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by Randy Cassingham

Randy Cassingham's Bonzer Web Sites of the Week: Recognizing Interesting Sites that are Beyond the Microsoft/AOL-Time Warner/Media Megalith

True Random Number Service

So much of our lives relies on chance, but computers aren't very good at "chance" (despite appearances, sometimes!) So how do you get a "true" random number? By going here. The Introduction on this Irish site gives a good explanation on why it's important.

From This is True for 14 March 2004

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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Amazon Price: $6.99
Customer Review: This is a very good book and definitely worth reading. For me and my daughter, who was 11 when we read it, it just wasn't a great book. It did not pull us in the way a great book does, it didn't stay with us for long.
What I did like about thi...
 
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself)
by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel
Amazon Price: $8.99
Customer Review: We have a lot of puzzles and this is the worst one we've ever received. Two problems: (1) the pieces are not cut in a unique shape, meaning that the same piece fits in multiple places on the puzzle itself which seems, well, not very well-made. My s...
 
Thomas the Tank Engine's Big Lift - And - Look Book
Amazon Price: $8.63
Customer Review: My 2 yr. old grandson just loves Thomas the Tank Engines. He loves to lift the little windows and peek inside. He wants me to read it over and over. I total recommend this book.
 
One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)
by Dr. Seuss
Amazon Price: $7.99
Customer Review: This book has the right amount of text. It's for babies and young toddlers, who have short attention spans.
It's short enough for her to follow to the end. The plastic fish at top that she play with draws her to the book.
I love the nu...
 
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step-Into-Reading, Step 4)
by Frank Murphy
Amazon Price: $3.99
Customer Review: After reading the book on Lincoln's hat and Washington and his dogs, I looked forward to this book. Unfortunately, someone made the decision to make it "cool" and the language is not what I'm teaching my son. Old Ben was many things, but I think the ...
 

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