[donspatch] 2008-09-15
- From: Don Crowder <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Donspatch, " <donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:38:21 -0500
Don's Patch #101, September 15, 2008 from http://www.don-guitar.com
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First word, from Don:
For the last few years I've told myself I'd remember a particular event
in order to mention it in the ezine and every year I forget. Last year
I went to Memo To Me...
http://www.memotome.com/
...and arranged to send myself a reminder so this year I didn't forget
that Friday, September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day. "Arrrr, matey".
http://www.talklikeapirate.com/
Sure, it's silly but come on, a little silly every now and then is good
for what ails us.. What's the worst that could happen if you took a shot
at talking like a pirate? I did a google image search on "pirate lol"
to find a related image. There were many but I decided on this one.
http://www.funnydog.net/images/pirate-dog.jpg
I do a lot of cooking because I enjoy the challenge of managing to
serve something really tasty that doesn't offend any of Lisa's food
sensitivities. For the last couple of days I've been experimenting
with "faux" oatmeal cookies. I say "faux" because she can't eat
oats or wheat. We've got some rolled barley that makes a good
substitute for oats and I'd normally use spelt in place of the
flour but we're out of spelt and we can't buy it locally.
What is spelt? http://www.pacificbakery.com/spelt.htm
So I substituted garbanzo bean flour. That may sound odd but
it's a wonderfully light and tasty flour which has no trace of a
bean flavor once it's cooked. The cookies are additively good.
http://www.don-guitar.com/fauxtmeal.html
We really appreciated the nice comments a few of you sent
in with regards to our 100th issue. I don't know if we're good
for 100 more but here's where it begins, with #101. Let's get
started...
Don
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Section One by Don.
Here's a good one for dog lovers.
http://www.funnydog.net/
Flights of inspiration. http://fi.edu/flights/index.html
Hencio's photography is worthy of thorough exploration.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hencio/
True_Colours' isn't bad either.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/true_colours/
If you use several browsers on different operating systems
to check your web designs this site may be able to save you
some hard drive space. http://www.crossbrowsertesting.com/
I sometimes wonder if the U.S. educational system isn't beyond
redemption but I find an awful lot of evidence to the contrary.
http://www.avidonline.org/
Origins of the American temperance movement.
http://www.librarycompany.org/ArdentSpirits/index.htm
Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this
free online tool. http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx
The Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.artic.edu/
Lebedev studio posters. http://www.artlebedev.com/posters/
KinderArt. http://www.kinderart.com/
Artcylopedia. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
An extensive art history portal.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
I think this may be the latest X-Files movie.
http://www.xfiles.com/
Interesting and costless goodies for Windows users.
http://www.analogx.com/
Font management for Mac users.
http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorerX
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Section Two by Lisa
Patricia Neal, a courageous, talented woman.
http://patneal.notlong.com
A comprehensive site all about spices.
http://spicepage.notlong.com
El Greco, the first great genius of the
Spanish School of Art.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/
How to find out who links to you.
http://wholinkstome.com/
The Frick Art Collection and Art
Reference Library. http://www.frick.org/
Schools of thought.
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/thought.htm
Green home-building. http://www.buildinggreentv.com/
Two beautiful food blogs.
http://teaandcookies.blogspot.com/
http://cookandeat.com/
GigaOm spots and reports technical trends.
http://gigaom.com/
Some little toys and apps from Slide.
http://www.slide.com/
The Guggenheim Museum online.
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/
Look young again forever?
http://www.youngagainforever.com/
A very tiny bittorent client. http://www.utorrent.com/
Lots of comics. http://www.comics.com/
The Society for Barefoot Living invites you
to take them off. http://www.barefooters.org/
I've recently had a good reason to research mealybugs,
here's all you ever wanted to know about them.
http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/LSO/Mealybugs.htm
End of Section Two.
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This issue's collection of online news, blogs,
magazines, videos and/or other informational
sites. These are chosen for maximum diversity
regardless of "spin" and in some cases may
have offensive or questionable contents.
