 The Seek N Link newsletter offers a selection of new, unique, and newly discovered Internet resources of interest. Visit the homepage of Seek N Link at: http://seeknlink.110mb.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: Family Disaster Supplies Kit http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/disaster/famlykit.htm There are six basics you should stock in your home: water, food, first aid supplies, clothing and bedding, tools and emergency supplies and special items. Plan how your family will stay in contact if separated by disaster. Printer-Friendly version so you can print it out. Travel By Mouse Bali and Indonesia on the Net http://www.indo.com/index.html FAQ http://www.indo.com/tips/faq.html Bali is just one of over 17,000 islands that is part of Indonesia. No prior visa is needed. You get a tourist visa when you arrive which is good for two months. Distance Calculator http://www.indo.com/distance/index.html Just input two points on the earth and the calculator will tell you the distance(as the crow flies). Easy Indonesian http://www.indo.com/tips/easy.html Bahasa means language, and Bahasa Indonesia is the lingua franca of the archipelago. Sama sama = Don't mention it. It's good to speak a bit of the language of a country you are visiting, or at least understand commonly used expression or greetings. SAMBAL BE TONGKOL (Tuna Fish Salad) http://www.indo.com/cooking/tuna_fish.html This recipe seemed okay to me, once I found out what sambal matah was. http://www.google.com ***************** All About Spain http://www.red2000.com/spain/ General Interest How many ways are there to announce incoming E-Mail? Here's 71 different ones you can download and use. http://gman.simplenet.com/email/ ***************** Learn something new or teach an online course and make some money. http://universalclass.com/courses/ ***************** "The world's most popular currency site." http://www.xe.com/ Once a minute updates on current exchange rates and currency convertor plus it may even keep your ISP connection alive if you are prone to such maladies. Just go to the site and leave it open in the background. Also check out the most popular of the 172 currencies listed. (At #172 TVD Tuvalu Dollars 0.003% 100.000%) Tuvalu must be the only country in the world that has listed phone sex as a major industry. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/tuvalu/ ***************** Find an acronym http://www.acronymfinder.com/ ***************** Average hourly wage is now $14.67 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm ***************** Age of Reason http://www.wiredseniors.com/ageofreason/ If you're Over 50 you don't want to spend the rest of your life in Never Ending Cyberspace. With that in mind, this site strives to provide you with practical information relative to seniors lifestyles. ***************** Log Homes and Log Cabins http://www.ayrewood.com/log_homes/index.htm ***************** The Overfilling Prevention Device (OPD)- new requirements for propane users. http://www.npga.org/public/articles/index.html?cat=67 Consumer Questions and Answers http://www.npga.org/public/articles/OPD_Consumer_QA.pdf http://www.amerigas.com/cylinder_exchange.htm http://www.bluerhino.com/cylobsolete.htm ***************** How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore this list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world. http://www.greatachievements.org/ ***************** A major news search site http://www.newstrove.com/ ***************** Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The last two weeks of April and the first two weeks of May present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all of the planets in our solar system in one single evening! http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/grandtour/ ***************** ©2002, SeeknLink.com. All Rights reserved. SeeknLink does all the content for this newsletter based on research from various sources found across the web. Please tell us what you think about this newsletter and perhaps suggest a link or two. Send comments and contributions to: mailto:newsletter@seeknlink.com To subscribe or unsubscribe: http://seeknlink.110mb.com/newsletter.htm Visit the homepage of Seek N Link at: http://seeknlink.110mb.com/ |