Spring 2004, Volume 1

I have added a page to my web site at www.thecomputerman.biz where you can find all of my past and present newsletters so you can refer to them at any time you wish, or tell your friends about them too....

Welcome to the Early Spring edition of my Tips Newsletter.
 I hope you find something in it that interests you. I try to provide informative, interesting, and some fun things for you to explore. I should mention that I check out all web sites I mention and believe they are functioning at the time I created this news letter. Perhaps at a later time when you try them they may be out of service or no longer available on the web.  Enjoy.... Jules

     If this is still a problem for you perhaps you can use this tip:

     Go to my web site at www.thecomputerman.biz. Click on the link to More Pages. Then click on the Newsletters Link. Click on the link to the newsletter you want to view and print. In the Internet Explorer menu at the top of the page click on File. Click on Print Preview. If the page looks like it is all fitting on the page width then you can safely print it. If it is not fitting on the width of the page in the preview window....you need to adjust the page margins.

    To adjust the page margins, Click on "Close" to exit the print preview screen. Once again click on File and then click on Page Setup. In the window that pops up, change the left and right margins each to "0" (zero) and the top and bottom margins to .25 each. Now go back and try the Print Preview and see if all the page is showing. If so, then it is safe to print.

     This tip is useful to try before printing any web page. By the way, this setting should remain like that when you return to Internet Explorer, so you should not have to re-set it again. Hope this helps.... 

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/

Operation Paperback is non-profit organization that is sending "gently used" books to our troops overseas. With many US soldiers still deployed overseas I wanted to bring this site to your attention.

http://operationpaperback.usmilitarysupport.org/

So You Wanna.com?

So, you wanna learn how to do something, or know something, or try something. This is the place to find out how.

http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Sand Castle Central

You guessed it this site is about sand castles.

http://www.sandcastlecentral.com/

 Here are a couple of animated graphics you can copy or save for you use!

Spy Checker

"How do I know if a program I am downloading is spyware?"

Well, if you want to find out if a freeware program you are about to download is spyware, adware, or will install third-party components (foistware) on your system, this is where to go.

http://www.spychecker.com/

Now for some more interesting Web Sites:

http://www.audiotreasure.com/

You can read newspapers from around the world, check out art and other forms of media. Even if you don't travel, you can find tons of information on Europe, Asia, and other cultures from all over the world. A great way to broaden your perspective in travel and culture.

http://www.escapeartist.com/media/media.htm

You’ll find a collection of Famous Last Words from real people and fictional characters, as well as, Famous Epitaphs, Famous Wills and Obituaries, Famous Last Stands, and Famous Farewells.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6537/

Do you suffer from environmental allergies? Want to know the pollen and mold information for your area?

http://www.allernet.com

Well you’ve probably all read or heard about natural wonders of the world. This is a site dedicated to the Unnatural Wonders around the world. 

http://www.thom.org/gallery/unnat/

"The etymology and history of first names," is what this site is about. Y

http://behindthename.com/

National Geographic brings you the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, from Folklore to Forever. 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

A site brought to you by the U.S. Naval Observatory that declares: "You can obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon's phase..."

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

This is a neat history site. 

http://www.ushistory.org/

The U.S Department of Agriculture for Kids is a cool site.  This is a great educational tool for your kids, and even your grandkids.

http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/

This site boasts being "a slightly bizarre, cyberspace, science museum for all ages." 

http://www.unmuseum.org/

This is a fabulous site teaching about innovations in agriculture. 

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/

MSSS (Malin Space Science Systems) designs, develops, and operates instruments that fly on robotic spacecraft. This gallery has wonderful and beautiful pictures from Mars, and from the Mars Orbiter Camera. 

http://www.msss.com/

This is a neat site where you can view some of America's goofiest patents. 

http://www.totallyabsurd.com/

This is a great safety alert site, here you can check out recalls on products from multiple genres such as: Food, Food Allergy, Drugs, Auto, Household, Infant/Child, Toys, Car Seats, Vitamins, Furniture, Cosmetics, Clothing, Outdoor, Sports, and Appliances. 

http://www.safetyalerts.com/

Learn about the flag that inspired our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner."

http://web8.si.edu/nmah/htdocs/ssb-old/2_home/fs2.html

You can find a manual for just about anything on this site. You can search by manufacturer or by product or you can just look through all the categories. 

http://www.livemanuals.com/

The oldest free genealogy site on the web—search for you ancestors here. You can even find living relatives, MetaSearch, and browse through the Social Security Death Index.

http://www.rootsweb.com/

"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page is dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. 

http://thewall-usa.com/

Here you can learn what exactly a constellation is, view interactive sky charts, get an alphabetical listing of constellations and stars.

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

Do you need a tutorial? With this A to Z listing you'll find a tutorial on pretty much anything.

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/sitemap.asp

A site that really can save you money! At Fat Wallet you can find coupons for discounts on computers, printers, books and much more. 

http://www.fatwallet.com/

Do you need an expert opinion? You can definitely find one at All Experts. 

http://www.allexperts.com/

Check out the Time Portal, Weather, Space, Creature World, Earth Science, and their Free Stuff section. Better yet, there is a Young Scientist gallery section.

http://www.extremescience.com/site_map.htm

This site is the epitome of time and date information. You can find time information from all time zones and calendars of all shapes and sizes. Whatever information about times and dates you need, you can find it here.

http://www.timeanddate.com/

Well you can find out with this site. Find out the current Latitude, Longitude and Altitude of the International Space Station daily. Check out their daily picture taken from the Space Station.

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html

Now For Some Fun and Games:

Have you ever wanted to learn to juggle? Or just see how they do it? Well you can learn at this site. 

http://www.multihobbies.com/

Run Rabbit Run : an Egg-Citing Adventure. This is a neat little game not for the faint of heart. 

http://www.runrabbitrun.com/

This web site claims to, "tell you everything you need to know about the basics of making pysanky (more commonly known as Ukrainian Easter Eggs)! 

http://www.learnpysanky.com/

This site is a treasure chest of information, not to mention organized and brilliant. You will find the history of spirituals, actual songs, singers, and composers. 

http://www.negrospirituals.com/

The official Dilbert Comic Strip website. 

http://www.dilbert.com/

This site contains over 400 different types of classic soda machines. 

http://soda-machines.com/machines/index.html

This is the World Ice Art Championships. Check out the Web Cam and see the last picture that the Web Ice Cam took, which is Jur-Ice-Ic Park. You can also check out the information for next year's event, and the tentative schedule.

http://www.icealaska.com/

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