[donspatch] 2007-04-15
- From: "Don Guitar" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Don's Patch" <donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:15:31 -0500
Don's Patch #68 from http://www.don-guitar.com April 15, 2007
First word, from Don:
Well, it's 2:00 AM and I've about finished this issue. Do you find
it ironic that I usually write my opening statement after I've
finished
everything else? I've still got to do the reader contributions but
I've spent the last couple of hours doing most of my work over.
I was working in Abiword, just on a lark I guess, and hadn't set
it to autosave. It crashed after several hours and all my work was
lost. I had to start over working from my browser history. Thank
goodness I recently decided to let Firefox keep browsing history
for three days. Prior to that I wasn't saving history at all.
Lisa and I normally write our blog entries and the ezine in
NoteTab Light. http://www.notetab.com
I bought a copy of NoteTab Pro and didn't like it so I gave it to
a friend of ours (who loves it) and bought two copies of NoteTab
Standard. Lisa's been using it for a while but when I tried it
something didn't work like I thought it ought to so I went back to
NoteTab Light. The main difference is that NoteTab Standard has
spell checking and that's a feature I really need. Ironically, Lisa
has very little use for a spell checker. Abiword also has spell
checking, that's why I was trying it out, but I didn't think about
setting its automatic back-up (which I use in both versions of
NoteTab). I just hate learning things "by surprise". Don't you?
Oh well, moving right along...
Don
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Section One, prepared by Don.
Here's a nice web-dev resource. http://www.wellstyled.com/
Vanity publishing it may well be, but it's a new, more affordable,
version. http://www.blurb.com/
I learned on this site that the link descriptions I write (like this
one for
example) are called "blurbs" and while I agree that a good blurb
should
inform, not tease, I freely admit that I sometimes deliberately write
light
hearted blurbs which are intended to tease or tantalize my readers.
My
intent, in such instances, is to make this publication a little more
of an
adventure. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/e-text/blurbs.htm
If you have a fast connection and a love for musical diversity you
may just
find CD Baby to be addictive. Every artist I checked out had sound
clips
available. http://cdbaby.com
If you'd like a small glimpse of what's available, listen to one or
two clips
by Roger Wang. http://cdbaby.com/cd/rogerwang
or Kid Pan Alley. http://cdbaby.com/cd/kidpanalley3
I followed a link to Leni Stern's site and was blown away by the
videos.
http://lenistern.com/home/index.php?p=leni/leni.php
If you can't use conTEXT (a programming editor), maybe you know a
computer geek who can. http://www.context.cx/
The Discovery Channel. http://www.discoverychannel.ca/
Tim O'Reilly and Jimmy Wales' recently suggested codes of conduct for
bloggers which sparked off a lot of controversy. I can see both
sides of
the issue and find it amusing really but this piece by Andrew Keen is
hilarious. http://blogs.zdnet.com/keen/?p=124&tag=nl.e622
What would you like to know about vintage vacuum tube guitar
amplifiers
made by the Fender corporation? http://www.ampwares.com/ffg/
A site about Mars. http://www.marsanomalyresearch.com/
The extent of male fashion from my perspective is a mild aversion to
wearing socks that don't match. This site has other notions.
http://men.style.com/
Details on pet food recalls. http://www.menufoods.com/recall/
A mini-feature on Multiple Hereditary Exostosis, also called "Bumpy
Bones". http://www.mheandme.com/
http://www.mhecoalition.com/
http://bumpybones.blogspot.com/
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_mhe.htm
http://www.radix.net/~hogue/mhe.htm
http://www.mheresearchfoundation.org/HOME.html
http://www.mhecoalition.org/
MS Linux, an interesting spoof. http://www.mslinux.org/
End of Section One.