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http://www.philosophypathways.com/newsletter/
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http://playthinklearn.net/
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Section Three by Don.
This is actually a commercial site but very cool
nevertheless. http://www.spacex.com/
Any good? I don't know, but the player doesn't cost
anything. http://www.divx.com/
Here's a great one for aircraft lovers.
http://www.f-16.net/
If you're a serious amateur photographer and a Windows
user, this is for you. http://tangentsoft.net/fcalc/
A good learning resource for web designers at any level.
http://www.cult-f.net/
Computer games get to be a bigger deal every day.
http://www.xfire.com/
http://www.g4tv.com/ (games and more)
http://playthisthing.com/
Flashy site from the folks who make those unusually
strong mints. http://www.altoids.com/index.do
Here's one I've mentioned before but it's a good site for
movie reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
...and here's one I've not seen before. http://www.mrqe.com/
The "B" in B movies stands for "Budget". They were
cheaply made films but some were unforgetable.
http://www.bmonster.com/default.php
I feel a little ambivalent about listing this one. However you
feel about so-called psychoactive drugs the fact remains that
some of them were discovered by serious academics.
http://AlbertHofmann.notlong.com
Kitty could be described as "biker chick" with
artistic proclivities. http://www.ink2art.com/
She's also done some interesting interviews with artists.
http://www.artbeatstreet.com/html/interviews.html
A world ethic that honors the human spirit and the right
of individuals to freedom of thought and creativity.
http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/
I could do without the silly little bird flying across the screen
but the site is interesting. http://www.futurefarmers.com/
The "Interesting Thing of the Day" is, of late, more aptly
described as the interesting thing of the week, or that's
the impression the About page gave me. At any rate
it's interesting. http://itotd.com/
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A good eCommerce blog. http://www.getelastic.com/
The Jack London online collection.
http://london.sonoma.edu/
Very nice candle- and soap-making site. Look
for instructions in Techniques.
http://www.candletech.com/
Learning disabilities and ADHD.
http://www.ldonline.org/
Remember the Whole Earth Catalog? Many of the articles
are available online. http://www.wholeearth.com/index.php
Reviews of Google's new browser, Chrome.
http://chromereview.notlong.com
http://googchrreview.notlong.com
http://pcwchrome.notlong.com
An informational 'comic book' explaining how the
browser was developed by the Google Chrome Team.
http://chromecomic.notlong.com
Disability-related resources.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Another cool cat site, srsly.
http://www.dropline.net/cats/
Make your own self-watering planters. Be
careful, the Instructables site is very
addictive. http://selfwater.notlong.com
A diabetes resource site.
http://www.dlife.com/
Put your house to work for you.
http://housetowork.notlong.com
Need to know more about MSG?
http://www.truthinlabeling.org/
The trials and triumphs of an Arizona gardener.
http://waterwhendry.blogspot.com/
What do geeks eat? Find out.
http://wutgeekseat.notlong.com
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Section Five by Don.
I don't find it at all difficult to use a digital camera
but selecting one to purchase can be a real ordeal.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/
http://www.dpreview.com/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/
http://www.camerareview.com/
http://www.photographyreview.com/
http://www.buzzillions.com/4294967010_nz_digital_cameras_reviews
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/
http://www.dcresource.com/
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/
Kids stuff from author Junie B. Jones.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
A potential business resource. http://www.b-eye-network.com/home/
"A=B" is about identities in general, and hypergeometric identities in
particular, with emphasis on computer methods of discovery and proof.
http://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf/AeqB.html
Why DVD+R(W) is superior to DVD-R(W).
http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Why-DVDRW-is-superior-to-DVD-RW/
This one's supposed to be a boon to bloggers. Guess I'll have to
look into it myself. http://wbloggar.com/
Interesting blogs normally get listed in the media section but this one
is too cool to "hide" there. http://www.nannerlmozart.blogspot.com/
http://www.nannerlmozart.blogspot.com/
Similary, this musically related blog is to good to bury in the media
section but then I'm a musician so maybe I'm predudiced.
