These are some of the links that I thought might be useful. I have tried to keep it clean; Humor-zines are noted for publishing any and everything, for example. I really hate getting emails about missing kids that no one (including the police) ever heard of, viruses that don't exist, and other stuff that with a few minutes research could be squashed (thus saving bandwidth). That's where the Urban Legends and Hoaxes section comes in. If you or your kids (or grandkids!) want to do some research for a project, or just because you're curious, there are a slew of general and specific links in the Educational section. With the notes and all it's kind of cluttered, but I thought they might be helpful. -Jerry C. Adams


Software

Open Office is a FREE equivalent to Miscrosoft's Office 2000/XP. Just don't try to download it on a dial-up connection.

Humor (pretty clean)

Things my girlfriend and I argue about has got to be the funniest site that I have yet strumbled across on the 'Net (27 July)
Movie Cliches
Dumb Laws
Useless Knowledge pretty much covers it!
The Register from Great Britain pokes fun at those of us in the Technology sector.

Southern Words and Phrases
Ever see one of those inspirational posters hanging on the wall? This ain't it!
KissThisGuy is a collection of misunderstood song lyrics.
Top Five does stretch the limits sometimes. So keep the kids in the other room.
Dribble Glass is just too hard to explain.
Don't know if it qualifies as humor, but OverLawyered is certainly interesting.


Urban Legends and Hoaxes

Urban Legends
Scambusters covers urban legends, scams, etc. They even have a free newsletter to which you can subscribe. I do.
Snopes can be used to search for a specific urban legend or you can have fun just browsing their categories.
Truth or Fiction?
Hoaxbusters is maintained by Carnegie-Mellon and the Dept. of Energy. Very good.
Gibson Research isn't a hoaxbuster site, but it covers a lot of things about Internet security. Just how secure are you, anyway?
Sophos : Just because one site doesn't list the hoax, doesn't mean it's real.
Norton Anti-Virus hoax site. And, if you're not running an anti-virus program, this is a pretty good one. It can even be set to check email (both incoming and outgoing).
Trend Micro I've heard that their a-v software is pretty good but don't know that first-hand. I use Norton A-V.
VMyths is the premier virus hoax site. Check it out before you "warn" all of your friends about the terrible thing that's about to happen to them unless they get to a bomb shelter!