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Y O U T H T E C H N E W S For Kids and Teens, By Kids and Teens ================================================== Add Keyword: YT, YOUTH or YOUTHTECH to your *Favorite Places* list, or we'll hunt you down and drag you here kicking and screaming! ================================================== Saturday, November 2nd, 1996 Volume 2, Edition 2 MAKING HEADLINES THIS WEEK . . . # The New News: YT's newsletter has a new, cool look! # Take A Tour: Check out the new member tours at Youth Tech! # Unlimited Fun: AOL now has new pricing plans! # Techie Pals: If you don't sign up, we'll keep pestering you! # Geek Humor: a somewhat-new feature of YT News! # Spotlight on Chat: we pick three cool chats every week! # Exclamation Points Anonymous Support Group: just kidding :) ==================== ~~> THE NEW NEWS!!!! ==================== Welcome to Youth Tech News! Here's what you've all been waiting for: the wonderful, terrific, fabulous, absolutely great... Youth Tech New News! Or at least, it's newer than it will be next week. Does that count? No matter! Here's the latest on YT News: as some of you may have noticed, the news has a new look. I call it: <dramatic pause here> New News! Don't laugh. It took me a long time to think of the name. You're still laughing. Quit that! Anyway, we at YT are hoping most of you will enjoy the new look. Here's a sampling of things to come: * Interviews with YT's hardworking hosts * Articles on the latest and coolest technology * Jokes jokes and more jokes! All comments, questions, suggestions and complaints about Youth Tech's New News should be hurled at YTCC Elf. ================= ~~> TAKE A TOUR ================= Welcome to Youth Tech. Please fasten your modem strings; the tour will begin in a moment. We hope you enjoy the ride. Where am I, you ask? At YT's New Member Tours, of course! With the click of a button, you're transported all over the forum to the places we think are coolest about Youth Tech. Whoosh! Sorry, sick bags are not available. Lost? That's what we're here for! Keyword: YT >> Click the small round What's Hot button >> Pick New Member Tour and you're off! ================== ~~> UNLIMITED FUN ================== New pricing! New Pricing! NEW PRICING!!! Can you tell something exciting is going on here? Yep, America Online has new pricing! That means you can spend unlimited hours at YT for one low price. Cool, huh. Hit keyword: NEW PRICING to find out more! Youth Tech has set up a special message board to discuss the new unlimited hours of fun: check it out in the Random Access Discussion Boards! If you don't, you may miss out on the latest dirt, which would be just terrible! Still lost? Here's a road map! Keyword: YT >> Click the Messages button >> Choose the "New Pricing For AOL!?" folder ================= ~~> GEEK HUMOR ================= A couple of you sent me inquiring emails last week, wanting to know where the featured joke came from. No credit was given because the story was found posted on an AOL message board, and no one's real sure who originally came up with it. <grin> In any case, if your joke is used as the geek humor selection, your screen name will appear here. :) This Week's Geek Humor: ######################################################### Top Ten Signs that you are "Webbed Out" 10. Your opening line is, "So what's your home page address?" 9. Your best friend is someone you've never met. 8. Watching a lovely sunset, you half-expect to see "Enhanced for Netscape 3.0" on one of the clouds. 7. You are overcome with disbelief, anger, and finally depression when you encounter a Web page with no links. 6. You feel driven to consult the "Cool Page of the Day" on your wedding day. 5. You are driving on a dark rainy night when you hydroplane on a puddle, sending your car careening toward the flimsy guard rail that separates you from the edge of a rocky cliff and certain death. You look for the "Back" button. 4. You visit "The Really Big Button that Doesn't Do Anything" again and again and again. 3. Your dog has his own Web page. 2. So does your hamster. 1. When you read a magazine, you have the irresistible urge to click on the underlined passages. ########################################################## ROFL! Remember, send jokes to screen name YTCC Elf. ================ ~~> TECHIE PALS ================ Yes, it's here! By now if you haven't heard about Techie Pals, you're either living under a rock, or just not visiting Youth Tech often enough. <grin> Techie Pals is a way to meet new, well, pals! Email the following form to screen name YTMAIL: First Name: Birthday (mm/dd/yy): Favorite Color: Location (State/Country): Computer You Use: Favorite Software: Favorite Computer Game: Hobbies: Other Stuff You Want To Say: Want to get to the Techie Pals area and meet a new friend? Here's the way to go! Keyword: YT >> Click the small round What's Hot button >> Select "NEW: Techie Pals!" ===================== ~~> SPOTLIGHT ON CHAT ===================== Chat is cool at YT! Each week we'll be choosing three hosted chats and telling you all about 'em. Be there or be rectangular! * Getting Around The Net-- Sunday, 11pm Did you get caught in the World Wide Web the first time you tried to surf the net? What IS the net, anyway? Drop by this cool chat and let YTCC Jon offer helpful hints! * Game Chat-- Tuesday, 7pm Nintento 64, Nintendo 64 and more Nintendo 64! Do you own one of these new systems? Want one? Just like to chat about them? YTCC Vector is more than happy to listen! * AOL Q/A Hour-- Wednesday, 11pm YTCC DNA answers all your questions about America Online! Hang out in the chatroom and discover more than you ever wanted to know about this online service! Also, don't miss Youth Tech's *new and expanded* chat schedule, including great Afterschool Open Chats from 4pm to 6pm every weekday! That's All, Folks! *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Stay tuned for another exciting issue next week! ===REMEMBER, DON'T GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD!!!=== No AOL employee will EVER ask you for your password. If you give it out by mistake, go immediately to keyword: PASSWORD and change your password! |