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/
I've mentioned this before and heard from several folks that it's a
great site for avid readers. http://www.librarything.com/
Way cool, old technical stuff. http://www.retrothing.com/
You could call it a social networking site for green living.
http://www.dothegreenthing.com/
Drew Olbrich's strange and eclectic web site.
http://www.traipse.com/index.html
Todays Big Thing. http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/09/12
A few wallpaper sites.
http://www.pnc.edu/cd/wallpaper/wallpaper.html
http://www.utulsa.edu/desktops/
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/
http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wallpapersignup
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~anime/wallpaper.shtml
http://www.menet.umn.edu/%7Egrem/wallpaper/wallpaper.html
http://cehd.umn.edu/first-year/wallpaper/default.html
http://www.extension.umn.edu/administrative/wallpaper/
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Section Six by Lisa.
Transfer big files with ease.
http://www.transferbigfiles.com/
A portal for business blogs.
http://blogs.bnet.com/
Online course for managing your money.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/mym/
Badminton is a fast, exciting game.
http://www.worldbadminton.com/
The Hebrew Bible Explorer.
http://www.levsoftware.com/verses.htm
Tips for teachers from NEA.
http://www.nea.org/tips/index.html
Map collections in the US Library of Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
How does *your* brain stack up?
http://www.brainmuseum.org/
Weblog tools and tips.
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/
Hansen's Disease has had a small but significant
role in world history.
http://lofmol.notlong.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien
http://leperstoday.notlong.com
Suspect that printer companies are ripping you off?
Here's an answer, Oh Intelligent One.
http://www.slate.com/id/2198316/
This site to help you fix your own printer has unusual
navigation, so here's the Help page to Help you.
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/help
The New York Public Library Picture Collection.
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
MAKE magazine-geek heaven.
http://makezine.com/magazine/
A web designer's blog and a beautiful, seemingly
simple site. http://www.designdetector.com/
The Museum of Unnatural Mystery.
http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
Saturday, the 20th of September is an important day. Be sure and
let all you Windows-using friends know about it too!
http://softwarefreedomday.org/
The Linux Cranks Podcast from Columbus Ohio is interesting but
not for the faint of heart or anyone who's easily offended.
http://linuxcranks.info/
Debian/Ubuntu tips and tricks. http://www.debuntu.org/
Nuxified, it's about the stuff I can't mention (because the ezine
gets filtered if I do). http://www.nuxified.org/
A Linux user's blog. http://nomasteryoda.blogspot.com/
The easiest way to try Linux on Windows.
http://JamesSelvakumarsBlog.notlong.com
Despite the prominent penquin, this site doesn't seem to be
particularly platform-centric. http://www.crystalxp.net/en.htm
Here are a pair of Linux portal sites.
http://www.linuxlinks.com/
http://monsterb.org/contact.html
A Little Humor.
A young boy decided to surprise his mother by bringing her a cup of
coffee in bed. He'd made the coffee himself and was very proud. His
mother tasted the coffee and almost spat it out, it was so bad. As she
forced down the last sip, she discovered three little toy soldiers at the
bottom. When she asked about this, her son said, "you know, mom,
the best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup!"
A guy wakes up after surgery and notices that the blinds are drawn.
When he asks why, his doctor says, "There's a big fire across the
street and we didn't want you to wake up and think the operation
was a failure.
A guy goes to his doctor complaining that his arm hurts. The doctor
rolls up the guy's sleeve and is surprised to hear the arm say, "Hi,
doctor, could you lend me $20? I'm desperate!" The doctor turns to
his patient and says, "I see the problem, your arm is broke!"
Did you hear about the ship that ran aground with a cargo of red
paint and black paint? The whole crew was marooned.
Q: What do you get when you combine a bird, a car, and a dog?
A: A flying car-pet!
Q: What did the farmer say when he discovered his tractor was missing?
A: "My tractor is missing! "
Q: What kind of cheese would you use to build a house?
