UPDATED 5-25-99 The U.S. Government now has a new search engine that is supposed to be very powerful. I have not used it but you are supposed to be able to retrieve many government documents from this site. Go to the Links page to link to this site.
Please discount the words that have appeared here the last few days about the page closing down. We will see how it goes. Thanks again for all of you generous remarks.!
Neither journalism nor photograpy ever did a whole lot for me so expect the pictures to be of poor quality and the subject material to be badly chosen.
I will probably cheat on this! If the weather is good or I am just in the mood, I will possibly take several pictures and then try to pass them off to you as being taken that day! Click here for the Unofficial Macon Picture of the Day.
It works like this. You sign up for the service and you are issued your own fax number. The person or business wanting to send you a fax then dials your fax number and sends the fax. The fax actually goes to eFax's server. From there it is sent to you via your regular email. eFax will provide you with a viewer that will enable you to view, print, edit, etc. your fax. The best part is that it is FREE! How can this be free you ask. It is done through advertising. When you recieve your fax there will be some advertisments sent with it. It DOES cost the person that sends the fax however. The fax number that you are issued uses a 707 area code and as such would be a toll call. California??
By now you are probably clamoring, how do I sign up for this wonderous service!! Simply click on the eFax link and it will take you to the eFax home page. eFax
Signing up for the service was fairly straightforward. Just go to the Mercantile Bank link above. Downloading the 128 bit encryption to make my browser secure was something of a challenge, but "Pat" at Mercantile (385-6481) can help you if you have any trouble. A bonus for all of you Quicken and Microsoft Money users is that it appears that you will be able to download your statement right into your program, saving you much typing. I ***THINK***that it works like that. I have not really checked it out.****UPDATE**** I checked into the download feature and here is what the Online Banking help file had to say.
"How to download into Quicken
If you use Quicken personal financial software, you can download transactions from Online Banking to your PC. You can then import the transactions from the file on your PC into the appropriate Quicken account, eliminating the need to type these transactions into Quicken manually. "
This last paragraph was taken directly from the help file. It should be accurate.
I am not a Mercantile employee or stockholder, but I think that all of this is a great service!! And FREE too!!!!
This is the new Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta. Read all of the cautions before you download this one!
If your operating system is Windows 95, click here
If your operating system is Windows 3.1, click here
Click here for Windows Media Player
I don't *think* that the Windows Media Player will work with Windows 3.1 as an operating system. I think that it takes Windows 95,98 or NT. I do *think* that Real Player will work with Windows 3.1.
Here are some common "Emoticons" that are in use on the
Internet. I have also included "some of those cryptic things
that you see in email messages" I will add more as I find
them.
IMHO____In my humble opinion
TIA______Thanks in advance
ROTFL___Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO___Variation of above
LOL____Laughing out loud-------contributed by Lucy Richardson
FAQ____Frequently asked question
FYI____For your information
ISP____Internet Service Provider
AFAIK__As far as I know
How to download files, click here
How to configure Internet Explorer, Internet News to read and write in the internet newsgroups. Click here
Virus test file. Click here
How to attach a file to an email. Click here
How to test your computer for Year 2000
Are there any other HOW TO's that you would like to see? Email me.
Edmunds Automobile Buyer's
Guide
Kelly Blue Book
Carpoint by Microsoft
Auto
Trader Online
Disney Internet Guide
Yahoo
Infoseek
Excite
Lycos
HotBot
Alta Vista
These links are to Calculators and Converters
Suppose that you wanted to find out how many yards of concrete
are
in that new patio, driveway or house that you have been wanting.
Click on the Concrete
Calculator , add your dimensions, and hit calculate.
That's all there is to it!
This same link will also calculate the number of blocks in a
block wall.
This link is to a Unit Conversion
Calculator
Use this link to convert Metric > English and vice versa.
Here is a currency converter provided by CNN. Whether you are
going to travel overseas or are just curious, this site will tell
you how far your dollar will go.Travel Essentials
Missouri Weather Radar Map, click here
Did you ever want to know what town a telephone prefix was for?
Click here to find out.
This is for area codes 573 aand 660 only. There are many prefixes
that are not listed. I could not find a list of prefix numbers to
import into this data base. If you know of any others, please
send them to me and I will include them.
To lookup area codes, click here.
Zip Code Lookup- click here to lookup a zip code.
How much will it cost to send that letter or package in the US
Mail??
Click here to find out.
Click here for the
Webster Dictionary.
whatis?com is a dictionary for computer terms
For UPS package tracking, click here
For Fed Ex package tracking, click here
For Airborne Express package tracking, click here
For United States Postal Service Express Mail tracking, click here
To see what is playing at the Macon Cinema, click here.
To find out what is playing at the Moberly Five
and Drive, click here
For the Petite Three Cinema in Kirksville click here
What would you like to see on this page? If you
have any comments or suggestions, you can email me at dworland@istmacon.net.
