Cool Sites
Useful web sites fun and free updated regularly. Whether you want a little information about technology or enhancements for photo taking there's somthing here for everybody of all ages and interests.Sunday, March 27, 2005
Tips for Micro Soft Word
MS WORD TIPS Considering Microsoft Word may be the granddaddy of all computer programs, it pays to check Tipsdr.com for some insight into the MS Word universe. Scroll down a bit and you'll find some incredibly useful tips here for Word users.
Free Computer Help
ASK FELGALL free computer tech support Here you will find HOW-TO pages that answer many frequently asked questions about computers, pages on how to customize parts of the system to work the way that you want, as well as some reference material. Just about all the computer help you need is (or soon will be) found listed within one or more of the computer help topics. You can also check the meaning of any computer term in the Glossary.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Convert anything to everything
One of the biggest problems in travelling to different countries is the complete lack of understanding of foreign weights and measurements. So this site enables practically every kind of conversion, from currency to temperature, from time to distance. There's even a sales tax calculator, too, and much more. www.convertit.com
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
A MUST IF YOUR BUYING A CAR
If you think you,re ready to buy a car, think again. Despite "no haggle" showrooms and other buzz words of today's car dealers' there are still plenty of people who don't get a great deal on a new car because they fail to prepare themselves for the negotiating process. Don't let that happen to you. Check out Edmunds.com for some advice on dealing with a salesperson. Be sure to read steps 8 & 9.
HISTORIC PLACES
If you dread those business trips out of town, why not liven up your trip with a little bit of culture? Next time you have to visit corporate headquarters for a three hour brainstorming session on a new name for your company's annual report, plan a visit to historic locale. With links to all 50 states , the National Register of Historic Places includes famous and not so famous buildings that are forever linked to the American landscape and potentially just around the corner.
VIDEO HELP
This site will help you to make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, DV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF.
PHOTOSHOP CONTEST
PHOTOSHOP CONTEST
Are you a whiz with Photoshop who's looking for a little recognition? Check out worth1000.com, where you can check out masterpieces of other Photoshop aficionados and enter your own greatest work.
Are you a whiz with Photoshop who's looking for a little recognition? Check out worth1000.com, where you can check out masterpieces of other Photoshop aficionados and enter your own greatest work.
HOTSPOT FINDER
Looking for a place in Orlando, FL., to surf the Web? Maybe you need to upload some images while you're traveling along the interstate in Colorado -- where do you stop? Check out the hotspot finder for where you should stop.
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Baby Name Wizard
I don't care if you're having a baby, had a baby, don't ever want to have a baby, or haven't ever seen a real baby in person. If you have a name, you should see this site, which graphs the popularity of certain names over time, and which lets you troll various decades just to find out the most interesting names. Hours of fun?OK tens of minutes of fun.
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I don't care if you're having a baby, had a baby, don't ever want to have a baby, or haven't ever seen a real baby in person. If you have a name, you should see this site, which graphs the popularity of certain names over time, and which lets you troll various decades just to find out the most interesting names. Hours of fun?OK tens of minutes of fun.
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Zip Decode
Zip Decode
I think this site's getting a bit too much attention lately, because it's behaving a bit slowly, but Ben Fry's Zip Decode site has mapped all the zip codes in the United States. Type in numbers (make sure you turn on zoom!) and watch the map dynamically narrow itself down to a specific location. Use: unknown. Coolness: extreme.
I think this site's getting a bit too much attention lately, because it's behaving a bit slowly, but Ben Fry's Zip Decode site has mapped all the zip codes in the United States. Type in numbers (make sure you turn on zoom!) and watch the map dynamically narrow itself down to a specific location. Use: unknown. Coolness: extreme.
SHAREWARE
Ever feel like you 've been left off the invitation list to the shareware party? If so why not head straight to the source for all the shareware your PC or Mac will ever need at shareware.com?
FREEWARE
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability. Will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).
FREEWARE
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability. Will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).
Helpful Sites
WORLD RADIO
Those shortwave raido guys you see hanging out at the Arby's know a lot of things you don't, mainly because the audio world is at their fingertips. Now you can join them, thanks to the World Radio Network, which provides access to numerous stations across the globe.
SEARCH ENGINE
You can Google all you want, but you have to admit there's something aesthetically pleasing and almost serene about wisenut.com. The search engine is incredibly straightforward , and the WiseSearch option is intuitive and helpful.
FAST FOOD
If you're trying to stick to your New Year's resolution to lose weight, don't let those fast-food lunches during the workday blow it for you. See how many calories you're putting on with the information available at chowbaby.com.
HTML goodies
I can always tell when there is a new
command that is in vogue. I start getting all kinds of email asking
how to do it. Well, this is the new thing. I don't know why, but everyone
wants to know how to create these little windows that pop up.
All the Geocities pages have them. Other pages use them as control panels operating the main window. If you decide to go with this kind of pop up window, use it sparingly.
I think they become an annoyance after a while. Sort of like some guy
telling you the same joke every time he meets you. It's fun about three
times. Then you start yelling at the screen. I do at least. It really
scares the cat.
Golf Business Info
The PGA of America has a Web site to help you understand the golf business a $62 billion a year industry.
At pgamarketingcenter.com, you can learn about marking, advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
The PGA of America was founded in 1916 to promote the game of golf.
