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Vol. 4, No. 37 -- Week of December 15, 2002

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Our friendly guidebook, "The Portable Learn the Net," is an easy way to help a friend or relative get connected. And it’s economical—only US $9.95. Place your order at http://www.learnthenet.com/books/book.htm .

 

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There’s only a week left before Christmas, but still enough time to snap up some of the latest digital devices. What’s top on Santa’s list this year? Find out at: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/larry.htm

 

When I fly, I always request a window seat so I can view the earth from high in the sky. This week’s CoolTool site from NASA goes even higher, featuring spectacular images of our planet from a Landsat satellite: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/cooltool.htm

 

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"Ten Things You Can Do on the Net This Week"

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tenthings.htm

Feast your eyes on our end of the year art extravaganza. Ten of the Web's great virtual museums and galleries await your visit.

1. Peter the Great brought priceless treasure to Russia's Hermitage Museum: http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

 

2. The British National Archives houses 1,000 years of history: http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/

 

3. UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology displays an enormous collection of fossils: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

 

4. Take a kid's tour of the National Sculpture Garden: http://www.nga.gov/kids/lizzy/lizzy.html

 

5. The Salvador Dali Museum  offers a dreamlike respective of the Surrealist's work: http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/

 

6. The George Eastman House  photography collection has over 400,000 images: http://www.eastman.org/

 

7. While away the hours at the eclectic Smithsonian Institution: http://2k.si.edu/

 

8. Control a robot at San Jose's Tech Museum: http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

 

9. Discover thousand of years of Asian art at the Crow Collection: http://www.crowcollection.com/

 

10. Suspend your disbelief when you enter the Museum of Unnatural Mystery: http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm

 

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Michael Lerner

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