ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, October 3, 1996 TAG: 9610030070
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
ROANOKE'S MINI-GRACELAND also makes an appearance with "Elvis Too Big for Building" on the Cool Web Site.
Supposedly Dr. Seuss, author of "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics, once upon a time pronounced his name "Soice," which rhymes with choice.
Such tidbits of insider information are sprinkled throughout Cyber Seuss, a site for the young and readers who never outgrew their love of Seuss books. Also, here are reviews of some of the Seuss products, including Dr. Seuss' ABC's on CDRom, plus listings of Seuss books in print and books about the late Ted Seuss and Seuss' early writings.
You can just look at the characters or check out Seuss' wisdom, such as:
*"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
*"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Teaching kids math
Edmark, the educational software company that developed KidDesk, has an exciting bunch of new math CDs.
The programs - the Mighty Math series - are a complete math curriculum for children ages 5 to 14. ``Carnival Countdown'' casts a lively bunch of clown characters such as Exact Eddie and Pattern Annie who gently teach number facts, shapes and comparisons, and other skills that children will learn between kindergarten and second grade.
Clowns snap as they add or subtract. Kids learn to sort with an ingenious set of colorful cars in circles.
The hope, of course, is to help kids enjoy numbers. The ingenuity in design makes these programs a bargain. You probably couldn't hire a tutor for very long for the $39.95 price of one of these gems.
``Number Heroes,'' the next CD in the series, is designed for ages 8 to 10. All the programs have different levels and activities that can keep children interested for months or longer. GeoComputer, a three-dimensional screen on which you can flip and rotate objects while learning plane geometry, also looks like fun.
Math CDs for older children, grades six through eight, will be available this fall and next spring. ``Cosmic Geometry'' will teach surface area and volume; length, perimeter and area, and the attributes of shapes and solids. Adults who never did very well in geometry might check out this one.
All of the programs include an adult section where parents or teachers can set individual or group preferences. Also, children themselves can make problems easier or harder, depending on their confidence.
Each program was developed to use with Windows or Macintosh systems.
Cool Graceland
Mini-Graceland, at a residence on Roanoke's Riverland Road Southeast, is the subject of a visit from Cool Web Site travelers. If you want to see what they found - or believe they did - check out the home page of this newspaper and click on "Cool Site" for "Elvis Too Big for Building."
Tonight, the 1996 Cool Site of the Year Awards will be held in New York City. Mini-Graceland wasn't nominated, but it should have been, don't you think?
You also can get past copies of this column through the newspaper's Web page.
No hiding Enquirer
Actress Goldie Hawn, a lovely 51, has become a "fanatical Buddhist," and the experience reportedly put her "sex drive into overdrive."
That's the scoop from this week's Behind the Scenes column in the National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid that no one admits reading but some are seen thumbing though while waiting to pay for groceries.
The newspaper is now on line with all the latest dirt and doings. Want to see Joe Lando - Dr. Quinn's long-haired hubby - bald? He's at this site, dressed and prepped for his role in the upcoming Fox movie: "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within."
Q: If I have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, can I also get Netscape and switch between the two?
A: Of course you can. Once you're hooked up to your Internet provider, it really doesn't matter much which one you use. The differences will become apparent when you land on a page designed with features your browser doesn't support.
computer bits
Dr. Seuss' wisdom and wisecracks fill this Web site
ROANOKE'S MINI-GRACELAND also makes an appearance with "Elvis Too Big for Building" on the Cool Web Site.
PLEASE SEE SEUSS/B7
Seuss
FROM PAGE B8
Staff report
Supposedly Dr. Seuss, author of "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics, once upon a time pronounced his name "Soice," which rhymes with choice.
Such tidbits of insider information are sprinkled throughout Cyber Seuss, a site for the young and readers who never outgrew their love of Seuss books. Also, here are reviews of some of the Seuss products, including Dr. Seuss' ABC's on CDRom, plus listings of Seuss books in print and books about the late Ted Seuss and Seuss' early writings.
You can just look at the characters or check out Seuss' wisdom, such as:
*"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
*"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Teaching kids math
Edmark, the educational software company that developed KidDesk, has an exciting bunch of new math CDs.
