[donspatch] 2004-10-01

Don's Patch Issue #2004-10-01 from http://www.don-guitar.com

Wow, I'm knocked out here.  Following my last issue several of
you went to the website and made donations, bringing the
cumulative total up to $180.  Thank you all.  You've helped
me catch up on some bills and given me a great deal of
incentive.

My new job (stocker in a supermarket) is physically demanding
but I'm getting used to it and enjoying the work even if it is quite
a departure from things I've done in the past.  Life is change.
Change is good.

Remember, your input is always welcome.  I value your suggestions
and comments, and I'm always willing to help you find answers to
your computer and Internet questions.

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This app creates screensavers and costs nothing for personal use.
http://snipurl.com/9erf

Adobe Atmosphere looked interesting to me.
 http://www.adobe.com/products/atmosphere/

Anders Jakobsen's cool stuff.   http://www.aezay.dk/

Putting photos on the web.   http://basepath.com/Albumatic/

Alex Fauland's easy to use tools and utilities.
http://www.fauland.com/

Some retro games from a fellow named Andy.
 http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/anoble/index.html

a couple of programs for graphic artists and web designers (usable
as screen saver too).  http://www.anfyteam.com/

Angryziber's costless goodies.  http://www.angryziber.com

Try your hand at creating animation.
http://www.tappsplace.freeserve.co.uk/newanimationsoftware.htm

Solve word jumbles puzzles with ease and speed.
http://annaogram.weeblewobbled.com/html/anna-o-gram.html

This app could be handy for timing any event while you're computing.
http://ant4.com/PizzaTimer/index.html

Some hi-tech security apps for serious geeks.
http://www.securitysoftware.cc/apps.html

How about a random chicken recipe?
http://www.randomchicken.com/entertainment/recipes.html

For 25 years communications electronics was my career.  These
days, it's an interesting hobby.  http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/

"Eraser" is a secure data removal tool.
http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

This one's fairly "commercial" but you might find something interesting.
http://www.freebyte.com/

An allegedly impartial listing of inexpensive or costless ISP's.
http://www.freedomlist.com/

What's more fun than learning something new?
http://www.free-ed.net/

Albeit commercial you might have some fun visiting this puzzling site.
http://freejigsawpuzzles.com/

I've heard of Linux and FreeBSD but was surprised to find 48 different,
costless, operating systems listed here.  http://www.freeos.com/

FreeShadow can help you put very nice shadows on pictures.
http://www.dmagic.dk/freeshadow/

Costless tutorials on computer and internet technology.
http://tutorials.freeskills.com

If you can't get enough technology, here's a way to raise your
input levels.  http://www.freetechmail.org/

Vremya is a time setting utility for Mac users.
 http://www.lava.net/~kirill/software/vremya.html

You may find some interesting reading here.
http://www.freetune.com/most_popular_pages.htm
and if you've never been to Fred Langa's BrowserTune site you should
check it out.   http://www.browsertune.com/bt2kfast/

A large ad supported site that may nevertheless be worth exploring.
http://www.freewarehome.com/

A "fringe" site on movies.  http://www.futuristmovies.com/

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"Phil" is an acronym for ""Public Health Image Library".
http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp

Windows goodies from Jam Software.
http://www.jam-software.com/software.shtml

Eclectic goodies from Magical Jelly Bean.
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/

Possible web-dev learning resources.
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Toolkit/prog.html
http://www.projectseven.com/

Computer programmer's resources.
http://www.programmersheaven.com/

Cool stuff from Hermann Hehn.  http://www.hushpage.com/

Good intentions and nifty web design is nice but it may not
be enough.  http://www.progressmovement.org/

Online games and/or puzzles.
http://www.prongo.com/games/
http://www.thepuzzlefactory.com/

An interesting revenue resource for law enforcement and one more
way to "buy stuff" for us consumers.  http://www.propertybureau.com/

Who's interested in professional music recording?
http://www.prorec.com/

A portal to higher education resources.
http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/Foundations/links.html

A gateway to public understanding of science.
http://psci-com.org.uk/

This isn't exactly a dictionary.  http://www.pseudodictionary.com

A PSP resource.  http://www.psppower.com

Encyclopedia of Psychology.  http://www.psychology.org/

An interesting looking computer help site.
http://pcmedics.itgo.com/

Public lettering:  A walk in central London.
http://www.publiclettering.org.uk/

A costless "mini-PIM".
http://www.capstralia.com/products/lite/

An interesting quotations site.  http://www.quoteland.com/

Several eclectic but interesting things to see here.
http://www.fiveanddime.net/

Women in History.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/index.html
An interesting woman from the site.
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/cars-rac.htm

Looking for a radio station?  http://www.radio-locator.com/

This website, and the four other sites associated with it are all
"on the level" but I find it amazingly difficult to remember to visit
them regularly.  http://www.therainforestsite.com/

A portal for Mystery fans.
http://www.ranas-world.com/mlinks.html

A specifically random portal.  http://www.random.com/

A place for random numbers.  http://www.random.org/

Size-O-Matic makes it easy to view your web pages at any
resolution without having to actually change any settings on
your computer.   http://www.pythoness.com/

Pryme is a nice little webcam program capable of the most
common things.  http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/

Random woodworking tips.
http://www.delorie.com/wood/tips/

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Extremely useful information for XP users.
http://snipurl.com/8y0i

