[donspatch] 2006-05-01
- From: "Don Guitar" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Don's Patch" <donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 00:18:25 -0500
Don's Patch Issue #2006-05-01 from http://www.don-guitar.com
First word, from Don:
Irving Stein sent me a link to Pandora where I've discovered some
really good music. So far I've set up five stations that I really like.
Station "Tito Puente". http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh24858487
Station "Spyro Gyra". http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh24859511
Station "Dave Brubeck". http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh24858630
Station "Lalo Schifrin". http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh24857841
Station "B. B. King". http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh24951290
Of course we're not about to give up Shoutcast either.
Our shoutcast choices:
Latin Salsa: http://66.28.200.122:7100 or http://snipurl.com/pu1c
Flamenco: http://207.200.96.227:8000 or http://snipurl.com/pu1f
BluesOnAir: http://211.113.235.72:8422 or http://snipurl.com/pu1g
AtlantaBlues: http://66.0.192.157:8000 or http://snipurl.com/pu1j
Hey, hey, hey here we are again. When we're working together Lisa
tells people "there's no extra charge for the Don and Lisa show".
I guess that's true here too. No extra charge, so enjoy the show.
Hang on, here we go.
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A Linux live CD for the devoutly paranoid.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os
I've kept up the search for the ideal Linux distribution to use in
older Windows 95 and 98 machines. Here are some good
candidates I've found recently (these are not live CDs).
http://stibs.cc/stx/
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/
http://caos.caosity.org/index.html
http://www.delilinux.de/
This live CD represents one of the more exotic Linux distros.
http://www.elivecd.org/
Linspire, a very popular Linux distro, has released an Open
Source version. http://www.freespire.org/
Additional Linux resources.
From IBM. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/
International site for Linux beginners. http://www.reallylinux.com/
List of Linux distributions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
A Linux magazine from the U.K. http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/
A friendly and active Linux Community. http://www.linuxquestions.org/
Fedora resource. http://titaniclinux.net/cms/FC?link=linux
Dave's desktop. http://www.virtualsky.net/daves/index.htm
Kids online. http://www.kids-online.net/
August 5th is Left-Handers Day. http://www.lefthandersday.com/
Texas Information Literacy Tutorial. http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
The Internet describes the Internet. http://www.livinginternet.com/
You may prefer to skip this one if you have a dial-up connection
but I think it's worth the wait.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4668196322523357460
Over 5,700 US Department of Defense terms and over 100,000
military and government acronyms and abbreviations.
http://www.militarywords.com/
A brief study of artist Joan Miró (1893 - 1983).
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Miro.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/miro_joan.html
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/miro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3
http://www.artelino.com/articles/joan_miro.asp
Find dictionary words for crossword puzzles, code words
and word games like Scrabble, Upwords and Jamble.
http://www.morewords.com/
Keyboard shortcuts for leading Microsoft products.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
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CPU frequency control for notebooks running Windows XP.
http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/index.html
How about a set of gauges for the computer? Nifty app to
keep an eye on your system's systems.
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm
Find files and information on your hard drive.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
Artwork looks like real painting.
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Find and remove duplicate files.
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/
Color picker with additional useful features.
http://www.colorschemer.com/colorpix_info.php
OK, I'm only going to list this one more time, to remind
those of you who haven't seen and heard it. It will take
some time to load on dial-up, but it's worth it.
The National Song of India.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7399792002477900458
Here's a bit of weirdness for your reading pleasure.
http://www.rviewer.com/index.html
Play one of our favorite games online. Very addictive!
http://glenn.sanson.free.fr/fb/play.html
Is this cute or what? A Google video.
http://snipurl.com/prqz
If you're an atheist, you're in good company.
http://www.wonderfulatheistsofcfl.org/Quotes.htm
http://snipurl.com/prr5
If you're not, you're in good company.
http://www.thewonderoftheworld.com/newsrelease-flew.php
The Dutts family of India, has some wonderful photos.
http://www.thedutts.com/gallery/index.php
A correspondence gaming site. http://gamesbyemail.com/
Mondo geek programming site. http://www.geekpedia.com/
Keep track of your computer's functions.
http://www.areallysmallapp.com/
Patrick Fitzgerald, web content developer, woodworker,
family guy. http://www.barelyfitz.com/
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One more link shortening service. http://www.myturl.com/
An interesting utility I haven't mentioned in a while. I don't use it.