Those shortwave raido guys you see hanging out at the Arby's know a lot of things you don't, mainly because the audio world is at their fingertips. Now you can join them, thanks to the World Radio Network, which provides access to numerous stations across the globe.
SEARCH ENGINE
You can Google all you want, but you have to admit there's something aesthetically pleasing and almost serene about wisenut.com. The search engine is incredibly straightforward , and the WiseSearch option is intuitive and helpful.
FAST FOOD
If you're trying to stick to your New Year's resolution to lose weight, don't let those fast-food lunches during the workday blow it for you. See how many calories you're putting on with the information available at chowbaby.com.
HTML goodies
I can always tell when there is a new
command that is in vogue. I start getting all kinds of email asking
how to do it. Well, this is the new thing. I don't know why, but everyone
wants to know how to create these little windows that pop up.
All the Geocities pages have them. Other pages use them as control panels operating the main window. If you decide to go with this kind of pop up window, use it sparingly.
I think they become an annoyance after a while. Sort of like some guy
telling you the same joke every time he meets you. It's fun about three
times. Then you start yelling at the screen. I do at least. It really
scares the cat.
Golf Business Info
The PGA of America has a Web site to help you understand the golf business a $62 billion a year industry.
At pgamarketingcenter.com, you can learn about marking, advertising and sponsorship opportunities.
The PGA of America was founded in 1916 to promote the game of golf.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
1936 Wealthy Industrialist Founds Charity
Henry Ford established the Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization, on this day. The foundation was set up partly to allow the Ford family to retain control of the Ford Motor Company after Henry Ford's death, avoiding new inheritance laws. But its charitable works were very real. At its height, the Ford Foundation had assets of $4 billion. The foundation works to promote population control and to prevent famine; to promote the arts and educational media; and to work for peace and the protection of the environment.
Monday, March 14, 2005
With prices hiked as high as 60 percent, eBay competitors are licking their chops
The increased fees, which went into effect on February 18, are some of the highest hikes in eBay history—up to 60 percent for some of the services offered by the largest auction site in the world. The four previous yearly price increases—though widely disdained by sellers—did nothing to hamper eBay’s revenues, which totaled $805.9 million in the third quarter of 2004.
For the fifth year in a row, news outlets have dutifully reported an outcry from sellers filled with animus toward the San Jose, California, company—an Internet behemoth with at least 60 million users worldwide.
The number of signatures on an online petition protesting eBay’s latest fees hike has climbed to 200,000. That’s still a drop in eBay’s bucket, and these petitioners haven’t even promised to take their business elsewhere. Industry analysts have described these eBayers as a vocal minority, whose influence is unlikely to spread to the site’s loyalists, who believe that no other company can provide the same amount of traffic as eBay.
Whether this year’s fee increase will affect eBay negatively, I don't know, but the market is ripe for serious competition. Established e-commerce site Overstock.com launched its auction service in September of last year and reported a recent jump in the numbers of listings. I think a lot of sellers are hoping for a viable competitor to eBay.
The cost of selling on Overstock.com is substantially less, which may be music to eBay sellers’ ears. Some fees are 67 percent lower than the online auction giant’s. Auction site ePier.com also offers a lower-priced option to eBay.
While some auction sites have lower fees, others are experimenting with new business models. Auction site Jittery.com, which is still in beta phase, is free because it's built around a marketing platform. Just like Google doesn’t charge to use its search, but uses advertising to pay for itself.
Disappointment with eBay should be good news for new upstarts. eBay has almost no competition, so it's a pretty open field if you want to challenge them. How many people expected Google to come along and knock down Yahoo? Yahoo was the accepted search. And here comes Google and supplants them dramatically. Also, I don’t think you have to beat eBay to be successful—there’s room.
For the fifth year in a row, news outlets have dutifully reported an outcry from sellers filled with animus toward the San Jose, California, company—an Internet behemoth with at least 60 million users worldwide.
The number of signatures on an online petition protesting eBay’s latest fees hike has climbed to 200,000. That’s still a drop in eBay’s bucket, and these petitioners haven’t even promised to take their business elsewhere. Industry analysts have described these eBayers as a vocal minority, whose influence is unlikely to spread to the site’s loyalists, who believe that no other company can provide the same amount of traffic as eBay.
Whether this year’s fee increase will affect eBay negatively, I don't know, but the market is ripe for serious competition. Established e-commerce site Overstock.com launched its auction service in September of last year and reported a recent jump in the numbers of listings. I think a lot of sellers are hoping for a viable competitor to eBay.
The cost of selling on Overstock.com is substantially less, which may be music to eBay sellers’ ears. Some fees are 67 percent lower than the online auction giant’s. Auction site ePier.com also offers a lower-priced option to eBay.
While some auction sites have lower fees, others are experimenting with new business models. Auction site Jittery.com, which is still in beta phase, is free because it's built around a marketing platform. Just like Google doesn’t charge to use its search, but uses advertising to pay for itself.
Disappointment with eBay should be good news for new upstarts. eBay has almost no competition, so it's a pretty open field if you want to challenge them. How many people expected Google to come along and knock down Yahoo? Yahoo was the accepted search. And here comes Google and supplants them dramatically. Also, I don’t think you have to beat eBay to be successful—there’s room.
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