A SAMPLE OF INTERESTING WEB SITES
09.07.30
Note: it is sometimes not necessary to use
the www, but I recommend that you always use it. Also it is sometimes necessary
to use the http://
NEWS - USA
www.cnn.com
-an example of a bad web site covered with junk
www.onlinenewspapers.com
(a directory to most newspapers in the world)
NEWS - CHINA STUFF (very interesting sites)
www.baidu.com the Google of china
NEWS- INDIA NEWSPAPERS and STUFF
NEWS - JAPAN
NEWS = RUSSIAN
NEWS - MIDDLE EAST
http://english.aljazeera.net/News ON-LINE NEWS PAPER IN
QATAR WHICH IS ON THE PERSIAN GULF AND A NEIGHBOR OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE CAPITAL
IS
ON-LINE NEWS PAPERS
www.onlinenewspapers.com
(a directory to most newspapers in the world)To find a foreign newspaper, go to
the alphabetical listing on the right side and pick the one that includes your
country. Then click on the city. Then click on the newspaper that looks like
the right one. You might have to try several until you find the right one.
In the search field type in abyz – click on
Google Search this will give you access to all the worlds news papers
MAGAZINES
www.slate.com (an
interesting magazine about everything)
MUSEUMS
www.nga.gov (National Galley of Art)
www.si.edu Smithsonian Institute
www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
(The Louvre in
WEB SITES TO LOTS OF INTERESTING INFORMATION
www.about.com (ALSO HAS A SEARCH
ENGINE)
www.en.wikipedia.org
(free encyclopedia anyone can edit) try it
out you may find it interesting
www.xist.org
- Global statistics
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
this is a
great site for world information
education.yahoo.com/references/factbook/countrycompare/gdp
–this is a great site to find how we
www.flixxy.com - “the best videos on the net”
SEARCH ENGINES
www.askjeeves.com or www.ask.com same site
HOW STUFF WORKS
www.techsoup.org
(learningcenter/hardware)good
site for whats going on in the tech world
www.howstuffworks.com
this is the great site for describing digital devices
www.googleguide.com-help when using google searches
SENIOR SITES
www.aarp.org (computer information
for older people)
www.seniornet.org (great site
for older people)
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
FREE EMAIL
INTERNET SERVICES
This web is great for checking your internet
speed
These sites will provide a backup for your
files on their internet site.
BOOKS
SHOPPING
www.printpal.com/15 (printer
cartridges)
www.sidestep.com (great for
airline tickets)
www.ebay.com buying and selling your
stuff on-line
http://www.presto.com/what-is-presto.aspx
HP email printer
GOVERNMENT
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
http://lcweb.loc.gov or www.loc.gov
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORLD
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
(CIA factbook)
THE WHITE HOUSE
MAPS
www.google.com – then click on maps
COMPUTER STUFF IN
www.swfpcug.org-southwestflorida
pc users group
GETTING EMAIL ADDRESSES
LOCATING PEOPLE
FINANCIAL
www.quicken.com - then go into One-click stock
analysis
www.morningstar.com or www.moringstar.com/Cover/Stocks.html
EDUCATION SITES
RECIPIES & FOOD
www.foodtv.com
www.allrecipies.com
WEATHER
www.nhc.noaa.gov (national
hurricane center)
www.weatherunderground.com
www.marine.usf.edu/nws
GREETING CARDS
www.marketsuite.com/free_greeting_cards.html
Newspaper/Radio sites
FREE WEB PAGE/BLOG PAGE
BE CAREFUL! www.anglefire.com is
a dating/PORN site
EXERCISE
www.hathayogalesson.com
(this is a light yoga)
NANOTECHNOLOGY
(Nano is 10 to the –9 power)
www.nano.gov (Courses-Intro to Nanoscience Rice Univ. Vici
Colvin – this site has a great slide show)
http://cnse.albany.edu/nano_innovation/overview.html
- College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering –
check it out it is a step in the right direction
INTERNETS 2 AND 3
FOREIGN MAGAZINE SITE
ELECTRIC AUTOMOBLES
www.pluginamerica.com(plug
in hybrids)click on WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
SHELL POINT
www.shellpoint.net
(this is the residents site) The IP number is 216.32.93.150
www.shellpoint.org
(this is the marketing site)
www.spccsc.net – ccsc
official web site for Shell Point residents
www.shellpoint.info (this is the Shell Point resident’s site)
RICHARD NELSON’ S and SHELL POINT’S WEB
SITES
www.angelfire.com/planet/richnelson/
this is Richard Nelson’s new virtual classroom web site.
www.angelfire.com/fl5/richnelson/
this is Richard Nelson’s original virtual classroom web site.
www.angelfire.com/hiphop/richnelson/
this is the Shell Point Blog site
www.angelfire.com/planet/sppoems
this is Shell Point's Poets Web Site
www.angelfire.com/blog/richnelson this is Richard Nelson’s web site for The Brooks
http://mybitsnbytes.angelfire.com this is Richards’s misc stuff web site
http://demoforsp.angelfire.com this is Richards’s instruction web site
http://biteofbytes.angelfire.com this is Richards’s experimental web site
http://computercollegesp.angelfire.com/ computer college at shell point a work in progress
http://lakewoodsp.angelfire.com –
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101491511033.aspx
INTERNET GAMES
www.chevroncars.com/games/solitaire
MUSIC
http://www.trachtman.org/ragtime//ragtime/
PHYSICAL EXERCISE
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/poles.htm
- Hiking Poles
ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD (OLPC) STUFF
www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start
www.laptop.org/en/laptop/start/getting_started_3.pdf
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/home
laptop.media.mit.edu -
MIT’s $100 computer
INTERNET EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html
NEW WORDS & PHRASES
MENTAL FITNESS SITES (BRAIN FITNESS)
www.CogniFit.com – from the News-Press
www.brainage.com - from the News-Press
www.happy-neuron.com - from the News-Press – offers some free games
www.drgarysmall.com – wrote the book iBrain
www.alz.org – Alzheimer’s web site
www.bigbrainacademy.com – get acquainted with this brain fitness software on-line
http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html
EXCAPA GAMES
TYPING EXERCISES
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/typing/
http://www.mrkent.com/kb/keyboard.htm
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