Tag Archives: web
Vietnam Photographers Enjoy Online Social Networks
Vietnam News Service’s Linh Ha writes about how the “Net Gives Camera Bugs a New Playground”, highlighting the growing popularity of Vietnamese photographers and photo websites. With the development of the Internet, more and more Vietnamese photographers, professional and amateur alike, now know better ways to share their hobby with others though online communities specifically […]
Finding Wireless Internet Connections
Let’s start off this post by saying that I am not a hacker, nor do I endorse any hacking, intrusion, or illegal activity involved in getting online via wireless Internet access points. BUT as we travel, we are always on the hunt for any WIFI Internet connection we can find and we thank and bless […]
Know Before You Go: Translate Web Pages
Often, the best information about a place comes from a website written in the language of the place. You can now translate most web pages into the major languages of the world. Heading for Germany? Spain? Russia? Sweden? Want to read the news or web pages written in that language so you can find out […]
NPR Now has Feeds and Podcasting
I’m working on a new article for the site on the impact of NPR and BBC on travelers for getting access to worldwide information while traveling, so imagine my delight in discovering that NPR now offers feeds!!! AND…podcasting. Wonderful. BBC has offered feeds for a while but now NPR has embraced the modern equivalent of […]
Feeds for the Traveler and You
The term “feeds” is not about eating. It is about “feeding” you information from the web that you need to help you as you travel on the road or on the Internet. A “feed” or “webfeed” is a term for delivering summaries of web content, such as web pages, news, press releases, and other content […]
CNET – Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years
Began in 1996, when we hit the road full time, C|net’s CNET Download offers free downloads of shareware and freeware applications. They are the largest source of such software products and continue to offer us some of the best programs through their online software distribution service. Their Top 10 Downloads for the Past 10 Years […]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Well, the news is full of the news. The sixth Harry Potter book is out, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”. Millions of the book are expected to be sold within the next few hours around the world. A bookstore in Canada released the book early by “mistake” and an court order was issued “banning […]
The Best Online Reference Sites
Looking for the best online reference sites for your studies, research, or fact finding? The Best Online Reference Sites lists a number of top reference sites on the Internet for the student or researcher or anyone looking up information and references. Examples include AskOxford, Epicurious, and Household Products Database. The list was compiled in 2004 […]
Our Website Design
DESIGNERS MUST SEE THIS! If you are considering designing a web page, or if you have ever designed a web page, check out this wonderful series on the evolution of a website from Webreference. You will learn more about what it takes to create, maintain, and establish a successful web page than you will ever […]
Yahoo Has New PhotoMail Service
If you are sending a lot of photographs via email, for business or pleasure, you might be interested in this. Yahoo announces it is rolling out a new PhotoMail service. PhotoMail will let users insert “up to 300 digital photographs into the body of an e-mail and store an unlimited numbers of photos on the […]
30 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on the Internet
My growing dependence on the Internet as a way to stay in touch, get information, check weather reports, and be entertained has grown to an amazing obsession. Actually, it’s more like a desperate dependence. With all the information that is out there, it is overwhelming. And yet, after almost 20 years playing on the Internet […]
A New Kind of 404 Page Not Found Result
I love 404 Page Not Found error pages. Not always, but when I encounter a cute one, I enjoy it while it lasts. Did you know that there are websites dedicated to collecting 404 Page Not Found error pages? They either link to them or provide screen shots of them. They are wonderful. I’ll put […]