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Site Seeing
By JULES ALLEN Feel free to browse... For your elf esteemIf your company's system administration folks are worth their salt, they're probably banning all e-mail attachments that could potentially harbor a virus. And that could include the highly addictive game of Elf Bowling. Yes, that craze of holidays of yore is back, this time called Elf Balls, and you can play it on the Web. And if you'd like to share it with your friends, try sending them the Web address instead of the downloadable files. If you're a hard core elf bowler, certain colleagues who shall remain nameless suggest turning off the sound so the repetitive jokes don't interfere with the play. Wave goodbye to your productivity. Got everything?What do you buy for the person who has everything? Or what if you're a dull, unimaginative type whose idea of a hot gift is wool socks? Fret no more, dear chum. This site is chock full of gift suggestions for a range of people. And, supposedly, many of the gift suggestions on this site are submitted by the likes of you and me. I'm not sure that I'm buying that line, but regardless of the source, this should drop a quarter in your gift-giving idea bank. We've all been had!What's more fun than pulling one over on an audience, regardless of size? We've been kidding fellow members of humanity for ages. If you're looking for a good read or perhaps a few tips for the future, the Museum of Hoaxes is a fine resource. Not surprisingly, the bulk of pre-18th century hoaxes revolve around religion, but it starts to get quite interesting after that. The woman who gave birth to rabbits is quite odd, as is how somebody could be fooled by the Cardiff Giant. Itchy feetWriting about travel is right up there with writing about music. How can one really comprehend the size of the Grand Canyon without setting a pair of eyes on the gap? The Statue of Liberty defies description if you don't see it from the air and from the ground. So I was surprised that I enjoyed this site as much as I did. It covers popular bits of the planet in an informative and easy style. Clearly low riseDigitalHipps.com/english/keyborg/keyborg00.htm Consider my diet of deep fried pork rinds plus this hot climate and you have the makings of a very greasy set of fingers. And boy, does my Mac PowerBook's screen know all about it. After the first week of use, the screen was splotched with little grease marks from my slippery digits. It seems there's a slight design flaw where the keyboard touches the screen when the PowerBook is closed. Laptops are as sensitive as an adolescent poet, so industrial solvent or wire brushes are not the solution. Enter this company that makes a low-rise set of key replacements for those who aren't afraid of doing invasive things to expensive equipment. Especially interesting are the set of keys that have no numbers or letters on them. A nontouch typist's nightmare.
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