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Section Two, prepared by Lisa
Photographer Lauren Greenfield has investigated the youth
culture in L.A. with fascinating results.
http://snipurl.com/1gevj
Education and the future of technology, a YouTube film.
http://www.flixxy.com/technology-and-education.htm
Program for GPS devices. http://www.gpstm.com/
Beautiful wooden bowls.
http://www.designsinwoodbyjc.com/news.htm
http://www.healing-arts.org/edric/gallery.htm
http://www.guild.com/artist/6310.html
What the Internet is all about.
http://snipurl.com/1gexk
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/13wworks.htm
The Internet is not the lawless place it sometimes
seems. http://ccs.mit.edu/papers/CCSWP197/CCSWP197.html
Animals provide security to the poorest of the poor.
http://www.usaid.gov/stories/ethiopia/ss_et_goats.html
The Guinness Book of World Records.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
News about dogs. http://dogsinthenews.com/
Real education, really costless. Open Course Ware
from MIT. http://web.mit.edu/
Create your own basic survey. http://www.advancedsurvey.com/
Web sites and web tools. http://www.bravenet.com/
Seed your search with a random word to make the results
a little more fruitful and a lot more interesting.
http://www.bananaslug.com/
Web development tools. http://builder.com.com/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
the current subscriber count for
this publication was 390.
This issue's collection of news,
magazine, and/or informational
sites (chosen for maximum
diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://fusionanomaly.net/anomalog/index.php
http://www.imminst.org/
http://www.gazetteonline.com/
http://www.avdf.com/
http://www.gelfmagazine.com/
http://www.hollyscoop.com/
http://www.elearnmag.org/index.cfm
http://www.govexec.com/
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/
http://www.thehammer.ca/
http://www.freemarketnews.com/
http://www.theinternetparty.org/index.php
http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/
Section Three, prepared by Don.
A mini-feature on money.
http://www.iii.org/financial2/
http://www.worldfinance.com/
http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/
http://www.banknotes.com/
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
http://snipurl.com/1gfuy
http://www.atsnotes.com/
http://www.kcshop.com/imagegallery/
http://snipurl.com/1gfv4
http://www.ft.com/home/us
http://www.ifc.org/
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769539.html
http://www.ifsl.org.uk/
John Peel was a very popular DJ in the UK. His fans
have kept his memory alive since his death in 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel
http://www.tributetojohnpeel.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/index.shtml
A multi-faceted mini-feature on podcasting.
http://snipurl.com/1gjte
http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/
http://www.podcastingnews.com/
http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html
http://www.slate.com/id/2119317/
http://www.podcastbunker.com/
http://www.podtech.net/home/
http://www.ipodder.org/
http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/
http://interviews.direcpod.com/
http://www.podcasting.ie/
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/
http://www.podcasting-tools.com/
http://www.thislife.org/Default.aspx
http://snipurl.com/1gjo5
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/
http://www.radioopensource.org/
http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/index.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/services/podcasting/
http://www.podcastpickle.com/
http://www.podcasting.com/home.php
http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/
http://www.podcast411.com/
http://www.podcastalley.com/
http://www.downsfm.com/
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ict/podcasting.htm
http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.php
http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/
http://www.kyouradio.com/
A mini-feature on Outlook Express.
http://www.marthas-web.com/outlookexpress.htm
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/tools.htm
http://www.mindspring.com/~oe_oh/
http://home.comcast.net/~jimpickering/
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Section Four, prepared by Lisa.
A portal site to many tools and applications.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/
Costless online computer and lifeskills classes.
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/
A large collection of useful links to practical
information. http://www.globalcomputing.com/index.cfm
A well-written obit of an accomplished and fascinating
woman. http://snipurl.com/1gexc
Global Online Adventure Learning Site.
http://www.goals.com/index.htm
Ooglepay Igpay Atinlay.
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-piglatin/
Have you tried Google News? http://news.google.com/
Sewing tips from Threads magazine.
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/nmt037.asp
Woodworking tips and tricks.
http://www.binkyswoodworking.com/TipsScript.htm
Worldwide graphics competitions
directory. http://snipurl.com/1gihi
Everything about geography.
http://www.graphicmaps.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm
A couple of interesting-looking apps.
