Online By Brooks

One of the reasons I created a Web site was for easy archival and retrieval of the online computing columns I began writing for The Kentucky Standard in Bardstown, Ky. and The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown, Ky.

If you subscribe to The News-Enterprise, you'll find my column in the Business section of each Sunday's paper.

Readers of The Kentucky Standard, a tri-weekly paper serving Bardstown and Nelson County, will find my columns on a space-available basis in at least one of the three issues during the week. If you want to see it on a more regular basis, please call or write:

Steve Lowery, publisher
Kentucky Standard
110 W. Stephen Foster
Bardstown, KY 40004
(502) 348-9003

As always, your comments and suggestions are always welcome!


March 30, 1997: Mass suicide leaves evidence on the Web; Windows 98 release delayed; KIH Online offers local access; updates to my Web site.

March 23, 1997:

March 16, 1997: Power of the Internet ruffles feathers in poultry industry; a look back 7 years in the world of computers; England's royalty goes online.

March 9, 1997: Flood victims find help on the Web; free fonts can add pizzazz to your documents.

March 2, 1997: Track down an old friend by using the Internet; Kentucky Vital Records; Four11; Pointcast Network, Mercury Mail offer news you can use.

February 23, 1997: Competing standards coming for 56k modems; FCC examines teleco's complaints that ISPs use too much of their resources; telecommuting resources.

February 16, 1997: War of the Web continues between Microsoft, Netscape; online shopping safety; cheaper computer prices; putting the Web to work; Oreck online.

February 9, 1997:Freeride beats a free lunch; hackers threaten AOL; black history on the Web.

February 2, 1997: Valentine's Day resources on the World Wide Web; online shopping safety; America Online offering customers credits, refunds.

January 26, 1997: Super Bowl on the Web; America Online's woes continue as attorneys general gear up for legal action; some Internet providers trying to capitalize on AOL's problems; new guide to women's resources on the Web; free credit reports available through March 1, 1997.

January 19, 1997:Users of America Online are filing lawsuits after being unable to access the service: home-buying resources on the Web; home repair resources: cable companies may pull plug on cable modem deployment.

January 12, 1997:Beginner's guide to e-mail; Juno offers free e-mail accounts; what's a mailing list on the Internet?: browsers with e-mail interfaces; popularity of Iomega's Zip drive continues to spread.

January 5, 1997:Glossary of common Internet terms; access AOL via the Internet and save bucks; WebTV sales reports show significant holiday shopper interest in product.

December 29, 1996:Hollywood goes HollyWeb -- movie studios turning to the Web for interactive promotions of new releases; UPS offers online package tracking; Netscape gives a preview of next-generation Web browser suite; check out your bank's activities recorded at the FDIC Web site.

December 22, 1996:My Yahoo! gives PointCast Network competition in the news-on-demand field; entertain holiday guests with a tour of Kentucky newspapers on the Web.

December 15, 1996: .WebV is here; Chrisstmas around theInternet: updatee on Kentucky VillageNet's change in ownership.

December 8, 1996:KVN acquired by Nolin RECC; Surrealist Compliment Generator; Domino's Pizza on the Web; Mars and Venus on the Web..

December 1, 1996:Internet Explorer 3.0 for Windows 3.1x systems; Internet Two, the "new" Internet; AOL rate flap, and can AOL survive its reduced rates.

November 24, 1996:Network computers at Comdex; PC Magazine Awards for Excellence; rewritable CDs; national ISP directory published.

November 17, 1996:MCI upgrades its backbone; Apple eateries; cable modems hit Canada; upgradable modems; AOL bill shock; recycling old AOL disks .

November 10, 1996:Mac vs. PC; AOL, Internet Explorer 3.0 for the Mac; Iomega Zip drives; Disney going online; faster modems; the Titanic pages on the Web..

November 3, 1996:New AOL pricing plan makes it competitive with national Internet Service Providers; BellSouth rolls out Internet access business in central Kentucky markets; phone companies report Internet users jamming phone lines; using the Net for "e-mail to God."

October 27, 1996: The death of the Internet; Cincinnati museums on the Web; Cartoon World.

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October 13, 1996:The World Series on the Web; those pesky error messages you get on the Web; the "Today" show on the Web; MSN gets a facelift.

