ASCIi Group

Site Seekers

Each month, a member of the group will give a brief presentation on web sites. Some members present sites based on the same theme (for example, real estate), others tell us about sites that cover a broad range of subjects.

2008

• July - Kathy Jacobs
  
  
  • Windows PowerToys List
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downl...
    
    

    The discussion last month about Sync Toy caused me to think it might be time to share the whole list of PowerToys for WIndows XP. Some of these will run on Vista as well. Check out a few for yourself.
    
    

  • Vista Gadgets
    http://gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideB...
    
    

    Just as XP has PowerToys, Vista has SideBar gadgets. Unlike the PowerToys, these are written not just by MS, but also by members of the community. Some are good, some are bad. I have the Woot one installed and have tried a few others.
    
    

  • Gizmodo - Tech tools and toys and much more
    http://gizmodo.com/
    
    

    Gizmodo specializes in news stories and pictures on the wierd and wonderful in the tech world. New stuff is always being posted on the main pages. But I want to highlight a few in particular that interested me:
    
    

    • World's Biggest Lego Airplane
      http://gizmodo.com/5018359/lego-airbus-a...
      
      
    • Tornados and Gadget Obsession
      http://gizmodo.com/5017313/what-a-tornad...
      
      
  • Comic Strips Online
    http://comics.com/
    
    

    Just in case the AZ Republic doesn't carry your favorite comic strips, find many of them online
    
    

  • SlashDot
    http://slashdot.org/
    
    

    News for Nerds - Bruce posts comments here every once in a while as Maxwells_Deamon
    
    

  • Plurk
    http://www.plurk.com/user/callkathy
    
    

    My latest micro-blogging/online conversation addiction. Conversation style micro-blogging.
    
    

  • Microsoft MVP Listing
    https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/commun...
    
    

    Just in case you need to find an MVP and I am not available, check this out
    
    

  • And finally, a video for you... This is a Gizmodo posting that came to me via one of the blogs I follow. I couldn't resist sharing it....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_79ufqZ5H...
    
    

    Latvian Students Break Mentos & Coke Record (From Gizmodo, via a blog I follow)
    
    

  • And that is Site Seekers for July!
    
    

    Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
    
    I believe life is meant to be lived.
    But: if we live without making a difference,
    it makes no difference that we lived.