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_ai.html
Business and greenpower can work together.
http://www.greenbiz.com/
Waste collection, disposal and
recycling. http://grn.com/
Restaurant guide to Japan.
http://www.japan-guide.com/
A toolkit for the multi-spec coder.
http://www.guistuff.com/
Very nice guitar resource site. Check out the
metronome and tuners. http://www.guitartips.addr.com/
Basic guitar lessons.
http://www.guitarbasics.com/index.htm
Tools to make life easier.
http://www.raggedclaws.com/freetools/category1.php
End of Section Four.
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Section Five, prepared by Don.
The next time someone says "we oughta get up a petition"
send them here. http://www.petitionspot.com/
To me, this sounds like a blog on steroids.
http://www.ourstory.com/
Printable, colorable, paper mandalas. http://www.papermandalas.com/
Today in history. http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Today in herstory. http://jeannerobinson.com/
Michael Durham's photography. http://www.oregonwild.com/
(costless apps) from Peter Bone.
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/software.html
Open Source apps for Windows. http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Learn more about Web 2.0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2
http://www.techsoup.org/toolkits/web2/
http://www.andybudd.com/dcontruct05/
http://snipurl.com/1giak
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_2_for_designers/
http://www.go2web20.net/
In some cases, the "latest and greatest" version isn't really
the best version. http://www.oldversion.com/
There's just something about a message in a bottle.
http://www.oceangram.com/index2.html
The "Official" U.S. Time. http://www.time.gov/
Art and photos. http://www.objectsandpixels.com/indy/main
A nice pair of (costless) programs from Badevlad.
http://www.bdvnotepad.com/bdvnotepad_en.htm
http://www.bdvnotepad.com/sscom_en.htm
I don't have a regular place for something like this but it's
interesting and harmless so you might enjoy tinkering with it.
1. Open up Windows Notepad.
2. Type in this sentence exactly:
this app can break
3. Save the file wherever you wish (the desktop is very convenient
for this little demonstration) naming it anything you like.
4. Close Notepad
5. Navigate to and open the saved file by double clicking it.
Surprize! Windows NotePad can't read this file and will return
nonsense (probably little squares). Does it mean anything?
No, but it won't hurt anything either and you might as well
delete the file unless you intend to play with it again later.
The author of these HTML tutorials prefers to use "plain old"
Windows NotePad as his editor-of-choice. http://notepad.com/
Speaking of Windows NotePad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad
http://www.notepad.org/
Lisa and I both enjoy a silly little cat named Neko that wanders
around our Linux desktops. Here's a Windows version of Neko.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/4173/neko.html
Or, you might prefer a more "sophisticated" cat like Felix.
http://www.don-guitar.com/dltoys.html
We're avid readers and if you live in the U.S. paperbackswap.com
is a good deal... http://www.paperbackswap.com/ ...but some
members (us included) have opted not to send books to places
where the postage is going to cost us quite a bit extra. If you live
in the UK, or nearby, here's a potential alternative.
http://www.mybookyourbook.co.uk/Public/
What's your favorite book? http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritebook/
Nature, from PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
Could you use a great calendar?
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
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Section Six, prepared by Lisa.
Basic book repairs.
http://www.philobiblon.com/bkrepair/BookRepair.html
Daily costless programs.
http://www.webmasterfree.com/hfbrowser.html
Some nice apps and games in an interesting site.
http://www.iisr-cnc.com/hamsin/
A clock for HAM radio operators that displays both local
and UTC time. http://www.alpinesoft.com/ashamclock.html
Learning and fun resources for parents and teachers.
http://www.happychild.org.uk/
Trish's computer tips and help.
http://hardwarehell.com/index.shtml
Online community for musicians.
http://www.harmony-central.com/
Harriet Schock teaches songwriting.
http://www.harrietschock.com/
The Heinlein Society. http://www.heinleinsociety.org/
Healthy Computing shows you how to compute without
distress. http://healthycomputing.com/
Heloise is still helping people.
http://www.heloise.com/
Costless computer help and resources.
http://help-site.com/
http://www.help2go.com/
http://www.techguy.org/
http://www.helptalk.com/
How to bring food to a potluck dinner.
http://www.wikihow.com/Bring-Food-to-a-Potluck-Dinner
A website for high school students.
