4 Aug 96
WebFerret has to be the neatest and fastest way ever to search the Net. Fast to download, easy to install and even easier to use. A check of 'Compunews' produced 64 hits, all relevant, in less than a minute! Running your mouse over each 'hit' gives you a summary of what you can expect to find at that URL. Double-click on the URL and you're there. You call Ferret from the Start Menu, enter your search term and off you go.
A'must' for every serious surfer. get it at:
http://www.vironix.co.za/netferret/webferret086.exe
MPEG Monster List
Looking for a MPEG player or files on the subject? Hot links? This is the place!
http://www.islandnet.com/~carleton/monster/monster.html
Planning to visit Vancouver?
Vancouver BC - My Home is a new page from Vancouver. If you live in B.C. (lucky you) or plan to visit, this is the page to go to. Includes everything you'd want to know about Vancouver in particular or B.C. in general.
http://members.tripod.com/~Nirak/index.html
The Mother of Search Engine Homepage
Looking for a particular topic and can't find it? The proper search engine is probably listed on the following URL:
http://pacific.discover.net/~dansyr/engines.html
A NEW LINK EVERY 7 Seconds!
Since last featured in Compuflash, Jim has a new toy up and running. It is called Link O' Matic , and it supplies a new URL every 7 seconds. The effortless way to surf and be surprised! An interesting feature. You can even submit your page for possible inclusion in the links...
http://network.sos.on.ca/~norman/lom.html
SLAUGHTERHOUSE
There are several sites offering the latest shareware available on the Net and Slaughterhouse can be ranked right up there with the best. Give it a try; you'll be back daily!
http://www.magpage.com/~cwagner/
CLASSICAL MUSIC
If you like to listen to music as you surf, Mike Peterson's MIDI Page should be bookmarked! All files are in MID format, ready to load into your Midigate viewer. Composers/Artist are listed alphabetically thus making it easy to find. Numbers are listed under five categories:Alternative, Classical, Classic Rock, Pop and Rock. You will find a superb collection of the main artists/composers such as Enya, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Elton John, Madonna, Bach, Handel, Mozart and on.....
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~mikep/music/midi/MidiMai n.html
MORE MUSIC
Another superb site to head to when looking for good music is Jack's Shack.
http://www.greene.xtn.net/~jack/
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-MIDI PAGE
http://www.angelfire.com/pg1/achtung/index.html
TALYCE's Personal Favorites
Still looking for that special graphic? Give the following URL a try:
http://chalacyn.pronex.com/~talyce/alphabet.html
SOME VERY NICE ART
Looking for that special 'art' graphic? History of turtles through the ages, and more. A fun site to visit and great art too!
http://www.stritch.edu/~strehlow/turtle/Turtle.html
THE CLIPART COLLECTION
When the boss says "I need it yesterday" just smile and click ...
http://www.acy.digex.net/~infomart/clipart/
13 July 96
Possible Crescendo Problems
One of the most appreciated features of The Omega Connection pages, judging from your e-mail, appears to be the musical selections offered on most pages.
Unfortunately, that feature also seems to create problems for many in that not all Internet Service Providers supply the special code required for Crescendo to work properly.
Should your browser have the Crescendo Plug-in installed and yet be unable to flawlessly play the selections, the problem likely lies with your Provider. In this case, I would recommend that you uninstall Crescendo until your provider fixes the problem.
For the benefit of those who experience no problem with my pages featuring Midi selections, I will leave those pages unchanged and will continue to 'rotate' the selections on a regular basis.
I am presently working on a new, improved MIDI page. When completed, it will contain all 'music related' features and the autoplay feature will then be removed from 'all' other pages.
http://www.compunews.com/~jsav/music.htm
I also modified the opening page to permit `all' who login to view it without crashing their browser.
http://www.compunews.com/~jsav/omega.htm
I would much appreciate your feedback on this matter. Let me know how the autoplay feature works on `your' machine, stating which browser you use and its version.
11 July 1996
Once in a blue moon you come across a site that is so hot, so new, so good that you have to tell the world about it and share the good news.
Today is the day. In fact, this site is so new, it's not even officially online yet. Here's your chance to beat the sure to materialize rush.
Yes folks... Yahoo did it again. Not long ago, they came out with a special service aimed at kids and young-at- hearts
(http://www.yahooligans.com/) and now, outdoing themselves, they offer:
My-Yahoo .
What is 'My Yahoo'? I could easily write ten pages about it but why should I because, after loggin in their page (see below), they take you on a five-page conducted tour that explains it much better than I could.
Suffice it to say that it is a an homepage 'personally tailored' to your very own specifications!
You must fill a registration form out but it is free and painless.
MyYahoo is like having a live, ever changing bookmark program. Enough said about it. Why don't you just surf on down there right away before it 'goes public' in a few days? Because, when it does.... it's going to be one busy site! And remember... you first heard about it here
http://my.yahoo.com/
Wait folks.... there's more
If you are a medium to heavy duty surfer who gathers so many new URL's in one day that you have trouble keeping track of them.... there is hope.
If you like testing new applications that are at the pointed end of technology, this new app is for you.
If you'd like to 'capture' entire pages, complete with graphics, hot links, and store them in a cabinet in your hard drive.... yep! this one's for you.
OK. It is called DocuMagix HotPage. And you can find out all about it at:
http://www.documagix.com/
The download is reasonably fast, the installation is painless and it's operation is easy. One caveat however... by the very nature of its operation this program generates tons of files which are saved on your hard drive (???). But, if you have the space...
8 July 1996
Many thanks to all of you who wrote in the last ten days or so. I much appreciated your comments. They topped up my energy tank and I am now rearing to go a few thousand more miles.
