[donspatch] 2009-06-01

#118  June 1, 2009  from http://www.don-guitar.com

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First word, from Don:



When my web-friend Ann Hardin wrote in her blog that her
new boyfriend had sat through her daughter's junior high
choral concert I responded 'How gloriously mundane. It
looks as though you're onto something'.  Ann got a laugh
out of my response and that's what I hoped for but I
wasn't really joking.   The best things in life seem
incredibly mundane while they're happening.  It's only
in retrospect that we see how wonderful they are.  A few
months ago, when my daughter mentioned that her youngest
son was very upset because he'd misplaced his tooth that
fell out, I dug down to the bottom of my sock drawer and
recovered a note she wrote, in crayon, twenty some-odd
years ago, to the tooth fairy, explaining that she'd
misplaced her tooth that fell out.  That note was one
of my most prized possessions but I gladly gave it to
her.  When I pass from this earth I won't leave my
children much in the way of material wealth.  My hope
is to leave them a far more valuable legacy of love.

I recently told another web-friend that love, the real
thing, is life's 'Brass Ring'.  That's what we're all
reaching for.  May your eye be sharp and your grasp
be true.

See you next time.

Don



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Section One by Don.


Artists in Resonance is an a cappella group from the
University of California.  This is their youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/artistsinresonance

The websites says "uncompromised views of the
unaccompanied voice".  http://www.acappellanews.com/

I bet this is a neat album.
http://www.benfolds.com/acappella

A cappella internet radio.
http://www.live365.com/stations/226078

A cappella Hip Hop (none for me thanks :).
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/166081/hip_hop_a_capella/

Star Wars a cappella (pretty cool).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGYAPr6UKhs
Moosebutter website.   http://www.moosebutter.com/

Perfect Pitch: The Drama of Collegiate A Capella (NPR).
http://diewopi.notlong.com

Columbia University's Nonsequitur is an a cappella group.
http://www.columbiagroups.org/nonsequitur/

An interesting story about Japanese temple bells (wish I
could see the film).   http://www.resonancefilm.com/

The Resonance Project (interesting).
http://resonanceproject.org/home.cfm

This is a spoof...  I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s

The Omegawiki is a word thing.
http://www.omegawiki.org/Meta:Main_Page

DIY on steroids (a mini feature).
http://www.instructables.com/
http://www.sutree.com/
http://www.tricklife.com/
http://www.videojug.com/
http://www.expertvillage.com/
http://www.ehow.com/
http://householdhacker.com/
http://www.5min.com/
http://www.viewdo.com/
http://sclipo.com/frontpage
http://helpfulvideo.com/
http://teachertube.com/
http://www.squidoo.com/
http://www.diynetwork.com/
http://www.doityourself.com/
http://lifehacker.com/tag/diy/
http://www.diy-boat.com/
http://www.diyphotography.net/
http://www.metacafe.com/tags/diy/
http://www.diyonline.com/
http://makerfaire.com/
http://www.diyideas.com/
http://www.diyaudio.com/
http://diyaudioprojects.com/
http://www.diyplanner.com/
http://www.diybride.com/
http://www.diyuniverse.com/index.php
http://dailydiy.com/
http://www.diylive.net/
http://www.popsci.com/diy
Need more?   http://www.diysearch.com/


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Section Two by Lisa



An Engineer's Guide to Cat Yodeling and
other fascinating and informative videos by
Paul Klusman.   http://www.youtube.com/klusmanp

The National Injury Prevention Foundation.
http://www.thinkfirst.org/home.asp

Ever wonder if your driving speed affects your
gas mileage?  You'll be surprised how much.
http://drivefast.notlong.com

Beautiful vintage watches.
http://www.vintagewatchresources.com/

Personal Ponies for special-needs children.
http://www.personalponies.org/

Have I ever mentioned that as a young child,
my dream was to be a Raylette (Ray Charles'
backup singers)?  Yeah, I know, but here's
this issue's fave video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63A__INJecI&NR=1

Did you know there's an official Star War's Day?
Wanna guess?   http://stwarsday.notlong.com

DIY business education & training.
Get your own MBA.
http://personalmba.com/

Have a job to fill?  Consider a veteran.
http://www.hirevetsfirst.gov/

Timothy Jones, American realist.
http://www.timothyjonesfineart.net/

Japanese clothing, beautifully simple,
wonderfully complex.
http://www.japanesekimono.com/index.htm

Heard of Second Life?  This author
highly recommends getting a First Life.
http://www.getafirstlife.com/

Understanding China's 5000-year culture.
http://www.cultural-china.com/


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 content.

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http://www.netglimse.com/
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http://thediaryjunction.blogspot.com/
http://database.oxfordjournals.org/
http://academic-conferences.org/
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/
http://www.epublishing-forum.com/
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/
http://financearticledirectory.info/index.php
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/




Section Three by Don.


