[donspatch] 2007-03-01
- From: "Don Guitar" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:17:43 -0600
Don's Patch #65 from http://www.don-guitar.com March 1, 2007
First word, from Don:
I'm sure everyone has heard or read about the controversy over
Windows Vista. Chris Pirillo called it a "pig with lipstick",
the Linux community is having a field day as more and more
folks are expressing an interest in Linux and the folks at
Mac have said they don't expect Vista to have any
measurable impact on their sales figures while rumbles in
some quarters suggest that the negative publicity surrounding
Vista may actually be creating a modest boost in Mac sales.
However it all works out, I think this year will be a very
interesting one for computer Operating Systems.
Don't hesitate to pass on your take on the subject and
here's an interesting thought for you. How would you
like to have a blog at Lockergnome? Here's your chance;
read the second paragraph at the top of this page.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/lockergnome
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We all know that Windows 95,98, 98SE, and ME are no longer
supported so you can't get updates right? Wrong! I stumbled
into this and actually wrote a letter to MS Support to confirm
it. Some Critical and Security updates are still available.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/
There are even more updates on these pages but you'll have to
read the description of each application to find out if the
update applies to your particular version of Windows.
http://snipurl.com/1bgmb
http://snipurl.com/n8y4
Note: Some, but not all, are easy to eliminate because
they specify which version they're intended for.
Some of the more popular downloads are still
compatible with older versions of Windows as well.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.mspx
I can't recall ever having heard of the Trusted
Computing Platform Alliance, how about you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing_Group
http://againsttcpa.com/
Andy Molloy's web site. http://www.landsnail.com/
Before there was a Mac, there was an Apple.
http://apple2history.org/
http://www.a2central.com/portal/
http://www.applematters.com/index.php
http://www.apple-history.com/
Mac resources.
http://www.atpm.com/
http://www.mackido.com/
Brian Sack's irreverent blog. http://www.banterist.com/
A useful Open Source app for Windows 3.1.
http://www.calmira.de/
The lines between television and the internet seem to
get thinner all the time. http://www.cnettv.com/
Our favorite recent YouTube/Google video discoveries.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=erikmongrain
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rpoland
http://snipurl.com/1bgtj
A tool for MS Office users.
http://www.fightthebull.com/bullfighter.asp
If you find yourself in the UK and in need of a ride,
start here. http://www.freewheelers.co.uk/index.php
A media intense kids site from DreamWorks.
http://www.dwkids.com/
Geographic Names Database.
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp
A web portal of computer programming and gaming
resources. http://www.gridter.com/
Old Operating Systems no longer die, they
simply reincarnate as Open Source projects.
http://haiku-os.org/
http://www.freedos.org/
Sorting the interesting from the mundane may
be time consuming in these image galleries.
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/
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Superb photographer and web designer Turtle Julian.
http://www.visualindulgence.com/
What is filk? http://snipurl.com/1bgnq
This appears to be an amalgam of philosophy,
psychology, and sociology. Interesting.
http://changingminds.org/index.htm
Music theory for guitarists.
http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/
Cynthia Lord, children's book author.
http://www.cynthialord.com/
A site devoted to enhanced credibility on
the web. http://credibilitycommons.org/
And now...from the Yuck Department,
http://www.dr-dan.com/tapeworm.htm
Tricks of the Trade for scriptwriting.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/
One of the best explanations of "Why I Love Linux".
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=950157
Free woodworking plans. http://snipurl.com/1bgqn
I've probably listed him in the last year, but
you can't have too much Dave Barry.
http://www.davebarry.com/gg/misccol.htm
Beauty in the ordinary.
http://www.fourteenplacestoeat.com/
Good food, every day.
http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/
Programming and web resources.
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppbook/index.shtml
Practice guide to HTML and CSS.
http://www.htmldog.com/
The Electronic Text Center of the University of
Virginia. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
Always on the lookout for new things to learn.
http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/
Loads of cool stuff for kids. http://snipurl.com/1bgqw
An oldie but a goodie from Thomas Malthus.
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/malthus/malthus.0.html
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(these are chosen for maximum diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://scienceblogs.com/
http://www.medhelp.org/home.htm
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Home
http://www.salon.com/index.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/index.html
http://www.nexusjournal.com/index.html
http://techdigest.tv/
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/index.php
http://www.osweekly.com/index.php
http://www.realchangenews.org/
http://www.lewrockwell.com/
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The times they are a changing.
http://bobdylan.com/moderntimes/home/main.html
The University of California at Davis Computer Science Museum.
http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/index.html
A Los Angeles 'Hotel' for Internet Carriers.
http://snipurl.com/1apam
Rick Turoczy's blog. http://www.hypocritical.com/blog/
Inspirational Words of Wisdom. http://www.wow4u.com/
Jason Summers's web site. http://entropymine.com/jason/
Jeremy Zawodny's blog. http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/
There are many serious theological questions which serious
scholars must address. I'm not sure this is one of them.
http://www.whatwouldjesusdrive.org/
Goodies from Kana. http://www.kana.homeip.net/
A Vista app already! http://www.kinyonsoftware.com/
I can't read the language but it was still fun to explore the
photographs. http://www.cefvigo.com/galego/ultima.htm
For mandolin players. http://www.mandolin-player.com/
Chris Anderson's geeky blog. http://www.longtail.com/
Netvibes is a configurable web home page.
http://www.netvibes.com/
Old computers dot com. http://www.old-computers.com/news/
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Remember Alien Nation? I loved that show!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Nation_(TV_series)
Chemistry for (not just) kids. http://www.chem4kids.com/
Solving Rubic's Cube for speed. http://lar5.com/cube/
Antique mouse and rat traps.
http://people.hws.edu/cicciarelli/trapic1.html
Monsters always warn you. It's best to listen.
