With a slogan like “Feed your Brain”, who can resist this site? Not me, that’s for certain.
Check out the Time Portal, Weather, Space, Creature World, Earth Science, and their Free Stuff section. Better yet, there is a Young Scientist gallery section for those rambunctious kids you have running around all summer.
Streamlined and extremely well put together, this site is charming and full of… Continue reading
Q:
In Windows XP when I go into Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) there are a lot of programs running under “Processes” that I have never seen before and don’t know what they are for. How can I find out what these “processes” are for and how to keep them from loading if I don’t really need them?
A:
Think of those processes as the parts under the hood of… Continue reading
Do you need an expert opinion? You can definitely find one at All Experts. Choose the category you have a question about and choose the area of the topic your question is in. Then choose someone in the forum to answer your question. Put in the question and e-mail address, and they will get back to you. I’ve quoted below their info on response time. I… Continue reading
For those of you out there who don’t mind watching time tick away, or are just bored and have a few minutes to kill, check out this super spiffy clock. Also for those of you who loved the floating clock that told you the date and time, you’ll love this one too.
The clock has numbers, and a very wiggly second hand that keeps… Continue reading
A site that really can save you money! At Fat Wallet you can find coupons for discounts on computers, printers, books and much more. Choose from the categories on the sidebar, which will take you to the coupons they have for that section. For instance, you can save money on your pet needs by checking out the Pets section.
Or if you want a quicker way… Continue reading
“Into the garden and beyond” is this site’s slogan. It has everything when it comes to gardening. You can check out the “Reading Room”—where there are online books, catalogs, and such. Or try “Teaching the Garden”—where you’ll find “Enough databases, glossaries, FAQs, special topic WWW pages, collections, and plant lists to keep the info-junkies among us busy for quite a while.”
My favorite part… Continue reading
The Constellations and their Stars
Well, you must think I have my head in the stars or something! We learned about “Naked Eye Astronomy”, now I’m bringing you a site on the actually constellations and the stars that make them up. Here you can learn what exactly a constellation is, view interactive sky charts, get an alphabetical listing of constellations and stars.
My favorite parts of the site… Continue reading
Most CD writers come with some kind of CD writing software. Since this varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, this is going to be a VERY basic lesson. It should help get you started though.
Not sure where your CD burning program is? It should be lurking somewhere under the Start menu, Programs (it’s not necessarily on your desktop or quick launch toolbar)
Join Jack Horkheimer in Star Gazer, a television program on PBS that last from 1 to 5 minutes. The show is about “Naked Eye” Astronomy, and tells you what Constellations you can see with your own eyes during the week ahead.
Not sure if you should check it out in your own home, you can see any of the episodes from 2002 on their site… Continue reading
The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall
“The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page is dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. Since it first went on line in 1996 it has evolved into something more. It is now also a place of healing for those affected by one of the most divisive wars in our nation’s history.”
I couldn’t describe it better after having viewed the site… Continue reading
