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10 Incredible Blowouts! All Titles $6.97 or LESS!

Plus, buy 3 or more and take 15% off between now and 09-08-2003!

#1 - The Date You Were Born - This is soooooo cool. Ever wonder what happened the year you - or your friends / family - were born? This software gives you information on historical events, sports, movies, hit records, celebrities, and even the cost of living (here's mine)! You can print this information as a certificate or newspaper page and give it away as a gift! Tons of fun and only $6.97! Very popular!

# 2 - Grolier 2003 Multimedia Encyclopedia - One of the best CD ROM encyclopedias on the market. 39,000+ articles, 15,000 + images, 200+ videos, 750+ sound clips - and more. On sale for just $4.97!! (retails for $39.95).

# 3 - Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - This is the #1 typing program on the planet. If you want to type better (don't we all? :-) then this is for you. It's really well done and really easy to work with. Stop hunting and pecking! for $4.97, how can you go wrong?

# 4 - Calendar Creator 9 - What perfect timing! Create calendars for 2004 with this year's photos! It's a gift friends and family will enjoy all year long! Even add your own important dates to it! Great - and just $6.97!

# 5 - American Heritage Talking Dictionary - This is our best price ever on this one! Just $6.97 for a dictionary that's not only easy to use, but also uses your computer's speakers to pronounce the words for you! Really popular!

# 6 - 3D Home Interiors - Want to redecorate your home but aren't sure if you'll like the new look? Well, with this you can draw the room and experiment with different furniture, appliances, accessories, etc. The retail on this is $69.95, your price is only $6.97 - it's a heck of a buy!

# 7 - 1001 Essential Letters - Don't let writer's block stop you from creating that perfect letter! This covers just about every type of letter you'll ever need - plus it's only $6.97!

# 8 - 10,000 Drink Recipes - Put your local bartender to shame with this collection. Mix the prefect drink for any occasion - $6.97! Very popular! (Of course, please drink responsibly).

# 9 Dogz 3 - Dogz 3 are virtual Petz that live on your computer desktop. From little puppy-Dogz, you raise them as they grow, play, and learn together. $4.97 never bought so much fun!

#10 - The Human Body - An awesome resource that examines biological processes, body systems, and anatomy. Stunning 3D graphics and in-depth text make learning about yourself fun and easy. Yours for $6.97!

Computers 101

Q:
I can hear instrumental music on websites, but on other sites that have sounds I don't hear anything. Is there some way to fix this?

A:
Most instrumental music on web pages are MIDI files while other sounds like "You've got mail!" are usually WAV files. Rather than representing musical sound directly, MIDI files transmit information about how a song should sound that is then processed by your sound card. WAV files represent musical sound directly.

Both types have their own volume control in your computer.

Go down to your system tray (RH corner next to clock) and double click your speaker icon. A volume control interface will come up.

Make sure that you have your Wave, MIDI (on my computer it says "SW Synth", yours may be different), and CD audio all turned up and that "Mute" is unchecked.

This should allow you to hear all the sounds of the web (for better or worse :-)

~ David

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Tip of the Day

HELP!

Did you know that just about every program out there has a help menu?

Did you also know that the ones that don't usually have online support or message boards for users?

You would be amazed at how much you can find out with a simple click. Try it. Find "Help" up there in your toolbar and click (or you can just hit F1 on your keyboard).

Ever want to find out what version of a program you have? That's there too. Just choose "About..." to get all the info you need. Sometimes it will give you the developer's website where you can go for additional help and software updates.

If you're having problems with technical issues, sometimes you'll see a "Read Me" menu item that can help with known issues.

Run across a program bug? Check the Help menu again - it may have a "Report Bugs" or "Feedback" option.

And you thought the help file was just for program instructions :-).

~ David

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Irish Literature, Mythology, Folk Lore, and Drama

I fell in love with this site. It is a great site for those of us who always wished we were Irish to those who grew up being Irish. Here you can find the history of Ireland, learn about Gaelic (the Irish language), read through Periodicals, not to mention check out literature, mythology and folklore.

That's a lot of information jam packed into one site. I challenge you to explore through this site that is so rich with history and charm. Read about all this rich mythology and folklore, you'll be entertained and intrigued for hours.

http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com