The programs - the Mighty Math series - are a complete math curriculum for children ages 5 to 14. ``Carnival Countdown'' casts a lively bunch of clown characters such as Exact Eddie and Pattern Annie who gently teach number facts, shapes and comparisons, and other skills that children will learn between kindergarten and second grade.
Clowns snap as they add or subtract. Kids learn to sort with an ingenious set of colorful cars in circles.
The hope, of course, is to help kids enjoy numbers. The ingenuity in design makes these programs a bargain. You probably couldn't hire a tutor for very long for the $39.95 price of one of these gems.
``Number Heroes,'' the next CD in the series, is designed for ages 8 to 10. All the programs have different levels and activities that can keep children interested for months or longer. GeoComputer, a three-dimensional screen on which you can flip and rotate objects while learning plane geometry, also looks like fun.
Math CDs for older children, grades six through eight, will be available this fall and next spring. ``Cosmic Geometry'' will teach surface area and volume; length, perimeter and area, and the attributes of shapes and solids. Adults who never did very well in geometry might check out this one.
All of the programs include an adult section where parents or teachers can set individual or group preferences. Also, children themselves can make problems easier or harder, depending on their confidence.
Each program was developed to use with Windows or Macintosh systems.
Cool Graceland
Mini-Graceland, at a residence on Roanoke's Riverland Road Southeast, is the subject of a visit from Cool Web Site travelers. If you want to see what they found - or believe they did - check out the home page of this newspaper and click on "Cool Site" for "Elvis Too Big for Building."
Tonight, the 1996 Cool Site of the Year Awards will be held in New York City. Mini-Graceland wasn't nominated, but it should have been, don't you think?
You also can get past copies of this column through the newspaper's Web page.
No hiding Enquirer
Actress Goldie Hawn, a lovely 51, has become a "fanatical Buddhist," and the experience reportedly put her "sex drive into overdrive."
That's the scoop from this week's Behind the Scenes column in the National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid that no one admits reading but some are seen thumbing though while waiting to pay for groceries.
The newspaper is now on line with all the latest dirt and doings. Want to see Joe Lando - Dr. Quinn's long-haired hubby - bald? He's at this site, dressed and prepped for his role in the upcoming Fox movie: "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within."
Q: If I have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, can I also get Netscape and switch between the two?
A: Of course you can. Once you're hooked up to your Internet provider, it really doesn't matter much which one you use. The differences will become apparent when you land on a page designed with features your browser doesn't support.
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FOR THURSDAY BUSINESS PAGE, WITH WEBSITES FACTOID STAFF REPORT
PLEASE TO MERGE LAYOUT WITH WEBSITES IN PRECHIF Seuss rhymes with choice?
edited by rebecca handley chiffed
Dr. Seuss' wisdom and wisecracks fill this Web site
ROANOKE'S MINI-GRACELAND also makes an appearance with "Elvis Too Big for Building" on the Cool Web Site.
PLEASE SEE SEUSS/B7
Seuss
FROM PAGE B8
Staff report
Supposedly Dr. Seuss, author of "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics, once upon a time pronounced his name "Soice," which rhymes with choice.
Such tidbits of insider information are sprinkled throughout Cyber Seuss, a site for the young and readers who never outgrew their love of Seuss books. Also, here are reviews of some of the Seuss products, including Dr. Seuss' ABC's on CDRom, plus listings of Seuss books in print and books about the late Ted Seuss and Seuss' early writings.
You can just look at the characters or check out Seuss' wisdom, such as:
*"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
*"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Teaching kids math
Edmark, the educational software company that developed KidDesk, has an exciting bunch of new math CDs.
The programs - the Mighty Math series - are a complete math curriculum for children ages 5 to 14. ``Carnival Countdown'' casts a lively bunch of clown characters such as Exact Eddie and Pattern Annie who gently teach number facts, shapes and comparisons, and other skills that children will learn between kindergarten and second grade.
Clowns snap as they add or subtract. Kids learn to sort with an ingenious set of colorful cars in circles.
The hope, of course, is to help kids enjoy numbers. The ingenuity in design makes these programs a bargain. You probably couldn't hire a tutor for very long for the $39.95 price of one of these gems.
``Number Heroes,'' the next CD in the series, is designed for ages 8 to 10. All the programs have different levels and activities that can keep children interested for months or longer. GeoComputer, a three-dimensional screen on which you can flip and rotate objects while learning plane geometry, also looks like fun.
