[donspatch] 2005-09-15
- From: "Don Crowder" <guitarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Don's Patch" <donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:47:22 -0500
Don's Patch Issue #2005-09-15 from http://www.don-guitar.com
Yeehaw, howdy folks. I was visiting my friend Harry the other day
and he said "We discovered a really good new cafe this morning."
I asked him the name of the place and he said "Um, wait a minute,
hmm, let's see, what's the name of that red flower that has thorns
and smells so good?" I asked if he was talking about roses and
he said "Yeah, that's it" raised his voice and yelled "Rose, what
was the name of that cafe where we had breakfast this morning?"
Yeah, I know, I don't usually open with a joke but I just heard
this one this afternoon and liked it. I figured you'd like it too.
Thanks to David Fekete's generous offer, six of you now have
gmail (google email) accounts. If anyone else wants a google
email account, drop me a line, leaving a valid email address,
and I'll forward your request to David. He, in turn, will send
you an official gmail invitation. By the way, thanks again
David.
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I'm an avid reader of Fantasy and Science Fiction and I've just
recently discovered the Redwall series written by Brian Jacques.
The Redwall books are often compared with Watership Down
by Richard Adams. http://www.mayfieldiow.freewire.co.uk/watershp/
http://www.synuk.com/sites/wd/book.htm
I'm not sure how I feel about the comparison but I loved Watership
Down and the Redwall books are wonderful. Here's a few Redwall links.
http://www.redwall.org/dave/news.php
http://www.sullivanet.com/redwall/
http://www.redwall.net/
http://redwall.muck.limitless.org/
http://www.snowspine.com/
http://newsline.longpatrolclub.com/
http://www.sullivanet.com/redwall/faq/rwfaq_bj.htm
http://www.redwallwinter.com/
An eclectic assortment of interesting things.
http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl.html
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
http://www.eesi.org/
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
http://www.cia.gov/csi/
http://www.lisproject.org/
http://69.37.200.126/
http://www.asdreams.org/index.htm
Microsoft says "Acrylic is the professional design program that brings
together the richness of pixel-based painting and the performance of
editable vector graphics for a more fluid and flexible creative workflow."
and here's where you can get a copy. http://snipurl.com/hmsl
Aviation photography. http://futurshox.net/
An aviation search engine. http://www.aeroseek.com/
A non-profit organization operated by engineers and scientists which
provides educational information on a variety of subjects ranging from
aviation to space travel to weaponry. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/
Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents. http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/
Abzu is a guide to the rapidly increasing, and widely distributed data
relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near
East via the Internet. http://www.etana.org/abzu/
ASCII (and other) codes, useful conversions, and a cute little test of
your reaction time (my best was .312). http://www.lookuptables.com/
Balance of Power (a game). http://www.balance-of-power.ch/
Interesting historical data from the Boing corporation.
http://www.boeing.com/history/flash.html
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Canadian warplanes. http://www.warplane.com/
The science of CO2. http://www.co2science.org/
The hidden story of Australia's missing links.
http://www.convictcreations.com/index.htm
Photoshop, PSP and Gimp users who're persistent and patient
enough to sort out the site navigation can find a few goodies here.
http://www.cybia.co.uk/fotomatic.htm
All Things Looziane (New Orleans & Louisiana music, food
and culture). http://jazzitude.com/allthingslooziane/
Google Extensions for Firefox.
http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/extensions/
Google local. http://local.google.com/
Musical news and information. http://www.harmony-central.com/
I don't know who Ellen is but there's much to see on her website.
http://ellensplace.net/content.html
The Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp
This gaming site opens with an advertising page (which only appears once
every twenty four hours). There's a "continue to main page" link on the ad
page. Once you arrive on the site, there are a large number of
playable-online
flash games. Some of them are stupid. Some are pretty cool.
http://www.flashplayer.com/
A site for serious gamers. http://www.gamestats.com/
Play (online) with some existing flash cards, or create your own set.
http://www.studystack.com/
27,372 categorized fonts with customizable previews for Windows and
Macintosh. http://www.fontpool.com/
A mini-feature on artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php
http://www.csuchico.edu/~jackieh/citizen/g-o.html
http://ellensplace.net/okeeffe1.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/okeeffe_georgia.html
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/O/okeefe.html
A mini-feature on hands.
http://www.techcentralstation.com/053105A.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/4/l_074_01.html
http://www.nadanam.com/articles/a_gestures.htm
http://www.sicilianculture.com/news/fieldguide.htm
http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html
http://www.handspeak.com/
http://www.eatonhand.com/
http://www.openhand.org/
http://www.amasci.com/amateur/holo1.html
http://www.henrythehand.com/default.html
http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah/
http://www.robottle.com/hands/
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12962
http://www.hti.org/
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/axe/
http://plus.maths.org/issue14/features/smith/
(to be continued in next issue)
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This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites
(these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://www.aintitcool.com/
http://www.infowars.com/
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.prospect.org/web/index.ww
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx
http://www.austinchronicle.com/
http://www.citypaper.com/
http://www.azcentral.com/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/
http://www.city-journal.org/
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/
http://www.danielpipes.org/
http://www.dig-itmag.com/index.php
http://www.digonsite.com/
http://www.digitmag.co.uk/
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,266,00.html
http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/
http://www.enterstageright.com/
http://www.firstthings.com/index.html
http://www.forward.com/
http://www.fresnobee.com/
http://www.homeenergy.org/
http://www.hometownnews.com/
http://www.eye.net/
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The Framingham Heart Study. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/framingham/
Lisa and I recently saw a fascinating piece of art in the home of a close
friend.
