 | Brian's PC Help Page
by Brian T. · SiliconValley/Lakes
Windows 98 tips, a Y2K checklist for home PCs and a step-by-step guide to building your own computer. |
 | Precision PC Repair BUSINESS
SiliconValley/Park
Computer repair, upgrades, virus removal and Y2K checkups for homes and small offices in Oakdale. |
| Learning Perl the Hard Way
by Dave Ferreira · SiliconValley/Heights
A sysadmin's notes on Perl 5: regular expressions, hashes, CGI scripts and the mistakes that cost him a weekend. |
| Mom's Guide to the Family Computer
by Linda Decarlo · SiliconValley/Hills
Setting up a Windows 98 PC for a family: separate logins, the AOL parental controls, and homework rules. |
| The Y2K Watch: 100 Days to Go
by Gordon Hale, systems analyst · SiliconValley/Pines
A calm, informed look at what the Year 2000 problem is and isn't, from someone fixing it for a living. |
| Linux on the Desktop: A Diary
by Amit Buckingham · SiliconValley/Horizon
Switching a home PC to Linux in 1999: the install, the modem, the window managers and what still doesn't work. |
| Grandma Learns E-mail
by Dorothy Collins, 74 · SiliconValley/Monitor
A grandmother's first year online: the modem noises, e-mail with the grandkids and the chain letters. |
| PC Help for Seniors BUSINESS
SiliconValley/Network
Patient in-home computer lessons and setup for seniors, by the hour, with no jargon. |
| Becoming Andrea JOURNAL
by Andrea Holbrook · SiliconValley/Horizon
A software engineer in San Jose writes about transitioning on the job in 1999. |
| Kernel Panic JOURNAL
by Tessa Moravec · SiliconValley/Network
A sysadmin keeps a weblog of links, Linux gripes and her long-distance relationship on IRC. |
 | Margin Call JOURNAL
by Scott Pelletier · SiliconValley/Pines
A man who quit his job to day-trade from home writes about the gains, the losses and what he hasn't told his wife. |
 | Notes from the Shack JOURNAL
by Dwayne Tillery · SiliconValley/Monitor
A retired Navy chief who manages a Radio Shack in Wilmington, N.C. keeps a log from his first civilian summer in 1996 through Hurricane Floyd. |
| /home/raj
by Raj Iyer · SiliconValley/Lakes
A programmer's homepage, formatted as a directory listing, which is all he thinks a homepage needs. |
| Navigator 2.0 Tips & Tricks
by Arthur Yee · SiliconValley/Heights
The Netscape Navigator 2.0 tips I explain most often at our campus computer lab help desk, all in one place. |
| Speaking Terms
by Margo Quintanilla · SiliconValley/Horizon
A blind computer teacher in San Jose explains screen readers, braille displays and paying for them, and how to make your web page talk. |
 | The Museum of Forwarded Fortunes
by Ray Hutchins · SiliconValley/Network
Bill Gates will pay you to forward this, and other masterpieces of the inbox, with notes from the curator. |
| You Know You're Addicted to the Net When...
by Debbie Mancuso · SiliconValley/Hills
A Pittsburgh mom's list of forty-six signs you spend too much time online, with help from my family and readers. Score yourself! |
| Y2K: The Top 10 Things That Will Happen at Midnight
by Steven Benson · SiliconValley/Hills
A Hartford COBOL programmer's forecast for New Year's Eve, plus what the bug really is and the dates we've been watching. |
| Signs Your PC Is Possessed
by Tonya Worrell · SiliconValley/Pines
Twenty-five signs your computer is haunted, a Level 1 exorcism, and case files from eleven years on an insurance company help desk. |
 | The Tidepool PotCam
by Thomas Raley · SiliconValley/Heights
Is there coffee on the second floor? A black-and-white camera on the office coffee pot at a Sunnyvale software startup, with the kitchen rules and a Hall of Shame. |
| The Button Wall - an 88x31 Link Exchange
by Tim Lomeli · SiliconValley/Monitor
Trade 88x31 buttons with me: you link to the Wall, your button goes up on it. Ten rules, a monthly Webmaster's Pick. |
 | HTML from Scratch: Lessons for the Absolute Beginner
by Lydia Cavanaugh · SiliconValley/Horizon
Three lessons in HTML for people who have never typed a tag, from my Tuesday night class at the library. You cannot break anything. |
| Lorenzo's JavaScript Zone
by Lorenzo, 16 · SiliconValley/Monitor
Free cut-and-paste JavaScripts tested in both Netscape and IE: status bar scrollers, a ticking clock, Y2K-proof dates, and no right click. |
| FRAMED! A Frames Tutorial and a Confession
by Sam Troup · SiliconValley/Monitor
Six lessons on frames, from FRAMESET to breaking out of other people's, and nine reasons you probably shouldn't use them. |
| BEST VIEWED WITH NETSCAPE AT 800x600 -- Travis's Browser War HQ
by Travis, 16 · SiliconValley/Monitor
The browser war from the Netscape side: seven reasons Navigator rules, what IE pages do wrong, a bus poll and my hate mail. |
