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of “The LinkOn Center” www.LinkOnCenter.com
The
LinkOn Center has now been visited by people in over 42 countries!
Welcome
Israel
& Ireland.
August
29, 2001
Edition No. 5
Welcome
to the 5th Issue of “The LinkOn
Letter”
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The news is a little stale but
the Computer &
Internet Tips may prove helpful.
(If this newsletter
doesn’t look right, i.e. funny looking characters (HTML code) or
bad formatting, e-mail me at Tevar21@hotmail.com
& I’ll resend a text version.
Put the word “Text” in the Subject line)
IN
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Half.com.....buy
and sell used books, movies, music and games
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1. WHAT’S NEW !
The last month has seen many additions to the LinkOn Center. There are
now over 7400 links to the Best Sites on the Internet.
Fantasy Football fanatics can find a multitude of Sites devoted to their
passion on our Football Page www.linkoncenter.com/nfl.htm Get ready for
the Winter Olympics on our Olympics Page,
www.linkoncenter.com/olympics2.htm Both are in our Sports Category.
History buffs will want to visit the newest Tables on The Wars Page,
The War of 1812 & World War I. www.linkoncenter.com/amwars.htm
Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease have been added to our
Disease Info/Advocacy Sites Page. www.linkoncenter.com/diseases.htm. There
are also some new Sites of a general nature added to the Health and Medicine
Page. www.linkoncenter.com/Health/medicine.htm
Sites about Steinbeck and Hemingway have been added to the Great
Authors Table on our Literature Page. www.linkoncenter.com/literatu.htm
We moved the Boggler Puzzle & Random Riddle to a separate page in
the Games Category. We also added a Daily Horoscope to that page. There
are links to that page on the Home Page or you can go directly to www.linkoncenter.com/lcgames.htm
In addition to the new Tables mentioned above, we add new links to many
of the existing Tables. (Many because of our Patrons’ Suggestions) So be sure
to check your Favorite Pages & Tables from time to time to see if something
new has been added.
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Attention
Teachers and Educators! Visit our
“For Educators” Page (www.linkoncenter.com/educator.htm)
for ideas on incorporating
“The
LinkOn Center” into your lesson plans. Have
your Students visit our
Education
Page (www.linkoncenter.com/edu.htm)
for Homework Help,
Reference
Works, College Planning and more. You
can also direct them to our Science/Tech., History, Arts/Culture, Government,
Politics and News Media
Categories
just to name a few. Let the
“LinkOn Center” save you and your
students
time on the ’net.
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Intel will soon launch a 1Ghz & a 1.1 Ghz Celeron Chips. Celeron
chips are used in low cost computers. Dell is already advertising a
Dimension 2100 desktop with the 1.1 Ghz Celeron chip, 128 MB of RAM
and a 15 inch monitor for $888.
Two New Search Engines Challenge Google
Two new
start-ups are aiming to improve on the immensely popular
recipe
for serving fast, relevant search results untainted by
pay-for-placement
listings. New Jersey-based Teoma went live
with a
test version in June and California
based Wisenut, launched
this
month. They both imitate Google by
sporting stripped-down
Internet
sites and touting unique technology for ranking the billions
of pages
that make up the World Wide Web. They
have also
refused
to follow a recent trend of selling placement within search
results
to advertisers.
If you get an email
with something like “New antivirus tool” in the
Subject
Line…beware. It’s actually a
virus that mimics SirCam by
using
your default mail client to spread itself.
It will also start to
randomly
delete your files. It’s being called the All3gro or Allgro Virus
For
more info go to :
www.antivirus.com/info/virusencyclo/default5.asp?Vname=TROJ_ALLGRO.A
WebMD is laying off about half of its workers … about 140 people.
Coupon
site Save.com is, for all intents and purposes, dead.
Gateway
Computers
is laying off about 5000 workers worldwide.
Rumor
has it that Gomez.com, an internet Shoppers Guide laid off another
25
people. This brings their workforce
down to about 70 people compared
with
145 six months ago.
Note: This tip applies to Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows Me.
The My Computer and Windows Explorer programs don't always list the files
currently sitting on a disk drive. To make sure you’re seeing everything you can
make the programs take a second look by pressing the F5 key along the top of
your keyboard.
If you who have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can easily change the font
size in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x without taking your hand off of the
mouse. Just hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the wheel to increase or decrease
the font size.
Software Update is a feature available with Mac OS 9 and later.
It checks for newer versions of your system software. Go to its
control panel by selecting Apple Menu, Control Panels, Software Update.
(You have to have an Internet connection to use control panel.)
After opening the control panel, click the Update Now button.
This will connect you to the Internet (assuming your Internet
settings are correct), compares your software versions with the
current versions, and lets you know what it found. You can then
choose to actually download and install the new software. You can
learn more about any update by clicking on it.
5.
A Few Words from the Editor & WebSlave
Many of us are in a rut when it comes to
our Surfing habits. We spend most
of our time on the ‘net
checking our e-mail, portfolios,
and checking account.
There’s nothing wrong
with that I guess. But think back
to the first few
times you really
discovered the internet. Remember
how amazed you were at the
vast amount of information
that was now at your fingertips? One
way to regain
that feeling is to observe
someone who is new to the internet. Turn
on a friend to
the ‘net and make it
easy for them by letting them loose on “The LinkOn Center.”
Or just make a point of
devoting some time each day or week to aimlessly
explore
the more noble side of the WEB. Delve
into our Science/Tech.Category
and visit a Science Museum
or Zoo. Go to our History Category
and learn about
a great American
President. Read an English version
of a foreign newspaper in our
News Media Category or
connect to a Poem on our Poets/Poetry Page in the
Arts/Culture Category.
Check out the Hobbies/Pets Category or … well I
think you get idea.
Explore, Enjoy the WEB!
As always, feel free to
send your comments and suggestions to:
Tevar21@hotmail.com.
(Put the Word “Suggestion” in the Subject line) I look
forward to hearing your suggestions as to how I can improve
“The LinkOn Center”.
Share Your Addiction!
Jim Ravét