Y8, Zillow, and Free 411 from Google...

Everything I know about websites, etc. (very little) I learned from someone else.  Here are a few that you probably will look at:

Y8.com offers thousands of games for children, even the youngest.  If you don't look, then your kids miss out on this site that is okay, with supervision!  Around here the little ones get on without supervision; therefore, we don't have computers on first floor (in my immediate eyesight) that the children can use without my being present.

Zillow.com or Zillow.net ultimately take you to the same place.  You can look at any residential property in the country and see what Zillow determines the value to be.  Then you can look at ariel views or other types of maps of the property and surrounding community.  I use the ariels to try to convince residents of my house that the yard must be maintained (and look "pretty") at all times.  We never know when the pictures will be updated.  

Paul Allen (Bill Gates's Microsoft co-founder) is behind the Zillow project.  I find it unsettling to zoom in on various views of my house.  I think, if I wanted to, I could look inside the windows and see what is going on inside of the house.  But, I also look at my entire roof to see if anything is out of order on the roof.  I think several of my girlfriends have gone through their entire address books looking at Zillow's estimates for properties owned by everyone they know.

Google's FREE 411 Service 

Dial 1-800-4664-411 for Cell Phone 

FREE Directory Assistance

http://www.google.com/goog411/

You might want to GOOGLE just to look at the video that explains the service.  It is certainly a very easy, friendly and FREE way to get the wanted phone number...and other information.

Incidentally, the "4664" portion is "goog".

I have TWO MORE WEBSITES to share...

Blackpast.org 

   

Quintard Taylor at University of Washington (Seattle) has a fabulous site with one category of materials focusing on Western USA.  Global sources are also cited.

COGICmuseum.org

 This is a Black History Month special.  You can download, for a donation to the museum, 8-10 photographs from the church's historical archives and/or from President Obama's Inauguration.  The Obama materials are available to view from your computer in a very nice slide show.

I'd say the groundhog saw its shadow today, and there is more wintery weather instore for us this year!  So, look at these sites and use them to your benefit.  

I'm off to do my laundry!  Baffled