[donspatch] 2005-07-15

Don's Patch Issue #2005-07-15 from http://www.don-guitar.com

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I don't think anyone makes a better file compression utility than
7-Zip.   http://www.7-zip.org/

Alcoholics Anonymous has grown into an international organization.
http://www.aa-europe.net/
http://www.aagrapevine.org/
http://www.aa-intergroup.org/
http://www.recovery.org/aa/
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/

"Abigail's WWW Dream".
http://www.foad.org/~abigail/WWW/dream.html

An astronomical resource.   http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/

An online health community.   http://www.findyourhope.com/

African Union.   http://www.africa-union.org/

Agripedia is an Internet Accessible Interactive Multimedia
Instructional Resource, developed by the University of
Kentucky's College of Agriculture.   http://www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia/

Amazonian thoughts.
http://www.feministsf.org/femsf/bibs/amazons.html
http://www.warandgender.com/wgamazon.htm
http://www.mugu.com/cgi-bin/Upstream/People/Goldberg/SELIG.html
http://snipurl.com/g7wp

The "War on Terror" extends to the virtual world.
http://www.americasarmy.com/

National Archives of Australia.   http://www.naa.gov.au/

Time Tracker helps you to track time you spend with your computer.
Mail Checker checks your email at specified time intervals.
http://www.argosoft.com/freetoys/

The Book Arts Web.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/bookarts/

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A career resource.   http://www.careerkey.org/english/

This Indian site is a creative writing resource for kids all over the
world.   http://www.childplanet.com/

The Chinese Philosophical eText Archive.
http://sangle.web.wesleyan.edu/etext/

Children (& Families) of the Far East Prisoners of War.
http://www.cofepow.org.uk/index.html

Coming to America.  http://snipurl.com/g8b8
A resource for German citizens, provided by the German American
Chamber of Commerce.  http://www.gaccny.com/index.php?id=1&L=1

The Cousteau Society.   http://www.cousteau.org/en/

The Dana Medical Library from the University of Vermont.
http://library.uvm.edu/dana/indexes/index.html

The Danish Wind Industry Association offers an informative site which
also has a section for kids.  http://www.windpower.org/en/core.htm

A brief but informative page on file extensions from Queensland's
Department of Education and Arts.
http://education.qld.gov.au/about/files/audio.html

DOS games for your old computer.   http://www.dosgames.com/

A potential business resource.   http://www.economicexpert.com/

There's much to explore on this site, owned by Dr. Elisa Kay Sparks.
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/

Endometriosis:  An alternative view
http://www.endo-resolved.com/index.html

Eternal Egypt.  Despite the offer of a "text version" this site can't be
explored without experiencing the multimedia version.  If you have a
dial up connection, that's going to take a long time.  High speed
connection recommended.   http://www.eternalegypt.org/

The Euro.   http://www.euro.ecb.int/en.html

The European Court of Human Rights.
http://www.echr.coe.int/echr

Electronic Voice Phenomena.   http://www.aaevp.com/

A mini-feature on Fairy Tales.
http://www.familygames.com/features/quizzes/ftquiz.html
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/ReadingRoom/Fiction/FairyTales/
http://snipurl.com/g8ca
http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/jhwebquest.htm
http://www.bayswaterps.vic.edu.au/lote/maerchen/project.htm
http://www.op97.org/instruct/ftcyber/next.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/ridge/wq/savona/
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

A resource on "World Building" for Fantasy and/or Science Fiction
writers.  http://www.sfwa.org/writing/worldbuilding5.htm
More to explore, from Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers
of America.   http://www.sfwa.org/

A searchable electronic database that acquires, maintains, and
provides information regarding the research interests and
publications of investigators at Penn State/Hershey.
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/fred/index.html

The North Carolina Arboretum.   http://www.ncarboretum.org/

Canada's Freshwater Website.   http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/e_main.html

Photoshop, PSP and a few other sophisticated programs are all able to
use image altering utilities known as "plug-ins".  The file extension of
these little utilities is ".8bf".  Most people aren't aware that the two
most popular costless image editors;
XnView   http://www.xnview.com
and
Irfanview   http://www.irfanview.com
can also use these types of plug-ins.  Here's a place to find a few.
http://www.freephotoshop.com/

