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4th January 2001

Design is Kinky (tattoos)

Current cover shows off designers’ tattoos. “Got a tattoo? Want to show it to the world? Well then send us a picture. Specs: Image size 180×180pixels. JPG or GIF. Include your name, URL (if you have one) and your City and Country…”

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4th January 2001

AllReaders.com

“Search by any element of plot, theme, character, or setting to find precisely what you’re looking for! …Being a writer, I started thinking about what people liked, and disliked about books. I realized that people didn’t just like books, they liked certain plots in books, certain kinds of characters in books, certain kinds and amounts of action and dialogue in books. if I could turn this idea into a database that could be accessed by a search engine, I would be doing the fiction readers and writers of the world a great service.”

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4th January 2001

AllReaders.com

“Search by any element of plot, theme, character, or setting to find precisely what you’re looking for! …Being a writer, I started thinking about what people liked, and disliked about books. I realized that people didn’t just like books, they liked certain plots in books, certain kinds of characters in books, certain kinds and amounts of action and dialogue in books. if I could turn this idea into a database that could be accessed by a search engine, I would be doing the fiction readers and writers of the world a great service.”

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4th January 2001

Search Tools for Web Sites, Intranets and Portals

“This site provides information, news and advice about web site searching technology. It is maintained by Search Tools Consulting as a service to the Web community. We are also available for search tools needs analysis, competitive analysis, search tools installation and more.”

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4th January 2001

The Top 10 Privacy Stories of 2000

“The phenomenal rise, and technological sophistication, of workplace surveillance leads the list of the Top 10 privacy stories of the year 2000, according to a Privacy Foundation analysis. Also in the Top 10 are proposed new medical privacy rules; the FBI’s controversial use of the Carnivore email wiretap; DoubleClick’s stalled plan to track consumers online; and the arrival of chief privacy officers in corporate boardrooms.”

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4th January 2001

SiteNavigation.net

“Webmasters complete source for site navigation javascripts, dhtml scripts and applets.” Be sure to check out the Site Navigation Guide. (Warning: Annoying pop-up adverts!)

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