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/nrule.htm
10 things you should do to every Windows PC.
http://snipurl.com/1bgr7
National Association for Children of Alcoholics.
http://www.nacoa.net/
An amazing amount of practical information.
http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/
Cross-platform music education software.
http://www.solfege.org/
Know of a speed trap in your area? Share it.
http://www.speedtrap.org/
Make your own luck. http://snipurl.com/1bgrg
Good typing test. http://snipurl.com/1bgsa
Do you have Spring Fever yet? http://www.burpee.com/
Calculators and online tools.
http://www.useekufind.com/learningquest/tmcaltoo.htm
All about cars. These guys are cool.
http://www.cartalk.com/
Learn HTML from Case Western Reserve University.
http://www.case.edu/its/itac/web/lrnhtml.html
The Anasazi were a good example of a failed civilization.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/chacocanyon.html
File-difference analysis tool for Windows.
http://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/CSDiff/
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Back in April of 2003 I listed the Universal Life Church where anyone
at all can costlessly, instantly become a genuine, legally ordained
minister and print out legal credentials in a matter of moments.
http://www.ulc.net/
Understand, the ULC isn't new, they've been around since 1959 and I
distinctly recall seeing their ads in the back of comic books when
I was a youngster. As I recall you had to send them ten dollars along
with your name and address to get your ordination papers. They just
changed with the times and dropped the fee after they went online.
That being said, I've discovered some other churches who're offering
the same deal with, or without, variations. One of them is a wee bit
tongue in cheek. Presented for your perusal.
http://www.spiritualhumanism.org/
http://www.templeofearth.com/
http://ficotw.org/ordination.html
http://www.universalministries.com/beordained.html?
http://www.dudeism.com/
Open Voting Consortium. http://www.openvotingconsortium.org/
Lisa doesn't care for animations but I very much enjoyed this
silly little movie. http://www.overthehedgemovie.com/
DIY robots for the budget minded.
http://www.paperrobots1999.com/
Meanings and origins of sayings and phrases and more.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/
The learning curve on this app is way beyond me but that doesn't
keep it from being extremely cool. http://www.povray.org/
Don't quote me on this. http://www.quoteworld.org/
Ray Rasmussen's photography and haiku. http://raysweb.net/
If you asked me if this web site was interesting, I'd have to say "Yes,
relatively speaking". http://www.uark.edu/ua/pirelli/html/default.html
Robin Good's blog. http://www.masternewmedia.org/index.html
Robot Battle is a programming game that challenges you to design
and code adaptable battling robots. http://www.robotbattle.com/
The Society for Amateur Scientists. http://www.sas.org/
Serge the Concierge has an interesting blog.
http://www.sergetheconcierge.com/
Another interesting blog is this one from Jenny the Librarian.
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
eBooks on the topics of Soil And Health.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/index.html
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Douwe Osinga is a very interesting person. Check out
his Google Hacks. http://douweosinga.com/about
Very cool and useful tips and tricks from
John Haller. http://johnhaller.com/jh/
Yankee Magazine online.
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/travel/index.php
Data Execution Prevention test.
http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~normanb/
Education software for very young children.
http://www.rayslearning.com/lettersa.htm
Indulge your technolust. http://radified.com/index2.html
Software for advanced mathematics.
http://members.aol.com/rf21exe/
Notepad+, with advanced features over Notepad.
http://mypeecee.org/rogsoft/]
Warrior women.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/sample-08.html
File integrity checker.
http://www.runtimeware.com/sentinel.html
Andy Darvill's Science Site. Resources for
teachers and students. http://snipurl.com/1bkah
HP has a number of superb online classes.
http://h30240.www3.hp.com/index.jsp
For cool, useful, costless goodies visit the
Digital Goddess. http://www.komando.com/downloads/
The Canon Digital Learning Center. Looks awesome!
http://snipurl.com/1bkbd
Vanguard has a lot of information about money
and its management, worth looking around.
http://snipurl.com/1bkc0
Buying Vista? Candace Lombardi has some advice
for you. http://snipurl.com/1bkd8
Vast site on the subject of homeschooling; the lessons
alone are fascinating, and there are lots of cool things
you can do at home with kids.
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/index.htm
This issue would not be complete without a mention of
food, so here it is, folks; pancakes, pancakes, lots of
pancakes! http://snipurl.com/1bkf0
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Websites everyone should know about.