Oh sure, blame Colonel Sanders now that he's dead
and gone (besides,he sold the company in 1964).
http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/

Maybe it's just me but this sure looks like digital
paper dolls to me.   http://www.polyvore.com/

Social networking with a meaningful ulterior motive.
http://mosaicsheffield.ning.com/

A safety site from the CDC which targets young
people.   http://www.bam.gov/sub_yoursafety/

I think this site is to youtube what Chucky Cheese's
is to Pizza Hut.   http://www.milkandcookies.com/

Assemble some obscure buzzwords with which to dazzle
everyone at your next corporate board meeting.
http://buzzphraser.com/

Strange but cute.   http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

Yet another take on social networking.
http://www.likeme.net/

Too weird to be phony?
http://www.montauk-monster.com/

A wonderful ballet by two very talented dancers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnLVRQCjh8c&NR=1

Who remembers Wacky Packages?
http://www.lostwackys.com/

A very interesting independent music project.
http://www.artistfirst.com/

A sort of virtual travel site.
http://www.gadling.com/

This is a poorly designed web page with many
problems but ignore all that and read the
story.  It's worth it.
http://www.noblesculpture.org/

Geeky internet humor.   http://giveupinternet.com/

These days it seems that no technology becomes truly
obsolete, it just fades into cult status.
http://www.palsite.com/

Which is best in your neighborhood?   http://www.yelp.com/

When I was in U.S. Army basic training there were a list of
items I was required to keep in my footlocker, one of which
was a shaving brush which I still have.  About twenty years
ago my oldest girl gave me a boxed set of after-shave
lotion and cologne with a shaving mug (soap included) in
the box. At some point thereafter I found I was out of
canned shaving lotion.  I rummaged around in my bottom
dresser drawer and found that old never-used shaving brush
and mated it with the never-used shaving mug.  Since then
I've never shaved any other way.  I love my mug and brush.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845/


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Section Four by Lisa.



Cosmetic safety database.
http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

Have some fun with dolls.
http://www.puterdolls.com/

Online medical health information.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/

The First Lego League inspires future
scientists and engineers.
http://www.usfirst.org/community/fll/

Cope and live with diabetes.
http://www.dlife.com/

The Linus Pauling Institute at
Oregon State University.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/

Usability in website and software design.
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/

A unique resource focussing on the
First Ladies of the US.
http://www.firstladies.org/

The official kids portal for the US government.
http://www.kids.gov/

All about baseball.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

If you've thought about suicide,
read this first.
http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

Pop surrealist gallery.
http://www.excellentvirtu.com/

The first people of America and Canada.
http://www.firstpeople.us/



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Section Five by Don.



Halls of Fame (continued)
Nashville songwriters.
http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/
MagicCube4D.
http://www.superliminal.com/cube/halloffame.htm
Lou Holtz upper Ohio valley.
http://www.louholtzhalloffame.com/
International circus.   http://www.circushof.com/
National inventors.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004638.html
Portland interscholastic league.
http://www.pilhalloffame.org/
International Jewish sports.   http://www.jewishsports.net/
Virtual puzzles.
http://www.puzzles.com/projects/PuzzleUpHallOfFame.htm
Apple Newton.   https://www.msu.edu/~luckie/hallofame.htm
American Nurses Association.  http://tinyurl.com/my85hv
International Basketball Federation.
http://eiriopo.notlong.com
Oregon sports.   http://www.oregonsportshall.org/
Rock and roll.
http://www.fuse.tv/ontv/shows/rock-hall/
Show jumping.   http://www.showjumpinghalloffame.net/
Tennessee sports.   http://www.tshf.net/
Bay (SF,CA) area sports.   http://www.bashof.org/
North Dakota cowboy.   http://www.northdakotacowboy.com/
Robot.   http://www.robothalloffame.org/
American Hockey League.   http://www.ahlhalloffame.com/
Michigan sports.   http://www.michigansportshof.org/
Women's sports.   http://snipurl.com/j5b0r
International towing and recovery.
http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/
Ubuntu.   http://hall-of-fame.ubuntu.com/
(to be continued)


A few interesting videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/gtrcoach
http://www.youtube.com/user/rspaceball
http://www.youtube.com/user/admeblog
http://www.youtube.com/user/DuvalGuillaume
http://www.youtube.com/user/symphony



*different things* of the day.
SAT question.
http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do
Pun.   http://www.punoftheday.com/
Cat.   http://catoftheday.com/
Analogy.   http://www.factmonster.com/analogies
Trivia.   http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/
Find.   http://www.foundmagazine.com/
National Geographic photo.   http://ingik.notlong.com


End of Section Five.





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Section Six by Lisa.