October 6, 1996:RiverFrogs on the Web; Kentucky Historical Society's new site; WKU; investments on line; browser news; Net usage predictions; America Online update.

September 29, 1996:Net fraud threats may be exaggerated; improve your Web surfing by improving your monitor; News-Enterprise Web site is now up and running.

September 22, 1996: Cool Web sites that use RealAudio; faster standards; Happy Puppy; new cartoon debuts.

September 15, 1996:Political sites on the Web; sites dedicated to TV soap operas.

September 8, 1996:Build your own Web page; online HTML resources; teaching kids about the Net; computer hardware safety. .

September 1, 1996:Fourth R can help new Webbies; Juno IS free e-mail; back-to-school reference works.

August 25, 1996:Netscape releases Navigator 3.0; Wal-Mart Online; Sprint to be ISP.

August 18, 1996:Domain name battles continue; Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0; Navigator tips and tricks.

August 11, 1996:Tips for downloading software via the Internet; Juno offers free e-mail service; useless news.

August 3, 1996: Netscape Power Pack; Game hints make gaming better; memory gets cheaper; movie Web site breaks all records.

July 28, 1996: Improve your searches on the Web; alliances make for strange bedfellows; Titlest on line.

July 21, 1996: Soaps on the Web; the Bible in Pig Latin.

July 14, 1996: Netscape Navigator 3.0 beta unveils new features; PointCast Network scores new partnerships; death of small ISPs is greatly exaggerated.

July 7, 1996: Patent claim threatens Net commerce; Tour Bullitt County; All-Star baseball online; Charlie the Tuna hits the Web.

June 28, 1996: Hardin County Internet Service Providers; Radcliff Web site celebrates Fourth of July.

June 23, 1996: AOL upgrades with AOL 3.0 software; AOL practices questioned; search engine debate; Explorer gets Java.

June 16, 1996: Communications Decency Act; copyrights; Microsoft "Easter egg"

June 9, 1996: New search engines; FEMA; Alice In Chains; more on cable modems; E'town Auto Auction.

June 2, 1996: InfiNet trial accounts; cable modem news; CompuServe heads for the Web; White House info.

May 26, 1996: High speed modems; Web sightings; Prodigy sold.

May 19, 1996: Pointcast, Netscape update; Riddler Web site; Tony Awards online.

May 12, 1996: Online trivia games; AOL expands; Prodigy buyout; Web demographics; newsgroup of the week.

May 5, 1996: More change on the way; Netscape releases new beta version; Web study confirms beliefs.

April 28, 1996: Video, audio on the Web; travel sites; Net awards; Hardin Countians on the Web.

April 21, 1996: Netscape updates to fix bugs, tips; To the Moon.

April 14, 1996: Gardening on the Web; Cartooners on line

April 7, 1996: Intranets; Ticketmaster; Windows Plug&Pray

March 31, 1996: Churchill Downs on the Web; Cheap Web "appliances;" C|Net Central.

March 24, 1996: Radcliff's Web site; Lincoln Trail ADD Web site; Yahooligans, ZD Net.

March 17, 1996: Child safety on the Internet; UK Wildcats on the Web.

March 10, 1996: Tax preparation on the Net; free software on the Net.

March 3, 1996: Cybercampaigning.

Feb. 25, 1996: Pointcast Network; cable modems for speedy Net access; Fort Knox sites on the Web.

Feb. 18, 1996: CompuServe adds new browser; GNN review; Hardin County Web sites.

Feb. 11, 1996: Valentine's Day on the Web; Cyber protests; Netscape update.

Feb. 4, 1996: Usenet newsgroups, viruses.

Jan. 28, 1996: NY TImes on the Web; IRC primer; search engine info.

Jan. 21, 1996: Netscape update, TV history on the Web; Web slang; Web soap operas.

Jan. 14, 1996: RealAudio is the real thing; more on online services.

Jan. 7, 1996: Use the Net to cut the high costs of AOL, CompuServe

Dec. 31. 1995: Speed traps along the infobahn; Elvis, UK Wildcats on the Net.

Dec. 24, 1995: Online services compared; Bosnia and the Net.

Dec. 17, 1995: Search engines, St. Nick on the Internet

Dec. 10, 1995: Tips for going online and choosing a provider.


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