Cool Web Sites
by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the February 2000 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter
Including links previously reviewed at http://www.educationindex.com/index.html,
http://www.komando.com/,
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/arch.htm,
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html, and
http://www.coolcentral.com/day/
Features include a cyber kissing booth, a screen saver, an "Ask Cupid"
section, and other fun. Site also recommends Valentine's reading for kids and provides a
lesson plan for teachers.
Tips on how to plan the perfect Valentine's Day,
including gift ideas, ideas on where to go, what to do, and how to do it. From
Lovingyou.com.
There wasn't just one Saint Valentine, but three -- all of
them martyrs. Learn more about the Saints, and customs and beliefs associated with the day.
History and meaning of Valentine's Day with a list of other Christian
Valentine sites.
The big question in both teacher's and student's minds is "Is it
possible to prevent plagiarism by determining if a term paper has been
copied from the Internet or from another class?" Well it is now.
As the Plagarism.org web site says "The purpose of this service is to insure that term papers, essays, and
manuscripts, which are submitted as a requirement for a university or
college course, are never plagiarized. This means that papers will never
again be recirculated/recycled every year, that papers will not be
copied from one class and used for a different class, that papers from
one university will not find their way to another university course, and
that papers acquired from the Internet will NEVER be used to fulfill a
course requirement.
A teacher is charged a one-time, $20.00 (US) fee to create an account which
can be used to check 30 different manuscripts, plus a small charge of $0.50
for every manuscript, after 30, subsequently analyzed. Licencing fees and volume discounts
are available for large institutions.
Is there a light
side to the government's historic antitrust complaint
against software giant Microsoft? You bet!
An incomplete but useful subject listing of newsletters
you can receive by e-mail. Searchable. You can
subscribe to e-mail updates too.
The drug info you'd expect, along with health news, a
medical dictionary and Medline, clinical trial info, a
magazine archive (registration required), and the Get
Well Network (disease info, risk factors, detection,
treatment options, coping strategies, etc.)
From the American Bar Association, helpful common
sense advice about security, privacy, payments,
complaints, terms, delivery, etc. Check out the Tips
section first.
"Includes jewel terms, mineralogy, jewelry
manufacturers, jewelry styles, gemstone cuts,
etc."
Links you to official pages of city governments (though some of them either
have no home pages or they aren't linked here
For anyone who enjoys prowling department store
basements, bargainclothing.com wants to offer a
high-tech alternative. A search engine promises to help
you find "quality fashion at great prices."
This seems a good time to ask why so many people throughout history have
hated Jews. This selection is from the Internet Jewish History Sourcebook web
site (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html), which you also
might want to visit, one of the excellent collections of documentary sources
provided by Prof. Paul Halsall of Fordham
Their real purpose in life is to sell parts to collectors of classic cars, but this
is "The place to go" if you want to see pictures of any car ever made, any era.
It calls itself the internet's largest encyclopedia of automobiles, and I'm
willing to believe it.
Three internet portals, for business, science, and technology, are now
accessible from Dialog's homepage. They may be searched and charged
to a credit card. You can personalize the portals, and there's a capability for
"expert search" for seasoned Dialog users. According to Dialog, this gives
access to some 50,000 publications.
ERIC has selected and linked to a variety of online resources on
educational topics, including full-text books, reports, articles from journals
and newsletters. You can browse by subject or search by keyword.
Describes itself as "the up to date, annotated guide to good academic New
Testament web resources." Browsing topics include the historical Jesus,
scholars, maps, art and images, bibliography, Greek New Testament, Bible
Translations, and newly added resources. Key word searchable.
In case you've wondered about this annual event at the end of August in the
desert of Nevada, you can learn all about it here -- its history and philosophy,
ticket arrangements, camping, how to participate in project teams, rules, etc. You
can also see some of the art generated in previous years.
You may not get rich quick but you'll find yourself
dreaming that you are, after a perusal of IPO.com.
Listings include price, data, recent filings, company
summaries and news.
Guidelines for creating a student-run service
foundation, and curriculum lessons derivable
from the project entirely aside from the benefits
of teaching children to work together to make
their community better. Includes the history of the
project and advice on fundraising. If this concept
inspires you, also take a look at the Michigan
Community Foundations' Youth Project at
http://www.mcfyp.org/, which gives Best
Practices, Success Stories, Fundraising Tips,
and suggestions for how to start a similar
project.
Included are : wire services,
one-stop shops, state/regional news from AP, political news, business
news, sci-tech news, and more.
Just about everything you could want to know about color: how it affects our
emotions, our body, and our eyes, color in science, art, and computing,
color factoids, research, software, and more.
A good place to look for interesting design ideas, even if you don't agree
with the "coolness" of the sites chosen. You can select by categories and
features, such as Ultra Hip, Very Clean, Color Schemes, Typography, Nav
Bars, or by subject categories like Kids, Portals, Sports, Ezines. Also
includes its Worst Homepage Ever, dedicated to megabucks companies
with "cruddy, low-rent looking sites." Links to design and font resources.
And yes, it includes an explanation of what constitutes "cool."
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Tulsa Computer Society 1/07/2000
Don Singleton, President
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