hThe Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 10 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

In this month’s issue you can find out where to download free copies of complete comics and magazines from the 1930s to the 1980s and learn how to write like Hemingway with the aide of an an app.

You can also find out how to carry on regardless with Windows XP and discover a cure for the Comic Sans font plus learn how to release text locked in graphics on web pages.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

The Internet Monthly – May 2014:

Or, download: podcast_may14.mp3 [10′ 58”, 5.1MB]

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

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2. 3D MANUFACTURING FOR SCHOOLS – 3D printers planned for every school
   
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   • www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26871084
     
   • www.theengineer.co.uk/opinion/this-weeks-poll-3d-printers-in-schools/1018433.article
     
   
   
   
3. UNLOCKING TEXT FROM IMAGES – Browser add-on allowing images to be selected as text
   
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   • projectnaptha.com
     
   
   
   
4. PROFESSIONAL PROSE – An online tool to analyze your writing and suggest improvements
   
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   • www.hemingwayapp.com
     
   • creative-writing-software-review.toptenreviews.com
     
   
   
   
5. FINDING QUOTES WITH QUOTERY – A free, searchable encyclopedia of Quotes
   
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   • www.quotery.com
     
   
   
   
6. MAKING NOTEWORTHY NOTES – Beautify your text before sharing online
   
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   • notegraphy.com
     
   
   
   
7. THE CURE FOR COMIC SANS – A new font re-work for the classic Comic Sans font
   
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   • comicneue.com
     
   
   
   
8. ESCAPING THE XPOCALYPSE – Ways to continue with Microsoft’s Windows XP
   
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   • www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/10/how_to_run_xp_on_new_windows
     
   
   
   
9. EVEN MORE FROM YESTERYEAR – Free Comic books from the past
   
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   • www.tvcream.co.uk/?p=35290
     
   • www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25827997
     
   • www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/16/100-years-since-ww1-numbers-change-photographs
     
   • www.yootha.com/free-pdf-download-23-w.asp
     
   
   
   
10. CINEMA SOCIALISING – A social network site all about films and film-going
    
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    • movielala.com
      
    • blog.movielala.com
      
    • www.bloomberg.com/video/movielala-the-social-network-for-movie-lovers-TUTHzbeFT4eUxsz8sJeyzg.html
      
    
    
    
11. APPLE OUTREACH – Apple’s OS X beta program testing opened to everybody
    
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    • techcrunch.com/2014/04/22/apple-opens-os-x-beta-program-to-all-users-with-new-seed-program
      
    • appleseed.apple.com/sp/betaprogram
      
    
    
    
12. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – Metaphorical search for creative inspiration
    
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    • www.Yossarianlives.com
      
    
    
    

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