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'Nothing But Net'

A Monthly Newsletter for CalNet Members and the Rest of Netdom:
Oct.14/96 Vol.2 No.8  
A Publication of CalNet, The Calgary Internet Users Group

"Off the webbrowser, through the modem, 
down the phoneline, Nothing But Net"

"Watching the Web so you don't have to"

Contents:

1. CalNet News
2. Web News
3. Websites
4. Alberta On The Web
5. Trivia Question Of The Month


1.0 CalNet News
	
	This month we are trying out a new format for the
CalNet meeting. It will feature a number of items including:

An Introduction to ISDN
Web Of The Month Walkabout
User Forum
Business Web Site Walkabout
Tool of the Month

	The date is Thursday Oct.17 at 7:00 PM in the main
auditorium of the Alberta Vocational College, 332 6 Ave. S.E.
Admission is free for members, $5 for the general public,
non-members are very welcome.

	Tickets are now on sale for the next Beginner's Guide
To The Iway show on Nov.21. Call 2619909 to reserve yours today,
only $5 for nonmembers. Each time this show has been packed so
don't delay.


2.0 Web News 

2.1 Microsoft

	All in all a quiet month on the Web front for both 
Microsoft and Netscape after the all hype in August and
September. The fray should heat up again when Microsoft 
releases the first beta of Internet Explorer 4. This is
rumoured to be happening on Oct. 24. One things for
sure IE3 has made big inroads into Netscape's domination
and shows no signs of stalling yet.

2.2 Netscape

	Netscape got some good news this month, PC magazine
gave Netscape the Editor's Choice for best Webbrowser in a
close fight with Microsoft's IE3. However the magazine
also said the real winners are users who have both products.

3.0 WebSites

1. Go cave diving in Mexico: http://www.cavedive.com/
2. Soon the snow will fly, I'm going to Arizona,
   how about you: http://www.arizonaguide.com/
3. Learn to cook online: http://www.onlinechef.com/
4. I'm afraid of heights: http://www.mediaphex.com/swish/wasted/wall/
5. A good news site: http://www.eyeontheweb.com/
6. An interesting site on the Japanese Navy prior to World
   War Two: http://www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/kaigun.htm
7. Do you hate telemarketers try this site and learn some
   methods to annoy them: http://www.izzy.net/~vnestico/t-market.html
8. Here's something real neato-keen, a collection of live
   cameras from NASA: http://204.97.92.3/~brickman/nasacams.html
	
4.0 Alberta On the Web

4.1 Immersive Imaging

	From the home office in Medicine Hat comes the story of
new Alberta company that is a leader in immersive imaging.
What is immersive imaging, well for most of us that means
products like Apple Quicktime VR, but this is really beyond that.
It is an image that you can jump into and look around. 
This new Alberta company is called Panospheric Imaging Engineering 
Research Corporation (PIER). They are using a special type of camera 
to produce something called Photobubbles. Bascially the way it works 
is a special fish eye lens is used to take a 180 degree picture. 
The camera is then swung around and another picture is taken of the 
opposite 180 degrees. Special software is used to stitch the pictures 
together creating a Photobubble. A plugin is available to view the 
bubbles with Netscape and it is quite a view. The City of Medicine Hat
has used the technology on  their website to let potential vistors 
have a look at the city. Try it at http://www.city.medicine-hat.ab.ca/.
For more information on immersive imaging check out the PIER Corp.
website at http://www.piercorp.com. To download the Photobubble plugin
go to http://www.omniview.com/viewers/viewers.html.

	If you know of an Alberta company that is involved in Internet
technology and you think it may be of interest to our readers, send us
an email at reidd@cadvision.com. We'll look into all suggestions 
receieved.

5.0 Trivia Question of the Month:

	This month's trivia question: An ISDN question.
In North America a PRI circuit has 23 B channels, how
many does one have in Europe?
First respondee with the correct answer will get 
mentioned next month. 

	Last month's question was: What is the Quickening?
We had a lot of creative answers for this question last month,
but we finally were able to stump everyone. I'm not going to
give you the correct answer, instead here is a website to read 
about the Quickening: http://www.artbell.com/art/quickeng.html
The name "The Quickening" was coined by late night
radio king Art Bell. Although Art Bell's show does not
appear on any Calgary Area stations, you can catch his
show via real audio, check out the Art Bell website at
www.artbell.com for the latest audio links. The current
link for Art Bell on Audionet is 
http://ww2.audionet.com/artbell/artbell.html


        The CalNet On The Iway WebSite is available online at:
http://www.cadvision.com/calnet.
The site features information on the upcoming CalNet Meeting, 
the CalNet Helps features, The Web Of The Month, and lots of 
other stuff. 
 
        And don't forget about our CalNet Interactive Home Page at:
http://www.worldweb.com/Calgary/CalNet featuring a cornucopia of 
links on a plethora of subjects.

Dave Reid
President CalNet, The Calgary Internet Users Group
email: reidd@cadvision.com

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"Off the webbrowser, through the modem, 
down the phoneline, Nothing But Net"

Entire Contents Copyright 1996 D.Reid