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Justin Piehowski's blog
 Do you have an interesting Web site you'd like to see featured on Internet InSITE? Email Web Manager Justin Piehowski, jpiehowski@kstp.com. Watch INTERNET InSITE each Monday at 6:30 on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS MORNING.
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Site lists Minnesota's 150 'not-so-fine' moments
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 Everyone has those moments they'd just as soon forget, including Minnesota. MinnPost.com produced the list and we provided the file video... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Cheap, last-minute Minn. getaways
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 The cost of air travel is skyrocketing, pushing some to suggest that air travel may soon be out of reach of average travelers. So, why not drive? |
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INTERNET INSITE: Find the best sites without searching
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| From relationship advice to investing tips to clothes shopping, you can literally find just about anything on the web. However, with billions of pages online, it's not always easy to pin down the site that best meets your needs... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Online allowance guidance
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| Parents, are you confused by how much to pay your child when it comes to allowance? |
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INTERNET INSITE: See Disney World in 3-D
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| Disney World’s probably not in the budget for many of us this summer, but a new online collaboration between Google and Disney will allow you to see the popular park like you never have before... |
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INTERNET INSITE: What is 5onthego.com?
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 The site will work on any web browser, however, it is specifically formatted for your cell phone, iPhone, Blackberry, or PDA. There are no heavy graphics, so it loads quickly to get you the information you need when you are in a hurry. |
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INTERNET INSITE: Are people writing about you online?
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| Ever wonder if someone is writing about you on the web? What about your friends, your family, your church, your favorite TV show or anything else you hold near and dear? |
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INTERNET INSITE: It's like MySpace or Facebook for adults
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| Have you heard your kids talking about their MySpace or Facebook accounts, but never felt right signing up for them? Don't give up just yet... |
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INTERNET INSITE: New local restaurant listings
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| When I heard that a new web start up company was going to start a web site that listed restaurants in the Twin Cities, I wasn't blown away. However... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Make a donation, get it back
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| A new concept called 'Microlending' on the Internet is becoming very popular. The concept allows you to make a tax-deductible charitable donation that turns into a small loan, usually for someone in a third-world country trying to start a business... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Search the web in 3-D
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| Ever wish you can search the web in 3-D? Researchers are working on ways to make your search engine results more visually pleasing... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Track flights like never before
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| Flightstats.com has always been a leader on the web for tracking live flight information around the country, but their newest feature takes the term flight tracking to a whole new altitude... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Safe search engine techniques
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| Using a search engine has become a daily routine for most of us. But, how do you know if the sites that show up on search results are sites that are safe to click? After all, the Internet is loaded with sites that contain spyware, dangerous downloads and the potential for lots of Spam email... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Book your tee times on KSTP.com
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| You can book your tee times for many golf courses around the Twin Cities this summer using the KSTP.com 'Tee Box' page. Plus, you can also get as much as half-price at selected courses using our 'Half-Price Page'.... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Home value estimator sites
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| Home estimator sites are taking on a whole new meaning with the faultering economy and rash of home foreclosures across the country... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Keep a schedule without writing a word
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| Have you ever been working so hard on something or had so many things going that you look at your clock and realize: I was supposed to be at the dentist 20 minutes ago! Not anymore... |
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INTERNET INSITE: How do you show up in search engines?
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| Well, here's a not-so-well-kept secret, you're probably not the only one searching for your name. Others seeking you out online include friends, coworkers, family members and most critically, potential employers. |
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INTERNET INSITE: The next generation of photo slideshows
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| There are dozens of sites around the web like Flickr, Picasa, Kodakgallery, Photoworks, Photbucket and Slide that allow you to turn digital memories into cool slideshows, but a new site makes those the online equivalent of a polaroid... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Prepare your family for severe weather
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| The state of Minnesota wants to make sure that your family is prepared for a severe weather emergency... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Turn your child's art into a book
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| Is your child budding with artistic talent? Well, you don't have to wait for them to grow up to be published. A new web site is specializing in creating on-demand children's books with pictures drawn by children... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Vietnam Wall goes interactive
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| Decades after the conflict, the personal stories of those listed on the wall are finally being told using technology that couldn't have even been imagined in the 1970s... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Find sold-out Wild playoff tickets
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| Just like every Wild game before it, tickets to the first two playoff games are sold out. But that doesn't mean you can't find them, you just need to know where to look... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Reconnect with old coworkers online
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| Ever wish you could reconnect with former coworkes that you've lost touch with? Now you can using a new social networking web site... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Build a healthy grocery list online
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| It's something that every family in America makes every week--a grocery list. But, how do you know that your making the healthiest decision for you and your family when you write out that list? |
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INTERNET INSITE: Track your tax refund online
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| For many of us, they can be some of the longest days of the year--How long until I get my tax refund? The IRS is making those agonizing days a litte easier this year by allowing you to track the status of your tax return online... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Last day to vote in YouTube awards
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| YouTube is soliciting votes for it's second annual awards. In the spirit of user-generated content, YouTube is of course letting it's viewers vote on which videos should win in 12 different categories... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Leprechaun marketing
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| The flash-based interface allows you to put your own face on an irreverent Leprechaun and send a ‘Lepregram’ off to your friends in an email. The leprechaun breakdances, uses nunchucks and even has its own MySpace page... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Take virtual college tours online
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| Touring colleges around the country can be time consuming, cumbersome and expensive, but also necessary for that ambitious high school junior or senior who is planning a college career. There you can find away around the high costs, by going online... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Become an online video star
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| You're intrigued by the idea of uploading one of your own videos to the Internet for thousands to see, you even have a camera to do it with, but you just haven't found the time. Well, here's your chance... |
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INTERNET INSITE: See your favorite golf course from space
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| The brutal winter has hit me especially hard this year and I caught myself dreaming of Francis Gross, Theodore Wirth, and Les Bolstad. So, I spent hours this weekend on a new web site that is essential for any Minnesota golfer stuck inside during a viciously cold February... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Get the best seat on your next flight
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| We’ve all complained about not having enough legroom in our seats. But there are many small factors—such as distance to the restroom, windows misaligned with seats, limited overhead storage space and seats that don’t recline—that can make a short flight feel like it will never end. There may be hope... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Send flowers for free, sort of...