I've no use for it really, but it remains interesting.
http://www.mycorkboard.com/
A photo-sharing site. http://www.myphotoalbum.com/
Artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006). http://www.paikstudios.com/
Useful? I don't know, but interesting.
http://www.acad.bg/beginner/gnrt/
Ed Fink's panoramas. http://www.bigeyeinthesky.com/
I emailed this company to ask them "Yes, but what can it do?".
They never answered me. http://www.picotux.com/
Fred Voetsch's photo journal. http://picturesof.net/
The Museum of Broadcast Communications.
http://www.museum.tv/home.php
I've waffled over trying to learn computer programming (at my age)
for years but if I ever work up the nerve, here's where I plan to start.
http://www.realbasic.com/
Robert Altman's celebrity photos.
http://www.altmanphoto.com/Catalog.1.html
Back in grade school my best friend and I used to write one another
notes that we'd laboriously encrypted with a substitution code.
This appears to be a more formal implementation of such a code.
http://www.rot13.org/
Lisa and I really enjoy the "SameGame" that's on our Linux computer
(PCLinuxOS) and because we've only one Linux computer I went looking
for a Windows version. I found one too.
http://www.tjerngren.net/samegame/
It's a little "geeky" to install since it defaults to the "program" folder
and
there's not normally a folder by that name in Windows computers so
you have to let it create one or direct it to another folder of your
choosing.
Once the file is unzipped, you'll also have to create your own shortcut to
it as well and I hated the sounds that came with it but deleting the wav
files killed the program so I created some empty wav files to replace them.
http://www.don-guitar.com/software/sgsounds.zip
What would you like to know about RSS? http://allrss.com/
Some online games.
http://www.rubytooth.com/
http://www.teagames.com/games/tuneups/play.php
http://www.trackwars.com/
http://upchucky.com/Home.html
http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
Safe play for kids. http://www.safetrider.org/
More for kids. http://www.show.me.uk/
Here's a very nice applications package from the folks at Mozilla.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
The Snow Goose Gallery. http://www.thesnowgoosegallery.com/
I haven't mentioned this one since October of 2004 but it's a very
interesting site. http://www.sodaplay.com/
SpeedFan is a (costless) program that monitors voltages, fan speeds
and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Smalltalk doesn't seem to be very complicated, but it is a computer
language. http://www.smalltalk.org/main/
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http://www.qiken.org/
A short story by Isaac Asimov.
http://www.abelard.org/asimov.htm
Computer science tutorials and applets.
http://www.cs.usask.ca/resources/tutorials/csconcepts/index.html
Clinical case computer tutorials in biochemistry.
http://snipurl.com/pt6s
We mention this site often. The best self-education site.
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
IT tutorials. http://www.itarchitect.com/tutorials.jhtml
Lots of people want to know more about firewalls.
http://www.vicomsoft.com/knowledge/reference/firewalls1.html
Words;
Commonly confused. http://snipurl.com/pt7l
Fun with. http://rinkworks.com/words/
Buzz. http://www.buzzwhack.com/
Comix without. http://www.bugpowder.com/andy/_comix.ohne.worte.html
Cool. http://www.altmanphoto.com/Fun.To.Say.Cool.Words.html
Literate. http://www.chicklit.com/
Help for new teachers.
