 | Google News
 | Meets my requirements for helping me to stay
abreast of the happenings in the world quickly. Provides links
to tons of timely news releases about events around the globe.
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| Hotwire
| Consistently provides me with the lowest cost for
quality rooms and cars when traveling. You'll find offers
based on the description and ratings of the offeror without first
knowing the business' name until you accept the deal. I've
saved a bundle over the same room or car offered through Orbitz,
Expedia, Travelocity, etc. I cannot vouch for airfare savings
since we mostly use non-revenue privileges through our daughter. |
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| Tom's Hardware
Guide
| Excellent website for Geeks and Non-Geeks alike
to learn more about computers and pc components. Review
articles and guides are extremely useful. |
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| Steve's Digicam
and Digital Photography Review
| Are to digital photography hardware what Tom's
Hardware Guide is for computer hardware. Very thorough
analyses and benchmarking. |
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| Epinions
| A great place to go to check up on experiences
other people have had with a product you may be considering.
Obviously a good place for you to return the favor by submitting
your own reviews. |
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| Internet Movie Database
| Helps you locate information for just about any
movie made. You can search by a number of different criteria.
Be sure to look at the Popular Search techniques to learn about the
ways to identify the movie in question. Especially useful is
the ability to locate movies in which specific actors/actresses
appear together, since that is the way we remember many films. |
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Comedy routine--Internet Help Desk
| Having once directed a Help Desk for an
organization of over 5000 computer users, I can attest that this
skit comes close to capturing the essence of life on a Computer Help
Desk. |
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Video Guide for Computer Security
| Very good video tutorial about how you can
improve the security of your computer system by the use of free or
very inexpensive tools that can be downloaded to your system. |
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| Dead People Server
| Ever wonder what happened to so-and-so celebrity?
Are they still living? This macabre, but interesting,
alphabetized directory keeps track of notable people--some of whom
will surprise you by still being around. |
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| FlightAware Real-Time
Flight Tracker
| Allows you to track the path of any
scheduled private or commercial airline across the US skies so that you can see not only
where it is currently located, but how early or late it will
probably arrive. You first need to complete a free
registration. |
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| How to Do (Just About) Everything
| Encyclopedic list of easy-to-follow instructions
or directions for doing all sorts of things. Makes you an
"online" Renaissance man/woman. |
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| How Stuff Works
| Great for the eternally curious. Makes you
an "online" Cliff Clavon. |
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| Snopes Rumor Website
| This is one of several good websites to visit to
determine whether there is any truth to some rumors forwarded to you
by someone asking you to "spread the news" to everyone you can.
Helps you to dispel malicious false rumors. Did you know that
there is no such word as "gullible" in the dictionary? |
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How to Handle Telemarketers
| Here is a hilarious recording from the Tom & Bob
radio show in which revenge is exacted upon a telemarketer making a
"cold call." You'd wish you could pull this off yourself.
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| Locating
People
| A sometimes successful way to find someone you
haven't been able to locate. You need to be patient and
understand that it retains old phone numbers and addresses as well.
It's a start. |
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Wolfram | Alpha
| A very interesting tool
Stephan Wolfram calls a "computational knowledge engine." Go
to the site and view the short video to get a taste of how you might
possibly benefit from using the tool. This is not a
search engine like Google or Yahoo, but can become as big if it
catches on. Needs financial sponsorship to survive. |
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| Potter League Animal Care
and Education Center
| A truly outstanding organization in Rhode Island
that provides state-of-the-art care for animals in need. We
recently had the pleasure of touring their new facilities in
Newport, RI as the guest of my friend Ray Heller. Look
to their lead and help to support the establishment of a similar
organization in your area. |
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