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| There are many reasons why going to the store and spending $50 on flowers just may not work for you today. But if you’d still like to give something to that special someone or coworker, I have a Web site that you may want to consider... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Easily find crime reports in your area
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| One of the most popular sections of just about every local newspaper in the country is the crime blotter—when and where has crime happened in my neighborhood lately? Now, that process appears to be moving online... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Mark your place in Minnesota history
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| Buildings and places can provide us with incredible historical context that we don’t always take advantage of. The Minnesota Historical Society is trying to change that with an ambitious new web site... |
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INTERNET INSITE: How many until you're at .08?
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| You don't need to be told that it's never a good idea to have mulitple drinks and get behind the wheel. But, should you chose to include alcohol in your Super Bowl celebrations this Sunday, you can use the 'Drink Wheel' to estimate how many drinks it takes you to to get to the legal limit of .08... |
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INTERNET INSITE: An alternative to Sunday coupons?
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| Are you the type of person who waits for the Sunday morning paper and obsessively clips coupons? Well now, you may be able to print out valuable coupons for things that you need and want... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Schedule rides for your children
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| From school to the hockey game to band practice—getting your kids where they need to be on time can be overwhelming. But, a handy new web site is offering some relief... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Site helps you shape political opinions
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| Over the next year or so, it is going to be hard to escape political conversation out in public, at work, and at social gatherings. For many people, this can be uncomfortable or even awkward, especially if your not skilled in explaining why you feel the way you do... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Find Top Doctors...online?
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| It's without a doubt the most read issue of Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine each year--the Top Doctors issue. It's on shelves right now and can be a great resource for those looking for guidance on a good physician. But it's not the only option... |
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Help us track potholes
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 Over the next few months, we're going to help you avoid nasty bumps in the road by tracking potholes around the Twin Cities on KSTP.com’s interactive ‘Pothole Spotter.’
 See the interactive map
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INTERNET INSITE: 43 things to do before you die
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| You will hear a lot of people talking this week about their New Year’s Resolutions, but by next week, those resolutions will probably be old forgotten about dreams. But what about a ‘rest of your life’ resolution? |
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Most popular online marketing campaign ever: Elfyourself
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| By now, you’ve probably seen a funny online video featuring the head of you or someone you know on the head of a dancing elf. The emails are easily created at the crushingly popular site elfyourself.com, which reports that it has created more than 75 million ‘elves’ just this year... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Free face-to-face online calls
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| It happens every year at all of my holiday family gatherings—One of our out of state relatives calls and we all pass the phone round and take our turn saying hello. Well this year, why not make that Christmas Call a little more exciting with a live face-to-face online video chat? Here's how... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Find pics of your house on Google
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| Google’s incredible online Street View program—which allows you to see up close images of your neighborhood from the street—launched in the Twin Cities on Tuesday... |
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INTERNET INSITE: How to get free auto advice online
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| Now, what many of us do is simply turn the keys—and eventually our credit card—over to your local auto mechanic without ever knowing what’s wrong. But now, there is a way to get some insight on what’s going on with your vehicle by going online... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Free books, CDs and DVDs online
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| Odds are you have stacks of CDs, DVDs and books at your house that you are never going to listen to, watch, or read again. And those stacks are likely to get bigger as you open your holiday gifts. But, now you can trade out the unwanted for the wanted... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Stay on track at the gym this winter
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| Let’s face it, you’re going to have that extra glass of wine and that extra helping of mashed potatoes at your holiday gatherings this month. But those extra servings can turn into extra pounds if you don't keep a regular workout schedule... |
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INTERNET INSITE: The charity 'Accountability Wizard'
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| It’s hard not to feel gracious this time of year and give money or goods to those in need through local charity. But, all charities are not created equal, nor do they spend your money equally... |
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INTERNET INSITE: Find a babysitter in your neighborhood
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| Do you every feel like you're trying to take care of everyone? Your children, parents and for many people pets, are in constant need of supervision. A new Web site has tapped into this need among Americans... |
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