Don's Patch Issue #2006-01-15 from http://www.don-guitar.com Hello everyone. I've been trying to post on the due date of each issue because it keeps the archives in the proper order. It was no problem with this issue because we've been very busy and haven't had a great deal of time to work on it. We usually post early, even though we'd rather wait, because having an issue completed but unposted is stressful. We can't help feeling like something could go wrong and our work would become 'lost forever' so we fret about it until it's safely posted. This time it's all we could do to get it finished by the due date and it's likely to be a couple of days before we get our personal news page updated (if we manage it at all). At any rate, here 'tis. Enjoy. Our feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª One of my peers on the Highland Lakes Computer Club http://pages.tstar.net/~hlcc/ email group got all excited a new gadget he discovered. http://www.fingergear.com/computer_on_a_stick.php Another fellow on the list replied "Ok, that's cool but you don't have to spend $99.00 on it". http://damnsmalllinux.org/usb.html http://www.goosee.com/puppy/flash-puppy.htm http://featherlinux.berlios.de/usb-instructions.htm It's about abuse. http://www.be-free.info/index.asp The Adams Family Papers: http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/aea/ The American Journal of Botany. http://www.amjbot.org/ The principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations. http://www.apaclassics.org/ American Treasures of the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/ Printable and Outlook Express Stationery from Janice Weisberg. http://www.amphorastationery.com/ Archipelagoes. http://www.archipelago.nu/SKARGARD/ENGSTART.HTM ArtLex Art Dictionary. http://www.artlex.com/ Asian food terms and recipes from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food. http://www.asiafood.org/ When I was a young teenager, back in 1966, I used to ride my bicycle from Fort Hood (where my dad was stationed) to the public pier in Monterey and fish all day for Flounder. Along the way I often saw this totally cool car parked on the side of the road. What a car it was. http://www.theavanti.com/ http://www.pointhappy.com/cvcars/avanti.htm http://www.aoai.org/ http://www.avantimotors.com/ Photographs taken on the boundary between European and African and Asian cultures between 1850 and 1950. http://www.bmpix.org/ My sister's on a diet, nonny nonny boo boo. http://www.calorie-count.com/ http://www.dietbites.com/ http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/ http://www.fitwatch.com/ http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html http://www.healthyweightforum.org/ Got a Mac? Check this out. http://www.caminobrowser.org/ Contemporary American Poetry Archive. http://capa.conncoll.edu/ These cartoons are fairly cool. http://danscartoons.com/ Kids stuff from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.cbc.ca/kids/ A commercial site, but interesting. http://classicbells.com/ TV, movies and the web are getting more and more friendly with one another. http://tesla.liketelevision.com/ Classical Composers' Archive. http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/websyt/archive.html Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation. http://classics.mit.edu/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This publication is only mailed to verified double opt-in subscribers, and is brought to you by me, Don Crowder, my wife, Lisa Miller, and //www.freelists.org ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Have a hankerin' for pretty good eats? Visit the Diner Museum. http://www.dinermuseum.org/ This publication is brought to you from the Llano Uplift, an island of granite in a sea of limestone. Exciting stuff, y'all. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/ Every kind of knot you can imagine. http://www.netknots.com/ http://www.realknots.com/knots/ http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/knotlink.htm and these are animated! http://www.tollesburysc.co.uk/Knots/Knots_gallery.htm Traditional and alternative takes on Barbie. http://barbie.everythinggirl.com/ http://www.adiosbarbie.com/ Printable coloring pages. http://www.coloring.ws/coloring.html Burma Shave signs were wildly popular, for good reason. http://www.eisnermuseum.org/_burma_shave/ These recipes are too good for just camping. http://www.chuckwagondiner.com/ Surprise inside. http://www.crackerjack.com/home.htm Well-done crafts site brought to you by the Scouts. http://snipurl.com/li11 Lasso, lariat and trick roping. http://www.juggling.org/books/lasso/ http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/spin_rope/throw_lariat.htm Don't you just love bats? I do. http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp Build a bat house http://www.batcon.org/bhra/economyhouse.html More info for the slightly un-handy. http://www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat/bathouse.cfm A children's show loved by many adults. http://users.ultinet.net/~kfo/ Some of the best movies were baaaaaddddd... http://www.filmsite.org/crimefilms.html Haiku about everything. OK, some of it's pseudo-haiku. http://snipurl.com/li1e Daily news Haiku. http://www.madkane.com/news_haiku.html Windows Haiku. http://home.earthlink.net/~carloscar/comedy27.html The recent passing of an American Hero brings to light a rarely-told story, the man who stopped the My Lai massacre. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5133444 Try juggling! I will... maybe next week... http://www.juggle.org/ A new form of juggling, contact juggling. http://www.contactjuggling.org/mx/ There's more to leeches than you thought. http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/leeches.htm ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª At the time this issue was posted, the current subscriber count for this publication was 307. ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª This issue's collection of news/magazine/informational sites (these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ). http://www.kurdmedia.com/ http://www.projo.com/ http://www.thenownewspaper.com/index.shtml http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/index.html http://www.thestar.com/ http://www.thetechlounge.com/ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ http://www.townhall.com/ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hehome.htm http://www.ukar.org/ http://www.unhmagazine.unh.edu/index.html http://www.usaweekend.com/ http://www.usatoday.com/ http://www.valleyadvocate.com/gbase/Cover/index http://www.vdare.com/ http://www.vegetariantimes.com/index.cfm http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm http://www.warp2search.net/index.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globaltop http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª Coins. http://www.coinhunting.net/ http://www.coinfacts.com/ http://www.coinsite.com/ I had a terrible time navigating this site and, like many art sites, some of the content may not be family-friendly. http://www.conceptart.org/ The arts of the ancient Mediterranean world of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. http://www.dia.org/collections/ancient/ancientindex.html The Devil's Dictionary (2.0). http://www.eod.com/devil/archive/ Data and Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/archive.html Goodies from Dunkin. https://www.dunkindonuts.com/ Customizing Firefox. http://www.totalidea.com/freestuff4.htm Folk Play Research. http://www.folkplay.info/ Is there any such thing as a (costless) lunch? http://members.freewebs.com/ Ghost Towns. http://www.ghosttowns.com/ Greek Philosophy Archive. http://graduate.gradsch.uga.edu/archive/Greek.html And now for something healthy (ostensibly). http://www.mdadvice.com/ http://health.learninginfo.org/index.htm http://www.arthritis.org/default.asp http://www.mediterrasian.com/index.htm Fishing and leaning and other stuff from Scotland. http://www.historyshelf.org/index.php The Hopf Topology Archive. http://hopf.math.purdue.edu/ The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and related art. http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/ The International Archive of Education Data. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IAED/ It's about feminism. http://www.ifeminists.net/index.php In the 70s, 80s or 90s. http://www.inthe70s.com/ An interesting site to explore. http://www.designboom.com/eng/index.xtml Eat more bananas. http://www.eatmorebananas.com/ Italian Dialect Poetry. http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/DP/ An archive of biology data and software, established in 1989 to promote public access to freely available information, primarily in the field of molecular biology. http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/ Jag is a military thing. http://www.jag.navy.mil/ Jag is a TV show. http://www.paramount.com/television/jag/ Jag is a car. http://www.jag-lovers.org/ Jag is a Java Applications Generator. http://jag.sourceforge.net/ Jag is a classic guitar. http://www.jag-stang.com/ ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª If you'd like to help promote this non-commercial publication, please forward this ezine to anyone you know who might appreciate it. 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Styles you'll recognize even if you're not a fontaholic. http://www.fontdiner.com/main.html History, traditions and the culture of stonework. http://www.stonefoundation.org/ Will Rogers, an American icon. http://www.willrogers.org/ Often one wants to know, just how do you play the ukulele? http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~kunisige/eukulele_f.html http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111042/frame2page.html Organizers' Collaborative. using technology to effect social change. http://organizerscollaborative.org/mission.php Association of College Honor Societies. http://www.achsnatl.org/ Fraternity and Sorority website. http://www.greekpages.com/ The Planetary Society, the world's largest space-interest group. http://www.planetary.org/home/ The voices of contemporary English-speaking poets reading their works and works from the past. http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/home.do Poetry magazines archive. http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/ Pontiac, the most famous member of the Ottawa tribe. http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/famous/pontiac.htm Another Pontiac that was very popular. http://www.pontiacpower.net/index.html The Pragmatism Cybrary. http://www.pragmatism.org/ Bugs are big here. Pygmy locusts are very cool. http://home.scarlet.be/~ping0646/index.html Tool for Internet operators to obtain information about the global routing system. http://www.routeviews.org/ The Russian Arts Foundation. http://www.russianarts.org/projects.cfm Salem witch trials documentary archive. http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/home.html School directories all over the world. http://www.scholarstuff.com/ Center for Science in the Public Interest. http://www.cspinet.org/ Searchable Ornithological Research Library. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/ The Southwestern Michigan Seek and Search Club. Digging up history one item at a time. http://dlclark.tripod.com/#4 ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª My feedback form: http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html I welcome all comments, suggestions, or criticism. The form doesn't access your email client (it's a CGI form), so your privacy is assured. 