 | The Free Stuff Test Bench
by Jerry Dietz · SiliconValley/Network
Five free hit counters and five free guestbooks, checked twice a day for seven months and graded A to F. |
 | Round and Round: How to Join a WebRing
by Jeanne Parkins · SiliconValley/Horizon
How to join and stay on a WebRing, and how to run one that outlives a bad winter, from a ringmaster who closed hers. |
| Look-Ups by Sheldon
by Eileen Corwin · SiliconValley/Lakes
Sheldon Fergus did free census look-ups for strangers on our genealogy list for five years. None of us ever met him. This is for him. |
| WINDOWS 95 IS COMING! Keith's Countdown Page
by Keith Abreu · SiliconValley/Pines
Everything you need to know before August 24: what's new, will your PC run it, and our midnight sale. Only days to go! |
| Style Sheets for the Brave
by Matthew Montez · SiliconValley/Heights
Style sheets without the heartbreak: eight CSS tricks that shine in IE 5, survive Netscape 4, and still read with styles turned off. |
 | iMac Webmaster: Making Pages on a Mac
by Casey, 12 · SiliconValley/Horizon
Yes you CAN make web pages on a Mac! How I build mine on our Strawberry iMac, and what PC webmasters should stop doing. |
| One Night on the Help Line
by Ian Robb · SiliconValley/Network
One Friday night on a dial-up help line in Ohio, every call logged and timed, plus the Hall of Fame from three years of nights. |
 | Will Your Page Survive Y2K?
by Jeffrey, 17 · SiliconValley/Network
I set my computer to January 1, 2000 and looked at home pages. Some said 19100. Fix yours: dates, scripts, guestbooks and buttons. |
| Bullet Time: Todd's Matrix Page
by Todd, 17 · SiliconValley/Network
Six times in the theater and the DVD on day one. The Matrix cast, how bullet time works, my theories, and the sequel rumors. |
 | Internet Explorer 5 HQ: The Other Side of the Browser War
by Fernando, 14 · SiliconValley/Monitor
Somebody had to stand up for Internet Explorer 5! My reasons it's better, a homeroom poll, and an open letter to Travis. |
 | Hands-Free
by Adam Masters · SiliconValley/Monitor
I'm a C5 quadriplegic and I write database programs for a living, all by voice. My setup, speech recognition tips, and a page of dictation bloopers. |
| ROLLOVER - A Y2K Novel in Progress
by Danny Stelzer · SiliconValley/Pines
A Y2K thriller, one chapter a week until New Year's Eve: an Idaho power co-op, one long night. I expect the real lights to stay on. |
| The Rusty Nail BBS - Door Games
by Franklin Crocker · SiliconValley/Lakes
The Rusty Nail BBS, up since 1991 and on telnet since last year. Legend of the Red Dragon and Trade Wars standings, tips, and how to call in. |
| NO CARRIER: Notes from an Old Sysop
by Michael Hooper · SiliconValley/Lakes
I ran a BBS from 1985 to 1996. What the Web gave us, what it took, and how to make a home page feel like a board. |
 | Composer Is Free (and It's Already on Your Computer)
by Beverly Nash · SiliconValley/Pines
Netscape Composer is free and probably already on your computer. Build a page, publish it, and fix the pictures that break. |
| Virus Warning Bingo
by Steven Borrelli · SiliconValley/Lakes
Got a warning that an e-mail will erase your hard drive? Mark your card. Five in a row means hoax. Real 1999 viruses explained too. |
| The Lighthouse BBS Has Closed
by Francisco Schweitzer · SiliconValley/Network
After seven years and 41,000 calls, the Lighthouse BBS is off the air. Thank you, and here's what happens now. |
| GARAGE LAN - Saturday Night Frags
by Kyle Cavender · SiliconValley/Network
Sixteen PCs, one hub, one garage, once a month. Next GARAGE LAN: Saturday, October 16. How to set up, what to bring, who won last time. |
 | The Lunch Hour Scorched Earth League
by Eddie Bentley · SiliconValley/Monitor
Six engineers, one old 386 in the break room, and the Mother of All Games. Our Scorched Earth standings, house rules, weapon guide and hall of fame. |
 | Has the Mail Run Yet? - The Deford MailboxCam
by Mitchell Deford · SiliconValley/Hills
My mailbox is 300 feet downhill and my knees are 63, so I put a camera on it. The mail runs about 11:50, Monday through Saturday. |
| Chester's Computer Museum - 31 Old Computers and Counting
by Chester Cutshall · SiliconValley/Heights
An Altair 8800 from right here in Albuquerque, a TRS-80 just like my first one, and a five-dollar Osborne from the hamfest. The Museum, the collection list, restoration tips and the want list. |
| THE BUG - A Webcomic, 99 Days to Go
by Cory Rourke · SiliconValley/Monitor
The Y2K bug lives in my computer, and at midnight on New Year's Eve he's going to make the clock say 1900. If he can stop worrying. A new strip Monday, Wednesday and Friday until January 1, 2000. |
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