Sat, September 26 1998

Welcome to this weeks edition of Things on the Web.

Welcome to Things on the Web. This week we have some, interesting Things for you to see. Most of the links this week have been sent to us from our many friends on the net and we thank them for them, send more we love it.

Feel free to send this ezine to your friends, they may like it and subscribe as well !!!!!

DEAD-ON-ARRIVALS PCs We've all known this for a long time, but a survey from Windows Magazine has highlighted just how unreliable PCs can be. One in eight new PCs won't run the first time it's turned on, and it can take days to fix. Hardware accounts for 37% of problems application and operating system software for most of the rest. See http://www.winmag.com/library/1998/1001/Fea0044.htm

EL CHEAPO PCs

TriGem, a South Korean PC company, is launching the $399 PC next month with their emachines. For that you get a Cyrix processor, 2gb hard drive, CD-ROM drive, 3D graphics, and a 56-kpbs modem. The monitor costs an extra $100. See http://www.trigem.com/

CYBER SLEUTH UNIT

The International Chamber of Commerce said today it's setting up a special unit to help combat cybercrime, and will work closely with Interpol. The unit intends to be a source of information and intelligence on the crimes firms should defend against. See http://www.iccwbo.org/

NEWSWEEK DISCOVERS NET

Newsweek magazine will launch its Web site October 4 with alliances with the Washington Post and the Encyclopedia Britannica. See http://www.newsweek.com/

ONLINE GAMBLING

The Web is a reflection of life in general and with the advent of the web now you can gamble 24 hrs a day and never leave your home. There is the traditional gamble offered casino style http://www.safari-casino.com/ There are the non traditional types as well http://www.wheretobet.com/ Provides an up to date directory of venues to give your money away.

RECIPES

Interested in making things? Good with your hands and need a hobby then perhaps some of these may be for you http://www.wheretobet.com/ gives you some guidelines on how to make a nuke. On the other end of the scale is http://www.kitchenlink.com/index.html with a recipes for all things nice to eat.

SEARCHING THE WEB

Ever wondered what others are looking for on the web, then go to http://www.metaspy.com/ and see live online what others are looking for and at, be warned there are two paths on offer one is XXX rated and the other is a filtered view of search requests.

FLOSS

I receive many URL notifications in a week, http://www.ladybear.com/naughty.html , some are funny http://members.tripod.com/~FunnyLists/moreicq.html , Some just are for you http://angelfire.com/me/eps1/pick.html , and lots of site that friends have made http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Jetty/7785/index.html , they are made to share their lives with others.

NEWS FROM HOME

Seems like our representatives are all alike from all over the world, including our home bred Aussie versions.

WIN, lose or draw, our competing political leaders stand to reap a golden harvest if they quit politics after Saturday's election. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/index.asp?URL=/national/4205754.htm They like to live in a style that we can only dream of.

KID BYTES

These are Emily's links for this week, (Emily is our 10 year old niece) Emily found these and wants to share them with you all.

http://www.pathfinder.com/people/index.html People Finder

http://www.cartoon.com/ Some Fun places

Thanks Emily.

BOOKS

I, like many people have had a love affair with books all of my life, now on the Web there are many thousands of titles that are published some are available only on the Web some are classics, this is a great resource for on line books, read them without having to crowd the house with a million dead trees. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/books.html

WEB USERS SURVEY

Just when you though it was safe to surf the net some one is counting you and trying to put you into a box. See http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/ and find your box.

COMPLAIN LETTER

Want to generate a letter and don't quite know how, http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint this site will generate a letter for you. Try it out it is great fun.

PEOPLE FIND

Want to send an email to Bil Gates or the President? then this http://in-100.infospace.com/_1_27489192__info.go2net/celeb/celebrity.htm is for you a quick find for that email address.

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Stephen & Dawn Carlyon

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