5 Thing to do on The Internet Before You Die

Make sure you get the most out of the Net before it's all too late and you find yourself pushing up daises from six feet under.

1 – Know more about the Internet.

Read about the history at <http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html>

Also, there is a very comprehensive glossary of Internet terms at <http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.htm>

2 – Make up your own home page

Creating your own Web page is easy, though a little tiresome. The most time-consuming tasks are organizing and writing up your material for your home page (allow one weekend for that) and producing the Web page (allow another weekend to get a basic page finished).

The main tiresome bits are downloading the HTML editing software from the Net, getting some pics or illustrations for the page and checking if your Internet Service Provider has space on the server for your home page. Nothing too frightening. You can download software from <http://downloads.zdnet.com/>

3 – Improve your English

with a click of the mouse. Subscribe to Tecla Sap and you will receive a weekly newsletter containing information on items such as idiomatic expressions, proverbs, frequent mistakes and how to avoid them, etc. since the list is especially designed for Brazilians who wish to improve their knowledge of the English language, most of the explanations are written in Portuguese. At <http://www.teclasap.com.br/blog/>

4 – Download books

You can choose from the complete works of William Shakespeare to other classics at

<http://livros.universia.com.br> Or at

<http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br/ObraForm.jsp>

5 – Or become fed up with the Internet and spend a month not switching on your home computer at all!