Stuff to read and explore.   http://freesoftwarereviews.org/

Lisa's ongoing exploration of digital art made it inevitable that she's
encounter "ray tracing".  This is cool stuff, but the line between art
and mathematics gets a little fuzzy.
http://fuzzyphoton.tripod.com/
http://www.irtc.org/
http://www.ben.com/LEGO/

Welcome to Germany.
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/willkommen/index_html

International business.   http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp

A nexus of information about the United States Congress.
http://www.govtrack.us/

The Health Library at Stanford.
http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/index.html

The State Hermitage Museum; St. Petersburg, Russia.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/

This site had some loading problems on my last visit so I'm reluctant
to list it but it is a good resource on homeopathic medicine.
http://www.similima.com/

Hot Sauce Blog.   http://www.hotsauceblog.com/

La Casa De Comida, The House of Food, at thinkquest.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15873/

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
http://www.un.org/icty/

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This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites
(these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://50pluslifestyles.com/
http://www.aluminum.org/
http://www.aaanet.org/aa/
http://digital-lifestyles.info/default.asp
http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/MarvelsHome/Marvels_Tales.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
http://www.hpj.com/
http://www.irinnews.org/Homepage.asp
http://www.lifestyle.org/
http://www.lifestylesmagazine.com/
http://www.locusmag.com/
http://www.mondotimes.com/
http://www.neurology.org/
http://www.newlifestyles.com/
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
http://www.refresher.com/refresh.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm

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In-depth information on immunology, primary immune deficiency
disease and treatment with intravenous immune globulin.
http://www.immunedisease.com/

International Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiencies.
http://www.ipopi.org/index.htm

Biographies of mathematicians.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

The official site of the Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG,
and Joint Bi-level Image experts Group, JBIG.
http://www.jpeg.org/index.html

The name explains it:  Kids Stuff Canada.
http://www.kidstuffcanada.com/

One of America's favorite Western authors.
http://www.louislamour.com/   (one pop-up)

International maps.  http://www.maporama.com/

Data, related to Mars, of various kinds.   http://www.marsbase.net/

Online resources from Master Lock.  http://www.masterlock.com/

U.S. Army, medical history.   http://history.amedd.army.mil/

An interesting metatag maker from clickfire.
http://www.clickfire.com/tools/freeware/metty/

Misdiagnosis of more than 2,000 diseases and 700 symptoms.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/index.html

An excellent resource for ham radio enthusiasts.
http://mmhamsoft.ham-radio.ch/index.html

Web hosting for Amateur Radio licensees.   http://www.qsl.net/

Music for iPods.   http://www.music4ipods.com/

The Mythopoeic Society is a non-profit international literary and
educational organization for the study, discussion, and enjoyment
of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of J.R.R.
Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.
http://www.mythsoc.org/mythsoc.html

The NAFTA Secretariat.
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/DefaultSite/index_e.aspx

America's finest respiratory hospital.  http://nationaljewish.org/

The Nuclear Energy Agency.   http://www.nea.fr/

A complete Medical Biochemistry center.
http://medstat.med.utah.edu/NetBiochem/NetWelco.htm

Alternative ways to restore your health and to prevent disease.
http://www.newtreatments.org/

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Padley Wood offers a few interesting things to explore.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/padleywood/index.html

Vincent Flanders is a highly opinionated individual who's found a way
to capitalize on his opinions.  http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Phenomenal Women of the Web.   http://www.phenomenalwomen.com/

Royal Museum for Central Africa.   http://www.africamuseum.be/

Science-Fiction author, Tara K. Harper.   http://www.tarakharper.com/

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Database.  http://www.sfandf.com/

Science Fiction Fans.   http://www.sff.net/

Yet another SF resource.   http://www.strangewords.com/

An interesting resource for stamp collectors.
http://my.execpc.com/~joeluft/faq/title.html

Susan Stepney, Professor of Computer Science, University
of York, UK.   http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/

