Valerie Cowan Surfs The Net

ANIMAL rights organisation Peta is targeting fashion magazine Vogue in a new anti-fur website.

The organisation, which regularly uses its website (http://www.peta-online.org) to save animals threatened with death, has set up a web page mocking the US edition of the style bible.

Morgue (http://www.

voguesucks.com) is a bid to shame the US magazine into stopping its "relentless promotion" of animal fur as fashion.

Peta say Vogue continues to run ads for fur products despite the fact that many top designers will not use it, many models refuse to wear it and fur sales are plummeting. US Vogue's editor, British-born Anna Wintour, has been criticised before by animal rights activists for her pro-fur stance.

One threw a dead raccoon onto Wintour's plate as she dined in a posh New York restaurant to get the message across.

The Morgue site gives details of how to contact Wintour to pressure her into action, as well as information on the fur trade.

And it features a Wintour-lookalike with a copy of "Morgue" magazine bearing the coverline "What I did with my old unwanted beaver"."

Not surprisingly, those at Vogue are not thought to be too happy with the site. Making new e-pals across the globe

AS the Government's dream of every school in the country having internet access edges closer to reality, British children will be able to link up with schools across the globe.

But how do schools go about finding e-pals in foreign places?

The ePALS Classroom Exchange (http://www.epals.com/) is a good starting point for teachers.

It is a free online service which puts schools around the world in touch with each other.

So far more than 10,000 classrooms in 96 countries have signed up. The pupils speak an amazing 93 languages between them.

All teachers have to do to get involved is post their details on the site and wait to be contacted - or get in touch with any of the schools listed. Super puppet is a big hit

FLAT-Eric is the star of the latest Levi's Sta-Prest commercials.

The cute but undeniably cool furry orange creature can be seen tapping his fingers to loud music as he drives along with his human pal, Angel. You can download the various ads in the series from the official Levi's website (http://www.levi.com), as well as grab pictures for screensavers and wallpaper.

Eric might not be as good looking as the hunky male models who starred in the company's jeans ads but he's set to become something of a star anyway. Infatuated with Alanis RECREATE Alanis Morrissette's angst with the Alanis Morrissette Random Lyric Generator (http://brunching.com/toys/toys/toy-alanislyrics.

html).

Simply enter a few choice words and they will be incorporated in a feisty, whinging lyric in the style of Ms Morrissette. Cheeky website tees off!

THE giant "golf balls" which make up the electronic spy station Menwith Hill are a familiar sight on the road to Harrogate. Comedian Mark Thomas has set up a site dedicated to educating the public about the station. Cheeky fun at http://www.menwithhill.com. Palace expansion plans

THE Buckingham Palace website is expanding. There are plans to add an illustrated history of the Scottish monarchy, before the union with England of 1707, and a new section on the Royal family's public engagements. Readers can also type in questions, some of which will be answered online. The site (http://www.royal.gov.uk)

gets around three million hits a week. Hunt for a bargain BID for all sorts of collectable items at AuctionHunter, Newsquest's new online auction service.

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