This month we look at a wide range of web sites.
Hurricane Marilyn Hits The Net: Hurricane Marilyn recently hit the US Virgin Islands causing havoc and destroying around 80% of all homes on the island of St Thomas. Transportation and communication to and from the island has also been crippled, but information is available on the Internet, at the following sites: St. Thomas Emergency Response Center World Wide Web: http://www.icanect.net/thomas/index.htm
The National Hurricane Center World Wide Web: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.html
The Response Net Services World Wide Web: http://www.response.org/
Crossnet on the World Wide Web: http://www.crossnet.org/arc/whats_new/disaster/index.htm
Hurricane '95 World Wide Web: http://www.pbpost.com/storm95/marilyn7.htm
I know that the Capital District it not prone to a great many natural disasters, but the Disaster Preparedness Information Epicenter - The Emergency Preparedness Information Center, is devoted to raising awareness of emergency preparedness. Visitors to the pages will learn how to prepare for disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes. World Wide Web: http://www.nwlink.com/epicenter/
Worldwide Government Links: Yale University's Government Document Library Site offers a comprehensive set of links to American and international government sources and sites with particular emphasis on non-US services. Rather than organizing all links by nation, the site offers access via menus classified by subject. World Wide Web:http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/govdoc2.html
Digital PC Home Page: Digital Computer has just begun its own home page. Via the site, current Digital PC owners can obtain free software device driver updates and current customer information. Hot links to other company and non-company Web sites are also featured. World Wide Web: http://www.pc.digital.com/
Internet College Choice Tool: The first interactive college planning service on the Internet, CollegeAssist, has recently debuted. Targeted at sophomore through senior high school students and their school counselors, CollegeAssist provides both free information and fee-based services to guide students through the complex process of gaining admission to their college of choice. World Wide Web: http://www.edworks.com/
New Pharmaceutical Industry Web Site: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing of America (PhRMA) group has entered cyberspace, with an outpost on the Internet's World Wide Web. The new site includes information on health care, ranging from answers to questions regarding pharmaceuticals to pointers on a variety of health issues. The PhRMA Web site is at http://www.phrma.org/.
Re/Max Property Professionals agent Virg Leary has launched the first of what will eventually include many agents affiliated with the office of local Re/Max broker William Sarris. Virg's site can be reached at:
http://www.albany.net/~remaxvrg/index.html
Abuse, a very cool side-scrolling adventure game (no, it's not about a day with O.J. Simpson) can be downloaded at the following web site: http://crack.com/download.html
For the latest happenings in the computer industry and some great reviews of hardware and software, check out Tri-City Computing Magazine's web site at http://www.albany.net/~tricity/mast.html
Looking for a good deal on autoparts for your GM or Subaru? Then point your browser towards Bill Mcbride's
Chevrolet-Subaru web site located at:http://www.albany.net/~mcbride/index.html
The National Budget Simulation lets visitors have a try at balancing the federal budget. See if you cab do better than those clowns in Washington at: http://garnet.berkely.edu:3333/budget/budget.html
Infoseek is a great place to start if your trying to track down information on the web. Go to: http://www.infoseek.com
The Elvis Home Page can be reached at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/elvis/elvishom.html Here you'll find links to many Elvis related sites including a virtual tour of Graceland.
"Ooooh Donuts" and other memorable Sounds from the Simpsons can be downloaded at: http://www.digitalage.com/sounds/Simpsons.html
This isn't a web site but an area on America Online called the WALL. By going keyword: the wall, users can take an online journey of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Need some laughs while browsing the web? Go to the Calvin and Hobbes Jumpstation at:
http://www.csd.uu.se/~d94her/calvin/jumpstation.html
If political cartoons are your cup of tea then go to the Inkwell, where you'll find nearly a dozen cartoonists showing off their work. The url is: http://www.unitedmedia.com/inkwell
A site with links to information on New York State Government can be reached by pointing your browser to:
http://www.gol.org/ny
The Capital Region Information Service of New York (CRISNY) will soon be online as a new local internet provider. You can check out their web site at: http://ns1.crisny.org
Interested in learning more about our solar system? Then The Nine Planets is the site for you. Go to:
http//www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Bill's Lighthouse Getaway is a nifty look at about 50 historic lighthouses. Go to: http://www.lib.utk.edu/lights.html
Baseball might be winding down for this year but don't worry, there are plenty of fantasy leagues on the web. As a starting point, check out Original Bitnet Fantasy League Baseball at: http://tardis.union.edu/~terescoj/obflb/obflb.html You can
also check out the Zebra Fantasy League at http://www.hooked.net:80/users/zebra/
For some hot links to some cool entertainment sites check out TCCM Designs' fun stuff page at:
http://www.albany.net/~tricity/sidelines.html
If your firm needs a home page designed go to TCCM Designs' home page for rates, information and links to many web sites. http://www.albany.net/~tricity/tccm.html
That's it for this month. See ya next time with some more cool sites. The major theme next month will be web sites where you can do some of your holiday shopping. |
