Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:10:46 -0400
From: Bob Rankin 
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Subject: TOURBUS - 16 June 1998 - Reader's Choice / Atomic Clocks

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       TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPIC: Reader Choice Vote / Atomic Clocks

Greetings All!  The voting for the Reader's Choice portion of the 1998
Best of Tourbus is underway.  You can help us select the best issues
from the past 12 months.  To vote, you must visit

  
  The Tourbus Home Page - http://www.tourbus.com  

Just click on ARCHIVES, then review the back issues and select your
favorite ones by clicking on the VOTE buttons.  Please vote only FIVE
times (once each for your five favorite issues) and we'll tally up the
results and share the top five reader sites starting next week.

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YOUR VERY OWN ATOMIC CLOCK
--------------------------

I recently came upon a nifty way to set your computer's internal clock
with the accuracy of the Master Atomic Clock at the U.S.  Naval
Observatory.  Actually there are two ways.  The first is to visit

  
  The USNO at http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html  

and choose from a RealAudio broadcast of the USNO Master Clock Voice
Announcer, a static display of USNO Time in Standard Time Zones, or
the USNO Master Clock Animated GIF Clocks.  You can easily compare
your computer's time to the atomic clock and make adjustments this
way.

Another more automatic way is to download a free Windows program at

   
   http://www.raha.com/tucows/softsync.htm  

This little program will automatically set your system clock to the
master atomic clock when you run it, or you can add it to your startup
folder and have it run each time you turn on your computer.  It does
of course require a connection to the Internet to perform this amazing
feat.  It also has a nifty little digital clock display that'll float
on your desktop, and an alarm feature.

A similar Mac (shareware) program can be found at

   
   http://www.lava.net/~kirill  

OTHER STUFF
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Just a reminder: You can signon, signoff, or temporarily suspend your
TOURBUS subscription on the web now.  Just visit the TOURBUS home page
(see link above) and click on the TICKETS link.  If you're going to be
away for the summer, it might be a good idea to suspend your
subscription until you're back, so your inbox doesn't overflow.

Also, a number of people wrote to say they had problems ordering my
book "Juno: Free E-Mail and More".  Turns out I made a typo on the
ordering link, which is fixed now.  Sorry!  If you want to give it
another shot, click below:

   
   Juno Book - http://biz.mhv.net/drbob/juno.htm  

See you next time!   --Bob Rankin