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Internet TOURBUS Archives 1997
viruses, hoaxes, urban legends, search engines, cookies, cool sites
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1997 TOURBUS Mailing List Archives

  • Bonus.com - December 30, 1997
  • Happy Holidays! - December 24, 1997
  • Sound on the Net - December 18, 1997
  • The End is Near! - December 16, 1997
  • TipWorld and ZDTIPS (Part 2) December 11, 1997
  • Website Finders - December 09, 1997
  • A Bunch of Stuff - December 04, 1997
  • Holiday Shopping Online - December 02, 1997

  • PLUS SAMPLE #2: GNET and the $100,000.00 Grand Prize - November 29, 1997
  • PLUS SAMPLE #1: Mission Impertinent / Butterfly Kisses - November 22, 1997
  • Annual SPAM Issue - November 27, 1997
  • TOURBUS PLUS Announcement - November 20, 1997
  • Net2Phone - November 18, 1997
  • Northern Lights - November 13, 1997
  • Converters and Calculators - November 11, 1997
  • PUSH! / Kids' Software / Cyber Corner - November 6, 1997
  • Advanced Search Techniques - November 4, 1997

  • The Wire - October 30, 1997
  • More PGP / Trivial Net - October 28, 1997
  • BIG! - October 23, 1997
  • Encryption For The Masses - October 21, 1997
  • VRML / CHAT / UBER-COOKIES / NTK NOW - October 16, 1997
  • ASCII Art: Cybercows and More! - October 14, 1997
  • Dark Alliance / Web Molecules - October 09, 1997
  • Free Pizza - October 07, 1997
  • Good Morning Silicon Valley! - October 02, 1997

  • CHAT and The Year2000 Bug - September 25, 1997
  • SNAP! Online - September 23, 1997
  • 100HOT / Lee And Wolfe - September 18, 1997
  • Revenge of the Riders #3 - September 16, 1997
  • METAFIND - September 11, 1997
  • Online Consumer Tips - September 09, 1997
  • Who Knows? - September 04, 1997
  • Boomer Madness - September 02, 1997

  • Infobeat - August 28, 1997
  • Fun With E-Mail! - August 26, 1997
  • The Best E-Mail Software - August 19, 1997
  • Public Service Documents By E-Mail - August 14, 1997
  • Survey Results - August 12, 1997
  • StudyWeb - August 7, 1997
  • Tourbus Rider Survey #2 - August 5, 1997

  • Altavista Revisited - July 31, 1997
  • A Closer Look At Cookies - July 29, 1997

  • BEST OF TOURBUS #10: Dogpile - July 24, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #9: Interactive Maps - July 22, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #8: MARS or Bust! - July 17, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #7: WorldVillage.com - July 15, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #6: Broadcaster - July 10, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #5: Fun & Games: DuJour.com - July 08, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #4: Spam and Urban Legends - July 03, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #3: Telnet Revealed - July 01, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #2: The CDA - June 26, 1997
  • BEST OF TOURBUS #1: The Internet Oracle - June 24, 1997
  • Anti-Virus Software (Part 2) - June 19, 1997
  • Finding Stuff - June 17, 1997
  • Anti-Virus Software - June 12, 1997
  • More Rider Reviews - June 10, 1997
  • Literature of the Holocaust - June 05, 1997
  • AuctionWeb - June 03, 1997
  • Inference Find - May 29, 1997
  • Revenge of the Riders - May 27, 1997
  • Southern Words / Business & Politics - May 22, 1997
  • Project Gutenberg - May 20, 1997
  • Jack Update / Virus Info - May 15, 1997
  • Yahoo! Portfolios - May 13, 1997
  • Top 5 List / HTML Compendium - May 08, 1997
  • Classifieds2000 - May 06, 1997
  • Scholarly Paper on Spam / FAQ Finder - May 01, 1997
  • Serious Business - April 29, 1997
  • Viruses In E-Mails? / AltaVista LiveTopics - April 24, 1997
  • Ladle Rat Rotten Hut / Exploratorium - April 22, 1997
  • The Triple Crown, Virtual Owners Partnership April 17, 1997
  • 56K Modems - April 15, 1997
  • !SDRAWKCAB / The 15 Minute Series - April 10, 1997
  • Switcheroonie / Research-It - April 8, 1997
  • Dealing With Junk E-Mail - April 3, 1997
  • Higher Source / April Foolery - April 1, 1997
  • Dogpile - March 27, 1997
  • Geek Toy Giveaway - Spanish TOURBUS - March 25, 1997
  • You Don't Know Jack - March 20, 1997
  • Zen and Blarney - March 18, 1997
  • Atlanta Park / PhoneSpell / Search - March 13, 1997
  • More Explorer Bugs / Caffe Lardo - March 11, 1997
  • Explorer Security Hole / Viruses In E-Mails - March 6, 1997
  • Finding Internet Software - March 4, 1997
  • Debunking Online Myths and Urban Legends - February 27, 1997
  • Free Calendar Software - February 25, 1997
  • Anagrams and Internet Scams - February 20, 1997
  • More Fun and Games - February 18, 1997
  • EDUPAGE and the FCC/ISP Debacle - February 13, 1997
  • Be My (Virtual) Valentine - February 11, 1997
  • More Internet Hoaxes/Web Color/Love Calculator - February 6, 1997
  • Filez - February 4, 1997
  • The World Wide Web Broadcaster - January 30, 1997
  • Searching List Archives - January 28, 1997
  • Some Really Cool Audio Sites - January 23, 1997
  • Answers: Part II - January 21, 1997
  • Best of the Web, Version Tracker, and Macintouch - January 16, 1997
  • Answers.com - January 14, 1997
  • Virtual "Tickle Me Elmo" and Tourbus FAQ File - January 9, 1997
  • Yoyodyne - January 7, 1997
  • Happy New Year! - January 1, 1997

  • Thoughts on striking a balance...
    "Most people don't pay attention to the calm voice of reason unless it's juxtaposed by screaming idiots on either side of the fence."


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