A: Cottage cheese, of course!
Q: What do you call a chicken crossing the road?
A: Poultry in motion.
Q: Why does a chicken coop have two doors?
A: Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan.
Q: Why can't bicycles stand up on their own?
A: Because they're two-tired.
Q: What happens when you throw a grenade into a kitchen in France?
A: You get Linoleum blown apart!
Tips for This Issue.
Computer tips from a computer guy.
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/
Seven computer security tips for students.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/family/guidelines/students.mspx
Barry's best computer tips. http://www.barrysbestblog.com/
PC troubleshooting, networking, Windows and more.
http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/
Windows95, Windows98, WindowsNT, Internet Tips, and much
more (dated, but interesting).
http://www.computertips.com/contents.htm
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The Gnosis Archive. http://www.gnosis.org/welcome.html
Printable goodies from Miss Mary.
http://freecollagesheets.com/
Old people are funny. http://www.oldpeoplearefunny.com/
Math puzzles. http://www.mathpuzzle.com/
If you've been looking for love in all the wrong places,
try google. http://www.google.com/romance/
This blog focuses on the next to the last panel of the
comic strips which appear in the newspapers.
http://penultimate-panel.blogspot.com/
Diary of a special ed teacher.
http://madtedious.blogspot.com/
Great day games. http://www.greatdaygames.com/
A non-denominational religious blog.
http://www.blingdomofgod.com/
Roll your own search engine. http://rollyo.com/
Baseball news and commentary. http://www.ballbug.com/
The blog title is "Cocktail Party Physics"; the subject
matter ranges from mundane to macabre. Not for the
faint of heart. http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/
This blog is about the Blooker Prize; a literary award
for books based on blogs. http://blog.blookerprize.com/
Public domain images of American political history.
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/
This video, sent in by our friend Jerry Fox
is going to hurt but it's worth watching.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2487638612433437293
From our web sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
A portal to pointless websites.
http://www.pointlesssites.com/
A search engine for people. http://www.cvgadget.com/
John grew up in farming country and has a love of old
barns (as do I) making this a cool site.
http://www.barnalliance.org/
A video which attempts to make sense of one of the more
obscure rock and roll songs from the 60's. Most folks
feel it's about Buddy Holly, and the filmmaker agrees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmyGZ64J9yg
Ostensibly expert commentary on contemporary issues.
http://www.opposingviews.com/
OOur friend Cranz Nichols, who's a ham radio operator,
computer geek, member of the Highland Lakes Linux Users
Group and describes himself as "The meanest man on
Emeralds Drive" sent us this link to some photos taken
a few days ago a short distance from our house.
http://blogs.kxan.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=6&pos=2
From our friend and neighbor, Stevie Scott.
A sort of real time video diary of a fellow
named Justin. http://www.justin.tv/
Despite the annoying, aggressive floating ads on this
site, the articles are both quite interesting.
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6504473525.html
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4117660219.html
Are Vistas strong sales numbers a fib?
http://theinquirer-on-MS.notlong.com
This live CD should be a permanent fixture in every
computer geek's applications aresenal.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
The world in images. http://www.freetravel.cc/
The Internet Archive just keeps getting bigger and
better. http://www.archive.org/index.php
How good is your web security?
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
(My Linux machine did quite well)
Linux installed as a Windows application.
http://wubi-installer.org/
Last word, from Lisa:
We are so busted! Don's been baking cookies and
I've been looking at food blogs (food porn). I've
planted a Fall-Winter-Early Spring flower bed of
snapdragons, flowering kale and violas. Anybody
add up the clues yet?
It's Fall, time to tidy up the garden and eat myself
unconscious. Not this year, no way. I just spent 3
months and lots of deprivation losing 15lbs. I'm not
going to pad myself up for winter this year, only to
have to work it off in the Spring. I'll let you know
how it goes. Did I mention Don is a wonderful cook?
And he thinks it's very funny watching me try to diet?
Wish me luck.
'Til next time,
Lisa
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