Today we learn from the Web how Europe is coping with its new money, how to get weather's "real feel," how to spell backward and how to make a loud complaint.
It's the kind of online romp that improves our efficiency and gives new meaning to the term "Internet time."
The changeover to Europe's new currency, the euro, gets a daily review here at the Web site of the Financial Times. When we checked, Finland was trying to sort out why some E500 notes had turned up without their holograms.
What's happening with the economic and political crisis in Argentina, Latin America's third-largest economy? Check the online version of an English-language newspaper in Buenos Aires to get one view from the ground in that troubled country.
Hey, the old "wind-chill factor" has a new name: "real feel." Whatever. With winter upon us, getting the word on weather is critical. All you have to do with the AccuWeather site is give it your ZIP code. After that, you can check in anytime for a 15-day local forecast, ski reports and one of our favorite features: an astronomy report telling what planets are in our own night sky, where and when.
A palindrome is a word, phrase or number that reads the same forward or backward. The year 2002 is a palindrome. So are the phrases "a Toyota," and, "a Santa at NASA." Get it? Anyway, palindromes are fun, and here is a Web site all about them. The next palindromic year won't come around until 2112. Until then, "don't nod," don't eat an "evil olive," and expect "star comedy by Democrats."
Have a complaint about a company? Or a compliment for a service provider? Either way, this site promises to get the message delivered. Maybe more important, your grievance gets a public airing, and you can direct that it be sent to public officials. Couldn't hurt, right?
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