Dear Lucille,I called and Tom was in. He said he had a dental appointment this morning and that was why he came in late. I sure feel sorry for whoever was involved in the accident today. Luckily, this was one crisis that we did not have to suffer.Tom was viewing websites on the XS4all system this weekend, for he is now ready to make a website himself and is trying to get up the courage to do it. Some people manage to make some beautiful websites, when they are expecting a child or have a hobby or even just giving directions to their homes. I always enjoy looking at these creations. Most of my free websites have vanished now and I made mine, using free materials offered then on the Internet and using HTML code, but since those days, sophisticated software has gone on the market and people can make websites much easier now. My websites are full of ads and hastily done. In due time, however, most other people eventually get their chance to do something special--like make a website --and they make very good ones. Most of these, you never see on the Internet and they are probably the best ones.As for me, I discovered a new aspect to my activities, that allows me to improve their quality. I recently completed an intro for use on a business card (miniature CD) and a interactive page for kids. Of course, everything was made in PowerPoint and is offline. But now my projects can conform better to similar ideas I have seen by other people. But the kids educational software industry has really leaped ahead this past year and they have some beautiful examples on the Internet. I could spend hours, viewing the activities they have for kids, like multimedia stories, where some game techniques are employed, plus beautiful illustrations, that look as if they were painted directly onto your computer screen. And many of the ideas are like my own but implemented so professionally. They can use software that allows each word to be heard or allows an animated segment to be inserted in places, making really really dynamic instructional materials. I have been making small interactive exercises that can be viewed in PowerPoint and which are small in size, so can be sent in the email.