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
The United States Holocaust Museum.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/
End of Section Six.
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://www.lockergnome.com
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com
http://www.tricksandtrinkets.com
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
The Linux Corner.
One man's journey into Linux.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/matneym
With Linux you can take several obsolete computers
and assemble them into a super-computer using a
technique called "clustering".
http://www.lustre.org/index.html
http://www.pvfs.org/
http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/
http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/index.html
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/458/
http://www.linuxhpc.org/
Debian news. http://www.debian-news.net/
Debian weekly. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/current/issue/
Debian Package of the Day. http://debaday.debian.net/
A purely Open Source, Debian-based distro. http://www.gnewsense.org/
A full-featured, Debian-based distro. http://linuxmint.com/
One man's journey into Linux.
http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/matneym
Open talk about Open Source. http://radio.linuxquestions.org/
KDE or Gnome? (We like KDE). http://snipurl.com/1gjyr
A Little Humor.
I thought this was funny but it was too large to print here.
http://www.don-guitar.com/joke041507
Whether or not you laugh, this is guaranteed to be good for a smile.
http://jimsgarage.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/life-with-no-left-turns/
Microsoft Linux. http://www.mslinux.org/
Tips for This Issue.
Resources for most versions of Windows.
http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/index.html
http://www.mdgx.com/
http://www.neowin.net/index.php
http://www.msfn.org/
http://www.marthas-web.com/
Contributions From Our Readers.
Links from readers are always
welcome and you can even write
your own link descriptions if you
like. Guidelines are available here:
http://www.don-guitar.com/descriptivetext.html
From our friend April Bapst.
These six websites are all supported by sponsors but, for all of
that, they also do some good. http://www.thehungersite.com/
April says you might not be able to quit your day job but you
might make a few dollars here. http://www.mylot.com/
From our web sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
The Museum of Food Anomalies.
http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/freakyfood/
Looney Laughs, Lists, & Lyrics.
http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/tunes.html
The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less.
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3fs8i/hist/hist.html
Communicating about love.
http://www.writeexpress.com/How-to-write-a-love-letter.html
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5860
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/ageofemo/
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/dearbess.htm
http://www.theromantic.com/LoveLetters/main.htm (pop-up)
Online chemical search. http://www.emolecules.com/
Hollywood animation archive. http://www.animationarchive.org/
From our web sibling Jerry Fox.
Jerry says "Let the buyer beware, you get what you
pay for" but Google says it's (costless).
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/more.html
While the name is kind of earthy, this little app might be a
good thing to have if you've just bought a new computer.
http://pcdecrapifier.com/home
From our web sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
Blogging tips.
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blogging-mistakes-final-list
For those who love words, language and quotations.
http://www.chiasmus.com/
I can't remember if John actually sent us this blog link
or not but it was in his folder and it looks interesting.
http://thedogsbreakfast.blogspot.com/
From our friend Jon Reed.
This is just an author's website put up to promote her book
but it's cool. http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/
From our friend Irving Stein.
Virtual sticky-notes. http://snipurl.com/1gjyp
Updating Windows apps can be such a pain. Here's a tool
that might help some. http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/
Your Windows XP SP2 can have the "same" Start menu as
Windows Vista. http://vseproject.extra.hu/index.htm
Last word, from Lisa:
Texas keeps surprising me, as I was told it would. I bought
a few plants and been given some as gifts. I've been a busy
little bee digging, planting, studying and generally having
a blast when we got a little weather surprise. The day
before Easter we had rain, sleet and snow. Imagine, in
Central Texas, Easter morning arrived with an inch of snow
on the ground. It's warmed up since then, but since that's
only the third time I've ever seen snow, it was quite an event.
May I assume now that it's OK to go out and play?
'Til next time,
Lisa
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Lisa's blog. http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/dirtgoddess
Don at myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/donguitar
Don's blog. http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/eldergeek/
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Don Crowder and Lisa Miller
Sunday, April 15, 2007
4:15 AM CST - Buchanan Lake Village, Texas, USA
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