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Websites of the Month
Environment-Green
Newseum
October
OK, I bet you have seen seti@home sometime
within the last 5 years or so. BOINC is actually an
SETI@home is a
scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)...namely radio noise,
more organized, like earth's TV signals
During the initial set-up, you sign up and select the projects you want your
PC to research on. All 3
If you use more than one PC, be sure you use the same e-mail address and
password in order to be
On two of my PCs, I have BOINC as the screensaver. On my 3rd PC, which is a
Linux, BOINC runs
For 5 years, yes, 5 years I've been meaning to research seti/BONIC and
feature the application here,
September
We
August
Italians vs the rest of Europe
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If you have a favorite website,
please e-mail them to with the subject "Website of the Month" and we'll check it out and post them here. Please no commercial sites unless it's really interesting. Previous Websites of the Month can be found here.
Check back often!
This page is a work in progress, which means, the internet is always changing and expanding, therefore, this page may have links added, updated and/or deleted. I am hoping that this page will grow with input from you so that you can use this page as a reference. I used to say that I'm surfing on the net with two PCs simultaneously, but now I have modified my setups so that I am using two monitors on each of my workhorse computers. One computer is used for webmastering, graphics, surfing, researching, e-mailing, etc and the other is for audio work, such as archiving audio tapes, recording music files, archiving data files, burning CDs/DVDs, recovering lost data off of other people's dead hard drives as well as helping me to repair other folks dead PCs.
So I'm going
to take advantage of this page and help ya'll be savvy with your own PCs
and internet TDI
(Telecommunication for the Deaf, Inc.)
has appointed
Trudy Suggs as National Public Relations
ASL Sites:
There are many web sites devoted to the ASL as a language; here are a few of them: Take me to the ASL Browser The FAED Eagle
website has been shutdown and while researching for it's new location, I found This is another page with links to ASL sites: The
Talking Hands ASL website is kinda nifty.
The
homepage has a sign langauge toolbar that
NCSD Museum
DeafWebsites.com a comprehensive listing of Deaf websites.
National Theatre of the
Deaf:
www.ntd.org
Everything You Wanted to
Know About Deafness - DEAF-INFO Web Site. ...
What will you do? The Deaf Employee. ... Home to a mailing list about deafness, as well as information and links to other deaf resources: www.zak.co.il/deaf-info/old/home.html
Extensive directory to just about every aspect of deaf culture, including
education, To quell
the rumors: Captioning Is NOT Going Away: Here's two that I
found interesting: Lanny's Brown Eagle Page: Bottom of this page has additional National Association of the Deaf's website Berry has found a search engine with a tremendous wealth of Deaf related
websites: |
Deaf Expo is a show where venders and companies selling equipment and items for the Deaf get together inside a large building so Deafies can see what's for sale that would enhance their everyday living. These shows are located in California and due to organizational restructuring there were no shows produced in 2005 and no shows are planned for 2006. This group is not associated with The DeafNation Expo mention in the next paragraph below. Click on http://www.deafexpo.com/ for further updates. The DeafNation Expo website marvels the community with: - Video Clip News/Sports coverage are done in Sign Language - Countless Special Coverage at events that are now history - Hosting the DeafNation Expo at 12 different cities - Sponsors are clearly visible on the web - And even better, the audience has been paying attention to every step they make… http://www.deafnation.com And don't forget the DeafNation Expo in Greensboro on February 23rd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Video Relay
Convenient, reliable internet & video relay service 24 hrs a day, 365
days a year through Sprint at:
www.sprintrelayonline.com &
www.usavrs.com
Free online text and video relay calls are just a click away.
Simply go to
www.att.com/relay and start calling.
The 2003 football season seems to be bad one for the football teams at Gallaudet University and at
some residential schools for the deaf.
Kentucky School for the Deaf has dropped this sport.
Indiana School for the Deaf played one game and suspended this sport for the remainder of the
season.
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf , also dropped due to not enough players, shut it down for
the season.
Also Phoenix Day School for the Deaf has made it a two-game season, forfeiting the rest of their
scheduled games..
What about Gallaudet University? Every year turnout 50-55 players had signed up. This season only
have 40 players to play....
Hope 2004 season will be much better>>?????????????
Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:47:29 EST
Internet:
Dsl Reports tests and compares your internet connection. Cable modem users, please be aware
that your speeds may fluctuate wildly depending on where you live and time of day during test:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=2
Do your part in stopping e-rumors by visiting these sites:
http://www.truthorfiction.com
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org
This is a very interesting reading about e-mail viruses that I want to
share:
http://www.worldstart.com/guides/virus1.htm
For an excellent source of computing and internet tips, check out: www.worldstart.com
Check out free and free to try software to download: www.zdnet.com
Ye Ode Webmaster's Own PC Tech Files
I can brag big time, only because I can. I have a PC tips website because lots of folks asks me about
how to do this and how to do that, what's the best way to do this and what's the best way to do that.
So, after accumulating a large number of e-mails over the past 10 odd years advising these folks how
to maintain their computers, I decided to funnel all my tips to this website. It's still being updated every
now and then when I'm not working on NCSD1970, but still, it offers a bunch of tips to enjoy your PC
without any outlay of your hard earned $$$$. How kewl is that?
http://www.latkowski.info/techfiles.htm
roll your own. Roll it all together into one chat messenger and save your PC's resources at the
same time. Get Trillian instant messenger. Once you have it set up, all your instant messengers
are online at once and controlled by one program with the same if not more features than your
old chat messengers. Well, don't let me explain the details, hop on over to
www.ceruleanstudios.com and check it out! Kewl, eh? Click on the link and then click on
Downloads. Then click on Download Trillian Basic and start saving your desktop resources.
And for Mac OS X, take look at Fire here:
http://fire.sourceforge.net/
The best thing - both programs are free!
Do you want to be alerted of any type of emergencies such as Severe Weather Warnings,
Homeland Security threat level upgrades or downgrades, natural disasters, health alerts, etc.? Tired
of the special reports coming on TV and having to get someone hearing to tell you what is going on?
Worry no more. Go to http://www.emergencyemail.org/ and sign up for email alerts to be sent to
your email or your wireless device to be alerted 24/7! This service is free.
Tech Tip 2:
Ever get frustrated that your computer beeps to get your attention? Both Windows XP and Mac
OS X are deaf friendly. They know how to get your attention if you are unable to hear the system
beeps, but you need to turn this feature on first. To enable this under Windows XP, go to Start,
then Control Panel, then Accessibility Options. Click on the Sound tab, then make sure the box
next to "Use SoundSentry" is checked.
You can select the type of visual warning you want in the drop box on the next line. When you are
done, click on the "Apply" button on the bottom of the window.
For Mac OS X, you will need to open System Preferences, then click on Universal Access. After
clicking on the Hearing tab, make sure the box next to "Flash the screen whenever an alert sound
occurs" is checked. You can test it using the button on the next line, "Flash Screen".
Ryan Layton - DeafTECH Editor:
Webmaster's Note: The above Tech Tips are but two of the many Tech Tips that Mr. Layton
contributes to the DEAFDIGEST weekly newsletters. He has his own website featuring his reviews
of wireless technology for the Deaf.
I am in the process of splitting this page in two, but it will
be an ongoing process, the other half
is here.
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