Math CDs for older children, grades six through eight, will be available this fall and next spring. ``Cosmic Geometry'' will teach surface area and volume; length, perimeter and area, and the attributes of shapes and solids. Adults who never did very well in geometry might check out this one.
All of the programs include an adult section where parents or teachers can set individual or group preferences. Also, children themselves can make problems easier or harder, depending on their confidence.
Each program was developed to use with Windows or Macintosh systems.
Cool Graceland
Mini-Graceland, at a residence on Roanoke's Riverland Road Southeast, is the subject of a visit from Cool Web Site travelers. If you want to see what they found - or believe they did - check out the home page of this newspaper and click on "Cool Site" for "Elvis Too Big for Building."
Tonight, the 1996 Cool Site of the Year Awards will be held in New York City. Mini-Graceland wasn't nominated, but it should have been, don't you think?
You also can get past copies of this column through the newspaper's Web page.
No hiding Enquirer
Actress Goldie Hawn, a lovely 51, has become a "fanatical Buddhist," and the experience reportedly put her "sex drive into overdrive."
That's the scoop from this week's Behind the Scenes column in the National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid that no one admits reading but some are seen thumbing though while waiting to pay for groceries.
The newspaper is now on line with all the latest dirt and doings. Want to see Joe Lando - Dr. Quinn's long-haired hubby - bald? He's at this site, dressed and prepped for his role in the upcoming Fox movie: "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within."
Q: If I have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, can I also get Netscape and switch between the two?
A: Of course you can. Once you're hooked up to your Internet provider, it really doesn't matter much which one you use. The differences will become apparent when you land on a page designed with features your browser doesn't support.
PLEASE TO MERGE LAYOUT WITH WEBSITES IN PRECHIF Seuss rhymes with choice?
edited by rebecca handley chiffed
Dr. Seuss' wisdom and wisecracks fill this Web site
ROANOKE'S MINI-GRACELAND also makes an appearance with "Elvis Too Big for Building" on the Cool Web Site.
PLEASE SEE SEUSS/B7
Seuss
FROM PAGE B8
Staff report
Supposedly Dr. Seuss, author of "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics, once upon a time pronounced his name "Soice," which rhymes with choice.
Such tidbits of insider information are sprinkled throughout Cyber Seuss, a site for the young and readers who never outgrew their love of Seuss books. Also, here are reviews of some of the Seuss products, including Dr. Seuss' ABC's on CDRom, plus listings of Seuss books in print and books about the late Ted Seuss and Seuss' early writings.
You can just look at the characters or check out Seuss' wisdom, such as:
*"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
*"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Teaching kids math
Edmark, the educational software company that developed KidDesk, has an exciting bunch of new math CDs.
The programs - the Mighty Math series - are a complete math curriculum for children ages 5 to 14. ``Carnival Countdown'' casts a lively bunch of clown characters such as Exact Eddie and Pattern Annie who gently teach number facts, shapes and comparisons, and other skills that children will learn between kindergarten and second grade.
Clowns snap as they add or subtract. Kids learn to sort with an ingenious set of colorful cars in circles.
The hope, of course, is to help kids enjoy numbers. The ingenuity in design makes these programs a bargain. You probably couldn't hire a tutor for very long for the $39.95 price of one of these gems.
``Number Heroes,'' the next CD in the series, is designed for ages 8 to 10. All the programs have different levels and activities that can keep children interested for months or longer. GeoComputer, a three-dimensional screen on which you can flip and rotate objects while learning plane geometry, also looks like fun.
Math CDs for older children, grades six through eight, will be available this fall and next spring. ``Cosmic Geometry'' will teach surface area and volume; length, perimeter and area, and the attributes of shapes and solids. Adults who never did very well in geometry might check out this one.
All of the programs include an adult section where parents or teachers can set individual or group preferences. Also, children themselves can make problems easier or harder, depending on their confidence.
Each program was developed to use with Windows or Macintosh systems.
Cool Graceland
Mini-Graceland, at a residence on Roanoke's Riverland Road Southeast, is the subject of a visit from Cool Web Site travelers. If you want to see what they found - or believe they did - check out the home page of this newspaper and click on "Cool Site" for "Elvis Too Big for Building."
Tonight, the 1996 Cool Site of the Year Awards will be held in New York City. Mini-Graceland wasn't nominated, but it should have been, don't you think?
