Non-Aviation websites
Dictionary, Thesaurus and more. On-line. (English):
• Merriam-Webster OnLine©: http://www.webster.com

Internet, Web Design, and Miscellaneous PC Information:
• Internet Timeline© by Robert H'obbes' Zakon: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline
• Webmonkey. The Web Developer's Resource: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/index.html
• W3C® World Wide Web Consortium®: http://www.w3.org/
• W3Schools®, Web Designer School Online: http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Shipping Information (limited vendors listed here):
• FedEx®: http://www.fedex.com
• United States Postal Service®: http://www.usps.com
• UPS™, United Parcel Service of America: http://www.ups.com

World Currency Converter, Flags of the World and World Time Zone Map:
• Currency Converter - XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter® (tm): http://www.xe.com/ucc/
• Flags and Maps of the World: http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow
• World Time Zones Map with Current Time: http://www.worldtimezone.com

San Diego Reference websites
Free Computer Classes in San Diego:
North City Campus (NCC) has three semesters (Spring, Summer, & Fall) per year and offers between 400-500 high-tech computer courses per semester. Classes are first-come, first-serve, no grades, no tests, no fee, with excellent instructors, top hardware/software and even the parking is free. North City Campus, 8401 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123. Phone (619) 388-1800.

North City Campus also has several other long-term certificate programs including Cisco Certified Networking Associate (300+ hours), Interactive Media Certificate Program (computer graphic design class, 875 hours), Web Server Maintenance and Security Certificate Program (875 hours) and there are several more certificate classes available. All of these certificate classes are free.

This is one of San Diego's best kept secrets and is one of the few places where our tax dollars are being put to good use. North City Campus is part of the San Diego Community College District.

North City Campus (NCC) main section is here: http://www.sdce.edu/

NCC classes by category is not here at this time: updating link

The Interactive Media Certificate Program is here: www.sdce.edu (This is a direct link to the IMCP program.)

Resume Service:
Worldwide assistance. Greatly increase your chances of getting interviews by giving hiring managers the information they want. http://www.resumewriterpro.com

RECOMMENED SECURITY FOR PCS.
• Recommended Web Browser (free): FIREFOX  [Allegedly faster and more secure than Internet Explorer.]
• Recommended security for PC's. Spybot (free), Ad-Aware (free) and Norton Internet Security (which includes a firewall and Norton Antivirus). It is not recommended to use XP's firewall.

Additional Installation Information and Procedural Notes:
1) Uninstall any anti-virus programs before installing Norton Internet Security (which includes Norton Antivirus).

2) Purchase a new Norton CD every year and mail in the rebate (Upgrading Norton Antivirus with a purchased CD is recommended as a better course of action, than upgrading via the internet), and send in the old Norton disk as proof of purchase (you'll never need the old disk anyway).

Or if you lost the proof of purchase (for PC's) you can open Norton › Help › About Norton Antivirus › hit Print Screen, open Word › New Document › Edit › Paste › Print and use the print out as proof of purchase for Norton. If you have 2002 or earlier version of Norton Antivirus, then uninstall Norton, and reinstall Norton Internet Security. If you have a newer version of Norton Antivirus, then just install Norton Internet Security, over the old version.

3) Never run two or more of these security programs at the same time. Run one security program at a time otherwise they will fight with each other to try to gain dominance in your PC.

Recommended Weekly Maintenance for PC's:
In this order: 1) Sbybot, 2) Ad-Aware (Sbybot or Ad-Aware in either order, actually), 3) Disk Clean-up, 4) Norton Antivirus, (and if your computer is clean, then continue) 5) Scan Disk (XP will prompt you to restart), 6) Disk Defragmenter (then restart manually). By the way, if you have a MAC, you don't have to do any of this.

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