Neat Stuff on the Internet

Common Errors in English

Yeah! I know. A couple of friends of mine are going to rub-it-in. Mea Culpa for my bad English. I can’t afford an editor and you will have to suffer with my shortcomings. But that does not mean that I do not try … I do. It’s just that the stuff will not sink in. Anyhow, I hope that the stuff you look at sinks in for you. Here is a link that explains my total confusion with this language. May my confusions help you.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ebrians/errors/errors.html

Wits, Quotations, Insults, and Sarcasm

Now for something a little bit different, check this site out. I particularly like the WITS content. I admire the degree of intelligence and mental dexterity required to spontaneously create the verbal come backs. Winston Churchill was a master of this art.

http://www.quotations.about.com/arts/quotations/cs/insults/

The US Central Intelligence has been gathering information on all countries of the world, as you may very well have suspected. There is a WEALTH of information that you and I may obtain directly from this source. This is all prime quality and up-to-date information. The whole document can be either viewed or downloaded from their site.

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Crystalinks

Do you like ancient history? You’ve got to check this link. It covers all sorts of good stuff on ancient and lost civilization.

http://www.crystalinks.com/ancient.html

Timeline History of the Celts

What a wonderful site. The Internet will never cease to amaze me about the amount of free information. This site has excellent coverage of the Celts’ time line history.

http://www.crystalinks.com/celts.html

A Gold Vein for Searching Government Resources.

Here is an excellent collection of US government links provided by the AllSearchEngines.com site.

http://www.allsearchengines.com/government.html

Another Way to Search

Here is another way to to searches on the Internet: As this site describe,”Search Engine Colossus offers you links to search engines from 157 countries around the world! Conduct exhaustive web searches. Search the web using your choice of language. Locate your new favourite search engines.”

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

The best of the best in online encyclopedia. Browse the complete Encyclopedia Britanica.

http://www.britannica.com/

The Thomas Register

One of the most useful set of reference books I owned in the past was a full set of the Thomas Register. If you’re an inventor, a tinkerer, an avid DIY, or a person who need to locate common and hard-to-find parts, this is the reference bible to go to—- and it is all online. The Thomas Register permits any one to locate who sells or manufactures specific parts or products.

http://www4.thomasregister.com/

Free Book s Galore

1,600 publicly-available ebooks from the University of Virginia Library’s Etext Center, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children’s literature, American history, Shakespeare, African-American documents, the Bible, and much more.
http://etext.virginia.edu/ebooks/

More eBooks!

Check BARTLEBY.COM All online

http://www.bartleby.com/

Bottom Line Secrets… from Bottom Line Publications

Here is a publication that is worth having. The Bottom Line people, as with most publications, gives you enough freebies to entice a subscription. Check what advise, new tips and ideas they have on Health Secrets, Wealth Secrets, Life Secrets, Business Secrets, Leisure Secrets and People Secrets.
http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/

Ask an Expert … or… Be an Expert

The avenues for sharing information on the Internet never seize to amaze me. Take MS Encarta Expert site, for example, here you have experts on all sorts of topic. Choose the topic and simply ask a question. FREE ADVICE … from an expert in the field. Conversely, if you are an expert, you can register with them and in no time, you will be able to help others.
http://experts.msn.com/

This set of links covers different electronic texts and publishing resources and is provided to us courtesy of uncle Sam (via the Library of Congress.)I suggest that you bookmark this site and revisit it periodically as this collection will grow.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/etext/etext.html

How Things Work

And while we are on the subject of education, Bob Kudder of Philadelphia suggested that I bring the following site to your attention. For young and old alike, this site is a must for you as a reference bookmark. The owner and publisher also has a book on the same subject. The book can be ordered from their site. This is some nifty stuff. Thanks, Mr. Kuder, for the suggestion.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

The Straight Dope

Here is a link to an interesting site. With “tongue-in-cheek”, they claim to be on a mission to “Fight Ignorance.” Since 1973, and they are still trying. Lets see if you need to go there! Why do pigeons bob their heads? Where are all the pigeons babies? Can you declare a “no-flight-zone” over your house? How about this: Is it possible to diet with beer? Got them all? If not, fight your ignorance and visit their site.
http://www.straightdope.com/index.html

Publish Your Own Ezine

Have you ever gotten to urge to get on your own soapbox to vent your opinion and position, or, have you ever had to need to write a rebuttal or commentary? Or, perhaps, you have felt like you’ve been hoodwinked and had that strong urge to make justice happen—use your pen as a sword? Better yet, have you wished you could publish your own electronic magazine? Well … check http://www.zinecast.com/index.html and they will give you free space and the means to do your own thing.
http://www.zinecast.com/index.html

Check out other peoples’ newsletters. The ezine’s zinerack contains (as of mid Sept. 2001) about 58 magazines on the Arts and Humanities, 19 in Business and finances, plus a LOT more. I haven’t out the time to really check for the quality of the service or the newsletters it provides. I simply want to alert you of the service.

Be Your Own News Editor
Ananova is turning the editor’s tables your way. What used to be decided by news producers, by the media bosses, the editors, and the journalists – is now decided by the receivers – you!. With Anova you can choose from more than 2,500 different kinds of content, and request e-mail alerts on any subject. There isn’t a news service that’s any quicker or more precisely tailored to your information needs.
http://www.ananova.com/

http://www.aldaily.com/arch02.htm

The magazine Lingua Franca and its parent company University Business LLC filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Fortunately, one of its publication, Arts & Letters Daily [ http://www.aldaily.com/ ] has been kept afloat but I don’t know for how long. I sincerely hope that the valliant efforts of the existing editors will keep this wonderful resource accessible to all of us. For now, the complete 2002 archive is available at: [ http://www.aldaily.com/arch02.htm ]and the 2001 archive at: [ http://www.aldaily.com/arch01.htm. ]

The Arts & Letter Web site indicates the following: “The Arts & Letters Daily Archive contains all links that have been removed from the main page. Most of the links in this Archive will eventually become inert. Because we do not retain copies of linked pages, we are unable either to trace or to retrieve this older material. This Archive is our only record of links that have been featured by Arts & Letters Daily. For items removed last year, see our 2000 Archive. You can also view our 1999 Archive and our 1998 Archive.”

The point is, please do not be disapointed if old links are broken. Our site, the herff.com suffers from the same symptoms. I’ve experienced a loss of 15% of my total links due to broken links in just one year.

Please visit this site and drop a note to the editors to encourage them to keep up the good work despite the the demise of Lingua Franca.

From Down-Under, The Spire Project has significant Internet Research resource for primary research. Most of all, don’t miss their FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) which equivalent to a 100 page book of pure knowledge ready for your perusal.

Check this site at least once a month to make sure you stay at the cutting-edge of search techniques and resources.

http://spireproject.com/

Other Resources for Researching:

You should be tracking the following news groups:

For stuff on RESEARCH on the Internet:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=alt.internet.research

For scientific stuff:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=sci.research

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=sci.answers
For other general stuff:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=alt.answers
For news about usenet news:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=news.answers