[donspatch] 2004-07-01

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============== Humor =============

Some humorous websites.
http://www.geocities.com/~chuckleaday/
http://www.myhumor.org/cleanjoke.asp

============== Tips ===============

Some sites with computer tips.  Exploration may be in order.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/8814/piclub.html
http://www.palmettobay.com/hhicc/
http://www.seniorscan.ca/guide/
http://www.computerclub.org/
http://www.viewz.com/aol/dijit/dijtip.shtml
http://www.thecomputerwizard.biz/tips_tricks.htm
http://www.tipsdr.com/  (for XP)

========== The Goodies =============

Here's a great site for English Literature fans.
http://www.mrbauld.com/

Some artwork and PSP tutorials.
http://www.nrtco.net/~digi/

Jobs for the technically inclined.  http://www.dice.com/

A wealth of things to read, written by senior citizens from Ennis,
Ireland.  http://sunset.ennis.ie/

222 photographs from the Hearst Collection of the Los Angeles
Examiner in the USC Regional History Collection, document the
relocation of Japanese Americans in California during World War II.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/digarchives/jarda/

Center for Digital Storytelling.  http://www.storycenter.org/

Electronics hobbyists and students can explore this one.
http://www.discovercircuits.com/index.htm

A very nice educational site with resources for everyone.
http://school.discovery.com/

Daily Science News.
http://www.discoverymuseum.org/sciencenews.html

Creative recipes for a can of chili.
http://www.dixiechili.com/recipes.php

There are some costless games "hidden" among all the glitter on this
site but you'll need patience and perseverance to find them.
http://www.gamextazy.com/

A few poetic resources.
http://www.poetryfans.com/index.html
http://www.poetry.com/
http://www.emule.com/poetry/
http://www.poems.com/
http://eserver.org/poetry/
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Poetry for kids.
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
http://www.poetry4kids.com/

This farmer raises a very unusual crop.
http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/ed/

An interesting UK tech news site.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/

The Sims, online.  http://thesims.ea.com/index_flash.php

Web cams and wild beasts. http://www.tigerhomes.org/

Do you have time for time?
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html

Could you use a generic sort of spellchecker?  (for writers, not
witches *grin*).  http://www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell/

A teacher's resource.  http://kathyschrock.net/

I think it's safe to say that we all hate the bogus email we get.
If you have a website and are feeling vindictive, here's a way
you can make life difficult for disreputable emailers but there's
a catch to consider.   Using these tools can only add to the
congestion on the web.  Check them out; decide for yourself.
http://www.cexx.org/toxic.htm
http://www.monkeys.com/wpoison/

Trademark Blog (a lawyers site).  http://trademark.blog.us/blog/

A hiker's resource.  http://trails.com/explore/

Tray Wizard is designed to greatly extend user's convenience while
working in Microsoft Windows products family. It provides a wide
range of abilities in a task bar system area (i.e. system tray)
management.  http://www.traywizard.com/index.html

I'm a little ambivalent about site's like this one but at least they
didn't have pop-ups.  http://www.mrfreefree.com/

Typographical errors in library databases.
http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/typoscomplete.html

When you get an email that makes fantastic claims, exposes
terrible wrongs, or just wrenches your heart, never assume it's
the genuine article before you've checked it out.
http://www.urbanlegends.com/
http://www.quackwatch.org/
http://www.consumer.gov/sentinel/
http://www.quatloos.com/
http://www.scambusters.com/
http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
http://fraud.org/
http://www.blacklist.com/links.html
http://www.flimflam.com/
http://www.ncahf.org/
http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.vmyths.com/
http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.thtml
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.f-secure.com/virus-info/
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

How many?  A dictionary of units of measurement.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

A look at a potential new home environmental technology.
http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/underfloorair/

Here's a way to work on your cooking skill without risking the
family's wrath.  Cook something for your dog.
http://www221.pair.com/cstephen/treatind.htm

Give your domain a checkup.  http://www.domain-analyzer.com

Some online art oriented things to play with.
http://www.sillybilly.com/draw95.html

Eclectic but costless apps from DreamBreed.
http://www.dreambreed.com/soft.asp

A costless web host.  http://www.dreamwater.com/

This is neither costless, nor particularly family-friendly, but it
may be something you'll want to pass on to your daughter
or granddaughter.  http://www.drinksafetech.com/products.php