As you may have guessed by now, I do spend most of my summer days on the water (after all, I am retired and that's what retirees are supposed to do, right?) but I always come back in time to keep adding to my 'Latest Jewels' page!
If you have not visited it for the last few days, it may be worth your online time to drop in.
Note: The musical selection feature added to most pages has proven very popular so far, judging from the mail I received on the subject. Much work is involved on the part of the authors/sequencers to produce those beautiful numbers so, if you do enjoy their music, please drop them a quick line to let them know their work is appreciated. I am sure they, in turn, will most appreciate your kind gesture. Just use the provided 'hot link'.
28 June 1996
Hello Folks. I'm Back!
Amazing how fast five weeks can go by. My wife and I are back from our 7200 mile journey via motorhome and it's Net Time folks!
Many thanks to all those who wrote or signed the guestbook; it made for very encouraging reading and I thank you all. Truth be told, I have been back for a few days but going through nearly 1000 pieces of e-mail does take time and I haven't managed to answer all the mail yet but, keep the faith.... I'm working hard at it.
Rather than listing the latest URL's in this Compuflash I have elected to add them to the 'Latest Links' page of The Omega Connection instead, a new method I will follow from now on. For a quick link, you can cut&paste the following URL but then, you have Omega bookmarked, yes?
http://www.compunews.com/~jsav/latest.htm
27 May 1996
PSN
The coolest thing happened as I was downloading the latest news tonight... A message flashed by saying "An updated version of PSN is now available. Would you like to have it?" I clicked 'yes' and, in matter of seconds, the updated files were loaded on the computer, installed... and the news load resumed. All within two minutes! And have you noticed how smooth that TV screen is on the upper right hand corner? Does this mean TV news online is next?
Soon? If you don't get your daily news via PSN yet, try it... it will become your news source of choice, guaranteed!
KARAOKE you say?
Ever tried Karaoke on your computer? If you haven't, you have missed a lot of fun. Just a year or so ago, Karaoke programs were rather limited in features and the available files few in number. Now, this has all changed dramatically. There are several superb Karaoke applications now available and I will list a few in this bulletin. As for karaoke files, I
will point you to an FTP site where you can mas-download hundreds of selections rather than getting them one at a time via your browser. Here goes:
The best Karaoke page to get you going is:
The best Karaoke page on the Web is the Computer Karaoke Homepage at:
http://www.teleport.com/~labrat/karaoke.shtml
This page will give you a good introduction into the Karaoke world, a multitude of links to other Karaoke pages and a facility to download complete albums etc. If you would rather use FTP in order to download more than one file at a time, try the following address:
ftp.umn.cs.edu/pub/misc/karaoke
Karaoke Programs (Shareware)
Midi-oke!
This is a complete karaoke player with many features, too long to list. Midi-oke! can now be used as standard Karaoke files player for Windows, Netscape, etc. "Save references command now also stores Midi-oke! window position and default directory for opening Karaoke files. Position within the song can be quickly changed by clicking over the progress gauge. Editor/Converter from Format 0 Karaoke files to .kar standard included.You can get it at:
ftp.umn.cs.edu/pub/misc/karaoke/midiok23.zip (1.06Meg)
Star3 v1.21e Multimedia PC Karaoke
Now, here's a has-it-all karaoke system. Star3 provides many of delightful features and easy-to-use user
With a simple clicking on the Star3 icon, your PC surprisingly turns into a REAL Karaoke Machine! You can operate Star3 for Windows under Windows 3.1 and Windows95. Some of its features include:
Wavetable & FM synthesis based music Smooth progress of lyrics Active bitmap image background Component windows are resizable and replaceable Truetype font support Channel level meter, channel control Voice recording, wave/spectrum display, singing scoring Built-in audio mixer and more...You can get this at:
ftp.umn.cs.edu/pub/misc/karaoke/star3121.zip (1.07Meg)
MIDI SONGS KARAOKE SYSTEM v. 2.11 -
This is a professional karaoke system.
Some of the features include:
Easly creates your own professional Soft Karaoke midi files ; - Automatic hyphenation of the lyrics (English language); - Automatic synchronisation with melody track in any midi channel; - Saves Karaoke files in .KAR format; - Synchronisation with bitmap images (*.bmp, *.dib, *.wmf); - 3D fonts effects; - Virtual VU-Meters with LED-Display for 16
midi channels; - Compatible with any sound card or midi interface under Windows; - Windows 3.x and Windows 95 compatible; and more... This is a 'big' one and comes in three parts MKS01.ZIP, MKS02.ZIP and MKS03.ZIP at...
ftp.umn.cs.edu/pub/misc/karaoke/MKS01.ZIP etc....
Well folks, there should be a lot of singing this summer at the keyboard. Have fun and let me know what you think of any of those suggested programs... Thanks.
FAN OF ENYA?
If, like million others, you are a fan of Eny, you will want to visit this site: It has links to several others, with Midi files and more...
http://www.inforamp.net/~admalik/enya/main.htm
Canadian Homepage of the Year Nominations The Canuck Site of the Day is taking nominations for "the Canadian Home Page of the Year". Some weeks ago, I recommended you visit Webstrands, one of the nicest Canadian sites I had ever come across. Judging from your response, you seemed to agree with my recommendation. Should you wish to help give this great Canadian site the recognition it amply deserves, please go to the following URL and add your wo-bits worth. Terry, the author of Webstrands, has always been there to help anyone requesting his help and advice and I believe winning that award could not fall on a better deserving person.
Canuk Site of the day Nominations URL:
http://www.10q.com/canuck/nom.html
In the Category: Personal Homepages,....
Webstrands URL: http://www.netaccess.on.ca/~kestrel/index1.html
Please note nominations must be in by 31 May. Thanks
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