| What's this about? Well, I've been cruising the 'net for a while. I'm a
technophile (lots of gadgets), but I find my friends and family are always looking for
some help where to look for answers [and perhaps some questions!] - here is a short list
of resources that I have found to be the best. ALL ARE FREE after all, I
am a cheapskate! If you've found something better than one of the below, |
Places To Go
A Place of
Your Own
- Free
E-Mail [Yahoo] Nice thing about free mail services is that you can read it from the
web .
- Build it yourself Home Page with News, etc. [Yahoo]
Sign up for free mail with Yahoo first (first bullet above).
- If you want to create your own web pages, there are lots of choices. For simple
starters, I recommend "Front Page Express" which comes with older
versions of Internet Explorer.
If you have Internet Explorer, click the "Help->Product Updates" and follow
directions. Netscape also has a pretty simple page editor. Microsoft Word
can do the trick, but does dirty rotten (Microsoft only) tricks that are best
avoided.
Finding Things
- Chat with a friend ONLINE AOL Instant Messenger,
Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ. You can then chat
with them, send 'em messages, files, web addresses, etc. In fact, check below and you'll
notice if I'm online or not.
- Find a Person (or a business) via SwitchBoard
(or try PeopleFinder a fee based
service)
- Find a Subject:
- Google The best search engine bar
none.
beware, you may get "nasty" results from innocent searches.
- MetaCrawler searches using the other search
tools - usually with good results.
beware, however, you may get "nasty" results from innocent searches.
- Find a place (maps, driving directions)
[Yahoo]. Google has some nice maps, too.
- Find a Business (in any area) [yp.yahoo.com]
Booking Travel
Reservations
- CheapTickets.com Good interface for finding deals.
- Yahoo Travel Network (aka
Travelocity)
- Expedia [Microsoft Network] reservations (must
register)
- And don't forget to check with some of the airlines themselves as the
often have specials available only to web users who go directly to their
sites. Alaska, United, American, Southwest, ...
Play GAMES
Online
- Check out games.yahoo.com for some good Java based
games. You should first sign up for Yahoo Mail, though.
Family
Resources
Things To See
Cool Pictures
Humor
Tech Stuff
E-Mail, SPAM,
and Mail Forwarding
I now have a separate treatise on dealing with SPAM, protecting your privacy
and managing your E-mail. CHECK
HERE
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