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/firstwords/fwconts.html
Lots and lots of comics. http://www.bugpowder.com/andy/index.html
Coloring, drawing, activities, jokes and riddles.
http://www.cartooncritters.com/onlinecoloring.htm
Billy Bear's page for kids. http://www.billybear4kids.com/
Games and activities for kids. http://www.c-n.com/courierkids/
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Command line reference for Oracle, Windows, Linux and OS X.
http://www.ss64.com/index.html
The "Badware" problem. http://www.stopbadware.org/
Write your own story, sort-of. Refresh the page to get a new
topic. http://stuff.mit.edu/storyfun
Strange Science. http://www.strangescience.net/
Wanna Sudoku puzzle? http://www.sudokupuzzlesonline.com/
The official W3C list of implementations of Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG). http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/SVG-Implementations
SyncBack is an multi-award winning (costless) program that
helps you easily backup and synchronize your files.
http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/
A nice collection of costless-apps and reading matter.
http://www.sysinternals.com/
Tactile Graphics, An Overview and Resource Guide.
http://dots.physics.orst.edu/tactile/tactile.html
Make lists and get stuff done. http://www.tadalist.com/
Talk radio. http://www.radiotalk.org/
Academy of (American) Television Arts and Sciences.
http://www.emmys.tv/
Test your ESP (I totally bombed this test).
http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/esp1.htm
Ricky Sarile's website. http://www.veranda.com.ph/rps/
Um, well you take two notions like 'online communities' and
'online office apps' and jam them together and you'll get something
like this. http://www.thinkfree.com/common/main.tfo
The writing of Robert Harris. http://www.virtualsalt.com/
An artsy, architectural, blog-like website.
http://www.tropolism.com/artisttecture/
Seek and you may learn. http://www.tutorialfind.com/
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Uncommon amusements for grownups and children.
http://www.meddybemps.com/
Baby shower games. http://store.yahoo.com/swack/freegames.html
Costless PDF reader. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Improbable Research, administers of the Ig Nobel prize.
Go ahead, laugh; then think. http://improbable.com/
Spoof of Hammacher Schlemmer. http://www.antonsledgehammer.com/
Lots of famous people died young. Not me, no thanks.
http://snipurl.com/pu8d
The John Carney show.
http://www.carneyshow.com/html/jackcarney.html#lonelyhearts
"Remember, remember the 5th of November."
http://www.show.me.uk/gunpowderplot/
The rock balancing art of Bill Dan.
http://www.rock-on-rock-on.com/
Imagine the Universe, from NASA.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
A self-confessed Unix nerd. http://involution.com/
Remember or hear about the Mercury Theater? Listen to the
original shows. http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
The Gemini Observatory. http://www.gemini.edu/
European Architects. http://193.74.228.82/
The gadgets weblog. http://gizmodo.com/
Costless wallpapers. http://www.wallpaperbase.com/
Articles and essays on history, science, religion and
philosophy. http://www.bede.org.uk/contents.htm
Can't get enough of the Garbage Pail Kids?
http://www.garbagepailkids.com/
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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
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http://www.scotsnewsletter.com
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Customize and simplify your Windows installation.
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/1/
Unusual Research. http://www.unusualresearch.com/
Resources for Visual Basic programmers.
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/index.asp
The notion is pretty cool but it seems like it might have
security issues. http://www.virtualsky.net/eyeos-article.html
Scenario: A small group of friends and/or coworkers who wish
to communicate in a highly secure environment. One potential
solution: http://waste.sourceforge.net/
English literature and language come alive on the internet.
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/W/waywithwords/
Susan Love's Website for Women. http://www.susanlovemd.org/
A gardening and lawn-care resource. http://www.weedalert.com/
Bodleian Library's Department of Special Collections and Western
Manuscripts. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/wmss.htm
WGBH is a major producer of content for public television, radio, and
the web. http://www.wgbh.org/
Dr Hoiby's collection of goodies. http://www.dr-hoiby.com/tools.php
The continuing seafaring adventures of Carolyn and Rick.
http://www.wind-borne.com/index.htm
An interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English
words. http://www.wordcount.org/index2.html
Fin with words. http://www.fun-with-words.com/
wordplays. http://www.wordplays.com/p/index
Word search. http://www.wordsearchfun.com/
Words from wordsmith. http://wordsmith.org/
Writing help.
http://www.writinghelp-central.com/
http://www.writinghelptools.com/
XORP is an open source software router platform.
How safe is your home? http://www.loris.net/zombie/
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Things said by kids.
Part II
The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we
wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a
female moth.
Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving
people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose
of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled
biscuits, and threw the java.
