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A
pioneering effort
Call it the little homestead on the Internet. After a highly
competitive selection and training process, three contemporary
American families have been chosen to participate in a fascinating
experiment in a rugged Montana valley. The Glenn family of
Tennessee, the Clune family of California, and the Brooks
family of Massachusetts will forgo their SUVs, cell phone
s and microwave ovens to begin six months living as 1880s
homesteaders with only the tools and technology of the period
at their disposal. Their journey back in time is being filmed
by PBS for broadcast early next year. But you can witness
their experiences as they unfold live via the interactive
companion Web site www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse.
It includes a live 24-hour Webcam of the homestead, streamed
video, excerpts from the series, reports from the field, production
journal entries, historical essays, and the "pioneers"' personal
diaries.
Know it all
You can learn a lot from Lissa. Four years ago, at age 11,
frustrated that there were no sites to teach kids how to build
their own Web sites, she decided to create one herself - www.lissaexplains.com
- and the 'Net is a lot better place for it. Countless kids
- and, probably, quite a few grownups - have benefited from
Lissa's ability to turn a world populated by concepts with
names like HTML, SSI, Java and IE into a friendly and accessible
place for all. She not only explains how Web sites work -
including answering your questions - she provides all the
tools you need to make your own. Between school, dance and
cheerleading, Lissa still manages to find time to improve
her site. She invites you to see what's new and take advantage
of free goodies, including e-mail. Source: Newsday
Sushi webcam
Tokyo may have the world's best sushi bars, but San Francisco
has Ace Wasabi's Rock 'n' Roll Sushi with its live pictures
of sushi chefs in action, creating their nigiri and kamikazi
rolls between 5:30 and 10:30 p.m. Pacific time. This unconventional
sushi bar on Steiner Street in the Marina features other unique
attributes, including rock n' roll instead of traditional
Japanese crooners to eat raw fish by. But alas, this Web site
(www.acewasabis.com)
also shows off the facility's dingy interior, complete with
wacky if not tacky wallpaper and boxes of Asahi beer piled
up all over the floor.
Alltheweb beefs up searching
Alltheweb.com's search engine has been improved with multiple
results ranking methodologies, advanced link analysis, searchable
MP3 results, and fewer searches that produce links to offensive
content. The user interface is improved as well. The search
engine is fast, despite having indexed over 625 million full-text
pages through 1.6 billion URLs in 46 languages.
Dotcom doom
Dotcom Doom is the latest site to chronicle the fall of the
e-commerce industry, gathering up the latest news headlines
and encouraging writers to add to a message base on the subject.
There are extensive links to related issues including copyright
infringement, downsizing, lawsuits, reorganizations and rumors.
"Rebuilding careers" is another department aimed at the recently
doomed. Click on www.dotcomdoom.com.
Pedaling.com
Most bike accidents occur when car doors are opened on cyclists,
according to this Web site (www.pedaling.com),
which is chock full of interesting facts, maps and tips for
bike riders. Pedaling.com's safety tip 2: "Dogs chase bikes.
If you can't outrun the dog, it's best to get off, remain
still and keep your bike in between it and you. By not moving,
the dog regards you as less of a threat and the owner usually
comes to the rescue." No word on what to do if the owner doesn't
show up. Other useful features of this site include state-by-state
directories of bike trails. Listings include maps, mileage
and directions.
A research site that's safe for kids
The Internet Public Library Youth Division is a site available
to kids that collects information from many disciplines, but
that is safe for kids ages 4 to 11 to dig into and use for
school projects. The site's librarians follow a policy for
including Internet resources and sites in the collection based
on the level of appropriateness for kids and whether the material
is written and maintained by authoritative sources. The resources
do not have to be aimed specifically at children, according
the site's policy page, but they "should be of interest and
useful to these age groups or to their parents and teachers."
The IPL Youth site (www.ipl.org/youth)
is a full-on portal, with links grouped under categories such
as "Reference," "Our World," "Math Whiz."
Magic card trick
See how long it takes you to figure this one out. It's billed
as the Internet's first magic card trick. Mentally choose
a card from among a series of choices, follow the instructions,
and ta-dah: your card will be missing from the next screen.
Do it a few times and all will be revealed. See www.timwike.dircon.co.uk/card.html.
Fun with ads
Want to see the newest way advertisers will be crawling into
your browsers? Yahoo has highlighted a variety of designer
ads, created by Web magicians Michael Graves, Philippe Starck,
Paul Frank, Karim Rashid, Erik Adigard and Romero Britto.
These come in the format of L-Rec (large rectangle) and super
banner ad units, all storyboarded in advance like movies before
their screen translation. The online adfest sponsored by One
and Yahoo coincides with an art event in Miami. Click on http://promo.yahoo.com/designerads.
Webpoedia
The tech world is so full of jargon that it's nearly a full-time
job trying to stay informed. Enter Webpoedia (www.webopedia.com),
an online encyclopedia and dictionary of tech terms, updated
regularly with new words and categories. Discern the difference
between a service level agreement and an application service
provider, or a dongle and a honeypot. And don't forget the
one-way hash function. It's all here, defined in mostly understandable
layman's terms.
Too stupid to view
This page (www.itsamac.com/poop)
says what we occasionally believe to be true, but never had
quite this literal a manifestation. Stuck on a dead Web page,
due to programming errors or bad links, one usually sees the
"404 page not found" - geek-speak that implies you have reached
a programming error or dead link. But here, the plain truth
is told: the page is just too stupid to view. "The page you
are looking for is currently too stupid. The Web site might
be experiencing idiot writers, or you may need to adjust your
browser settings to accept more retarded objects." The tiny
text continues: "If your Network Administrator has enabled
it, Microsoft Windows can examine your network and automatically
discover network connection settings. If you actually have
a Network Administrator who has enabled it, please raise your
hand. Yeah, that's what we thought."
Sources: L.A. Times, Washington Postu |
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