[donspatch] 2009-03-01
- From: Don Crowder <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:25:00 -0600
#112, March 1, 2009 from http://www.don-guitar.com
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First word, from Don:
I've more or less adjusted to sleeping with a CPAP machine;
it's nice to actually sleep all night but I've reached the
age where one's bladder begins to shrink and disconnecting
the machine once or twice a night so I can stumble off to
the loo is awfully challenging. All things considered,
I'm a very fortunate old geezer. Life is good, love is
wonderful and, so far, our luck is holding surprisingly well.
Don
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Section One by Don.
Halls of Fame (continued)...
Georgia golf. http://www.gghf.org/
Gospel music. http://www.gmahalloffame.org/
Kentucky music. http://www.kentuckymusicmuseum.com/
Nebraska High School sports. http://www.nebhalloffame.org/
American Classical music.
http://www.americanclassicalmusic.org/intro.html
Texas Ranger. http://www.texasranger.org/
National (U.S.) aviation.
http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/
Advertising. http://www.advertisinghalloffame.org/
U.S. Lacrosse. http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/
Astronauts. http://linkasa.com/581
International wrestling. http://www.filahalloffame.com/
Virginia sports. http://www.virginiasportshalloffame.com/
U.S. Track and Field.
http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/
(U.S.) National teachers. http://www.nthf.org/
Missouri sports. http://www.mosportshalloffame.com/
Left-handed DNA.
http://www-lmmb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/LeftHanded.DNA.html
Hollywood cartoon. http://www.cartoonhalloffame.org/
U.S. Hockey. http://www.ushockeyhall.com/
(to be continued)
A few interesting music videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBY5TLD62fI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-HVkaTptGo
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=137848749F4F8973
Kriebel is a photographer who lives in a photographically
rich environment. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kriebel/
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Section Two by Lisa
If you have anything else to do today or want to
sleep tonight, do NOT start reading this blog.
I love this woman. And her love story is the bomb.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Bankrate's 2009 Tax Guide. Lots of great info here.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/news/taxguide/default.asp
Katey Barret's beautiful photography.
http://www.kateybarrett.com/index.html
Lyle's Golden Syrup is a unique food product.
http://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/lylesgoldensyrup/default.htm
I enjoyed this. I check Writer's Almanac frequently, it
makes me happy. http://bridalshower.notlong.com
The 99 Cent Chef cooks with ingredients from the 99-cent
store. A cool concept. http://the99centchef.blogspot.com/
An educational website that shows you how to achieve
your dreams. http://www.school-for-champions.com/
Browsealoud reads web pages aloud for people
who find it difficult to read online.
http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80002
Yesterday's tomorrow today.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/
Many uses for hydrogen peroxide.
http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/index.html
A portal for many educational and entertaining sites.
http://www.buzzle.com/
Classic and contemporary TV shows.
http://www.hulu.com/
Good 'ol GI Joe is still kickin'.
http://www.hasbro.com/gijoe/
Blog of the Google Culture.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
The Beatles were a phenomenon still worthy
of note. http://www.thebeatles.com/core/beatles/intro/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
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this publication was 383.
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 content.
http://bookmole.vox.com/
http://www.firstthings.com/
http://www.fair.org/index.php
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/index.php
http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/
http://www.dailygrail.com/
http://www.corporeality.net/museion/
http://www.odysseymagazine.com/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/
http://www.babycenter.com/
http://adhunika.org/
http://www.bulletmag.net/
http://www.wearewonderwomen.com/
http://noseworthy.me/
http://www.time.com/time/
http://www.hyperorg.com/
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/theleaflabel
http://www.gadflyonline.com/
http://www.gapingvoid.com/
http://egos.alltop.com/
http://www.theslip.com/
http://www.fray.com/
http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
http://tinychoices.com/
http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/
http://www.tinyghosts.com/
http://www.familytravelforum.com/who/tiny_travelers/
http://www.tiny-lights.com/online.php
http://tinyfarmblog.com/
http://little-people.blogspot.com/
http://www.mytinykingdom.com/
http://www.tinypineapple.com/
http://www.tinytreasury.com/
http://tinylittlelibrarian.blog-city.com/
http://www.tinymantras.com/
http://gothamist.com/
http://www.toyfarmer.com/
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/
Section Three by Don.
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at being
a reporter? http://www.ireport.com/index.jspa
Do you know a student who likes to doodle?
