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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Get a sneak peek at what’s going on inside the minds of the writers of ABC’s hit show, “Grey’s Anatomy,” on this new blog.

www.greyswriters.com

Want to know how your blog ranks in Google, Yahoo, del.icio.us, Technorati and other sites? Enter its address and see how many “egopoints” it racks up.

www.egosurf.org

Share playlists from your Apple iPod or other digital music player on this community site where you also can rate and discuss playlists submitted by others.

www.webjay.org

News junkies, take note. Here’s a site that provides links to newspapers and news media outlets in the U.S. and around the world.

www.abyznewslinks.com

Parents trying to decipher their kids’ instant message and e-mail slang will want to take a look at this handy translator. Cut and paste their Net missives into a box, press a button, and, voila, terms such as BRB, IMHO and CU become more readable.

www.noslang.com/index.php

Looking for free software but don’t want to fight through pop-up ads or sign up for membership on a Web site? Here’s a site with some cool and useful free downloads.

http://freeware4u.com/modules /mydownloads/index.php

If you’ve been working with computers long enough to remember DOS, then you probably remember playing some of the early computer games. Some of those games are still available as freeware, shareware and playable demos at this site.

www.dosgamesarchive.com