have described students today. Well that may not be true for everyone, but certainly it can't hurt to engage in physical fitness. Encourage your school or youth club to participate in the Presidential Challenge outlined at http://fitness.gov/challenge/challenge.html. Participating students can qualify for awards and recognitions. Posted by WEBnME @ 4/01/2004 10:25:00 AM
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