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BEGUILING LINKS: well... some of them are beguiling! The rest are unusual, interesting, or just plain useful. See "Useful" to learn about BC-STV voting.        Beguiling     |   Useful     |   Interesting/Unusual     |   IT Training/Certifications

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Beguiling Links (well... caveat: the eye of the beholder is in play here)

• How do you compress 16 minutes of amazing graphics and sound into 64 Kb? Apparently by using 30,000 to 1 compression, plus.... I find this truly beguiling. Download and view the files from .the .product
  
  

• Jack the Ripper: A strange topic to give you a link to, but this is a comprehensive and well-made web site - should interest those who love a mystery.
  http://www.casebook.org/casebook.html
  

• Police Sketch Artist? try your hand (very cool):
  http://flashface.ctapt.de/
  
  

Useful:

• On May 17, 2005, British Columbians will be participating in a provincial election, selecting new MLAs, plus voting on whether or not to institute a new voting system for our province--the BC-STV system. Some people think this voting system is too difficult to understand. I think that the Flash movie presentations you'll find at the following link are not too difficult to understand. You decide...
  
  http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/public/extra/animations.xml
  
  
• E-mail Desktop Programs & Web-based e-mail (both free & $ versions)
  
  
• Sam's Elegant Encoder: encode your HTML pages' e-mail & URL addresses
  
  • Confirm that your encoding works.
    
    
• 321 Download Com is storing the last free version of many excellent programs—well worth a visit.
  
• Axel's216 Max Speeed: Windows Tricks, Secrets, Bugs, Fixes
  An amazing number of links for all versions of Windows & Dos...
  
  
• Jace Lee's "Every File Format in the World" - ever wonder "what type of file is that?" Well, it's probably listed here.
  
  
• Need help managing Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, etc.? Here's an excellent list of links to help files:
  http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/
  
  
• Lexun Freeware: Nick McCamy has several useful utilities to help manage XP (and more).
  http://www.lexundesigns.com/LexunFreeware/index.htm
  
  
• KnowWareGlobal.com offers several wonderful (and free) books/booklets in PDF format. Windows shortcuts, Get going with Word 2000, and Get Going with Windows 98 are just a few of the samples. A labour of love from Michael Maardt.
  http://www.knowwareglobal.com/eng/all_files.htm
  
  

IT Training/Learning/Education (free & otherwise)...

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Are you interested in a serious career in Information Technology?

If you are a self-motivated self-learner and can therefore "study-by-yourself, for-yourself," you don't need to spend/borrow thousands of dollars to learn the preparatory information and skills required to successfully pass many IT certification exams! (Certification exams are independent of any preparatory studies and can be written at any one of thousands of exam centres throughout the world.)

• Following is a link to many companies that have IT certification possibilities. Most of the links will take you to the information regarding certification, but you may have to look around on the site to find that information.
  http://www.keypost.com/itcerts.htm
  
  
• Below are a variety of links that lead you to low-cost self-training possibilities:
  
  
  • Certified Computer Pro: a great resource - comprehensive, sorted links to a variety of IT information. Very helpful link if you're interested in pursuing an Information Technology career.
    http://www.certifiedcomputerpro.com/
    
    
  • Close-to-Free preparatory courses at FACT. It's hard to beat US $19.95 for course administration fee to prepare you to write the A+ exams and others. 
    http://www.freeacademy.com/
    
    
  • Braindumps.com: "Practice questions to help you prepare for certification exams."
    http://www.braindumps.com/
    
    
  • The Microsoft Certified Professional Study Ring: Links to many "Web Rings" -- people helping people
    http://i.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=mcpring&id=&list
    
    
  • Practice tests of all kinds, plus much more at Brainbuzz:
    http://www.brainbuzz.com/
    
    
  • Brent Baccala's Freesoft. org offers a programmed instruction course in how the Internet works (the structural engineering). The course is aimed at technically literate learners. Learn about the various protocols, DNS, plus...
    http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Course/index.htm
    
    
  • Earn one or more Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) certifications through self-study. Here's a list of Microsoft's approved self-study books:
    http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/findabook/list/series_gy.asp
    
    The following is a link to their main MOUS site where you can learn more about the advantages of earning these certificates:
    http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mous/requirements.asp
    
    
• British Columbia Institutions - Information Technology Programs:some post-secondary preparatory programs
  (not low-cost but student loans are available for these)
  (There are many more than these, but these are the links I have. Please e-mail me with your suggested links for this list.)
  
  
  • Malaspina University-College (Nanaimo): Information Technology & Applied Systems (ITAS) program:
    http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/crsinfo/calendar/BUSITAS.HTM
    
    
  • British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT - Burnaby): High-Tech Professional Programs
    http://www.htp.bcit.ca/
    
    
  • Vancouver Vocational Institute (Vancouver): Practical training in Electronics, Commercial Publishing (graphics), IT.
    http://technologyandtrades.vcc.ca/
    
    
  • Royal Roads University - Victoria: Microsoft & Oracle training
    http://www.cedarlearning.com/cedar.asp
    
    
  • SFU Surrey (Simon Fraser University - Surrey Campus): Program in Information Technology and Interactive Arts
    http://www.reg.sfu.ca/surrey/
    
    
  • UBC (University of British Columbia - Vancouver): Computers & Technology: offer a variety of programs that can be taken online or on-campus.
    http://www.tech.ubc.ca/
    
    
  • Camosun College (Victoria):
    Information Technology (Regular program)
    http://www.cs.camosun.bc.ca/web/index.html
    
    Information Technology (Apprenticeship program)
    http://www.camosun.bc.ca/divisions/registrar/advisingsheets/tt/comp.pdf
    
    Web Design Certificate (CE) - Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash
    http://www.camosun.bc.ca/ce/computer_training.php#web

• Other Canadian Programs:
  
  
• Humber College (Toronto):
  
  School of Information Technology: A variety of courses/programs - many can be taken exclusively online.
  http://sitae.humberc.on.ca/2infotech.html
  
  School of Media Studies: Multimedia, journalism, film & television, graphic design, plus many more...http://sms.humberc.on.ca/main.htm

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