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/
Car windshields just seem to sprout cracks every so
often but it's no big deal to fix them if you act fast.
http://www.permatex.com/videos/video_windshield_eng.html
Matrix, um, the cartoon. http://www.intothematrix.com/
Dimitri Hammond's car might be called 'open source
performance art'. http://bach.dynet.com/dimitri/chalk/
In some cases advances in technology tend to eliminate the
possibility of doing anything yourself, like the computer
driven ignition system in most cars these days, but once
in a while new technology opens new DIY doors. One good
example is digital television (HDTV).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw
http://uhfhdtvantenna.blogspot.com/
http://www.digitalhome.ca/ota/superantenna/
This site, from New Zealand, is worth exploring.
http://www.flatrock.org.nz/index.html
Alice is a 3D modelling app. http://www.alice.org/
World photos. http://www.panoramio.com/
I think they'll have to change their catch
phrase; "Let you cursor do the walking".
http://www.yellowpages.com/
http://www.realpageslive.com
Icerocket is a blog search engine.
http://www.icerocket.com/
Center for courage and renewal.
http://www.couragerenewal.org/
Construction gigs in the UK.
http://www.bconstructive.co.uk/
Bad movies. http://www.badmovies.org/
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Section Four by Lisa.
Cool crafts for kids. http://www.makingfriends.com/
For those of you who can't get enough of String Theory.
http://www.superstringtheory.com/
The Iditarod, both its history and today's reality,
is a fascinating subject. This site has sound.
http://www.iditarod.com/
A way to help animals.
http://www.ddfl.org/
The Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints
has made good use of the Internet to further its goals
and provide the public with valuable genealogical info.
http://internetmormon.notlong.com
Good information on health and well-being.
http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/
Beautiful photos of Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.marilynmonroe.com/
Costless advice sites. I found the first two sites
very helpful dealing with insurance adjustors.
http://www.freeadvice.com/
http://www.debtburn.com/
http://www.help2go.com/index.html
Online courses from Yale University.
http://oyc.yale.edu/
Saving and caring for retired racehorses.
http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/
A very good family site. http://www.cyberparent.com/
Help and friendship for young people who stutter.
http://www.friendswhostutter.org/
Paul Cezanne, who solidified Impressionist Art.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cezanne.html
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Section Five by our web-sibling Foggy.
More cheap shots (targets) for gun geeks.
http://www.freeclipartnow.com/signs-symbols/targets/
http://www.6mmbr.com/targets.html
http://www.glockfaq.com/targets.htm
http://www.tnoutdoorsmen.com/targets.htm
http://www.uspalma.com/Targets/targets.htm
http://www.protargets.com/targets/index2.htm
http://www.remington.com/library/downloads/paper_targets.asp
http://www.egpworld.com/varmints/targets.htm
http://www.losthunter.com/targets.asp
http://world.guns.ru/downloads/do05-e.htm
http://www.murraysguns.com/download/index.htm
http://www.snipersparadise.com/targets/targets.htm
http://www.waterproof-paper.com/targets/
http://www.huntingnet.com/targets/
Gardening Newsletters From Erlyn Madsen.
http://www.ourldsfamily.com/madsengarden/
EarthCam (for world watchers). http://www.earthcam.com/
Animal diversity web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
A cryptozoology site. http://www.cryptomundo.com/
The Bigfoot forums. http://www.bigfootforums.com/
Bigfoot field researchers organization. http://bfro.net/
A nice portal for kids sites.
http://www.suelebeau.com/kidlinks.htm
The Internet Public Library. http://www.ipl.org/
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Section Six by our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton.
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Tudor history. http://tudorhistory.org/
There's something fishy about Tiktaalik Roseae.
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/
The University of Minnesota owns nineteen
artifacts inscribed in cuneiform.
http://special.lib.umn.edu/rare/cuneiform/index.phtml
Bizarre if you're an adult but looks like fun
if you're a kid. http://www.bizarro.com/
The mathematical cartoons of Larry Gonick.
http://www.msri.org/ext/larryg
Some interesting vehicles. http://www.terrawind.com/
Explore the life of an 18th century english criminal;
choose your crime (from the University of Michigan):
Poaching. http://poaching.notlong.com
Smuggling. http://smuggling.notlong.com
Violation of health laws. http://healthlaws.notlong.com
Religious mockery. http://religiousviolation.notlong.com
Incite a riot. http://rioting.notlong.com
High treason. http://hightreason.notlong.com
Vagrancy. http://vagrancy.notlong.com
More to explore. http://www.umich.edu/~ece/
Explore the life of two ancient egyptian families
(one a farmer, the other a nobleman).
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/story/main.html
Explore the life and times of Cro-Magnon man.
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/EarlyMan.html
Ancient cultures; daily life in...
Mesopotamia.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/life.html
Rome.
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ROME/daily.html
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/romnlife/
Egypt.
http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html
http://linkasa.com/681
Greece. http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Greeklife.html
The Middle Ages.
http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales08.htm
http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html
More to explore.
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/indexlife.html
How do you feel about Cilantro?
http://www.ihatecilantro.com/
http://linkasa.com/781
A portal to literary blogs. http://www.lbc.typepad.com/
End of Section Six (Thanks Jo).
The Linux Corner.
