The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #11

 


 

Greetings,

How many times has this happened to you?

You sit down at your computer to read your email and are greeted with a message like this.

Subject: Another Virus on the loose

This is serious...not a joke: Someone is sending out a screen-saver : the Budweiser Frogs. But if you download it, you will lose everything!!! ..Your hard drive will crash!!!

USEFUL SITE - Virus Hoaxes
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

Although there are thousands of viruses discovered each year, there are still some that only exist in the imaginations of the public and the press. This is the comprehensive list of viruses that DO NOT EXIST,
despite rumor of their creation and distribution.
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FUN SITE - My Left Asscheek - Randomized news
http://myleftasscheek.com/

If you are tired of getting the news in an orderly, how much of this can you take fashion, check this out.

This site is an experiment in randomized news content. If you don't like what you see, simply reload the page. Also, the URL serves further proof that there are still good domain to be had.<grin>
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VERY COOL SERVICE - Catch UP (free) - Software updates
http://www.manageable.com/catchup.html

Catch UP is an award winning service that simultaneously searches for the newest versions of many popular Windows™ software applications and hardware drivers. With the simple click of a button, CatchoUP generates a customized list of updates to your software, including corresponding download sites.
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USEFUL SITE - World Holiday and Time Guide
http://www.jpmorgan.com/cgi-bin/HolidayCalendar/

This unique publication provides information to business travellers and others about holidays, banking hours, and local time in more than 200 countries around the world. J.P. Morgan & Co. has published the World
Holiday and Time Guide since 1918.
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How do your favorite albums rank in this survey?

ENTERTAINING SITE - Top 100 Albums of All Time
http://www.wallofsound.com/features/stories/top_100_albums/

25,000 cast 414,058 votes to determine Wall of Sound's Top 100 Albums of All Time. The list is broken down decade by decade by their 10 favorite albums of the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s.
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USEFUL SOFTWARE - MMG A-List (free) - Keep track of all your favorite
newsletters
http://www.mmgco.com/alist/installalist.exe

The MMG A-List, sponsored by Intel Owner's Club, is a killer stand-alone application that gives you a listing of the TOP 100 e-mail publications on the Internet, all sorted by category. In addition, it enables you to automatically subscribe and unsubscribe from within the program with a single mouse click.
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For those of us who grew up with the TV show "The Outer Limits", (who could ever forget these words) this site is a real treat.

ENTERTAINING SITE - The Outer Limits
http://www.subnet.co.uk/brendan/outer.html

There is nothing wrong with you television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume.
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HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Regards,

Charles Kessler