This is another of the pretty picture sites I'm so fond of, but this is also much more. You can enjoy breathtaking photos of stars, galaxies, comets, etc., and then delve more deeply into the site. There are articles explaining all sorts of photography methods, weird happenings to the author, and many other subjects. You can easily spend a couple of hours here.

http://www.astropix.com/index.htm


THE LIVING INTERNET

We all use it, but how many of us really know what the Internet is and how it has developed into the World Wide Web of business, culture and international communication that it is today? This great free resource is essentially an "Internet's guide to the history of the Internet", a fascinating and educational tour of its creation and evolution.

http://www.livinginternet.com


CHEAP GASOLINE

If you've been trying to find the cheapest gas around town, go to this site before you drive. You can enter your ZIP code and get a listing of the area stations with the lowest prices. As I write this, it's $1.73 at five or six stations, mostly on the south side. You apparently can register and enter prices on your own.

http://scambusters.org/a/gasbuddy.html

WHAT MOVIE TO RENT?

Don't avoid renting movies because you don't know which one to see. Visit this site and they'll do a personality profile and recommend some for you. The only problem I had was that I'd either already seen the film or it's one I don't want to. The site kept trying. I got bored after about twenty times and signed out. (All they ask for is a user name, so I doubt I'll get a lot of e-mail. They're affiliated with Net Flick, the Internet/mail rental place.)

http://www.whattorent.com/login.php

MOST FREQUENTLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS

Those of you who like to moan about the degradation of the English language may like this site and it's listing of the one hundred most often mispronounced words. I found a few that I use wrongly, so I guess I'm contributing to the downfall!

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html


IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY

Memory gone? Visit this site and learn to memorize a sixty digit number. (Good Luck!)

http://www.andibell.net