you’re looking for that special touch for a paper
or personal letter, this site will help you appear
much more intelligent for adding a fancy quote.
TMaor
Content: B Usability: A
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Backflip
Backflip.com
If you surf the Internet from more than one com
puter, you know how annoying it is to have your
favorite bookmarks on another machine. Backflip
is an incredibly useful web site that stores your
bookmarks so you can reach them from any
computer with Net access. You can keep them
private with a password, or share them with
friends, who can then add their own bookmarks
and comments. Another great feature of the site
is its ability to remember all of the pages you’ve
surfed since registering with Backflip, and then
search for a phrase in just those pages.
DDesmond
Content: A Usability: A
PC World
pcworld.com
A vast, catch-all site for PC users, you can find
hints, downloads, PC news, and loads more at PC
World magazine’s online presence. There are
tutorials for getting the most out of popular pro
grams like MS Office as well as the Windows
operating system. If you are thinking of buying
something PC-related, the site also has a data
base of the magazine’s past product reviews.
DDesmond
Content: A- Usability: A
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16color
16color.com
With 5,354 movies, 16Color.com is a warehouse
of amateur animation. And while these shorts will
never make it to the big screen, they are perfect
for your computer. The animation is raw but
impressive considering that these are amateur
moviemakers. The site incorporates pinwheels of
color and allows user to submit their own shorts
for future inclusion on the site. Both filmmakers
and casual movie-watchers will appreciate the
eye candy at 16 Color. JLowenthal
Content: B Usability: A
DVD
dvd.com
Do you currently own a DVD player or are you in
the market for one? Either way DVD.com is the
place to go. This is a comprehensive DVD web
site, where you can find buying guides compar
ing equipment and price, new DVD movie lists—
with reviews and details—and even a home the
ater guide that helps you build your home the
ater to your specific needs. This site is teeming
with information, archives, and links that are
bound to answer all your DVD-related questions.
JWorkman
Content: A- Usability: A
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love calculator
lovecalculator.com
Love is strange. And apparently, so are Matthijs
Sypkens Smit and Thijs Kinkhorst, the two guv1
collectively known as Doctor Love’ who
designed "the love calculator. Type in yorr r.zr.?
and the name of your crush and the program
“calculates” the probability of success in the
relationship, based entirely on your names. How
effective is it? Not very, I’d venture to guess. But
it’s amusing nonetheless. And it won the presti
gious USA Today Pothole and UglySite of the
Fortnight awards. Need we say more? SShackford
Content: B Usability: A
Way Too Personal
waytoopersonal.com
If you’re considering finding love online you
should probably check out this site first. Lorina
documents her adventures of posting personal
ads on the Net, and includes all the weird and
crazy responses she received. Check out the
online dating advice and chat rooms for an
inside peek at the cyber search for love.
Eventually Lorina found her fiance on the web,
but only after searching through many freaks.
This site is a great and extremely funny resource
for anyone curious about the world of online
dating. TMaor
Content: A- Usability: A
Reuters
Reuters.com
News, information, stock quotes—all up to the
minute, well organized and easy to navigate—
exactly what you want out of a news site.
Thumbnail photos and quick story leads make
finding the information you want quick and trou
ble free. Reuters.com is light on superfluous
graphics and images, making it quick loading and
user friendly even for older web browsers or dial
up connections. FColagiovanni
Content: B+ Usability: B
Obscure store and reading room
Obscurestore.com
If you’re bored by the same old political and
national coverage you see on standard news
sites, check out Jim Romenesko’s Obscure Store
and Reading Room for examples of bizarre news
from around the Net. Updated daily, he compiles
all those odd little stories from the back corners
of papers everywhere. Some examples: reporters
say school principal gave them the finger, is top
less hitchhiking a crime? EDionne
Content: A- Usability: A
Ain’tltCool?
Aintitcool.com
Wondering who will star in the next Star Wars
prequel? Need to know what Quentin Tarantino’s
npxt project’s going to be? One of the best sites
fo> oritprtainnipnt new'; nn +ho web.
aintitconl com will answer any question that you
could ever ask about today s entertainment
giants, or it will go out and find the information
that you’re looking for. Full of news, reviews, and
a host of other multimedia and interactive pas
times, Ain’t It Cool will only leave entertainment
buffs asking themselves why they haven’t visited
before. JLowenthal
Content: A Usability: B