A wealth of Linux info. http://www.rpmfind.com/
Ubuntu resources. http://www.ubuntugeek.com/
nVidia forums.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14
Linux news.
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/
http://www.kieser.net/linux.html
Linux tutorials.
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Linux/1
Linux forums. http://www.justlinux.com/forum/
A Little Humor.
[From our other-brother Bill (Beeyil) Lanoue.]
Every time I hear that dirty word 'exercise'
I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
I do have flabby thighs, but
fortunately my stomach covers them.
I like long walks, especially when
they are taken by people who annoy me.
I have to walk early in the morning
before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks.
Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.
We all get heavier as we get older, because
there's a lot more information in our heads.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables
you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months
in a nursing home at $7000 a month.
The only reason I would take up walking is
so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
The advantage of exercising every day is so when you
die, they’ll say, ‘Well, he looks good doesn’t he.’
If you are going to try cross-country
skiing, start with a small country.
You could run this over to your friends,
but why not just e-mail it to them?
Every time I start thinking too much about
how I look, I just find a Happy Hour, and
by the time I leave, I look just fine.
[From our friend and neighbor Cranz Nichols.]
If you'd purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta
Airlines one year ago, you'd have $49.00 today.
If you'd purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG
one year ago, you'd have $33.00 today.
If you'd purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman
Brothers one year ago, you'd have $0.00 today.
If you'd purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago,
drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans
for a recycling refund, you'd have received $214.00.
Based on this information, the best current
investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
It's called the 401-K(eg) plan.
Thanks for the laughs Bill and Cranz.
Tips for This Issue.
Who's up for body building?
http://bodybuildingtipsguide.com/
So, you want a tattoo?
http://tattoosbodyart.suite101.com/article.cfm/tattoo_tips
All sorts of tips in small audio files.
You might call them mini-podcasts.
http://www2.jsonline.com/lifestyle/uwextension/
Computer tips and Information Technology news.
http://www.geektips.net/
More computer tips.
http://www.comptips.net/
http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/
Contributions From Our Readers.
Links from readers are always
welcome and you can even write
your own link descriptions if you
like. Guidelines are available here:
http://www.don-guitar.com/descriptivetext.html
From our web sibling Patrick Barden.
( http://rrwbushangel.blogspot.com/ )
Magenta is not a color.
http://www.biotele.com/magenta.html
Here's a school bus driver who's no fool (from
news.com.au). http://bus-driver.notlong.com
From our web sibling Herb Cee.
The Rose Colored Forest is a sustainable way of
life. http://www.therosecoloredforest.com/
A news article from Vanity Fair on the connection
between bamboo, rats and plague in Mizoram, India.
http://daihia.notlong.com
From our web sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book
designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even
substitute) for the traditional and static art
history textbook. http://www.smarthistory.org/
A frugal living community.
http://www.frugalvillage.com/
An online password manager. https://lastpass.com/
Rather than attempt to describe this one myself, I'm just
going to paste in the description John sent with the link:
"This is a short video of part of my hospital being
imploded. Its electrical systems were heavily damaged
during the flood and were beyond repair. The building
itself was so solid that it would have taken another
eight weeks to tear it down with the old wrecking ball;
thus the implosion. It was constructed at the end of
WWII with solid concrete beams and originally housed
the Mercy School of Nursing and later some offices,
nonprofit agencies, the computer lab and the Family
Practice Residents and faculty."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOTE9uLJr8
From our friend and fellow Highland Lakes
Linux User Group member, Cranz Nichols.
I'm reluctant to reveal this because our friend Cranz
is a stable, witty, highly intelligent, generous and
thoughtful person, but, sadly, he's a motorcycle snob
as well. He loves his BMW. This link, which he sent
us, is very insightful and revealing.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09043/948502-51.stm
This article, from makezine, talks about an interesting
gadget that's being sold by Walmart. My only question
is 'What does it actually do?'.
http://linkasa.com/l81
From our web sibling Randi Simon-Serey.
( http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x53/chowchowgrl/ )
Photobucket is a good place for storing/sharing images
and videos. http://photobucket.com/
A few days ago Randi signed an email with a fragment of
this poem, by Li-Young Lee. I tracked down a webpage
that contained the poem in its entirety.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-blossoms/
Thanks Patrick, Herb, John, Cranz and Randi.
Last word, from Lisa:
The past few weeks have been interesting to say the least.
I'm pleased to announce that life is getting normal, which
means that we have a little too much to do. In doing research
for the ezine, I've read that the mild stress of having just a
little too much to do is actually good for you. A stress-free
life means you have no reason to get up in the morning.
Here's to life, love, and lots of coffee.
'Til next time,
Lisa
P.S. I really like our new-to-me car, a maroon, 1995
Mercury Marquis. http://lisasnewoldcar.notlong.com
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
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