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Computer tutorials, forums and more.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/
Elizabeth Boston's tips, tutorials and more.
http://asktcl.com/index.htm
computer Articles, Presentations and Tutorials.
http://vlaurie.com/index.html
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A few links sent in by
reader and friend, Irving Stein.
http://www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com
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World's Smallest Political Quiz.
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
Strange. http://www.strangecosmos.com/
Gizmo Richards' support alert.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm
TeMerc Internet Countermeasures. http://temerc.com/
Terry's Computer Tips. http://www.terryscomputertips.com/
The Shadow (what does he know? Check for yourself.).
http://theshadow.members.atlantic.net/
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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 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:
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Planning a road trip? http://www.etravelogue.com/
Lambiek Comiclopedia (this is cool).
http://lambiek.net/artists/index.htm
Librarians' Internet Index. http://www.lii.org/
Lists of bests. http://www.listsofbests.com/
Literature map. http://literature-map.com/
New stuff in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/new_words.htm
Julius "Nipsey" Russell (September 15, 1918 - October 2, 2005).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipsey_Russell
New office slang.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2005/03/new_office_slan.html
40 Things That Only Happen In Movies.
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/features/20moviethings.htm
More of interest on the main site. http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/
Scott Cummins does some amazing things with pumpkins.
http://www.pumpkingutter.com/
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Reader and friend John Lepse is a workaholic
in the health care industry. You know, the
sort of person who really does care? That's
John. He usually manages to send me one
or two links for every issue. I'm guessing he's
had some time off lately. Here's a few from John.
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101 Fabulous (costless)bies from PCWorld. http://snipurl.com/psov
Purveyors of Useless Knowledge. http://failedsuccess.com/
Home-made commercial for Firefox. Some of these are very funny.
http://www.firefoxflicks.com/
It doesn't matter how you quit smoking, as long as you quit. For me
all it took was learning that Lisa didn't smoke.
http://www.geocities.com/cupace/
Explore, search and discover earth. http://earth.google.com/
America's Oldest University. http://www.podunk.com/
Information and resources on maintaining, optimizing, and securing
Windows XP. http://www.jstechs.com/
The Webby awards. http://www.webbyawards.com/
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Jon Reed offered this interesting way to look at gas prices.
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
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This issue's contributions from
reader and friend Patrick Barden
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A search engine for folks who like large print.
http://www.big.com/home.php
A Windows utility. http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/
Very interesting (but stupid) *grin*. http://digicc.com/fido/
It all started with one red paperclip.
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
Robert Sabuda's DIY cards.
http://robertsabuda.com/popmakesimple.asp
The religious affiliation of comic book characters.
http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html
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Here's a few from my long-time friend, reader
and web sibling Vinette DePhillipe.
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Funny crochet definitions. http://snipurl.com/psqq
Yet another way to track gas prices.
http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx
A knitting resource. http://www.dailyknitter.com/
Yarn guide. http://www.bigyarnguide.com/
Knitting patterns. http://snipurl.com/psqv
Devoted to people who consider themselves maniacs when
it comes to knitting socks. http://www.sockamaniac.com/
The Socknitters Home Page. http://www.socknitters.com/
Thank you Irv, Jo, John, John, Patrick and Vi.
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Last word, from Lisa:
As you have probably guessed, I'm a bit of a Dirt Goddess. The
neighbor across the street has threatened to turn his lawn chair
around because watching me makes him tired. But it's probably an
old joke for him, his wife, a *very* normal person, works even
harder in the yard than I do. This year, since we have more time
at home, I'm improving the yard a bit. Have to do it now, soon
temps will be in the triple digits here in Central Texas. Learned
to repair a rock wall yesterday. This morning I got two dozen
Siberian Irises in the planting bed out front, I'm shooting for a
couple dozen white irises in the morning. 'Til next time....
Live, love, plant.
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A bit of advice from Internet veteran Bayard J. Fox:
New computer users are often in awe of the things you can get without
cost on the Internet. There can be hidden costs for the unwary. Use a
"throw away" email address to register, and be constantly on guard
against giving away personal information. Use a firewall, and provide
only the barest minimum of information on questionnaires.
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