Monday, May 19, 2008

Rick's Web Wanderings - May 19th

Interesting Web Sites
The NEW Waterloo West High School Athletics Web Site
This is a new project to help promote Waterloo West High School sports, and related information. This site has pages for each Wahawk sport, and will be the premiere source for and sports related information.


Need to Transfer LARGE FILES online?

Here's a great way to send files that are larger than your email service will allow...



Ever Wonder howTraffic Jams  are started?
Shockwave traffic jams -- the kind where you slow down and speed up (with others behind you doing the same thing) -- have finally been recreated in a controlled environment (woo-hoo!). Theories about the causes of traffic jams have been computer modeled before, but here hasn't been a live demonstration of how a body of traffic goes from highway speeds to a dead stop -- for no apparent reason -- until now.



"New Age" Crayons - Draw things and Watch them Move!
Watch the video, and if you want to try it out, download the freeware software onto your computer!


Tech Gadgets Info of the Day:
Jump Start your car without Lifting the Hood!
You are sitting in the parking lot at work with a dead battery. You obviously need a jump, but you don't have jumper cables and noone to help. No worries—you have the Porta Jump. There is no need for jumper cables or helpful friends, all you need to do is plug it into your cigarette lighter and wait for the green light to turn on. Just like that, you are back in business. Plus, it will recharge while you are driving.



Trivia for the Day:

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