Dynamic HTML (DHTML) is the wave of the future.  Start learning
now.   http://www.devx.com/projectcool/article/18103

An interesting clipboard utility.  http://www.dzsoft.com/paste.htm

A slow loading, media intensive kids site.  http://www.eaglekids.com/

A very effective way to disguise your email address on your website.
 http://automaticlabs.com/products/enkoderform/

Creating "sparkles" and realistic eyes in Photoshop.
http://www.masteratwork.com/ed/school/

An extensive web development resource.
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/

Easy Thumbnails is a popular costless utility for creating accurate
thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range
of popular picture formats.  http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/index.php

I can't say I know exactly what a bibliography is, but if I needed one
I'd start here.  http://www.easybib.com/

A searchable database of U.S. universities.
http://www.usuniversities.com/

An excellent text editor for Linux/Unix users.
http://www.vim.org/index.php

Visit a virtual park.  http://www.virtualparks.org/main.html

A renaissance portal.
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html

An excellent article on "Evaluating Internet Research Sources".
http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
A great deal more useful reading from the same source.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/

A costless RAM utility, with multilingual support, from Romania.
http://winshell.softnews.ro/ramdef.php

Images of Nova Scotia 1870 - 1940
http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/waldren/

Costless apps from Warp Engine.
http://www.warpengine.com/wes-software.htm

Some web development tutorials.  http://www.dreamink.com/

The Whalesong Project.  http://whalesong.net/

News "junkies" using XP might like this tool.
http://www.wildgrape.net/

If you don't know how to clean up all the accumulated files that might
be slowing down your computer, and don't really have an interest
in learning technical things like that, here's a software solution.
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/

A good resource for folks who have multiple computer networked at
home or work. http://www.wown1.com/

For women who play golf.  http://www.womensgolf.org/

If you're into designing starships, whether it be a hobby, or serious
pursuit, here's a site for you.  http://www.treknology.org/

A beginner's guide to HTML.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html

If you find eCommerce exciting (honestly, I don't) here's a site for
you.  http://www.tamingthebeast.net/

An environmentally friendly resource for teachers.
http://www.eco-pros.com/teacher.htm

Learning resource portals.
http://educate-yourself.org/
http://www.educationindex.com/

Electronic journals in education.
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Educ/journals.html

Finding someone's email address, when you don't already know it
isn't as easy as using a phone book and the odds are not really in
your favor, but there's a place to begin if you want to try.
http://www.email-directory.com/

This site, and the idea behind it are, to me, very exciting.
http://www.educationafrica.com/

This site is about pretty stones.
http://eclecticlapidary.com/el_cfm2/main.cfm

Electriciconland is a sort of playground for three digital artists.
http://www.electriconland.com/index_main.php

Some interesting reading matter from the University of Virginia.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/

Tech tips for electronics enthusiasts.  http://www.elexp.com/tips.htm

We're all aware that there are endangered species of living things on
the planet.  Were you aware that there are also some endangered
places?  http://www.nationaltrust.org/

A jokes site for kids.
http://www.ribetelementary2.homestead.com/jokes.html

Make a movie from your webcam shots.
http://www.ndrw.co.uk/free/jpgvideo/

I really had to ponder over a description for this one.  "Defining
ambiguous moments in television.  http://www.jumptheshark.com/

National electronic Library for Health.  This site, from the UK offers
a great deal of information which isn't, strictly speaking, national.
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/

The author says this app helps you by doing "reality checks".  I'm
not sure I agree, I think it just nags you but some folks might find
that to be interesting, or maybe even a little cute.
http://www.mythwell.com/lucille/index.html

This tool offers some interesting possibilities but I wouldn't
recommend it to novice computer users.
http://www.mywebserver.org/us/

A couple of interesting art sites that might be fun to explore.
http://www.artofcolor.com/
http://www.artorg.org/

This is a media intense site that's slow loading on a dial up
connection but the kids should love it.
http://www.nabiscoworld.com/

On the lower left corner of this page there are some costless apps
listed.  http://www.neuber.com/

A site where you can learn a few facts about any county, in any
state, in the United States.
http://www.naco.org