You also can get past copies of this column through the newspaper's Web page.
No hiding Enquirer
Actress Goldie Hawn, a lovely 51, has become a "fanatical Buddhist," and the experience reportedly put her "sex drive into overdrive."
That's the scoop from this week's Behind the Scenes column in the National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid that no one admits reading but some are seen thumbing though while waiting to pay for groceries.
The newspaper is now on line with all the latest dirt and doings. Want to see Joe Lando - Dr. Quinn's long-haired hubby - bald? He's at this site, dressed and prepped for his role in the upcoming Fox movie: "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within."
Q: If I have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, can I also get Netscape and switch between the two?
A: Of course you can. Once you're hooked up to your Internet provider, it really doesn't matter much which one you use. The differences will become apparent when you land on a page designed with features your browser doesn't support.
edited by rebecca handley chiffed
Dr. Seuss' wisdom and wisecracks fill this Web site
ROANOKE'S MINI-GRACELAND also makes an appearance with "Elvis Too Big for Building" on the Cool Web Site.
PLEASE SEE SEUSS/B7
Seuss
FROM PAGE B8
Staff report
Supposedly Dr. Seuss, author of "Green Eggs and Ham" and other classics, once upon a time pronounced his name "Soice," which rhymes with choice.
Such tidbits of insider information are sprinkled throughout Cyber Seuss, a site for the young and readers who never outgrew their love of Seuss books. Also, here are reviews of some of the Seuss products, including Dr. Seuss' ABC's on CDRom, plus listings of Seuss books in print and books about the late Ted Seuss and Seuss' early writings.
You can just look at the characters or check out Seuss' wisdom, such as:
*"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
*"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
Teaching kids math
Edmark, the educational software company that developed KidDesk, has an exciting bunch of new math CDs.
The programs - the Mighty Math series - are a complete math curriculum for children ages 5 to 14. ``Carnival Countdown'' casts a lively bunch of clown characters such as Exact Eddie and Pattern Annie who gently teach number facts, shapes and comparisons, and other skills that children will learn between kindergarten and second grade.
Clowns snap as they add or subtract. Kids learn to sort with an ingenious set of colorful cars in circles.
The hope, of course, is to help kids enjoy numbers. The ingenuity in design makes these programs a bargain. You probably couldn't hire a tutor for very long for the $39.95 price of one of these gems.
``Number Heroes,'' the next CD in the series, is designed for ages 8 to 10. All the programs have different levels and activities that can keep children interested for months or longer. GeoComputer, a three-dimensional screen on which you can flip and rotate objects while learning plane geometry, also looks like fun.
Math CDs for older children, grades six through eight, will be available this fall and next spring. ``Cosmic Geometry'' will teach surface area and volume; length, perimeter and area, and the attributes of shapes and solids. Adults who never did very well in geometry might check out this one.
All of the programs include an adult section where parents or teachers can set individual or group preferences. Also, children themselves can make problems easier or harder, depending on their confidence.
Each program was developed to use with Windows or Macintosh systems.
Cool Graceland
Mini-Graceland, at a residence on Roanoke's Riverland Road Southeast, is the subject of a visit from Cool Web Site travelers. If you want to see what they found - or believe they did - check out the home page of this newspaper and click on "Cool Site" for "Elvis Too Big for Building."
Tonight, the 1996 Cool Site of the Year Awards will be held in New York City. Mini-Graceland wasn't nominated, but it should have been, don't you think?
You also can get past copies of this column through the newspaper's Web page.
No hiding Enquirer
Actress Goldie Hawn, a lovely 51, has become a "fanatical Buddhist," and the experience reportedly put her "sex drive into overdrive."
That's the scoop from this week's Behind the Scenes column in the National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid that no one admits reading but some are seen thumbing though while waiting to pay for groceries.
The newspaper is now on line with all the latest dirt and doings. Want to see Joe Lando - Dr. Quinn's long-haired hubby - bald? He's at this site, dressed and prepped for his role in the upcoming Fox movie: "Alien Nation: The Enemy Within."
Q: If I have Microsoft's Internet Explorer, can I also get Netscape and switch between the two?
A: Of course you can. Once you're hooked up to your Internet provider, it really doesn't matter much which one you use. The differences will become apparent when you land on a page designed with features your browser doesn't support.
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