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In this issue:
Web site recommendations: IT/security/references

I'll be sending out an issue with "top XYZ of 2002" lists next week. If
you know of any such interesting compilations, please send me pointers.

Thanks to all those who contributed!

As We May Think - the 1945 article by Vannevar Bush
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm

WWW - the beginning and now (nice class project by a college senior)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mattkaz/history/index.html

How the Web Will Change Campaigns (written by a friend of mine)
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/25/opinion/25HIND.html

Considering starting a Weblog? Here are some pointers (not technical,
content based)
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/writeliving/

A profitable corner of the Web: online personals sites
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56940,00.html

Consumers Finding Ways to Zap Telemarketer Calls
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/18/technology/18TELE.html

AOL Patents Instant Messaging
http://www.msnbc.com/news/848770.asp?0dm=C14KT&cp1=1
&
some commentary on it
http://www.jabber.org/aol-patent/jsf-position.php

ResearchBuzz - news and information about search engines and databases
http://www.researchbuzz.com

Pirated sites - originals and copies
http://www.pirated-sites.com

Blogs of PhD students
http://phdweblogs.net

Software for interactive online forum
http://www.phpbb.com

Google fun summarized on one page (I've posted links to most of these,
but it's nice to have them all together in one location)
http://www.karakerwin.net/archives/00000092.html

Careful with Flash files
http://rss.com.com/2100-1001-978261.html?tag=lh

collecting information on those who collect information about you
http://sfweekly.com/issues/2002-11-27/smith.html/1/index.html
&
update on this
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56860,00.html

Increased security check at airports - tips for packing luggage
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/1221search21.html

A nightmare airport security story
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/monahan1.html

Social networks references in Spanish
http://www.redes-sociales.org

Expecting a Laugh Boosts Stress-busting Hormones
http://www.ucihealth.com/News/Releases/LaughStressBuster.htm

An example of the types of random information available online:
Episode lists for over 2000 US TV shows
http://epguides.com/

The nutritional value (yeah, right) of fast food chain foods
http://www.olen.com/food/

Lego sculptures (this is the guy's full time job, neat) - see image list
on right hand side
http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/index.html

Today's quote:
"There is no place I know that compares to pure imagination."
-- Roald Dahl, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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