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Cyberpunk: ComputerCreative Design Tutorials
computercreative.com/channel.asp?channel=CCI
Which Adobe design tool makes the best vector illustration? Think you need tutorials to figure out the answer? ComputerCreative comes to the rescue. For the latest in the world of 3d, design and animation, ComputerCreative's Imaging & Illustration channel offers tips, tutorials, software reviews and news from the UK-based Future Network. The tutorials range from building a chat room and working with JavaScript and Flash to creating life like leaf textures and adding 3d figures to your Website. Learn about the latest hardware and gadgets such as digital cameras, scanners and printers that are hot on every designer's purchase list.
BookWorm: Bestseller List 1900-1995
www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html
Search engines are famous for throwing back irrelevant results. Some times, you can find an absolute gem tucked away in the pile of a dozen completely useless links such as the one we found at Cader Books ("a small publisher of big books"). Every year, Cader Books publishes an entertainment almanac for People Magazine which consists of interesting trivia and facts. From the almanac, Cader Books has posted the entire list of Best Sellers from the previous century online. Divided in to decades and fiction as well as non-fiction genres, the listings only consist of the titles and their authors and do not link to a book store where you can purchase any of the books online. Any bookworm would find it worth his or her while to browse through the century old catalogues showing A. Canon Doyle at number seven with The Hound of Baskerville in 1900, Ernest Hemingway as numero uno with For Whom The Bells Toll in 1940 and on to the Grishams, Clancys and Kings in the 1990s.
ItchyFeet: Travel Alaska
www.travelalaska.com/
If wishes were horses then we would all be riding one out to Alaska for the summers. Alternatively, you could click over jpegs of the snow-covered terrain or witness a breathtaking Real clip of the Northern Lights illuminate the skies at TravelAlaska. Created by the State's Official Tourism Marketing Organization, Travel Alaska offers tourist information including details about history, culture, wildlife and weather. But for the less fortunate, the virtual tour offers some respite from the hot and humid weather that dominates the Pakistani summers. Start out at the visitor stories section where you can browse through some 15 odd journal entries and travelogues (you can submit one of your virtual tour). You will find its not all frozen glaciers inside Alaska when you take a peek at the magnificent mountain views and countryside at the photo gallery. While there is a limited selection of live cams and video clips on the site, the multimedia clips are worth the trouble of a download.
Health Buff: Fitness Link
www.fitnesslink.com/
Is there such a thing as enough exercise? Is working out indoor any good for you? For answers to these and more health and fitness tips, see Fitness Link. The site offers several channels ranging from men and women exclusive sections to those offering articles and features on mind, body, diet and career. You can try out the virtual gym to see which machine suits your body building needs best (at Reshape Your Body) or measure your target heart rate to see how much exercise is good for you. For the spiritually motivated, Fitness offers articles on getting psychic about health matters ("the power is yours!") from stress management to harnessing your brain power.
Mum's Favorite: CraftyGal
www.craftygal.com/
Log on, point your mouse, pick up a scrap here, post a message on the fridge there or enjoy the light breeze on the porch. CraftyGal encourages you to indulge in some free thinking and creative moments. The fabulous five behind the site are looking to encourage entrepreneurship in women by offering stories of crafty projects run by the fairer sex with personal essays from some of them to inspire the home bug. But if the mood gets too heavy, you might like to chill out at the Travels section where the girls narrate their adventurous shopping trips. Hear them calling?
See more in the hard copy of this month's issue.
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