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Beginning in January, you once again can find posts of my print columns. Readers will find it easier to come directly here to access the websites I talk about in my weekly columns in the Beacher. See you in a few weeks.

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It's been a long way from May to December and my last post. The good news for Beacher readers (where my CyberScribbles column is buried deep inside) is that the website is posting all--or most--of its back issues.And yet, links to my recommended sites have to be manually typed in. For a long time now I have attempted to help readers access those links right here. But I cannot promise you that I

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I know, I know. It's been four months since I've posted the weekly column online. It has been running weekly in The Beacher, and you can read it via their .pdf files online.Looking for an excuse as to why I've not posted here? Simple enough: lack of time.I rarely check my stats. But today I had a look and was ASTOUNDED by the numbers. More than I expected. I'll do what I can to post the columns

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(Ditto to a lapse of the usual formatting..maybe I'll just keep leaving things this way) The list of websites this week goes on. It’s a potpourri of interesting stuff, and the one-minute vacation is a welcomed change of pace.One Minute Vacation (www.quietamerican.org/vacation). I was unaware of how many people carry recording gear around with them in order to catch snippets of sounds.

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Note: I'm forgoing my usual formatting this week to get this to you. It's a little faster, and I'm behind schedule. Hope you don't mind...It has become a tradition for media to post “Best of” lists as the old year folds into a new one. I’ve found two worth noting this week. Also, as we look forward to February, many of us will be watching the Winter Olympics on the tube. Knowing how each sport is

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Take a look at this week’s lineup: no more punching a zillion numbers to reach customer service; generate a poem, proverb, plot or dozens more fun things; click your mouse to ‘donate” to humanitarian projects; and last but not least, participate in a science-based project to find out how strong your psychic powers may be.IVR Cheat Sheet. IVR stands for “interactive voice response”—we know it as

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The size of the World Wide Web continues to expand, and websites continue to become more sophisticated. The Internet is an easy place to fall prey to information overload. I discovered that last year, when my brain became numb trying to organize this column into weekly themes. In this fresh, new year, I resolve, to go with the flow, ride the wave, and leave the upstream current to spawning salmon

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Readers of this column have asked me why I chose to use a dialup connection instead of something faster. My answer was that it was an economic decision, but all has changed recently. I found a dsl service that compared favorably to the subscriptions I had, so I made the switch last month. And that switch may—or may not affect readers of this column. Until now, I have focused on websites that are

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Occasionally, this column gets letters asking for websites having to do with forecasting the future. Put all those letters together in a year’s time and I consider it “popular demand.” Since we’re nearing the end of the year and many people want to know ahead of time what the next year will bring them, I’ve collected an assortment of websites where they can glance into the future. I cannot attest

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So. You are getting out the linen napkins and planning to set a fine table. I’ve found just the place for you to find out how to make fancy napkin folds, pair wines, and set the table. After the holiday meal, you might plan to add to your weekend tradition the baking, building and decorating of a gingerbread house. Now, doesn’t that sound more fun than fighting the

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Last week I ran out of room listing wacky, wild and/or just plain weird sites that proliferate on the Web. Here are a few more.Sibology. If there are times when you think your thinking is off-balance, you might want to use this site as a reality check for yourself. You’ll discover that your thinking is well within the boundaries of ordinary. Notice that I did not use the word “normal”? “Sib.”

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Need a laugh about now? I’ve found some places on the Internet that are worth a good laugh. Or, if not a good laugh, an opportunity to mull over the notion that humans who post to the Web come in all flavors and take up some imaginative—even out-of-this-world kinds of projects. Have fun logging on to some or all of the following.Pumpkin Computer . What do you do with your pumpkin after Halloween

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After the last post, I worked through my final lessons--took the final exam--and passed!.You can view a sample of what I learned at my website, Artmedia-Indiana.I used a combination of my html training and Dreamweaver. For anyone who tells you that it's a good thing to learn html even though you might use a wysiwyg editor, believe them! It makes things so much easier.Now I will concentrate on

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I’m not bringing you a list of reviewed websites this week because I’ve had no extra time to surf. I have, however, spent considerable time online. In a virtual classroom. Last May, I found out about an online learning opportunity offered for zero dollars by the Small Business Administration. Six intensive sessions of several subjects were being “given away” to the first 2400 people who signed up

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It's the end of September and you've just about stopped logging in to see what's here. The weekly print column continues as usual (in the Beacher), but my time management skills have not kept pace with posting here. I promise to get those back columns online very soon. Thanks for your patience.

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I had originally planned to title this week’s column, “Politics,” but we have learned not to discuss that matter if we want to keep friends (or readers here). Since those of us of a certain age clearly remember the Watergate affair and since Deep Throat recently revealed his identity, what better time to browse the Internet and dig for secrets.White House Tapes . The nonpartisan Miller Center at

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There is no way to categorize this week’s selections of websites. Blame it on random surfing. The scope of mentions this week varies from lawnmower racing to international real estate listings. Let’s just jump right in.U.S. Lawnmower Racing Association . You may be thinking that because our lawnmowers have not been getting much of a workout this summer, we might as well put them to use in a

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The word, “balance’ can mean many things. This week we peek into the worlds of two individuals who balance objects for a living. Ballerinas know about balance, and we found a fine site with archives of photos of famous ballerinas past and present. Also, we review a website that promotes balance of mind, body and spirit.The Ballerina Gallery . Many young ladies initially became attracted to

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Pop Web Icons, Project Awry and First NamesThese three unrelated websites belong in what have become my “This and That” columns that show up here about once a month. I need to credit one of the sources I use to find interesting sites to write about, and that source is a popular blog known as J-Walk . Keep in mind that not all of the sites this Arizona-based writer talks about are family-friendly.

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A wealth of local art organizations offers classes for beginners to advanced students in just about every medium you can think of. There is no substitute for sitting in a class with others, where you can share ideas, tips and techniques with your instructor and other students, and for getting out to socialize, too. So with that said, the websites mentioned here this week might be useful as a

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Yes, I’ve said before that I do not review shopping sites—because my feeling is that we should shop locally and support our local businesses whenever possible. This week’s list of websites are not your average shopping sites, and I bring a few of them to your attention more as curiosities.Be More Creative . Frank, this site’s creator, notes that he started this website as a collection of quotes

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Now here is an unusual subject for the week. We who live around the shores of Lake Michigan have no fancy tales about pirates. Just shipwrecks. What got me started on this topic was—no, not Johnny Depp, but coming across a website about contemporary pirates. That led me to all sorts of nooks and crannies around the Internet. One site speaks of a mystery that you probably have not heard of—but it

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Stargazing hits a peak during summer months. Balmy evenings outside, on a deck, on the beach, or wherever—naturally attract eyes to the skies. UFO sightings ebb and flow like the tides, and numerous people around the globe like to track sightings and share their experiences. Yours truly reported seeing one many years ago when I was living close to the Mississippi River in Illinois. And I happened

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Time has a way of running away and this is an apology for the late postings two weeks in a row.This & That Echoes AgainIf you are a regular CyberScribbles reader, you know the “This & That” columns are miscellaneous websites I’ve found that I have not lumped into one category. This week, visit a pair of “real estate” sites whose offerings are unlikely to make the pages of the Beacher. Then peek

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Come on, fess up. You and I and a lot of other people often tend to take at face value the daily news fed to us from television, radio, the dailies, and even from some online blogs. We stop questioning assumptions, and rely on what might be fuzzy data. The Internet can set us straight, if we choose to dive a little deeper. The Internet can be a fun playground, yet it is also a fine repository of

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