From: The Weekly Bookmark [info@weeklyb.com] Sent: Martes 29 de Diciembre de 1998 08:35 PM To: List Member Subject: The Weekly Bookmark - Cool Site Reviews The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com THE WEEKLY BOOKMARK ISSN 1091-6202 December 27, 1998 - Vol. 4, No. 31 IN THIS ISSUE The Weekly Bookmark presents reviews of what's new and cool on the Web in over fifteen categories. Readers submit sites and the editor makes final selections. Your submissions are welcome and are carefully reviewed. Subscribers to this free newsletter will receive each issue first. Issues will subsequently be made available online. http://www.weeklyb.com PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR **** IS WINDOWS TOO BORING? **** Bring it to life with Oska DeskMate. Oska is an interactive character that lives and plays on your Windows 95/98 desktop. !!FREE!! DOWNLOAD NOW !!FREE!! http://www.oska.com/oska0002.htm ARTS AND HUMANITIES Art.com http://www.art.com/ The world's largest supergallery. Over 100,000 prints and posters viewable by category. Submitted By: C. Masters Kite Aerial Photography http://www-archfp.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/ Kite aerial photography appeals to that part of me, perhaps of all of us, that would slip our earthly bonds and see the world from new heights. An aerial view offers a fresh perspective of familiar landscapes and in doing so challenges our spatial sensibilities, our grasp of relationships. Submitted By: Charles Benton Why Cats Paint http://webpages.netlink.co.nz/~monpa/index.html For those interested in discovering more about The Museum of Non-Primate Art (MONPA), you will find out background information and see a selection of recent acquisitions. Submitted By: Burton Silver ------------------- BOOKS AND MUSIC AuthorWorld http://www.authorworld.com/index.shtml A site for writers to browse articles about their craft without being subjected to scam contests or membership fees. A place where people can meet friends and chat with old ones. Submitted By: John Anthony ------------------- BUSINESS AND FINANCE GlobalVue http://www.globalvue.com/ Whether you're ready or not, the expanding global marketplace is requiring new skills, business models, and ways of thinking. GlobalVue provides a unique resource and perspective designed to arm managers and their companies with the necessary tools and skill sets needed for success. Submitted By: G. Baldwin WallStreetView.com - Financial Portal http://www.wallstreetview.com/ A well organized starting point for visiting the leading financial sites. Submitted By: B. Hackbarth SalaryZone http://www.ioma.com/zone/ Welcome to The Salary Zone, the quickest and least expensive way to find out what your job is worth. Filling a new position? Think you deserve a raise? Our unique Salary Search helps you avoid costly mistakes - and provides ammunition for your next meeting with the boss! A commercial service, but the site offers monthly salary survey reports from different industries. Submitted By: L. Lyons ------------------- COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY Moochers Freeware http://www.moochers.com/ Moochers has quickly grown into a popular hotspot for computer and technology users interested in Windows freeware. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- EDUCATION Edison International - Edison Kids http://www.edisonkids.com/ The Edison International Power Lab - Plug into high energy fun. Submitted By: C. Masters Ask Dr. Universe http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/ You can ask Dr. Universe almost anything! She'll go to Washington State University's great team of researchers for her information. She'll follow them out to the field, or into the laboratory or library, to find your answers. Submitted By: webmaster ------------------- ENTERTAINMENT The Advertising Graveyard http://www.zeldman.com/ad.html Ad campaigns which never quite made it out the door. Submitted By: Jeffrey Zeldman ------------------- GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan http://www.rawa.org/ RAWA is an independent political organization of Afghan women which is struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fudamentalism-blighted Afghanistan. Submitted By: C.L. ------------------- **** IS WINDOWS TOO BORING? **** Bring it to life with Oska DeskMate. Oska is an interactive character that lives and plays on your Windows 95/98 desktop. !!FREE!! DOWNLOAD NOW !!FREE!! http://www.oska.com/oska0002.htm ------------------- INTERNET AND WEB Internet Clocks, Counters and Countdowns http://www.panaga.com/clocks/clocks.htm Links to hundreds of clock and countdown sites such as Year 2000 countdowns, atomic clocks, population counters and much more. Submitted By: Paul Nagai Vox Populi: Polling Software for your Website http://arsdigita.com/voxpopuli/ Vox Populi is a free service that allows you to set up polls on your own website with real-time calculations of results. You control the content, even the look of the result pages, as well as how you want the poll to function. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- NEWS AND INFORMATION NewsHub http://www.newshub.com/ NewsHub integrates and reports headlines from the world's premiere news sources every 15 minutes. It is the way to stay informed about important topics because news stories are current, and reported by the most respected sources in the world. Submitted By: editor GVU's 9th WWW Survey Results http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1998-04/ The ninth edition of GVU's WWW User Survey is complete and its results offer a fresh picture of the continuously evolving world of the Net. If the attention given to previous editions of the survey is any indication, it should once again be of interest to those following the development of this new medium for academic or business reasons, policy implementation or news reporting. Submitted By: Juan Rogers 6 billion Human Beings http://www.popexpo.net/ An exhibit from the Musée de l'Homme Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris - France Submitted By: G. Baldwin ------------------- ORGANIZATIONS The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org Internet Archive is collecting and storing public materials from the Internet and will provide historians, researchers, scholars, and others access to this vast collection of data and ensure the longevity of this information. Submitted By: C. Masters ------------------- RECREATION AND SPORTS Pete's Bikindex http://www.bikindex.com/ The Bikindex has grown to be one of the highest-rated cycling sites on the internet, providing cyclists with the information they need quickly and easily. Submitted By: Pete R. ------------------- SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY The NASA Space Weather Bureau http://www.spaceweather.com/ Solar flares zap a science satellite. A coronal mass ejection sparks a stunning display of aurora borealis. Blazing meteors streak through Earth's atmosphere. All these are examples of space weather. Submitted By: G. Baldwin ------------------- SOCIETY AND CULTURE Savoy Magazine: Where Words Are Food For The Mind http://www.savoymag.net/ Works by writers, poets, digital artists and photographers. Submitted By: C. L. ------------------- TRAVEL AND REGIONAL China's Vegetable Markets - From Farmer to Consumer http://www.saturdaymarket.com/chinaveg/ This photographic essay is an annotated walk through the free markets (also called farmers' markets)in China. As we walk through these markets, you'll begin to understand the massive changes that took place since 1985, after the government dismantled the People's Communes and decontrolled growing, distribution and retail sales of fresh produce. Submitted By: R.S. Yosemite National Park http://free.prohosting.com/~katzmom/ Yosemite National Park is made up of over 760,000 acres of scenic wildlands. The park is located in the east central part of California. Yosemite has a variance of vegetation and wildlife. The major features are alpine wilderness, groves of Giant Sequoias, and the Yosemite valley. Submitted By: Kitty The Weekly Bookmark - http://www.weeklyb.com Comments, Suggestions: mailto:info@weeklyb.com Copyright (c) 1998 by The Weekly Bookmark, Chicago, IL - All Rights Reserved No portion of this work may be republished in any form, including on a website, without prior written permission of the copyright holder. 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