Cool Web Sites
by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the March 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/
Articles, quizzes and links for kids.
Games, songs, coloring pages, and more.
Learn about St. Patrick, Ireland, rainbows and gold. Includes games,
projects, quizzes and stories.
Looks at the legends of Saint Patrick and the Shamrock, and lists events and
parades worldwide.
St. Paddy's Day clips of Bob Hope, Kelsey Grammar, Daffy Duck
& more.
St. Patrick's Day borders and backgrounds.
Brief explanation of the sun in the sky during the Spring
and Fall equinox.
Day and night are not exactly of equal length at the time of the March and September
equinoxes. The dates on which day and night are each 12 hours occur a few days before and
after the equinoxes. The specific dates of this occurrence are different for different
latitudes.
Check out this Pacific Northwest lodge-styled house that takes up 66,000-square-feet
on a 5-acre piece of property. Yes, you guessed it! This is the home of Microsoft
CEO and billionaire wunderkind Bill Gates. Aside from touring this palatial home
containing seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms (with 10 set up as full baths), six kitchens,
and six fireplaces, you can also play an interactive Javascript game of "Where's
Wiulliam." The total value for this amazing "dream" home? Well over $53 million.
The GIAC, brough to you by the SANS Institute, provides up-to-date reports of
malicious activity on the Internet as submitted by an international community of system
administrators and analysts. They gladly welcome your qualified detection of intrusions,
odd log file entries, encryption failures, or other security related information, where
they then compile this info into a weekly digest of patches and summaries of traces, a
monthly Windows NT Digest of new security holes, patches, other administrative
imperatives, and more. Geared more toward "ultra-Geeks", it sometimes makes for
fascinating reading, even to "newbies."
Speaking of Armageddon, the electrical power grid may
have survived the changeover to the new millennium -- but
not some Web sites. Enjoy these bloopers from the aptly
named y2kmistakes.com.
Perhaps you love to cook but are running out creative and enjoyable concoctions. Or
maybe you're always in a rush, and want something quick and easy, all set to go each
and every day. Whichever the case, Recipe-A-Day invites you to log on, fill out a
simple form, and have a free recipe served to you fresh each day from the cook and
kitchen staff at their headquarters. Or, if you're of a mind, browse through the archives
of thousands of recipes covering dishes of every imaginable type.
Need to sharpen your geography skills or learn more about countries, capitals, and
other landmarks? Take a look at MapQuiz.com This site offers you an easy way to
learn more about your own country and other countries all over the globe. You also dig
down deeper and learn more details than you ever imagined about each of the states in
the the U.S. or even learn more about individual cities. Designed to be a very
user-friendly website, it also offers reluctant geography students a new, fun way to
learn. If you're good enough you can even have your name placed on the Map Quiz
Honor Roll. Better start studying.
According to the 'Newsbites' section of the November 1996 issue of Food
Processing, how you eat your soup says something about your personality. Are you a
"Purposeful Traditionalist", "Free-Spirited Enthusiast" or "Cautious Connoisseur?"
Jump into the fun and amazing "University of Life Fun Stuff" website and take this one
minute quiz to learn more about your personality through soup, or check out any of
their other various online quizzes, personality tests and games.
Billed as "your source for all the greatest FREE samples on the 'Net", Sampleville is an
excellent place to visit if you're into free offers, samples, trials, and more. You'll have to
sign up to get into the system (membership is FREE), but once you do, you'll be able
to search for all the samples you could ever want in a ton of different categories.
Products available cover everything from beauty aids to pet supplies, and a recent trip
to the site displayed the following items available for FREE as their featured products:
Colgate toothpaste, Tylenol PM, Motrin, and Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing.
With the new freedom to choose that utility deregulation has brought, you'll need an
up-to-date guide to help you decide which of the competing electricity or gas suppliers
in your area offers the best deals. UtilityGuide informs consumers of their options,
allowing them to choose companies that work to minimize the impact on our
environment, look for the cheapest service, or opt for the the one that has the best
record for quality of service.
Looking for a little inspiration to get you through trying times? At Sermon Central you
can find over 23,000 full text sermons and sermon outlines, indexed by Bible chapter in
a very user-friendly interface. You can also seek inspiration by selecting words or
phrases that detail your situation (like "hope", solace", etc.) and the search engine will
send back sermons containing those words or phrases in any of thier pages. Pastors,
religion teachers and counselors are encouraged to use the site for ideas or to post
their own input.
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Tulsa Computer Society 2/07/2000
Don Singleton, President
djs@ionet.net