From: Weekly Bookmarkz [info@bookmarkz.com] Sent: Martes 9 de Noviembre de 1999 01:23 AM To: Weekly Bookmarkz Subject: Weekly Bookmarkz - November 7, 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Bookmarkz - http://www.bookmarkz.com - ISSN 1091-6202 ---------------------------------------------------------------- November 07, 1999 - Vol. 5, No. 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- TOP OF THE LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------- Big news this week...Microsoft was found to be operating as a monopoly...and RealNetworks announced they'd been exposing your listening habits to advertisers through their RealPlayer and RealJukebox applications. What does this mean to all of us? Well the Microsoft thing will drag on forever, so don't hold your breath. As for the RealNetworks privacy issues, go download new versions of the players today (if you use them). ---------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTES FROM THE WEEKLY BOOKMARKZ TEAM ---------------------------------------------------------------- We've added search capability to our archives. You can now easily find the sites you are looking for in all of our previous issues all the way back to October of 1995. Remember to keep spreading the word about Weekly Bookmarkz by sending this newsletter to a friend or family member. Have a great weekend, The WB Team ---------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR ---------------------------------------------------------------- ~~~~ Don't Just Surf, Take an eTour! ~~~~ eTour.com is a new, FREE service that brings great Web sites right to you, so you don't have to search for them yourself! Click below to sign-up today: http://www.etour.com/default.asp?AssocID=eye5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ARTS & HUMANITIES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Women http://www.nytimes.com/library/photos/leibovitz/index.html In her book,"Women," Annie Leibovitz portrays a cross-section of women in the U.S. and encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects. A selection of these photographs, which were taken especially for the book, can be seen on the web exclusively on The New York Times' site. This special section also includes an exclusive audio interview with Annie Leibovitz in which she discusses her career and her book, and an excerpt of the essay "A Photograph Is Not an Opinion. Or Is It?" that Susan Sontag wrote as an introduction to the book. Submitted By: R. Geller The Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/ This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 5,100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world. Submitted By: B. Genearo * WB Note: This site was featured in our April 29, 1996 issue. Back then, it only contained a little more 700 definitions. This is an excellent example of how the Web helps great projects grow and develop. Congratulations to the entire staff putting efforts into Encyclopedia Mythica! ---------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTERS & INTERNET ---------------------------------------------------------------- Updates.com http://www.updates.com/ Updates.com is a free software update service. It will search your PC for software that needs updating and provide a list from which you can download the latest software and drivers. The site can also notify you via email when certain updates are available from the vendors. Updates.com supports software applications and shareware, utilities, development tools ActiveX Controls, games, drivers and much more. Submitted By: G. Lynden EbayPAL http://www.grol.com/ebaypal/ There probably aren't too many people on the Internet that have not heard of eBay, but what about EbayPAL? This clever and FREE application lets you keep track of almost anything on eBay: add and place bids on auctions right from the application, email an auction to a friend, get auction closing alerts, create and save custom searches, track auction status, and more. Submitted By: WB Team 1st Page 2000 http://www.evrsoft.com/ A full-featured, completely free, HTML editor/script editor. The application now includes 450 Javascripts, ASP, SSI and DHTML effects. 1st Page 2000 may not turn out to be the solution that you are looking for, but being free, there's no risk in trying it out! Submitted By: D. Harrison Amnesi.com http://www.amnesi.com/ Amnesi helps Net users find Internet server names (DNS names). For example, if you want to see the site advertised on some TV commercial, but do not remember its exact name, you could type your best guess (for example "mucrasoft.com"). This engine will try to match names in their database and give you a list of similar names. Submitted By: O. Webster ---------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- Kids Freeware http://www.kidsfreeware.com/ With as much negative attention the Internet seems to get it's always wonderful to find such a great use of this medium. This site offers a collection of free software and Internet services just for kids. It has a great mouse effect feature too! Submitted By: H. Greeley Funology http://www.funology.com/ The science of having fun! The site offers tons of fun, creative activities, games, jokes and trivia just for kids. They might even learn something while having fun! Best of all, everything on the site is absolutely free! Submitted By: L. Hughes ---------------------------------------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Laffatorium http://www.laffnow.com/ An excellent compilation of jokes. The site has devoted a whole them to Thanksgiving humor. In their own words, the site has "Enough Thanksgiving jokes and turkey humor to stuff a turkey!" Submitted By: R. Mankowitz ChefEasy http://www.chefeasy.com/ ChefEasy.com is the Internet's first video-on-demand weekly cooking show. Each week, via streaming video, ChefEasy prepares a new recipe that is different, tasty and most of all...easy. Submitted By: T. June Poster Quiz http://www.posterquiz.com/ A fun, interactive quiz game featuring the posters of movies that you may or may not have seen. Have fun trying to guess the movie title based on the poster image. Also check out the Trivia Bytes, Cinema Bytes and Tune Trivia quiz sites that are part of the same Cool Quiz Network. Submitted By: R. Warren ShakesBeer http://www.shakesbeer.com/ An online hangout for college students. Users can chat, use the discussion groups, and exchange books, ideas, numbers, etc. Be sure to try out the Reject-O-Matic. Submitted By: D. Swenson ---------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alexa is the ultimate browser plugin. Find the best sites on Internet automatically! Download Alexa and Know Where to Go! => F R E E D O W N L O A D <= http://www.alexa.com/download/eye10/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH & WELLNESS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Migraine Awareness Group http://www.migraines.org/ A site that supports those who suffer from migraine headaches. MAGNUM was created to bring public awareness, utilizing the electronic, print and artistic mediums, to the fact that Migraine is a true organic neurological disease. Submitted By: D. Yang ---------------------------------------------------------------- SCIENCE & INDUSTRY ---------------------------------------------------------------- IKONOS Satellite Image http://www.spaceimaging.com/ikonos/firstimage.htm This is the first photo taken by the IKONOS satellite launched earlier this year. The owners of the first 1-meter satellite, Space Imaging, have put up a gallery of other photos on the site as well, but this one image shows the excellent resolution and potential of photography taken from orbit around the earth. Submitted By: R. MacDowell ---------------------------------------------------------------- TRAVEL ---------------------------------------------------------------- CyberSpain http://www.cyberspain.com/ This site serves as a direct connection to Spain. The content it covers of Spain includes culture, history, education, literature and much more. There are tons of links to a wealth of resources and information. Submitted By: J. Gobler ---------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Bookmarkz - http://www.bookmarkz.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Subscribe: mailto:join-weeklybookmarkz@lists.dundee.net For Comments and Suggestions: mailto:info@bookmarkz.com Advertising Info: mailto:advertising@bookmarkz.com To Unsubscribe: mailto:leave-weeklybookmarkz@lists.dundee.net Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 by Weekly Bookmarkz, Portland, OR - 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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