To start a website do this:
1) Go to GoDaddy.com and find a domain to buy.
2) Purchase the domain
3) Find a host. Look into these options:
NearlyFreeSpeech.net & XipServe.com
4) Take the nameservers from your host, and plug them in at GoDaddy.com
5) Upload a file (probably index.html) and VOILA, you’re done.
If you’re looking for spam protection, this is the email program for you (as long as your email address isn’t @hotmail.com, @yahoo.com, or @gmail.com).
Plaxo Online – Sign up with Plaxo Online to keep all of your contacts up to date. If we’re all signed up, changes to our email address will be automatically shown to the rest of us. I already use it for my business contacts, and it’s really handy. Although, once we all get an email address @simonsonfamily.com, this may be a moot point.
OpenOffice.org – The best free alternative to MS Office.