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Saturday, August 24, 2002 ( 8:40 PM ) MB I've found a fun site for kids. Kaboose Network has three sections: Funschool, Zeeks, and KidsDomain. Funschool has free online educational games for children from preschool through 6th grade. It also offers pages to print (puzzles, wordsearches, coloring pages, origami instructions, and stickers). Zeeks has games, activities, and information about science, holidays, social studies, and other interesting stuff. There are also kid-friendly bulletin boards with a variety of topics to discuss. KidsDomain has games, crafts, graphics, reviews of software and games for kids, information about holidays, downloads, and useful links for kids and parents. This group of sites is entertaining and informative and free! It's probably one of the last sites like this for kids that doesn't require a subscription. Permalink ( 7:49 PM ) MB I want a movie computer! Have you ever noticed: How movie computers can run any and all software? Never have a "blue screen of death"? Can access information on any computer in the world, even ones without a modem? That they have unlimited memory but it can all be saved on one small floppy disk? I bet they never have pop-ups either. Permalink Friday, August 23, 2002 ( 3:47 PM ) MB Top Searches on Yahoo: The list includes the week's U.S. top 20 and the top 10 in various countries around the world. The Lycos 50: Shows the top 50 searches on Lycos for the past week. Also includes archived lists. Google Zeitgeist: Offers the top 10 gaining queries, top 10 declining queries, a graph showing types of Web browsers used to access Google, operating systems, languages used, and top queries for the previous month. Also shows top ten lists for the U.K., Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Japan, and Italy. One time I saw "FinderCreations" on a top search list...but then I woke up. Oh, well, I can keep dreaming. Permalink ( 3:05 PM ) MB Chinese Roast Pork 2 pounds lean pork Marinade: 3 Tbls. soy sauce 5 Tbls. hoisin sauce 2 tsps. sherry 1/4 tsp. Chinese five-spice 1/2-inch slice ginger, crushed Lightly score pork. Combine marinade ingredients and rub into meat. Let stand 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place pork on a rack in a roasting pan and bake 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and bake an additional 40 to 50 minutes, until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees. Serves 4 to 6. Permalink ( 2:49 PM ) MB In an article about spammers, the people who are sending out this detritus talk about vigilantes who try to stop them or harrass them. The spammers seem to think that they are helping out small businesses who don't have the capital to advertise the same way a large corporation would. I try to be objective. I try to look at both sides of an issue...but somehow I just can't feel any sympathy for these people. They clog up my mailbox with garbage, they use cloaking to hide their identities, and people complain about the spam and the products they sell. Shouldn't this give them a clue that maybe what they are doing just isn't right? Find out more at Spamhaus.org. Permalink Thursday, August 22, 2002 ( 9:18 PM ) MB For those of you with high speed connections, check out Retromedia.tv. You can watch RealPlayer clips of old commercials and TV show promos. The commercials include some memorable ones like the Pollution PSA from 1970, Paul Masson Wine (we will sell no wine before its time), several soft drink commercials and some cigarette commercials. Check out the Kids' TV archive for clips from cartoon openings (The Beatles, Speed Racer, Spiderman, Underdog, and more). Don't miss the Schoolhouse Rock clip about (Wow!) interjections. There's also a message board to discuss your favorites from the past. Permalink ( 8:22 PM ) MB I've been reading movie spoilers. I was looking at some where I had read the books but have not seen the movies...I don't know why it still surprises me that the movies are so unlike the books. Click on the spoiler archives link to see the listing of all the movies. Each listing has a synopsis, including the ending, and a link to the movie's trailer. Permalink ( 7:11 PM ) MB Dulce de Leche 4 cups milk 2 cups sugar 1/4 tsp. baking soda pinch of ground cinnamon Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat without stirring until the mixture boils (15 - 20 minutes). Remove from heat (it puffs up when it boils, so you need to remove it long enough for it to settle down a bit.) Reduce heat to low and place saucepan back on the burner. Cook, stirring frequently, until mixture becomes caramel colored and thickens enough that you can see the bottom of the pan when stirring (about 45 - 60 minutes). Cool and refrigerate. Use as a sauce on desserts or as a dip for fresh fruit. It's also good on toast and pancakes. You may substitute a bit of vanilla extract for the cinnamon. Permalink Tuesday, August 20, 2002 ( 11:49 PM ) MB A memory game. I only got to the fourth level, but my excuse is that it's late and I'm taking pain medication. Permalink ( 4:13 PM ) MB For all the Web Designers out there...