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Mini Clips
Just got time for a quick one? Mini Clips serves up entertainment
and content by way of original short form web-based material.
The clips are short cartoons, movies and interactive games
small enough to be freely sent through e-mail or viewed on
the web. Users can put President Bush through an aerobic work-out,
build a "cyber-babe," shoot beans or golf, or star
in their own personalized mini-clip game. And it's all free.
http://www.miniclip.com/Homepage.htm
Archiving Early America
The Internet may be home to some of the very latest breaking
news, but it's also the place to go to access some of the
nation's oldest historical documents. Visit Archiving Early
America to read original newspapers and other documents that
are two centuries old. The site also contains several short
films about early American history that you can view online.
Topics include "The Real Face of George Washington"
and "The Treason of Benedict Arnold." For a challenge,
test your knowledge of early American history with an interactive
crossword puzzle.
The movies are too slow to load unless you have a cable modem
or DSL set-up, but the rest of the site is mildly interesting
even if you haven't a compelling interest in early American
history. What impressed me was how short most of these important
edicts that shaped our country are! They'd be thousands of
pages if they were written today.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Roadside America
Rather than spending your next driving trip on the Interstates,
check out Roadside America to find some offbeat attractions
to see along the way. From the Big Duck of Flanders, New York;
to the "World's Biggest Stained Glass Window" in
Covington, Kentucky; to the Big Bee of Norwalk, California
-- there's sure to be a little-known wonder to see in your
neck of the woods. For a state-by-state glimpse of the top
roadside attractions nationwide, head straight for the Roadside
America Map.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Maps of the World
Before you set out on an adventure, check out some of the
sites below. You shouldn't spend too much time being lost!
A number of sites provide maps, including detailed street
maps, of the entire United States and many other countries.
Here are a couple:
· Vicinity Corp. MapBlast - http://www.mapblast.com
· MapQuest - http://mapquest.com
Also, Microsoft's Terraserver - http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/
- offers for free a vast collection of satellite and aerial
photographs covering much of the Earth's surface. See what
your house looks like from space!
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