“Paper is all around us and the demand for paper is increasing. With hundreds of final uses, paper satisfies many important human needs – paper is a part of everyday life.” I couldn’t beat an intro like that so I quoted the site.
At Paper Online you’ll find:
What is Paper? — Learn about paper and its uses.
The History of Paper &mdash… Continue reading
It has been a long time since I found a great page of quotations that I could bring to you. This one sure takes the cake. It is highly searchable! You can quotes by topic, author, and user. Or you can check out the Top 10 or the current feature. When I was at the site Pablo Picasso
“This site examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph. Currently, we have obtained 335 speech samples.”
You can choose a dialect from the side menu or you can use the drop down menu in the middle of the page to navigate the site. To listen to the samples you will need Quick Time, if you… Continue reading
After listening to the samples of English on the Speech Accent Archive (see yesterday’s cool site), you will probably have noticed that we say things very differently depending on what region of the United States one is from.
Well this quiz will tell you if you have more of a Yankee or Dixie quality to the ways you pronounce things. Answer how you would… Continue reading
Mystic Seaport is the Museum of America and the Sea. Located in Connecticut for you brave adventurers who will seek it out. This place is really neat. It is a re-created 19th century coastal village. I highly recommend checking out the Welcome section and reading the history of the seaport. It started out in 1600s as a shipbuilding community and then, when wooden shipbuilding went into… Continue reading
If there is any measurement you need to convert you will probably find it here on this site. I mean they have everything from length to clothing sizes (For those of us who like to shop online and internationally).
In the Length section you’ll find conversion calculators for:
Common Length Conversions – A few of the more common length and distance units. Such as feet… Continue reading
So I’ve been on this big sailing kick and I found this great site on knots. Well as you all know sailors tie knots on the ropes of the boat. Here are some great knots that you can learn to tie. Bowline, Double Loop, Sheepshank, Figure Eight Stopper, Reef, Splice, Tie (like neck tie), Windsor (also a neck tie knot).
There are many more and they would… Continue reading
America’s Best and Worse Crime Cities
Are you thinking of moving in the near future to a metropolitan area? Or are you curious how your city ranks? Well then you definitely might want to check out this site. To find the complete list you’ll notice a little link on the first page that says “Complete List” with Check out the methodology underneath it. This will give you all… Continue reading
Do you share a computer with other users and want some extra security on your folders? There are two ways to password protect a folder built into Windows XP (for other Windows flavors, there are some freeware/shareware programs out there). If you’d like to password protect a flash drive, please read this tip.
If you have a log in
Q:
I heard that floppy drives are being phased out. Is there a way to copy my floppies to cd?
A:
Most new computers don’t even come with a floppy drive anymore. Many options for data storage are on the market that have larger capacity than our familiar little disk: CD-R/RW, DVD, Flash Memory, portable hard drives, and USB keys (aka “thumb drives”). While a lot of us… Continue reading
