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I have published the December 26 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #197 by Mark Donaldson.
The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.
December 26 2008 COOLSITES Newsletter #197 by Mark Donaldson MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY HOLIDAYS
This week's newsletter is going out to subscribers on 12-25, Christmas morning, so they may have it for their day off. Just another good reason to subscribe. Mark.
Subscribers who don't receive the newsletter, due to stupid filters, may use a private link to download the newsletter in the text ( .txt ), html ( .html ) and the MS Word Doc ( .doc ) format in a zip file. I will upload the zip files to my archive site right after I send out the newsletter on Friday morning. If a subscriber doesn't receive the newsletter, by 9am ET, they can quickly download it, unzip it and peruse it offline. You can also read it online from there.
If you are a subscriber and don't know the private link you can email me for it. These zip files are less than 40K which is smaller than the 100K or more for the newsletter.
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Semper Gratis (forever free) of cost
COOLSITES is a list of safe, fun, useful, informative and just plain cool websites and programs that are FREE, FREE and FREE. All of the programs and websites I list are free. If I list anything that is so good but isn't free I will list the price with it.
My website is Dialup Friendly. All pages except "Just The Links" and "Specialized Search Engines" load up in under 15 seconds.
Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me
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Pirillo's Picks for February 13 2007
"And if you think that's a lot of links, you should see how many
http://luem42.com/ collects every day. It's enough to make you wanna never leave the house again as long as you live" Yours Digitally, Chris Pirillo
http://chris.pirillo.com/
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Clif Notes Newsletter, Feb 2007
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotes
"The COOLSITES Newsletter - find the coolest links here. This fella named Mark Donaldson has been sending out his lists of cool sites since 2003. I'd never heard of him before last week. One day I was Googling myself to see who was posting links to my newsletter, and I found his website. I guess he's mentioned my newsletter at least 3 times. I like the COOLSITES website too, but I think it could use some reformatting to make it a bit easier to read. What I really like is the content there. Mark must really read a lot of stuff on the web and he takes the best links then tells you about them."
http://freewarewiki.com/CoolSitesNewsletter
Greetings from Clif Notes Newsletter
December 14, 2008
Hi everyone,
I'm taking the rest of this year off. I'll be back after New Years day
with my regular news.
Best wishes to all ...
Have a happy holiday season.
Clif
Latest Newsletter
http://freewarewiki.com/ClifNotesNewsletter081207
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Security News
"Websense® Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered that the Web site of John Sands Greeting Card Company is infected with a mass JavaScript injection that delivers a malicious payload. Multiple pages on the site has been found to contain the said malicious code.
John Sands is the largest greeting card company in Australasia, helping both Australians and New Zealanders to celebrate with a huge variety of cards and gift wrap items under their brand names such as John Sands, The Ink Group, Momentum Greetings and Creative Stationery. Acquired by American Greetings in 1996, the company was founded in 1837 by John Sands, the son of an English engraver. The company is Australia's second oldest registered company.
In an effort to protect their visitors, Websense Security Labs has contacted John Sands Greeting Card Company and advised them on this incident. Websense ThreatSeeker Network has been tracking how such attacks prevail over such reputed Web sites, targeting their peers and other visitors.
Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.
To view the details of this alert
http://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3268.aspx "
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Security Links
I get these links from good sources however I do not test the programs myself because I just don't have the time and most new programs won't work on my old 98 system. The definitive source of rogue info is Spyware Warrior- Rogue-Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
Don't Fall for a Phony Sale:
http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/523592.html
New E-holiday Card Virus Discovered. e-mail telling recipients they have received an e-holiday card and asking them to click on a link pointing to a file namedecard.exe to read it:
http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/12/23/new-e-holiday-card-virus-discovered/
Read this before giving kids an iPod touch. iPod touch does have built-in parental controls:
http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=5697
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I hope the spambots flood his inbox. Mark.
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Consumer News and Links
10 Tips for Boosting Your Credit Score:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20081215/bs_prweb/prweb1739304_1
2008 Return Policy Survey. Some Retailers Naughty, Others Nice:
http://www.consumerworld.org/pages/returns.htm
After-Christmas Sale Starts Now! Save on GPS, Laptops, TVs & More TigerDirect.com:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/email/wem1802.asp?SRCCODE=WEM1802GB&cm_...=Email-
Consumer Reports staffer recounts his experience in a computer and radar guided car:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2008/12/selfdriving-car.html
Increased shoplifting is another sign of bad times:
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/945432.html
KB Toys Starts Going Out of Business Sale:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6172922.html
Mouse Print. That Unreadable Jibberish in TV Show Credits:
http://www.mouseprint.org/
Pets abandoned as recession bites. Please adopt a pet. Mark.:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/21/uk.dogs/index.html
Sign of the times- Stolen Christmas trees. With the economy weak, police across the country have seen an uptick in the theft of trees from commercial lots. Thieves have targeted holiday trim, too:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/18/news/christmas.trees.fortune/index.htm
Three federal agencies last week unveiled new rules to curb abuses by credit card issuers. Here is a summary of the new rules. PDF:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20081218a1.pdf
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Make My Start Page Your Home Page I have updated it on 10-3-8
Try my start page and make it your home page by clicking "Click here to make my start page your default homepage".
It has the following convenient logins and links such as: Google Mail Login, Yahoo Mail Login, Windows Live MSN HotMail Login, Froogle Price Search, Google Maps, MySpace Login, Lockergnome Cool Web Links, Weather Radar, BugMeNot, E! Online, Zap2it TV Guide, Snopes, Scambusters, YouTube, FaceBook, and links to my webpages. You can also google the web or my website. It also has a link for your suggestions so you can help me make it better.
The best thing about it is it's simple, small and loads up on dialup in less than one second. Check it out today at:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/start.html
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COOLSITES Toolbar has been updated to include the following gadgets:
LabpixiesTV
Calorie Calculator
Calculator
Todo
Sudoku
YouTube Top 10
FloodIt
Unit Converter
Invaders
Show My IP
Backgammon
NY Times Classic Crossword
Babylon
Notes
Wikipedia Search
Travelocity
Trio
Memory Game
Black Jack
Video Poker
The best thing is you don't have to do anything. The next time you open your browser the toolbar will be automatically updated to include them.
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the worthless word for the day is: diastema
[Gk diastema, interval] /die uh STEE muh/ a gap or space between two teeth
http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd
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COOLSITES 89 cool links
I harvest what I believe to be the best links from the best sources that are safe, fun, informative, useful and just plain cool. I categorize them and edit their descriptions for clarity. I may make comments about the links but you will know because I always sign them with "Mark".
To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please click and bookmark this link:
http://luem42.googlepages.com/coolsites.html and check it each week. Thank you. Mark.
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