Don's Patch Issue #2005-05-01 from http://www.don-guitar.com My wedding was wonderful. Here's a few photos but the page will take a few minutes to load if you have a dial up connection. http://www.don-guitar.com/wedpx.html Lisa's taken some wonderful photos of Springtime wildflowers too but the page is a bit large and will load more slowly than the wedding photos. http://www.don-guitar.com/wildflowers.html I have a few more images I'd like to post but they'll have to wait until next time. Let's get started. 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 A business resource for women. http://www.advancingwomen.com A great public radio program and website. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but it does look interesting. http://tor.eff.org/ Children's science projects, simple science experiments and kids science questions answered. http://www.sciencemadesimple.com Coping with depression in Australia. http://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Tom Mahood's site is about "Area 51 and associated legends". http://www.serve.com/mahood/bluefire.htm The Blue Flag is an exclusive eco-label awarded to more than 2900 beaches and marinas in 29 countries across Europe, South Africa and the Caribbean in 2004. http://www.blueflag.org/ A few sites for Blues fans. http://www.thebluehighway.com/ http://www.deltahaze.com/johnson/ http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/pdhist.shtml An online bible resource. http://www.blueletterbible.org/ Awesome images and information from NASA's Earth Observatory. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ An online phone book for the U.S. government. http://www.usbluepages.gov/ America's first and ultimately longest rural scenic parkway. http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/ Robots, the movie, was created by Blue Sky Studios. http://www.blueskystudios.com/content/index.php Mothers who have or have had children serving in the (U.S.) military. http://www.bluestarmothers.org/ A few fonts and icons. http://www.bvfonts.com/free/fonts10.shtml Fighting for the conservation of life in the oceans. http://www.bluevoice.org/ Preserving natural resources for people instead of protecting them from same. http://www.sharetrails.org/ A directory of wonderful things. http://www.boingboing.net/ A Canadian site about forests. http://www.borealforest.org/index.php Business Talk Radio Network. http://www.businesstalkradio.net/ When you cross Mozilla and Mac you get Camino. http://www.caminobrowser.org/ Frankly, I've never heard of Charlie Rose, but this is his site. http://www.charlierose.com/ America's longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show devoted exclusively to computers and technology. http://www.computeramerica.com/ A computer tech support site. http://www.computing.net/ An unofficial Aptiva support site from a fellow who calls himself "DON5408". http://members.aol.com/don5408/aptiva.html GlobalEar is an international forum. http://www.globalear.com/ Online stories and games for kids, from Robert Lewis. http://www.dreambox.com/index2.html A good ESL (English as a Second Language) resource. http://www.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/ A game site the permits you to determine the value of their products. http://www.fasco-csc.com/index_e.html History of Bloomers. http://www.spirithistory.com/blomer.html Imagen is a cool multimedia player. http://www.gromada.com/imagen.html A worldwide project celebrating independent content and design on the web. http://independentsday.org/ Computer related links and discussion. http://forums.infoprosjoint.net/ Invisible LAN products are available without cost for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, and ME users. http://www.invisiblesoft.com/invlan/index.shtml An excellent resource on Italian and Spanish cooking. http://www.theitaliantaste.com/index.php Shaun Ivory's site is worth exploring. http://www.ivory.org/ Lots of interesting things to learn about the Blue Crab. http://www.blue-crab.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 Gentium is a typeface family designed to enable the diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin script to produce readable, high-quality publications. It supports a wide range of Latin-based alphabets and includes glyphs that correspond to all the Latin ranges of Unicode. http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium Shouldn't this one be classified? http://www.jamesbond.com/ As a small child I believed that one of the "coolest things in the universe" was a big green "Poppin' Johnny", John Deere tractor. I still think they're pretty cool. http://www.deere.com/en_US/compinfo/history/index.html What is a jpeg? http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part1/ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part2/ An interesting utility. http://www.pitrinec.com/pkwindex.htm Kudzu, what is it? http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/exotic/vegman/fifteen.htm http://www.kudzucuisine.com/ http://www.invasivespecies.gov/profiles/kudzu.shtml http://home.att.net/~ejlinton/kudzu.html http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/puelo.htm http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/ This interesting little collection of recipes seems to be part of a college course. http://pls2003c.ifas.ufl.edu/PLS2003crecipefoodlist.htm A very interesting project from Megan Shaw Prelinger and Rick Prelinger. http://home.earthlink.net/~alysons/coin.html This site offers some useful information for anyone learning CSS. http://www.bluerobot.com/ Lens-magnifying glass is an easy to use graphic tool for viewing the screen area in different zooms. http://www.abf-soft.com/lens-magnifying-glass.shtml An icon editor suite for the Windows platform that includes features such as icon extraction, multi-icon resource creation, cursor creation, and multiple graphics effects built-in. http://www.x2studios.com/index.php?page=products&id=11 