To: ~digs who wrote (299 ) 11/5/2001 4:22:01 AM From: ~digs Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6763 ------------------- Electric Money Someday the cry "Show me the money!" may mean whipping out your DNA. At Electric Money, users can explore the history of money with teaching guides and money-related links that tell of early Native Americans using shells for cash and the first use of gold and silver as coinage by Western Europeans. And then came e-commerce. The future of money is envisioned with predictions of a "smart card" to encode all credit card numbers in one easy place, as our genetic information replaces photo and signature IDs and, perhaps someday, letting us all take scissors to our credit cards as we kiss the green stuff goodbye forever. pbs.org -------------- Public Record Search Most of us know that public records are a vast resource, but how to get to them all? With over 5,184 free searchable public record databases, Search Systems was the first and remains the largest collection of free public records on the Net, designed to help users find public records that are often central to serious decision-making. Searchable by key word or by US state, the site also links to Canadian and worldwide databases to ferret out a vast array of info, from campaign contributions to foreign banking facilities. While the site is free, some links lead to agencies that require payment, but users can tell up front by a dollar sign tagged to the link. pac-info.com --------------- Sleeping Personalities Are you a Tummy Sleeper or a Side Sleeper? Does your spouse gnash, curl, huddle or mumble in the sack? Sleeping Postures claims that sleep-time is the true personality test, when one is not consciously controlling one's body. Here users can check out various sleeping positions and the personality they reveal. sleepbest.com --------------------- The Nobel Museum Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have awarded a lifetime of achievement and have been the single most prestigious honor in the world. In 1994, the Internet was first used to announce the Prize winners, a year later the Nobel Web Site was launched, and in 2001 an even more ambitious project, the Nobel e-Museum, was created to celebrate the centennial of the first Nobel Prizes. The Nobel e-Museum lists winners past and present, but also offers articles in which Nobel laureates discuss science and culture, digital TV broadcasts of the Award Ceremony in Stockholm and live webcasts of special Nobel laureate lectures. Launching soon: the Wallenberg Young Scholars Program for students, and Science & Technology, featuring practical and industrial applications of major scientific discoveries. nobel.se ----------------- Design Portfolio No Commercial Potential is the online portfolio of a graphic designer with the eccentric name Phineas Xavier Jones. There's plenty of potential here, and much of it is fully realized. Jones shows his art in its liquid state, as it evolves: in the Easel Archive visitors can view sketches in each phase of creation. The site is rich with fascinating, often beautiful photos, digital images, collages, drawings and sketches produced in media from charcoal, coffee, watercolor, ink and sometimes other things applied to various sorts and sizes of paper. nocommercialpotential.net ---------------- The Beatles Beatlemania is updated for the 21st century at this official Beatles web site where there's much more than just music - though the music is at the heart of it all. Featuring the 27 Beatles singles that topped US and UK charts, this visually gorgeous site also takes users behind the music. Click on any song to hear it, read the lyrics and enjoy archival material like album notes, photos, record labels and recording logs, plus dates and locations of live performances and recording sessions. New Features, like special trips to a rooftop Abbey Road concert or a new animated video for "I Feel Fine," are added weekly. thebeatles.com ----------------Source: tricksandtrinkets.com