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List of the Month
Each month we highlight an Internet,
USENET Special Interest Group (SIG), or similar mailing
list(s) or Website(s).
TipWorld's "Cool Web Site of the
Day"
If you visit the TipWorld homepage, http://www.topica.com/tipworld/,
you will find a long list of daily and weekly newsletters
that you can subscribe to, at no cost, and will be sent
to you via E-mail. One of these is the "Cool Web
Site of the Day." The sites they choose won't always
be of interest to you, of course, but they do manage to
uncover some really good sources of information and/or
entertainment. Below are some recent examples of sites
and the explanations that accompany them. If you like
these, visit the TipWorld site and
subscribe the the newsletter. It is listed under the
"Internet" heading. You can also choose to
subscribe to other newsletters at the same time, if you
like.
http://www.mystarslive.com/
When you look up into the night
sky, do you see a bunch of blinking lights and
wonder what they are? Well, wonder no more. The
Interactive Star Chart at MyStarsLive.com is a
fantastic resource for amateur astronomers and
just plain ol' stargazers. When you visit the
site, all you have to do is choose your location,
time, and view, and MyStarsLive will generate a
star map of the skies above your home. The chart
identifies stars, planets, constellations, and
galaxies and even warns you about upcoming events
like eclipses, asteroids, and meteor showers.
Don't wish upon a falling star without it!
- THE ARCHIVE OF MISHEARD LYRICS -
04/11/2001 by Jim Welp
- http://www.kissthisguy.com
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- What do you get when you cross a generation of
drug-addled musicians slurring their convoluted
lyrics at mind-numbing decibels to a generation
of drug-addled fans striving to understand the
meaning? The Archive of Misheard Lyrics, that's
what. They're all here, from "There's a
Bathroom on the Right," to "Excuse Me
While I Kiss This Guy," to "I Fight
With Dorothy and Dorothy Always Wins." If
you don't find this site a hilarious trip down
memory lane, well, you probably blew out your
memory in addition to your hearing.
http://www.time.gov/
I believe it was Tom Robbins who
said, "Time was only invented to keep
everything from happening at once." Or
something like that. Whatever the quote, you have
to agree time is a pretty helpful feature. And if
you're going to pay attention to the time, you
might as well be accurate. At The Official US
Time Clock Web site, you'll find a giant
Java-animated clock with the current time as
agreed upon by the United States Department of
Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, and the US Naval Observatory. For you
skeptics out there who reckon that if three
gummint agencies come up with the time, it's
probably half past 33 o'clock, listen to this
modest claim: "The time maintained ...
should never differ by more than 0.0000001
seconds from
Coordinated Universal Time." So if you have
a friend who's routinely late by more than
0.0000001 seconds, forward him or her this note
and there will be NO more excuses!
- INTERNET ANAGRAM SERVER -
04/06/2001 by Jim Welp
- http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html
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- Obese cow lit. Bite close ow! Bet cool we is. Web
coot isle. What in blazes am I going on about?
Sadly, those are all anagrams for "Cool Web
Site." And did I figure that out by wasting
countless hours rearranging the letters in this
newsletter's name? No I did not. I found that out
by wasting countless hours at the Internet
Anagram Server. This site is a hoot for word
fans. Just type in a word or string of words and
the server spits out perfect anagrams. Once
you're done rearranging the letters in the names
of your loved ones, be sure to check out the
"Hall of Fame," where you'll learn that
Elvis = Lives, Evangelist = Evil's Agent, and
Clothespins = So Let's Pinch.
- CALENDAR ZONE - 03/29/2001
- http://www.calendarzone.com/
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- Quick, what day is today? Cheater--you peeked at
your computer display for the answer. Anyone who
has ever gone on a prolonged vacation can vouch
for how difficult it is to keep track of the days
without constant graphic reminders. Calendar Zone
will make sure you always have the right calendar
to match your interests, lifestyle, or mood.
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- How about a bioregional calendar for the New Ager
in you? There are historical, millennial,
cultural, and even military calendars to spice up
the ways you track time. There are calendar
quotes and poetry and even a recipe for
calzone--just don't ask me why.
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