The VC

http://www.thevc.com

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

by Aoidin Scully

Venture capital funding is no laughing matter, but one fund owner

and his partner, a graphic artist, have done a beautiful job of

lampooning the entire process of seeking investment. This online

comic strip charts the vagaries of the investment process, from

seed funding to Initial Public Offering, reserving special jabs for

Internet entrepreneurs and the VCs who feed on them. Watch as the

VCs fall out of love with business-to-consumer e-commerce and run

for the hills of business-to-business. Subtly drawn and extremely

well observed.

CFI Online

http://www.vision-net.ie

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

by Aoidin Scully

If you need to do business research, don't miss this site. CFI

Online is now providing access to private companies' annual returns

and accounts at a rate it says it 25 percent less than the

Companies Registration Office. The site lets users log in, search

for and print out scanned images of documents filed at the CRO

since 1998. The service is both fast and powerful, and each

document retrieved costs IEP1.50. Updates to the images and account

information are made daily, and the main database is updated

weekly.

The Irish Heart Foundation

http://www.irishheart.ie

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

Irish hearts have a new homepage. This new site from the Irish

Heart Foundation offers excellent information on CPR, details

on the major risk factors contributing to heart disease, and

top-notch recipes for healthy starters, main courses and

desserts, all contributed by Irish chefs. The site would

benefit from a search facility, but curious surfers will

also enjoy a leisurely browse.

Dancing Paul

http://www.dancingpaul.com

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

He grins, he boogies, he's everything an MP3-loving music fan could

want. Dancing Paul and his funky backup dancers are the feature of

this MP3 music site, which lets visitors select the music and the

dance steps, and watch as the dancers do their thing. These aren't

animated characters, but real people photographed in various

dancing moves, then spliced together in a jerky but hilarious dance

to artists like James Brown. Tune in, too, to Paul's own favourite

list of MP3 tunes, including everything from the Miami Vice theme

to Fatboy Slim.

eZiba.com

http://www.eziba.com

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

If you like to browse the Christmas handcraft exhibitions that

pop up around this time of year, you'll love eZiba. Billing itself

as the premier shopping site for world handcrafts, eZiba features

unique jewellery, ceramics, clothing and other gifts through this

secure and beautifully designed site. Click on a region of the

globe to see gifts from that area, or view the goods by type.

Offerings include cinnabar and gold earrings from China, Latin

American carvings, woven baskets from sub-Saharan Africa and

pewter crafts from Maine. International deliveries should be

placed around now in time for Christmas.

How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

by Ralph Averbuch

If you have a shred of intellectual curiosity, this site may be the

last stop you ever make on your surfing journeys. Have you ever

wondered how airplanes manage to stay in the sky? Or how a car's

internal combustion engine burns petrol without exploding? How

Stuff Works can help, with a usable search engine to let you trawl

its database of articles and a notable list of the top ten questions

from curious surfers, including, "What are MP3 files?" and (most

intriguingly) "Is flour flammable?"

McKenzie Nicholson Career Management

http://www.css.ie

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

In an economy like this, there's no need for talented employees

to stay with a job they hate. This career management and placing

agency gives career guidance to employees from staff up to

management level, including CV advice, training in interview

techniques, and general hand-holding through the process of

changing jobs. Also featured is a Returning to Ireland guide,

offering a managed job search for Irish ex-pats looking to

return home.

RollerCoaster.ie

http://www.rollercoaster.ie/

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

Parents know that looking after children has its ups and downs,

and that's exactly where this clever new site gets its name.

There's good, practical information on issues like getting a

child to sleep and establishing night-time routines, plus a

wonderful Survival Guide for children's birthdays and what

parents can expect from birthdays one through four. There are

also sections on technology, discipline, family finance and

much more. A definite bookmark for the family PC.

The Official Academy Awards Site

http://www.oscar.com/

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

The Oscars are back, with their flurry of film, frocks and

fretting nominees. At Oscar.com you can peruse the exhaustive

facts and figures about nominees in all 23 categories, or take

a peek at the Style Guide, where fashion experts pass judgement

on Oscar wear from last year and now. The Oscar Store, however,

is a true disappointment: it sells a single item, a poster of

the Oscar statue.

TopClick

http://www.topclick.com/

Tue Sep 26 10:32:34 +0000 2000

by Aoidin Scully

Each time you visit a Web site, you reveal information about

yourself like the kind of computer and software you use, the

country you live in -- even the list of advertisements you have

viewed at other Web sites. TopClick is for anyone who feels

uncomfortable with this level of privacy invasion. Find out how

to stay private on the Web as you browse, avoid unsolicited

e-mail, and search the Web in peace without being shown targeted

banner advertisements based on the words you type in.