Welcome to the Official SPAM homepage. We aren’t talking about unwanted email, but the delicious lunchmeat. You can follow its travels through time, with “Spam in Time” and check all those different labels from as early as the 1930’s. Take a virtual ride on the SPAMMOBILE and find out if it’s coming to your town. Join the Official SPAM Fan Club or browse through the SPAM… Continue reading
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The U.S Department of Agriculture for Kids is today’s cool site. What’s spiffy about this site? I personally think Zip-the-Bee is. This is a great educational tool for your kids, and even your grandkids.
Teach your children how to prevent against food born illnesses, weather, backyard conservation, nature watch and so much more. Especially let them play with Zip-the-Bee, an interactive game for their… Continue reading
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Do you enjoy puzzles? Well then, you’re going to love this site. Start by clicking the logo to begin your playtime. Select a shape to start your puzzle. My favorite puzzle is “Snowflake Square”.
Choose a piece and place it on the puzzle surface—you can rotate pieces by pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard, and if you mess up you
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This site’s goal is to create a “nationwide garage sale forum.” It’s that season and let me tell you here in Toledo, the garage sales are already in full force. You can find a garage sale near you or you can post your garage sale so people can find you. The best part is that it’s absolutely free.
You can also find garage sale… Continue reading
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Do you know what I hate? Trying to drag something to a folder when the stupid thing is minimized. There you are, looking like an idiot with your finger down on the left mouse button with nowhere to drop. What can you do?
Easy—yell at your computer and curse at Microsoft.
After that, try this:
1. Grab the item and drag… Continue reading
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What is Boycott Watch? Their FAQ answers this question efficiently, “Boycott Watch is a non-profit organization that looks at boycott calls, asks both sides their story and posts it at Boycott Watch so people can decide for themselves what the truth is.” If you have more questions about them and their goals check out their FAQ.
Get your information on boycotts you are watching as… Continue reading
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This site is just for fun. Ignore the three ads and have a blast answering the 10 questions to find out your personality type. Just choose your answer to the question and click through to the next question. It took me about two minutes to take the test. Here’s what I found out about myself.
“Other people see you as sensible, cautious, careful… Continue reading
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This is a neat history site. I wasn’t too sure when I got there but it won me over. Have you ever wondered what the most historic mile was? Well you can find out at this site. And so much more, learn about Valley Forge, Betsy Ross, and you guessed it the Liberty Bell.
Check out their What’s New section for fun activities and information. You… Continue reading
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Q:
What is the difference between Downloading, Uploading and Installing?
A:
Here’s a blow by blow:
Downloading – This is moving a file that’s on the Internet (or over a network) onto your computer. For most of us, downloading is just a matter of clicking a download link on a web site and saving the file to disk.… Continue reading
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I’d like to print just a few sentences from an email, rather than the whole thing. Can you show me how to do that?
Every day I get email, like the one above, asking how to print just part of a web page or e-mail. With this much demand, I just have to show ya how it’s done!
First, you need to know… Continue reading
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Q:
You know what I hate? E-mails that come in all caps. THEY DRIVE ME NUTS! How can I fix them?
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Unfortunately, I haven’t come across an E-mail Caps Lock Zapper program, but there is a fix if you have WordPerfect or MS Word. First, you must copy the portion of e-mail text you want to de-capitalize
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This site is fabulous. If you know of a site like this with a US listing or an Online listing, please send it in to me so that we can post it.
What is so neat about this site? Well, for those of you readers in the UK it will point you to the nearest library to get the book, or books, you’ve selected. For… Continue reading
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This site is a treasure chest of information, not to mention organized and brilliant. You will find the history of spirituals, actual songs, singers, and composers. A site that also has useful links to other history sites and a search engine.
One of the neatest parts is when you’re checking out the different sections, for example: The Composers. You can actually click to hear a… Continue reading
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“My Computer” Toolbar
Here’s a little trick you can do with the “My Computer” desktop icon to make a very cool “My Computer” toolbar.
