Christmas Sites

Written by Richard Lowe


Withrepparttar proper mindset, Christmas can be a wonderful time. Regardless of whether or not you are Christian, this time of year can be seen as a celebration of life, togetherness and family which has no equal anywhere else onrepparttar 118990 calendar.

The web is a wonderful way for people to communicate with each other, and Christmas is an excellent excuse to begin talking. Why not send an email to old forgotten friends wishing them a happy holiday. Better yet, I'm sure your favorite ecard site has Christmas themed cards ready to be sent.

There are literally thousands of sites which contain just about everything Christmas related that you could possibly imagine. A short list is included here for your pleasure. Atrepparttar 118991 bottom are references to a few ofrepparttar 118992 really huge lists of Christmas links: be warned, though, that these will eat up an entire day (at a minimum) of surfing fun.

Join A Real.... North Pole Expedition http://www.north-pole-expeditions.com/

Got a few thousand dollars? Then how about booking a flight to repparttar 118993 North Pole? At first I thought this was a joke, but perhaps it's real. If anyone goes on a trip via this group, let me know how it turns out!

North Pole Expedition http://www.northpole-expeditions.com/

Pretty cool site all about recent expeditions torepparttar 118994 North Pole.

Santa's Workshop http://www.santas-workshop.org/

If you want to find out something about Santa and his elves, then check out this site. They have a "live elf cam" which is very entertaining, pictures that can be printed and colored with crayons, recipes, quizzes and tons of other great activities.

North Pole http://www.northpole.com/Village.html

Now this is cool. It's a gift store butrepparttar 118995 site is put together so well that it is extremely entertaining. They have used Flash to create a wonderful, fun-filled virtual tour throughrepparttar 118996 North Pole. I had a great time, although I didn't purchase anything.

Santa's House http://santas-workshop.8m.com/index.html

Take a virtual tour of Santa's house. Look into Mrs. Claus's kitchen and see what she's cooking today. Nice graphics - a short but fun web site.

NORAD Santa Tracking http://www.noradsanta.org/

A yearly tradition for decades. NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) uses it's early warning detection system to trackrepparttar 118997 exact location of Santa on Christmas Eve. This is displayed for all to see on their web site, along with glimpses of his sleigh from satellites and fighter jets.

Send an Email to Santa http://www.geocities.com/express_to_santa/santamail

When you were a child, did you ever sent an email to Santa only to never receive a response? Well, now your children can send their Christmas lists directly to Santa and get a response!

Paper Snowflakes http://www.papersnowflakes.com/preview1.htm

Now here is an interesting idea: printable paper snowflakes. For $12 a year, you get access to hundreds of patterns, which are cut apart with scissors. Remember making these as a kid? (I sure do!) Well, this artist has created some excellent patterns for your kids to make wonderful paper projects. There is also a selection of free snowflakes.

Santa Live http://www.santalive.com/

See live interviews with Santa, or just play some Christmas games. An amusing site.

Wrap Art http://www.boakart.com/wrap/WrapArt.html

Have some fun with gift wrapping.

Printable Gift Tags http://www.webhuggs.com/promos/gifttags.htm

Are you paying good money for those little tags which you attach to gifts which haverepparttar 118998 name ofrepparttar 118999 person to whomrepparttar 119000 gift is intended? Why not print your own? These tags are free and look great!

Printable Gift Tags http://www.pattyboothe.com/Promo/ChristmasFun/Assortedtags/index.html

More gift tags.

Internet Basics - Getting Started

Written by Richard Lowe


Everyone must be a beginner at something sometime in his life. And at some point, all of us were new torepparttar internet. Evenrepparttar 118989 most arrogant webmaster who can create sites with his eyes closed was, once, struggling withrepparttar 118990 concepts ofrepparttar 118991 vast network that now connects most ofrepparttar 118992 planet.

So what'srepparttar 118993 best course of action when you are a beginner? I mean, most people want to look like they know what they are talking about. Sometimesrepparttar 118994 hardest thing inrepparttar 118995 entire world is to admit you know nothing or very little about a subject.

Yet, when you are a beginner at something, that's what you have to do. You must admit to yourself (at least) that you are a beginner and you must understand that there is something to learn aboutrepparttar 118996 subject. Learning aboutrepparttar 118997 internet is no exception to this rule.

Learning

My advice is to just jump in and start learning all you can learn. How you learn aboutrepparttar 118998 internet depends upon your own preference and style. Also remember that you can combine learning styles as desired or needed to suit your taste.

High School or college courses - Some people learn best in a scholastic atmosphere. Personally, this drives me uprepparttar 118999 wall, but others thrive on a campus with lecture halls, teachers, home room and hall monitors. If this describes how you best like to learn, then by all means go for it. If you are pressed for time, remember there are night and weekend classes available at most educational facilities. Not much money? Try community colleges - they are inexpensive and often have excellent computer curricula.

Informational Web Sites - Our site has a large amount of information designed to help people learn aboutrepparttar 119000 internet. There are many other such sites and some of them are quite useful indeed. In fact, we learned much of what we know from many of these sites, and use them to this day to expand upon our knowledge. Just be careful, however, that you understandrepparttar 119001 motivation of these web sites - often they are honest, but sometimes they are attempting to get you to purchase something that you may not need.

Trade Courses - You can find many trade schools which offer courses. These differ from college in that they very short (a day to a week), they are usually very expensive (a few hundred to a few thousand per class), and they are of limited focus and duration. Courses are great for focused, specific knowledge or for earning a certification - and they are wonderful whenrepparttar 119002 bill is picked up byrepparttar 119003 company you work for. Otherwise, there are cheaper, better ways to learn your skills.

Books - Don't forget books. Your local library or bookstore is one of your best friends, if used properly. It never ceases to amaze me to watch people spend small fortunes on books, courses, tapes, and classes when a book checked our from their tax-supported library would serve their purposes just fine. Think about it - how often will you be reading that book on Microsoft Excel again?

On The Job Training - This isrepparttar 119004 absolute best way to learn. If you want to be a webmaster, then pick up a book, learnrepparttar 119005 basics, then find a client who will pay you a few hundred bucks to create a web site. If you want to become a computer specialist, then go get a job as a computer operator. This isrepparttar 119006 best way to learn.

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