Brief History of the Internet

Hi All,

So you like to use the internet to: send email, exchange pictures, post to Facebook, send birthday cards, download games, do online banking, check in with your favorite quilting site, buy books on Amazon.com, send Tweets on Twitter, search for movies on the Internet Movie Database, use Google to find out about gardening, stream movies via Netflix, check sports scores or write a blog entry?  I guess that means that you are a bona fide internet user!  Congratulations.

And now...that you use the internet, wouldn't it be at least a bit interesting to learn about how it came into being? Indeed it would be - its an interesting story filled with lots of technology, history, big names in computing, government sponsorship and much more!

Click on this link from the Internet Society for a very comprehensive (they call it 'brief') History of the Internet.  The article includes a timeline, has sections on internet concepts, proving the ideas, documentation and a very extensive list of footnotes.

Regular readers will not be surprised to see this next link from Wikipedia.  This Wikipedia entry goes to an article titled, 'History of the Internet'.  Similar but different than the prior article. One interesting link from the Wikipedia article goes to 'External Links'....

Another interesting article come from the Computer History Museum - and includes a very interesting (and extensive) timeline of the internet.  Cool stuff - and easy to digest and read.

Finally, click on this link from History.com for an article titled, 'Invention of the Internet' - while fairly brief, it introduces readers to some of the major players and the basics of the invention of the internet.

Enjoy the links - and of course - enjoy the web and the internet.

Regards,
Stu

Grocery Delivery Services

Hi All,

It is something that we all do...whether or not we are single, married or dating...what am I talking about? Food shopping. It is one of the essential things that we all must do in life. A girls' gotta eat - and so do guys. Of course we can always order in - but that can get might expensive night after night. That being said, click here for a link to the '10 Best Delivery Restaurants on Long Island'

Click here for a somewhat brief article about why home delivery of groceries is such a good idea for busy people. (Hint: it is very time-effective!)

Click here though for a link to the 'Top 10 Grocery Delivery Services' Notice that Peapod is at the top of the list...click here for a direct link to Peapod.

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Click here for another link of interest for grocery home delivery: Fresh Direct.

Finally, click here for an article discussign Wal-Mart's initial foray into the online grocery delivery market. Interesting stuff - especially because of Wal-Mart's size and importance in the grocery industry!

Regards and happy deliveries.
Stu

It's Friday Night...What Are You Watching on DVD?

Hi All,

I'd like to help solve a long-time problem that folks have: What to watch on DVD after a long, hard tiring week of work?

Well, back in the day when we had Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, customers could just go to the store and peruse...and peruse...and ask their friend or spouse (or whomever they went to the video store with) and then you would ask each other 'have you seen this movie?' or 'have you seen that movie?' (fill in the title with your movie of choice...)

Let me tell you, that gets old fast and there is definitely some sort of 'video law' that states the more people from the group you want to see the movie with, the more difficult it is to choose a movie that everybody likes - let alone find a movie that no one has seen...

Alas, I've come to your rescue with a fantastic website. I've mentioned it before - probably back in August or September in another movie or entertainment related blog entry.

IMDB

Yes, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) can come to your rescue. Click here to visit the site
What can the site do for you? Well, you can search for movies (and television series by the way), actors, subjects of movies, get television or movie news and much more.

But (I imagine you are asking yourself, 'how can this help me pick out what movie to watch on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday night?)

Indeed, users who click on this link will go to a part of the IMDB (which, if you haven't already guessed is a great way to get movie reviews, summaries and actor/actress information) that has the Top 250 movies by genre - as voted by viewers.

So, for action movies click here, comedies click here, crime click here, history click here...you get the idea.

By the way, the link to all the subjects is on the left side of the page and you can click on any of these subjects and you'll go to the specific page. Pretty darn cool because then you'll see a list of the top 250 movies as voted by viewers. Click on any of the titles and you'll link to that particular movies' site. Info on the site includes cast information, plot summaries, box office receipt information and much, much more.

If you are a movie buff or if you are just looking for a movie that you've never seen on a particular topic you'll definitely want to use the Internet Movie Database!

Regards and happy movie watching!

Stu

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