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Greetings, I hope this newsletter finds you in the best of health and spirits. In this issue: -
THX Digital Dude <><><><><><><><><><> THX is the digital sound created by George Lucas that preceeds the beginning of the feature film and exclaims, "the audience is listening". For a cool online experience, crank up the volume and check out the sites and sounds of The THX Digital Dude. VERY COOL DUDE - The Digital Dude (Macromedia Flash) Have you ever wanted to copy and paste a list of all the files in a windows explorer directory? This utility allows you to copy a list of files from any directory and paste it into the program for exporting to a text document. COOL UTILITY - FileGrab (freeware)Win95/NT 147 KB FileGrab uses Explorer to give you a list of filenames. You can save the list to disk, print it, or copy it into the Clipboard for pasting into another application. Two weeks ago I mentioned that using the Windows Explorer (Win98) as a web browser seemed much faster than using Netscape, IE or even Opera. Many subscribers have written me that they had a similar experience. You can give it a try by lauching explorer and typing the URL in the "address field", and pressing "enter". Let me know your experiences. This week's headline, "Crackers Force FBI To Shut Down" has created a good deal of interest about "cracking and hacking". A "cracker" breaks into a computer system without authorization and is usually up to mischief, while a "hacker" is a programmer, who tediously "hacks away" at the bits and bytes. The term "hacker" has become widely used for people that gain illegal entrance into a computer system. This use of the term is not appreciated by the vast majority of honest hackers. For a basic course on this fascinating subject, check out: Active Matrix's Hideaway wants to teach non-experts about computer security and hacking. Visitors will find background and updates on flaws, bugs, overflows, vulnerabilities, and other network and system problems exploited by those who might have studied the "How Can I Become a Hacker?" tutorial. To recommend this newsletter to a friend and maybe win a Palm Pilot, click here http://www.recommend-it.com/l.z.e?s=301345 SHORT TAKES: COOL SIGNATURES - This site turns text into "figlets" KIDS STUFF - Secret encoded messages for children. COOL GAME -Pocoman (free) is fun for the whole family, you can play online or download and play offline. WEBMASTER WARNING - NetWhistle will inform you via email if you site is down To get a sense of how some clever scammers are using an old trick with a new twist to separate people from their money, check this out. BORN YESTERDAY - FTC Scambusting Learn how a phone sex operation threatened thousands of Internet surfers that they would be charged hundreds of dollars if they didn't call in. Here's How It Worked If staying up on the latest news is of interest, then this site is a sure bookmark, as it features live newscasts from all over the world. ALL THE NEWS - Internet news radio If you or someone you know is concerned about how the perscription medicine they take might interact with certain foods or other drugs, this site has the answer. It was created by former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop. WELLNESS SITE - Dr. Koop Drug Checker If you have some free time and would like to see a comedy flick, you can visit this site and view "The Three Stooges" in "Malice in the Palace" in its entirety. Check out the playbill at: COOL FRAMES - MovieFlix.com The first web site of its kind, MovieFlix.com boasts the largest collection of online feature films free to consumers. Memory, was a major exhibition that ran at the San Francisco Exploratorium last year. The site explores the many facets of memory, including remembering who you are, shared memories, sense memory, remembering without thinking and remembering and forgetting. VERY COOL SITE - The memory exhibition SUBSCRIBERS' SITES ~
Can you NameThatMovie?
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Looking For Someone? Find Them
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Eli's Bookmarks,
a site devoted to links for toddlers and their moms ~
How to play HMO Hardball - Empowering
patients in dealing with HMO's ~
Ervin's Incredibly
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