On Computers

JobKite.com is a new resume service that creates colorful online resumes.

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PrivatePhone.com provides free phone numbers you can give out in situations where you don’t want to give out your real number.

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Corel has a new $40 photo-editing program called “SnapFire Plus.” We tried it out, and it did a nice job of organizing our photos into one long scrolling view or into albums. In fact, it is the easiest photo organizer of any we’ve seen.

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Corel has a new $40 photo-editing program called “SnapFire Plus.” We tried it out, and it did a nice job of organizing our photos into one long scrolling view or into albums. In fact, it is the easiest photo organizer of any we’ve seen.

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There are several Web sites that have type fonts you can download. A couple of them areFonts.com , which we’ve written about before, and TypeNow.net, which we went to just recently.

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“Sandy Berger’s GreatAge Guide: Online Health and Wellness;” $14 from Que (www.quepublishing.com ).

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We went to http://shakespeare.clusty.com and found a new feature called “Search Shakespeare.”

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OpenDNS.com gives you a free alternative to your Internet service provider during a DNS outage.

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AmericanCraftExpo.org is the Web site for the prestigious American crafts show held each year on the campus of Northwestern University. All the craftiest  people are there, and you can see pictures of their work and contact the artists through this site. We especially liked the miniature planets made by Josh Simpson. He also has his own Web site:Megaplanet.com, as do many of the other artists.

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Short games are best for us; the big adventure games can take months and even years to play. No time. We used to play “Connect Four” with our nephews, a game where you try to connect four checkers in a row before your opponent can block them. You can play a “Cities” version of the game and many others for one hour for free at PlayFirst.com.

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