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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 ªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªªª It is for people who have silently wept into a crumpled copy of their company's mission statement, for teachers who want to work in classrooms and not customer service points, and for all those who have been underpinned by an innovative, value adding, creative, sustainable,diverse and optimized framework. http://www.weaselwords.com.au/index3.htm Web casts are episodic streaming video productions very similar to broadcast TV in concept but delivered via the Internet. http://www.internetvideomag.com/Web-Sites/WEBCAST.HTM Web Design Library. http://www.webdesign.org/ Web Lecture Archive Project. http://www.wlap.org/ Web-birds (aircraft). http://www.web-birds.com/ A resource jazz connections. http://webjazz.net/index.html This website is dedicated to the memory of the British Imperial Weights and Measures. http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/index.htm Help for old homes. Articles written by Roger Faris. http://www.phinneycenter.org/programs/wh_articles.shtml Which file extension are you. http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/10/extension_quiz.php The William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition archive. http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnam/ Clear answers for common questions. http://www.wisegeek.com/ Metaphysics and Personality Tests. http://www.wizardrealm.com/ Jim Barry's Woodworking Plans. http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/ Search for words in pictures. http://www.gujian.net/woogle/ The word detective. http://www.word-detective.com/ This commercial site is also an interesting informational resource. http://www.squirmy-worms.com/ High School Poetry and Prose. http://wow-schools.net/ A writer's resource. http://www.poewar.com/ The World War I Document Archive. http://www.gwpda.org/ A fairly technical security resource. http://www.zone-h.org/en/index ============== Humor ============= Musician's Humor, Part IX Q: What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians? A: A vocalist. Q: How do you get a guitarist to play softer? A: Place a sheet of music in front of him. Q: What do you do if you see a bleeding drummer running around in your back yard? A: Stop laughing and shoot again. Q: How many 2nd violinists does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, they can't get up that high !!!!!! Soprano Sofege: do, re, mi, me, Me, Not You, ME!! ============== Tips =============== Excel tutorial. http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/index.html Firewall Q&A. http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/firewalls1.html (Some, not all) Costless tutorials. http://www.freeskills.com/ http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ A computer help site. http://www.felgall.com/index.html ======== Reader Contributions ========= This issue's contributions from reader and friend Irving Stein http://www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com ================================= BootSafe takes the hassle out of rebooting in Safe Mode or back to Normal mode. http://www.superadblocker.com/bootsafe.html Forwarded Funnies. http://www.forwardedfunnies.com/ An easy to install hit counter for your website. http://easy-hit-counters.com/index.php Microsoft search engine. http://www.microsoftsearchengine.com/search/search.php TGIF purports to be fun. http://www.my-tgif.com/ The ten net commandments. http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/2005/dec10.php#tenlaws Who wants a wiki? http://www.pbwiki.com/ PC assembly, hardware and software tutorials. http://www.pcmech.com/ Personality disorder test. http://snipurl.com/uxu Technical support. http://www.protonic.com/ ================================= Jo-Ann Burton is a wonderful friend. We didn't grow up together, and we've never met in person but she's my sister. I sometimes harvest links that she posts to her Yahoo group (to which I belong). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ Here's a few, from Jo-Ann: ================================= Older, recently published, and new books. http://www.bibliovault.org/BV.index.epl Christian Forwards. http://www.christianforwards.com/ Health info. http://familydoctor.org/ The Virtual Fossil Museum. http://www.fossilmuseum.net/ Your guide to the gods. mythology with a twist. http://www.godchecker.com/ A small business resources for the entrepreneur. http://www.inc.com/home/ Indigenous Peoples Literature. http://www.indigenouspeople.net/ipl_final.html Magic Show. http://www.allmagic.com/ Early Design and illustration. http://www.patentroom.com/ Recipes To go. http://www.recipestogo.com/ ================================= This issue's contributions from reader and friend John Lepse. ================================= This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes. http://www.snowcrystals.com/ Dogs and more dogs. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dogs/ ================================= This issue's contributions from reader and friend Patrick Barden ================================= A couple of interesting games (with music). http://www.samorost2.net/samorost1/ http://www.samorost2.net/ Modest Needs is a non-profit organization reaching out to hard-working individuals and families who suddenly find themselves faced with small, emergency expenses that they have no way to afford on their own. http://www.modestneeds.org/ ================================= Here's a few sites I got from my Australian friend Tim Skyrme. http://www.artzend.com/ ================================= Public records directory. http://www.searchsystems.net/ A useful security resource. http://www.spywareinfo.com/ The bra ball. http://www.braball.com/ TV commercials (has pop-ups). http://www.tvparty.com/emcomm.html ================================= My friend Kenneth Hale, a Vietnam Vet, sent me this link. http://chu65nang67.us/nam/vietnam.html ================================= All of which concludes yet another issue of our small but spiffy ezine. 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