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lust Move
iustmove.org
Who knows about your cardiac health better
than the American Heart Association? This is
their fitness site, which provides informative and
reliable resources for maintaining or acquiring
essential physical health. Take a body composi
tion test (if you’re brave), find out how to make
physical activity a way a life, or read up on how
.to improve your fitness routine. NDiana
Content: B+ Usability: A
Editors Pick
Healthy Ideas
health videascam
An extension of Prevention magazine, the site is
jam-packed with easily digestible health tips for
women. Choose from a smorgasbord of quizzes,
advice columns and factoids about weight loss,
fitness, sexual health, skin care and nutrition. The
focus is definitely on weight loss, with some puz
zling tips like: "a dark green table cloth helps
reduce your appetite.” Also includes inspiring
stories by female doctors on how they’ve man
aged to maintain healthy lifestyles in this crazy
modern job-family-soccer-mom world.
CDavenport
Content: A Usability: A
Cyber Age Adventures
cyberageadventures.com
This site is loaded with fantastic superhero sto
ries: fiction and nonfiction. One of my favorite
stops is the hero of the month. (A recent hero
was Maj. Stephen Simons, a U.S. fighter pilot.)
It’s also interesting to note that the web site
actually has a monthly publication of 2004
pages that is available for public consumption. A
fantastic way to spend some time. JWorkman
Content: B Usability: B
The Independent Mind
independentmind.com
Independent Mind is an online magazine that
includes music, art, writing and comics. I-Mind’s
goal is to present readers with art they might not
be exposed to otherwise—art created outside
the bounds of formal industry like the major
record labels or syndicated newspaper comics.
You can’t beat the indie flavor of this monthly
mag. Submissions are encouraged and you can
leave your comments about each piece.
WMarinaccio
Content: B- Usability: A
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Acid Planet
acidplanet.com
Trying to become an MC? Or at least a better
one? Check out Acidplanet’s site, where you can
get free loops (sound files) from other record
labels and cool tips and tricks for modifying and
improving your digital music skills. This site is
mainly for people who are interested in writing
music on the computer (i.e. electronica) and
maybe even getting their work known. You can
create artist profiles for yourself and even make a
personal playlist. Get all the skills, info and free
stuff from any genre, from Caribbean to country.
YTabi
Content: A Usability: A
Internet Radio List
lnternetradiolist.com
Missing Napster? Try this online radio list with a
blend of music styles in one place. Internet Radio
List categorizes music simply and also includes
news, sports and talk radio stations. (A bonus
includes a link to a resource on how to build your
own Internet radio station.) The site includes live
radio stations, pre-recorded music and Internet
only stations. Perfect when you’re trying to find
a little salsa to spice up your fiesta. MSpilberg
Usability: B+ Content: C
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Tickles
Uckies.com
Tickle your fancy for pop culture at tickles.com.
It’s the one-stop shopping for cool metal lunch
boxes or that dashboard bouncing hula girl
you’ve always wanted. Can’t find that rubber
chicken you so desperately desire? Look no fur
ther—this site has all the funky playthings you
need to be the hippest student on campus.
EFeick
Content: B Usability: B+
Flooz
flooz.com
The next time you realize that you forgot to send
a gift to someone, visit Flooz.com. Flooz is on
line currency that you can use to send gift cer
tificates to anyone with an email address. Flooz
gift certificates can be used to purchase mer
chandise at over 60 online retailers including
Barnesandnoble.com, TowerRecords.com,
EasternMountainSports.com and Outpost.com.
Flooz can email the certificate along with an
electronic greeting card. You can even set up
special occasion reminders so you will never for
get a birthday or special occasion. LJungman
Content: B+ Usability: A
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Wacky Uses
wackyuses.com
Did you know that you can use Coca-Cola to
clean your toilet bowl? Or deodorize your shoes
with Tidy Cat? Or polish furniture with Spam?
Creator Joey Green, former contributing editor of
the National Lampoon, guides us on a virtual trip
to the benchmark products of capitalism. The
site posts “Wacky Uses of the Week” and odd,
historical trivia on such beloved items as Aunt
Jemima and Tang, the first orange drink on the
moon. JLegaspi
Content: B+ Usability: B+
College Humor
collegehumor.com
Collegehumor.com’s mantra reads: “Fully dedicat
ed to grinding your academic efforts to a halt."
Filled with off-the-wall, bawdy humor, the site is a
frat boy’s comedy feast. Site news is posted daily,
and the archive is divided in formats: movies,
sounds, texts, etc. Hilarious, inventive entries
abound, including, “mullet hunting,” write-in
jokes, the procrastination creed, phone pranks
and film-bites of accident-prone skate boarders.
In short, stuff that make up the college legend.
You’ve been warned. JLegaspi
Content: B Usability: B