These aren't sponsors, they're the best of Internet
publications and we highly recommend them all.
http://askTCL.com
http://luem42.com
http://www.langa.com
http://windowssecrets.com/
http://www.lockergnome.com
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com
http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
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Linux Corner
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Make the move. http://makethemove.net/
Mad Tux is a Linux-centric commercial venture but
there's some interesting reading on the site.
http://store.madtux.org/
Dyne:bolic is a multimedia Linux distro that will run on
older hardware and doesn't even require installation.
http://www.dynebolic.org/
Featherweight Linux is lean and mean with a KDE desktop.
http://www.featherweightlinux.org/
Freespire is a community-driven, Linux-based operating system that
combines the best that (costless), open source software has to offer
but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs,
drivers and applications as they see fit. http://www.freespire.org/
A lot of consumers have been telling Dell that they'd like to see new
computers with Linux pre-installed. http://www.dellideastorm.com/
Here's an interesting interview with Michael Dell, the chairman of
Dell Inc. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3822185143.html
If you're curious about Linux and want to take a closer look at it
and there happens to be a Linux Users Group in your area, that
would be a great place to start. Here's how you can find a group.
http://www.linuxusersgroups.org/search.html
Run Linux like any other program in Windows.
http://snipurl.com/1bki1
What do people like about Linux?
http://www.newsforge.com/pollBooth.pl?qid=69&aid=-1
Here's an interesting presentation that Lars Wirzenius
gave in 1998. http://liw.iki.fi/liw/texts/linux-anecdotes.html
The rest of Lars' site is well worth exploring.
http://liw.iki.fi/liw/
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A lot of folks can't understand how we came
to have an oil shortage here in our country.
Well, there's a very simple answer.
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
We just didn't know we were getting low.
The reason for that is purely geographical.
Our oil is located in Alaska, California
Coastal Florida, Coastal Louisiana, Kansas,
Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, and Texas while our dipsticks
are located in Washington, DC.
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Fix something. http://www.repairfaq.org/
Troubleshooting Windows XP.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
XP tips and tweaks. http://www.tunexp.com/tips/
Command line reference for Windows, Bash, Oracle,
and SQL Server. http://www.ss64.com/index.html
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From our web sibling Patrick Barden.
http://rrwbushangel.blogspot.com/
Gifts for you from Patrick.
http://www.don-guitar.com/romanrw.html
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Lisa and I don't read a lot of news feeds so we just use
Sage, which is a Firefox plugin http://sage.mozdev.org/
but Patrick is serious about reading news feeds so he
found himself a serious news reader for Windows.
http://abilon.en.softonic.com/ie/29223
Artists helping children. http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/
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From our web sibling Jo-Ann Burton.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/
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For fans of the Da Vinci Code. http://www.seekthecodes.com/
Towns with odd names.
http://s88932719.onlinehome.us/townname.htm
This website companion to "Our Bodies, Ourselves", a book
about women's health and sexuality, is rich with information.
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/
A gadzillion things to think about.
http://www.gadzillionthings.net/
The Mozart Effect.
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/mozarteffect2.shtml
The official website of American Idol.
http://www.americanidol.com/
This is interesting. This google map is connected to AP stories.
Click on a "balloon" on the page or on a link in the side bar to
open a synopsis and link to the main story which opens in a new
window. http://81nassau.com/apnews/
This site is appropriately called Cute Overload.
http://cuteoverload.com/
Tasteful television.
http://www.foodstories.com/
http://www.whoscookin.net/
http://www.delicioustv.com/
Email etiquette. http://www.emailreplies.com/
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From our web sibling Jerry Fox.
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An interesting artist's video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRVts7TFw-Y
How fast is your web connection?
http://speedtest.net/index.php
Some spoof songs by an unemployed automobile industry
worker. http://cliffster51.nfshost.com/
The videos are nice but the five minute History of Music audio
file is really excellent. http://stringfever.co.uk/video.html
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From our friend Irving Stein.
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Healing kids.
http://www.healingtodayschildren.com/movies.htm
Suddenly Senior.
http://www.suddenlysenior.com/nostalgiapage.html
Exploring Google's hidden features.
http://snipurl.com/1bkmn
Removing unneeded files (XP).
http://snipurl.com/1bkmo
See America. http://www.seeamerica.org/
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From our web sibling Peter Ekkerman.
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When Peter saw the name I use on my Lockergnome
blog (eldergeek) he wondered if this too was my site:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm
Well, no that's not my site but it sure is one worth
mentioning.
Thank you Patrick, Jo, Jerry, Irv and Peter
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Last word, from Lisa:
We've been having a blast with our new preoccupation;
blogging at Lockergnome. It's amazing how many times a
day we think of something that we'd like to explore in
more depth, then something important like life stuff pops
up to claim our attention and we lose our train of thought.
I've taken to writing notes, then in the evening doing some
research to find out more, getting the beginnings of an
opinion on the subject and writing the results.
On our personal news page, Don gives me the business for
this amusing habit, but I don't care. There's plenty I
can tease him about, and believe me I do. Never you mind,
but there's plenty of material here. Point is, we'll
always encourage our friends and readers to enjoy doing
what we do; something different, every day.
'Til next time,
Lisa
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