Index to Mountain Messenger Articles
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The Articles listed in this index were written by me: Al Brown, and published in the Mountain Messenger - (Now The Front Range Times), at Idaho Springs, Colorado. The articles are not necessarily listed in the order in which they appeared in print. The original purpose of the articles was to inform readers who might not have particularly strong background in the use of the Internet. As such, much of what is contained in them is generic and will hold little appeal to the "Teckies". What you will find here are articles on the general workings of the Internet, general information on Internet Common Sense and Security and a collection of WebSites that I found interesting and informative or just plain fun. As these articles appeared over a period of several years, a number of the links contained in the references in these articles may no longer work. Please send me feedback on any links that no longer work.
A Note or Two About the Links in the Articles
How do I access and use the Internet? - Content Provider-(CP), Internet Service Provider (IPS)
Internet Service Providers. How do you find them, and what are the costs?
Browsers, Graphical User Interface” (GUI), Tech Support
WARNING: Clicking Web Site links has a lot in common with eating potato chips!
Online privacy and email, Color Landform Atlas
Surfing the Web, Links to the major Search Engines, Websitez Directory, Internet Scout
For what sort of things is e-mail used? Library of Congress - Explore the Internet
"How's and Why's" of managing bookmarks
Navigation, Spam, Cookies and common sense, SPOGGE
THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY. ... at times more of a muddy country road.

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Alot of companies and individuals are eager to take your money... BookWire Cartoon of the Day
People use the Net to keep up, hook up, and spend money.
Gifts, Travel and Christmas Cards Warning - e-mail, can be addictive
Why you need a Home Page, Search Sites
Thus sayeth the allseeing and wise profit.
Subscribing to anything “online” can be a whole lot like getting your name on a “junk mail” list.
Hardware upgrading, "superbowl tickets"
Metasearch tools, MetaCrawler
Windows Utilities, Data Encryption, Games, Web Page Authoring Tools
Search Engine Watch, AnyWho, PI Mall

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The World Wide Web History Project - BEWARE! of “bait and switch”
Learn The Net, Daily Comic Strips “On line”
Internet just for fun... “Privacy in Cyberspace”, Track UPS, FedEx

Internet Service Providers (ISP's) ... your link to the Internet.
Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC) - IRS Information
Navigation ... art or science? - Exploring for fun
Q. What do nude volleyball and the Web have common? PLUS-Hoaxes-Cookies and Basics
Traffic Jams - Junk e-mail - Scams and Pyramid Schemes
Software Money-Back Guarantee? - Usenet discussion groups
Search engine links - Rout Tracers

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Alphabet soup! - Rampant “acronmyitis” - Smileys
E-mail virii - The RedTeam virus - “ShopBots”
The Anchor Desk -
“Totally Awesum Dude!” - Basic Gravy 101 - Choose a wine or juggle - CNET Central

The Internet tool - Boating Index - Swiss Army Knife

Smoke and mirrors - Boardwatch Magazine - Financial secrets for sale
PPASOOTA - Urban Legends - 9-0-# (nine-zero-pound) - Hypertext Webster Gateway
Specialized search engine - FinanceWise - Medical World Search
Winsock? What is a host? What is a Hop? What is an IP address? What is a Trace Route?
Central Intelligence World Wide Web Site - Primer on keyboard editing

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Using the clipboard - Spice Girls (NOT) - Scambusters - “809” area code, phone scam
(UCE) - Washington State SPAM Law
Archie - Veronica - Jughead - The Internet Public Library - Mirrors

Shopping Online - More Cookies
Two - Count 'em - Two Kinds of SPAM

Internet hoaxes at The miningco - Darwin Awards - Search Engine Woes
Rights as an Internet Customer - Making URL Notes

Currency Exchange Scam - Modems Don't Make the Speed
Internet access on a sinister note - - Personal information and Common Sense
Web Based Business

