Happy Holidays,

For the past few weeks we have been "treated" to the vision of our elected officials struggling to interpret the laws of the land. After witnessing this painful process, it is no surprise I found the following site to be a
great source of entertainment.

FUN SITE - Dumb Laws - "A shrine to all the wonderful people who make the laws."
http://members.xoom.com/stupidlaws/

Did you know that in Baldwin Park, CA, nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool?…. Well read on. The site contains a huge collection of the most senseless laws in the United States. The laws have been taken
from newsgroups, other web sites, mayors, and visitors to the site.
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Tired of waiting for sites to come up and sitting around while you download files online?

COOL UTILITY- iSpeed (freeware)
http://www.hms.com/ispeed.htm

The settings for your Internet connection established during the installation of Windows 95/98\NT do not give your computer optimum performance for dialup networking connections. iSpeed can easily increase your throughput by 30% or more.
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The next time you're caught in traffic gridlock, look around, you might be able to do some networking with your fellow travelers or even meet your soulmate!

COOL SINGLES LANE - Traffic Gems™ (free 1 Month Trial Membership)
http://www.trafficgems.com

Traffic Gems is the most unique way for singles to find love and romance. It's simple. You get membership decals to put on the side windows of your car today! Then you can contact that special driver with anonymous
email......or someone just might contact you!
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Did you miss your favorite movie on TV last week? Not quite sure if there's anything good on tonight? Use and customize this site to guide you through your television watching.

USEFUL SITE - TVGrid.com (free membership)
http://www.tvgrid.com

TVGrid.Com has information for every channel available in the United States, and many in Canada. It also covers national broadcast channels, local affiliates for every city and town, cable channels, even public access channels for every time zone, including Alaska and Hawaii. (Thanks, Cat)
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Have you ever wondered what the windows keys (2) on your computer are used for? W Key + M takes you to the desktop and W Key + E opens the windows explorer, that's it, right? Not any more, now you can get additional functionality out of this key.

COOL UTILITY - WinKey! (free download)
http://www.agents-tech.com/winkey/

The Windows Keyboard Enhancer allows you to create shortcuts with the Windows key to start your favorite applications, folders and Web pages instantly. It supports about 200 key combinations.
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Having started over 7 businesses in this lifetime, I always thought the word "entrepreneur" translated into, "not having it work the first time." If you are planning a venture into your own business, check out…

COOL BUSINESS RESOURCE - Entrepreneurs Are Us (free)
http://www.webcom.com/seaquest/sbrc/reports.html

The Small Business Resource Center will advise you on the best way to raise funds, write a business plan, and handle employees along with suggestions for starting just about every type of business. The series of free reports contains helpful hints and must-know tidbits for business folk at all levels of expertise.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK - Palm Pilot cracks and hacks:

The New Scientist and Hack Canada magazines reported that techies armed with Palm Pilots were using the infrared port to unlock car doors in Britain and making free phone calls in Canada by fooling the phone into
thinking they had deposited coins.
http://www.newscientist.com/cgi-bin/pageserver.cgi?/ns/981205/newsstory6.html
http://www.hackcanada.com/palmphreak/index.html
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Tired of hearing your parents singing the "knock, knock, knocking on Helen's door?" Turn them on to,

ENTERTAINING SITE - The International Lyrics Server
http://www.lyrics.ch/

The International Lyrics Server is located in Switzerland. It provides over 100,000 lyrics of all music styles such as Rock, Pop, Oldies, Folk and many more.
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