Tuesday's Quest

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- Pablo Picasso

It is up to you to come up with good questions. Today, try to gather some of your "favorite" sites and a pictures on the internet. We will then send these locations to others (or yourself!) through your e-mail account. You will also learn how to save the images you see on someone else's web page, and store it on the computer so you can use them later when you make your own web page later this week.

1. Can you find cool pictures? Think of places that like to show off pictures--Kodak perhaps? Museums? Here are some of my favorites:

Space Station: http://station.nasa.gov/core.html
Other good links for space pictures are here: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_pictures.html

2. Can you find any good puzzles like http://www.accessone.com/~lparos/hang.html ?

3. Can you find any interesting web page that has hard to find information like:

Descriptions of all the different versions of the Bible http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/15367a.htm
Click here to read about the last message from the Titanic

How to e-mail a web address

It is very convenioent to "Bookmark" an interenting web iste, but this is only stored on the computer you are working on. What if you want to look at it at home or at the public library, or share it with a friend? It is very handy to e-mail the address to a friend (or even yourself, if you work at a different computer).

Once you are at a web page, you can click the location (so it is selected and turns blue) and then go to the "Edit" menu and select "Copy" (pressing Control-C will do the same thing even quicker). It is now stored in a hidden place (called a clipboard).
Now start a new browser window ("File" menu, then "New Navigator Window").
In the new window login to your Hotmail account
Start writing a new e-mail message to the person to whom you are going to send the address.
Once you are typing in the body of your message, you can "paste" the address by going to the "File" menu and selecting "Paste" (pressing Control-V is even quicker!)

If you want to add a great address to this page, let me know by sending me e-mail at cct@ktb.net

How to Save an Image for Later

I you see a picture you like, you can save it into you own folder and later make it part of your own web page.

Right-click on the image to get a gray "pop-up" menu

Select "Save Image As.."

Now you will be asked where. Be sure to go to your own flolder, and not clutter up and other folder with you images. ( Besides, you probably won't know where to find it later if you don't store it in your own folder!) It is a good idea to keep the name of the file the same.

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