| What could be better than owning your own
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| | allowed).Living on your own is not quite
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| little piece of Cyberspace? To have the
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| | as wonderful as you had first thought.
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| thrill of telling all you know to "e-mail
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| | Too many restrictions cramping your style
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| me at " It is such a thrilling thing to
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| | and in more and more places, you can't
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| be in complete control of your very first
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| | even get mail delivered (no-email
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| website. Akin to owning your first
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| | service) so you have to go get yourself a
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| home.I'm serious, let's explore the two
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| | Post Office box! (separate e-mail
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| for a moment.First you test things out,
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| | account)Okay, this is just not working.
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| you see this wide world and decide to try
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| | Your style is too cramped. What do you
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| exploring it. You go out and you make
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| | do?! Buy a place! That's it! If you own
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| contact with others and get to talking to
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| | your own place then you can do pretty
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| them. (Log into a library or school
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| | much anything you want (within reason).
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| computer and enter chat rooms)Now you're
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| | That annoying neon sigh could be YOURS!
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| hooked, you don't want to have your
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| | (your banner ads), you could invite all
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| parents or friends driving you around you
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| | your friends to a party at your place
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| want to be free to explore. You buy your
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| | (your own blogging site!), heck, you
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| first car! (First computer - YES! Now you
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| | could even set other poor saps up in
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| can put whatever YOU want to on it!
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| | low-rent places on your property and make
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| Oh... a flame paint job! Yeah!) Okay...
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| | them put up with your annoying neon sign
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| as much fun as buying your first car was,
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| | flashing in *THEIR* bedroom windows!But
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| and as much fun as souping it up was,
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| | where to start?Well, in the real world
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| that was not all you got it for. Time to
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| | you would probably start with a
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| get out there and explore!You go out and
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| | Realtor... in Cyberspace you start with a
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| get yourself a thankful of gas and go
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| | hosting company.This is where you get the
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| cruising. The world is a big place
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| | pages on which to create your world.
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| though, so you quickly start
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| | Where you set up your home, your store,
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| familiarizing yourself with how the
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| | your museum, and invite others in to see
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| highways are laid out, grab a road map or
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| | what you have to share. Where you place
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| two and set off exploring. (Figure out
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| | your work and share it with the world.
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| what all those dot things are.. You know
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| | When you get your site the first thing
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| .com .net .gov .edu.... Then you run off
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| | you want to do is add stuff to it... how?
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| and find a search engine [road map] and
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| | Well, you can generally get design help
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| set off exploring.)This is kind of nice
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| | from your hosting service, or, if you're
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| so you decide maybe you might like to get
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| | like me, you can dive in and try to build
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| your own place. Just to try living on
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| | that world yourself. I suggest that
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| your own a while, you know, see if you
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| | unless you are familiar with site design
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| like it. Your first apartment! (Free
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| | (or go with a site like
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| website space) Ahhhh... this is the
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| | PlatonicSolid.info that has easy to use
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| ticket! No one telling you how late you
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| | 'what you see is what you get' site
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| can stay up, no one complaining about the
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| | editors) you bypass the headaches (and
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| feet on the coffee table. This is the
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| | there are a LOT of them) and have someone
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| life... until you get tired of that
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| | build the site to fit your dreams.
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| blinking Neon sign outside your bedroom
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| | However you decide to build your site,
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| window (Banner ad across the top of the
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| | you will find a pride to be had from
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| page) Or the limited number of colors the
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| | pointing your friends and family to your
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| landlord said you can paint with (limited
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| | own little section of Cyberspace.
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| selection of templates)... and worst of
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| | Sandra Fikes is a freelance writer
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| all... them damn neighbors who keep
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| | living in Alaska.
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| calling the cops whenever you turn the
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| | Her website can be found at For more
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| music up enough to hear it (VERY limited
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| | Articles and information, on the Internet
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| bandwidth and/or site traffic
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| | and Writing, check out her blog.
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