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December 30 - Y2K
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Everything 2000: the Millennium Resource
Finally. After all the hype, it's here. Translators' Site du Jour will be taking a break for the celebration; meanwhile, here are some links to check out what's happening.
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December 30 - Y2K
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Yahoo! Millennium
And if that's not enough, here is Yahoo's coverage of the grand event. See you all next year!
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December 29 - Misc
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Meeting of Frontiers
Bilingual Russian and English web site from the Library of Congress, presenting "the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest."
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December 29 - Y2K
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International Y2K Cooperation Center
The site boasts a "global status watch" with the "latest information on y2k" listed by country either alphabetically or by time zone. Won't it be nice when we no longer have to translate "as we prepare for the new millennium..."
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December 29 - Books
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The On-Line Books Page
An oldie at a new location; over 10,000 on-line books listed by author, title, subject, or serial number.
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December 28 - Writing
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Garbl's Writing Resources Online
"Annotated directory of Web sites focusing on the writing process, English grammar, style and usage, words, active writing, reference sources, word play, plain language, online writing experts, books on writing and favorite fiction writers."
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December 28 - Legal
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Jurist: Subject Guides
"These Guides feature news, books, law reviews, article abstracts, online articles, resource pages, course pages, professional associations, e-mail lists and other online links covering a curriculum of 25 legal subjects." Also on this site: country guides for Australia, Canada, and the UK.
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December 28 - Misc
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Numbers in over 4000 languages
Numbers from one to ten in over 4000 languages; not sure what it's good for, but if you're curious, here it is...
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December 27 - Misc
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Letters to Future Generations
"What do you say to those who will be alive in the year 2050?" Read this selection from authors including Nobel prizewinners, philosophers, UN officials; available in French and English.
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December 26 - E-commerce
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allECommerce
"All E-Commerce: The Navigational Hub of E-Commerce News and Information."
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December 26 - Jargon
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The Jargon File
"This document is a collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of computer hackers. Though some technical material is included for background and flavor, it is not a technical dictionary; what we describe here is the language hackers use among themselves for fun, social communication, and technical debate."
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December 26 - Humanities
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Voice of the Shuttle
The mission of this site is "to provide a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources that at once respects the established humanities disciplines in their professional organization and points toward the transformation of those disciplines as they interact with the sciences and social sciences and with new digital media."
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