NetBloke.com - Advance Australia Fair
Publication Date: 07/02/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
Publication Date: 07/02/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
Well G'Day!
This is the first edition of the NetBloke newsletter! It has been in the works for a while now but I think we finally have all the bugs out of the system. If you are reading this you probably already know me, as I haven't started to promote the Web site yet. If you don't know me thanks for signing up!
The NetBloke newsletter and accompanying Web site are my small effort to help Internet novices and experts alike get the most out of their time on the Internet. Primarily I will focus on the World Wide Web, AKA the Web. However I will also try and answer your questions related to your operating system, which for most of you will be some form of Windows (95, 98, 2000, Me or NT). As you will read in this issue I will throw in a tip or two, a Web site review, a definition of a computer term or Aussie slang (so you can understand what I am talking about when I slip into my native tongue!), and occasionally a news item, all with the aim of making your experience of the Internet worthwhile and less frustrating.
As this is my first issue I am sure there will be some stuff ups and mistakes. I will hopefully iron all of these out in time. I aim to send out an issue every Wednesday to start with, but please remember I have a day job and a life! So if I miss a week here and there don't get too upset.
Also note that you can go to my Web site at NetBloke.com and read the Web version of this newsletter. It has the same content and you will also find an archive of all the past issues plus a bit more information about me.
I have rambled on enough. So here is the big test! The first issue of the NetBloke newsletter. I hope you enjoy it. Your comments are always appreciated.
Nathan Allan
Bloke - Being the first edition I thought it would be appropriate to define Bloke as the first definition.
If we use Dictionary.com as I suggest in the Site Recommendation for this edition we get the two following definitions returned:
bloke n : (informal) a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
bloke (blk) n. Chiefly British A fellow; a man.
Ok fair enough. All of us here downunder know that a bloke is an informal term for a guy. For example, "So where are you blokes off to tonight?".
Now we all know where the place is in our Web Browsers to type a Web Address or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). In Internet Explorer (which I will assume everybody has as it ships with Windows and the majority of people use it now) it is the place that says 'Address'.
Did you know for example you could type in 'NetBloke' and then press CTRL-ENTER and this will make the browser append the 'http://www.' and '.com' to the address, and make your Web browser go to this site?
Try it. It will save you a few seconds here and there!
Everybody needs a dictionary. Most of us will have a couple lying around the home somewhere. An old one from school or one that came with that set of encyclopedias you just had to have!
However don't bother buying another ever again. Just surf over to Dictionary.com where you will find an array of online dictionaries. Along with your standard dictionaries there are foreign language ones too.
Why don't you also have a look at Thesaurus.com for when you're stuck on how to eloquently tell me I am fat.
http://www.dictionary.com
http://www.thesaurus.com
In this section I will be answering questions from you, my readers. So if you have a question that is related to the Internet, whether it be related to surfing the Web, through to finding the best email program send an email to netbloke@netbloke.com.
Next week I will hopefully have my first question to answer!
Reply:
The answer this week? Well the answer is for you to pose a question!
I thought I would have a light-hearted section to NetBloke, and what better than a joke section? Aussies are known for their humour, so I thought I would try and feature either Internet or Australian jokes here. However if I come across anything else that tickles my fancy I will let you all know about it. I thought this was a good one to start off with!
The Top Ten signs your addicted to the Internet
10. You wake up at 2am to go to the bathroom and stop and check your email on the way back to bed.
9. You get a tattoo that reads "This body best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3 or higher."
8. You name your children Eudora, Mozilla and Dotcom.
7. You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
6. You spend half of the plane trip with your laptop on your lap and your child in the overhead compartment.
5. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access.
4. You laugh at people with 2400-baud modems.
3. You start using smileys in your snail mail.
2. The last girl you picked up was a JPEG.
1. Your hard drive crashes. You haven't logged in for two hours. You start to twitch. You pick up the phone and manually dial your ISP's access number. You try to hum to communicate with the modem.
You succeed.
If you have joke you would like to send in email via my Contact Information section.