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Denver Radio and TV Station WebSites - Non-Partisan Center for Responsive Politics - How Christmas Works
Old Legends - Top 10 Online Scams - ... likely to get fat eating oysters ...
“It has to be true, I saw it on television.” - Things born of the Internet.
Using e-mail and the Internet to find Scarce Information
"God'' may be erased - My Two Cents Worth of Predictions
Speech Recognition - An Automotive Encyclopedia - Student Financing
Under The Hood Of Search Engines - Headline StyleReferences With “Clickable” Links
The 6502 Group - Federal Income Tax forms, Online
Sorry folks. I question everything that I encounter on the Internet.
Chicken farmers don’t know ... why the crop failed. - Personal choice for search engine - www.google.com

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Internet Hardware and Software - Bewell Net Sued by Colorado Attorney General
Irish Genealogy - U.S. Naval Observatory - Snopes Urban Legends
“Melissa” Virus - “Reverse Lookup” and Travel Maps
Avoiding SPAM - PC Theft Scam - Web Cams of the World
Alligators in the Sewers of New York - National Geogrphic Web Site
SETI - SETI@home - USGS [Topo] Mapping - US Stream Flows - Encyclopedia.com - RefDesk.com
Internet Shopping, Still Unfamiliar Territory - How to Make It Work For You!
Online Versions of the Old Fashion ‘Auction’ - The Smoking Gun
Dangers Inherent In Debit Card Transactions
Email Yourself - The Web, Becoming Too Complex?

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The Juvenile Seasquirt and Tenure - Humor Links - History of Timekeeping (NIST)
Distributed Denial of Service - Computer Incident Advisory Committee - GRS (Gibson Research Corporation) - ZoneAlarm - ZoneLabs
Punxsutawney Phil - Flesh-Eating-Bananas - “The Twilight Zone”?
Top Internet Frauds for 1999 - Internet ScamBusters - Gibson Research Corporation
What's in a name? - More About Names Then You Ever Cared to Know
TANSTAAFL - Free Internet Access - Email Virius You Should Know About
COMPUTER VIRUS INFECTS HUMANS - Extracting The “Information” From The “Data”
HoaxKill.com - Internet Hoaxes, Telltale Signs - The Electronic Chain Letter
Being “OnLine”, may have unwanted consequences - Firewalls - OnLine Auctions Dangers

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American Memory Picture Collection - Why Toilet Bowl Water Twirls Clockwise - Small Fish and Long Lives
For the times they are a-changin' - 'The 6502 Group' - The World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee

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PLEASE NOTE:
By the very nature of this beast we have all come to know and love, i.e. "The Internet", some items referenced and possibly quoted may no longer exist or be accessible. When I find a link that is broken I may leave the original text and reference intact if I feel that the general information is still helpful or relevant. In most of these cases I have also left the original URL's in the text in which case I have highlighted them with a gray color rather than turning them into an ordinary link. In some case it is still possible to the follow some parts of the URL to the site and possibly pick up relevant information, even though the original information is not available. Regrettably, some great information articles and references that I had found originally are simply not "there" any longer. If you have any ideas where the original data or similar information can be found, Please (Pretty Please), let me know. It is my intent that these pages be as informative as I can make them for the people that are reading them.

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Copyright Notice:(1997-2001) These article were written by Al Brown and published in the Mountain Messenger, at Idaho Springs, Colorado All rights are reserved by the author. Any WebSites referenced and any excerpts take from those sites are referenced and acknowledged, to the best of the authors knowledge. Links to referenced WebSites were valid at the time that the article was originally published, but due to the continual changes taking place in the World Wide Web and the Internet, may no longer be valid or may in fact point to other locations and/or resources beyond the control of this WebSite. Information contained in this article is true and correct to the best of the authors knowledge and is presented for the purposes of information only. The author and/or this WebSite are not liable for and damages incurred in the use of, or misuse of, anything contained herein. We would appreciate feedback if you discover any of our links that are no longer valid. We will endeavor to remove and/or correct any links that are broken or misdirected.

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