To create this toolbar, left click and drag your “My Computer” icon to either side of your desktop then release your left mouse button. If you were close enough to the screen edge, you’ll get a “My Computer” toolbar.
I’ve found it helps if you… Continue reading
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Q:
My scrollbars are too small and I have trouble grabbing them. Is there a way to change the size?
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Well, you’ll be both thrilled and delighted to know you can adjust their size. Here’s how:
In Windows XP:
1. Right-click your desktop and select Properties
2. You’ll be… Continue reading
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This site is a treasure chest of information, not to mention organized and brilliant. You will find the history of spirituals, actual songs, singers, and composers. A site that also has useful links to other history sites and a search engine.
One of the neatest parts is when you’re checking out the different sections, for example: The Composers. You can actually click to hear a… Continue reading
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Complete Sun and Moon Data For ONE Day
A site brought to you by the U.S. Naval Observatory that declares: “You can obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with information on the Moon’s phase…”
Example of what you’ll get:
The following information is provided for Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio… Continue reading
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National Geographic brings you the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, from Folklore to Forever. This site is a treasure. Here you can find 12 of the Grimms Fairy Tales from an early 1914 translation, so expect them to be gruesome. Here’s a quote from the site:
“Once they saw how the tales bewitched young readers, the Grimms, and editors aplenty after them, started ‘fixing’ things. Tales gradually… Continue reading
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“The etymology and history of first names,” is what this site is about. You can read information on Names, and on Etymology. (The study of the origins of words.) But the best part is to type your first name in the search engine and see what comes up. I did mine to show you what you’ll find out about your name.
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Well you’ve probably all read or heard about natural wonders of the world. This is a site dedicated to the Unnatural Wonders around the world. It’s listed from A to Z, just click the link to be whisked to the wonder you have chosen.
Prepare to be amused as you surf through these wonders, I particularly loved the Shoe Trees. You can find places and… Continue reading
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Sporting the Shakespeare quote, “The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony.” (Richard II, II.1.5-6), this site is about famous last words.
You’ll find a collection of Famous Last Words from real people and fictional characters, as well as, Famous Epitaphs, Famous Wills and Obituaries, Famous Last Stands, and Famous Farewells.
From the profound to the just plain dumb, you can find it here.… Continue reading
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International Press and Media of the World
You can read newspapers from around the world, check out art and other forms of media. This site is well put together, and has a topic reminder with nifty image on every page so that you can get a quick glance at what’s happening on that page.
This is from an online magazine titled “Escape from America” that offers information… Continue reading
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Stop Third Party Toolbars
Have you ever been surfing along when suddenly you find that somewhere along your journey you picked up an extra toolbar? Many of these (Hotbar for instance) are adware that sends targeted pop-ups. Sometimes you can go to Add/Remove Programs and delete them there, but how about an easier way to get rid of them AND prevent them from getting there to begin with.
NOTE: If… Continue reading
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Q:
When I try to save pictures from the web they my computer tries to save them as .bmp? Is there a way to save them as JPEGs like they should be?
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If the internet history folder is full, you might try to save a picture that says .jpg only to have it try to save as as bitmap. This is a sign that your Internet History… Continue reading
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Need a map for a report? Need a map of a country for your vacation? This is the place to get your maps. How does it work? Choose a map from the drop down box and then click the Launch Map button and ta-da you have a directory of sites to choose your map from.
Better yet you can even get maps of… Continue reading
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Would you like to make your window title bars (the area on a window that has the min, max, & close buttons on it) different colors? Try this:
1. Right-click your desktop and select Properties (In Vista it’s called “Personalize”)
2. Your display settings should pop up. Select the Appearance tab (Windows Color and Appearance in Vista).
3. Hit the “Advanced”
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This is their welcoming slogan: “In just one minute, you can read entire books and learn everything your teachers will expect you to know.” Sounds hard to believe, well they thought that everyone would think that too.
So I gave them a try and discovered that they were witty if not truthful. The summaries do apply to the book, I just don’t think it fills all… Continue reading
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