2002 Learning, Help and Education Info

[*]   Reseller Ratings

[*]   Search ISBN

[*]   Vintage Mac Help

[*]   Scams: Online and otherwise

[*]   Quilts

[*]   Dr. Mac's OS X FAQs

[*]   Pictorial history on line

[*]   MacLand

[*]   MacInstruct

[*]   WEBSPEED

[*]   FIGLETS and ASCII Graphics

[*]   Speed check

[*]   Kid Chef

[*]   The Living Internet

[*]   Mac Survey

[*]   Interesting web sites

[*]   Quotable Heinlein

[*]   Key Combos

[*]   Teoma

[*]   Training Tools and Mini-Putt

[*]   Powers of Ten

[*]   Educational resources

[*]   Recipes
 

Reseller Ratings

What to know what others think of the company from whom you are getting purchase?
Info, learning, training http://www.resellerratings.com/#companies

Search ISBN

I know, we aren't used to seeing a .nu address. But this is a good one. ISBN.nu lets you enter the title of any book and it will give you comparison prices at at least 6 different online booksellers. It is completely supported by affiliate rebates. So it costs you nothing.
Info, learning, training http://isbn.nu/

Vintage Mac Help

Now it would seem that any Mac prior to the Blue & White G3s could be considered Vintage Macs. Here is web site that has all kinds of information about older Macs -- even logic board diagrams.
Info, learning, training http://www.macgurus.com/

Scams: Online and otherwise

This came from my SCIPResearchers mail list. "I found this site about some of the fictitious names and scams that are being run.
     So, before you send anyone any money, check out this site to see if it is a known scam artist.
Info, learning, training http://www.superhighway.is/iis/names_of_crooks.html

Quilts

What something for mom's Mac? How about software that helps you design quilts. Although, one could question their commitment to the Mac. The Windows version is at version 4.0, their Mac one is at 3.0. But the real clincher is their Mac demo version is only version 1.0. However they do keep up with the Mac enough to post a message that their 3.0 version will work on Classic in Mac OS X.
Info, learning, training http://quiltpro.com/

Dr. Mac's OS X FAQs

Bob Levitus has a new web site dedicated to OSX. This is partially the result of his "X Files" book (soon to be released.) He is also doing a daily OSX tip list.
Info, learning, training http://www.osxfaq.com/

Pictorial history on line

The New York Times reported on how Connecticut had photos on line for the period of 1800 to 1950. Pretty cool
Info, learning, training http://www.cthistoryonline.org

MacLand

A new site that aims to teach the new user what can be done on the Mac.
Info, learning, training http://members.aol.com/visitmacland/

MacInstruct

As long as we are talking about learning, I thouht I would mention again MacInstruct. They have a lot of tutorials for doing specific tasks.
Info, learning, training http://www.macinstruct.com/tutorials/index.html

WEBSPEED

Ok, just how fast is your broadband connection? Are you reall operating at 50 times your dialup speed? With WEBSPEED, yo can find out in 30 seconds. It measures throughput in bytes per second and modem speed in kilobits per second. To make sure you are getting a good reading, just don't check once. This was obtained via NeatNetTricks. For info on how to subscribe, send a blank email to info-neatnettricks@silver.lyris.net . Just use this link: 
Info, learning, training http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed/checkup.php

FIGLETS and ASCII Graphics

A figlet is a way to make large letters out of ordinary text. program called FIGLET can use a variety of special effects to create text. It looks like they have them all covered. For a collection Advanced ASCII Graphics
Info, learning, training http://ianchai.50megs.com/figlet.html

Speed check

Just how fast is your Internet connection? Try one of the following to find out. Do multiple tests to be sure. www.dslreports.com/test
Info, learning, training http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest

Kid Chef

Want to put your children to work in the kitchen? Here is a site that show them how to cook. I couldn't find anywhere on the site where it shows them how to scrub a pan though.
Info, learning, training http://www.kidchef.com/

The Living Internet

This site tells you everything you need, want or desire to know about the Internet. Over 2000 links internally and over 2000 links to other web sites.
Info, learning, training http://livinginternet.com/

Mac Survey

LowEndMac has completed their best of the Mac Web survey, but are now trying to add "the Rest of the Mac Web". To participate or even find out about what is available, go to:
Info, learning, training http://lowendmac.com/botmw/020326.html

Interesting web sites

Samantha in the Infinity Loop mailing list sent these web sites. Some interesting stuff:
www.freeos.com
www.debian.org
www.winehq.com (free implication of windows for linux) http://www.linux.org/apps/index.html (free add-ons and software)
www.linuxarchives.com (freeware and etc)
Free Operating Systems Arizona State University Archives (AIOS) , OpenBSD Free multiplatform Unix based operating system , Yahoo! Computers and Internet > Software > Operating Systems lots of stuff for Mac and Windows
Info, learning, training http://www.freeos.com

Quotable Heinlein

I have mentioned in the past. (A couple of years ago now.) That Robert Heinlein was one of my favorite authors and that he has a number of great quotations. Like: "Sure the game is rigged, but if you don't play you can't win." Here is a web site dedicated to his quotes.
Info, learning, training http://www.quotableheinlein.com/

Key Combos

Ok, just how do you do that without touching the mouse? This site will tell you how.
Info, learning, training http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html

Teoma

Teoma is the latest search engine to come to my attention. Its new twist is that it will find "expert" web sites to answer your questions. I tried it by searching for "Home Networking" and got some really nice sites. Also got a couple of commerical sites, but I guess they have to pay the bills someway. The site is:
Info, learning, training http://www.teoma.com

Training Tools and Mini-Putt

My friend Kylie has been looking for training material on the Internet and originally recommended the site with the User Group disount I mentioned last week. (Atomic) But she has found one with more up to date material -- TrainingTools dot com -- including training CDs for sale, but their online stuff is free.
Info, learning, training http://www.trainingtools.com/online/

Powers of Ten

This one is really cool: "View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons. Thanks to Theresa Overall at the Apple Corp of Dallas for pointing it out:
Info, learning, training http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

Educational resources

Educational resources for back to school time... one is the New York Times Learning Network, for students and teachers in grades 3 through 12. It is a free service provides news summaries, quizzes and daily lesson plans. URL Below
      The second is the AskEric lesson plalns. There are over 2000 lesson plans which have been written and submitted by teachers. You can even upload your own. Its URL is Askeric Org
Info, learning, training http://www.nytimes.com/learning

Recipes

Need to find a recipe for a fabulous new dish? Here is a site that appears to be the most comprehensive I have found. There are 223 recipes under Sourdough bread. Check it out at:
Info, learning, training http://www.recipesource.com/

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