The Learning Web from USGS.
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/

An interesting online tool for analyzing text.
http://snipurl.com/9gxo

A short list of useful things.
http://www.groan-zone.net/delphi.html

The WebTV Viewer simulates the TV browser on your personal
computer.  http://developer.msntv.com/Tools/WebTVVwr.asp

A Windows troubleshooting site.  http://www.wintrouble.net/

News from a computer users perspective.
http://www.wired.com/

Independent research for an environmentally sustainable and
socially just society.  http://www.worldwatch.org/

I don't know if this site belongs to Steve Wozniak or one of
his many fans but it's interesting.   http://www.woz.org/

Some costless apps.  http://www.xtort.net/xtort/xtort.php

A resource for frugal living.  http://www.betterbudgeting.com/

A consumer's most valuable resource is the right to complain.
http://www.thecomplaintstation.com/
http://www.complaints.com/

Employment Law information.  http://www.elinfonet.com/

Wisdom or foolishness?  Don't ask me, I've no idea, but it's
interesting.  http://www.fool.com/

As we move more deeply into the information age, personal
privacy is increasingly threatened and protecting it is
becoming a crusade for some people.
http://www.nccprivacy.org/

Checkout the NSF.   http://www.nsf.org/

Diana's Kitchen (recipes).  http://www.hungrybrowser.com/

Ping pong anyone?  http://www.usatt.org/

Leo "YaYa" O'Neil's site contains original songs, poems,
humor, true stories, recipes and opinions.
http://home.flash.net/~texas1/yaya.htm

Anthony Cook's site gets larger and more interesting all the time.
http://www.idzant.com/

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sent in by readers in the same manner.  I figure the site is worthy of
another mention if a reader liked it enough to send it in.

In the last few issues I've been too busy with other things to list
the links sent in by my readers but I gave myself an extra day
with this one, posting it on the due date rather than the day before,
in order to give myself time to insert some reader contributions.

Here's a few links sent in by reader John L.

From the BBC, a very cool site on the Human mind and body.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/

As an avid reader, John is a big fan of Bookspot and Libraryspot.
http://www.bookspot.com/
http://www.libraryspot.com/

The Cyber Times Navigator is a nifty site from the New York Times.
http://snipurl.com/3dr5

Medline is an excellent health information resource.
http://www.medlineplus.gov/

Security Tango is an terrific computer resource, check it out!
http://www.securitytango.com/

John, thanks for the links and for your generous monetary contribution
as well.

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Lisa Miller is an accomplished digital artist (some of her work is
shown on my website), a true friend, and recently a co-worker
since we work in the same supermarket.  Here's the links she's
sent me in the last few weeks.

The interesting artwork of Roger Brown.
http://www.rogerbrown-artist.com/

One of the most impressive arguments for the concept of
natural selection (evolution) involves birds.
http://www.rit.edu/~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/DarwinFinch.html
http://snipurl.com/9h2d

The Darwin Awards aren't about Charles Darwin, but they're
nevertheless interesting.  http://www.darwinawards.com/

Rock and Roll legend, Chuck Berry.
http://www.chuckberry.com/home.php

The digital art of Lou van Delft.  http://www.digitalartist.ca/

A tribute to Edith Piaf (1915-1963), one of France's most
beloved singers, with much success shortly before and
during World War II.  http://www.edithpiaf.com/

Family Rock and Roll.  http://www.daddyagogo.com/

"Girl stuff":  http://www.girlpower.gov/

Learning resources from HP.  http://snipurl.com/9h2j

Knights of Kindness.  http://www.baddteddy.com/knights/

Rosemary West's left-handed world.
http://www.rkwest.com/left/essay1.shtml

The official Leon Redbone site.  http://www.leonredbone.com/

Look good, feel better.  http://www.lookgoodfeelbetter.org/

On the decay of the art of lying (An essay by Mark Twain).
http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/442/
More interesting online reading.
http://www.readbookonline.net/

This is, of course, a joke (no, really).
http://bbspot.com/News/2000/4/MS_Buys_Evil.html

Paper toys you can make yourself.
http://www.papertoys.com/

"Piky Basket" looks interesting.
http://www.conceptworld.com/piky/piky_features.asp

Resources for journalists.  http://powerreporting.com/

The story of Chang and Eng Bunker.
http://blueridgecountry.com/newtwins/twins.html

Creative play.  http://www.sodaplay.com/

The Techno-Impressionist Museum.
http://www.techno-impressionist.com/

Virtual Reality: A short introduction.
http://www-vrl.umich.edu/intro/

Ten strategies for better Web searching.
http://powerreporting.com/altavista.html

One of the most popular WordPerfect Office users
groups on the Web.  http://www.wpuniverse.com/

Thanks Lisa.

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My friend Eddie Akaye, who is "into" media of all
sorts, sent this link to an application which can
allegedly copy and save streaming media.
 http://www.xi-soft.com/default.htm

Reader Leo sent links to these two interesting sites.
http://www.freewareweb.com/
http://www.secretmaker.com/

Reader Tracy and I agree that this is a worthwhile site.
http://www.freecycle.org/

Thanks Eddie, Leo, and Tracy.

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Don Crowder - Friday, October 1, 2004

12:01 PM CST - Tow, TX, USA

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