As is often the case, we came home and researched it on the web.
http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_huicholart1.html
http://peyote.com/jonstef/huichol.htm
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism.
http://www.ict.org.il/
Panel Study of Income Dynamics. http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/
Robert Hand's astrological text archive. http://www.robhand.com/
An archive of international legal information. http://www.ilrg.com/
The Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/
A global study of wildlife migration. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
A nice list of costless goodies from Rekenwonder.
http://www.rekenwonder.com/index.htm
It's been just over a year since I mentioned this site. It looks to have
grown
a little since last year. If you wish to encourage a child's interest in
art,
you're going to love this site. http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/
I don't care for tripod and don't generally list portals but this
is, nevertheless a nicely done woodworking portal.
http://members.tripod.com/~Luis_E/wood.html
The Luxembourg Income Study. http://www.lisproject.org/
A site for kids. http://www.magicalkingdom.co.uk/
"Monitoring the Future" is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes,
and values of American secondary school students, college students,
and young adults. http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/
The Musica virtual choral library. http://www.musicanet.org/
A unique collection of photographic, printed, manuscript and audiovisual
material covering all aspects of the culture of travelling showpeople (in
the UK). http://www.shef.ac.uk/nfa/index.php
The Obesity Society. http://www.naaso.org/
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A mini-feature on making paper.
http://hometown.aol.com/Ppreble2/paper.html
http://www.infostuff.com/kids/paper.htm
http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/papermak.htm
http://www.ipst.edu/amp/
http://www.intersurf.com/~redstic/Paper/Hand.htm
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/paper_make/paper_make.html
http://www.papermaking.net/
http://laceimports.com/michelle/projects/paper_instr.html
http://internet.cybermesa.com/~rotto/paper.html
http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Paper%20Making%20Lesson.html
http://www.bowater.com/paper.html
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/CHINA-PAPER.HTML
http://www.tutorials.com/06/0697/0697.asp
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/welcome.htm
http://www.mlhart.com/paper/papermake.htm
http://marcalpaper.com/default.cfm?SiteMenu=Editorial&PageID=139
http://www.wipapercouncil.org/makepaper.htm
http://www.wipapercouncil.org/process.htm
http://www.planetpals.com/papermaking.html
http://www.manntaylor.com/paper.html
http://www.ifdn.com/paper/paper.htm
http://scienceforfamilies.allinfo-about.com/features/paper.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/crafts/china/paper.htm
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis710/StudentWebGuides/PAPER.HTM
History for kids. http://www.historyforkids.org/
Some interesting survey findings about blogs.
http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/iceberg.html
http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/geyser.html
Useful computer security info. http://www.personalfirewallday.org/
Strengthening civil society through education, research,
and leadership training. http://www.philanthropy.org/
A fast image viewer and editor which claims to be ideally suited for
processing large images created by modern digital cameras.
http://www.pixoid.com/
A site for RV lovers. http://www.rverscorner.com/
Some folks figure Sam Maloof is a genius.
http://snipurl.com/hnwc
http://www.malooffoundation.org/maloofindex.cfm
A long-term study of women aged 35 to 74 whose sister had
breast cancer. http://www.sisterstudy.org/English/index1.htm
Some simple, costless plugins for Windows versions of Photoshop,
Photo-Paint, Paint Shop Pro, PhotoImpact, PhotoLine32 and GIMP.
http://www.simpelfilter.de/en/
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Sprott's Fractal Gallery. http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals.htm
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
http://www.spssi.org/
A studious mini-feature.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/study/
http://www.studygs.net/
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/guides_index.html
http://www.howtostudy.com/
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/
http://www.sparknotes.com/
http://www.studytechnology.org/
http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html
http://www.howtostudy.org/
http://www.how-to-study.com/
http://www.studyworksonline.com/
A feature on the Blues.
http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/
http://www.theprimer.co.uk/
http://ckallen.com/Blues/Bluesprimer1.htm
http://www.tokyo-blues.com/blues_101.html
http://www.primepuzzle.com/leeslightest/blues_primer.html
http://www.blues.org/
http://www.thebluehighway.com/
http://www.bluesdatabase.com/
http://www.bealestreet.com/
http://www.honkytonks.org/
http://www.bluesharp.ca/
http://www.worldblues.com/bbking/default.asp
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom.html
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=267
http://www.bluesworld.com/ (a portal)
http://www.blueslinks.nl/home.php (another portal)
http://www.thebluesnet.com/
http://bluesnet.hub.org/gorgen/
A photo gallery of innovative clocks. This will take a long time to load on
a dial-up connection (as I have) but I felt it was worth the wait.
http://www.sestka.com/galerie.htm
A possibly useful hint: A little box with a red "x" in it, on a web page,
can mean an image file is missing but it can also mean that Internet
Explorer "timed out" and stopped loading the page before all the images
were downloaded. If the image isn't showing because IE timed out, you
can force IE to resume loading the image by right-clicking on the little
red "x" and selecting "Show picture" from the context menu.
