Cool Web Sites
by Don Singleton
Tulsa Computer Society
From the September 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, and
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Includes key sites organized by genre, subject
areas, and award-winners. Guide Kimberly
Pauley's feature articles are often on specific
books, but include topics like "Politics and You,"
and how to find information on books and
authors.
About.com's companion site on Books for Kids
Hey Kids! Want to see how your parents surfed the web way back when? Oh, what's
that you say? They aren't as computer literate as you. In that case, step back in history
and see the beginnings of browsing the web. Here, you'll find a clickable timeline and
ways to surf the Web using some old browsers. It's a lot of fun!
The Natural Resources Defense Council serves up its 10th annual Testing the Waters report on beach closings and advisories across the nation. A clickable map lets you see how your favorite beach rates.
Take this progressively difficult test and check your
comprehension and math skills. Can you make it to the end?
Wonder how the major political parties manage to enjoy the best conventions that money can buy? Find out who's footing the bill through this Political Parties report.
Express yourself with your hands, courtesy of HandSpeak. An online dictionary of more than 2,800 signs.
In addition to the ways you would expect to
search for classical music information -- by
composers and important works -- there is a
glossary, a geographical index, and an index of
forms and styles of music which goes beyond
definition to point to composers practicing those
forms. There is also a special feature on the 111
most influential composers.
Want to read your local paper but you're not local anymore? Or perhaps you are the
worldly type. If it's headlines you are after, you'll find them here at one of the Internet's
largest directories of 10,000 newspapers online.
If you're looking in your area for anything from hospitals to museums to restaurants, make your first stop the Geo Search feature of the search service Northern Light. As easy as typing in a telephone area-code number.
Seven steps that will surely come in handy whether you're building a Web site to create a family photo album, pursue your hobbies or start a small business. Make your first stop AllAboutYourOwnWebsite.com, a comprehensive reference.
from the American Heart Association. Includes
advice on healthy lifestyle and fitness as well, but
the heart of the site is the cookbook, searchable
by ingredient, by type of meal (breakfast, lunch or
dinner), by food groups (soups, pastas, etc.), and
by ethnic recipes.
MailStart allows you to use a web browser to send and receive your email, making it
accessible from anywhere. There is no need to get a different email address or have
your mail forwarded, because this system is a gateway that actually contacts your mail
server and converts the content to HTML. This allows easy access to your regular
email from anywhere with Internet access. MailStart works with all standard POP3
e-mail servers that aren't behind a Firewall.
A picture can be worth a thousand scientific words. Cool Science Images presents things "you've gotta see" in fields ranging from astronomy and biology to health and technology. (Click on the Archives to find past images.)
A useful directory to state and county web sites
detailing their historical markers, as well as to
articles, guidebooks and lesson plans where
available.
Do you have what it takes to get into Star Trek Academy?
Check your knowledge against the library of Star Trek and
see if you know all there is about warp cores and
anti-matter fields.
Find out what tunes the online world is listening to with these CDDB Top 10 rankings. The list seeks to reflect the most popular CDs played on computers the previous week.
Bills itself as the "Gateway to Search Engines,
Directories, Reference Sites and Tips." Pull
down menus invite you to choose from a variety
of general, topical and reference search engines
and outstanding subject directories. Also
includes articles on improving your searching,
promoting your site, and improving its ranking in
search engines.
Need more proof that the Web is the best reference tool ever invented? Check out the Eyewitness Encyclopedia, an awesome resource providing more than 2 million words and 6,500 pages for your research.
Tired of firing up multiple e-mail devices to look for your latest messages? Try out ePrompter, which checks up to eight AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, email.com and POP3 e-mail accounts at the same time. And it's free.
This test can measure your intelligence quotient up to 174
and should take only 20 minutes to complete.
This directory uses a Yahoo like arrangement of
subjects to direct you to tutorials on both
academic topics and practical skills like cooking,
driving a stick shift, choosing life insurance,
building a campfire. A work in progress, too
many topics have no entries, but it's a promising
start.
Get ready for a REALLY BIG freebie. The Free Downloads service of software maker Corel, which is battling Microsoft for market share, serves up its Presentations program to create Web-ready slide shows, multimedia presentations and interactive demos. But it's a whopping 71-MB file size.
The unlimited form of legalized bribery - uh, we mean, campaign contribution - known as "soft money" continues to grow. Pay a visit to the Laundromat to find out the latest on who's getting how much.
The legendary labor organizer Joe Hill comes alive again - musically, at least - at Union Songs. You'll find a big collection of audio clips, lyrics, sheet music and backgrounders.
Check out the brief history of the Corps, or better
yet, visit the faq section to find out about projects
in your area, download publications in pdf, get
topographic maps and lake levels, find
information on any of the 77,000 dams in this
country, and more.
For the genius on the go. See just you swift you are in five
minutes! So if you're in a hurry, take the test and get on with
your intelligent life.
Rand McNally offers to guide travelers through each step of planning a road trip. Details on more than 1,100 U.S. cities, 379 national parks and 4,000 points of interest and local events are included in the "Explore America" section.
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Tulsa Computer Society 8/10/2000
Don Singleton, President
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