(or former Web Designers turned programmers...Jerry). And for all those who fear the Evil Empire...you know what I mean and they know who you are. Permalink ( 3:42 PM ) MB Can't find the manual for that gadget or appliance you got a while back? Check out LiveManuals.com for a list of companies with links to product manuals and other support. Permalink ( 3:30 PM ) MB What to say to telemarketers. No, there's no bad language. It's a script to get them to stop calling you...although what you may be thinking and what you really want to say at the time is up to you. Permalink ( 3:04 PM ) MB NetStat Live offers a nifty tool for checking your network connection speed and graphs your CPU usage. Permalink Monday, August 19, 2002 ( 10:17 PM ) MB I am 54% Internet Addict  I am pretty addicted, but there is hope. I think I'm just well connected to the internet and technology, but it's really a start of a drug-like addiction. I must act now! Unplug this computer! Take the Internet Addict Test at fuali.com Only 54%? Some people (Jeff) might argue that this number is too low. Permalink ( 12:56 PM ) MB We like links! Here is a list (in no particular order) of some of the sites I found in a search for ones that link to JoeAnt. Elihu Burritt Library Links Pages: Central Connecticut State University L. Huffman Studios & Gallery @-Web SearchDay Newsletter July 5, 2001 Computer Weekly: July 26, 2001 My Search Engines.com Danmarks Biblioteksskoles Bibliotek WhiteLines.net Important family portals and search resources Amy E. Fraser (worth a visit for the art work) Richland College Library Carroll College Corette Library Onalaskaweb Boise State University Promotion Data.com Searchezee ClickforChoice Online Magazine Algonquin College Library MotoriDiricerca (Italian) and LesMoteursdeRecherche (French) NJ Night Sky Business Week Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet Scottsdale Public Library WebGrammar Web Masters Den Brisbane Institute of TAFE Library Pandecta Disney Rental Homes Christian Search Network First Choice Portable Chillers Internet-based Distributed Computing Projects Green-Bean.com: Search Tools Hurtigsøgning AllAutoReviews.com SEO Consultants BellCow ECKI.com akaKul.co.uk: Useful resources Digital Marketing Company EuroSeek.com Søg på SG Heriot Watt University Library DukerSearch AB Seits Web62.com University of Minnesota Duluth Library University of Sherbrooke Library 192 Directory Southern France.com Apartment Specials.com WebLens Yakeo CIME División CID Biblioteca Green Bay USA Essex Anglo-Japanese Society TheatreLinks.com InternetBrus Finding What You Need on the Internet National Library of Australia University at Albany Libraries and here Route 66 DMC Medical Cyclone's Tilbudet.dk WebSavvy Son Así (Salsa band in the Netherlands) SearchCode Highland Park Public Library Clevereintragen.de About Search Engine Optimization SEO411 EUC Nordvestsjaelland Direktori Web Secara Umum Folha Do Brasil The Shuttle Permalink ( 12:31 PM ) MB Most webmasters are happy when a site links to their site. Links help new people find your site...this is what we want, right? A blog named "Don't Link to Us" has found sites that have "linking policies" that require you to ask permission to link to them and/or permit linking to just a few specific URLs within their sites. My favorite is the one that says, ""You may refer to the URL of this Web Site without limitation, but you may not link to this Web Site without the prior written approval of DKSystems." I think I need that one explained to me. Instead of being online, maybe they should have just made a paper copy of their site and filed it away somewhere. If you disagree with me and think access to your site should be limited, here's a filter to block links from specific URLs. Permalink |
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