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All about Chain Letters: Chain letters have probably been with us since the start of the postal system and it's no surprise that they have migrated to the Internet. Whether you consider them a nuisance, good fun or a way to help those in need, it's still a good idea to think about what it is you are passing along before you wish those chain letters on your friends. From good luck to sick children to cash pyramids, this site from Rutgers University in New Jersey discusses many of the chain letters currently circulating and in many cases discusses their origins and some of the unexpected results.

The Living Internet: An extensive online reference source that covers everything you ever wanted to know about the Internet. History, services, current news, and even hacker biographies are covered. Comprehensive and constantly growing, the Living Internet is an excellent resource that is well organized and easy to use.
Netiquette Home Page: Don't forget your Netiquette! Online netiquette can sometimes make or break your Internet experience. Make sure you know the "rules of the road" while travelling the Information autobahn by taking the quiz at the Netiquette Home Page.

Canadian Internet Timeline: Adapted from The Canadian Internet Handbook by the Media Awareness Network, this Internet timeline looks at Canada's Internet History.
Hobbes Internet Timeline: A nice historical overview of the Internet broken down by decade, then year within each decade. Hobbes timeline is one of the classic Internet sources for Internet history and is still being kept up to date.
Internet Domain Survey: How many Internet sites are there? How many were there last year? How much has the Internet grown in the last few years? Find out what the statistics reveal on the Internet Domain Survey site.
Student On-line Companion : Brief History of the Internet & WWW: Part of a series of online courses, this section gives a brief overview of the history of the Internet with additional links for further information.

Hytelnet Web Interface: Hytelnet has provided access to databases and library catalogues around the world since before graphical web browsers existed! This web interface can connect you to these same databases much easier by invoking a telnet connection automatically from your browser.
New IRC Users: This guide contains help files, frequently asked questions, security tips, IRC network lists and information, software and more.
Quick Introduction to FTP: One of a three part overview from the University of Illinois that discusses various methods of using FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
Beginners Guide to Telnet: A quick tutorial on using Telnet to connect to other computers on the Internet.

The Dublin Core: The official site of The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. The Dublin Core is an international, interdisciplinary set of Metadata descriptors developed for electronic resources. It is meant for use by non-cataloguers as well as resource description specialists to provide "an economical alternative to more elaborate description models such as the full MARC cataloging of the library world". Many aspects of the Dublin Core will likely become part of the W3C RDF (Resource Description Framework) metadata architecture for use by web designers and information providers.
How Ethernet Works: A relatively easy to understand but extensive set of articles from "How Stuff Works" that covers LANs, WANs, and Networking on the Internet.

Updated: January 2003, Additions: January 2003