Keep up with those pesky, constantly changing, area codes.
http://www.nanpa.com/

What information do you want from the U.S. government?
Have you tried here?  http://www.archives.gov/index.html

A nifty kids site from Nasa.  http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/
another from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

A portal to the world.  http://www.nationsonline.org/

A portal to Native American Healing.
http://www.healing-arts.org/nativelinks.htm

A Mac user's collection of useful information.
http://osx.hyperjeff.net/

A small color utility.  http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

Explore nature online.  http://www.nature.com/

If you have kids who're in school, here's a site you should visit.
http://www.ncpie.org/

Before Internet Explorer,  before Netscape, there was Mosaic.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/

History of the Internet.  http://www.livinginternet.com/

Get your kicks on route 66.  http://www.national66.com/

The natural world of North America.  http://www.nearctica.com/

Who wants to play with rockets?  http://www.nar.org/index.html

An app for Mac users who also use IE.
http://www.ziksw.com/software/ie_amnesia.html

Who wants to learn assembly language?
http://www.geocities.com/systechsoftware/ngasm/index.html

The story of Ned Kelly, an Australian legend.
http://www.ironoutlaw.com/index.html

Here in central Texas we have "Willy" sightings, but the rest of the
world has "Elvis" sightings.  More on that here.
http://www.elvissightingbulletinboard.com/

Planning a vacation in Maryland, Pennsylvania or West Virginia?
http://www.wamonline.com/

Jamal Mazrui's Empowerment portal.
http://www.empowermentzone.com/

ENC Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center.
http://www.enc.org/

Ender Design's web graphics resources.
http://www.ender-design.com/rg/

A news an information portal on the subject of Engineering.
http://www.engineering.com/
Technical work forums for engineering professionals.
http://www.eng-tips.com/

Environmental education for kids.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm

An interesting site for entrepreneurs and/or self employed persons.
http://www.entrepreneurialconnection.com/

Web home of the U.S. EPA.  http://www.epa.gov/

The concept of pen pals has been around for a long time.  As might
be expected, the concept is still with us, upgraded to email.
http://happygold.com/
http://www.epals.com/
http://www.iecc.org/
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids-pen.html
http://www.thelaboroflove.com/penpals/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/penpal.htm
http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/pen-pals.asp
http://www.e-palworld.co.uk/cgi-bin/code.cgi
http://www.soon.org.uk/penfriend/penfriends.htm
http://www.andyspenpals.com/

Here's a useful tool if you have a large number of online email
accounts.  http://www.eprompter.com/

Use your computer ergonomically.
http://www.ergonetz.de/bildschirm/index_e.html

Eric W. Weisstein's treasure troves of science.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/

Medieval art, history and architecture.  http://www.newyorkcarver.com/

A couple of interesting calculators.
http://www.esbconsult.com.au/esbcalc/esbcalc.html
http://www.esbconsult.com.au/esbcalc/esbunitconv.html

The needlepoint museum.
http://www.hoopla.org/Cabinet/NeedlepointSplash.html

The John Margolies archive of photographs of American roadside
architecture.  http://www.hoopla.org/Margolies/index.html

A carousel designed by kids.
http://www.hoopla.org/Carousel/index.htm

NeoNapster, an open source app.  http://www.neonapster.com/

Net Lizard's Legal Web (portal).  http://www.netlizard.com/

A few costless web templates.  http://www.webpagedesign.com.au/

Web publishing tools.  http://www.netprosweb.com/webtools.htm

Solitaire games online.  http://www.netsolitaire.com/

Network for Good is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the
Web to help people get more involved in their communities.
http://www.networkforgood.org/

This site is slow loading and has to do with unusual computer cases.
Skip it if you don't have a technical bent.
http://www.g-news.ch/articles/nhp200nc/

A "do nothing" virtual aquarium with two swimming fish.
http://www.grafxsoft.com/fishtank.htm

An extensive political news resource.  What sort of spin has it got?
I don't know, explore it if you like.  Tell me what you think.
http://www.newsbatch.com/

A parenting resource.  http://www.parent.net/

Cyber Newseum (news archive).
http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/html/index.htm

The Washington Post might be a pretty cool news source but only if
you're willing to register.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Up to this point, many, but not all, of the links I've listed also
appeared in the last and final issue of the maxpatch ezine.
None of the links listed from this point onward appeared in
the maxpatch publication.

