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4D FLORIDA TODAY, Wednesday, July 14, 1999 TECH TIP ALFY describes itself as a Web portal for kids. The idea is to encourage children 3 to 10 to explore the Web by clicking on pictures instead of words. Check it out at www.alfy.com JARGON ALERT Cybersquatting: The practice of buying a domain name for a Web site that features a company name or popular trademark with the hope the company will pay a lot of money for it at a later time. TECHNOLOGY NETIZEN Camp out or take a road trip online iii.iiii.iiiiuiiii.jiii i i.i mm vmvjinmi v.t 1 1 i SURFING THE NET WITH KIDS BARBARA J. FELDMAN MOST UNUSUAL OR ENLIGHTENING ONLINE EXPERIENCE: "Helping people spiritually with their personal problems.

I was in an America Online chat room and met a woman who wanted to kill herself because she was distraught over a divorce situation. I got her phone number, called her up and talked her out of it. My screen name is moneydoc, and a lot of people want to know what that is. They ask me a financial question, and sometimes that leads to developing a client relationship. In this case, she opened up to me." ADVICE FOR NEWBIES TO THE NET: "Don't give out personal information to all the Web sites that ask for it.

There are a lot of scam artists out there." To be profiled, write to Neti-zen, Features Department, Florida Today, P.O. Box 419000, Melbourne, FL 32941-9000, or fax to 242-6620. Citizen of the Internet Joseph A. Grutta WHO IS Certified financial planner, known as the Money Doctor me write your prescription for financial TYPE EQUIPMENT: Homebuilt 486-based PC with Epson color inkjet printer. WHY HE SURFS THE INTERNET: "Forfinancial information for my business and, sometimes, for recreation." FAVORITE WEB SITES: Besides his own (http: moneydoc.eCode.com), My Excite (my.excite.com), a per- -sonalized news service for stock price information, Small Office Computing (www.small office.com) for information for small business, USA Today (www.usatoday.com) for news, Spectacular Wonderful Great Good Not bad School's out.

Summer's in. Our long, warm days are filled with camp and family vacations. What's up on the Net? Here's an eclectic summer mix, including two virtual summer camps and a virtual road trip. But, remember it's summer. Don't forget to go outside and play.

Camp Yucky http:www.yucky.com The "yuckiest site on the Internet" is a mix of science and summer fun. You'll find dozens of summer-themed activities including directions for giving yourself a suntan tattoo and making a frozen hand-cube that floats in a punch bowl. And don't worry, all the original gross and slimy stuff that made Yucky.com famous (learn about belches, scabs, vomit, worms and bugs) still is here. Teachers who yearn to be yucky will appreciate the curriculum guides for kindergarten through eighth-grade. TheCase.com for Kids http:www.TheCase.

comkids Calling all amateur detectives and mystery lovers. Each month, TheCase.com for Kids to solve, scary stories, magic tricks and features a HBO Summer Camp http:camp.hbo4kids.com Just like real camp, before you can participate in this virtual camp, parents need to fill out a permission form and return it by toll-free fax or posted mail. Upon receipt, you'll be e-mailed your camp user name and password. While you are waiting for your password to arrive, get your computer ready by installing the free Flash plug-in (http: www.macromedla.com shockwavedownload alternates). Whew! When you finally get to camp (which is updated weekly and closes on Labor Day), follow the pointing finger to activities, games and contests.

Way Back Summer Vacation http:www.pbs.org amexkids What was summer vacation like years ago? And who invented summer camp? Climb aboard the Way Back wagon and learn the history of car camping (also known as gypsying), Miami Beach and the first summer camps. My favorite click is the Road Trip, a coast-to-coast adventure (from Oak Bluffs, to Disneyland, Calif.) with stops at 12 famous vacation spots. Wuua Fund Magazine (www.mfmag.com) for investment news and Dogpile (www.dogpile), a good search engine. ents are exploring the Internet in search of 103 treasure codes buried in wonderful and safe destination sites hand-picked by CyberSurfari staff members. Players are divided by age into divisions, and can join as individuals or teams.

There are two complete sets of prizes. One set goes to the first players to find 95 of the treasure codes. The second set will be awarded by random drawing. CyberSurfari Summer runs through Oct. 15, with CyberSurfari Fall beginning the following week.

Practice clues are available at http: www.cybersurfarl.org practice.cfm Tiger unleashes Game.com Pocket Pro VIDEO GAMES quick solve (the answer is just a click 1 a mystery OHIit writino rnntecf and a alV't" mini mystery Solve-It contest. Monthly win Barbara J. Feldman, former com puter con- ners are rewarded with a mystery book. Nancy Drew enthusi Insult ant and programmer, mother of two chil GAME.COM POCKET PRO, FROM TIGER Here's an updated version of Tiger's hand-held game system. It's a cheap ($29.99) alternative to other systems that has plenty of plusses, and a vast improvement over the original game.com.

For starters, it's compact about the size of two Pop-Tarts stacked one atop the other. The touch-sensitive screen is monochrome (same as regular Game Boy), but there is a backlight you can turn on and off at will meaning you can play in low light conditions and in total darkness. There is a stylus that stores neatly in back of the unit. The stylus lets you touch the screen with pinpoint control (and avoid all those messy finger smudges). But don't worry you don't do everything by touch.

There's a directional controller on the left side of the screen, and four multipurpose buttons to the right, plus startselect buttons. Wheels on the side of the unit allow you to adjust volume and contrast. Games come in matchbook- Tips and tricks SOUTH PARK PINBALL AND SOUTH PARK FOR N64 If you haven't seen the new South Park pinball machine in arcades, it's a must. It also is the first pinballer we've ever seen with codes! For a league play mode, deposit your dough, then hold the left flipper button and press start. For a "wizard" mode, hold both flippers and press start.

The N64 South Park title still is going strong, especially among gamers who like multiplayer action, so we thought some of the best codes for that one could bear repeating. To access all characters in multiplayer mode, enter the password OMGTKKYB. And for an ultimate code that gives you all the cheats, enter the pass- word BOBBYBIRD. For more tips, tricks, reviews and news, go to http: vgames. webpoinLcomvidecol malnpage.

Or e-mail Vid Chip and Jonathan Carter sized cartridges and cost about $20. You can choose from a handful of titles ranging from "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" to trivia and memory games to brawlers such as "Mortal Kombat Trilogy" and "Duke Nukem." But, equally important are the other functions. There's a phonebook that lets you store a handful of numbers, addresses and notes, a perpetual calendar and a calculator. This is a handy game system to have on the road. The original game.com had an Internet link that required special equipment to go online.

That's not an option in the new version, but it doesn't really matter. You don't really want to go online when your keyboard interface is a stylus that does one letter at a time! RATING: A BUY IT FOR ALL AGES. dren. An archive of her past columns with hyperlinks to the sites she writes asts have their own site (you'll find the link on the main page). And older readers (I'm talking high school and adult) can click on over to TheCase.

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