Carlisle, MA

Tips Page

•  Make The Most Of That New PC

Here's the info you need to ensure long, safe, trouble-free computing whether you're starting the year with a brand-new PC, or with an older, used PC that's new to you. By Fred Langa, InformationWeek

WikiWikiWebs: New Ways of Interacting in a Web Environment

WikiBibliography Offers Information on Wikis
also, RSS Readers: Bringing the World to Your Desktop

• Restaurants and other purveyors of fine food

Restaurants listed in the Concord Chamber of Commerce list

•  The world health report 2004 - changing history

This year's report examines the global health situation and some of the major threats to health in today's world. Drawing on many examples, the report suggests that major improvements in health for everybody are within reach, and that progress depends on collaboration among governments, international institutions, the private sector and civil society to build stronger health systems.

•  Street level digital mapping by Google

With an Internet connection, users enter an address or other location information and Keyhole's software accesses the database and takes them to a digital image of that location on their computer screen. The interactive software then gives users many options, including the ability to zoom in from space-level to street-level, tilt and rotate the view or search for other information such as hotels, parks, ATMs or subways. Unlike traditional mapping technologies, Keyhole creates a dynamic 3D interface for geographic information.

• Take Me Back

Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting pages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible.

• Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator, America's premiere independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities.

• Getting Into Hot Water

A step-by-step guide to buying and maintaining a water heater by This Old House

• Getting Started with HDTV in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Typically, digital TV offers increased image resolution and more stability than standard TV and is often coupled with higher quality audio such as surround sound. You're probably more familiar with standard (analog) TV, which is the type of TV most commonly distributed today through antenna, cable, digital cable, or satellite. On average, standard TV broadcasts an image resolution of about 210,000 pixels. In comparison, Digital TV can broadcast an image resolution of up to 2 million pixels and provide nearly 10 times more picture detail on displays that support HDTV

• Identity Theft and Fraud

Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain.

• Meta Critic

movie reviews - Metacritic® compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, music and games. Our unique Metascores® show the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.

• Neady Cats

It is the mission of NEADY Cats to place adoptable cats and kittens in loving "forever" homes, promote spaying and neutering, and provide feline health care education to the public.

• Net Squirrel Classroom

A free collection of Internet, PC, and classroom resources from Patrick Crispen. Since 1995, Patrick Crispen has been an invited speaker at numerous technology conferences around the country. The following are just a few of Patrick's most recent PowerPoint presentations

• RssReader

RssReader - This free RSS reader is able to display any RSS and Atom news feed (XML). This might possibly change your computer experience. Internet syndication and aggregation software. Running under Windows 98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003. There are many readers available, this one I believe has a clean simple user interface.

What is RssReader? RssReader is a program to read RSS and Atom news feeds. RssReader collect news in the background at user configurable intervals and warn with a little popup in the system tray that there is a new message arrived. You can click the news headline to see a short description of the news and click or open the original news web page in an RssReader browser or default browser window. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for syndicating news. Many news and web log sites support RSS by adding these pictograms as or to their web pages.

RSS/News Readers List

Legal Issues
Please send suggestions, information on changes, corrections and omissions to
webmaster@carlisle.org