Cool Web Sites
by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the July 2001 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,
and http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Saving for your child's college tuition can be very costly. The earlier you start saving,
the better, and this site can help you organize for your child's education. Use the simple
worksheet to organize your financial information and education plan to help you realize
what you're going to be up against.
Ideas how teachers can use the web in the classroom.
Includes k-12
curriculum ideas, research tools, how-tos, treasure hunts, and CyberBee articles.
Has a large number of manuals, tip sheets and other helpful links for a variety of operating systems, and for
hardware, programs, networking, and programming languages.
While you're traveling, you can visit engineering marvels like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the Erie Canal,
the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in Chattanooga, the
Tehachapi-Mojave Wind Farm, and more. Search by state, by category, or by engineering discipline.
This gateway lets you find news by city, state or country, news for specialized topics (health, environment,
technology, arts, obituaries, etc.), links for newswires, newspapers, and broadcast news, and summaries
of top news stories updated throughout the day. Or you can search ABC, BBC, Yahoo! News and the
Washington Post
The folks over at the Social Security Administration have put a neat little calculator on
their site that will estimate your retirement and disability and survivor benefits in case
you become disabled or die.
An introduction to the faith and the Qur'an.
A safe Internet gateway for kids...created and maintained by educators... A nice long list of subjects
covered, and the links for each are well-chosen (though not annotated). NOT the same thing as
KidsConnect which appears to be a calling card
where a child can preprogram up to 7 phone numbers of people your
child may need to reach plus critical medical information in
the event of an emergency.
2002 tongue twisters in 86 languages (374 in English). Can you say "How can a clam cram
in a clean cream can?" quickly 5 times? How about "Send toast to ten tense stout saints'
ten tall tents" or "Seventy seven benevolent elephants"?
Upgrade your education with some tips from this guide to Best
Graduate Schools. The 2002 rankings include school comparisons.
Includes a searchable archive of answers to questions on word origins, a collaborative dictionary of new
slang, a quotation file, news, columns, etc.
A searchable directory of tutorials, mostly for techie things, but also for arts and crafts, music, gardening.
Topics include 3D Software, Adobe, Arts & Crafts, Computer Basics, Computer Hardware, Education,
Employment, Graphic Design, Graphics Software, Health & Fitness, Home & Garden, Internet,
Macromedia, Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Multimedia, Music & Audio, Networking, Operating Systems,
Programming, Software, Spoken Languages, Sports & Hobbies, and Web Development.
Ever play the stock market? How about the game? Yessiree, there's an online game to
play the stock market. Designed to teach all ages about the stock market, EduStock
offers information for researching companies to "invest" in and includes a real life stock
market value simulator. It's free and the simulation is only delayed by twenty minutes.
This is an excellent way to teach students on the Net or have a little fun.
A new online resource for the legal profession, including news, links to bibliographies, pathfinders,
citators, research tips, and more.
In these high-tech times, ethical questions may seem more complex
than ever. This Ethics In Computing "site map" lets you explore
everything from privacy to free-speech issues.
For each search engine, it gives an overall evaluation, subject coverage, and who it's especially useful for.
Calling itself the Giant Glossary may be somewhat of an
understatement for this link-packed reference site that puts a global
research desk at your fingertips.
For free stock market quotes, FreeRealTime.com has them ready for you, all free. You
can sign up, login, and keep all your information within your portfolio. Read important
stock news and view red chip values. There's also a neat market summary right there
on the front page of the site that can keep you relaxed without checking your stocks
right away.
NOW they tell us; oh, well, there is always next winter. North Dakota State University tells us how to deal with extended periods of heavy snow
and cold -- preventing excess snow load on the roof, stocking a 7 day emergency food supply, checking
vents for ice accumulation, more.
If you roll out of bed with a pounding headache, somersaulting stomach, and a sandpaper mouth, Hungover.net can offer
assistance. To help get you back on your feet (or at least to the couch), check out the Top 10 Cures. Read up on vitamins such as B1, a savior the site's authors call "God's
gift to hangovers." Before your next night of imbibing, peruse the Painometer to learn which alcoholic beverage is least likely to
have you sticking your head in the toilet.
The focus of this map collection is Americana and Cartographic
Treasures of the Library of Congress — a collection that spans
1500-1999. And maps can now be downloaded.
Your resource to find out what the educational standards and curriculum frameworks are for your state (if your
state has posted the documents online). Useful fodder for the education debate.
Oklahoma data is at http://www.statestandards.com/showstate.asp?st=ok.
Local customs and proper business manners around the world. Choose your country and learn how to
dress appropriately, entertain, choose gifts, carry on appropriate conversation, etc.
mPower Cafe is dedicating a whole website to the 401(k) plan for retirement. 401(k) is
a way to get a good retirement and tax benefits at the same time. Track news related to
the plan, get the essential information about the plan and have most, if not all, your
questions satisfied using the FAQ. There's also a section on basic investing and an
expert focus on the plan
The Multnomah County Library's Spanish language children's page
Life Athletes is a coalition of more than 200 professional and
Olympic athletes who say they're committed to relationships that are
built on honesty and fairness. Here's their story.
Results of a survey that asked doctors, "If you had a close friend or loved one who needed a neurological
surgeon (for example), to whom would you refer them?"
AmeriStat boasts that it's a one-stop source for U.S. population
data. Everything from marriage and income to race and mortality.
"This site is dedicated to 19th Century Jewish-American history, poetry and fiction, polemics and
philosophy." Which includes Jews in the Civil War and wild west
A survey of 450 political science professors yielded this list; you can take the survey yourself and
compare your own results with theirs.
Recent obits from more than a thousand newspapers.
Another kind of "shockwave": Wallpaper your PC with this image of
an F/A-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier. Or click on the Image
Archive to browse through other Navy photos.
4th of July celebration with graphics, backgrounds, animations, midis all wiht the 4th of july theme in mind.
4th Of July Graphics
Funtasia's Dazzling Fireworks Display! Fourth of July Fun, kids games, Beanie contests! Furby, Beanie babies, Michael Jordan, Harlem Globetrotters and lots of fun for kids of all ages!!
Free collection of Patriotic Clip Art. Some have been colorized (and cleaned up) from black
and white clip art found at various free sources. Most are optimized to be small in download size with
transparent backgrounds, so you can use them on any color pages.
Patriotic Clipart And Photos
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Tulsa Computer Society 6/06/2001
Don Singleton, President