Al's Picks |  | by Al Massey |
Under the capable hand of Webmaster Marilyn Gore, this is a site that is fast becoming a "must see" on any Internet tour. Marilyn makes use of all the latest tools including frames and Java. With the assistance of On-line Art Director Meredith Foster, Marilyn has recently brought the User Journal on-line and has included a growing list of technical support sites and home pages for most all of the HAL-PC SIGs. Check it out.
The Why Files, a product of the National Institute for Science Education, is an effort to illuminate the science, math and technology that lurk behind the headline news. The page is updated bi-weekly and touches on such issues as diet and blindness, the hunt for cosmic neutrinos, ancient life in amber and the pros and cons of electric cars. It also features cool science images and science-related sports information. The page is for the curious, students and teachers. We hope to inspire people to see science as a process that is important to everybody.
For an unfiltered take on the political circus in The Year of the Web, check out The Netizen, a joint venture between Wired and HotWired which debuts today. We're launching with a daily email report from the campaign trail by John Heilemann, Brock Meeks' Campaign Dispatch, a Netizen's poll, and a special audio feature called "Noise." Best of all: No Daily Shovelware - you can only find it here.
A densely packed, tightly organized resource, designed to help the WWW user to locate the resources needed to make efficient use of the vast number of sites on the Web. Includes a "Primer" for new users on the Web.
NII Global Information Infrastructure Awards: nominations are now being taken. The 2nd Annual NII Awards are sponsored by more than 50 industry, community and government leaders and recognize innovation and excellence in the use of electronic communications and interactive networks. The Awards Committee is looking for projects that show the world the power and potential of networked, interactive communications. The awards intentionally encompass more than the Internet and the Web, and provide a look at the convergence of different network platforms. Categories include Arts & Entertainment, Business, Children, Community, Education, GII Next Generation, Government, Health Public Access (sponsored by the US Postal Service) and Telecollaboration (sponsored by AT&T). And, in 1996 there is a Global Information Infrastructure Award opening up the program to entries worldwide. This new category is the first step to a full global competition. Enter your application or service by May 1, 1996. Submission by March 27 qualifies entrants for additional prizes.
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/
The Nine Planets, "a multimedia tour of the solar system," is designed with the general reader in mind. Included are sections on all planets and their known satellites, with facts about each, an astronomical glossary that explains basic terms, a list of the largest, smallest, densest, and brightest, a chronology on human discovery of the solar system, and a planetary picture index.
Findlaw, originally a list of resources prepared for the Northern California Association of Law Librarians (NOCALL) by two Stanford University graduate students and a lawyer, is one of the most comprehensive law resources on the Internet. It includes pointers to law schools, legal publishers, legal associations, statutes and laws, judicial opinions and case law, law firms and lawyers, legal news, consultants and experts, and international law resources, among others. Also included is an e-mail service that will send you new journal abstracts in over 25 subject areas, as well as a large legal subject index with pointers to resources in over 35 law related categories. Findlaw is completely searchable.
Golf Magazine presents Golf Online on the Web. The site contains tables of contents for the current magazine, as well as features that include upcoming tournaments including PGA money leaders and statistics, instruction a section that allows you to fill out a questionnaire and get tips on your game based on your answers, equipment reviews, a bulletin board chat room, and links to other golf sites.
http://goliath.wpine.com/cu-seeme.html
Enhanced CU-SeeMe, a commercial product which builds on the freely-available version of CU-SeeMe, is now available. Cu-SeeMe provides one to one, one to many, or many to many video conferencing over the Internet. Enhanced CU-SeeMe is available for a 30 day free test on Windows and Mac platforms. Enhancements include 24-bit true color support, a whiteboard for data and graphics sharing, high quality audio, and direct launch from a Web page, among others.
http://savvy.cs.colostate.edu:2000/
Savvy Search is an experimental search system designed to query multiple Internet search engines simultaneously. At present, nineteen search engines are queried, including Alta Vista, Yahoo, FTPsearch95, the Virtual Software Library, Excite, Lycos, DejaNews, OKRA (an e-mail lookup database) and the Internet Movie Database, among others. The searching system supports Boolean AND/OR and phrase searching. Search results are grouped by search engine. Context sensitive help is available, as well as a separate help file. Individual pointers to each search engine are also provided.
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