HVCN is looking for consumer-oriented info

Jul 31 05:06 UTC 1996

HVCN is looking for consumer information to put in a planned "Consumer
Infocenter"  on HVCN. This is not quite the same as a consumer conference,
such as this one. iThe information is a bit more structured.

Anyway, in HVCN's HVCN conference, item 13 (Announcements) response 2, Arnold
Barr posted this:

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#2 of 2 by Arnold D. Barr (adbarr) on Sun Jul 28 19:03:52 1996:

Consumer information -- in your travels around the Web and Washtenaw 
County, please keep you eyes open for good sources of consumer-oriented 
information and post them here.  We are gathering information to create 
an InfoCenter for this information and would like suggestions. Some of 
the libraries have pointed to some of this but I am not aware of a 
concentrated site for this area, yet. For example -- I would like to 
point to the US Post Office site, and in particular their zip-code 
search engine, which is really a great site for practical use.  This 
idea may cross boundaries, but that is a strength, I believe.  Thanks 
for your help, in advance.

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That was actually a request for aid of any sort. URLs, volunteering to
organize the info, volunteering to put it in an HTML form. SKills are not
needed toohelp out in some of these ways.

response 4 of 11:

Aug 4 19:28 UTC 1996

HVCN Responses:

#2 of 3 by Arnold D. Barr (adbarr) on Thu Aug 1 06:24:30 1996:

Thanks, folks. Keep 'em coming, please! The Post office has a nice site
with the ability to locate ZIP plus 4 information by entering an 
address.  I'll post that here a little later. Have been working this 
"side" for a while -- Ypsilanti Police and money plans. 


#3 of 3 by Arnold D. Barr (adbarr) on Thu Aug 1 07:18:46 1996:

Zip Code search starter page: http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/

Direct connect to Zip+4 search --

     http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html

Finding Zip codes for a city or the city associated with a particular 
code: http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html

Postal Service Home Page - http://www.usps.gov/

These pages and the online services here are very well done, from what I

see.  I also read recently that the USPS is going to offer a method of 
providing USPS Certified email.  I am not sure I want that or not, but 
it seems to be coming! No more excuses! There are some interesting 
possible effects in the area of legal notice and traditional time 
allowances and requirements.  This might make a good topie in the Law 
Conference.

response 6 of 11:

Aug 9 04:24 UTC 1996

From HVCN:

#5 of 8 by Richard I. Berk, DPM (rib) on Wed Aug 7 16:48:29 1996:

Here are a few sites I've had bookmarked for my own reference.  Include 
or discard as appropriate:

The Internet Yellow Pages:
http://www.yellow.com/

Starting Points for Internet Exploration is a page of many links related

to the Internet:  
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/StartingPoints/NetworkStart
ingPoints.html

Smart Talk with The Dolans, a radio talk show about financial matters:
http://www.commspec.com/wor/page/dolans.htm

Ticketmaster Online is self-explanatory:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/

State of Michigan Homepage is one of many Michigan sites of interest.
http://www.migov.state.mi.us/



#6 of 8 by Richard I. Berk, DPM (rib) on Wed Aug 7 16:55:28 1996:

Oops...  I see that one URL was too long to remain intact and clickable.

 The end of it should remain continuious so it reads like:
 
www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/.../NetworkStartingPoints.html

(I left off the http:// so it wouldn't read as clickable again.  Insert 
the  http://.../Software/Mosaic/StartingPoints/... fragment into the 
space designated and check it out manually.  You can then bookmark it if

you're inclined to.)  (I hope this one didn't get made clickable by 
BackTalk).






#7 of 8 by Arnold D. Barr (adbarr) on Wed Aug 7 18:47:46 1996:

Well, I see there is some interest here. You are ordered to keep
contributing to this item. Uh, requested? Begged? Implored? Thanks!
Excellent work, folks!


#8 of 8 by Steve Weiss (srw) on Fri Aug 9 00:18:49 1996:

It is noted Rick, that the wrapping logic is interfering with the 
"clickable" logic. I think this will be cleaned up in an upcoming 
release. What should happen is that the text wraps, but the URL 
doesn't get truncated like it just did.

If the next release of Backtalk doesn't do exactly that, I will take a 
look at the code and make sure it gets fixed. This problem lies 
squarely in a section of backtalk that I am responsible for (i.e. it
s not Jan, this time).

And now back to your regularly scheduled consumer information. 

response 8 of 11:

Aug 17 14:16 UTC 1996

From HVCN:
#9 of 9 by Richard I. Berk, DPM (rib) on Tue Aug 13 13:26:57 1996:

For searching e-mail addresses you might try:
              http://www.worldemail.com/

To get your own maps or travel directions, try:
              http://www.mapquest.com/
(but be aware, when you get to the street level maps your location 
marker is usually off by a couple of blocks, or more).

response 10 of 11:

Aug 27 18:49 UTC 1996

From HVCN:
#12 of 13 by Arnold D. Barr (adbarr) on Sat Aug 17 11:19:14 1996:

Thanks for the information, Richard and Steve. This will go on the 
pages. 


#13 of 13 by Richard I. Berk, DPM (rib) on Sat Aug 17 12:32:03 1996:

Here's a site I found on Parenting.  It has chat areas and links to 
other resources, as well as daily features.  I'd like to see this linked
 to the Parents Resources sub-page in the Education InfoCenter (or 
elsewhere, if applicable):

    A Web Parenting Resource Center -
    http://www.parentsplace.com/

    Home Schooling Information -
    http://www.parentsplace.com:8000/dialog/get/homeschooling.html