IF you have ever wanted to find out what your favourite author thinks about their work then online bookstore Amazon has the answer.

It has opened up the Authors' Lounge (www.amazon.co.uk/authors-lounge) where clips of famous authors can be watched and browsed.

Clips include famous spy writer John le Carr, but also Griff Rhys Jones and even a biography of Jimmy Greaves.

It would be easy to get lost in this place.

MAKE your dog a star of the internet by putting their picture and biography on the dogster website.

The site (www.dogster.com) is home to over 8,000 dogs that have their own little place on the web.

It's simple to put your dog on the site with a small picture and a description of favourite walks, likes and dislikes and what they enjoy watching on TV.

You can also read an advice column and link your dog to others as pup-pals and yes of course it's American.

ARE you one of those people who can't go a day without using your computer or checking your email?

Well you are not alone because a Tesco survey claims over 12 million people would feel lost without their PC.

But it gets worse as one in seven computer users confess to "often talking" to their computers, while two in five feel "extremely fond of them".

And 10 per cent of adult PC users sometimes prefer to be with their computer rather than their friends.

I can sympathise with that one.

FORGET the chill outside and put some chilli inside by dropping in on the International Chili Society.

You can get some scorching recipes and pick up some crazy facts on the site (www.chilicookoff.com). And it is home to the Chili Cookoff World Championships so you can check up on the results while your dinner is bubbling away.