A resource for music lovers. http://www.thestatenislandboys.com/ MajorGeeks http://www.majorgeeks.com/ is probably the best site around for researching the applications you need for your computer. They list "all the good stuff" even if it's costless, meaning there's "nothing in it for them". They also have excellent tech support forums. http://forums.majorgeeks.com/ Mars Picture of the Day and MOC (Mars Observer Camera) galleries. http://www.msss.com/ The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory has a very cool website where they keep you informed on what astronomers are doing lately: http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/research/ The Observatory also produces StarDate (a popular radio program) http://stardate.org/ and Universo Online (a Spanish language version of Stardate) http://radiouniverso.org/ and offers a great ezine: http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/skytips/ Lisa and I have had a terrific time learning to use the incredible little tools offered by Mediachance. She's an experienced PSP user and still finds that these simple little tools are powerful, easy, and fun to use. Check them out. http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/index.html Mediachance offers some other cool things here. http://www.mediachance.com/free/index.html A few apps from Mirek Wojtowicz. http://www.mirekw.com/index.html Mitch Fincher's site may be worth exploring. http://www.fincher.org/index.shtml The Museum of Modern Art. http://www.moma.org/ Mopar Action (magazine) online. http://www.moparaction.com mozillaZine (daily Mozilla news and advocacy). http://www.mozillazine.org/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites (these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ). (a few of these have pop-ups) http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.ap.org/ http://www.prwatch.org/ http://www.cio.com/ http://www.desktoppipeline.com/ http://www.extremetech.com/ http://news.findlaw.com/ http://www.fool.com/ http://www.forbes.com/ http://www.fortune.com/fortune/ http://www.freshnews.org/ http://www.davesdaily.com/ http://www.favreau.info/ http://www.globetechnology.com/ http://informationweek.com/ http://www.newsoftheodd.com/ http://www.newsfactor.com/ http://www.jakeopolis.com/index.html http://www.jonesday.com/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/ http://www.redherring.com/ArticlesHome.aspx http://www.alertnet.org/index.htm http://www.reuters.com/home.jhtml http://www.salon.com/ http://www.sci-tech-today.com/ http://slashdot.org/ http://www.techweb.com/ http://news.techwhack.com/ http://www.theonion.com/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://www.thevoiceofreason.com/ http://www.uswaternews.com/homepage.html http://webquest.org/news/index.html http://www.sfexaminer.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª At the time this issue was posted, the current subscriber count for this publication was 292. ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Microsoft's Forum Network. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php? "On this day in history" from Microsoft's Encarta. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/onthisday.aspx The "Big Dig" from Massachusetts Turnpike Authority has been in the news a time or two lately. http://www.massturnpike.com/bigdig/ This day In music history. http://datadragon.com/day/ A football forum. http://www.myfootballforum.com/ National Geographic photo of the day. http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability. http://www.ncpad.org/ A collection of links on the concept of no-dig, no-till gardening. http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/vegetable/weed.html http://www.hydrosource.com/w3clp009.htm http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1279/is_202/ai_112862008 http://www.floydcountyinview.com/notillgardening.html http://snipurl.com/ejs7 http://www.farm-garden.com/primers/26/ http://www.allspiritfitness.com/library/features/g-no-dig-garden.shtml http://www.junkscience.com/news3/garden.htm http://www.houseandhome.msn.com/garden/gardenplanningprimer0.aspx http://www.seedballs.com/mcain.html http://essenes.net/notill.html http://snipurl.com/ejs9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_gardening http://www.showplacelandscaping.com/les5.html http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/simple_homesteading/60401 http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/envirohort/426-364/426-364.html Special feature: Vincent Van Gogh. http://webexhibits.org/vangogh/ http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/bio.htm http://www.rosecity.net/vangoghsear/genealogy.html http://www.vangoghgallery.com/ http://www.serve.com/Lucius/VanGogh.index.html http://snipurl.com/ejsi http://www.don-mclean.com/downloads/index.asp http://www.atara.net/vangogh/ http://snipurl.com/ejsj http://www.health.org/nongovpubs/absinthe/ 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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Here are a few of them. http://www.blueparrots.com/blue1.html http://www.fileflash.com/ http://www.filelibrary.com/ http://www.fileheaven.com/ http://www.filehungry.com/ http://www.finaldownload.com/ http://www.freeware-guide.com/ http://www.freewarefind.com/ http://www.galttech.com/index.html http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ http://www.hotdownloads.com/index.php3 http://www.jumbo.com/ http://www.nonags.com/ http://freeware.intrastar.net/index.html http://www.pure-mac.com/index.html http://www.shellcity.net/ http://www.softlookup.com/ http://www.tucows.com/ http://www.tudogs.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª My feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html I welcome all comments, suggestions, or criticism. The form doesn't access your email client (it's a CGI form), so your privacy is assured. If you know of a website that would be a good candidate for this ezine, please pass it on via our online feedback form (link above). ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª King's Call is an online adventure game. http://www.kingscall.org/ The (U.S.) National Education Association. http://www.nea.org/ An online tool for educators. http://www.netdaycompass.org/ The Night Sky Network. http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ Britannica presents Normandy 1944. http://search.eb.com/normandy/ How to defeat a chain letter. http://www.kith.org/logos/things/chain.html The USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ A computer help resource for Windows NT, 2000, and XP. http://www.ntcompatible.com/index.html Open source business apps. http://www.objectweb.org/ The Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day. http://www.oed.com/cgi/display/wotd The dictionary's main page. http://www.oed.com/ A slightly different sort of relief effort. http://www.onefamilyfund.org/index.asp Family friendly online reading. http://www.ongoing-tales.com/contents.html Every piece of computer hardware requires an interface app to "connect" it to the computer. These apps are called "drivers". http://www.opendrivers.com/ I can't figure out whether this is a portal site or a content provider but they do seem to be ad supported and probably have some sort of spin. http://www.openhere.com/ This organic gardening site may seem provincial, since they refer to Aotearoa, New Zealand, but some of the contents are "generic". http://www.organicpathways.co.nz/ Anime and Manga on the Web. http://otakuworld.com/ Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows. http://www.winsupersite.com/default.asp This PC Technology site may have good content but I really hate the ads and don't much care for the site design. http://www.pctechguide.com/index.htm Some very interesting pictures of pennies (scroll down). http://www.fincher.org/Misc/Pennies/ Here's a site that's well worth exploring. http://www.pewinternet.org/ Back when Phil Woodford turned 35 (in 2003) he had an interesting idea for his birthday party. Read the blog to see how it turned out. http://www.35forphil.com/ Learn about pinhole photography. Check out the gallery. http://www.pinholeday.org/ Ok, it could be argued that this site isn't particularly family friendly and I'm not about to get into a discussion on either of the prime topics this site brings up but I thought this was an interesting, and thought provoking site. http://www.pinkpistols.org/ Interesting reading about the Philippines. http://snipurl.com/eklr There's something about Mike McGroarty's gardening site that bothers me. I don't know if it's a scheme, a scam, or just highly enthusiastic in a commercial sort of way. http://www.freeplants.com/ Law enforcement job postings. http://www.theblueline.com/ The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization that conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research. http://www.popcouncil.org/ AttitudeMedia's Positive Quote of the Day. http://www.positivepress.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Archives for this ezine are available online here: http://www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª A nice collection of educational resources for young people. http://www.happychild.org.uk/ Random House is a book publisher but there's plenty of interesting reading on their website too. http://www.randomhouse.com/index.pperl I don't normally list commercial sites but I like the notion behind this one. http://www.dolphinblue.com/ Robin Olson's personal site has lots to explore. http://www.robinsweb.com/index.html Three small apps from Vitaliy Levchenko. http://www.raritet.com.ua/vlsoft/exico/index.html http://www.raritet.com.ua/vlsoft/renamus/index.html http://www.raritet.com.ua/vlsoft/flycube/index.html This seems to be a website for Rock and Roll critics. http://www.rockcritics.com/ A small producer of eclectic multimedia. http://www.roosterteeth.com/home.php The Catholic saint of the day. http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/default.asp A very extensive educational resource from SBC. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/ Some great reading, and other goodies from the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/ A resource for teachers. http://www.iscienceproject.com/ A resource for teachers who're also computer geeks. http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/tools/ A resource for working, or aspiring, screenwriters. http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/ A couple of apps from BaDaVlad. http://www.badevlad.com/sscom_en.htm http://www.badevlad.com/bdvnotepad_en.htm An online CSS resource (for IE at least). http://www.iconico.com/CSSScrollbar/ A few goodies offered by Brian Apps. http://www.brianapps.net/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Websites Everyone Should Know About These aren't sponsors, they're the best of Internet publications and I highly recommend them all. http://askTCL.com http://www.langa.com http://www.tourbus.com http://www.lockergnome.com http://www.neatnettricks.com http://www.scotsnewsletter.com http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª That's it for this issue, mainly because I've run out of time. Special thanks to John Lepse, Karyn Rukin, Sally, and an anonymous reader, and, oh by the way, John (Lepse) pointed me to this interesting story http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/massie/ and Sally asked me to remind everyone that some not-so- nice things often sneak onto your computer by being hidden in costless things like screensavers. I'm very careful about listing such programs but I don't claim to be infallible. Be careful. Thanks John and Sally May you all enjoy the best of love and luck. See you next time. Don Crowder - Sunday, May 1, 2005 1:20 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. 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