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Peter Greene's Top 10+ as announced on Monday, 4/7/2008
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Use of the products and services offered on any of these Web pages is at your own risk! E-Mail me and give me your feedback at web1@infostar.com. Due to the volume of email I get I cannot possibly reply to every message!
- GreenLife.com [sponsored by the NHL] - a way for businesses and individuals to access how their lifestyles affect our environment through energy usage. Also visit: "Climate Red" and "worldviewofglobalwarming".
- PeopleAndPlanet.net - a resource that explores issues pertaining to the future health and wellbeing of the human family as it presses ever more heavily on the natural resources of our planet..
- Alibaba.com - a global trading portal for suppliers, manufacturers, importers and exporters. This Web site clearly demonstrates the far reaches of our global economy.
- On-The-Matrix.com - 4950+ photographs of some of the most interesting places on our planet. Use their link you can access here to: "Search their Database of Photographs". Also visit" "VirtualTourist".
- GovTrack.us - GovTrack tracks the United States Congress. Do things like follow the status of federal legislation or learn about your members of Congress, information on all bills and votes going back over a decade, and more. Also "SunlightFoundation".
- AVMA.org[the official American Veterinary Medical Association Web site] well-organized, searchable resource that has news, animal and public health information and more. Also visit: "PetEducation".
- PetFinder.com - an online resource to help pets from a new home [adoption]; temporary home of 245,719 adoptable pets from 11,191 adoption groups. Also visit: "AnimalShelter".
- LiveDeal.com - online classifieds [marketplace] featuring 1,000,000+ products and 13,000,000+ business listings. Also visit "Craigslist" [owned by eBay.com], "BackPage", "Kijiji", "Oodle" and "SawItOnline".
- Econbrowser.com - Analysis of current economic conditions and policy. Posted by James D. Hamilton - Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego and Menzie Chinn - Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Also visit" "Economist", "CNBC", "CNNMoney" and "Forbes".
- ContractorTalk.com - professional construction and remodeling forum; also visit "HouseRepairTalk", "HomeFix" and "Construction-Resource".
- Windows Vista SP1 - Microsoft's first release [released March 18, 2008] of a Service Pack for their Operating System's (OS) program fixes. If you know someone who has had a problem with Vista system restarts then visit this "Microsoft Tech Page [#949358]" for help - this is prior to Vista SP1 being released.
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate - this is Microsoft's Web page to download their next patch to Windows XP. It is a 336+MB file! CAUTION: In Microsoft's own words ----> "This pre-release software is provided for testing purposes only. Microsoft does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical systems. Microsoft recommends that you have a backup of your data prior to installing any pre-release software."
*** Below are last month's choices ****
- CostHelper.com - find out what price other people are paying; share your shopping experiences.
- TheGreenGuide.com - [by National Geographic] - features include a "buying guide", green living tips, product reviews, environmental health news and more.
- Complaints.com - post and research consumer complaints, read actual consumer experiences and more.
- Whitehouse.gov - multimedia enhanced Web site that includes, panoramic and video tours, kid specific information and much more. Visit these very neat, informative resources that our government has posted about our nation's history: their main "history entry point", "complete list of all the U.S. Presidents", and "kid specific history of the U.S. presidents".
- Zone-H.org - detailed information on recent attacks on a wide variety of computer Operating Systems (OS) - what is called "digital warfare". This resource has been added as part of the Cyber Alerts resources posted on the "InfoStar.com Tech Center page".
- FamilyDoctor.org [by the American Academy of Family Physicians] - well organized searchable health information for the whole family. Also visit the "President's Challenge" for healthy exercise challenges.
- PetFinder.com - an online resource to help pets from a new home [adoption]; temporary home of 245,719 adoptable pets from 11,191 adoption groups. Also visit: "AnimalShelter".
- LiveDeal.com - online classifieds [marketplace] featuring 1,000,000+ products and 13,000,000+ business listings. Also visit "Craigslist" [owned by eBay.com], "BackPage", "Kijiji", "Oodle" and "SawItOnline".
- Econbrowser.com - Analysis of current economic conditions and policy. Posted by James D. Hamilton - Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego and Menzie Chinn - Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Also visit" "Economist", "CNBC", "CNNMoney" and "Forbes".
- ContractorTalk.com - professional construction and remodeling forum; also visit "HouseRepairTalk", "HomeFix" and "Construction-Resource".
- Windows Vista SP1 - Microsoft's first release [released March 18, 2008] of a Service Pack for their Operating System's (OS) program fixes. If you know someone who has had a problem with Vista system restarts then visit this "Microsoft Tech Page [#949358]" for help - this is prior to Vista SP1 being released.
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate - this is Microsoft's Web page to download their next patch to Windows XP. It is a 336+MB file! CAUTION: In Microsoft's own words ----> "This pre-release software is provided for testing purposes only. Microsoft does not recommend installing this software on primary or mission critical systems. Microsoft recommends that you have a backup of your data prior to installing any pre-release software."
 Peter's schedule for appearing as a guest on Larry Meiller's show can seen by clicking here.
You can listen to Peter on WPR (Wisconsin Public Radio) - 970AM WHA Radio in Madison, WI
monthly! It is broadcast live over the WPR radio network from the 7th floor of Vilas Hall, and is "Web casted" live via Real Audio - you'll need the "Real Audio player". The show is 90 minutes in length and covers the latest in PC computer technology
, the Internet and the World Wide Web; show is a question & answer format. I have supported Wisconsin Public Radio for nearly 18 years with a monthly radio
show on computer technology. The show is produced by Jim Packard and hosted by Larry Meiller.
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