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Unless you're in school, you've likely
never heard of Facebook (we have interns to keep us informed). But it's
the social-networking service you'll wish you'd had when you were a
student. Upload a profile and class schedule, and link up with others in
your school, your grade, even your classes, whether it's to copy notes
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Nickelodeon
Online
Nick
It's a sensory-overloading,
seizure-inducing mess . . . for adults, that is. But for kids, it's like
walking into a candy store. A great destination for children, tweens, or
the young at heart, this active site will make any hyperactive kid look,
well, calm. Nick.com is jam-packed with interactive features and games
featuring popular characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants. Kids can
even create their own personalized page to receive mail, news, and more. |
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His name's Abe; he's a xenomorph with
acid for blood and a shiny black exoskeleton. And his name's Preston,
and he's a dreadlocked killing machine with a penchant for cloaking
devices. They share an apartment in New York City. Hilarity ensues!
Alien Loves Predator shares the unexpected antics of this pair through
action-figure-based Web comics three times a week. |
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Get your sticky fingers on the keyboard
and go to Comic Book Resources, a site that can give you all the info on
your favorite spandex-wearing crimefighters and other freaks of nature.
And since it's on the Internet, you don't even have to leave your mom's
basement! |
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Make a paper model of everything from a
Mercedes 320 SL to a Jimi Hendrix guitar to the Neuschwanstein Castle.
PaperToys.com features cutout templates of those and a slew of other
paper models you can download, print out, cut out, and fold on your own. |
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Remember those annoying word problems in
math class when you had to figure out if one painter can paint a house
in 12 hours and another painter takes 8 hours, how long will it take
both painters to paint a house together? Now there's help if you're
lost. At Webmath.com, you'll find solutions and tips for algebra,
geometry, calculus, and more. |
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