Welcome to your internet cafe solution: NEWSFROMHOME.
This is the Newcastle edition, with all the haps back there delivered over here. Wherever that might be.
Feeds and links, famous and obscure. Our team tests the sites, compiles the links and puts it all together so you don't have to miss a thing - here or there.
It's the only page you'll need. Our “Categories” provide you with a quick index – click a Category, it takes you to the relevant links. And if you have an emergency, check out some of the help available.
Some links – the main News ones, and the emergency help – are in the side column. These repeat what’s in the Category sections. The full list runs down the main part of the page.
It’s not perfect. It’s not possible to bring you NBN’s news, or the Newcastle Herald’s daily updates. They aren’t online.
But you don’t need to carry a diary of websites, and you don’t have to spend your holiday searching the internet for everything. Nor do you need to phone home in the middle of the night to find out who won the footy. This page will provide good coverage of most of what you want and a few things we hope you won’t need.
AND HERE’S SOME CHEAP ADVICE:
ANY TIME YOU USE A PASSWORD ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE COMPUTER - BE CAREFUL!
· Delete any personal details when you log off
· Empty the recycle bin
· Click 'internet options' and then 'clear history' if using Internet Explorer. (We can’t keep up with all the browsers available but do your best to emulate that process with Firefox, Mozilla, or whatever you’re using.)
You just can’t know who’s going to sit at the same terminal in an internet café an hour after you. You don’t know who managed to inadvertently infect the machine with a virus an hour before you arrived.
Take it easy. Enjoy your trip. And look us up next time you're out of town.