My First HTML Page

by Fred Atkinson

You are user number since April 6, 1999.

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My Alma Maters:

• Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC, A.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology, 1976
• National-Louis University, Evanston, IL, B.S. in Management, 1994
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, M.S. in Information and Telecommunications Systems, 1997
• Stratford College, Falls Church, VA, A.S. in Enterprise Network Management , 2001

Other Schools I have attended (for at least one course):

• American University, Washington, DC
• Capital College, Laurel, MD
• Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta, GA
• Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
• Indiana Tech State College, Indianapolis, IN
• Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
• University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

My Martial Arts Schools

• Gold Medal Tae Kwon Do, Las Cruces, NM
• Fred Riley's Academy of Martial Arts, Canton, NC
• US Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts Academy, Leesburg, VA
• World Classic Martial Arts, Wheaton, MD - Where I earned my first and second degree black belts.
• World Classic Martial Arts, Gaithersburg, MD - I studied here briefly.
• Oriental Martial Arts College, Indianapolis, IN - My first training.

      I have added some new sites.  Check them out.  If you have your own Home Page or know any cool new sites (Especially ones from 'Down Under'), leave email to me at fatkinson@mishmash.com.  Check the 'Search Engines' section at the end.  

1. Aline's Star Trek Wallpaper Collection (A great collection of Star Trek Wallpaper for your PC).  
2. America, Why I Love Her, by John Wayne (from his book).
3. American Radio Relay League (The National Ham Radio Organization).  
4. Croce's Restaurant (I had dinner in this restaurant while I was in San Diego.  It is owned by the late Jim Croce's wife).  
5. Fireball XL5 (Do you remember this?).  
6. The Green Bank Telescope (This is the world's largest steerable telescope.  Awesome.  I've been there and seen it).  
7. Help for World Travelers (Wonder about telephone/electrical requirements when you travel to other parts of the world)?  
8. Helwig's smiley dictionary  (Add some inflection to your posting). :-)
9. High Flight (A poem dedicated to the spirit of flight by John Gillespie Magee).
10. Visting the Hockey Hall of Fame (when I went to Toronto a few years back).  
11. International Pen Friends (Pen Friends Worldwide (Official Page)).
12. International Pen Friends (European Web site).  
13. Internet Online News Services (A compiled list of news services available on the Internet).
14. Jackson the Jackass (This is about a very funny calendar and a jackass named 'Jackson').  
15. The List (Unhappy with your Internet Provider?  Check this).  
16. The MISHMASH List (I am the listowner of 'Mishmash').
17. Officers That Gave It All (This site is dedicated to police officers that gave their lives in the performance of duty.  Ben Strickland was the finest officer I have ever known).
18. Riding with Private Andrew Malone.  
19. Scanner Frequencies Unlimited (This site has a nation wide list of scanner frequenices (Police, Fire, EMS, and otherwise) to be monitored).
20. Smith Island (This is a really cool island culture that I visited some years ago).
21. Sound America (A cool site with the theme songs to a lot of old movies and television shows).  
22. South Central Tae Kwon Do Association
23. Southbrook Farms (I visited this winery/country store during my visit to Toronto a few years ago).  
24. Supercar (Do you remember this old television show?).
25. Tangier Island, VA A Virginia Island Community in the middle ofthe Chesapeake Bay.  
26. Telecom Digest Web Page (A Telecommunications Publication).  
27. Telephonic Art by Carlos Podestá (A very interesting set of unusual telephones).  
28. The TV / Movie, & Radio Themes Page (This site has got all kinds of wav files for old TV shows, radio, and movies).  
29. Virginia Tae Kwon Do Association
30. Gallaudet Font

Cool Sites/Home Pages

              These are Web sites of people that I know or am related to.  

• Brother John's Web Site
• Cousin Marat's Web Page
• Lissa's Web Site

Australian Cyberspace

          I will be updating this site with additional  links to Australia.  If you know any good Australian sites, please email me with the Web addresses.  Check back as I update it.  Also, I am looking for an Australian graphic to dress up this part of my page with.  If you have something or know of something, email me.  

• Aboriginal Information
• Aussie Barbecue
• Ansett Australia
• Australian Embassy
• Australian Slang Dictionary
• Coal Creek
• Coober Pedy
• Healesville Sanctuary
• Penguin Parade - Phillip's Island
• Puffin' Billy Railroad
• Qantas Airways Ltd Home Page
• Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Search Engines

• Amateur Radio Callsign Server (For Hams Only.  Add your email address to your listing).  I'm WB4AEJ.  
• Dictionary of Computing (If you're confused about a computer term, try this).  
• Search.com (This Engine Searches Multiple Databases).  
• YAHOO Search Engine (If you're looking on the Internet, start here).  
• Zip Codes (Find a zip code you urgently need).  

My favorite [Windows] Internet utilities:  

• Adaware spyware removal tool
• Adobe Acrobat Reader  (A utility that downloads and prints Adobe Acrobat form files).  
• AdSubtract (This program claims to wipe out a lot of annoying material such as cookies, animated .gif images, etc.).
• Automachron (This is a tool that gets the correct time from a time server and uses it to set the clock on your PC).
• Copernic98 (This is a tool that searches the Internet for various information).  
• Free Agent (Windows newsreader for USENET).
• ICQ (Send and receive messages between currently online users).  
• Mailroom for Internet (a really cool email package)
• Microsoft Malware Removal Tool
• Mozilla (Another browser).
• Netscape (Another browser).
• PDF995 (Creates Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents).
• Ping Plotter (This ping utility actually graphs the delays).  
• PGP (U.S.A. only, international users go to my PGP page).
• PGP Phone (Secure telephone calls over the Internet).
• Real Player (Listen to radio and video broadcasts over the Internet).  
• RSS Reader Get Real Time News as it happens.
• Spybot:Search and Destroy (spyware removal tool)
• Visio Viewer (allows you to view Visio files).
• WS-FTP (A good FTP program).

All of the above are Winsock compliant (except Adobe Acrobat).  Some are freeware, some are shareware, and some are commercial packages.  

Finding a new Internet Service Provider can be difficult.  Let me make it easier for you.  Here is a good list of information resources to help you find one in your area:  

• Another Internet Provider List
• Budgetweb
• The List
• Yet Another Internet Provider List

Services I have used for my Web site:

• Big Nose Bird (The strangest name in Web authoring).  
• Dundee Internet (provider of Lyris type list servers)
• Webrings (A free service that links web pages from site to site).  
• Register Names (Email Hosting and Domain Registration). 
  
• Webhosting Stuff (A bit pick of services and other resources). 
  

Last Updated: February 23, 2007