THIS week I decided to surf the world-wide web and tell you about some of the most unusual web sites there is to offer.

I have looked at pages from the world of music, sport and media so sit back and enjoy. From baby spice to Hulk Hogan and Lou Reed I have looked at them all. See what you think on the following sites.

These days you can't go anywhere without hearing or reading about girl power.

So to add to the in-your-face antics of females there's a new web site called ChickClick.

This is a network of girlie web pages and underneath all the "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" bravado it's actually a pretty cool site with loads of stuff about fashion and items that affect women. There are features galore, plus links to other sites that have female fun bursting from the pages.

Step aside Spice Girls, real girl power rules on the web. Web site: http://chickclick.com/

You can order most things over the net but never - until now - tickets for pop and rock gigs. You can search by artist name or by venue, and book whatever you want instantly. It's very easy to use and all you have to do is fill in a few details.

Web site: http://www.aloud.co

All your Reader's Digest favourites are online - anecdotes from readers, dramatic stories and more than 400 DIY projects with pictures, lists of tools and tips for beginners. They have even created printer-friendly versions, because they know you'll want to print out.

Web site: http://www.rdathome.com

For the kids or even the grown-ups who watch American wrestling there is a fantastic wrestling site. Yes, the most well known wrestling federation in the world, the WWF, is on-line giving you personal profiles of your favourite stars. Fantastic pictures of the stars and up and coming fights are on-line. You can wrestle with it for hours!

Web site: http://www.wwf.com

HOW many of you remember the old eight-track cassettes? You do?

Then you'll love Eight-Track Heaven, a site dedicated to those machines - you can even download sounds from the artists to have had eight-tracks, such as The Sex Pistols and Lou Reed. Web site: http://www.

hickory.net/malco/8track/

Preston Citizen online at http://www.lancs.newsquest.co.uk. You can send me all your Internet news and views to spiderman@newsquest.co.uk

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