Archive for June 2009
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Irreconcilable Differences Online: Divorce Support
The unthinkable has happened. Your marriage is now a statistic — and not a good one. The person you thought you would grow old and lose your teeth with is now your legal opponent. If you feel like getting really depressed, there are plenty of nightmarish stories about horrifying breakups on the WWW. But we [...]
Summer School: Tools for K-12 Educators
Think teachers really get three months off? Even if they don’t set foot in a classroom all summer, teachers are always learning — picking up skills and knowledge they can share with their students and colleagues.
Finding “Easter Eggs” in Your Software
Most of the computer programmers I know spend their time stuffed in cubicles, writing long lines of tedious code and subsisting on vending machine food. It can be a thankless job. This may explain the genesis of the software easter egg, which is a secret message hidden in an application.
Life on the Wild Side: Women-Oriented Adventures
Trying to find a vacation oriented specifically to your gender? The Web is home to quite a few women-oriented travel outfitters that tailor their trips for relaxation, self-discovery, spiritual retreats and women’s community, as well as outdoor challenges and riskier adventures. Granted, they aren’t all exactly budget vacations, but hey, isn’t that what a vacation [...]
Home Is Where the Neurosis Is: Coping With Family During the Holidays
Whether your family’s December holiday is Hanukkah, Kwanza, or Christmas, one thing is cross-cultural: Few people truly relish the thought of spending a week back home in the family nest. Sure, a few days (hours, minutes) are fine, but inevitably one reverts to childhood, and those petty resentments that are the unfortunate by-product of having [...]
“Honey, I Flunked the Kids”: Homeschooling Resources on the Web
There are many reasons to educate your children in the safe and nurturing atmosphere of your own home. Control over curriculum is an issue for some; a desire for children to receive the most personalized educational experience possible is the impetus for others. As long as parents comply with state education laws, there certainly is [...]
Hooray for Hurricanes
Each year, as summer draws to a close, powerful storms are generated off the coast of western Africa that often become the hurricanes that batter the Caribbean and the Americas. Due to this destructive weather pattern, cruise lines have difficulty filling their Caribbean cruises with customers during the fall and early winter months and consequently [...]
How to Decorate Your Home Online
Whether you’re hanging a picture or replacing your rec room’s ’70s vintage orange rug and tacky paneling, sprucing up the house involves decision-making and skill. You can find help decorating your home page on the Web, so why not your home? Living Home, for instance, offers tips on how to hang art, tools to help [...]
Owning a Piece of Your Favorite Star with Hollywood Memorabilia
As made sorrowfully clear by the cult of Princess Diana, fame has come not just to mean notoriety; it’s now the return on a Faustian pact. Still, even in the aftermath of the “stalkerazzi,” who doesn’t admit to feeling the seduction of celebrity veneration, at least now and again? With the advent of the ‘Net, [...]
Karmic Connections: Buddhism Online
One of the world’s most ancient religions–and one that is quickly gaining popularity in areas other than the Far East–Buddhism has quite a significant online presence. For an excellent introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism, try Dharma & Nirvana, with its excellent definitions of basic terms and concepts. Here’s a quick guide to finding [...]
