In This Issue:

Atlantic.Net@Home
• Father's Day Gift Ideas
• Summer Getaways
• Hot Links to Cool Sites
• Technical Tips


Atlantic.Net@Work
• Find a Local Sales Rep
• Smart Business Solutions



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Mad About Dad
Show your appreciation for Dad on Father's Day! June 17 is his big day, so make sure he's taken care of with one of these father-friendly gift ideas:

• Chef’s Fork with Thermometer - Show your pop he’s tops with this grillside staple from Brookstone. $29.00
• Wall Street Journal Online Subscription - Forget those ink-stained fingers! Let Dad customize his news and portfolios with Dow Jones' online Wall Street Journal. $49.00
• Foot Massager - Let Dad relax and kick off his shoes to a relaxing heated foot massage from HoMedics AK-3 Foot Pro Ultra Foot Massager. $39.99
• Designing Great Beers - Is your old man a budding beer connoisseur? Let him try his hand at home-brewing with this step-by-step recipe guide to the perfect pilsner by Ray Daniels. $15.96
• Digital Camera - Splurge on your tech-savvy father with the Canon PowerShot S100 Digital ELPH Camera Kit. $499.99

Pack Your Bags-It's Summertime!
If you still haven't settled on your family's summer destination, check out these top-ranked attractions chosen by readers of Family Fun magazine.

Top Amusement Park: Walt Disney World Call 407-wdisney or go to www.disneyworld.com.
Top City: Washington, DC Call 202-789-7000 or go to www.washington.org.
Top Beaches: Florida's Gulf Coast and Sanibel Island Call 888-231-6933.
Top Family Resort: Callaway Gardens Call 800-callaway or go to www.callawaygardens.com.
Top Nature Escape: Great Smoky Mountains Call 865-436-1200 or go to www.nps.gov/grsm.
Top Museums: National Museum of Natural History and National Air and Space Museum Call 202-357-2700 or go to www.nasm.edu.
Top Tourist Attraction: Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Call 800-history or go to www.history.org.
Top Tourist Town: St. Augustine, Florida Call 800-old-city or go to www.visitoldcity.com.
Top Zoo & Aquarium: Seaworld Adventure Park Call 800-4-adventure or go to www.seaworld.com.

Before you book that flight, visit Travelocity and join the Preferred Traveler Program for savings on hotels, restaurants, and airfare.

Take Atlantic.Net with you on the road! Don't forget that you can use your Atlantic.Net account to access the Web by using the toll-free roaming feature. Click here for more information.

Surfin' Safari

For every issue, the Surf's Up team tracks down the coolest sites on the Web. Point and click your way to this month's finds.

www.freetranslation.com - Billed as the "fastest web-based translation available," this virtual interpreter lets you enter text or a Web site address and then converts it to another language such as Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Norwegian, or Italian.

www.realage.com - Are you as chronologically young (or old) as you feel? Take a few minutes to fill out this free questionnaire and find out whether your lifestyle is adding or subtracting years from your biological age.

www.behindthename.com - This site is a searchable database of first names, their origins, and meanings.

www.copykat.com - Learn how to make your favorite restaurant dishes at home. Enter a keyword or search by categories including appetizers, breads, salad dressings, and desserts. Bon appetit!

www.webbyawards.com - This site was created to honor other Web sites. You can browse through the nominees and even vote for your favorites on-line! Then, you can watch the live webcast on July 18th when the winners are announced.

Tech Tip: How to save time on the Web
If you use Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher, you can get to the next Web site a little faster with this nifty trick. Instead of typing an entire domain name (for example, http://www.sony.com) into the address bar, simply type the site's name (Sony) and press Ctrl+Enter to automatically add the "http://www" and ".com" on each side of the word.

You can find more info about self-help topics, at Atlantic.Net's Support Web site.

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· Setting up Atlantic.Net services
· Computer sales
· Computer repair
· Training
· Networking Solutions

Visit http://partners.atlantic.net/locator.shtml to find a Partner near you.

Atlantic.Net@ Work

What’s New From Atlantic.Net Business Services
When you want to learn more about Internet solutions for your business, Atlantic.Net is ready to help. Just call 1-800-521-5881 to speak to a business account executive about any of these services
• High-speed, dedicated connectivity
• Web hosting, design, & development
• Wholesale dial-up
• Managed networks
• Multi-tenant unit

Here’s a Who’s Who directory of local representatives, if you prefer to speak directly to an Atlantic.Net associate in your area:

Gainesville/Ocala
Jon Grimes grimes@atlantic.net
Alan Koski alankoski@atlantic.net
Ben Macalindong benmac@atlantic.net
Camille Whiddon camille@atlantic.net

Orlando
Jesse Doeinck jdoeinck@atlantic.net

Ocala
Tom Rapplean trapplean@atlantic.net

South Florida
Richard Edling redling@atlantic.net

Tallahassee
Raphael Andrades randrades@atlantic.net

Surf's Up: Mr. Steel, what were your goals originally when you decided to have your Web site redesigned?
LS: We wanted a site that was easy for the public to look at and to use, and a design firm that we knew would be around, where we could work with people who were professional. We originally had used a company that was competent but wasn't large enough to maintain and host the site the way we wanted to do it.

Surf's Up: How did you choose Atlantic.Net?
LS: Through a recommendation from someone who had previously used Atlantic.Net.

Surf's Up: What was it like working with Atlantic.Net?
LS: I found the people very friendly. They understood what we wanted, and I worked one-on-one with the designer. It was a simple, relaxed process. She kept me up-to-date with what she was doing, and periodically I asked her the progress of the Web site. But more often than not she contacted me before I contacted her to tell me what was going on.

Surf's Up: Would you work with Atlantic.Net again?
LS: Yes, I would…and I am. Now we're doing a bigger interactive site that deals with legal services, and Atlantic.Net will host both sites. I realize now that in certain areas, basically, you get what you pay for. So if somebody says they can put your site together for 500 bucks, then you need to be very careful.

To learn more about Atlantic.Net’s Web Design services, call 1-800-521-5881. Here’s a look at other sites in the Atlantic.Net portfolio:
www.999frog.com
www.civtek.com
www.wsgl1047.com
www.wguf989.com

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