Seven Sites: Walk on wild side, moonwalks
You can file this column under the heading of better late than never. Here’s this month’s Seven Sites list.
1. www.siteadvisor.com: If you’re a person who speeds through the Internet without ever slowing to take stock of your computer’s safety, you might want to cruise on over to this Web site and download the SiteAdvisor application. Free from anti-virus software maker McAfee, SiteAdvisor adds a traffic-light-like ratings system to your Web browser, alerting you whether a Web site is safe or suspect.
Consider that last week, McAfee released its list of the “Most Dangerous Celebrities in Cyberspace.” Google actress Jessica Biel, go to some of the Web sites, and you’ll have a one in five chance of infecting your computer with spyware, viruses, spam and other malicious software. Behind Biel, there’s Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, quarterback Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson.
3. http://eternalmoonwalk.com: With the sad details of Michael Jackson’s death still emerging, it’s nice to see a truly inventive Web site where fans are honoring his life. Here you’ll see back-to-back video clips of fans doing their — often hilarious — version of the moonwalk. The clips are connected, so as one person moonwalks off the screen another starts.
4. www.hakia.com: One of the biggest problems with searching for anything on the Web is finding information that’s credible. This site tries to address that with a search engine that combs only Web sites that have been recommended by librarians. It focuses on “quality, not popularity.” On top of that, Hakia sorts its results into easy-to-navigate categories. Hakia is no replacement for Google, but it’s nice sometimes.
5. www.whichbook.net: Can’t figure out what to read? Well, let this Web site decide for you — or at least narrow your choices. Just indicate on a sliding scale what you’re looking for in your next book and you’ll get a list of suggestions. Some of the categories include books that are happy or sad, serious or funny, easy or demanding. You can even set preferences for age, race and sexual orientation of the main characters.
What will they think of next?
6. www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/lega...> If you have a blog or are thinking of starting one, you should take a look at this Web site. Otherwise, you might get sued. Here, you’ll find legal tips on issues such as intellectual property, online defamation, privacy and the Freedom of Information Act. The guide was created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which exists to defend freedom in the digital age. Bloggers should be grateful.
7. www.freewebarcade.com/game/multi...> I’m a product of the computer generation. It’s nothing for me to talk on a landline phone, send text messages on my iPhone, use instant messaging and update my Facebook status at the same time. So, yes, I thought I was a multitasker — until I tried this game.
Called simply Multitask, it challenges you to balance a ball on a platform using the arrows on your keyboard and play three other mini-games simultaneously. One mistake and you’re done. Good luck!
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