Taking great pictures (from Kodak).  http://snipurl.com/8pro

The Official British Headquarters for International "Talk Like A Pirate
Day", September 19th.   http://www.yarr.org.uk/

I'm not much of a blog fan but I enjoyed this one.
http://dailytexican.blogspot.com/

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The Joy of Visual Perception: A Web Book.
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/

Theosophical Perspectives on World Spiritual Traditions.
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/general/rel-selc.htm

United Nations Centre for Regional Development Publications:
Bibliography and Index.   http://www.virtualref.com/uncrd/default.htm

Mrs. Susan Stein's site for students, parents and teachers.
http://www.tooter4kids.com/

University of California, Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/index.html

A Health and Medicine portal.   http://omni.ac.uk/

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/menu.php

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
http://www.unece.org/

United Nations Environment Programme.   http://www.unep.org/

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/

United Nations Childrens Fund.   http://www.unicef.org/

The United States Naval Observatory.
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html

User Groups Resource Channel.   http://www.usergroup.org/

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K through 12 and teacher's resources from the United States
Veterans Administration.   http://www.va.gov/kids/

American Memory, Voices from the Dustbowl (1940 - 1941).
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Program.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/main.html

The World Water Council.   http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/

A web design forum that might be useful if you don't mind getting a
great deal of email.   http://www.webdesign-l.com/

WebXACT is a (costless) online service that lets you test
single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and
privacy issues.   http://webxact.watchfire.com/

The White House.   http://www.whitehouse.gov/

William K. (Bill) Hartmann's space art and planetary science
information.  http://www.psi.edu/hartmann/

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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

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A History of International Women's Day in words and images.
http://www.isis.aust.com/iwd/stevens/contents.htm

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.   http://www.whoi.edu/

Merriam-Webster's Word Central:  Dictionary, daily buzzword,
and word games.   http://www.wordcentral.com/

Could you give up your car for a day?   http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/

World Heart Day.   http://www.worldheartday.org/Home/index.asp

Participate in World Hello Day by greeting ten people on November 21st.
http://www.worldhelloday.org/

World Meteorological Organization.   http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html

Worldtime interactive atlas.   http://www.worldtime.com/cgi-bin/wt.cgi

(The) worthless word for the day.   http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/

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

Three men were sitting together bragging.

The first man married a woman from Nevada and bragged that he'd
told his wife to do all the dishes and house cleaning in their home.
He claimed it took a couple days but by the third day he came
home to a clean house with dishes washed and put away.

The second man married a woman from Utah.  He bragged that
he'd ordered his wife to do all the cleaning, dishes, and cooking.
After three days the house was clean, the dishes were done, and
dinner was ready when he came home.

The third man married a Texas girl.  He boasted that he'd instructed
her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed,
laundry done  and hot food on the table for every meal.
He said the first day he didn't see anything; the second day he
didn't see anything; by the third day the swelling was down and
he could see well enough to fix himself a bite to eat, load the
dishwasher, and telephone a landscaper.

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

Lot's of useful computer info.
http://www.pc-clever.com/

======== Reader Contributions =========

This site was created for a group of retired teachers, in DeKalb County,
Georgia, who call themselves "The Golden Girls".  They've created a
collection of special pages, one of which was sent to me (as a link)
by Vinette DePhillipe.   http://goldengirls03.org/

John Lepse sent this link to a special collection of links, to sites which
show support for U.S. troops, on Kim Komando's site.
http://www.komando.com/supporttroops.asp
John has also "rediscovered" this nifty photo sharing resource (which
was mentioned in this ezine a couple of months ago *grin*)
http://flickr.com/

Thanks Vi and John.

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"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

I don't normally remember quotations but this one's become a fixture
in my mind.   It's sometimes hard to remember to enjoy the moment when
your mind is full of the next moment.  I'm not saying it's bad to plan ahead
but we should try not to get lost in our plans.  Right now, this minute,
there's blessings we should stop and count.  Life is good.

See you next time.

Don Crowder - Thursday, July 14, 2005

10:59 AM CST - Tow, TX, USA

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