A high Tech news source.  http://www.newsfactor.com/

The online newspaper for Linux and Open Source.
http://www.newsforge.com/

Woodworking tips & tricks, tool reviews, project plans and how-to's.
http://www.newwoodworker.com/

A site for new writers in the UK.  http://www.newwriter.co.uk/

Click on "Products" and scroll down the products page to get to the
costless apps at Outer Technologies.  http://www.outertech.com/

Add a cartoon to your website, from Ged Goff, a freelance cartoonist
 in Kansas City, MO.  http://www.newslettercartoons.com/

National Gallery of Art, Teacher Institute 2004: Storytelling and the
Visual Arts.  http://www.nga.gov/education/storyworkshop.htm

National Gallery of Art, kids site.  http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

Misheard lyrics and song parodies.  http://www.amiright.com/

Stories for children.
http://www.bygosh.com/kidsstories.htm
http://www.kieto.com/kids/kids_stories.htm
http://short-stories.org.uk/
http://home12.inet.tele.dk/fil/essays.htm
http://www.toottoot.com/map.htm

Portrait tutorials for artists.
http://www.portrait-artist.org/
http://www.geocities.com/bearsclover/portraits/
(One of these had a pop-up but I lost track of which.)

Test yourself any number of ways (one pop-up).
http://web.tickle.com/

This is my favorite color tool for image and website editing.
http://www.boolean.ca/coder/

Asya Schween is a very intelligent person, with very weird
ideas about photographic art.  Check out the review here:
http://snipurl.com/7e48
Or go straight to her website and review it yourself.
http://www.myownself.com/

Panoramic photographs, 1851 - 1991.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pnhtml/pnhome.html

A parody collection.  http://www.dumbentia.com/

An informal history of Bitnet and the Internet.
http://nethistory.dumbentia.com/

The official website of the American Yo-Yo Association.
http://ayya.pd.net/

Who wants to talk to a robot?  http://www.alicebot.org/

Pseudo-scientific testing of twinkies.
http://www.twinkiesproject.com/

Doc Harris is something of a zany character who's website was, for me
at least, fun to explore.  His home page has some interesting security
features. *grin*  Just click on the Jelly beans to get in.
http://www.docharris.com/warning.html

Open letters to people or entities who are unlikely to respond.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/

Unusual aviation pictures.  http://www.aviationpics.de/

An online dictionary.  http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/

Dr. Anthony A. Walsh's site has some content that's worth exploring.
http://inside.salve.edu/walsh/home.html

If you use Spybot Search & Destroy, as I do, you need to know that
version 1.2 is no longer supported.  Version 1.3 is available but
you'll need to uninstall any earlier version before installing it.
The author's site has, at this moment, exceeded it's allowable
bandwidth, but fortunately this application is mirrored in many
places, of which, majorgeeks is probably the best choice.
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html

Drama in Nature, a celebration of light.
http://www.dramainnature.com/index.htm

Study up on digital photography.
http://www.shortcourses.com/
http://www.photographic.com/

Mrs. Mitchell's Virtual School (educational portal).
http://www.kathimitchell.com/

More than 2500 original stock photos, all costless.
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

Alan's wacky world of bagpipes (image collection).
http://www.keithmusic.com/pipeimages.html

Robert Shea's site should be of interest to anyone who's
learning German or interested in things German.
http://www.serve.com/shea/work.htm

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              From my friend Doug McHone
               http://www.coffeeswirls.com

On a recent visit to Doug's site I found this heart
warming story.  http://snipurl.com/7fmp

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Joseph Lukas is a fan of old-time radio
programs and he sent me a link to a site
that offers mp3 recordings on a paid
subscription basis.  I don't list commercial
sites Joseph, unless they offer some costless
resources on their site,  but here are some
links my pal google and I found that we hope
you enjoy.

http://www.old-time.com/
http://www.radiolovers.com/
http://www.otr.com/index.shtml
http://www.moonlightsys.com/otr/
http://www.oldtimeradioprograms.com/
http://www.yesterdayusa.com/
http://www.wayback.net/
http://www.genericradio.com/
http://otrsite.com/radiolog/
http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/
http://www.otrnow.com/otrnow/
http://old-time-radio.com/
http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/mcleod.html

