Don's Patch Issue #2004-10-15 from http://www.don-guitar.com Hey, hey, it's that time again. I feel like I've been awfully busy lately as I'm learning to integrate a forty-hour-a-week job into my normal daily life. I'm behind on several mundane jobs, like mowing the lawn, and that makes me feel guilty all the time. I don't recall ever feeling guilty in the days when I had three kids at home and a regular job. Does that mean I've matured? Guess I'll need to ponder that one for a bit. Meanwhile, I'll get started on this issue. 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. My feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª I'm left-handed and recently did a google search on the topic. Here are some of the results. http://www.ac2w.com/en_ac2w.htm http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/ (commercial but interesting) http://lefthand.domnik.net/ http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/left.handed.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/142514.stm http://www.crochet.org/lessons/lessonl/lessonl.html http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LeftHanded http://www.left-handersday.com/ http://www.pencollectors.com/pennant/spring00/nibworks.html http://www.the-pencil-place.freeserve.co.uk/pen_left.htm http://physicsweb.org/article/news/6/5/4 http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/lspeak.html http://www.nibs.com/Left-hand%20writers.htm http://pw1.netcom.com/~nikonman/lefties.html http://gos.sbc.edu/l/leguin.html http://www.well.com/user/smalin/lefthand.htm http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/lefthand.asp http://jackie.freeshell.org/woh/lefty.htm http://www.zaner-bloser.com/html/HWsupport1.html Interesting travel photos. http://travelindependent.info/wombat/ http://www.photomann.com/ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/rgs/sawyr-table.html The Adventures of Pinocchio. http://snipurl.com/9qto The Adventures of Josie True is a web-based historical adventure game for girls. http://www.josietrue.com/ Medieval, fantasy, and other fonts culled from the web. http://fonts.lordkyl.net/ A gardening clip-art portal. http://www.thegardenlink.com/html/clipart.htm The Internet Renaissance Band. http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/emusic/ Results from a search on "Sky People". http://snipurl.com/9qud A nice "self promotional" site from China. http://www.china.org.cn/english/index.htm The web site of the Wind River Historical Center in Dubois, Wyoming. http://www.windriverhistory.org/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This publication is only mailed to verified double opt-in subscribers, and is brought to you by me, Don Crowder, and http://www.freelists.org ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª 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 her Yahoo group (to which I belong). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ DD Parodies offers some interesting oddities like the Amish laptop and Cybertan. http://www.mystique.net/ Royalty-free clip art from Miss Mary's Archive of antique Victorian ephemera, postcards, photographs and antiquarian books. http://www.missmary.com/ NewScientist, science and technology news. http://www.newscientist.com The "Personality Page". http://www.personalitypage.com/ Bob Cromwell's exploration of toilets. http://www.cromwell-intl.com/toilet/ More fun from Bob. http://www.cromwell-intl.com/funstuff.html Classic video game history. http://www.emuunlim.com/doteaters/play1sta1.htm A nice list of recipes. http://www.geocities.com/webcipes/angellist.html A collection of word oddities and trivia. http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html Chuck is "into" RPGs but his site contains information on other sorts of games and some riddles. http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/k/knikolai/ Plain English Campaign is an independent pressure group with more than 7000 registered supporters in 80 countries fighting for public information to be written in plain English. http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/ Nursery rhymes, lyrics and origins. http://www.rhymes.org.uk/ The Victorian Turkish bath. http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/ Beatrix Potter's "World of Peter Rabbit". http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/ Wilson's Almanac. http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/ The (U.S.) National Postal Museum. http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/ Each year, "The Oscars of Idiocy" - The World Stupidity Awards, recognize achievement in stupidity, ignorance and foolishness. http://www.stupidityawards.com Finding stuff. http://www.e-seek-online.com/ Thanks Sis. ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª At the time this issue was posted, the current subscriber count for this publication was 263 ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª "Goodies" from Ransen Software. http://www.ransen.com/FreeStuff.htm DIY projects for electronics experimenters. http://www.rason.org/Projects/projects.htm The second screensaver listed on this page (Mosaic) is costless. http://www.sente.co.uk/screensaver.htm Real time experiments. http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Experiments.html Chess software. http://www.rebel.nl/decrel.htm Bert Christensen's Weird & Different Recipes (yuck!). http://www.bertc.com/recipes.htm Nonprofit computer recycling and reuse network. http://www.recycles.org/ A nice list of references on a single page. http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html A bloody tale. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/ A good site for kids. http://www.funschool.com/ Eric Howes' privacy & security page at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/main-nf.htm Be reminded of significant dates. http://www.rememberit.com/ An HTML tutorial for beginners. http://www.relisoft.com/web/html.html A collection of computer tips and tricks. http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Tips/Intro.html A short list of Windows goodies. http://www.relisoft.com/freeware/index.htm A few goodies from Remco de Korte. http://www.xs4all.nl/~remcodek/ European Union search resource. http://www.renardus.org/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª If you'd like to help promote this non-commercial publication, please forward this ezine to anyone you know who might appreciate it. 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If you've received this publication as a forward and wish to subscribe you may easily do so from online forms in these two locations: http://www.don-guitar.com/subsmanager.html http://www.freelists.org/list/donspatch ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This is a commercial site that could be very useful. http://www.repairclinic.com/ A portal site for beginning webmasters. http://www.startingwebmaster.com/ Relisoft offers resources for computer programmers http://www.relisoft.com science enthusiasts, http://www.relisoft.com/Science/index.htm and HTML learners. http://www.relisoft.com/web/html.html This online guide to traditional games, from the UK, looks interesting. http://www.tradgames.org.uk Garnet Hertz has a site that may be worth exploring. http://www.conceptlab.com/index.html When I saw these recipes the first thing I thought was "gee, I wonder if I can substitute my favorite BBQ sauce?". http://www.gatesbbq.com/recipes.html Geneology resources/portals. http://www.gengateway.com/ http://www.genealogytoday.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com/ David Mendosa's Diabetes Directory. http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm Electronics enthusiasts may enjoy exploring this one. http://www.rfcafe.com/ A ham radio resource. http://www.rigpix.com/ The Richard Nixon library and birthplace. http://www.nixonlibrary.org/ Gratuitous apps from Rimrock Software. http://www.rimrocksoftware.com/freeware.html Offbeat tourist attractions. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ The website of Rock & Roll critic, Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/ Search your own computer with Google. http://desktop.google.com A news source that offers an RSS reader. http://www.rocketnews.com/news/index.jsp "Room 108": Kids educational activities center. http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª My feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html I welcome all comments, suggestions, or criticism. 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Thanks to all of you who've shown support for my efforts with your comments, suggestions, compliments and donations. Reader Jon Reed, was that your artwork in your snail mail? If not, where did you find it? Drop me a line please. Don Crowder - Thursday, October 15, 2004 12:32 AM CST - Tow, TX, USA ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Privacy: I will never share, sell, or otherwise compromise your email address. Privacy Policy on my website. http://www.don-guitar.com/privacy.html Freelists.org Privacy Policy. http://www.freelists.org/privacy.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª The most important people on the Internet, for you and I as computer users, are software developers. The world's coolest computer, without software, is like a car without fuel. It might look great, but what can it do? It doesn't matter who produces the software you love and use regularly, the developers of that software need your support. 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