Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category

Website: Google Permits Personalized Homepages

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

The search engine breaks with tradition by allowing customised features onto its minimal home page. CLICK HERE: Google Homepages

Website: House Plans

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Planning to build a house? How about just dreaming of building a house? Either way this is the site to visit for plans and ideas. CLICK HERE: House Plans

Website: The Merck Manuals

Friday, May 20th, 2005

Merck is commited to bringing out the best in medicine. As part of that effort, Merck provides all of The Merck Manuals on a not-for-profit basis as a service to the community. The manual explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how ...

Website: Free Online Graph Paper

Monday, May 16th, 2005

Your kid is working on his homework and he needs graph paper. Unfortunately, like most kids, he failed to plan ahead. You can either make a run out to the store or visit this site. Isn't the internet incredible? CLICK HERE: Free Graph Paper

Website: Twenty Questions

Monday, May 16th, 2005

20Q.net is an experiment in artificial intelligence. The program is very simple but its behavior is complex. Everything that it knows and all questions that it asks were entered by people playing this game. 20Q.net is a learning system; the more it is played, the smarter it gets. ...

Website: Protecting Our Children From Sexual Predators

Friday, May 13th, 2005

Most Childhood Sexual Abuse Occurs With Someone A Child Has An Established & Trusting Relationship With Convicted Sex Offenders Tell Us..."Parents are so naive-they?re worried about strangers and should be worried about their brother-in-law. They just don?t realize how devious we can be." "Know that we will use any way we ...

Website: Friendly Plumber

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

Do you like to try do it yourself projects around the house? Well this site will give you the help you need to "take a whack" at plumbing repairs. Even if you don't want to try the hands on stuff, the site also provides a wealth of information ...

Website: City Data

Saturday, May 7th, 2005

This is a really fantastic resource if you are planning to move or visit any city in the United States. Just click on the city and you get more statistical information than you would have thought possible. This site is really fun for the curious types. CLICK HERE: City Data

Website: Power Trips

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

Its good work if you can get it but most of us don't have folks lining up to pay for our trips. That's because we aren't legislators. You can learn how much your representative and senators have accepted in travel expenses and you can see how they compare ...

Website: Shop Until You Drop

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Want a quick way to check all of the store ads for our local merchants. View weekly store ad specials for your area by just entering your ZIP code to see what?s on sale. Once you pull up your area stores, just browse through the ads by store. In ...

Beware How You Google

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Security researchers warn that a one-letter typo in Google's domain name could lead to a massive virus- and spyware-infection attack. CLICK HERE: Google Spelling Error

Website: Google Image Search Game

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Here is a fun site to visit. The site uses a table of images that were gathered using Google?s Image Search. The objective of the game is to guess the search term that was used to gather the pictures. Give it a try but be careful because ...

Websites: Department of Labor Poster Page

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Some of the statutes and regulations enforced by agencies within the Department of Labor (DOL) require that notices be posted in the workplace. The DOL provides electronic copies of the required posters. Some of the Department of Labor's posters are available in languages other than English. They are also available ...

Creating a Custom Menu Bar

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

For those who don't know, the menu bar is at the top of the window. It includes the words File, Edit, View and so on. Each of these includes a long list of items, some of which have submenus. You can create a custom list, which would include only those items ...