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A commercial site that will, nevertheless, be fun for card, matchcover
and paper collectors. http://www.dotpattern.com/
A portal to the visible universe. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/
A couple of interesting sites I found.
http://www.greenworks.tv/rough_terrain/noyesmuseum/
http://www.foundmagazine.com/
I don't know if he's a lawyer or even if he's all wet.
http://www.maritimeadvocate.com/
An extensive music portal. http://www.somusical.com/
I'm not at all sure about the main function of this site but some
of the reading was interesting. http://www.simpleton.com/
There's a few interesting things to see on this commercial art site.
http://www.surrealcoconut.com/home.html
Persons who have an interest in vintage music synthesizers will
love these sites. http://www.vintagesynth.com/
http://www.synthesized-dreams.com/
http://www.synthmuseum.com/
Their name is pronounced the same as "tiger" and they refer to
what they do as "Aviation Archeology". http://www.tighar.org/
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society.
http://www.tecsoc.org/
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.
http://nces.ed.gov/timss/
Jakob Nielsen's website. http://www.useit.com/
Lisa and I are big fan of Van Morrison.
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/lyrics/
http://www.pastemusic.com/artist/10396
http://howard.weaver.org/morrison/index.html
A daily poetry resource. http://www.versedaily.org/
Women and Gender in the Ancient World.
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
Celebrating Women's History. http://www.nwhp.org/
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Here's a few good links I picked up from the Highland Lakes
Computer Club http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hlcc-tx/
DVD burning tips. http://www.geeks.com/pix/techtips-AUG10-05.htm
Tech Tips archive. http://www.geeks.com/pix/techtip-viewall.htm
Shopping Goodwill online. http://shopgoodwill.com/
VLC is a (costless) cross-platform media player. http://www.videolan.org/
Here's a way you can pass on really large files
to your friends without having to email them.
http://www.dropload.com/
http://www.sendthisfile.com/
http://www.yousendit.com/
Thanks HLCC.
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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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Courtesy Sky W. Cockrum of www.wolf.com
(who's a member of the Yahoo's HLCC list)
Haiku error messages for Windows.
http://www.crisbrady.net/WinHaiku.html
Thanks Sky.
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As a musician, I feel it's necessary to poke fun at
myself, and other musicians, as often as possible.
Here are a few musical laughs I've been saving.
A young child says to his mother, "Mom, when I grow up
I'd like to be a musician." She replies, "Well honey,
you know you can't do both."
Q: What do you call a beautiful woman on a trombonist's arm?
A: A tattoo.
Q: What's the difference between a banjo and an onion?
A: Nobody cries when you chop up a banjo.
Q: What do clarinetists use for birth control?
A: Their personalities.
Q: What did the drummer get on his I.Q. Test?
A: Saliva.
============== Tips ===============
http://www.ctips.com/
http://www.ckls.org/~crippel/computerlab/tutorials/
http://malektips.com/
http://www.pchell.com/
======== Reader Contributions =========
Irving Stein is a subscriber and regular contributor to our ezine.
He's also one of the online computer experts at
http://www.allexperts.com where his identity is "Irving S".
You might also enjoy his thought provoking website:
http://www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com
Here are some sites that Irving sent me for this issue:
Inspirational flash movies. http://www.inspiringthots.net/
Jacquie Lawson's animated e-card collection.
http://www.jacquielawson.com/
A nice news portal. http://www.newsvoyager.com/voyager.cfm
Reader and friend John Lepse has been enjoyed Bruce Feiler's
books http://www.brucefeiler.com/
and is a crossword "junkie" so he loves this crossword portal.
http://www.crossword-puzzles.co.uk/
John also enjoyed discovering James Burke's site.
http://www.k-web.org/
In a recent email John mentioned how much he always enjoyed
his mother's oyster and wild rice but no longer has the recipe.
I did some research John and found a few recipes. They all seem
to be fairly similar so they might be very like your mother's.
http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/19/110568.shtml
http://snipurl.com/hipp
http://www.celsius1414.com/cooking/o/recipe_87726.html
http://www.recipesource.com/main-dishes/casseroles/10/rec1051.html
Thanks Irv and John.
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Ok, that's it for another issue. This one's a little smaller than usual
but we've been very busy just lately. I'll probably update the "personal
babble" page in time for the next issue.
Reader George wrote to request a gmail invitation and said he didn't get my
last issue. "Hey George, I responded to your post but your email
provider's
filtering bounced my reply. Your gmail invitation should have been sent by
now but it may also have bounced. If you have to read this issue online,
as you did the last one, you'll have to contact your ISP"
That's it then. I'll create the online version, upload it, and post this.
Then
I'll go fix myself a little snack. *smile* Life is good.
Don Crowder - Wednesday, September 14, 2005
9:45 PM CST - Tow, TX, USA
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