A guide to policies of any kind.
http://www.policy.com/

No smiling allowed, really.
http://nosmile.notlong.com

PhotoShop tutorials, lots of them.
http://bodyenh.notlong.com
http://www.tutorial9.net/category/photoshop/
http://luxa.org/
http://www.pslover.com

Excellent corporate website designs.
http://corpdes.notlong.com

The paradox of thrift.
http://savegood.notlong.com

Double Exposure Magazine.
http://www.doubleexposure.com/index.shtml

Cool stuff for kids to do.
http://www.funbrain.com/

The Astronomical League promotes the
science of astronomy.
http://www.astroleague.org/

Elliot Burford decided to illustrate
some titles from his spam folder.
http://spampics.notlong.com

Wired mag has a Science section.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/

Web design ideas, trends and tutorials.
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/



End of Section Six.





The Linux Corner.



Linux Loop.   http://www.linuxloop.com/index.shtml

A distro being born.   http://planet.unity-linux.org/

A fascinating portable Linux distro.
http://www.silicon-safari.com/gal.php

Introduction to GIT (way too geeky for me).
http://github.com/kyleburton/introduction-to-git/tree/master

Open Source schools.   http://opensourceschools.org.uk/

An Open Source blessing for parents.
http://www.avidz.net/mia/

Who wants a giant poster of the history of Unix?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/25/unix_poster/
http://www.fpdimages.com/html/StoreOpenSystemsBanner.htm




A Little Humor.



A man and a friend are playing golf one day. One of the
men is about to chip onto the green when he sees a
long funeral procession on the road next to the course.
He stops in mid-swing, takes off his golf cap, closes
his eyes, and bows his head. His friend says:
'Wow that is the most thoughtful and touching thing
I have ever seen. You are truly a kind man.'

The man then replies: 'Yeah, well, we were married
for 35 years.'


One afternoon, a wealthy lawyer was riding in the back
of his limousine when he saw two men eating grass by
the roadside. He ordered his driver to stop and he got
out to investigate.

'Why are you eating grass,' he asked one man?
'We don't have any money for food,' the poor man replied.
'Oh, well, you can come with me to my house',
said the lawyer.
'But, sir, I have a wife and two children with me!'
'Bring them along!' said the lawyer.
He turned to the other man and said,
'You come with us, too.'
But, sir, I have a wife and six children!' he answered.
'Bring them as well! ' answered the lawyer as he
headed for his limo.

They all climbed into the car, which was no easy task,
even for a car as large as the limousine.

Once underway, one of the poor fellows said,
'Sir, you are too kind.  Thank you for taking all of
us with you.'

The lawyer replied, 'Glad to do it. You'll love my place;
the grass is almost a foot high!'



Tips for This Issue.



Assorted computer tips sites.
http://www.averyjparker.com/
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/index.php
http://www.technixupdate.com/



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From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:

( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )

Create your own blog awards.
http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/awards

I'm not certain I know what a 'lifestyle navigator' is.
http://charlesandmarie.com/index.php

Haiky replacements for Microsoft error messages.
http://cad.ece.ut.ac.ir/~sohail/Fun/Funny%20Haikus.htm

John Tenniel's American Civil War cartoons.
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/Tennielweb/directory.html
A great deal more to explore.
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/

The next holiday classic song contest.
http://thenextholidayclassic.com/

Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia.   http://linkasa.com/Bf1

'Big game' trophies (cute but perhaps overpriced).
http://www.biggame-trophies.com/

The world's largets jigsaw puzzle (Whoa!  Way expensive!)
http://www.worldslargestpuzzle.com/

Howard Hillman's big list of world wonders.
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/


From our good friend Dee Jordan.

Dance of a thousand hands (video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk

Music fun at the Mayo Clinic (video).
http://xahseame.notlong.com


From our web-sibling John Lepse.

( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )

This is a touching, though disquieting, war story.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgj5dy

Here's a panoramic view from the inside of the Statue of
Liberty's head.   http://linkasa.com/Cf1

John sent us a link to a very cool video which we've
actually featured before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
The fellow in the video calls himself 'funtwo'.  The first
time I saw the video I could learn nothing about him.  I
was pleased to learn that this has changed.  Here, in
video, is 'the rest of the story' on funtwo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxplDa3M5Io
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHfb2sVWV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=409kUsRcgiA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJzWDXGum0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVOh7G-g_E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIKCVlVpI7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-80uzb24pfs



From our friend Lee Parmeter who

is also the mind-behind our local

Highland Lakes Linux Users Group.

http://www.hllug.org/

The top ten Firefox add-ons for Linux users.
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7307


From our web-sibling Jon Reed.

A powerful video about Alzheimer's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV-fnD5ZrT0


Web-sibling Dan Urban sent us this link to a funny
youtube video.  The second, similar, video is one
I found that I felt also deserved viewing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCe01R_Fm7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquxnFZe5Lk


Thank you Jo, Dee, John, Lee, Jon and Dan.



Last word, from Lisa:



We're getting closer to buying the home we've been
looking at, so far there are no huge surprises or
dramatic setbacks.  There's always the anxiety of
'what if this is a big mistake?' but so far, I've
got a positive feeling about the whole thing.  The
next week or so will see us committed...or not.

I need potato chips and I need them now (inside joke:
potato chips are my favorite sedative).

'Til next time,

Lisa



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