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My friend Irving Stein is an "email junkie".
Sometimes he sends interesting links but
more often he sends forwarded jokes. If I
like the joke, I use google to find it on a
webpage.   Irv's one of the online computer
experts at http://www.allexperts.com  where
his identity is "Irving S".  You might also enjoy
his website:  http://www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com

Humorous bits from Irv.
http://www.villines.com/Internet/fiftyyears.htm
http://www.bushorchimp.com/pics2.html
http://www.funny2.com/mensrules.htm  (one pop-up)
http://www.easydesksoftware.com/humor.htm

Useful or interesting things from Irv.

This Birthday Calculator tells you some interesting
things, given your birthday.
http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

Black Viper's articles and information (computer).
http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/articles.htm

The dangers of email attachments.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-010.html

Email address directory.
http://theultimates.com/email/

Fast food nutrition.  http://www.fatcalories.com/

Find the best gas prices.  http://gasbuddy.com/

An interesting portal site.  http://www.myclicker.com/

PC tips.  http://www.users.bigpond.com/billimetzke/index.htm

Interesting facts about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the
Sentinels of the Third United States Infantry Regiment "Old Guard".
http://www.operationhomefront.net/tomb.htm

Thanks Irv.

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Jo-Ann Burton is a wonderful friend.  We didn't
grow up together, and we've never met in person
but she's my sister.  I harvest links that she
posts to a small Yahoo group to which we both
belong.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/

1,194 MPG (article).  http://snipurl.com/7fq3
A wealth of other news from the same source.  http://www.ascribe.org/

Mazes, labyrinths and the seven wonders of the world.
http://www.amazeingart.com/

All about artists (information and portal resource).
http://www.allaboutartists.com/index.html

News from the Barbie doll front.  http://snipurl.com/7fq7

Women in Canadian history.  http://www.niagara.com/~merrwill/

Take the (U.S.) Constitution test.
http://www.federalist.com/histdocs/constitutiontest.htm

David Lee's art and wallpaper gallery.
http://www.howstrange.com/frames.htm

Devin Balkcom's origami folding robot. http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~devin/

An online dodgeball game (I didn't try this one because it took too
long to load on my dial-up connection.  http://snipurl.com/7ed0

Extreme ironing is the latest danger sport that combines the thrills
of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed
shirt.  http://www.extremeironing.com/

Thanks Jo.

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Vinette DePhillipe is a friend and web sibling
who sends me links and occasional jokes.
Vi is "into" stitchery, crafts, eclectic
oddities and cool stuff for her grandkids.

Dream information.  http://www.sleeps.com/dreams.html

Jacquie Lawson's beautiful web cards.  http://www.jacquielawson.com/

Lots of quizzes.  http://quizilla.com/

Thanks Vi.

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How's this for a first issue folks?  I don't think they'll regularly
be quite this large but I haven't had much else to do since I
joined the ranks of the unemployed *grin*  As I write this
there are 179 subscribers to this new list but there are still a
few maxpatch refugees trickling in.  If I posted this right now,
a few of those new subscribers would miss the first issue so
 I'll force myself to wait until late this evening before posting it.
If you're curious to know how many more subscribers I
picked up by waiting, the last thing I'll do before posting this
is check the subscriber count and enter that number at the top
of this ezine.  The difference between that number and 179
will show how many new subscribers came in after this was
written.

I've added some of my tutorials, which formerly appeared on
the maxpatch site, to my personal site
http://www.don-guitar.com
and plan to add a great deal more content, as time permits,
but much of my energy will be devoted to seeking another
online writing and/or web editing job for some time to come.

Now that I'm without a sponsor, and don't have to answer
to anyone but my readers, your input is more important
than ever.  Your suggestions, questions, criticisms, and
comments are more than welcome.  Of course you can
send me links too, if you like, just be sure and give me
your name, as you want it to be listed, so I can give you
due credit.

My feedback form is here:
http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html

Thank you all for subscribing to this ezine.

Don Crowder - Wednesday, June 30, 2004

11:49 AM CST - Tow, TX, USA

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